My spouse’s grandmother made tomato aspic with lemon jello.

Virginia is under hostile occupation by a majority of its residents apparently

For the record: The Washington Post can go fuck itself.

Support pro-democracy media that doesn't have its head stuck up Donald Trump's ass. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

I am in no way a homesteader, but you might appreciate my latest obsession- hypochlorous acid. It made cleaning and disinfecting my neglected fridge an easy task! I’m making it at home and it disinfects and deodorizes better than anything else I’ve tried!

So much false equivalence in media on gerrymandering in Texas vs California & Virginia. California and Virginia maps approved by the voters. That's a huge difference not enough people pointing out

The power of journalism.

Satellite Data Reveal Scope and Scale of US-Israeli Strikes on Iran New data analysis shows the level of destruction in Tehran and across the Islamic Republic — and the heightened stakes of a return to all-out war.

Satellite imagery reveals that US has damaged or destroyed an estimated 7,645 buildings in Iran (including 60 schools) while killing at least 3,300 individuals since 28 Feb. Nearly 3,000 of those buildings were in Tehran

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...

I mean this is as blatantly a violation of the establishment clause as there ever could be. The 5th circuit is a lawless entity at this point.

In Virginia redistricting referendum, supporters say they’re voting ‘for democracy’ As voters hit the polls, Democracy Docket was on the scene to find out what was driving their decision to support or oppose redistricting.

Virginia voters hit the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in a referendum on Democratic leaders’ plan to redraw the state’s congressional map.
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Investigators spoke with several dozen witnesses and uncovered evidence that Ms. Chavez-DeRemer and her staff abused federal spending limits on personal trips, several people familiar with the investigation said, including on fancy hotels, S.U.V. rentals and meals. Four people have left or been forced out of their jobs in connection with the investigation.

Trump appointees must be so puzzled when they're called out for looting and pillaging

How does Trump spend his time? Corruption. Trump spends a great deal of his time, perhaps his primary focus, finding ways to milk his position for personal or familial gain, and until we learn who is profiting off inside knowledge of his market-manipulating tweets about Iran, that may extend to his erratic comments laid out here. Bunker-ballroom. He spends a lot of time planning to build things and it increasingly seems like his aides view construction as a less dangerous pursuit for the old man than almost anything else he tries. They may be right. Cons. The conman spends a lot of time pitching journalists and the WSJ describes he does this outside any intervention from his staff: “Trump would joke with Leavitt that he had talked to a reporter and made big news, but she would have to wait and see what it was.” When WSJ says he didn’t consult with aides before doing this, it glosses the extent to which an entire press corps reconstructs Trump’s abject bullshit so as to convey it as some kind of plan.

How does Trump spend his time?

Construction, Con, Corruption, and Clubs.

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This Is Just To Say

I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update

and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize

Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying

🎯

Saving this to share with my mother as an example of why she shouldn’t automatically rely on the objectivity of The Times.

Republicans, for their part, have cast the push for a new map as a Democratic power grab. “Richmond liberals want to eliminate competitive elections in Virginia,” says an ad from Virginians for Fair Maps, the main Republican-aligned outside group in Virginia.

A more correct way to write this is: "Republicans, who famously love gerrymandering in every other case, are flooding Democratic and Black voters' phones and mailboxes with ratfucking mailers and texts falsely claiming that Obama, Spanberger, and the DNC are against the ballot measure."

No, but the US has the Seven Sisters. For me college was a refuge in so many ways.

Jonathan Bailey as Melrose Plant

I like both Hudson and Cascade.

Washington police lag on required deescalation, mental health training Washington law enforcement officers are way behind completing deescalation and mental health training required under the state’s marquee police accountability law.

Washington law enforcement officers are way behind completing deescalation and mental health training required under the state’s marquee police accountability law.

“The single best predictor of what people believe is how many times they’ve heard it.” — FrameWorks Institute Via Urban Truth Collective

When it comes to spreading disinformation, dark money buys a lot of repetition, because repetition works.

Repetition works.

Repetition works.

Repetition works.

(Did we mention that repetition works?)

#UrbanTruth

“Not density OR trees, density AND trees.” Better cities are climate action. URBAN Truth Collective

Remember, not density OR trees. Density AND trees.

Better cities are climate action. #UrbanTruth

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Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

We’re defending Western Civilization by kicking Plato and Shakespeare out of university classes.

do not forget that we the people have the power to chart a different path than this

Basket of picked green beans in the middle of the field for workers are harvesting

"Adan" shared this photo from the Coachella CA where hes picking green beans. "I get paid 40 cents per pound. The work is exhausting - especially due to the excessive heat in the area. But this is how I support my family." #WeFeedYou

Screenshot of text from the article, reproduced in the post itself

“Homelessness is a social phenomenon and the number of homeless people depends on social conditions – not on the characteristics of individuals.…

We know exactly how to make homelessness decrease again. It is a matter of choice: do we want to do it?”

The right thing AND saves money. #HousingFirst

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.