blexas and blississpi would probably destroy the GOP's fighting spirit

Been thinking about this solidly for 40 minutes, and I think it's evidence for a theory I have, that a lot of successful people have a worse life than they should because they haven't adjusted enough of their living habits around the fact they are successful.

Posting this on the Finchley synagogue (very near us)

Important to share, I think.
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Mayor Mamdani and President Obama read a picture book to a group of children.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh with a group of children.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh.

Children hug Mayor Mamdani.

Today, President Barack Obama and I read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx. 

In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration’s vision for this City — one where New York’s Cutest have the strongest start possible.

I mean, the whole underlying problem in the discourse is that the USN has wasted colossal amounts of taxpayer money on fucked up procurement that didn't benefit the United States.

The Minister must ensure that the new guidance is workable and inclusive. The Liberal Democrats will accept nothing less. It must lay out how it will protect the dignity, safety and rights of all, and ensure that trans people are not prevented from participating in public life because there are no facilities that they can safely use. It is also essential that the guidance is subject to full parliamentary scrutiny. It must have a full debate and free vote. Marie Goldman Women & Equalities Spokesperson

To deal with the unacceptable legal limbo that many trans people are in, I encourage the Minister to appoint a Joint Committee of MPs and peers, on a cross-party basis, to conduct post-legislative scrutiny of both the Gender Recognition Act 2004 and the Equality Act 2010. The Committee should take evidence from affected communities, including trans people, and propose any amendments or new legislation that it sees as necessary to ensure that existing rights are protected. Marie Goldman Women & Equalities Spokesperson

It is sadly an all-too-common theme throughout history that vulnerable minorities—in this case a minority that makes up less than 1% of the UK’s population—are scapegoated for society’s ills. Protecting the rights of women and ensuring dignity and inclusion for trans people are not competing objectives. Both are essential to a fair society. It is basic British decency to afford that. The Liberal Democrats believe as such and that is what we will continue to call for. Marie Goldman Women & Equalities Spokesperson

Thank you to @mariecgoldman.bsky.social for her speech yesterday in the Commons. The dignity and rights of trans people must be ensured in this guidance, and she is right when she says that trans rights and women's rights are not and will never be competing objectives.

PP's therapist in 2024: Liberal majority in 2026 isn't real it can't hurt you

Liberal majority in 2026:

Weird AI slop demon from pathetic White House losers, he has 3 pronged crown

Witch-king of Angmar from lord of the rings. Same crown as the slip

Is that the Witch-king of Angmar?

Better public transport alone will not solve UK’s growth dilemma ‘We need a tram’ is a vote winner but skirts harder policy questions

Today’s @stephenkb.bsky.social newsletter is great - better transport links are an accelerator of regional growth not a *cause* of it. You can’t field of dreams a transit system because you don’t know what you’re designing it *for* giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Virtually everybody in a position of authority or influence in the American media and intelligentsia thinks that Richard Hanania is a delightful provocateur who poses fascinating questions, and that the people down the block with a IN THIS HOUSE sign are beneath their contempt.

Trans community alarmed as India moves to curb LGBTQ rights A proposed amendment to India's transgender law has sparked fear and anger among LGBTQ groups, who warn it could undo hard-won legal gains and take away the right to self-identify.

I think awareness about Rowling is important

And

More folks on here need to be talking about this because the ramifications affect a lot of people

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I think especially because the news media has recently demonstrated what "we think the president is incompetent and that he should not be in office" looks like in how they covered Biden post-debate and don't do the same for Trump

The Submerged State “Keep your government hands off my Medicare!” Such comments spotlight a central question animating Suzanne Mettler’s provocative and timely book: why are many Americans unaware of government social be...

Making the "submerged state" visible is good politics.
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The whole controversy over Kat Abu’s fopo takes was insane. The median Dem is a 🇺🇦🇵🇸 flag person

“if Hitler were to open up another front in Hell I would max out my individual contribution to Satan’s reelection campaign within twelve hours” type base

More transparent bullshit that reporters at multiple news orgs will nevertheless dutifully write up as if he hasnt said this exact same thing about two dozen times already over the past 5 weeks and counting

The fact that he's equal parts a habitual liar *&* someone who is completely disconnected from reality is bad enough. The fact that this is just extremely obvious and that he is just straight up bullshitting most of the time but is nevertheless taken seriously by news media & traders makes it worse.

Norman Rockwell Freedom Of Speech guy

I'm a mediocre machine-cog and I'm happy dammit

A big part of Donald Trump's appeal among his ~30%, ride-or-die core is that he's the first president to be sincerely, authentically stupid and incurious in the exact same way as the fabled Median Voter. *Nothing* about his unintelligence is a gimmick or a put-on.

When Trump posts a deranged, insulting rant that threatens war crimes, it's treated as a fresh approach from a bold leader. When AOC gave an off-the-cuff answer consistent with decades of sensitive US–Taiwan–China relations, they transcribed ordinary verbal breaks to suggest ignorance and waffling.

Romans suffer massive cortisol spike after Jesus brutally resurrectionmoggs them

Miss puff from SpongeBob being yeet into a padded cell

noem husband bimboifcation gooner

Huzzah!

This is just so desperately sad

This has been fairly obvious through their obvious disdain for Ukrainians standing up for themselves.

Over eight million Americans took to the streets today, which makes No Kings 3 the biggest single day of protest in the history of our country. #NoKings

Good lord, they REALLY hate healthcare

Between medicaid cuts and restricting the immigrant doctors who actually serve rural areas, I've never seen a political movement so laser focused on killing their most loyal voters.

a very special FUCK YOU to anyone who thinks I should have been forced to stay in the shitty rural town I grew up in

This is also a correct take. The Big AI industry writ large did very much bring this PR clusterfuck upon themselves.