🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
Jeremy Riffle
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6x NaNoWriMo winner. Aspiring Jeopardy! champion. LLama. Pro-TLJ Star Wars fan. Runaway spice miner on Kessel. Bacon number: 2. Barack Obama's account followed me on that other site.
Now is a good time to make sure your voter registration is in order.
During this moron's first presidency, I once made a joke that he'd eventually want to change the name of the state to "Best Mexico". This is even dumber than that. Great job on taking voting in elections seriously, America. No notes.
President Trump posts picture renaming New Mexico 'New America'
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA)-- On Sunday, President Trump posted an image on his Truth Social account of the state of New Mexico. Although, Mexico in New Mexico was crossed out and America was put be...
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I was not thrilled when my branch was realigned out of Maelstrom during the latest LearnedLeague off-season, but I've taken a closer look at my new A rundle and, oh my god, this is disheartening.
Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.
Jørgen Heszlein@heszlein.bsky.social · last mo.New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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SouthernBunne@daemonaac.bsky.social · 2mo agofive living writers that you've read five books by each Guy Gavriel Kay ( @guygavrielkay.bsky.social ) Nick Harkaway ( @nickharkaway.com ) Malka Older (@older.bsky.social) Christopher Moore ( @theauthorguy.bsky.social ) Aliette de Bobard @aliettedebodard.com
Has Cheech Marin ever considered selling his own brand of fried pork rinds? He could call it Cheechmarrones.
Back when airlines had magazines in the seatback pocket, I had a tradition of trying to finish the crossword before takeoff. I miss it.
Graham Platner’s history of sexual assault proves he does not belong in the US Senate. He belongs on the Supreme Court. by Susan Collins
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It’s a really funny runner how every issue in American history that apologists claim “no one” knew was wrong has a corresponding Quaker going “this is wrong”
Bo Thompson@gaudipern.bsky.social · 2mo agoSome folks will be like "what about women's rights?" Paine landed right on that too! Raised a Quaker, Paine essayed against the "enslavement and oppression of women," partnered with Mary Wollstonecraft on A Vindication of the Rights of Women, argued for state maternity support and civil suffrage.
Big "Freedom Fries" energy from the English...
Fourfoot@fourfoot.bsky.social · 2mo agoEngland is insane.
If you want to make the world a better place, you (yes, you!) are going to need to sacrifice a little sometimes. You’re going to need to pay taxes, you’re going to need to turn the A/C down you’re going to need to be a little less comfortable sometimes. Anyone telling you otherwise is lying to you.
The best part of Schismpalooza is that Pope Leo just wrecked JD’s book tour.
Today is July 2nd, which means it is time for one of my favorite pieces of pedantry:
Finished reading The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman.
I'm at a graduation party that is doubling as a World Cup watch party. (The graduate's mother is from Brazil.) Two vuvuzelas have reared their very ugly heads...
It's the eve of a new Star Wars movie release, so that means I'm now engaging in my traditional rewatch of Fanboys.
