Robert

@callicoinnc.bsky.social

A Charlotte Progressive

Because the regime's priorities aren't about climate concerns or taking care of it's citizens. It's about optics; creating a fake legacy of supposed power with stupid ass vanity projects, while the average American struggles for basics like food and housing.

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These Faulkner-style comedic shorts are utterly brilliant. EG comedian Jerry Wayne Longmire reads his electric bill as if it's a William Faulkner novel. I also love the short where he's a hotel guest calling the front desk about a non-working toilet. Classic. :) boingboing.net/2025/07/11/t...

These Faulkner-style comedic shorts are utterly brilliant

This Faulkner-style reading of an electric bill, written and performed by comedian Jerry Wayne Longmire, is utterly brilliant.

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Chinese researchers developed a 100-meter experimental air purification tower in Xi'an to explore new ways of reducing urban air pollution. The tower uses solar-heated greenhouses at its base to warm polluted air naturally allowing it to rise through filtration systems before cleaner air is released

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Spoke to a local guy here in Catalonia yesterday. He told me it was the 90th anniversary of the Franco coup. He told us about how Spain is still suffering after the 40 years of Europe's longest reigning fascist/nazi dictator. I see @thessp.bsky.social's Richie Venton has written a post about this-

A black-and-white historical photograph showing several men in coats and suits standing before Pablo Picasso’s mural, Guernica. The large, complex painting, which dominates the background, depicts distorted and anguished figures, including a bull and a horse. The men are positioned along the bottom edge of the mural, standing on low wooden platforms in what appears to be an art gallery or museum setting.