Hal Espen

Once again, the name of the other party is the "Democratic Party" & we needed to stop tolerating this nonsense over a decade ago:

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Remember this: Try.

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Missing context about media diets is a crucial part of our political journalism crisis—all that diner-safari reporting presenting opinions as if they’re emerging from the traditional grass roots of small-town America, when the quotes are verbatim parroting of Fox talking points from last week.

"The liberty and security of our fellow citizens is our great object, and not the prompt execution of the laws. Indecision, delay, blunders, nay villainous actions in the administration of government, are trifles compared to legalizing the full exertion of a tyrannical disposition."

Then Schwarzenegger here almost trips on a plastic cup.

one thing perhaps worth emphasizing is that under federal law an escaped enslaved person was a criminal. an "illegal," you might say.

Consciousness of guilt

Nate Silver @NateSilver538 • 5h •.° I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

My impression is that there are multiple variations of the SF homage frog poster — one I’ve seen says HOPE. If AI, seems way over on the relatively benign side of villainy.

O skinny legions run outside O starry spangled shock of mercy the eternal war is here O victory forget your underwear we’re free

Portland frog hope poster + Timothy Snyder quotation

“The essence of democracy and freedom is being unpredictable... Loving your country means being with other people.”

— Timothy Snyder

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A park employee, who spoke with SFGATE on the condition of anonymity to protect their job, said they know of only one wilderness ranger working the entire park. And technically, that person is not even a ranger, the employee said, but a volunteer.

Perry: "I have seen no credible evidence that there is danger of rebellion in the state of Illinois."

Norway on Edge Over Trump Ahead of Nobel Peace Prize Verdict Norway is bracing for the aftermath of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on Friday as the Nordic nation has faced increasing pressure from Donald Trump and his administration to award it to the US le...

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BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday

Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.

“neutrality-theater journalism” is a useful term ✓

“the girlfriend of one of the co-founders of antifa“

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

This is doomer fuel, which the game-over replies are reinforcing.

Beautiful post.

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

The New York Times political headline idiom of winning, victory, triumph, strength, prevailing, success, and domination is now more or less exclusively reserved for far-right conservative / reactionary / authoritarian actors.

YouTube video by The Stills-Young Band - Topic Fontainebleau (2016 Remaster)

Who took everything from where it once was
And put it where it last was seen?

— Neil Young, “Fontainebleau”

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A view into the foothills of the mountains that expands into the Amazon basin

A view into the Amazon from Sumaco Volcano. So many little worlds playing out in the forest below. An entire universe of beetles and monkeys and birds and humans. You could spend all your life learning about the ants in one of those little trees down there. Overwhelmingly beautiful.

v cool photo

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate. We must now start calling this what it is: Trump's Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state's military troops. I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation. The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

“Portland, shit.”