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dude we follow you because you are doing it right!
04.11.2025 23:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A sketch by Jim Henson showing how the operator of Big Bird moves Bird's hands and beak.
When I was four (Season 1!) I wrote to Sesame Street asking how Big Bird was able to move his hands and beak at the same time and received a letter and a hand-drawn sketch back from Jim Henson, but there was no mention of BB's given name!
04.11.2025 23:27 β π 20 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0I think you speak of his cousin Abelardo Montoya?
04.11.2025 23:36 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"broad based" has got to include the Koch Brothers apparently
04.11.2025 23:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What is this "toughness" on crime you want? Should we re-criminalize marijuana? There are ~2 *million* Americans in prison, should we go for 3? Are Democrats somehow "pro-crime"? Because black ppl are part of the coalition or why?
04.11.2025 23:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0bigotry *in general* is now obligatory! Efforts at inclusion are crimes! Discrimination is a right! We need to get back to some kind of right-side-up norms around bigotry stat!
04.11.2025 23:14 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0i do think Dems should moderate on immigration in the sense that Dems should redesign our immigration policy to work like people think it works: you wait for a while (but not forever) to get into the country and then you wait for a while (but not forever) to become a citizen.
04.11.2025 17:27 β π 1395 π 192 π¬ 42 π 45mustard - chemical weapon I guess
04.11.2025 22:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The sandwich was not baseball-hard! - the chef should sue for libel. Looked like a nice tender sub.
04.11.2025 22:15 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Agent Lairmore is done with his testimony. Prosecution asked further about the condiments and he said there was mustard on his uniform and an onion hanging on his radio antenna. Donβt think defense was going for a pun when she called him a βseasoned officer,β but you never knowβ¦
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04.11.2025 22:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yah that pic is gross and he has regretted it publicly. ...but I'm not worried about Mamdani being anti-LGBTQ and literally no-one else is either. Try again.
04.11.2025 22:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0yeah, I know - I was an Oaklander for a minute in 85... just sweating you for saying "only"! (though I guess a little murder never killed anybody...)
04.11.2025 02:08 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0175 is a lot of murders for a city of ~350k - that's 1 in 2000 citizens! or using the conventional measure, 500 per million compared to say 10 for London!
03.11.2025 23:35 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0if there was a rich person with the will, you could build the most incredible news organization that has ever existed just from the wreckage of this year alone.
03.11.2025 20:11 β π 7160 π 1687 π¬ 139 π 110who will fix her car? can she sue for false arrest? is this not assault under color of authority? grrrrrrrr
03.11.2025 23:03 β π 14 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
anyone closed their Amazon account? we're going to give it a try... Just trying to trim participation here and there...
03.11.2025 17:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
ICE agents shot a U.S. citizen (who was on his way to work at a food bank) from behind after he warned them that children would soon be gathering at bus stop in Ontario, CA.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Despite my online branding, I do actually try to avoid 1:1 Roman Empire comparisons but come on he is not making this easy
03.11.2025 15:13 β π 322 π 62 π¬ 20 π 5
Josh Marshall. Gift link. Hard cosign.
Trump Wants to Abolish the Filibuster? Please Proceed, Degenerate β¦
...but he is not immune. If he can be doxxed demands could be made for his arrest or he could be sued. Who is he?
31.10.2025 23:06 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0god damn!
30.10.2025 03:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I was just in Seoul and the joy of pervasive efficient rail is hard to overstate. California should not be a backwater!
29.10.2025 21:59 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0its just cool that kid wants to read!
29.10.2025 20:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Currently, funding (and approval) of capital projects is done at the county level. We recommended consolidating Metrolink into a single regional body whose members are either elected specifically for this purpose or appointed by the governor with a rail mission. calelectricrail.org/wp-content/u...
29.10.2025 20:46 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0What's the political route forward on this? Are there Senators/Assembypeople on board? Initiative process?
29.10.2025 20:48 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I would def prefer the Kobo myself! There may be B/W refurbished Kobos too if you're looking to save $.
29.10.2025 20:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0kids gotta hack!
29.10.2025 20:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0no worries Kobo will be OK!
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