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Lover of common sense, sarcasm, rugby, and good books. Most else subject to change. Professional problem solver. Tar Heel. 🐱🐱🐱🐢 Online gamer of the quest and lore variety. Ergonomics loon. Not a planet killer.
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www.wired.com/story/antiva... I hope this link works, I have a Wired account - very important today. This is Herr Dr Joseph Goebbels level disinformation - aimed at vulnerable people with with lethal precision. This should get Kennedy under legal investigation if not thrown in jail.

DOGE staffers instruct Vatican to sell St. Peter’s and end all ministering to the poor.

Swing and a miss

Okay, I think we need a silent film refresher because my replies have been weird: 1. Censorship was not okay and was used to protect institutional power under the guise of "save the children" 2. Heroines were considerably tougher than their sound counterparts, regularly partaking in the action.

Well, something has clearly died under the house. Guess I'm calling corpse removers tomorrow. 🀒

This feels ominous. 😬

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The FBI director flew this government plane (or one just like it), possibly from Las Vegas, where he still lives, to see a hockey game in Long Island. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

Due process means the sheriff's deputy you went to high school with and has hated you since you stole his prom date, can't snatch you in the middle of the night, ship you to a private prison in another state, and "lose your paperwork". Bring it home to people. "Due process" is "your day in court".

Whew! Didn't jump at the tricksy ones! Connections Puzzle #679 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Skill 95/99 Uniqueness 1 in 57

ALMOST ANYTHING IS EASIER TO GET INTO THAN OUT OF. -- John Gall, "The Systems Bible"

So, WNC (except Asheville) bitched and whined and complained about not getting enough after Hurricane Helene. They voted BIGLY for Trump to fix it and he has. Their FEMA funds have been cancelled and those woke kids are leaving. Good luck, y'all. May the odds be ever in your favor. Dumbasses.

Our philanthropy is getting into the monkey business.

So many folks have been canned in the DOD, Hegseth called his mom about needing more siblings.

BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove from the country, for the time being, any of the individuals slated for possible deportation to El Salvador. The vote is apparently 7-2, with Justices Thomas and Alito in dissent

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Quick! Before they ban it!

There's some good shit buried in weird little trade mags.

The gig opportunity of a lifetime. LA is lovely outdoors in summer. πŸ₯΅

Someone just decided to go behind my back to one of my reports and escalate outside the group to try and get around licensing. Then they signed the email "Warm Regards". 🀬 I do love a Friday when I can say, "Hi, this was referred to me. We can absolutely do that for you. Who do we invoice?"

In 2017, Senator Rubio blasted Rex Tillerson for not presenting the State Department human rights reports with a press conference. What Secretary Rubio is doing is far worse, systematically editing out descriptions of human rights abuses and corruption. www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...