Glenda, not Glinda

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

I hope it's just Contact Paper to settle his addled mind

The only time I was in Maine was to visit Hawaii 2. Camped, rented a kayak, rowed out, and walked around a bit. Didn't find my sq ft, but did enjoy taking the bit extremely literally

I’m not going to take the turkey out of the freezer until it’s defrosted.

Early planning documents reviewed by WIRED describe a statewide transport grid designed for steady detainee transfers across Texas, with ICE estimating each trip to average 100 miles. Every county would have its own small, around-the-clock team of contractors collecting immigrants from local authorities deputized by ICE. It is a subtle transfer of the physical custody process into the hands of a private security firm—authorized to carry firearms and perform transport duties “in any and all local, county, state, and ICE locations.”

NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.

My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor now, is it?

We're gonna need a bigger wall

#PrinceAndrew
#EpsteinFiles

It would be nice if you used the same y-axis for both candidates so that a visual comparison would be meaningful. Hard for me to compare charts with 45% and 30% as top figures!

Many late-diagnosed #autistic people feel regretful or angry that they weren’t diagnosed sooner. I understand why, but if it helps at all:

My sister was diagnosed when we were kids & her diagnosis just got her put in torturous ABA therapy & SPED classes that didn’t challenge her intellectually. 1/2

Retired couple (teacher & union carpenter) on ACA premiums skyrocketing — from $443/month to $2,224/month: “It's like buying another house and trying to pay for two houses at the same time… without the subsidy we honestly don’t know what we’re gonna do.” #TrumpShutdown

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren Share your health care story today

MILLIONS of Americans are receiving notices that their health insurance premiums will shoot through the roof next year thanks to Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress.

If that’s happening to you, I want to hear about it.

Share your story today: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...

OTOH, he seems to be saying that rent shouldn't be tied to market pressure. He either thinks landlords will accept lower rent from white Christian nationalists or no white Christian nationalists are landlords? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Mike Johnson = 🙈

Also, why isn't there an ostrich emoji?

Q: Just last week a minister was shot directly in the face with a pepper round by a DHS agent that left his face bloodied. Are you concerned that this is a religious freedom issue?

MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos

This story is insane. A man who posted a meme of Trump saying “we have to get over it” in a discussion about the CK shooting has been in jail for 2 months with a $2M bond. Meanwhile, the man who actually threatened to kill Hakeem Jeffries is out on bail.

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It. When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.

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Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same

With a name like Mangled Baby Ducks!

TFG approval is negative in Texas‽ 😳

MONKEYTRUCK (2025)

YouTube video by The Daily Show Paul Ingrassia’s texts reveal less of a “Nazi streak” and more of a Nazi lifestyle #dailyshow

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These Bay Area restaurants are offering free meals for SNAP recipients during the shutdown A growing wave of Bay Area restaurants will provide free meals to people on federal food assistance when SNAP benefits run out Nov. 1.

I love that Bay Area restaurants are stepping up when the federal government fails. We need to bring the fight to all these fucken billionaires to cough up $ to protect the vulnerable.

If you make 130% of the federal poverty level, you qualify for SNAP.

A family of four, making $40,560, qualifies for SNAP benefits meaning thousands of Missouri teachers qualify.

I’m tired of the bullshit. Most of the people who receive snap benefits work.

Lawyers allege cover-up after fed shoots at man during D.C. traffic stop Neither D.C. police nor the Department of Homeland Security have explained why the Homeland Security agent fired his weapon.

BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96.

12 days of work in over 3 months.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

I have a very bad feeling about this...

tomorrow will mark 100 years since this six-time divorcee, noted pants wearer, and professional taxidermist in Colorado singlehandedly killed 140 rattlesnakes and turned into an overnight celebrity as "Rattlesnake Kate"

METRO EXCLUSIVE Andrew Cuomo says he 'will move to Florida' if Zohran Mamdani becomes NYC mayor

My closing pitch to voters? “I will only live in this awful place if I rule over it”

😍

Under the Shadow - Wikipedia

Saw "Under the Shadow" twice at SxSW 2016. Partly because no one in the theater was sure whether I'd screamed or the scream was in the movie. Soooo good
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