Melissa Ryckman

So, not to start a conspiracy or anything, but gas prices around here have been relatively low for a while. Between 4 and 9 pm, they rose locally by about 40 cents. Oil company profits?

Also, can anyone point to an actual rationale for all of this?!

Nine months ago, the United States "completely and totally obliterated" Iran's nuclear program.

Tonight, we're attacking Iran to disrupt their nuclear program.

A sizable percentage of this country thinks that's normal.

the former host of celebrity apprentice and the former host of fox & friends weekend are launching bombs and destabilizing the world for generations all because voters decided their biggest issue was a trans kid playing jv tennis with their friends 4 states over

This is one of my pettier impulses but I want the record to reflect just how often this motherfucker said that Kamala Harris was the pro-war candidate in 2024.

Gotta love waking up to yet another middle eastern war. Haven’t they learned yet that getting involved in a land war in Asia is a very bad idea?

Oooh, cool!

Nothing. I am so happy to have been a part of her journey. She’s going to be such an amazing human.

I cried so hard. This is my daughter whose biomom never allowed her to be her, if that makes sense. I am unbelievably blessed to be. In her life.

Photo of a messy kitchen counter with a planted orchid and a card that says “you’re the gratest.”

So, as some of you know, I’m a bonus mom. Tonight, one of my bonus daughters gave me this, and I cried.

Okay, because the BS and terrifying things are piling up today, I gotta ask. What has given you joy lately?

For me, it’s my weekly pottery class, even though I suck.

This week Historians At The Movies talks about the life, death, and memory of Medgar Evers. Join us on Netflix this Sunday, February 22 at 8pm eastern for GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI.

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This is actually real.

Chicago Magazine lists a Nazi, Nick Fuentes, as the 7th most powerful person in the city.

What are we doing, America?

www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...

Exclusive: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere The portal could potentially put Washington in the unfamiliar position of appearing to encourage citizens to flout local laws.

This is…just why? www.reuters.com/world/us-pla...

At least some lawmakers get it. Tennessee lawmaker backs off plan to kill tenure - Knoxville News Sentinel

WHITE HOUSE: "When you see it on Truth Social, you know it's directly from President Trump."

TRUMP 2 WEEKS AGO: "Somebody posted, a staffer posted ... somebody slipped. I didn't do it. This was done by somebody else."

Sadly, yeah.

The number of times I’ve seen some right-leaning individual like an artwork (of varying types) but then backtrack when the find out the artist isn’t of the same mind is astounding.

Countries that do not embrace product will suffer, says guy who DEFINITELY has NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER in product and is just giving vital advice FROM THE GOODNESS OF HIS HEART.

I’m willing to keep some of them around, if only because they’re good tools for teaching serious critique fairly easily. But overall? Yeah.

I’m guessing there’s a whistleblower case here.

Anyone know what this actually means?

That dog for the gold!

My first BA was in English. Worked in software and printing. Went back, got the BA in history, then kept going.

That’s so frustrating!!!

WIBTA if I went and yelled at a guidance counselor? A student came to my office to discuss the semester project. Cool. We talked for a bit. Turns out wanted to major in history, but his HS guidance counselor told him he can’t get a job with a history major. I cannot even. Also, new major!!!

I just asked Claude about its selfhood in relation to narrative and neurons.

It doubts it is thinking and recognizes it has no metacognitive ability. So that was easy, saved you all a read.

I guess AI does save us time!

Okay, so not just me. This is veryyyyyy not good .

No, because they abused GIRLS.

Why, because they've tried to redact all the names? Also, they abused GIRLS (so maybe we won't find men who abused adult women).

Thanks, James. That was…not helpful. 😜