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Pancreatic cancer patient, Hodgkin’s lymphoma survivor. Gen X, Progressive, Ally, cat lady w a Shih Tzu, huge U2 fan, music lover, piano player, history buff & geek. Dance the ghost with me.
'The Mowing-Devil', printed in 1678. It recounts, as fact, an alleged incident in #Hertfordshire. A farmer saw a fiery light over his oat field one night, and then found it had been mysteriously mowed. The illustration encouraged some to believe it depicts the first Crop Circle. #WyrdWednesday
The only crop circle I ever saw: in 1994 in #Berkshire, where my friend then lived. It's not a very good one. But turning the corner of a lane and seeing it suddenly and unexpectedly in front of me was something of a thrill. It may have been near the magical Wittenham Clumps. #WyrdWednesday #Fortean
Eric Trump has spent four years insisting Capital One owed his family an explanation. He finally got one. It's not going great. 👇 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/twelve-day...
Twelve Days Before Trump’s Bank Cut Him Off, Somebody Wrote A Memo
Capital One hasn’t released it. The Trumps’ own lawyers described it in a filing nobody read. Plus 25 states in court over the tariffs, and the nurse ICE picked the wrong fight with.
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Drunkard Fox propagandist Jeanine Pirro should be disbarred and charged with prosecutorial misconduct for pursuing criminal charges against individuals who she knew were innocent.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) sparked outrage Tuesday after being captured on video agreeing to meet with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein – only to snub them moments later. "They sat in his office for 45 minutes before his staff told them he wasn’t coming." www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
Outrage as GOP senator caught red-handed standing up Epstein survivors: ‘Beyond cowardly’
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) sparked outrage Tuesday after being captured on video agreeing to meet with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein – only to snub them moments later.In a video published Tuesday by Cheye...
rawstory.com
My son and I went to see The Odyssey last night. Loved it. The cyclops was terrifying. Robert Pattinson was excellent as Antinous. Agamemnon’s armor stole the show. 🤣🖤
Agamemnon
ALT: Agamemnon
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Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters who packed the meeting room — and two overflow rooms — to demand that their voting locations remain open. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
GOP backs down from suppression scheme in Texas after voter outrage
The plan changed at the last moment, when Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters
democracydocket.com
The GOP and media are going to be tempted to read Bush’s defeat as a lessening of Democratic support in St. Louis city. They’re wrong. Cori Bush was just that bad. I did not vote for her. Don’t like Bell either. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
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Republicans believe most disabled people are fakers, or aren’t worth the financial burden. They’re using these funds as a way of punishing blue states for failing to support Trump. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘Just cruel’: Medicaid halt in California and Minnesota plunges caregivers and disabled people into uncertainty
Shock and fury as Trump administration holds back Medicaid funding to states over alleged caregiving fraud
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Evergreen post: He could be impeached tonight and convicted at trial in a few weeks and removed from office immediately thereafter if about 20 people in DC decided to put country over party for the first time in their miserable, self-dealing lives
The man is a fucking criminal. Why people choose to ignore this or disbelieve the evidence is beyond me. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review
Disclosure from 2021 investigation marks first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to Donald Trump
theguardian.com
What?! WWII ended via negotiation? Does anyone in that regime even understand the concept?
Dr. Mar@boldnewme.bsky.social · 4d agoJD Vance’s grasp of history is non existent. Maybe crack open a history book before lecturing the rest of us.
This whole thing really shows how using AI, in *so* many contexts, violates a foundational part of the social contract. If your audience was built of people who admire your discernment and creativity, then outsource both of those traits to an LLM, the audience will leave.
Hank Green Admits To Using AI After Fan Backlash Over Recent Video
'The level of dopamine I've been getting from interacting with LLMs is not healthy for me,' said Hank Green
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This is the great negotiator? I can’t even. How anyone can think this man capable of complex thought is beyond me. www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-...
Trump poses ultimatum on Blanche, will push for "anti-weaponization fund" if AG not confirmed
Todd Blanche previously repeatedly told Congress the "anti-weaponization fund" was "dead."
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BREAKING: US mortgage rates rise to 6.66%, highest level in a year
Trump quickly dropping Todd Blanche’s nomination is a sign of just how much Donald knows he needs immunity from prosecution for multiple instances of flagrant tax fraud.
