Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia—
AOC: Wah wah wah.
We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no.
What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.
screenshot of WashPo editorial board August 20 2025 "The Texas Gerrymander freakout What's happening in the Lone Star State is not a threat to democracy"
screenshot of April 21 Wash PO editorial board: "Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss The redistricting scheme was always a power grab by Democrats. Voters went along with it."
listen hun if you can't handle the Washington Post editorial board at their the Texas gerrymander "freakout" is "not a threat to democracy" you don't deserve them at their "Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss"
Aside from who started it, states like CA and VA putting a counter-gerrymander up to a referendum, where people are told and can make a decision on the context for why it's being done, has vastly more democratic legitimacy than state legislators rushing it through because they got bullied by POTUS.
The first panel shows a crow with the title "How to live a good life". The second panel shows a crow cawing at itself in the mirror with the subheading "Make friends". The next panel says "Explore" and shows a crow looking into a commercial waste bin. The next says "Try new things" with a crow eating something vile. The next one says "Be curious" and shows the crow grabbing a hissing cat's tail". The final frame says "Get a hobby" and shows the crow looking closely at a book of matches.
How To Live A Good Life #oldknees
Here’s your “relief at the pump”
Star Trek The Next Generation scene. Young ensign Wesley Crusher (the boy) sits at a console on the bridge, but he's turned around like he's having a talk with safe and trustworthy adult who has walked up behind him. He looks sincere and earnest, as if it's a 'very special episode of Star Trek.' He's wearing his blue and blue and gold and red and blue again Wesley sweater, which is not a bad look, tbh. Closed caption reads, "drugs can make you feel good."
Super excited about a better way to cross Lawrence on the channel trail than trying to dart across in a break in the traffic. It's such a nice trail but the Lawrence and Montrose crossings are bad enough they've legitimately prevented some of my friends from using the trail.
Russian brutalism is on another level. r/brutalism
WY34 Sybille Canyon,
4/19/2026, 6:30:33 AM
Powder River Basin,
4/19/2026, 6:06:33 AM
Mamdani: "What are we fighting for?. When you look back at the history books of our party, 100 years ago we had a very clear vision of what we were fighting for. It's sad that for too many Americans, when they want to look for ambition in the Democratic Party, then have to turn to a history book."
Palantir put out the most cartoonishly evil statement possible. They’re so arrogant and self-confident they don’t seem to believe their fascistic plans can be opposed.
We must get rid of Palantir altogether.
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No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be who have tried it.
Building on the left was extant till 2007 but gone by 2009, tall building never appears in streetview unfortunately
hotel?, angle 1, o street, lincoln, nebraska, 1980
hotel?, angle 1, o street, lincoln, nebraska, 1980
I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
WOW: Jodi Kantor & Adam Liptak have the memos that describe the origins of SCOTUS shadow docket - the 2016 order halting Obama’s Clean Power Plan @jodikantor.bsky.social @adamliptak.bsky.social @nytimes.com
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You absolutely SHOULD NOT go around telling people that data centers are full of gold, silver, palladium, copper, and that the data centers are almost entirely unstaffed.
Untitled - Springtime Elevators
Robert Newton Hurley
1953
the adair news, auduban street, adair, iowa, 1988
the adair news, auduban street, adair, iowa, 1988
The building and perhaps more surprisingly the Adair News are both still extant
mohonk, back, new paltz, new york, 1976
mohonk, back, new paltz, new york, 1976
Extant and still gorgeous
Mamdani hasn't had time to really think about all that space he now has, because he spends most of his time at City Hall and around New York City. He tries to keep a semblance of his old life by getting around the city on foot, by bike or train. "If you spend every single day driving around in a tinted window security detail, you will have a very specific view of the city," he said. "You actually meet other New Yorkers and you break out of the bubble that so many have come to expect of politics, where politicians only seem to be spending time with other politicians or the people who donated to make them politicians."
I'd say that this applies to anyone traveling in a car in any city. Being in a car versus walking, riding, or taking transit fundamentally changes how you view a place and your relationship to it. I wish more leaders set this kind of example.
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Trump: "Millions of American small businesses, including corner stores. What is a corner store? I've never heard that term. I know what a corner store is but I've never heard it described-- a corner store. Who the hell wrote that?"
I mean I generally agree but so far you've called me a trump voter for supporting a Dem you don't like who, might I add, also happens to be polling much better against Collins than Mills is. If we're voting blue no matter who, isn't that Planter at this point?
I've voted in every election for the past 14 and have only ever voted for dems lol. I'm just realistic about what to hope for from a party that's completely captured by corporate and foreign interests.
I just want someone who will vote against arms for Israel 🤷. At this point that's about all I can hope for out of democrats
Guess we'll find out cause it's looking petty ok for him at the moment, hard to imagine he'll be any worse than Susan Collins
