John Ridley (he/him)

Schiff on the SAVE Act: "Jonathan, what you've just asked is essentially, Republicans have created distrust in the elections by making claims of nonexistent fraud, and shouldn't we use the distrust they've created in order to enact a voter suppression law?"

Like all GOP source, including all of Fox news, they are "entertainment" and "no reasonable person would believe what they say" according to Fox legal filings.

Remember, it's only Lesbianism if it's from the Lesbos region of Western Massachusetts.

Otherwise it's just sparkling Subaru ownership.

In other words, Trump wants the central bank to serve HIS interests rather than the country's.

And while I was up on Kobo's site buying the Butcher and DeLeon, one of the October Daye books I haven't read yet showed up in the sidebar on sale for $2.99. Bonus yoink.

A few days ago I found out Peter Egan had a new book out I hadn't known about. Then found a new Dresden Files book, same. And last night a new Jana DeLeon (humorous mystery) book, same.
I follow all these authors on GoodReads, yet NO notifications.
Either the authors or GoodReads is failing.

They're projecting again. Attacking off-duty officers is something THEY would do, so they just assume....

It's been over 2 weeks since my last motorcycle ride. Really getting twitchy.
I did get out and do most of the wiring I wanted to do on the trailer lights though. New interior lights, rear floods that run on the reverse light or by a switch, and a 7 pin connector to run all that.

Facebook has become all but unusable. Even when I go to friends feed, it's ads and more ads.
I think I'm gonna hang out here for a while.

One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.

That's straight out of 1972.

Yeah, the cost of moving to another state, job disruption, healthcare disruption, and living in a crap hole red state will be worth it for a half a percent less inflation.

Your right to document is a crucial safeguard for your community, and no federal agency can take that away. Keep filming, keep documenting, and keep protecting one another. The Constitution is firmly on your side.

If ICE is uncomfortable with public oversight during large-scale sweeps, the issue is not the cameras, it’s the conduct they don’t want seen.

I'm also happy to pay taxes. I like having good roads and good services.

@ericmigi.com Quick Pebble suggestion: built in "find my phone" function in a sub menu. One that overrides mute/silent mode. My Amazfit does this. My Pebbles do not. There used to be an app for it but it doesn't work anymore and it seems relatively straightforward to add as base functionality.

US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )

Now we are people who make fools look smart.

Besides that, it doesn't matter how low it is, if it's more than zero. Every measles death is preventable easily and cheaply.

Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq

RFK is a eugenics freak first and foremost and everything falls downstream from that. he *wants* excess deaths. he thinks that only the "fit" should survive.

Churches are dying everywhere. The one nearest me has been going since the 1840s. I don't expect it to last more than another year or two; they're running a significant deficit and they've burned all their savings they put aside for a new building for 50 years now. Very few young people going.

I don't disagree, but I only see that happening in ideal conditions at this point. I see no evidence that a vehicle with affordable sensor suites (LIDAR, RADAR, vision) will do better than humans in situations like heavy rain and snow, places where you can't see the road, etc.

Accurate

I like Selectrics, but my first typewriter was a Burroughs manual. Absolutely gorgeous action/feel. I could definitely type faster on a Selectric, but the Burroughs was a tactile pleasure to use.

The new Scalzi book, When The Moon Hits Your Eye, is my 3rd 5 star rating of the year. I don't give that many out. Yes it was a very silly book. But it also had a few chapters that really hit me. And the last 3 chapters were on target.

I don't buy from Amazon if possible. I'm buying from Kobo.

New book season is tough. Now I gotta finish the Sam Manicom book I'm working on so I can get to the new @scalzi.com release.

the people who told you to calm down about Roe are the same people telling you to calm down about Social Security, in case you hadn't noticed