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airport playing such great heights as i'm heading to seattle - how did they know

In addition to funding, which is important, states and feds are passing laws that give preference to law enforcement in every aspect of life -- legal, economic, and social. Just yesterday, Trump met with FOP leaders who praised him for ending accountability and the "no tax on overtime."

there's still like 3 weeks???

vacation is obviously good but preparing to go on vacation is -_-

came across a middle school Todd the other day and it was kinda wild

straight cis men have unfortunately not earned the right to talk about their wives in music writing (except @jonnyauping.bsky.social who does it right)

tfw the cat won't leave you alone

We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose. “They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.

every media member better be at the softball game tomorrow

OH NO OKC WHAT HAPPENED

unbelievable games both

how is nija gonna do it again lol

oh boy

cambria salmon???

texas has definitely brought their best at the right time (and it's still basically anyone's game)

in reality this sign was put up by ultra-maga dummies who regularly put up crosses in that adjacent lot too. the whole “healthiness” angle ain’t the real story.

why is this so funny to me

a country song named "bud heavy" 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

roles eliminated to support a video push, you say?

I was looking in the Internet Archive for Roscoe Mitchell's Jazz Alive appearance from Detroit, with his Sound Ensemble and Griot Galaxy, whose memberships overlapped; I didn't find it, but found the Art Ensemble's set at the Chicago Jazz Fest, from a little bit later(?): archive.org/details/art-...

a thing that was good was going to a shoe store and trying on shoes. nearly impossible to buy online

ice was in my neighborhood this morning per nextdoor and it's just so beyond terrifying. a tiny bit heartened by all the anger and solidarity in the comments but not much

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kacey musgraves neon moon over most things

Finally forced myself to listen to the current No. 1 song while watching the video. So generic. So flavorless. The kind of faux-earnest b.s. where embarrassing YT commenters say things like, “I love that Alex will never hire an actress to play his love interest like other singers”