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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Hey is going to be the reason entire generations of women try to use cranberry juice extract and vit A to get through menopause, isn’t he.

Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.

The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.

It only just dawned on me today that the handiness of the term “colored” to white supremacists was that it could be applied not only to black people, but to anyone who, for whatever reason, didn’t appear to them to be entirely white.

Memories of an Appalachian boyhood during the Jim Crow era probably feel like recollections of the Civil War, to many of you. But then they increasingly feel like that to me as well!

Thanks! I’ll try to remember that next time.

“in the” 🙄

That should read “in Jim Crow era”, of course.

YouTube video by DriveByTruckersVEVO Drive-By Truckers - Surrender Under Protest (Official Video)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nf5... Chorus: Exactly what my maternal grandmother incanted, hand on my 12-year-old shoulder, as she sought to awaken the faithful Confederate within. SW VA is the Jim Crow era.

Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’ Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary (Gift Article) In 1975, she transformed poetry into punk. Neither would ever be the same. More than 20 artists who made and admired the album share their memories.

If you're looking for something to dislodge that Gordon Lightfoot earworm, tomorrow is ALSO the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith's debut album. Like Bruce Springsteen says, starts with "probably the greatest opening line of anyone’s debut album in rock ’n’ roll."

This is a fun piece:

Donate to Help chronically ill woman with food and bills, organized by Amber Bruce I am extremely grateful to everyone who has supported me for the past year … Amber Bruce needs your support for Help chronically ill woman with food and bills

Ouch... this one really hurts.

There's a trans nerd in the Bay Area (whom I've met and can vouch for) and we raised some $$ for her in the past, getting her into a stable situation.

But now? She's been robbed and lost everything.

Please help if you can:
www.gofundme.com/f/DWORD-0x62...

Picador unveils China Miéville’s new novel, 20 years in the making Picador will publish a new novel from award-winning author China Miéville. The Rouse will be Miéville’s first single-authored novel for an adult audience since 2011.

I hate having to wait a whole year for China Miéville’s new book, but I think it will be worth it.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/picad...

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I finished the new novel a couple of days ago and wrapped up a story rewrite tonight. I AM A GOLDEN GOD

A picture of me smiling at the camera with my hand near my little silver Hugo Finalist pin, which is a rocket ship.

My certificate from Seattle Worldcon 2025 which announces The Deadlands as Hugo finalist for Best Semiprozine.

Came home from a long but good day at the ceramics studio to find my Hugo Finalist pin in the mail!!

Received as being part of the utterly AMAZING team skeleton @thedeadlands.com 🖤🖤🖤💀

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

Virginia House seats won by Democrats this century, out of the chamber's 100 seats:

in 2001: 32
in 2003: 34
in 2005: 40
in 2007: 44
in 2009: 39
in 2011: 32
in 2013: 33
in 2015: 34
in 2017: 49
in 2019: 55 (first Dem majority since 1999)
in 2021: 48
in 2023: 51

2025, i.e. this week: 64

2025 Binning of the Jacks. My guy was rotten when I carved him, daughter’s was fresh but now flexible. Adios, handsome dudes!

My main life goal from this day forward is to never ever be closer than 1000 miles away from this thing

What we're watching: A new take on "Frankenstein," a lavish legal drama starring Kim Kardashian and a Tracy Morgan-led spinoff.

sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference

I heard on a report about the “Word of the Year” nominations that people around here have taken to calling ChatGPT チャッピー, that is… Chappie. An interesting coincidence.

Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.

I'm losing my mind over how many reviewers are like "GDT's Frankenstein makes you wonder who the real monster is." THAT'S THE STORY! That's the story Shelley wrote!

The Onion: DHS: ‘Daycare Workers Have Walked Freely in This Country For Far Too Long’

This has not gotten much attention, but it should.

Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.

Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.

“I’ve got a great marketing plan, we’ll get the dumbest motherfucker in our industry, one that just nobody respects, and we’ll have him say the most asinine thing possible and that will be our pull quote, it’s surefire

Covid is still here because we chose not to do enough.

The climate is changing because we chose not to do enough.

And democracy? We can’t afford to just wait and see.

I know the skies used to be filled with birds that are now extinct.

I know that change can happen and that it is usually permanent. That is the real status quo.

What we do matters. It’s counter intuitive but often inaction leads to change and it takes effort and energy to maintain stasis.

Something I’ve noticed is there seems to be a sort of pervasive assumption that the status quo has gravity. That there’s a natural, comfortable way things should be and that deviations from the normal state of the world will correct themselves in time.

But as a paleontologist, I know this is false.

Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

The Supreme Court of Canada Wants You to Call 911 if Someone Is Overdosing | The Tyee Police can’t arrest a person for drug possession if they call for help and stick around, a new ruling finds.

Saving a life is more important than policing small amounts of drug use, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled last month.

@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis