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"Age-advantaged" left-handed Northern California vegetarian who loves black cats. And always, always, always. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 "We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The mathematical odds of having 5 daughters in a row followed by 6 sons in a row is staggering. P(Girl) * P(Girl) * P(Girl) * P(Girl) * P(Girl) * P(Boy) * P(Boy) * P(Boy) * P(Boy) * P(Boy) * P(Boy) = 0.5 * 0.5 * 0.5 * 0.5 * 0.5 *0.5 * 0.5 * 0.5 * 0.5 * 0.5 * 0.5=0.000488281 OR 0.0489%. Staggering
LAFAYETTE@lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 2y agoA married couple with their 11 children on Palm Sunday, 1954.
Alabama lawmakers approved a ban on dangerous conversion devices that convert semi-automatic handguns into illegal machine guns. We applaud this bipartisan action to pass commonsense gun laws and save lives 👏👏👏
Alabama lawmakers approve a ban on devices that convert semi-automatic weapons into machine guns
Alabama lawmakers approved a ban on Glock switches and other conversion devices that convert semi-automatic weapons into machine guns.
apnews.com
A true profile in courage is gone: “Paddy” Hemingway, the last known surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain, a “fight to the death” against Nazis with far greater airpower. Shot down 3 times, he saw himself as doing his job. Gift link so you can read his story. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/w...
John “Paddy” Hemingway, Last Surviving Pilot of the Battle of Britain, Dies at 105 (Gift Article)
A fighter pilot in a vastly outnumbered Royal Air Force — one of the “few” hailed by Churchill — he took to the skies to help stave off a Nazi land invasion of Britain.
nytimes.com
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities
'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
npr.org
The billionaires control our government, so they are going to make you pay more taxes, while they pay A LOT less.
@schatz.bsky.social when are you going to tell us what you were thinking?
Marsha Blackburn (author) and co-sponsor Mike Lee are a blight on humanity's ar$e.
Why would anyone want a sane leader like Mark Carney when they could have the art of the deal guy? I am so jealous of Canadians and more so every day.
Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · 2y agoThe unjustified U.S. tariffs hurt Canadian workers. We’re rightly retaliating — and every dollar from our tariffs will support our workers. (1/2)
If Trump is so eager for a 51st state, there is Puerto Rico, Washington D.C., and ...
Tom Ruffen@contentwriter.bsky.social · 2y agoThe biggest advantage for Canadians? Losing their health care, letting gun nuts perpetrate mass shootings, and letting their rights and freedoms be subject to the whims of a sociopathic dictator. What could go wrong?
Serious question, all these Fox people with ashes on their forehead. Did they get their makeup done before going to church (is so, weird), or did they have their make-up artist touch it up after their make-up (if so, stunt)?
Felon/GOP/oligarchs put America LAST! All their BS is to hide their BIG corruption; bad tariffs; price hikes; inflation; stalling economy; MASSIVE tax cuts for billionaires PAID for by decimating Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid; privatizing, selling USA gov’t & nat’l parks; taking away freedoms!
If anyone is looking for something to watch tonight, NBA on TNT has the Warriors-Knicks and Suns-Clippers. Steph at the Garden is always a treat.
Theme of Trump speech tonight (says it is not a SOTU) is “Renewal of the American Dream”. If this is a dream, I don’’t want to be part of the nightmare.
March is Women's month. We wouldn't have it without these people's bravery 112 years ago.
Brennan Center@brennancenter.org · 2y ago112 years ago today, thousands of women marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in the first national suffrage procession, demanding the right to vote. Learn about the march and other key events that paved the way for women's suffrage:
After last night's game against Boston the Cleveland Cavaliers offensive rating has moved to 122.3. That's the best offensive rating in NBA history.