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I say again: any Republican in congress with an ounce of integrity would switch parties immediately. They are complicit, sadistic cowards. Every single one.

submitted 10 hours ago • 132 comments

Stars and sprites

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

Field mouse

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

Kudos to Trump’s first national security advisor for “speaking out” publicly. But it’s only “impossible to understand” why Trump and Vance are supporting Putin if you refuse to acknowledge the abundant evidence that they are actively undermining the interests of the United States and its allies.

submitted 11 hours ago • 43 comments

Trump is a traitor in the most serious sense of the word

submitted 13 hours ago • 6 comments

A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that

submitted 14 hours ago • 181 comments

THIS is why Democratic leaders must be replaced sooner rather than later. 9:42 AM: Amy Klobuchar posts a photo with Lindsey Graham bragging about her "bipartisan meeting" and how they "stand with Ukraine" 1:40 PM: Lindsey Graham is on Fox News "trashing Zelenskyy and praising Trump and Vance"

submitted 13 hours ago • 256 comments

Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

submitted 15 hours ago • 180 comments

Zelenskiy is in a terrible position, but came to the US unafraid. Trump is so insecure that despite being the president of the most powerful country he couldn't meet with Zelenskiy alone and need someone else to help throw punches.

submitted 15 hours ago • 2 comments

A lot of shit has pissed me off about this admin (and Republicans in general), but I'm fucking raging right now. That was despicable.

submitted 14 hours ago • 1 comment

If you are a liberal in deep blue territory, one thing you could try doing right now is figuring out how to replace your Democratic member of Congress next year. With very few exceptions, the typical safe seat Dem is not meeting the moment. Find someone who will and help them.

submitted 18 hours ago • 432 comments

After several months of not running b/c of a neck injury, I can't run now b/c after 3/4s of a mile or so I'm getting unbearable pain in my right ankle/shin area. Don't know what it is. Doesn't feel like "shin splints." Stretching not helpful. Pain fades quickly when I stop running.

submitted 19 hours ago • 1 comment

This sounds better in the original German: Reichsvereinigung der Einwanderer in Amerika

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

Record Shop - the remaining shopfront painting from my Neighbourhood exhibition - is now available in my shop. A2 framed original. Ink and pen. jonathanestore.bigcartel.com

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

lololol. My government is giving me health care and a high speed train from my city to Montreal sir. So terrifying! Liberate me

submitted 5 days ago • 8 comments

again: in the last ~3 weeks, the US government has shut down most of the meaningful counterterrorism work it does (in favor of, well, this). How long until ISIS tries the door handle and finds its been left unlocked?

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

"As your Senator I vow to slap the shit out of Ted Cruz every single time I pass him in the halls of Congress or elsewhere."

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

"The evidence linking James Rodden to the online accounts in question is strong, with significant biographical consistencies spanning over a decade. … The depth of the investigation leaves little room for doubt.” Strong reporting by @stevanzetti.bsky.social! www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...

submitted 7 days ago • 11 comments

Fun fact: the original Dunning-Kruger paper specifically linked the ability to tell if jokes are funny or not to accurate assessment of one's cognitive, logical etc capabilities. In the context of Musk, I Just Think That's Interesting.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

coiling yourself in knots to act like you don't recognize a sieg heil gesture because you're worried about the blowback from the "terrorist fist-bump" people is some worm hall of fame shit

submitted 7 days ago • 12 comments

he is going to be have to forced out. its unclear what the mechanism will be. maybe it will be massive protests. maybe it will be palace intrigue. or a combination of the two. but he did not leave willingly the last time and he is signaling he won't leave willingly this time either

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

We all have lapses where our memory fails us and we forget some complicated technical term, or have trouble recalling some difficult bit of jargon, like "triangle."

submitted 8 days ago • 20 comments

This is the clearest photo ever taken of Venus. 🔭 🧪

submitted 12 days ago • 106 comments

I wouldn’t celebrate my new position by getting burgers with a thrice convicted pedophile, but I’m just different i guess.

submitted 15 days ago • 39 comments

Counterpoint: you did.

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

Yeah that’s the SA in the making

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

The lobotomized version of Iraq War jingoism plus freedom fries posturing.

submitted 17 days ago • 4 comments

@tishamark.com a lovely gift from my wife today. I think the copper frame suits it. I couldn't be more pleased!

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

it is singularly critical that all of this mess isn't pinned on trump or musk. this is the republican party. as they systemically destroy countless lives, the entire party must pay the political cost for there to be any chance of recovery. harder to build than to destroy. dems will need numbers.

submitted 20 days ago • 8 comments

20 years after my last college class, and thinking that I graduated (I left town the day after my last final & didn't walk) I've just re-applied to graduate. The academic advisor I worked with was incredibly helpful in figuring out how to make sure that this time I actually get my degree.