New from me. It's been 4 years since then-President Joe Biden & both parties in Congress blocked railroad workers across the US from striking. Railroad workers tell me things have only gotten worse on the job since then. @therealnews.com therealnews.com/railroad-job...
Railroad jobs have ‘gotten worse’ since Biden and Congress blocked workers from striking
Four years ago, then-President Joe Biden and both parties in Congress blocked railroad workers across the US from striking. Railroad workers tell us things have only gotten worse on the job since then...
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David Ellison's promise is that he won't impose his politics on CNN. Sure, sure, sure, sure. www.readtpa.com/p/straight-d...
Straight Down the Middle
Ask the people who aren't there anymore.
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#Florida deputy has written a book about his python adventures, adding to his writing resume. It's called "Where the Python Sleeps: The True Tale of a Swamp Hunter." www.news-press.com/story/news/e...
Bonita deputy releases Burmese python book on his hunting adventures
Photographer and writer Bob Bramblet is the past president of the Florida Outdoors Writers Association, and he wrote a book called 'Where the Python Sleeps'.
news-press.com
This seems bad…is potentially disrupting water services bad? Cyberattacks on water systems expand to 12 states as South Dakota, Georgia announce incidents Welcome back to our hell @jgreig.bsky.social!
Cyberattacks on water systems expand to 12 states as South Dakota, Georgia announce incidents
Water utilities in at least 12 states have reported cyberattacks on their operational technology, as the scope of a campaign allegedly linked to Iranian hackers continues to grow.
therecord.media
ICE’s presence in New York is surging, immigrant rights activists say
In NYC, reported sightings of ICE activity more than doubled in July compared to June, advocates say. Such sightings quadrupled in parts of Upstate New York during the same period.
gothamist.com
Alex Segura@alexsegura.com · 2d agoWe are seeing an increased ICE presence in NYC - making it imperative that NYers KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. I wrote a comic with @mayor.nyc.gov @nycimmigrants.bsky.social @davidhahn.bsky.social @elllewrightart.bsky.social @tayloresposito.bsky.social to do that! DOWNLOAD: www.weteachnyc.org/resources/co...
If AIPAC's commitment to arming a rogue state isn't enough for you, I cannot emphasize enough that this organization is just a slush fund for GOP donors to influence Dem races. Their donor base is mostly conservatives who want Republicans to win.
Andrew Solender@andrewsolender.bsky.social · 6h agoAIPAC: "Our members remain determined to ensure that voters reject Dr. El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November."
In unprecedented move, non-lunatic is approved to serve in position of public responsibility in the Trump administration.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2h agoBreaking News: The Senate confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director. She has publicly supported childhood vaccines.
Trump is trying to pull off a US-style version of the Tiananmen Square Massacre coverup where everyone in China who remembered what happened on June 4, 1989 knows *exactly* what they must not admit and is utterly terrified to speak the truth. I never imagined seeing such abject cowardice in the US.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h ago😮 Trump's nominees are the most pathetic men in the world 😮 During a hearing, Blumenthal made Trump nominees squirm by asking them who won the 2020 election -- a question they refuse to answer -- but then Schiff upped the ante by asking them *who won the 2016 election.* Here's a supercut:
Yet another update: Understand that I'm not telling you to give up your computer. I'm just saying that there are options when it comes to composing text. The different methods use different parts of your brain, so switching between them can be a good way to get past writers block.
Richard Kadrey@richardkadrey.bsky.social · 4h agoI mentioned earlier this week that after reading Neal Stephenson's article on the benefits of writing by hand, I've been working that way all week. In fact, today I bought a lap desk so I can write anywhere in the apartment. Naturally, I added a mouse for my cat, Aces.
Only real heads will get this, but: The documents helpfully released today by John Solomon appear to indicate that the FBI never continued its counterintelligence investigation against Trump once Mueller was appointed www.whitehouse.gov/releases/202...
The state said it needs the records to investigate allegations of abuse at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch.
New Mexico Sues Blanche, DOJ For ‘Withholding’ Epstein Files
The state said it needs the records to investigate allegations of abuse at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch.
forbes.com
Another headline story about a pastor/church guy. When was the last time you saw a headline like this about a drag queen or a transexual female? Florida pastor accused of having sex with 14-year-old boy, not revealing HIV diagnosis www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Florida pastor accused of having sex with 14-year-old boy, not revealing HIV diagnosis
The suspect, 42-year-old Timothy Chaneyfield of St. James United American Free Will Baptist Church in Winter Haven, was arrested and is facing multiple charges.
nbcnews.com
Granted I'm not smart enough to be a SpaceX investor but if I was, I think I would have questions about why you need humanoid robots working in factories on the moon, presumably making things that would need to get shipped back to earth
Listen fuck this eugenicist monster forever at the same time it looks like this org has been investigated for many years, starting during the Biden admin, and, uh, yeah they should prob be shut down.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 1h agoRFK Jr: "I'm announcing that HHS has begun the decertification of Network for Hope, the organ procurement organization."
LOMBARDO: So I know the pastor spoke about Officer Abdelnabi-- TRUMP RALLY CROWD: *Boooooo* LOMBARDO: No. We're not booing him. He's the officer that passed away here recently
RFK Jr: "I'm announcing that HHS has begun the decertification of Network for Hope, the organ procurement organization."
The Seattle library levy is on track to pass with 80% voting yes. The Seattle Times came out against it and was resoundingly ignored. Seattle voters want nice things and are willing to pay for them.
So far, voters overwhelmingly approve Seattle library levy
A property tax levy to fund the city's public library system over the next seven years is solidly ahead after the first release of vote totals Tuesday evening.
seattletimes.com
It's funny because so many cultures have some version of "God Willing" and they're all normal and inoffensive, but the chuds who are upset by hearing "Inshallah" have a lot of overlap with users of the one version that is a huge red flag, the phrase tattooed on our Secretary of Defense: "Deus Vult".
I know this is Kansas, but Roger Marshall is an utter dipshit who has spent a lot of time on television saying stupid spiteful things and Democrats should at least be able to make this a tough seat to hold.
The Cook Political Report@cookpolitical.com · 19h agoAfter Rev. Adam Hamilton's win in the Kansas Democratic Senate primary to take on GOP Sen. Roger Marshall, we shift the race into a more competitive category, from Solid to Likely Republican. Read this from @jessicataylor.bsky.social:
The first solid line-up was Lux (Akron), Ivy (Cali but living in Akron), Bassist Bryan Gregory (Cleveland) and drummer Nick Knox (Cleveland). That's why the first demos were released as The Ohio Tapes. The Cramps played in the same clubs as Devo, Pere Ubu, & the Dead Boys in Akron & Cleveland.
Groan. Classic NYT. "The Cramps were formed in 1976 by Lux Interior and his wife, the guitarist Poison Ivy, who met as students at Sacramento State in California." Yes. Met there (alledgedly Ivy was hitchhiking & Lux gave her a lift. Wouldn't you??). FORMED in Akron, Ohio, Lux's hometown.
Two Punk Legends Help Revive a Cult Band’s Archive (Gift Article)
The Cramps introduced the world to “psychobilly” and turned Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye into fans. Now the duo is part of an effort to bring the music back.
nytimes.com
Clay is being gracious here and I would never subject him to hours of my bullshit at a stretch. But in all seriousness one of the reasons I brought The Fingers Podcast back is just to be able to do interviews that aren't pegged to a specific story I'm reporting. It's fun to Just Talk About Stuff!
Clay Risen@risenc.bsky.social · 3h agoThis was one of the most fun podcasts I’ve done in years. I could have talked with Dave for hours …
Today on The Fingers Podcast, I'm joined by @risenc.bsky.social to discuss the humble beginnings, inglorious grotesques, and latter-day deflations of the country's bourbon boom.
The life and times of the American tater
The Fingers Podcast with journalist and author Clay Risen on whiskey mania and what comes after
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Found that marble and the “bird beak” or whatever that bone was at the same part of the beach where I found this ~ 1940s shotgun shell cap and an old tin ointment or oilpaint tube. Lots of old bricks too, so seems to be an area where vintage garbage shows up for some reason.
