Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.
Love, Marburg. Same thing, really.
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Puzzle #1047
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Solved as shown. I liked this one a lot.
Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia—
AOC: Wah wah wah.
We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no.
What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.
in honor of The Onion officially taking over InfoWars, what’s a conspiracy theory you 100% believe?
I believe a group of Peter supporters took the final chapter from the Gospel of Mark and moved it to the end of the Gospel of John.
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Double bogey, lost to the 'bot by 3. Frickin' consonant hole.
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Puzzle #1046
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the number of idiotic things that have been said the last 10 years to avoid stating the obvious that "this president is one of the stupidest people who ever lived" truly beggars belief
Hire this woman to do our messaging and I don't care what kind of half-a-loaf milquetoast human spreadsheet we nominate in 2028, they're gonna sweep all 50 states and Guam.
they are calling it the perfect summary of the "keep men out of women's sports" movement
They want everyone dead.
This is your reminder that it's been ten months since the assassination of Melissa Hortman, her husband and her dog, and there hasn't been even a hint of justice for her family, friends or colleagues.
In addition to being drm-free and billionaire-free, Weightless Books was coded by hand
Alas, Arthur's last Fan Writer nomination was a few years before my first Semiprozine nom.
I feel seen!
1. I also get a little joy from imagining Holly Hunter doing her taxes and having to check yes on the weird Yonkers-related state tax questions.
2. I'm going to think of Conyers as Bizarro Yonkers for the rest of my life now.
Marjane Satrapi: "The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.” getting truer every day
A musical stage lit almost entirely in purple. A man named John sits behind an electronic piano at stage front. Behind him are a man named Marty playing a drum kit, a man named Dan playing a guitar, and far to the side another man named John singing. They Might, indeed, Be Giants.
I am not good with a camera, and I am definitely not up to the challenge of photographing a band lit almost entirely from behind, but man o man was tonight's @tmbg.bsky.social show exactly what Nellorat and I both needed. Thanks to They, to WFUV, and to the Sparrow for making this possible.
Yes, Virginia, there is a redistricting clause.
"You get a snapshot with none of the maintenance. It’s basically just a fork where nobody knows how the code works, nobody is watching for CVEs, and nobody knows what to do when it breaks. That's not liberation, it's just technical debt."
Nothing has killed more soldiers in the history of humanity than disease. While worst is a more complicated question Hegseth is absolutely the dumbest secretary of defense the United States has ever had. bsky.app/profile/ones...
Part of a great thread. I reposted this particular bit because
a) I didn't realize that Prince's GOAT solo on "Gently Weeps" was the same ceremony at which he himself was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame and
b) If you haven't seen this performance, take a few minutes and treat yourself.
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Analytical side note: Maybe I’ve missed them, but I haven’t seen Wilson do many (any?) appearances like this before/in recent years — I.e., as one of several talking heads on a program that includes voices critical of him, as opposed to a one-on-one debate or being the only one being interviewed.
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Puzzle #1045
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Bogie, lost to the 'bot by 2. Damn consonant hole.
Oh poor Coco! Poor Sarah and G!
I hope her time remaining is, despite this, long and pleasant.
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Oh. So vague I am pretty sure I never even considered it!
I don't see the rainbow herring even now!
