If only a US senator had agency and the ability to vote in a legislative body on this matter.
Politico@politico.com · 12h agoSen. Jon Husted: Iran war ‘needs to come to an end as quickly as possible’
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History, economics, electronics. Test automation grayhair. Manufacturing and software Quality. Robot quality engineer If you speak Shewhart and ROS hmu Greater Houston area
Politico@politico.com · 12h ago
child: draw a snake me: ok child: draw the snake’s hands me: snakes don’t have hands child: ḑ̸̨̧͚̟̭͖̺̺̖̣̊̋̀͑̉͜r̴̖̜̦̮̺̫̯̺̞͇̦͖̝͍͖̥̊̿͜ͅã̴̡̢̪̤͎̰̤̼̤͍̫͓̬̙̫͈͒̒̃̃̉̍̽̔̈́́͛͑͊͜ͅͅw̷̨̛͖̲̻̤̳̭̖̝͓͎̎̎̀̏͗́͘͜͠ ̵̡͍͍̹͚̦̜̳̤̻̙̼͈̽͘t̶̠̝̜̿̀̀͋͒͋̿̆͂̉̇́͆̐̉̏͑̚͝ḧ̶̨̢̢̧̨̧̛̥̱̣̺͓̦̤̹̼̗͈̻̓̿́͋̌͘͝e̵̬̤͚͓͕̹͙̅͐̅̉͛̍̚͘ͅ ̶̲̘̼̣̞͇̪̫͖̪͛̓͑͆̍́̓̕͜ṣ̸̑̔̈́̈́͑̎͋̈̈́̈̇̚͝ń̷̡̹̟͓̮̝͉͍̹̟̹̩̥̜̦a̶̢̧̨̮̺̳͉̦͗͗̔͂̔̎͐͂̃̔͊̀̉̓̄k̷̨̭͇͖̠̯̝̪͈͚̭̳̤͕̯͓̅̍̈́̅͂̇͑͝ͅe̴̜͆̽̋̆̈́̀͌̐̉̔̆̀’̵̭̳̪̦̰̳͉͓̗̗̪̼̲̻͕̩̮̓̈́̀̓̓͝ͅs̵͙͇̯̱̀ ̵̯̱̘͚̟̥̥̍̚͜͝ȟ̵̥̠͍͕̻̘̘̞͉̂̿̇̿a̴̡̧̙͈̱͍̩̯̝̺͔͓͚͔͈͍͌̽͂̑ͅn̴̛͓̬̩̬̘̟̪̟̰̘̘̞̯̆̇̆̅̔͝ͅd̵̢̡̛͓̬̲̼͍͗͗̂̅̋́͒͒̄̃̆̆̂͂̚͘͘ŝ̵͇͖̞̺̻͚̬͈̥͉ͅ
*Frothing at the mouth with excitement* HEY GUESS WHAT, YOU DON'T HAVE ONE BRAIN, YOU HAVE TWO! med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
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Throwing out all the Mel Brooks DVDs I bought 25 years ago when I finally realize he's Jewish.
J. Elvis Weinstein@jelvisweinstein.bsky.social · 2d agoI had a couple walk out early in my show on Saturday night because, according to the manager, the guy said "I'm not going to watch some fucking Jew." Fair enough, but to be that anti-semitic yet still buying a ticket to see a guy named J. Elvis Weinstein just seems like bush league hate.
Iran Keeps Up Pressure, Hitting Another Tanker as US Asserts Hormuz is Open Maritime Executive · 21 Sep 2026 #StraitOfHormuz #IranWar
Iran Keeps Up Pressure, Hitting Another Tanker as US Asserts Hormuz is Open
Iran hit another tanker on September 21 in the Strait of Hormuz, causing injuries to two seafarers and maintaining its assertion to have control over...
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Heavy bomber drones delivered the kamikaze robots, while air defense and electronic warfare systems suppressed Russian drones. "Wars are won by infantry, but we protect our infantrymen, so robots go to the enemy first" - 3rd Army Corps.
Can we please go back to the old internet where Search was a bunch of efficient SQL queries? Please, I'm so done with this
Watching the old Mark Williams Big Bangs show on youtube and he gets quite worked up about some of the explosions. My wife comes in, watches for a moment, exclaims "Settle down there, Father Brown!"
Good news, everybody. They've figured out why we're losing the Iran war and are going to fix the problem once and for all.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 4d agoNEWS: The Pentagon has announced mandatory low-testosterone screenings for male troops 30 and older, including screening for symptoms such as “reduced libido, loss of spontaneous morning erections, erectile dysfunction,” and other symptoms.
Imagine having all the information in the world literally at your fingertips and instead of asking "I wonder why this is so; I'll spend a few minutes looking it up and learn something" you say "NO. I PREFER BEING TOLD LIES THAT TERRIFY ME."
Yeah, hard to say what the limits are while Calvinball rules are in play.
POTUS should order the US shipbuilding industry to make submarine oil tankers immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Maritime RSS@shipbot.bsky.social · 5d agoStrait of Hormuz commodity vessel transits drop to four, but "shadow" voyages surface Baird Maritime · 18 Sep 2026 #StraitOfHormuz #IndianOcean #EnergyMarket #ShadowFleet
The D.C. Police Union filed a complaint against the department after internal affairs used Flock cameras to track officers suspected of misconduct. san.com/cc/union-cri...
my wife sent me this pic from costco and I briefly lost my mind until she clarified that $15 is for four packs that size, which are glued together in a stack Inflation is bad enough without scaring me!
Republicans, in their infinite wisdom, left a big gambling loophole in the Medicaid work requirements. I'm no fan of the gambling industry, but if you are on Medicaid and struggling to deal with the work requirements, taking a $580 bet on both sides of an outcome is one way of getting around them.
How I can tell I'm not a "centrist": Having the Democrats NOT criminally prosecute a LOT of people from the Trump admin would be one of the most feckless and despicable rug-pulls in US political history. Fundamentally a warm embrace of his lawlessness and contempt for the American people.
Now, for those who don't know what "lore" means: Here is a short thread ⬇️ (1/43)
1) Brazilian and Mexican coworkers were unfamiliar with the concept of a "Dead man's switch" 2) It was a lively and enjoyable discussion explaining it! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_ma...
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
Trump threatens EU with ‘serious tariffs’ after proposal to make Canada first associate member – Europe live
Trump threatens EU with ‘serious tariffs’ after proposal to make Canada first associate member – Europe live
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says such a partnership is for the European Union’s ‘common strength’ Back to Trump’s threats over the proposed “associate membership” for Canada overnight, France’s Europe minister Benjamin Haddad said in response that the EU has no power to veto EU’s geopolitical choices. “It is not up to the United States – or anyone else – to choose the political and geopolitical direction of the Europeans. Once again, we have a relationship with Canada, and we are fully entitled to seek to deepen it,” Haddad said in an interview on Public Senat TV channel, reported by Reuters. Continue reading...
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(Frank Herbert getting back edits on Dune, and "Duncan Idaho" is crossed out with a note, "Fuck no, try again.")
If one of the frontier AI companies has an AI that can destroy the human race, it is their executive team's fiduciary duty to demand ransom from every nation on Earth.
Okay so @defector.com has had an odd glitch since the site redesign a couple of weeks back where the wrong photo and headline are often put together on the main page and I was going to ask them about fixing it but this just happened and as far as I'm concerned they have to leave it as is.
"Chestnut Street," n.d. Artist Chris Firger (American, b.1989) Acrylic on panel,
