Dean Lovett

I am still using my Fitbit Charge 2, 2016. Its body is made of metal, which is more durable than later-generation Fitbit devices. In fact, it outlasted the plastic Fitbit 4 that I bought to replace it.
I am thinking that Fitbit later considered it a mistake to make such a durable device.

Donald Trump and Mike Johnson are melting down over "No Kings" success Trump posted an AI video of himself dropping raw sewage on the protesters from a plane. Yes, you read that right

// Trump and Johnson Are Melting Down Over The Success of “No Kings”

Trump posted an AI video of himself dropping raw sewage on the protesters from a plane. Yes, you read that right. //

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Treasury weighs minting $1 coin with Trump's face for U.S. 250th anniversary U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach confirmed in a social media post that the draft coin depicting Trump is real. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shared Beach's post.

We live in amazing times.

Paraphrasing Steve Martin from around 1979...
I believe that Trump can transform the US into what we once were:
A lifeless, Arctic wasteland covered in ice.
Then again... maybe a lifeless nuclear desert.

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/03/t...

Fraud claims backfire on ‘nepo baby’ targeting Trump foes “The entire affair is exactly as preposterously trumped up as you thought it was,” says Chris Hayes on Trump appointee Bill Pulte's crusade against Trump's political enemies going south.

The “Mortgage Fraud” Fraud.

Watch until the end.

www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch...

In new level of stupid, RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine advisors axe MMRV recommendation The vote to strip the recommendation came after a day of inept discussion.

This is disastrous.

they voted to remove the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's previous recommendation for use of a measles, mumps, rubella, varicella (chickenpox) MMRV combination vaccine for children under 4 years old.

arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

Do you see what is happening before our very eyes?

Anyone else feel like a woman like this should not have the ear of the president?

Jerry Resigns From Ben & Jerry's After Claiming Brand Is Being 'Silenced' For Their Activism

Thank you for standing up for what's right, Jerry 🍦

YouTube video by Leah & Phillip When D&D rules your marriage | part 1 🐉⚔️ #comedy #dnd5e #dnd

When D&D rules your marriage.

youtube.com/shorts/i7fvu...

Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok.

They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post.

They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets.

“Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.

What kind of dairy does a body good? Science is updating the answer New dietary guidelines are coming soon. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised the days of skim milk and other low-fat dairy products are over. Is there a case for more fat in dairy?

I skimmed the article for the quote that supports my point of view... that I should eat more cheese.

// In fact, Lamarche notes there's strong evidence from observational studies that cheese is associated with a lower risk of stroke. //

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Florida to end vaccine mandates for children as state’s surgeon general likens them to ‘slavery’ Joseph Ladapo, a long-time vaccine skeptic, says that every state vaccine requirement would be repealed

A preview of what is coming in this and future national GOP administrations.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

YouTube video by Foil Arms and Hog How different countries Teach History #shorts

How different countries describe their history

youtube.com/shorts/A9ejB...

Trump administration to review 19 Smithsonian museums to ensure exhibits are ‘patriotic’ White House letter orders review as part of a broader push to assert oversight over cultural institutions

On the road to a glorious totalitarian, fascist empire.

The historical narrative must match the Republican and Trump vision.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

YouTube video by Hank Green The Massive Fraud that’s Tearing America Apart

A video about many things... that includes rigging elections through gerrymandering.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVdQ...

Trump Is Desperately Trying to Rig Economic Data in His Favor The firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics is the latest front in the president’s war on objective reality.

//Five years ago, at the height of the pandemic, Trump attempted to pressure agencies to lower the number of reported Covid-19 cases—all so he could seem like he had things under control.

He’s now attempting to manipulate jobs numbers in a similar way.

It didn’t work then.

It won’t work now.//

‘He has trouble completing a thought’: bizarre public appearances again cast doubt on Trump’s mental acuity Joe Biden was hounded for his age-related gaffes, but Trump’s increasingly strange behavior has largely been ignored

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump news at a glance: ‘credibility’ of US economics data at risk, say experts, as president fires labor official Trump’s own former statistics chief denounces move as ‘groundless’ and ‘dangerous’. Key US politics stories from Friday 1 August at a glance

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

How Two Neuroscientists View Optical Illusions

Yet another batch of optical illusions

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/s...

RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at reputed journals such as the Lancet and said his agency will create “in-house” publications instead.

Oh, this keeps getting better and better.

// RFK Jr. says he may bar government scientists from publishing in top medical journals. //

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

The Republican Plot to Un-Educate America Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is an extinction-level event for higher education that would annihilate the country’s intellectual potential.

This is not a budget bill, it is a debt and deportation bill—and one built on the fascist foundation laid by the Heritage Foundation’s now-notorious Project 2025. https://trib.al/jw7Y71q

Monday, Monday...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h81O...

I saw "How to Train Your Dragon (2025)", the live-action remake of "How to Train Your Dragon (2010)"
I like 2010 more than 2025.
The 2025 version did emphasize that being a Viking fighting dragons was an occupation and attitude open to all who wished to join the fray.
We will see what others think.

This could be a great time to visit Disneyland.

Anaheim is miles away from "The Troubes" and tear gas.

Statements from the government any more read like propaganda.
The headline from HHS.gov does NOT fill me with comfort.

Taylor Swift buys back the rights to her first 6 albums The pop star's early catalog was acquired in 2019 and sold again in 2020, igniting a years-long saga in which Swift set out to re-record new versions of the albums to compete with the originals.

I knew she was working on this. I am guessing part of what made this deal go through was her promising to remake each one of those 6 albums... rendering the originals worth far less money.

www.npr.org/2025/05/30/n...

While we save to buy 3 dolls and 5 pencils, Trump is gifted a $400 million flying throne from Qatar Opinion: It’s a metaphorical middle finger to the "cake-eating" lower and middle class who struggle to pay the bills 35,000 feet below, writes John Casey.

While we save to buy 3 dolls and 5 pencils, Trump is gifted a $400 million flying throne from Qatar

President "Let them eat cake".

www.advocate.com/voices/trump...

Trump administration mulling end to habeas corpus, legal right to challenge one’s detention Top White House adviser Stephen Miller announces US president considering suspending writ of habeas corpus

Donald and his goons want to suspend writ of habeas corpus.

You know the right wing side of the supreme court will support this.

www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may...