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Just too close... seriously. Try to post fun things, but also my cat, Toby the Jerk. Who is a jerk. Random cat pics. More politics than is good for me, or anyone.
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First he added gold knick knacks. Then it was paintings with gilded frames. Then appliqués below the crown molding and then on the wainscoting. Then the doorframe got gold trim. And now it looks like this. The timeline: s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...

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Jeez. Buy more books from these presses, direct if possible. I've got books from 8 of these in my library. Grants are critical to many translation projects, too. It's about community and an expanded worldview, in addition to good reading.

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The devastating, shortsighted attack on literature continues. List from Magic City Books. Who'd they miss? Note: the small publishers selected here for financial attack include (among other very worthy and important presses) @transitbooks.bsky.social, publisher of 2023 Nobel laureate Jon Fosse.

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Earthworms on the Raccoonobahn. Time lapse, I found it fun though your mileage may vary. Still raining here, which for us, is unusual but we really need the moisture.

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Big news reported by @allyversprille.bsky.social of @bloomberg.com: For 90 seconds last Monday, air traffic controllers at Newark “temporarily lost radar and communications with the aircraft under their control, unable to see, hear, or talk to them.” Several staffers took trauma leave afterward

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Even *if* you accept Stephen Miller’s (textually, historically, and morally indefensible) claim that undocumented immigrants are not entitled to due process, you’d *still* need due process to ensure that the individuals at issue are, in fact, undocumented. His argument fails even on its own terms.

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Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses. Real buttons are sooooooo back baby!

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“But Toad,” said Frog, “I AM happy. I am very happy. This morning when I woke up, I felt good because the sun was shining. I felt good because I was a frog. And I felt good because I have you for a friend. I wanted to be alone. I wanted to think about how fine everything is.”

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Very very important follow up on the Signal story . The clone version of Signal White House officials are using is so insecure it’s already been hacked. www.404media.co/the-signal-c...

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JUST IN: Trump orders 100% tariff on all movies produced outside the U.S.

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Himalayas pictured from space. A picture from my Reddit account feed, guys. Enjoy and dream on💙 Have a fantastic Sunday everyone

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good morning

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UPDATE: Police say they arrested two people involved. The target was a free Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro, which drew more than 2 million people to Copacabana Beach on Saturday night.

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good morning

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I helped escort a raccoon through Central Park. No touching!

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Alaska Native Corporations starting their own air medevac services for their rural communities

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Trump has ordered criminal investigations into more than 50 federal employees so far, including former intelligence officials, political rivals, and even members of his own administration. He has declared some “guilty of treason,”

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The early morning crowd visiting the water dish. It's nice to see the Western fence lizards out early. Nice temps today then cooler with rain and storms next week. Little squirrel is becoming a regular. There's a sugar water mix in the green lid at back, the rocks are to hold it down due to wind.

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Stephen Miller's 'American First Legal Foundation' has sued Chief Justice John Roberts arguing the White House should run the court system. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...

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So Rubes, if I'm remembering right, is currently Secretary of State, Administrator of USAID, National Security Advisor and Archivist of the US (i.e. head of the national archives). Not making any of this up. And I may have missed a few things.

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good morning

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this is legitimately evil

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they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...

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more baby Finn for no reason

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This is something we can all do.👇🏼 File a complaint with the FL and DC Bar to have Pam Bondi disbarred for not complying with the 9-0 Supreme Court ruling to return Mr. Garcia from El Salvador. I did mine... who's next?

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I just met with legal counsel for my constituent, Dr. Badar Khan Suri. Dr. Suri is a global conflict scholar at Georgetown who was detained without explanation by masked agents outside his Arlington home, then disappeared without due process to a prison 1,300 miles from his wife and children. 1/

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Anyone else find it strange that a man with a 14-year heroin addiction is railing against Narcan—the lifesaving drug that helped drive a sharp drop in overdose deaths after a federal distribution program? No one said Narcan cures addiction. It prevents funerals. That’s the point. The facts 👇🏾

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Do regular Americans realize the gradual catastrophe currently unfolding? Virtually every area of the consumer economy in the US is being (or will be) shaken by these tariffs, from model railroading to retro video game handhelds. Not just hobbies rely on trade, either! Essentials and jobs do too!

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Couldn't agree more. Everyone should want Narcan everywhere. But it's pretty rich for a millionaire's son years long junkie to be preaching pro-overdose tough love.

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A Judge Finally Rules Trump Can’t Apply Alien Enemies Act To Alleged Gang Members In The First Place talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-r...

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This is important acasignups.net/25/05/01/and...

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Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, has died at 104.

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some classic Finn from the olden days

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April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.

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It has nothing to do with illegal immigration. It is just Make America White Again. It always was. A lot of people were fooled by what happened the first time. They thought they were exempt.

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