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Another day witnessing the collapse of everything ... At 21.043°C, the global sea-surface temperature is now ranked officially as "gobsmacking bananas." This temperature is now less than 0.13°C from being in "uncharted territory." Stay tuned for more bananas!

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Well well well.... Interesting if true! bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...

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Friendly Reminder: Rational people are not just another special interest group.

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Sadly, we finally had to send Grandma off to the home last night when she started screaming for those mythical beings known as moderate Republicans to save us....

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"O would some Power with vision teach us - To see ourselves as others see us! - It would from many a blunder free us" - Robert Burns www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

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Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, ProPublica’s analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

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So, let me get this straight: To amend the Constitution you need the approval of 66% of Congress and 75% of the states, but if you barely get elected president with 49.8% of the vote you're allowed to destroy the Constitution with executive orders. Is that right? Or is LSD talking to me again?

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There are no perfect analogies. But one comparison with the U.S. throwing away NATO and its dominant global economic trading position is the Ming Dynasty's decision to end the Treasure Voyages right before the European age of exploration. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_tr... @ryanlcooper.com

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Sad Dad Jokes for The End Times: Why couldn't President Trump get into the White House today? He kept setting off the mental detector. Why couldn't JD Vance get into the White House today? One guy on the White House staff recognized him in time.

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A Reminder from The Parliamentarian: Congress can only impeach, convict, and remove a president while Congress is still a thing.

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An 11-year-old girl took her own life in Texas after she was tormented for weeks by her sixth-grade classmates at Gainesville Intermediate School, who threatened to call ICE authorities and have her family deported from the US, her grieving parents have said. 💔 💔

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I made this over a year ago. Alas, it seems more relevant than ever....

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Ah, another new day! Time to get up and try once again to convince idiots acting in bad faith that gravity actually exists.

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Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.

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