New year, same Tim

Regardless of which leopard eats the other leopard’s face I just hope both teams have fun out there.

We all knew it was going to happen and it would be a matter of when, not if. Today is the day.

Lordt, I know I have not been your most loyal servant, but please grant me this one blessing: let it be petty and messy for the flock of us. Inshallah.

Came here looking for this and you did not disappoint

Ego Sum Papa (I Am the Pope) Propagandhi · Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes (Reissue) · Song · 2021

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Ego Sum Papa (I Am the Pope) Propagandhi · Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes (Reissue) · Song · 2021

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These fukkin weirdos...

Something something, blind squirrels, broken clocks, something something

Coast Guard needs at least $7 billion to address infrastructure maintenance backlog The Government Accountability Office says the $7 billion infrastructure estimate is likely too low as hundreds of projects still lack cost estimates.

federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main...

Coastal economies rely on NOAA, from Maine to Florida, Texas and Alaska – even if they don’t realize it NOAA’s work has kept fisheries from collapsing, helped coastal ecosystems survive extreme heat and battled invasive species, among many other tasks essential to coastal economies.

I spent some time today with my non-STEM colleagues discussing NOAA. This recent article in @us.theconversation.com is one I am going to forward along as a follow-up. The article just scratches the surface of all that NOAA does and its essential role in our lives, but is an essential overview. 🧪🌊

Trump says tariffs were enacted to curb fentanyl, but U.S. overdose deaths are already declining While Trump has justified the tariffs as a way to stop the flow of illegal immigration and drugs across the border, experts worry they may undermine progress already underway.

Projection and smokescreens www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.

www.npr.org/2025/03/03/n...

Mick Jagger looks spry

(almost) nice

American exceptionalism to me has always mean that America is *capable* of acting exceptionally. It's ultimately incumbent upon us to live up to that standard.

I don't think it makes sense as a coherent doctrine otherwise. One has to act exceptionally in order to be exceptional.

The cancellation of the lifesaving assistance for starving kids abroad is really a galling one. This stuff was grown by American farmers and manufactured by American workers. This spreading of American bounty and good will long had bipartisan support.

newrepublic.com/article/1921...

systematically going around breaking shit the government needs to work is a form of civic education for low-engagement voters whose effects will outlast this administration

Most of us are small people. Without the power to affect large scale change. It’s a very hard thing to accept. The alcoholics have a whole prayer about it and the Buddhists and Catholics and Hyman Rickover seem to understand the importance of understanding your place in the context of eternity.

Thank you to Susan Collins #mesen #mepolitics

www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...

Resign you spinless toad

this ought to be an Afghanistan Withdrawal style media crisis for the administration

The thing is… stupidity is a quiet luxury.

Musk announcing a massive planned cut to government jobs, services, and buildings all to take place right before the Ides of March is a bit on the nose.

So now Fox Business is preparing their viewers for "a bit of temporary pain" amid Trump-Musk's DOGE cuts, saying that "people forget that when [Ronald Reagan] came into office in 1981, he slashed federal head count and put the economy back into the double dip recession of 1980 and 1981."

Fondly remembering all the lefties who said they didn't care if Trump won because he Biden needed to be punished over Gaza

it is insane how elon really is just a scheming vizier. like that completely describes his role at this point. the caliph is asleep at the wheel and now there’s this guy who haunts the halls of the palace, at all hours and under the influence of various drugs, while vying for more power and money.