Jay Luper

I am feeling this weird quasi-gratitude when I see a commercial for something like a car or a food item

Having just watched the newest Muppet Show that dropped last week, I dearly hope that it keeps going. Such a good time, the 30 minute runtime just flew right by!
#muppetshow #sabrinacarpenter

You weren't kidding, that's 80's as hell. That sax opening!

Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...

Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.

“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.

Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."

For about a week now I wake up every day with Daft Punk's "Give Life Back to Music" running through my head. What an absolute bop

On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, and informed the last enslaved African Americans in the Confederate states that they were free.

Budgeting is super simple: if I get a croissant with my latte, it goes in the coffee fund. If I get a panini, it's a lunch.

Fight the Empire.

What makes the old ones bad, and what would make a good streetcar?

Want some assorted unsexed premium ducks?

Get in your bubble: How military thinking can improve your riding - RevZilla The OODA loop is a systematic decision-making process taught in the military. Applying it to riding your motorcycle can make you safer and more proficient.

Today begins Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in the U.S. An Army veteran and Yamaha Champions School instructor explains how adopting some military thinking can make you a better, safer rider. 🏍️ www.revzilla.com/common-tread...

Castle Rat's name does similar things to be but I love their sound so much

Seth Rogen presenting the Breakthrough Prize for physics (Getty)

“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”

— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize

Yes, unused gift cards are a pretty significant source of pure profit to the company.

Very true. I was born in 97 and turned 18 in 2015, so Trump v. Clinton was my first presidential election to vote. As an edgy teen back then I went and voted for Gary Johnson...

I look forward to watching it when I return from work today!

Some people just want to consoooooom

#Greenland 🇬🇱

Kelly: When I was flying in combat over Iraq during the first Gulf War, I didn’t expect that there was a 10-year-old kid sitting in South Africa who would one day become the richest guy in the world and call me a traitor for doing my job. Now, he kind of acts like a 12-year-old kid

components of the words such as which tense, which kind of noun, what is the root, etc. and then we look it up in the translation dictionary together.
We usually get our students reading at the newspaper level within 9 months of full time study (6 hours a day plus homework). (2/2)

As a second language instructor, I like to give my students passages appropriate to their level with new vocab underlined (or highlight them if it's a listening passage) and then they can guess the meaning from context. If that fails, I ask them to identify (1/2)

I wonder if the centralization of media played a part in that.
Even 20 years ago there were still plenty of independent news reporters in print media, locally broadcast TV, radio, etc.
You could find a multitude of various "official" voices and opinions being broadcasted.

a water fountain depicting a fish squirting a stream of water through the air and into a hoop held by a sea otter which is levitating upon a column of water.

a water fountain depicting a stream of water going through the air and onto a sea otter which is levitating upon a column of water and holding a hoop

Del Monte Outdoor Mall #campsnap #photography #campersnapper #supra #monterey #delmonte #fish #seaotter #fountain #mall #california #water

How do you feel about the FAA/aviation situation in the US?

Math is hard