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Frequently Asked Questions About Leaf Blowers What is the main use of leaf blowers? Leaf blowers allow us to powerfully blow leaves into big piles. This is totally awesome. It ensures that huma...

Q: Where are leaf blowers most commonly used?

A: In leaf-dense areas directly outside your bedroom window.

I just watched Superman II last night feeling a little bit nostalgic for non-frowned upon workplace smoking.

216 - Gold vermeil everything on the Oval Office fireplace mantel. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors

NBA playoff games have been nuts. Hoping for a Golden State / Boston outcome.

The Violence Prerogative - Boston Review All oppressive, criminal, and genocidal governments cloak their atrocities in the language of virtue.

The term “national interest” is itself a euphemism, for what is usually meant is the interest of a small sector of wealthy domestic elites. Noam Chomsky and Nathan J. Robinson:

Members of British punk rock band UK Subs denied entry into the US Three members of the pioneering band were detained and returned to the UK after flying to Los Angeles for a gig

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The Memo That Shocked the White House The directive from the Office of Management and Budget that froze most federal funds on Monday had not gone through the usual approval process.

The directive from the Office of Management and Budget that froze most federal funds on Monday had not gone through the usual approval process, Ashley Parker reports: theatln.tc/iZK9zxHi

Private prisons will "rent" out inmates for agriculture, packing, and other light industry jobs. This will serve as the new marketed business model for private for-profit prisons. So make sure your auto insurance is up to date and registration is current so you don't end up pack veggies for GEO.

Prediction: Obviously we'll see a rise in private for-profit prisons for ICE detainment. After they see their use for facilitating deportations, we will see a rise in incarceration for the most minor crimes. This incarcerated population will serve as the labor pool to replace deported immigrants.

John Fetterman’s a disgrace to the oaf community. He does not represent America’s lumbering buffoons, ham-fisted galoots, or men whose heavy footsteps are soundtracked by a tuba.

Body of Crisps?

The Real Economics of Visas and Tariffs - Boston Review Setting the record straight.

In the context of the U.S. economy today, we can be sure that taxing imports won’t help the working class. Reducing inequality entails more than reducing corporate profits; it requires reducing the share of income going to high earners.

@deanbaker13.bsky.social on the Trump visa and tariff talk:

Little to no eggs on the shelf at the HEBs in Texas. Coworker just came back from Sydney, Australia and little to no eggs on the shelf at the Woolies. Worldwide avian influenza outbreak and Trump pulls the U.S. out of the World Health Organization.

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Marc Maron
@marcmaron.bsky.social

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#comedy

...and to this I ask, why are there beans in the chili?

"Grover Dill is a frequent tormentor of Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley) in A Christmas Story. He is Scut Farkus' (Zack Ward) short side-kick and delights in supporting the larger bully as he teases, fights, and pranks the younger kids in the movie." We're nation of Grover Dills.

We’ve Remodeled Our Bathroom, So Now You Have to Take a Dump Behind a Sliding Barn Door Welcome, come on in. Let me give you a tour of our new bathroom. We’ve painted the walls a beautiful sage green, installed a double sink vanity, an...

"We’ve painted the walls a beautiful sage green, installed a double sink vanity, and replaced our perfectly fine, functioning bathroom door with a sliding barn door. It’s exactly like a regular door, except it never closes."

Healthcare CEO’s Killing Ignites Calls for Reform Amid Trump’s Plan to Privatize Medicare Part 2 of our interview on how many responded to the murder of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson, by offering condolences while also expressing outrage over the state of healthcare in the…

"The violence against Brian Thompson is nothing to be condoned. It was a horrible crime. But it’s important to point out that violent crime is perpetrated by these companies in an anonymous way every single day."

The cover for MOOD MACHINE: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist by Liz Pelly depicts a series of boxes, some containing colors and shapes and others including stock photos of individuals that reflect the various "moods & activities" of popular playlist categories (sleeping, working, exercising, chilling, etc)

Today's the day. This is the cover for my forthcoming book MOOD MACHINE: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, out January 7, 2025. Pre-orders are available via Greenlight Books in Brooklyn. More info here:
lizpelly.info/book

John Fetterman Has a Message for Democrats in New Interview “Buckle up and pack a lunch, because it’s going to be four years of this,” the Democratic senator from Pennsylvania said.

I don't know what to think of this guy. I agree with some of his take, but what's his plan for working class engagement in a Trump era other than "just grab a grip" and take it [the loss]?
Don't like being screwed!

John Fetterman Wants Democrats to Stop Freaking Out www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/u...

Sun Ra came to me in a vision and said to put on large "creative liberation events" called Jubilations in order to free our imprisoned cosmic companion souls. I don't know if it was really Sun Ra, but it seems like a solid idea. So I might be emailing you today about it.

Is it normal for a no longer practicing Catholic 30+ year Atheist since adolescence to mutter this many Hail Marys under one's breath?

Stolen valor from an Instagram meme account.

There are micro plastics in the clouds.