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Elon's DOGE isn't looking for fraud, it's looking to DEfraud. That's why he sent in hackers instead of accountants.

Commonwealth Basin, Central Cascades.

Montana Motel. Photo by Len Jenschel.

Double exposure self portrait. River Flats Park, Minneapolis. 1994

To all Canadians: You have a wonderful, rational, kind country with amazing healthcare. Sorry that your stupid neighbor to the south elected an irresponsible imbecile who has started a wholly unnecessary trade war with you. But we aren't too embarrassed to apologize.

Perfectly captured.

“Screaming. A million mouths screaming but also laughing the sky will bleed and there shall be a great flensing a burning away of the flesh it is coming there is no way to stop what is coming.”

This guy at the FBI painting over vibrant, positive values with thick strokes of dull paint is such an apt metaphor for the Age of Trump 2.0.

Seattle from Alki Beach.

Current mood

Medicaid didn't go offline because it was too "woke." School lunch programs weren't put at risk because of immigrants. Funding for cancer research wasn't on the chopping block because of trans people. All of this (and more) was jeopardized because of one person: Donald Trump.

AI Explains Humans Have Nothing To Worry About As Their Extermination Will Be Swift And Painless

If anyone from the USA or elsewhere wants to see how British humour is used to great effect, firstly, ignore the video. And then read the (thousands of) comments. Some great work here. Well done all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgvE...

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What To Know About The Jan. 6 Pardons theonion.com/what-to...

It’s official: In the USA The Gulf of Mexico is now the “Gulf of America,” and Denali, the Alaska Native name for North America’s tallest peak, has been reverted to Mount McKinley. But we refuse to accept this change—Denali will always be Denali to us. #IStandWithDenali

Fav food truck. If ya know, ya know.

I’m glad he said it!

“Today we feel secure and safe and happy.” After Thailand on Thursday became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, couples gathered for a mass wedding in Bangkok. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/w...

In light of Trump II’s predictably cruel and bonkers beginning, many people are asking: “What can I do now?” Here are 10 recommendations. robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-c...

Here's how they report on him in the UK, where their free press has a spine.

Today in Milan, a student activist group hung a trash-filled effigy of Musk upside down on a gate outside of piazzale Loreto, where Mussolini's body was displayed in 1945. They left the message: "C'è sempre posto a piazzale Loreto, Elon" (There's always room in piazzale Loreto, Elon)

Powerful

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

I’m just going to say that AOC is the acting leader of the Democratic Party until someone proves otherwise. At least insofar as she is responding to the moment with leadership.

Elon Musk doing the Nazi salute at Trump’s inauguration rally. Did it twice, actually. Don’t waste time arguing with the people telling us that’s not what happened. They’re not mistaken, they are engaged in propaganda. Faced with authoritarianism in power, it is crucial we trust our own eyes.

ELON MUSK: Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil! MAGA: [cheering] THE REST OF US:

An actual good thing

Minneapolis grain silos, 1996

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Walking bass line.

Keep your eye on the donut, not on the hole.