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Yeah, it isn't a masterpiece, but it is a good movie that I enjoyed the hell out of and supports the kind of sentiment we need these days. Superman was definitely a win, as was the usual Friday movie night with my favorite person. :)

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social

"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”

Oh, the shock, a white culprit captured alive...

Good father's day with a great dinner by @fiddledragon.bsky.social . Going out to a movie tomorrow with my middle daughter for my birthday, followed by what is guaranteedto be another great meal with the family. No matter how tough life may get this year, loving my family!

The Life and Death of Alex 6000 messages show the real story behind the horrific reporting on the death of a trans teen.

A 17 year old transgender man in New Zealand died after extreme family rejection.

Now, Radio New Zealand and the far right is deadnaming him and trying to use his case to advocate AGAINST gender affirming care.

It's shameful.

Read Alex's story, in his own words:

www.webworm.co/p/lifeanddea...

It is difficult to write and grade a technical certification exam on underlying principles, but so many entry or lower level certifications these days are regurgitating memorized names/terms and matching them up to definitions. Planning to be an expert later? Work to learn the principles, too.

Have to say I am more interested in David Hogg's approach than that of the DNC. We're not going to get anywhere with more of the same-old, same-old centrism.

Well, finally saw Brave New World. A lesser attempt at trying to capture the Winter Soldier, and a waste of Anthony Mackie's performance. He deserves a better movie. It wasn't terrible, it just wasn't particularly good.

Already took care of that. ;) Everyone else who can should as well.

Sugar is voluntary consumption, and infectious disease is not. You would think even a worm might understand.

Better=Good! Every little bit counts.

Close up of a dog's eyes and nose with a middle aged white man in the background.

Yeah, I take issue with the word begin shoving itself into that headline where it does not belong.

Fetterman has already conceded ground. I've given up on his being on the right side of the fight with any kind of consistency.

NEW: Here are the 10 “democratic” senators that voted to sell out veterans, the American people, and their colleagues in the House.

Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Gillibrand
Hassan
King
Peters
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen

As a constituent here in MA, I implore you to continue to speak out and vote no against everything and everyone the current executive branch and congressional republicans are pushing.

AOC breaks with Schumer on GOP government funding bill | CNN Politics Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells CNN’s Jake Tapper that she disagrees with Senator Chuck Schumer about voting for the GOP’s stopgap bill to avoid a government shutdown.

AOC is right, Schumer is wrong. We are way past the point where old-school political strategies make any sense. He's just handing them the reins willingly. www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/p...

Break a leg! Best luck!

Twas excellent. Sequel is pre-ordered. :)

Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not) While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…

Wrote up something about Techdirt's recent coverage, and why (whether we like it or not) we need to be a "democracy blog" now, rather than just a "tech" blog (not that we've ever been just a tech blog).

This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.

www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...

Let me simplify that for you. "I do not care about the blind and visually impaired enough to make a simple effort."

It's a fun one!

I believe that was actually unions. :)

They are encouraged to reply, not being discriminated for or against. Multiple studies show that the average white male will apply to a job with only 50% of the requirements while others only apply if they have 90% or higher. This is trying for more qualified applicants on average.

So pleasantly reminiscent of the outro to "Killing in the Name"

Parenting In the Age of Trump Like Sarah Connor, the heroine of the Terminator movies, Elie Mystal is trying to figure out how to prepare his children for the dystopian future.

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

I don't know much about Representative Crockett, but these interview clips are spot on truth telling.

Vote no on everything at this point. Do everything the minority party can to delay and obstruct this unlawful effort. Take lessons from what McConnell did to Biden and Obama, but run it out forcefully and loudly like these unlawful orders and actions are forceful and loud.

"Punching Nazis" is a general category. It includes but is not limited to actual punching. If what you're doing gums up the works for them, makes their lives difficult, frustrates their aims, slows them down, pisses them off, and makes them look like fools, well then, you, my friend, are a steely-eyed Nazi puncher.

Something I wrote elsewhere but is relevant here, as we start this first full week of February 2025: