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has anyone investigated the rally attendees seated behind T***p? are they paid? how much? they appear to be selected for attractiveness, like extras in a film. their behavior may be scripted; perhaps they are not actually idiots or fools but just folks taking advantage of an opportunity.
𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝@sundaedivine.lol · last wk.Trump treats his supporters like they’re idiots and they keep proving him right.
These mums were so perfect I had to take a pic
really? these ferals began as infrequent visitors, then they came more frequently, recently they are just camping out near my kitchen door. "but wait, aren't you natural mousers? don't you prize your 'freedom to be yourself--a carnivore'? why are you begging for store-bought kitty food?"
Norm@npbj.bsky.social · last wk.One good thing about feral cats is that if they stick around they will also help keep down your field mice and chipmunk population.
This year "Jane Eyre" appeared on the Index of School Book Bans. Why? Censors, PEN America notes, are using AI to evaluate books. Perhaps AI knows what censors truly want to hide: Women who resist. @joycecaroloates.bsky.social noted Eyre's rebelliousness in a 1988 essay. #janeeyre #bannedbooksweek
(the second feral kitty appeared a second later behind the little ginger)
that moment had seemed like a dramatic turning-point in the campaign; but now, in retrospect, it has become a poignant moment when, for the GOP, one of their respected leaders spoke honestly, sincerely, putting country over party, refusing the gambit of race-baiting.
Xela Hart@xelahart.bsky.social · last wk.
Alan the rescue alpaca gaining confidence and trust in me
ironically, treason is a capitol crime punishable by firing squad; in an alternate universe in which Merrick Garland had never been born, an aggressive AG would have pursued an investigation into the (treasonous) insurrection to nullify the results of the 2020 election...
4fuxake@blueheartedly1.bsky.social · last wk.Impeach his ass 👇
The graph in this news article in Science shows just how serious is the threat to research. If you care about brains, behavior, or social phenomena, engage now before it's too late: www.science.org/content/arti...
‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences research
Agency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year
science.org
I’ve been saying this for a couple of years now. The French get it. Several other countries have done it in the past few years. So why don’t we?🤔
Good morning, Bluesky. Only 4k words into what will be my 28th novel and I am struck anew by the absurdity of what I do for a living, how basically I’m still just a little kid throwing tea parties for my stuffed animals. “Would you like some more tea, Doodlebug?”
My oldest daughter, who is also an attorney, has said these things to me as well. When your life is built around the law, all of these blatant criminal acts must be even more frustrating.
But who will livestream the execution ? Fox News?
The Associated Press@apnews.com · last wk.BREAKING: The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan.
translation: number of MAGAs in Minnesota is minuscule.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something
so many prisons & detention centers--"concentration camps"--are being established the US in before our eyes. better hurry to the midterms before a sizable number (of us) are "detained."
Peggy Flanagan@peggyflanagan.bsky.social · last wk.Donald Trump's ICE just purchased the Appleton private prison for $496 million, making it the biggest real estate transaction in Minnesota history. I was proud to stand with folks in Appleton to protest this facility, and I'm ready to do the same in the U.S. Senate.
Pay Some Attention to the Mysterious Man Behind the Curtain joycecaroloates.substack.com/p/pay-some-a...
Pay Some Attention to the Mysterious Man Behind the Curtain
Joyce Carol Oates interviews her elusive Substack editor and arranger, Robert Douglas Friedman, about his new mystery novel, “Final Copy”
joycecaroloates.substack.com
the average rental for a private plane is $30,000 coast to coast; would guess that this isn't quite so expensive. Great Danes are truly massive & would guess that this handsome fellow was sedated for the flight.
🪀Lefty Wilbury🇺🇦@leftywilbury1.bsky.social · 2w agoFitness model Pietra Luccas bought out an entire row of plane seats in order for her pony to have the luxury of stretching out during a long commercial airline flight 😆😆😆❤️🐾🐾
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
