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@dfprovine.bsky.social
Teacher. Likes to read. Mostly Harmless.
Dr Fauci refused to answer questions, citing the 5th Amendment. Don't assume he's guilty; remember that David Hearn was charged with vandalism because they won't admit that Trump botched the job on the Reflecting Pool. The GOP made up phony charges to protect Dear Leader's ego. They deserve nothing.
_The Case of the Crooked Candle_, by Erle Stanley Gardner (1944). #PerryMason gets hired by the victim of an auto accident, a simple case that turns into something bigger. Reasonably diverting. Passes the Bechdel Test, despite aging poorly in parts (such as referring to grown women as 'girls').
The project to needless kill Americans proceeds unimpeded. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
CDC quietly updates website to state science doesn’t know if vaccines cause autism
Changes appear to have been made to secure Senate confirmation vote for Trump’s pick to lead public health agency
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_Only Bad Options_ by Jennifer Estep (2022): I liked the plot, characters, dialogue, worldbuilding, and intrigue. +1 for people making realistically-dumb mistakes and being frustrated about being stuck. I'll spend more time with Vesper and Kyrion. Passes the Bechdel Test. @jenniferestep.bsky.social
Loot drop after defeating me: - Swiss army knife - iPod touch - clip-on sunglasses - flash drive - shopping list from last Thursday - whiteboard marker (purple)
Sean Eric Fagan@kithrup.bsky.social · 2w agoLoot drop after defeating me: - Kindle book links - Hard drives - SSDs - More SSDs. - Oh my god so many SSDs - A key that is in my pocket but I've no idea what it opens
He's going to have a historically accurate story in which Leda has relations with a swan and lays an egg which Helen hatches from? How many drugs is Elon Musk on, exactly?
What's your favorite movie with a numeral in the title, not counting sequels (no 'Spider-Man 2' or 'Star Trek IV')? #movies
Today is eight months since the #Epstein Files Transparency Act was signed into law, the #Trump administration has only released about half the files, Todd #Blanche has said no more files are coming, and not a single person in the USA has been charged, thanks to the #GuardiansOfPedophiles party.
_The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August_ by Claire North (2014): what if you died and woke up at the moment of your birth, with your past memories? Would you try to fix what went wrong last time? What if it didn't work? I liked it. (Don't think it passes the Bechdel Test.) @orbitbooks.bsky.social
I would think it was fun to go into a bookstore and see stories that you're in.
Thomas Fortenberry@thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · 3w ago
We all know Trump can't read and understand the documents he talked about on Thursday, but is there nobody on his staff able to evaluate and understand evidence? Didn't anyone tell him what they actually said? They let him babble that nonsense on TV without even a summary of the contents?
When the President is a weak man who doesn't understand power, he appoints a SECDEF who is a weak man who doesn't understand power, and you get adolescent idiocy like this. thehill.com/policy/defen...
Hegseth announces annual testosterone screenings for service members
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced a new effort to annually screen service members’ testosterone levels and offer testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), framing it as a way to k…
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'I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.' Maternal mortality up 56% is pretty solid proof that 'pro-life' was always a lie. couriertexas.com/news/reprodu...
‘I don’t want to die’: Texas doctors say their patients are afraid to get pregnant
Maternal mortality in Texas has risen by 56% since the state’s first abortion ban was passed in 2021. Now, women of reproductive age say they fear for their lives as medical providers face the potenti...
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It's always been obvious that #FoxNews knows their target demographic is ignorant people, who they keep in a state of fear and outrage with constant lies, and so trying to make people afraid of #libraries was probably inevitable.
My wife was asking why cars don't have names anymore. 'What happened to RAV1 and RAV2?' Me: 'RAV1 sank into the swamp. RAV2 sank into the swamp. RAV3 burned down, fell over, and then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up!'
'Weehawken. Dawn. / Guns. Drawn.' Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr fought their duel 222 years ago today, Wednesday, 11th July 1804. #hamilton #newjersey
This is literally the first page of a new ebook I started this afternoon. I don't know if I like it yet, I haven't seen anything but the cover, and that's not how you're supposed to judge a book.
Having spent the 4th of July on a 90-minute phone call with his boss in Moscow, Trump continues his project to weaken the United States. I for one liked living in a superpower. tvpworld.com/94250304/us-...
Trump ties US troop presence in Europe to Greenland deal and Iran
Washington has sent mixed signals in recent months on its military commitment to Europe.
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Rapist refuses to accept 'No' for an answer, who could have imagined such a thing? #trump #scotus thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Trump says he’ll ask Supreme Court to rehear birthright citizenship case
President Trump said Wednesday he will ask the Supreme Court to rehear a case on the legality of his executive order restricting birthright citizenship, after the high court struck down the policy …
thehill.com
Why are the pyramids in Egypt? Because the British couldn't fit them on a boat.
kyleayers.bsky.social@kyleayers.bsky.social · 4w agoNot saying that game was stolen from Egypt but it is now on display at museum in London.
Trump often reminds me of scene from _Deathly Hallows_ where Dumbledore tells the Dursleys that at least Harry escaped the horrific damage they have inflicted on the poor child sitting between them. Donald Trump is basically a real-life Dudley Dursley, all grown up.
_How To Become The Dark Lord And Die Trying_, by Django Wexler (2024): Someone who knows movies is transported to a magical land and fails as a hero, so tries being a villain. Hilarious fun. Lots of violence and swearing. Passes the Bechdel Test. @djangowexler.bsky.social @orbitbooks.bsky.social
Congress voted for Independence on 2nd July, but the Declaration wasn't adopted until the 4th. In a bureaucracy nothing is real until the paperwork is done. But the country isn't the paper; it's the people. This is a video about that. #independenceday www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISlt...
I Am An American 9/11 - Ad Council (60 seconds)
YouTube video by Radha Mehta
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I made a tic-tac-toe board wrong letters. #Wordle 1,841 4/6* 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
It was 250 years ago today that Thomas Jefferson produced those immortal words: 'Crap, that's due tomorrow?!'
In 1776, Congress appointed a committee to prepare a document justifying independence, which was approved 250 years ago today. (Independence Day is the 4th, because nothing's official until the paperwork is done.) Here is a musical re-enactment of the deliberations: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK1h...
1776 - But Mr. Adams Clip
YouTube video by Nicole Rounce
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_His Majesty's Dragon_, by @naominovik.bsky.social (2006): It's the early 1800s, Napoleon is doing his thing, and also dragons are real. How would a military use dragons alongside sailing ships? The characters and the world felt grounded and real and I enjoyed spending time with them. Recommended.
It's not paranoia if they really are spying on you. #bigbrother #instacart #papajohns www.adexchanger.com/tv/papa-john...
Papa Johns Can Predict When Your Fridge Is Empty | AdExchanger
Papa Johns tapped NBCUniversal, Instacart and the dentsu-owned media agency Carat for help reaching consumers when they’re low on groceries.
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How does anyone think letting an Executive Order overturn a century of interpretation is a good idea? What if this passed and the next President wrote an EO overturning Trump's, reinstating citizenship to all the people he stripped it from? #birthright #citizenship www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Supreme Court rejects Trump limits on birthright citizenship
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States...
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