Josh Moniz

@joshmoniz.bsky.social

Community Editor at the Elk River Star News. News nerd. Professional paid 5E Dungeon Master. Minnesota born. Email: josh_moniz@hotmail.com

I feel like I can't even tell my Finnish friends how fast I would put this in my fucking body, they'd disown me immediately lol (The way they judged me for liking Sausage Egg McMuffins was like I just admitted to them I eat my own scabs and boogers lol they're so unhinged about fastfood sins)

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Taco Bell Chicken & Waffle Taco (2013-2013): A fluffy, golden brown waffle folded into a "taco" shell and filled with a fried chicken patty, served with either syrup or country gravy. Part of an experimental breakfast-served-all-day menu at Southern California stores, they sold for .99 each

A waffle folded up like a taco shell, filled with a piece of fried chicken covered in white gravy, next to a gravy boat and pitcher of syrup

Genre stalwart John Saxon would have been 90 today. A *very* busy actor who bounced between films & TV, he's in such classics as BLACK CHRISTMAS and NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, and he does a wonderful job in the chilling NIGHT GALLERY episode "I'll Never Leave You - Ever." He died at age 83.

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The official total of dead and wounded personnel, as documented over months of reporting by The Intercept, has been a gross undercount, stemming from what that same official previously called a “casualty cover-up.” Read the full cover-up here: interc.pt/3RMfDiC

The Pentagon Found a New Way to Undercount U.S. Casualties in Iran

U.S. troops killed or wounded since July 7 are now counted separately from casualties during the first months of the Iran war.

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The Pentagon is using a new method of tallying the number of U.S. soldiers killed and wounded in the Iran war that a U.S. government official said was “designed to obscure the count.”

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Tonight the 80s summer camp slasher SLEEPAWAY CAMP! A cult favorite of the genre with a whole lot of baggage due to some of the problematic aspects of the film that has been reclaimed & discussed more than most slashers of the era. Don’t miss seeing this one tonight! Tickets: link in bio

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Copper: "Yesterday daddy was busy so at dinner time, a neighbor fed me. The neighbor didn't make up a song about how handsome I am. The neighbor didn't speak to me in a baby voice. There was no petting or kissies. He literally just put my bowl on the floor and poured food in it. Like I'm an animal."

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. Unsurprisingly "The US could have averted 40% of the deaths from Covid-19, had the country’s death rates corresponded with the rates in other high-income G7 countries, according to a Lancet commission tasked with assessing Donald Trump’s health policy record" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...

US could have averted 40% of Covid deaths, says panel examining Trump's policies

The country began the pandemic with a degraded public health infrastructure, leading to more deaths than other high-income countries

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Gov. Abbott and his allies have long touted cheap electricity, no corporate income taxes, low state regulation, and weak local governments to attract businesses to TX. The governor’s 6-month ban on new data centers conveniently ends after the election but before the Legislature can pass new laws.

A hatred of data centers is uniting Texans against corporate tax breaks

Texans unite like never before against data centers and their tax exemptions, writes columnist Chris Tomlinson.

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