Cliff Watkins

“Democratic socialists” and “lgbt” both being 80% means every dem candidate needs to be both a socialist and to unequivocally support trans rights thanks.

[Exit Clown.]

I really am just working from the basic premise of political science that public opinion isn’t just measurable — you can and should CREATE it.

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗

Overseas renminbi lending surges as China steps up campaign to de-dollarise Beijing’s push for renminbi trade and investment will speed move from dollar-based to multi-polar monetary system, analysts say

Overseas renminbi lending surges as China steps up campaign to de-dollarise on.ft.com/42Qj9uI

Big casual

Had a call today with one of the powerhouse, older ladies at ORNL and the amount of work she has and continues to do will always blow my mind on top of lead a team of feral cats (mostly boy engineers)

Layoff notices at JPL are going out today.

About 11% of the Lab, or 550 people, are being let go.

I'm thinking of my friends and colleagues there, some of whom will still be employed after today and some of whom won't.

I'm sorry you're having to deal with this.

Doesn't include any of the DOE labs, as we're all federal contractors thanks to the Manhattan project.

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

Would I buy this as a dad hat, unironically as a Mets fan... probably.

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

there are 39 hours of scripted programming in this season's broadcast TV lineup, & 20 of them are explicitly pro-law enforcement programs. More than half of scripted TV is still not enough for them.

We immediately kicked a guy from the discord when we found out he was a pilot who flew repatriation flights. Pilot is one of those careers where I'm comfortable saying you can find another job

DHS Calls for Media and Far Left to Stop the Demonization of President Trump, His Supporters, and DHS Law Enforcement 9/17/25 DHS Press Release

more like department of homies' insecurities

100%. and he was there too!

Hell yeah dude, best of luck and ridiculous stories will be here when you have more time. 🫡🫡🫡

I hate telling this story, but when tear gas is in the news... telling always feels importantm

Tear gas is an abortifacient.

When I was tear gassed, we were trying for a baby.

The following day, I bled in a way I never have before. Like no period of my life before or since.

Horror movie stuff.

The people that voted for him are too servile to get mad about it but it is bleakly funny that Trump has won two elections as The Expediter Of White Vengeance and as soon as he gets into office the most important thing to him is getting Rosie O'Donnell digitally edited out of A League Of Their Own.

Lot of people with money failing the Bitch Detection Test

QUELLE SUPRISE!

This was still probably stuck in the shitty aftermarket CD player in my first car, a '91 Chevy Cavalier, when it was crushed. The perfect soundtrack to evenings of youth.

the cool thing about going after leftist media outlets is that there already aren't any

a detail that appears with fairly regular occurrence in many personal accounts of the Nazi regime is how many individuals died from stroke, heart attacks, and similar health complications because of the stress and despondency that was inflicted on those whose lives were ruined by the regime.

Anyway, this is a magisterial level of racism and horror. Speedrunning the end of empire for the sake of gooning to an imagined past.

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