Major Kong to Ground Control
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☸️🇺🇦🇨🇦 Will entertain requests for astrophotography targets. If you follow me for the space pix, be prepared for some politics. And chronic illnesses. Amateur astronomer Hoagiemouth Wannabe 🇦🇺 In an abusive relationship with my immune system.
Flock trying to ruin Michigan's economy.
404 Media@404media.co · 5h agoNEW: Police in Wisconsin used Flock to determine that a man “travels to Michigan frequently,” where marijuana is legal, then back to Wisconsin, where it is illegal. They then used his travel across state lines as tracked by Flock as part of the probable cause justification to search his car.
SCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know
I thought we switched to armored flight decks with the Midway class?
Secretary of Defense Rock@sodrock.bsky.social · 5h agoThat’s good, right?
Who knew ridiculously long deployments and demanding op tempos run a ship and crew into the ground!
Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec.bsky.social · 5h agoKeeping people constantly deployed has a mounting cost. www.ms.now/news/conditi...
Embittered Raisin Won’t Shut Up About How It Could Have Been Wine https://theonion.com/embittered-raisin-won-t-shut-up-about-how-it-could-have-1827840677/
Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳
When he was Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Mike Rogers (the Republican candidate for Senate in Michigan) publicly took the position that "you can't have your privacy violated if you don't know your privacy is violated." Colbert had some fun with that: crooksandliars.com/cltv/2013/10...
Colbert Savages NSA And Rep. Mike Rogers In 'See No Evil' Segment
Colbert Savages NSA and Rep. Mike Rogers in 'See No Evil' Segment
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This may be more concessions from Trump to get Iran to agree to a deal.
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 7h agoThe United States has removed counterterrorism sanctions from two aircraft and three airlines with links to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to details posted to the U.S. Treasury Department's website on Wednesday. ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio...
All those people who went after Oz like a braying mob? They hate you now.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h agoBLITZER: If a Democratic Senate primary were held in Pennsylvania today, do you believe you would win? FETTERMAN: ... Like, today? BLITZER: Yeah FETTERMAN: Uh. Yeah.
NGC-7380 Wizard Nebula in Narrowband, 2021-08-06 - From Ryan Kinnett (rkinnett.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2mgfzXa
Bay Area Children Set Up Adrenochrome Stand On Side Of Road https://theonion.com/bay-area-children-set-up-adrenochrome-stand-on-side-of-road/
Toilet paper to join Harvard's Institute of Politics.
Pete Hegseth is going to man up our warfighters by giving them testosterone shots and making sure their annoying wives aren't nagging them anymoer
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8h agoWASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration has detained more than 50 spouses, parents of US troops in immigration crackdown, AP review finds.
Virginia health officials have confirmed the state’s first known case of locally acquired dengue fever
Virginia resident has state’s 1st locally acquired case of dengue fever - WTOP News
Virginia health officials have confirmed the state’s first known case of locally acquired dengue, a viral disease usually associated with international travel.
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The Houthis have announced that they targeted the Saudi oil tanker Wafa with an undisclosed number of missiles in the northern Red Sea off the coast of Yanbu.
Mike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.
Doctors say that you should eat a balanced diet that includes whole grains and fresh fruits and vegetables. A guy who snorts cocaine off toilet seat seats and doesn’t wipe his ass says you should subsist entirely on sauerkraut and steak. For a busy eaters it can be hard to know who to trust.
Students in Pa.'s rural, underfunded schools are using outdated technology. In some cases, it's costing them their futures.
How the costly digital age is leaving behind Pa.'s rural, underfunded schools
Students in remote school districts like Otto-Eldred are using failing, outdated technology. In some cases, it's costing them their futures.
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UA_REG TEAM pilots from Ukraine's 8th Special Operations Regiment continue striking Russian logistics routes. The unit says each precise hit deprives Russian forces of vehicles, reconnaissance systems and strike assets behind the front. #Ukraine
The Lebanese pro-Iranian Al-Mayadeen channel is reporting on "relatively positive moods" prevailing in Tehran regarding the Strait of Hormuz issue. According to the report, it is not unlikely that Oman and Iran will reach an agreement on the strait, "provided that the US ceases its interventions."
He's probably punching the air mad saying "trump did it and got elected president, why can't I"
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 10h agoNEWS: Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) just dropped out of his re-election race at 3:32 a.m.m. He said he’s done running but will finish out his term. This after the House Ethics Committee found “substantial reason to believe [he] violated House Rules related to sexual harassment and hostile workplaces.”
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu