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In a nutshell. 😊

Mistakes were made.

April 19, 2026 On the evening of April 18, 1775, the people who lived in the British colony of Massachusetts had gone to bed with the sun, as usual.

April 19, 2026
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April 18, 2026 And, just like that, President Donald J.

April 18, 2026
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As Promised, a new PoDCaTs episode! The W.T.F Episode, no less

As Promised, a new PoDCaTs episode!
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The W.T.F. Episode | Berkeley Cat Records Podcats Many wise and erudite cats and hoomans have recently asked the solemn question, WTF'ing Fuck already?! Here we address this dilemma, and offer our perspective, along with some tunes.

Got up early and made a PodCats episode! Here it be
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April 17, 2026 This morning, after a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect Thursday, Iran announced the Strait of Hormuz was open to commercial ships.

April 17, 2026
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Appreciations Love, Cats, Music and Health In The Time Of #@%&!!!

Appreciations
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My artificial wife and I have run out of popcorn. It’s a crisis. A little song-journal prance through the existential posies

My artificial wife and I have run out of popcorn. It’s a crisis.
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BREAKING: Hungary just saw a stunning political shakeup. Opposition leader Péter Magyar says Prime Minister Viktor Orbán personally called to congratulate him on his victory, marking the imminent end to Orbán’s long grip on power.

Yay!! 🙂

Why the Cassidy Hutchinson Investigation Should Make Us Very Uncomfortable I don’t know Cassidy Hutchinson, the former deputy to Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, who flipped and became a star witness during the January 6 Committee hearings and who is now reportedly under i...

I am, officially, incapable of keeping up. I am grateful for Joyce Vance and others whose vigilance and knowledge (and stamina) far exceeds my own, so I can almost sort of keep up.

It's a nice rainy Caturday. Might make hot chocolate. Bye now.

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Young adult happiness is falling. Percent of young people who are pretty or very happy has dropped from 88% to 76% over the last 15 years after having held fairly steady between 1980 and 2010

My hottest “I have no data to back this up” take is that phones aren’t making young people less happy. What’s making them less happy is living in a world where everyone is having their reality defined by recommendation algorithms that can only care about whether something keeps you watching.

Pondering Words and Meanings, and Wonderin' What Next - Eric Din Really a great many words these days ought to be prefaced with “so-called” by default. So-called ceasefire. So-called Supreme Leader. So-called president, so-called Prime Minister, so called Secretary of so-called Defense. So-called Truth Social, so-called Artificial Intelligence. It would help our clarity and understanding. Ceasefire for example used to mean two or more combatant sides … Continue reading "Pondering Words and Meanings, and Wonderin’ What Next"

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Blogging About Blogging And pondering what the universe knows

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well, duh www.rawstory.com/america-trump/

Word Crisis.
The disruptor-in-chief is rewriting the dictionary. Truly wild times

April 10, 2026 It feels like something shifted in the United States this week after President Donald J.

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Cartoon view of a dangerous & colossal failure by this regime…

I wrote and posted this to Instagram a couple of days ago and it became my most-read poem ever. I’m honored I get to feel big feelings alongside you all. I’m posting it here too and want to use this space more consistently. Hello friends ❤️

No, Pete. You Don't Have 'Complete Control.'
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Red Zone A humiliated Trump is at his most dangerous

“The strongman image he’s desperately been trying to cultivate all his life has collapsed. And that is why we’re now all in a dangerous situation.”

April 9, 2026 The ceasefire President Donald J.

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April 8, 2026 On April 8, 1865, General Ulysses S.

April 8, 2026
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Street Party album turns FOUR! Time flies, and so do Berkeley Space Kitties

Street Party album turns FOUR!
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Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

I think the reason AI propagandists are so flustered by the fact that no real writer wants to use their idiotic tools is that they themselves don't enjoy writing. They see it as a boring arduous chore to be avoided, while real writers actually enjoy writing and actually care about the quality of it.

Just because a President announces he’s agreed to a two week ceasefire moments before he threatened to commit war crimes, does not mean he is suddenly fit to serve. #25thAmendment

I'm out here quoting Luke Skywalker agreeing with MTG. This isn't happening. But it is.