I really wish I could say that this surprises me but oil and gas are king down here, which means that they can get away with pretty much anything they want. I don’t know if they own the state Supreme Court, but they definitely own the legislature and the governors mansion.
29.10.2025 13:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The fundamental error here is the presumption that enough of us will ever make that decision. The reality, which has been recognized since Ben Franklin made his famous comment, is that people will readily surrender liberty in return for the illusion of stability.
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A hand with long nails painted black and lavender
My usual typing speed is about 65 to 70 words per minute. These bad boys bring that figure down to about 20 words per minute, so I was positively tickled to learn that Office 365 has a dictation function.
Yeah, yeah. Nowadays, it’s the little things that stave off insanity and burnout.
Every one of my Midwestern ancestors is spinning in their graves.
I just got my husband a wi-fi and Bluetooth enabled meat thermometer, so he can check on meats he is cooking from anywhere in the house.
I didn’t even buy it on sale.
I have spent this week going from being someone who works from home and people occasionally through online meetings and the phone to being someone who is in the office and peoples intensively all of the time.
I am exhausted.
This needs to be the top story in every paper and on every news story in the nation
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Too much time playing video games and watching action movies. No real time in the military.
21.04.2025 23:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It is a testament to the skill of everyone involved that knowing what was coming did not in any way blunt the impact of that episode. #TheLastOfUs
21.04.2025 02:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you!
10.04.2025 19:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Maybe it’s just me, but the EOs against Miles Taylor and Chris Krebs appear to be walking and quacking like Bills of Attainder.
#Unconstitutional
This is an excellent point
09.04.2025 12:40 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Because I can afford to pay more for medications…
Gah!!!!
The cuts won’t be limited to the federal government. State governments, particularly in red states, rely heavily on federal grants. As those are slashed, expect to see state programs being cut and state employees joining their federal brethren in the unemployment line.
03.04.2025 17:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Senator Schumer, take note.
THIS is what leadership looks like.
Meet Gracie Himes, age 20.
Her goal: Fight cancer by developing new medicines.
On March 3, her dreams were shattered when Trump admin cuts hit West Virginia University, which rescinded her PhD program offer.
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If anyone wanted to know where the redline moment is…
the one where EVERYONE needs to stand up and DO something…
this is it.
Glad to have inadvertently helped! 😎
01.03.2025 17:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation.
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
This is an excellent question
28.02.2025 21:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Midnight Oil “10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1” perched atop a turntable. The cover is a scattering of urban images across a white field.
Midnight Oil - 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Some 80s anti-corporate post-punk is perfectly suited for today’s mood.
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I have never been as embarrassed by Trump as I was today. And, dear gods and little green fishes, do not get me started on Vance.
28.02.2025 21:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Sugarcubes “Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!” perched atop a turntable. The album is bubblegum pink vinyl. The cover art shows a silver stick figure that appears to be constructed of piercing bar bells against a background of gray bubbles.
The Sugarcubes - Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!
It is very, very nice to have this back in my collection. As good as Bjork’s later work is, I still like this album best.
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The entire writers’ room needs to be fired.
28.02.2025 20:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Social Distortion “White Light, White Heat, White Trash” perched atop a turntable. The cover art is a close up of a ventriloquist’s dummy.
Social Distortion - White Light, White Heat, White Trash
This is a good one for when I am pissed at the world.
Sadly, they are one of the few bands I’ve seen live where the experience was just not good, though that was more the crowd’s fault than the band’s.
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This is the premiere center for studying the types of storms that spawn tornadoes. Their presence is a boon to the community and an incredible enrichment to the Meteorology Department at the University of Oklahoma.
We have collectively gone completely insane.
Jesus Harold Christ. How is it possible that people believe this behavior is okay?
28.02.2025 18:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Copy of “The Sounds of the Apocalypse- Presented by Vault-Tec” perched atop a turntable. The cover art is MCM in styling, framing the Vault-Tec boy, giving a thumb’s up.
The Sounds of the Apocalypse - Presented by Vault-Tec
I’ve been too disjointed lately for music, which is when you know things are bad. This seems like an appropriate way to ease myself back in.
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People keep talking about what a genius Elon supposedly is, but I swear I have heard more boneheaded garbage come out of his mouth…
I swear, the man is Dunning Kruger made manifest and given a pulse.
Violent Femmes with X opening
Midnight Oil on their final tour
Cancelling @joyannreid.bsky.social means the door she held open for the next generation of Black voices will slam shut. Without her, the next her, won't get platformed by white media. That, of course, is why white media pushed her out.
My latest in @thenation.com
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