An astounding number of people marching through downtown Minneapolis right now, protesting ICE. "Feels like" temperature is currently -24 F.
Leif Pettersen
@leifpettersen.bsky.social
Writer, juggler, vomit-free since '93. My latest book: SAVING THE WORLD ON $50 A DAY (fiction, spy/comedy). https://a.co/d/bLdlmZa
Just say that "Exploding Trees" would be a great name for a punk band.
Among many other things, I will never forgive ICE for making me have sympathy for cops.
"Enlisted men will have dicks no shorter than six inches."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.Hegseth: "It all starts with physical fitness and appearance. If the secretary of war can do regular hard PT, so can every member of our joint force. Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations and see fat troops. Likewise, it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals."
Who could have possibly predicted that a power play by a drunken, former National Guard captain to gain the respect of lifetime military professionals would backfire?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.Hegseth: "Should our enemies choose foolishly to challenge us, they will be crushed by the violence, precision, and ferocity of the War Department. To our enemies, FAFO."
I have never had this much sympathy for generals and admirals in my life.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.Trump to a room of generals: "I've never walked into a room so silent before. Just have a good time. And if you want to applaud, you applaud."
Some of these guys look like aliens in human costumes who are trying to run for the first time.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last yr.U.S. Border Patrol agents tried and failed to detain a man in downtown Chicago (via Christopher Sweat)
Idiots from my state that don't believe in climate change ask Canada to please solve climate change, so they can get back to racing around on four-wheelers. www.bbc.com/news/article...
US lawmakers write to Canada to complain that its wildfire smoke is spoiling summer
The politicians say their constituents are "limited in their ability to go outside" because of the air quality.
bbc.com
The main takeaway from yesterday's Minnesota manhunt news is that apparently it's pretty easy to convince a cop that you are also a cop. I realize cops are Rhodes Scholars, but don't they have a secret handshake or something?
Not to brag, but I just fixed my non-filling toilet tank with four pennies.
i’m here at lake and bloomington where a group of protesters have gathered. officers with DEA and ICE patches have surrounded las cuatro milpas. video slow to upload, apologies.
This Norwegian guy's reaction to a container ship running aground 20 feet from his house is so deadpan Norwegian I can barely stand it. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Man in Norway wakes to find huge container ship in garden
Johan Helberg says he was "quite astonished" to look out of his window and see the vessel.
bbc.com
This was meant to be a reply to someone, but Bluesky glitched and the post disappeared. Anyway, here's the video call background I used at work. No one said anything, which in my book is a full-throated endorsement.
For the sake of organization and tracking, news outlets should have a whole section devoted to "Which Trump appointee didn't understand the basic concepts of their job today?" Outlets pretending to be surprised every time one of these ding songs doesn't know basic civics is getting old.
Cue the desperate rush to by masks (and probably toiletpaper). I figure we'll be in lockdown by January.
I got a new vacuum, finally. They sound slightly different.
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I was explaining the premise of and characters in #Thunderbolts to my buddy in the elevator yesterday. A guy in his 20s got on and must have been incredulous that a guy in his 50s was explaining Marvel lore, because the side-eye was unsubtle.
There are 815 #GenX podcasts that look back. I haven't found one (yet) that looks forward. That's what I need, particularly as employment uncertainty looms, retirement seems like a fantasy, and I wonder if life is worth living after my body decided it won't tolerate garlic?