a group of people in red and white uniforms are walking in a line with umbrellas . ALT: a group of people in red and white uniforms are walking in a line with umbrellas .

I put on my Star Wars "Join the Resistance" t-shirt and voted "Yes" on redistricting here in Virginia!! Let's vote!!

Ridiculous. What's next, no more vaccines for tropical diseases too? Making them ALL optional?

Liberals launch college project to counter Turning Point USA More Perfect Union, a journalism nonprofit founded by advisers to Sen. Bernie Sanders, plans to train liberal content creators on campuses across the country.

A liberal media outlet launched a project to counter Turning Point USA’s growing conservative influence on college campuses.

More Perfect University will focus on recruiting liberal content creators on campuses across the country, organizers said.

"Fast Food" - Stevens & Grdnic [1980] YouTube video by Estonius

I listened on the radio every week growing up! Heard the original Weird AL recordings.

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From my family's experiences, this is a huge issue in the autism community and needs far more attention. I'd also direct you to the Autism and Ageing webinar link on this page:
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Can This Former Admiral Navigate Rough Political Seas? Fired from the Navy by Pete Hegseth, Nancy Lacore has plunged into South Carolina Democratic politics.

Pete Hegseth might end up regretting his decision to relieve Nancy Lacore of her position as chief of the Navy Reserve. ICYMI @lauren-egan.bsky.social on the fight for a typically red South Carolina House seat:

Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...

The midterms will serve as an unprecedented stress test of the integrity of American elections “with more election deniers having access to federal power than ever before,” some experts and Democrats warn.

What a Friend We Have in Donald - Official Music Video YouTube video by The Christian Nationalist Children's Choir

Christian Nationalist Children's Choir sings, "What a Friend We have in Donald".
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blackadder archbisop curses YouTube video by gazaguy

Note the curse at 1 min 25 seconds..."May you turn orange in hue, and may your head fall off at an awkward moment"

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I have no doubt you are correct. I think I felt a collective cringe in the force coming from them!

Doesn't give much confidence in the CDC when they don't seem to know what "rate" means.

Yeah, not surprised. The one fault I've found in some of the government election processes is that novel approaches are often rated low.

And that social media post from a government agency is criminal!!

Over a month of bombings, lives lost, global economy disrupted, billions in taxpayer dollars gone, alliances weakened, depleted stockpiles, for this …

Troubling. Although I've done lots of DoD reviews, I've never done NIH. In your experience, how many proposals have been elevated when they are below that 33% threshold? I've certainly seen that happen and elevated them myself.

So, he's once again comparing Trump to Jesus....

$30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds Exclusive: Climate action blockers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234bn by end of 2026 * Middle East crisis – live updates * Business live – latest updates The world’s top 100 oil and gas companies banked more than $30m every hour in unearned profit in the first month of the US-Israeli war in Iran, according to exclusive analysis for the Guardian. Saudi Aramco, Gazprom and ExxonMobil are among the biggest beneficiaries of the bonanza, meaning key opponents of climate action continue to prosper. The conflict pushed the price of oil to an average of $100 (£74) a barrel in March, leading to estimated windfall war profits for the month of $23bn for the companies. Oil and gas supplies will take months to return to pre-war levels and the companies will make $234bn by the end of the year if the oil price continues to average $100. The analysis uses data from leading intelligence provider Rystad Energy, analysed by Global Witness. Continue reading...

$30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds

The FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reason How did Netgear do it? Nobody’s saying.

Last month the Trump FCC announced a "ban" on all foreign made routers (almost all of them), demanding ambiguous favors from manufacturers if they wanted to continue doing business in the U.S.

Netgear is the first to gain approval. Did they agree to bribes? Backdoors? who knows! 🗽💩

BIlugh!

Well, given the history of lunar landers, the whole concept from SpaceX looks unlikely. And does the fail fast strategy mean the lunar surface will be littered with crashed Starships? I agree, the current timeline is highly unlikely, especially with budget projections (dejections).

Run the dishwasher, plug in the car: how Great Britain plans to use record wind and solar power With a summer glut on cards, customers are being urged to use more energy when renewables are abundant

Run the dishwasher, plug in the car: how Great Britain plans to use record wind and solar power

My wife is a cancer survivor. The story is that there is no tax on tips, but why a grandmother have to dash to pay for her husband's cancer treatment.

KERNEN: We'd never be able to send anyone back if you needed a judicial warrant every single time

RAND PAUL: Well, I don't think that's true. Obeying the 4th Amendment of the Constitution shouldn't be too difficult. It's something we fought the revolution over.

I can't wait for the Swiss Guards to show up at his house!

Those are, indeed, words to live by.

Your friend when things got rough

Deep breaths and think of your favorite nosh!

Which one? I've had several triggers in the past week.

Not bright and emotionally unstable to begin with does not bode well.

To be fair, he also claims to represent Appalachia!