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Translator, pool manager, concerned citizen. "Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." - FDR
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Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, or raw political opportunism, or convenience, or [cont]

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Guernsey Scrabble rules: - Games can be 7, 8, or 9 tiles - 3 of one letter? You can trade one in - You can look up stuff in the dictionary - New twist: Barter Scrabble! You can trade a letter with an opponent As you can see, we're mostly about having fun here in the Guernsey household.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...

submitted 21 days ago • 364 comments

First they came for the trans people, and I did not speak out— Because I was not trans. Then they came for the immigrants, and I did not speak out— Because I was not an immigrant. Then they came for the minorities... You all know how the story ends.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Yes! More of this! And follow it up with real action if the executive branch does not comply!

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

TikTok ban. Impoundment Act. Emoluments Clause. Laws regarding Inspectors General. Laws concerning firing people from the National Labor Relations Board. The administration is violating the law at every turn. Congress' power is becoming more diluted by the moment. Call your representatives! Now!

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

This was one of the readings in church today. I thought, holy cow, Paul practically wrote the book on DEI! Just get a load of this reading from I Corinthians! www.lectionarypage.net/YearC_RCL/Ep...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Now this is what I call not obeying in advance. Today I am extra proud to be an Episcopalian.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Oh yay yay yay, there is a way to avoid that stupid Google AI bot that is always at the top of the search results (and gives a ton of wrong answers!): just add -ai to the search string! HT to Sterling!

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Trump is trying to take credit for the Israel/Hamas ceasefire. That's BS, of course; it's the Biden administration that has been in there negotiating for months. BUT Trump's claim greatly ups the chances of ceasefire success...because now its failure would be Trump's failure.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

First Musk takes Twitter down the drain...now we have Bezos with the Post and Patrick whatshisface with the LA Times. Billionaires destroying what used to be useful news sources. Ugh.

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

A quote from Heather Cox Richardson today...bookmarking where we are at before the new administration: "No U.S. troops are fighting in foreign wars, murders have plummeted, deaths from drug overdoses have dropped sharply, undocumented immigration

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

Nice depiction of the desire to destroy other cultures. (Very tastefully timely, too, given the shootout of the Azeri flight.) Culture war is a useful political tool, and not just in the US.

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Worth the listen! The diversity is amazing.

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments