Earlie Girl

Molly agrees

Now you’ve gone and made Michelle Obama mad at you!

@nytimes has killed its audio app. Now there’s no way to download stories for offline listening (a huge issue if you live rural like me, where service drops out), and you also can’t queue up pieces to hear later. Big step backward.

You haven’t missed a thing.

Thank god, no. I still need another 58 years to knit through my stash.

The FBI came to my house to intimidate me because I’m critical of Trump.

And they wouldn’t let my girlfriend take a picture of their badges.

They had printouts of my posts.

You, sir, are presidential. And I mean that in the way we all understood it to mean prior to 2016.

After moving back to Australia after 21 years in the US, the political climate here feels more optimistic, in part because there are younger representatives in politics.

WTF. It’s been a year since the disastrous update, and yet Sonos still cannot execute a simple function such as “pause” and continually and inexplicably loses connection to speakers.

No, it’s a rissole on a bread roll.

Australia: 8 January 2024
Media Release
It is now unlawful to perform the Nazi salute in public or to publicly display, or trade in, Nazi hate symbols, with the Albanese Government’s landmark legislation coming into force today

You win!

My neighbours

I second this.

That is so beautiful! Enjoy all of the compliments when you’re wearing it. 💅🏻

Australia does random breath testing of drivers, which detects both drugs (ecstasy, cannabis, cocaine, and methamphetamine) and alcohol. There’s no need to reinvent the wheel - just look to other countries for solutions.

Applications for asylum in Australia are still open girrl.

“Fail Caesar” - Maureen Dowd NYT

Opinion | Congo Is Bleeding. Where Is the Outrage? This is not the first time the world has overlooked violence in Congo.

“Rwanda chose its moment wisely to push farther into Congo … While the world and media are fixated on the first days of the Trump administration, Rwanda apparently saw an opportunity to act without consequence.”

Meanwhile, in Australia

Here is my Federal Employment Termination story:

This final note — on democracy and this economy - Marketplace This final note on the way out today … … about what’s happening in … … and to … … this economy right now … … an economy that I’m obliged to remind you … … affects everyone. A lot of what happens in Am...

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You and other veterans deserve better.

@beyondmeatofficial.bsky.social Looking forward to you launching dog treats too, little cow!

Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace Ross Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.

Step two in gutting criminal justice. I can’t even contemplate what might be next.

About Democracy Dying in Darkness - Fran Moreland Johns I’M LAMENTING A LOT ABOUT JEFF BEZOS’ WASHINGTON POST Photo by Luis Cortés on Unsplash First it was the decision not to endorse a presidential candidate, then came rejection of a great editorial carto...

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