They quit firing gays only under court order, not even in response to boycotts. I've not been to one in 40+ years; I'll shed no tears if they fade away.

Ah! But the question is US or Canadian nickels? In the US, the 5 cent coin is very low in actual nickel content, so vending machines use a magnet to sort out the Canadian higher-nickel content "nickels".
If Avi is American, his "Nickels" might not work!

OMG! I hate when people share their baby pictures.

Until now! These are great (as are you, and I assume, your offspring)

Remember, RFK says that vaccines should be an "informed choice". But he will inform you of what your choices are (it's "No", in case you were in doubt).

I seriously think that the Trump regime will have a higher death toll than Hitler. That's not hyperbole.

Yes. Please explain to me why a sentence starting with the work "Why" and ending with a "?" (generally considered an indication of a question) is not considered, in your world, a "question", which you vehemently insist you did not ask?

Great. Next can we get a statue honoring Hirohito, another leader who declared war on the United States?

I own no Apple products, although I've been tempted at times.

I'm no longer tempted.

Well, you always seem nice, thoughtful, and mature. He seems like a spoiled 5 year old brat.
So based on the scant evidence I have, I can believe that he is younger than you.

So just answer me this; why did your "answer" end with a question mark? Is this some sort of new punctuation standard that I'm not familiar with?

During the first reign-of-stupid, I saw an interview on a late-night talk show about the person's upcoming movie. He stated it was set "5 years after the Civil War", and I swear, my first reaction was that it is set in the future.

I (and my now wife) had seen this multiple times on TV (she more than I). Then saw it on the big screen, so no cropping. Actually significantly changed the story in several places. If you watch it, make sure you watch the widescreen version!

No, you ASKED a question; although framed as more of an accusation. That's why I'm telling you.

Just confirmation bias. These happen all the time; based on what a friend of an ex-friend did at these, I'd guess that there are 10-20 per week across the country. At some point, one will be in your backyard.

Who says that people who aren't assholes are focused only on Gaza?
But if you say Ukrainians need food; no one criticizes you. Poor in Africa need food: no criticism.
Say that Arabs in Gaza need food? You get called "Anti-Semite".

And that's where I first encountered you! (still haven't met IRL, but who knows...) So glad to have found you here, especially just in time!
In case you don't recall (can't blame you), had discussions regarding Orlando Bloom, whom I and your wife agreed had the best chance to turn us.

I was almost right on top of this one (about 3km away). Unlike other quakes I've felt, no rumble, no shaking, just one big jolt, over before there was even time to react. Didn't think it was a quake, because it was so different, but when I didn't see a truck crashed into the house, checked the news

The problem is that he wrote 1984 as a warning, but these people think that it's an instruction manual.

So IOW, solar is only working during the time that I most need to run A/C; and when I don't need to pull that much electric, it's not there.
Not sure where the problem is.
(and disbursed solar does a LOT to relieve stress on grid; NJ has panels on many utility poles; used locally, no grid stress)

I don't buy much, so I can't say that Trump's tariffs are affecting me much.
I do buy a lot of fresh produce. For the first time ever, I've seen that when US produce is "in season", the prices have gone UP from when we were importing from Chile, Mexico, etc. Gee, think hunting migrants might hurt?

My fav is the auto blood-pressure gauge, which activates every 10 minutes; just about the amount of time it takes to fall asleep from the last time it woke you up.

But get used to it. You're not gonna get a good night's sleep for at least 2 years!

I don't get it.
I've seen loads of baby pics, from friends, inlaws, and cousins. How is it that this is the first time that I've not just gone "meh" but thought "So Cute!"

Isn't "a confused Trump" redundant? When in the last 30 years has he not be "confused"?

IDK. I've never used ChatGPT, but I've had situations where something is proposed, and I immediately think "Damn, THAT'S stupid", and come up with something I wouldn't have thought of without the utterly stupid prompt.
OTOH, never anything actually useful, so you may have a point....

Yep. If NAACP urged their members to buy guns, I bet we would see a sudden reversal in the gun-fondler's cries of "no background checks, no restrictions" cries.

I haven't checked in on bsky for a couple of weeks; so glad I did to see this! I'm tearing up!!
You are so fuckin' beautiful! I'm so happy for you! You'll make a great parent!

Don't overlook the fact that when there was a controlled study over fluoridation, it was stopped early, because the results were so OVERWHELMINGLY showing the benefits that it was deemed immoral to withhold it from the control group.....

Likely dead. Although there is hope (I'd be 98)

My big goal in life is to see Venus occult Jupiter. That's even later.

I'm not Jewish; but during the first Trump regime, I visited a Jewish house of worship, where I saw a sign "This is what 'Never Again' looks like".
Seems to me this applies here as well.

I'm an atheist; but I have to believe that if there is a god, that ALL people matter.

You say this as if it was the first.....

Many during his first term; called so by Rabbis and Jewish scholars. So not an exageration.

In NJ, we recently had governor primaries; kept seeing one ad that made me think "Well, he's not my favorite, but pretty good", then found out he was Repub, and ads were negative attack ads from his opponent (whose agenda seems to be "make Trump King")