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To be fair, this one was conscious irony. Which I know you know.

Shoulda seen this coming…

Once upon a time, American soldiers handed out food to Germans because *they* had followed a fascist madman into national ruin.

How times change.

I always think that if _I_ know he hasn’t paid his bills in decades, how can people who accept jobs for him not know it?

Veselka in midtown? What is the world coming to? (I thoroughly approve.)

Amen, Governor.

Not to mention centrist Democrat strategies (maybe not "frighten" in a physical sense, but still) ...

Also Mamdani was _massively_ outspent, while Sherrill and Spanberger were not.

The Nature and Value of Loneliness for Writers Author Don Martin discusses both the nature and value of loneliness for writers and how it's similar to thirst and hunger for people.

"Loneliness is something that evolved to tell us to seek other people."

High turnout for NC municipal elections as voters make themselves heard Many voters say they are concerned about too-rapid development in major cities as they cast votes in council races across NC in 2025.

My theory is that people would have voted in the new coke elections yesterday if that’s all there was. People just want to VOTE, period.

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New Mexico is now officially the first state to offer free child care to all residents.

Under the program all families, regardless of income, can get their child care fees covered.

Proponents say the program will help the economy, improve education, and boost child welfare.

I can’t find you on Chime under that name. ☹️

We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:

This turns out to be from @anthonyrestaino.bsky.social, which I didn’t know when I first posted it. Glad to be able to give credit!

Agreed. But also see @charlotteclymer.bsky.social ‘s substack about why to ignore Steve Bannon. Call these things out as ridiculous, categorically unconstitutional and untethered, not as serious threats.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is now sitting on over $344 Billion in Cash, enough to buy 474 companies in the S&P 500 🚨🚨

It's just amazing what $40 billion will do ...

Scott Bessent could also rescue millions of Americans dependent on SNAP, but who would _that_ benefit?

“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”

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Read both parts of this post.

A closed circle of 10 AI companies, showing how they invest in each other and are each other's clients. Includes Microsoft, Google, Open AI, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Dell

A snapshot that completely establishes -- to my satisfaction, anyway -- that the current AI boom is nothing but a fragile bubble. And we will end up paying the price.

Those of who watched DiFi deteriorate are unsurprised. But Norton was once great.

It would be such a shame if this building, which completely ruined the skyline of New York City, had to be pulled down. It would just break my heart, which is full of deeply motivated loathing for this building

What has he done that you would call resistance? Just this week, he voted for another Trump-appointee judge.

Jeff Merkley has. But Schumer and Jeffries and my own Senator Schiff are still on the business-as-usual train, which left the station 9 months ago.

That's what I dropped in to say. Jeff Merkley isn't complicit, but he also isn't "the Dems." Too damn many of them are continuing to vote for Trump nominees, and act as if all of this were "business as usual." If you're relying on elections to save us, take your head out of the sand.

each year, and she always looked forward to buying them. She talked about taking BART to San Francisco, to shop in the old Emporium, and the SF I. Magnin's, and the old Macy's. "Maybe some of that grandeur will come back some day," she said. She is 83, and has lived in Oakland for over 60 years.

Another pleasant local encounter: I was waiting for a bus when the Black woman sitting next to me struck up a conversation. We were facing the old I. Magnin building in Oakland (now an office building). She told me about shopping there back in the day, when she could afford two dresses ...

Each to their own, but I have bigger goals for any Dem nominee ….

Is ACCFB doing this, or are they recommending that individuals do this, or organizing people to do this, or all three? Seems like something a lot of people (like me) might want to participate in.

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the few places in the world without the insects

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country.
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the few places in the world without the insects.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...