But after the next census you're going to have to reapportion anyways, so it's not like this can't be repeated if needed.

Like the anti-Allred commercials in Texas in '24 claiming public schools were performing/paying for gender confirmation surgery without parental approval?

Plus there are some Dems, I imagine, who stood on principle (gerrymandering = bad), which is technically admirable but self-defeating in this case.

The crank omits that it's not merely a majority vote, but a majority vote after the same amendment has passed twice in different sessions.

I love me some libraries! The library was always my sanctuary, my safe space, my second home. Today, the library is sanctuary to the books I write, the stories I tell! Ever and always, my safe space. This is from Jumping Off Library Shelves, an anthology by Lee Bennett Hopkins. #nationallibraryweek

The memorial:

IMO this is, in and of itself, an impeachable offense.

From Xitter: a tweet from @TheDemocrats saying "Pete Hegseth needs to go." Pete Hegseth responds: "Your agenda is illegals, trans & DEI—all of which are no longer allowed @DoD." The Democrats respond "Pete's POV" with a screenshot of an iPhone screen but blurred, implying that Hegseth is looking at his phone while drunk.

A year ago today.

Or worse, with the rise of partnership with betting and pseudobetting platforms: free, but only if you place enough bets.

IMO this is an impeachable decision in and of itself.

Secretary of War Pete Hegs... # © • 39m The War Department is once again restoring freedom to our Joint Force. We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately.

Make this make sense.

If only America didn't decide to touch the fvcking stove first. . . .

two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management

The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.

Yeah, all seafood is OK, as is chicken parm. OTOH, alcohol is never permitted.

Absolutely incredible.

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.

Watch with sound on.

There's an old calculator joke about a dieting girl who ends up 55378008. I remember someone telling the joke but screwing it up. I knew the math would be wrong, but couldn't figure out what it would be. He ended up with 5538008 instead. 😛

Is tasteful side bloob OK?

"This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here.

What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger."

They only value the *idea* of the traditional family, and only as far as they can use it to oppress those people/ideas they don't like.

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Warfetchers?

'Sméagol won't grub for roots and carrotses and - taters. What's taters, precious, eh, what's taters?'
'Po-ta-toes,' said Sam.

Since the beginning of time women have yearned to don clunky, dangerous footwear.

Fermented shark is a delicacy in Iceland. Even that doesn't look *this* bad.

The article calls it "processed meat."

The OP's quote followed by a Bluesky post showing a skeleton leaning over a figure in shadows who appears to be asleep

I know it's not exactly the right visual, but here's what the feed gave me right after:

And I, for one, welcome our new fashion overlords.

FWIW, that was the stated "animus" behind the North Carolina bathroom bill. Of course, instead of just punishing people for criming in a sensitive area (bathrooms, locker rooms, etc.), they decided to punish all trans people for the crimes of cis people.