Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
PNW Lark
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Cat mom to Sable, Edgar, and recovering feral Zelda. Inherited garden of dreams . Just surviving in The PNW . Dreaming of CASCADIA . Go Mariners!!!
Tomorrow is a Jimothy night for the Mariners. Let’s hope they play better than they did for Bark Around the Park.
Done and dusted. Kris Kobach, Leonard Leo, and other anti-abortion, anti-public school funding conservatives in Kansas who tried to remake the state Supreme Court in their image have LOST.
Carolyn Fiddler@cfidd.bsky.social · yesterdaySome +other+ primaries in Michigan, and more than you maybe wanted to know about the Kansas ballot measure to upend judicial selection (which is already a little gerrymandered!) open.substack.com/pub/statehou...
We'll be The National Autistic Society's Anger Translator: "F*** you, Uta Frith—stop trying to use your expired authority on autism to hurt autistic people, you absolute plonker." *Frith published a new paper wrongly claiming autism is overdiagnosed. NAS response: www.autism.org.uk/what-we-do/n...
Pensive Woman Deep in Thought
Alt: Pensive Woman Deep in Thought (Rachel from Friends )
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TheBossRoss 🧶@thebossross.bsky.social · 2d agoIf women wore smart glasses, they'd be banned. (soigomaa/x) Think about it. If millions of women wore smart glasses, recording men's behaviour, conversations, comments, their driving & bar chats ... can you imagine the panic? Trust me, smart glasses would be regulated before you can say 'Meta'.
If you hear about a person suffering from spontaneous human combustion in Wa state today - it was me and it absolutely was work related .
Attempt to appease the hold outs. They will totally find another way.
Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 3d agoNEWS: Todd Blanche says he is rescinding his May 18 order establishing the “anti-weaponization fund”
I think every fan hates their team’s bullpen. But, man, the Mariners make it automatic for the people.
Cal Raleigh hits a 3-run home run to give the Mariners a 6-0 lead over the Twins
How messed up is to to ask Kirby to pitch while the media slavers over trade rumors. This is an aspect of baseball I really dislike.
Cat crew you’re not gonna believe it. It’s raining today . I walk out to get Zelda in and Cow Cat is sitting perched on the couch in the patio room! He’s already been in eating her food . This cat is not feral. But I can’t have him having out in Zelda’s space. Gonna have to figure this out .
This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately. They’re trying to use Palantir to figure out who you voted for. 0% chance this ends well. Stop it ASAP.
Exclusive: FBI gets voter's IP address in new fraud probe tactic
The move offers a glimpse into how authorities are now digging into voter rolls and registration practices.
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I’m having a really ragged work week so I gave myself a treat with a trip to Michael’s and came home with this (don’t judge me I like Corvids!)
The disinformation age.
Bill McCarthy@billmccarthy.bsky.social · 5d agoNEW @en.afp.com: Google has rolled back a new feature allowing Google Earth users to generate AI visualizations on top of the service's satellite imagery, less than 24 hours after announcing it. The reversal follows a furious backlash about the tool's potential for disinformation.
The magical hour when you should go to sleep but you fall into an algorithmic rabbit hole of amazing music … fuck it… I’ll sleep when I’m dead.
Call the whambulance , the “genius” fucked himself over .
Forbes@forbes.com · 6d agoMusk told The Economist last week he thinks he “got a little too involved in politics.”
Total case numbers have surpassed 11,500 reported cases across 41 states—but Michigan has by far been the hardest hit.
Michigan Passes 10,000 Cyclosporiasis Cases—And Experts Still Don’t Have A Definitive Cause
Total case numbers have surpassed 11,500 reported cases across 41 states—but Michigan has by far been the hardest hit.
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Dan Wilson is on my shit list. Honestly, I’m just gonna say it. He’s the reason they lost to the Jays in the ALCS last year. I’m tied of this shit (even though we won- barely).