Midterms can't come fast enough for the Dems. If they can't make progress when Trump is 50 points underwater with Independent voters I don't even know what to say.

oh damn

Ya, I've seen datasets on electricity supply that suggest it still might be the largest source, but whether we passed the peak already (likely) or are about to, the notion that it will be our key source for electricity going forward is certainly very stupid. Also his logic is hilarious.

surely no army in military history has ever been laid low by disease, a famously uncommon problem among people living in enforced close quarters

And apparently the settlement from lawsuits against him preclude mention of his victims in any biography/biopic, so it is literally not possible to tell the true story of his life. When that became clear, the film should have just been shelved permanently.

Is the Secretary planning to die this year?

Energy Secretary Chris Wright: "I'm pretty confident coal will lead the world in global electricity production when I die"

Quick question for the good Bishop. Does he believe the President of the USA knows what the word "heuristic" means? A follow-up: does the Bishop know what the word "sophistry" means?

HA!! Clearly a trick question! The correct answer is, join the UCP and do whatever you want whenever you want.

I sometimes make this point in class by inviting a colleague from history to lecture, and then asking them about what they use as sources. A holocaust historian has multiple databases with many thousands of documents. We've got three documents and like four rocks with cool scratches 🤷.

No Daniel, you don't get it. God IS the cha cha slide.

The Arc de Triomphe was commissioned to honor Napoleon in 1806. By the time construction had really begun in earnest, Napoleon had suffered a disastrous military defeat and had been forced into exile.

The FBI Director Is MIA Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

Gift link:

Exactly one year ago today:

This especially because, at least at some point, Cruz knew perfectly well that what Carlson says is true. (Muslim reverence for Jesus is just a straight-forward, googleable, fact)

terrified of/is best friends with (which, I admit, is a weird dynamic she might want to think about)

conservative free speech is when they speak and you listen or suffer the consequences

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Friendly reminder that criticizing DT in any way will immediately lead to your irrelevance in his eyes.

what else can we get JD to do this weekend

Gospel Book of Otto III c. 1000 Manuscript (Clm. 4453), 334 x 242 mm Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich This is another miniature from the Gospels of Otto III (folio 139r). It shows St Luke with a piles of manuscripts in his lap (their bindings studded with jewels) exalting all the Old Testament prophets who foretold the coming of Christ. Web gallery of art image: https://www.wga.hu/html_m/zgothic/miniatur/1001-050/1/1gospel5.html

I love this photo of Saint Luke with piles of manuscripts in his lap from the Gospel Book of Otto III (c. 1000 CE)
(Manuscript (Clm. 4453), Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich). Probably projection, but he looks traumatized by all the reading he still needs to do before the end of the semester.

You mean this list that has Denzel Washington, perhaps the greatest actor of his generation, on it? Quite a puzzle.

I can't stop admiring this photo by the Artemis II crew made of the moon. (Nikon D5 shot at f 7.1 at 800th of a second on 400 iso at 80 mm)

Well, that took me down quite a rabbit hole! Sigh.

Friendly reminder that the independence referendum is dumb and a waste of time and money. Oh, it will also be super damaging to the province in a bunch of ways.

Among those who say they would remain - "Even if I don't want Alberta to separate, I'd consider voting for separatism in a referendum as a way to send a message to Ottawa"

Disagree: 68%
Agree: 21%

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Hey guys, I hate to break it to you, but Reagan also got weapons to the Iranians. (sure it was by selling them to the Iranian government illegally, but why are we nitpicking?)

AND, generate $30-50B extra revenue each year for doing literally nothing you weren't doing two months ago for free.

I'm the daughter of an Army paratrooper who refused orders during our illegal invasion of Vietnam back in the day. He went to LBJ military jail.

Dad taught his girls this: "Just following orders" is NEVER any excuse for anyone who's complicit in war crimes. You MUST refuse heinous orders.

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