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Curryholic. Dog treat dispenser. Was a meteorologist, now something else. A Brit in Florida.
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America's best idea: National parks. America's worst idea: Electing a President whose number one priority was staying out of jail.

This is so beyond evil that I don’t even have the words

Correct. If the birthdate field contains corrupt or mismatched data, it defaults to 1875-05-20, which serves as a flag. May 20, 1875, is the day the international standards and metrics treaty was signed. Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.

I'll note again that it would have been pretty good if universities stood up for themselves and the value of education and research when they were under attack the last several years by these same forces, rather than folding like cheap tables.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau literally exists to protect consumers from predatory financial institutions. It's returned over $21 billion to 205 million consumers. The sole result of this move is that Americans will have no recourse when they get screwed over by a bank. Good work Elon 👍

Fuck him, and I am so sorry to my Kennedy Center friends.

Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.

West Point orders certain student groups to disband in compliance with Trump EO. The list includes Asian-Pacific Forum, National Society of Black Engineers, Native American Heritage Forum, and Society of Women Engineers. Reporters covering mil, defense, natsec beats... seems like a big deal.

someone on Trump's team watched @aiannucci.bsky.social's IN THE LOOP and thought it was an inspirational guide and yet still managed to create a shittier organization

I’ll give it to him, he’s realizing his absolute twat potential very early

Scenes from today

This is literally banning my speech

After tomorrow there’s no excuse for any cis person to tsk tsk & pretend this is someone else’s fight. He’s starting his presidency by outlawing the humanity of some, which is outlawing the humanity of all.

Blew my mind

Running the country like it’s a sleepover with the one annoying kid

RIP Washington Post

This “inauguration fund” scam might end up being the first thing Trump’s ever been in charge of that turned a profit

GOP members complaining about reduction of military standards while using a chart that misspells the word military!

Seems problematic but what do I know

Why that FT op-ed demonstration of coke-level paranoia matters: “An unpaid group of billionaires, tech executives and some disciples of Peter Thiel, a powerful Republican donor, are preparing to take up unofficial positions in the U.S. government” — www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/u...

The Brutalist: still processing

i don’t understand how, psychologically, a person gets to a place where they interpret sign language as some kind of attack or imposition on their life. like, what the fuck is wrong with you?

We have been warned.

We are not equipped to deal with this kind of megalomania ehttps://www.mediaite.com/news/elon-musk-conspiring-with-allies-in-private-meetings-to-destabilize-uk-government-and-oust-prime-minister-keir-starmer-report/

France showing us the way

Released on my birthday so a nice little gift to myself and the latest edition to my MZS/WS collection

The sheer amount of money we have available to corrupt is staggering.

However hard your life is, remember that you have more dignity than the richest man to ever exist, who used a sock puppet to post this about himself.

Always struck by how journalists almost never see this kind of dynamic as a failure of journalism. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/u...

Eyes Wide Shut: nothing but net

Maybe 2025 will be the year I find the courage the start and finish these two 1,000 behemoths

Imagine being worth hundreds of billions and this is what you choose to do with your time.

Fair to say he loves this toy I brought back from the UK