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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.

I know that it shouldn’t, but it shocks me all the time at how very little empathy people have these days. The profound lack of compassion. It’s heartbreaking. I feel these are things that can’t be taught.

I have fallen in love with Olipop soda but it’s so dang expensive 😭

I don’t want lawsuits. I want a good guy with a gun.

Wish I knew somebody who was in one of the two halls of Congress right now.

AUDITS DONT DELETE WHOLE AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS AND LINES OF CRITICAL FUNDING FOR COMMUNITIES ACROSS AMERICA AND THE WORLD.

Anyone who replies “it’s just an audit is a FED, or a PSYOP, or a SHILL”.

Stop calling them bots, start calling them the government.

Trump Worried Day Working At McDonald’s Will Screw Up Taxes

Trump Worried Day Working At McDonald’s Will Screw Up Taxes
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Elon Musk is a terrible president.

Trump saying “we want our enemies to fear us” while holding a sign that says China tariff rates are 10% and then another sign saying Canada tariff rates are 25% with the saying “and our friends to hate our guts”

Elon Musk’s staffers have gained unauthorized access to sensitive government employee data by installing a server at the OPM. They now have access to USAJOBS, the federal hiring portal where applicants submit personal details such as Social Security numbers, home addresses, and employment histories.

Nestlé, Tyson Foods pulled into X advertising lawsuit The initial case was filed by X in August, implicating Unilever and Mars at the time.

Do you have any idea how fucking evil you have to be for Nestle to be the good guy in a lawsuit?

finance.yahoo.com/news/nestl-t...

A witch hunt has begun at the FBI. Employees are required to provide information by Tuesday and are being encouraged to report on their coworkers. The FBI questionnaire asks agents about their roles in various cases, including whether they made arrests or appeared in court, among other details.

Beyoncé, Grammy Underdog No More After nearly 20 years and 99 nominations, the star’s album of the year win for “Cowboy Carter” ends a confounding chapter in the awards’ history.

Beyoncé won album of the year at the Grammys on Sunday for “Cowboy Carter,” her fifth time being nominated in the category. The win was so welcome that even her competitors appeared relieved when her name was announced, our music critic writes.

The Trump administration has imposed a range of restrictions on the National Institutes of Health, affecting meetings, travel, hiring, funding, and communications.

The Trump administration has canceled meetings and frozen hiring at the NIH.

In today’s episode, @casey_crownhart joins us to discuss this and other other big science stories of the week. Plus, what is a meme coin?

Listen here 🎧: https://buff.ly/3Mut28J

Still haven’t seen Wicked, but it does warm my heart to know that there is now an entire other generation that is going to attempt to read, and inevitably decide not to finish, the book it’s based on

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. You can give someone access to knowledge but you can't make them think.

Google is free.
Library got plenty of books.
And still yall dumb.
That’s crazy.

today is hard and being in america is hard please be patient with us, we are going through it down here 😭

Guy who did nothing to stop this. TWICE

Motion to rename Cuck Chairs into Merrick Garlands:

A universe in motion seen from the International Space Station during a night pass over Earth (view fullscreen).

Again, the World Health Organization is the single most important global entity in preventing, tracking and controlling outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics and is especially important as climate change and deforestation allow pathogens to mutate, become more infectious and spread to new regions

embroidery of an orca leaping over the words "Eat the Rich" in rainbow-colored script

My @scishow.bsky.social buddies will appreciate this one.

Crazy to think that just 4 years ago Amanda Gorman read The Hill We Climb

Just so we’re clear:
1. Audiobooks count
2. Reading is political
3. The orange man is a piece of 💩

Thanks for stopping by 💃

Opinion | Libraries can help end the culture wars. That’s why they’re under fire. Nothing threatens authoritarianism like a free, quiet place to absorb a full range of information.

We are about to enter an era of extreme and dangerous culture war in the United States. How do we protect our communities and work toward a cultural ceasefire? In this piece I wrote a couple months ago, I offer one possible path. wapo.st/40q1BDn

I got bored and made the holy trinity of TikTok queens
Reb Masel, @danishacarter.bsky.social, and Drew Afualo

Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:

Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47

Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429

Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3

Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2

Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0

Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0

I found this in the bad place last week.
The first Stephen King book I read was Christine. I was probably 10 or 11.
What was your first SK book?