DesertNAcat

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Hand built my off grid home and 30' Catamaran. Widower RIP Best Beloved. 29 yrs clean. Climate Doompster. Nordic Socialism is the only way out folks.

On the left: Oliver North, convicted for his role in illegally selling missiles to Iran during the Reagan administration. On the right: Fox News “military analyst” Oliver North, who thinks Iran shouldn’t have missiles. Same guy. Same Oliver North.

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When a President with his own plane claims it's too hard for him to vote in person, would GOP politicians and Fox News like to explain why, for example, a working mother or someone working two jobs to pay the rent should have no problem waiting in line on election day?

As I've always said, we're facing a climate apocalypse and we're all going to die horribly, so don't do anything. "Every summer is getting hotter. Wildfires are blazing, and the worst is yet to come. There’s nothing to be done – we’re doomed! Sound familiar?" theconversation.com/climate-doom...

Climate doom may discourage climate action, but there’s a way to counter it

One way to guard against misinformation is to empower people to identify climate doom in the first place.

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Part of petrichor, the delish earthy smell released when rain hits parched ground, is geosmin,a compound from soil bacteria-human👃s can detect it in lower concentrations than sharks can detect blood in water. Seeking out water on dry plains was essential for our ancestors. Here’s a geosmin molecule:

3d rendering of a geosmin molecule

When did it become normalized for the President of the United States to threaten to "bomb the shit out of" our allies—our *allies*—without that immediately leading to a serious conversation about whether he's mentally fit to serve as president

It's not enough to help NYC small businesses open their doors, you have to bring customers through them. From brighter lighting to cleaner streets, we're investing $8.4 million in neighborhood improvements to bring more foot traffic and customers to 20,000+ small businesses.

From Greenpoint merchants to Chinatown lights: Where NYC’s $8.4M small-business grants are going | amNewYork

The grants announced Monday by Mamdani and the Department of Small Business Services will also pay for street cleaning, lighting, public art, wayfinding,

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NEW: At some private schools across the U.S., every student uses taxpayer money to pay toward tuition, thanks to the growth of school voucher programs. But these "quasi-public" schools face almost none of the scrutiny given to public schools.

At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.

Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...

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Gammons. “I am worried about all of the ‘men’ playing in women’s sports. We have to support the women in women’s sports.” Normals. “Name three ‘men’ in women’s sports”. Gammons. “…. Normals. “Ok, since you are so interested in women’s sports. Name any three women’s world champions”. Gammons. “….

Would not surprise me in the least if these self deluded wackjobs have decided that, in a showdown, their poser ICE troops and Armed forces true believers will enable the Glorious Diaper Reich... Unfortunately it WILL be close.