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my five [i'm former govt employee] wait! i only worked one day a week. I'll still do 5. 1. clayed truck door. 2. found a new dopamine rush game. 3. sang robert johnson's worrying blues. 4 on a tuned guitar. 5. wrote this post.

My friend and mentor Orville Schell puts very clearly what many people with experience in 20th century China are thinking: The parallels with the nihilism and chaos-for-its-own-sake of the Cultural Revolution years. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/d...

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

why does the media publish something that false, a lie, demonstrably untrue?

shameless pandering. melbourne locals: calendar.fit.edu/event/17170-...

2/2 As I munched away and glanced over the crowd, I remembered how infuriating and inspiring my students were. Then I remembered that these were the people that Musk was hiring. That light at the end of the tunnel is always a train.

Well. I am a retired computer science and software engineering professor from a technological University on the East Coast. I had cause to be back on campus today, and grabbed a late lunch in the dining hall. 1/2

Scream this from the top of my lungs........... Ditch corporate media and verify everything you read, even if you agree with its content. Don't be like them..........

simple pleasures for simple people. i rubbed out and waxed the door of my truck today. no tools. just me and polishing stuff and rags and my bad back and 1.5 shoulders. no film at 22

Knowledge is power…

A point to consider.

jamelle is correct

@cnn.com @msnbc.com @nytimes.com @newyorker.com @theatlantic.com @motherjones.com I was gonna add Washington Post and LA Times but they are a bunch of bitches.

can a cat be fat-shamed?

You will NEVER catch my colors uncoordinated

A depressingly well-argued case, from my friend Eric Schnurer, that things are worse than they seem. ericschnurer.substack.com/p/inevitabil... (He is, among other things, an expert in PA politics. Around 9pm Nov 5 I was talking with him. "She's not going to get enough votes from Philly...")

🌟 I’m delighted to be writing a regular column for IEEE Software called “The Question”, details below. #IEEE #Software #IEEESoftware #softwareengineering #computerscience #technology #TheQuestion www.linkedin.com/posts/ieee-s...

A new book looks at the life of Marie Curie through the lens of some of the 45 women who passed through her laboratory.

The first Trump years had the same progression. The Times was constantly stealing and sanitizing our stories at The Daily Beast days later, or friends at Buzzfeed or Vice, no attribution. Cable news, realizing how deeply unpopular Trump is and needing real reporting, skipped the line to talk to us.

Marley — A4 elephant hide, acrylic markers, paraffin wax #origami #origamitessellation

cenosillicaphobia is the fear of an empty beer glass.🍺

Let me hammer this in: -I have endlessly reminded people that US commercial aviation is a *miracle* of cooperative, collaborative safety systems, studied and admired around the world. -What could make me say: 'Start worrying about getting on an airliner'? Exactly this. Musk bros in the mix.

Anyone out there ever work in Treasury Payments? I'm curious if this is actually the case: The Secure Payment System (SPS) employs a strict separation of duties as a core security measure. The point of the ? Is to know how many people are required to approve a payment and where are they located

Would anyone like to help me rearrange some deck chairs?

Like a refreshing blast of tepid water, Warmduscher is sure to hit the spot. For more information and a full playlist with notes, visit the.lacking.org/mixtapes/202... #alternative #indie #mixtape #mixcloud #louderthanwar @louderthanwar.bsky.social

This is so good.

1) She is referring to tweet THREE MONTHS AGO from guy now named as head of "Public Diplomacy" at State Dept, saying "competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work." Link here: x.com/darrenjbeatt... 2) I am a fan of Rep. Crockett and her directness and fearlessness.

@nytimes.com are gutless cowards who bend to plutocrats

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nytimes blocked. finally.

trying to get better at chess. back to juggling bowling balls.

every time i think i've got my news feeds organized, to keep dreck away, dr phil, or some other smeg shows up in the guardian feed. and I can't find the bitch button

there's. johnny!

Little Bear refuses to leave the man who saved him from the fire.

I am trying to cut back for a while on "What's Wrong With the Media, Chapter 4 Bazillion." But this CJR piece about/with @pkrugman.bsky.social is too important not to read Congrats to PK on speaking out and Charles Kaiser and @columjournreview.bsky.social on the story. www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...

this is not good. thehill.com/policy/healt...

simple pleasures for simple minds: cat likes to chase laser pointer. wife goes to powder room off living room. leaves door ajar. put pointer dot just under door. cat crashes through door.

For Elon Musk and Donald Trump, “government efficiency” means cutting programs like Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and veterans benefits. I’ve got a better plan. time.com/7209307/elon...