Adam Porter

#measles is dangerous on its own, but an added risk is that it can reset your immune system, causing your body to "forget" what it has learned about fighting off infections for 2-3 years.

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You REALLY don't want to get this disease. Worried? get the very safe MMR shot.

It's remarkable (and discouraging) that after 5 years of President Trump the media hasn't figured out how to cover the master of distraction.

* Epstein news? Invade another country
* Americans killed by his reckless policies? Go to Iowa

Change the subject quickly enough and they can't catch up

Penn Calls Government’s Demand for Lists of Jewish Staff ‘Disconcerting’

Having governments collect information on Jews has never had negative consequences, right?

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...

The navy's problems have come to a head.

ICE vs. Ice: Protesters in Minneapolis Find an Ally in Winter

It worked for the Russians when Napoleon invaded in 1812.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...

Trump: Protestors in St. Paul are lunatic terrorists. Govt forced are justified in using fatal force and have legal immunity. Protestors in Tehran are patriots, the govt forced attacking them are thugs.

Khamenei would say the same thing but swap city names.

Why wouldn't native peoples in Greenland want to leave Danish control?

Surely, the US would treat them with the same care and compassion that it exhibited to all the native peoples in the USA.

And they'd be able to leave the Danish health care and pension system to get what Americans enjoy.

Plato Censored as Texas A&M Carries Out Course Review A&M officials have also instructed English faculty not to teach books in core classes that have major plotlines concerning gay, lesbian or transgender identities.

Given the MAGA's complaints about censorship and claims of "free-speech" advocacy, Texas A&M's actions to comply with GOP legal mandates is ironic.

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From your lips to God's ears. :-)

Never forget. 🇺🇸

PSA: if you use Venmo, you can often see with whom your friends are doing business.

Do them a favor: take a screen shot, send it to them, and ask them if they want this information made public.

Most folks aren't aware of Venmo's default settings and quickly shut it down.

Why Beavers, Muskrats, and Capybaras Aren't Considered Meat During Lent According to Catholic tradition, they're

Fun fact: the Church classifies them as fish, so they can be eaten during Lent.

It "exceptions for other semi-aquatic mammals like beavers and muskrats. Reptiles that live in water, like turtles and alligators, qualify as fish during Lent as well."

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For anyone who wants to know what it's like to live in a rogue state, Donald Trump, Steven Miller, et al., are giving the opportunity to have the experience.

Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland

I've always wondered what it would be like -- but never wanted -- to live in a rogue state.

Donald Trump is giving me the opportunity to experience this.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...

Pentagon will begin review of 'effectiveness' of women in ground combat positions The review, outlined in a Pentagon memo obtained by NPR, comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told admirals and generals in September that women must meet the "highest male standard."

Guns have long been identified as phallic symbols.

Apparently #PeteHegseth believes that to wave around such a phallic symbol, soldiers need to have an actual phallus.

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Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.

In a move straight out of 1984, Trump and the GOP have tried to stuff all the records about the assault on the Capitol from govt websites and records.

We have to look elsewhere for the history of this terrifying day.

Jan 6 - never forget

apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/

Jan 6 - Never forget

A day that will live in infamy forever, no matter how much Trump and the GOP and Faux news try to stuff it down the memory hole.

Jan 6 - Never forget

A day that will live in infamy forever, no matter how much Trump and the GOP and Faux news try to stuff it down the memory hole.

From June, 2025, and still valid...

Tom Lehrer's "send the Marines" rings true 60 years later.

They've got to be protected,
All their rights respected.
'Till somebody WE like can be elected.

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The handwriting on the wall for the 2026 midterms gets longer and more explicit daily.

If I were Mike Johnson, I'd be thinking about how to get the House to pass some legislation that helps people other than billionaires and mega-corporations.

I loved the Pinto scene ("You gotta give it to the Germans, they make great cars"), which resonates with me because I knew people who had Pintos (none of whom died in their car).

A "**scientific** review committee" has recognized an article I wrote about Satanic themes in film and invited me to the "1st Global Conference on Science, Engineering, Health & Education" in Barcelona.

The N of #scamConferences is increasing and I think I've been targeted.

Some #DCmetro #graffiti is more thoughtful than others. . .

My new favorite dishtowel. . .

Not only a travel guide but also a moral guide. . .

I've been buying his books and following his travel advice since "Thru the backdoor." He had been an excellent guide.

It makes me happy to know that I've been supporting, even in a minor way, such a good person.

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@caseynewton.bsky.social and @kevinroose.com: you've probably seen this but if you haven't it's well worth watching!

#anthropic #ai

The same folks who have complained bitterly about cancel culture and suppression of religious values have, for the second year running, cancelled and suppressed the free expression of a religious group they dislike.

So much for first amendment absolutists.

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