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hug your war criminals a little tighter today

Just set up a recurring monthly donation to my local food bank.

TV tonight: Tom Daley’s kooky knitting competition is somehow incredible The Olympian opens his ‘yarn barn’ to a wonderful bunch of knitters. Plus: Daisy May and Charlie Cooper try to meet a poltergeist. Here’s what to watch this evening

TV tonight: Tom Daley’s kooky knitting competition is somehow incredible

Here’s @realgdt.bsky.social in NYC expanding on his rallying cry of ‘fuck AI!’, talking about how art and even love come from shared pain and movies can save your life. This shit made me and others in the audience cry as much as his version of Frankenstein…

It reminds me of that exchange in A Fish Called Wanda:

OTTO: Apes don't read philosophy.
WANDA. Yes they do, Otto. They just don't understand it.

Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions.

To manually turn off go to:

Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off

The only dog that would have anything to do with the MAL residents.

She's closer in age to the oldest kid than she is to him. Find someone more aligned in age and values.

Keep reading and remembering.

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

If you buy health insurance yourself or know anyone who does, please check this out and share it broadly. It's tough this year. Too tough.

BuyNothing is great, and may also be Freecycle in your area. Been able to give craft supplies to a public schoolteacher, Christmas decorations to a divorcee & kids who had nothing, etc. When someone asks for items, the community will almost always swoop in. www.freecycle.org

Ha ha! Your medium is dying!

Where are all those Live Free or Die mofos?

Actually, seeing a man of color, getting scared, and calling The Police, is pretty typical racist behavior

Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.

If you see this, quote with a vampire 🧛 that isn’t Dracula.

U.S. military officials required to sign NDAs tied to Latin America mission: Reuters Lawmakers in Congress say they are being kept in the dark about key aspects of a military buildup that Venezuela fears may lead to an invasion.

NDAs can’t be used to cover up illegal activities. If the person asking you to sign one is doing something illegal, you can break it & sue.

Lawyers & government folks chime in here, but hey are usually only used in business deals. Also, this shows just how horrible, incompetent, and evil they are.

They also keep re-electing the Republicans who take it upon themselves to undo all of the progressive ballot initiatives that we pass since we’re all stupid and didn’t really understand what we were voting for.

This is your periodic reminder that Josh Hawley is a disingenuous hack.

I agree with pretty much everything you're saying here, but the US flag is there. You just can't see it right away because from the camera's perspective, it's behind the Japanese flag.

But yeah, he looks like he's off in la la land.

There were sheroes who did this during WWII as well, but they left the fascists’ bodies in a ditch out back.

Extremely important pupdate from the NYC dog costume competition.

It makes me regret the invention of color TV.

Censorship Alert: I published a book about Ghislaine Maxwell trial, and another on Kevin Spacey's trial- this evening I got an email from Amazon's KDP saying they are inappropriate and there all of my books are being taken down, including on Sudan, SBF, Eric Adams

Screenshot 1 (the activist’s original flyer / safety post): ⚠️ Heads up for Portland activists — Far-right livestreamers and agitators are coming into the city again this weekend. Their goal is to provoke reactions and film content to post online. They thrive on confrontation. Do not engage. Do not argue. Do not take the bait. If you see them, ignore them and alert others to stay back. They’re not here to protest — they’re here to create content and chaos. Keep each other safe. Stay calm, stay focused, and don’t give them what they want.

A trans activist who’s spent years tracking far-right streamers and content creators online made this flyer to warn activists in Portland. They’d seen the same names traveling city to city, showing up at protests to provoke chaos and film it for clicks. The message: “Do. Not. Take. The. Bait.” 🧵1/5

Each of these corporations has big federal contracts, is currently doing business with the Trump family, or has active antirust cases before the courts.

Everything is for sale.

"Reviewing its legal options" = "we're putting on a show for the Orange Overlord that will go nowhere because we know Reagan said exactly what the ad says he said."

This is the ad Donald Trump woke up furious about.

Would be a shame if it went viral.

That prairie dog is quite the chonk!