Matthew Rose

20 years or so ago, i bid on, and lost, a signed John Updike book. The book itself was a tattered and torn paperback, but Updike remarked the book looked like it had "had an orgy on it."

Failing to acquire that book remains one of my greatest regrets.

I'm reading "Corporate Executives Keep Heads Despite Being Awful Humans"

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chatgpt denies the existence of DOGE

republicans learn history to weaponize it.

#KeepingItReal

Russia's Lavrov sees no 'bright future' for economic ties with U.S. Russia remains open for cooperation with the United States but is not hopeful about economic ties despite Washington's ongoing efforts to end the Ukraine war, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sa...

Weird, that this article is from this Monday.

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Speculation about made up things destroys Democrats.

Perhaps it is merely exposing folks' desperate desire to experience a fleeting moment of a level playing field.

That is the level of inequity we've all been in living for decades.

Release the grand jury testimony.

republicans Obtaining a warrant to investigate a member of Congress during a criminal investigation: BAD!!!!!

Also, republicans: We're going to spy on whoever the fuck we want, whenever the fuck we want.

Some people learn history to weaponize it. They really liked the bad parts and believe they could do it better.

The damage is done.

The republican party has fully endorsed vaccine skepticism; and it has been successfully co-mingled into maga 'cultural' identity.

Revelation might as well have been written by Nostradamus. It reads like fanfiction.

The MSM has increasingly been protecting the republican party since the Carter administration. This is not a novel arrangement.

It. Goes. On. The. Resume.

The MSM is a right-wing protection racket.

Found an article estimating electricity demand to mine one bitcoin is 854,400 kWh. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates bitcoin mining electricity demand may be as high as 2.3% of total generation.

bitcoin doubters, it had dropped to about $60,000, down over 50% from the August 2025 all-time high. It has since rebounded to about $65k.

If the price can stay down, maybe most of the mines will cease to operate.

This independent commission had better have prosecutorial powers.

tweet from user account @unusualwhales "Trump: It is time to turn the page on the Epstein scandal" reply tweet from the Press Office of New York Governor Hochul: "Won't matter. His name is on the next page too."

I can create a better system, that doesn't require legislative action or change in regulations.

If you are interested, please contact me. Serious inquires only.

Didn't you watch the video?

There's no sense of wonder in those eyes, he looks shut down. It is adult projection that the child should be amazed. This child presentsas overwhelmed. Ideally, he needs gentleness and stability, with a deescalation of new experiences.

To a young child, after a traumatic experience, the novelty sitting in a cockpit of large airplane might be lost on them. They may be indifferent to the experience or even equate it to being in another cage.

They'll be sure to bring up Hunter Biden again though.

*He's agreeing with you.

"This was good content."

credit to NWP

4/ The People are the problem — their biases, short memories, and willingness to believe what confirms bias make the disinformation effective.

3/ centrists & Democratic Party voters straight-up abandon the party's efforts, fearing media-driven "communism" right-wing hype.