No, that's XXXX.
Pronounced Four Ex.

"The system does not work for you, was never intended to work for you, but as an act of magnanimity on our part, you may choose the degree to which it works against you"

Omar El Akkad's critique of Western politics in his book One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.

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"Oh Lord, cast out those misguided religious leaders who would dare to meddle in our politics"

This post has been up for 4 hours, and as yet not a single one of his followers has been willing to suggest that Trump hasn't broken a particular commandment, or didn't commit a single deadly sin.

Let's see if I get any takers.

(Note, I also didn't have an answer)

A person surrounded by a cloud of smoke coming out of their mouth

Vaping likely to cause cancer, new Australian review of evidence finds: A review has found nicotine-containing vapes are likely to cause lung & oral cancers & it can no longer be considered "safer than smoking."

www.abc.net.au/news/health/20…

Just a reminder to people, Iran might be on the right side of this but that doesn't make them good guys.

www.news.com.au/world/middle...

Even this explanation is unhinged.
No one thought this was a real photograph of something that happened.
Or are they trying to pretend that someone hacked Truth Social and changed the image.
Even then, what's the image they think Trump shared?

No part of the cover up helps this. Nothing at all.

Nah, we just opted out of the conspiracy to try to make him look good.

Darryl Jones has a story of asking a student who was about to leave the country to harass a nesting magpie that they were observing. This magpie defended her nest but didn't swoop anyone else for many years - until that student returned. Instant swoop. He could never visit that park

Donald Trump in a prayer pose in the oval office, being blessed by the 1930s comedy team The Three Stooges

His reality:

I've always known it's rude.
"It's your turn to speak, but I'm not waiting to hear what you say"

I would like to see him buried under his ballroom. Tickets for the permanent dance party would pay it off quickly.

There's a white British author about ten years younger than me, who writes very well about white British men about 10 years younger than me, and I've never been able to get more than 50 pages into his much-praised novels because I can't stand his characters and don't care what happens to them.

"You know, the 80s guy with the teeth"

Austin powers?

"That's the one!"

True story. In her defence, she was born this century, so anything 60s to 90s is just a blur.

It's not just your vote in November.
Tell your Congressional representatives how you expect them to vote now.
There's a bill to allow Congress to invoke the 25th Amendment, and you can bet that people are already in the ears of your representative. You should tell them your opinion, too.

In Brisbane, Australia - site of the 2032 Olympics - public transport to and from our stadiums is free if you have an event ticket. They put on extra buses for major events.

Damn socialist taxpayer gouging, worse than your beautifully transparent capitalist system, right?

I've just finished reading Death of the Author by @nnedi.bsky.social and this little white Aussie has had her eyes opened.

This is a brilliant novel. Set in modern Chicago, and Nigeria, and the future. I want more.

(But am feeling hypocritical, because one plot line concerns the demands of fans)

It sounds like the procedure that Parliamentary democracies use to change their Prime Minister.
Effectively, the ruling party changes their leader, then the House of Reps (or equivalent) votes on it, but any member of the House of Reps can move a vote of no confidence.
Don't know your rules, though.

I saw a transcript of Trump and Doordash Grandma. I thought it was over the top satire.
Then I saw a photograph of Trump and Doordash Grandma, and thought someone got their ai onto that satire quickly. Then it was in mainstream media.
I never thought this could be what would break my reality filter.

The Iranians are charging a fee that goes towards rebuilding the infrastructure that the USA has destroyed. This is in lieu of reparations.
So, all countries that use the oil will pay the reparations, rather than the aggressors, USA & Israel, paying the whole amount. Trump never knows when to stop.

I've said, I will not give him the power implicit in calling him the Antichrist, but I am more than willing to describe his performatively cross-wearing acolytes "anti-christian"

Fast Forward comedy show. In Moscow Tonight sketch

Oh Viktor, you are a very unattractive and also very unpopular man

A tawny frogmouth perches on palm tree branch, its mottled brown feathers. A long, thin leaf crosses in front of its face, partially obscuring its beak, while one eye is slightly open in a narrow, sideways glance—giving the impression of a subtle side-eye despite its otherwise still, camouflaged posture.

This one’s for everyone who needs to channel Ms Tawny’s side-eye energy today. Go well.

I had hoped they were being withheld because they're going to be used in the upcoming
Trial Of The Century.

Any day now.

We're waiting.

Please?

My camping light sitting on the picnic table while at Gluepot attracted some insects - including this lovely lacewing.

Tell your Republican member of Congress - you don't support the criminal activities in the White House, and if Congress fails to act, you will have to presume he/she is personally involved.

You need the Republicans in Congress to put an end to these crimes.

#InsiderTrading

He can't do it too early, because it won't cover crimes commit after the pardon, and there's still fortunes to be made. But he can't put it off too long, because he could die before it happens.
I suspect we're going to see deathbed pardons, signed by autopen while he's unconscious.

I've disliked that phrase for decades. I have a full rant about it, but I've specifically been waiting for someone to use this phrase since his first election, so that I could reply "not any more"

People I follow haven't used that phrase for a decade.

"I did not have a relationship with that man - Mr Epstein"

Can we impeach FLOTUS the way we impeached Clinton?