You would have to see the village of Gratis (takes 45 seconds) to really appreciate how bonkers this story is.

Etiquette on submitting a conference talk that's all about a piece of commercial fiction? Like, it feels like shilling or advertising, but it would make ideal fun Python problems to work through.

Cardinal Cupich: "We're dehumanizing the victims of war by turning the suffering of people & killing of children & our own soldiers into entertainment. To splice together movie cuts w/ actual bombings & targeting of people for purposes of entertainment is sickening. This is not who we are."

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TNR says this was "at an Easter Lunch reception at the White House".

Easter.

Buc-ee's sues yet another convenience store over logo similarities Buc-ee's filed a lawsuit against the parent company of Ohio convenience store Mickey Mart, claiming the store's moose logo is too similar to its own.

I'm not OK with them suing an Ohio chain over a completely BS trademark claim. I won't be going. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

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Night sky with heat lightning silhouetting bare trees

A dramatic spring evening, thrilling with lightning, thunder, wind, and scads of sprint peepers.

Dang, Andor is a good re-watch. S1E3 hits especially hard after Minneapolis.

If you’re roughly my age, it’s wild to reflect on the optimism for the future Americans felt when Obama was elected — young Americans spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate! — and contrast with what we face today. The falloff over the past 18 years is hard to process.

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You just have to plan your trips so the power cord doesn't get tangled.

(Kidding. <3 my Bolt)

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Remember this?

“If you take out Saddam, I guarantee you it will have enormously positive impact in the region"

A million people died, an entire society was destroyed in a War based on a complete lie.

That "Horrible:" meme is going to get a lot of exercise in the next few weeks.

Rain frog metal song YouTube video by Castle's Egret

Because I must scream, I shall scream along with heavy metal rain frog. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfPL...

Busy days ahead for our new Fraud Czar, JD Vance.

attn: @gopcrimes.bsky.social

We can't pull the bus out of the ditch unless some of the people who pushed the bus into the ditch help pull. I understand the frustration, but we've got to welcome them.

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That Trump & co. are afraid of a Presbyterian seminarian is about the most wonderful thing I can imagine.

You can think "of course we'd pivot to vote Newsom at the last minute in the general if, God forbid, we had to, but let's not say so", but the people you're influencing won't all pivot on a dime with you. Some of them will wihhold votes in the general. Trump wins. We die.

OK, here's why: a Newsom presidency would be a massive disappointment, so it should be opposed fiercely in the primaries.

Cementing Republican control would mean mass eradication.

(continued)

On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

NENA | 99 Luftballons [1983] [Offizielles HD Musikvideo] YouTube video by NENA

Queue up 99 Luftballoons

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpu5...

So, a life-threatening high-speed chase over a suspected civil offense.

OTOH, 20th-century reenactment may become a popular hobby, and the US will be *the* supplier of choice.

(lovingly clutching my Bolt EV)

Could images of the removed material be gathered into a Banned Parks gallery?

Could FOIA be used to get such images? Or a crowdsourced effort to collect Americans' own photos?

I love how the Muppet Show folks said "You know what we should update about the show this time around? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. We nailed it the first time."

That's why security is there, to rescue attackers from her.