Late Stage Catapultist

Oh my stars!

Screenshot from Duolingo french lesson that says "Bon...j'ai vu une nouvelle enceinte au magasin. Elle serait parfaite pour écoutér ma playlist."

Speakers of French:

What in the hell does this sentence mean? Does enceinte have another meaning related to audio??

Sometimes I see a bird and I am sure it is playing "dinosaurs."

Imagine if the Epstein files were the ACTUAL distraction from a baldface attempt to hostilely consolidate power to ensure anti-democratic authoritarianism for years to come? Wouldn't that be something?

Don't know why they bothered writing out the arrest charges... we all KNOW what they are actually guilty of.

In case you're wondering what it was like living under the Nazi regime, wonder no more!

Is this innumeracy or just having zero idea how things actually work?

Wish I was in Columbus today instead of tomorrow...but this is awesome!

People in Los Angeles have been protesting 24 hours for 2 weeks straight and no news outlet is covering it!
8/8/25

A beautiful gift from the past

"There are five lights."

-- GPT5, aka Watchful Trail of Sweet Blueberries

Trump wants a new U.S. census to exclude people here illegally. It'd be unprecedented Trump is calling for a "new" census that excludes people in the U.S. without legal status. The 14th Amendment requires the "whole number of persons in each state" in a key set of census results.

THREAD: There are a lot of unanswered questions 12 hours after President Trump — who, according to the Constitution, has no final authority over the census — released a social media post calling for unprecedented changes to how the government produces data that forms the foundation of U.S. democracy

Seriously? Safeway already putting out the Halloween candy?? Do they think there's a good chance we won't make it to October 31?

Congratulations!! I can't wait to see them shine!!

We're looking into that

Amy K standing at the bedroom of the kid who has skipped every day of school, saying "you better get up and get dressed, young lady, or there will be real consequences."

Jeezus...why do they think songs about heartbreak are so popular?? People NEED music to be about them...it's how we cope with living on this stupid rock.

Isn't that what Rahm Emmanuel wanted to be? But his vision is such inherent anathema to the people whose support is ultimately required for his power that he can't actually do what Miller gets away with within a GOP-run power structure. The role doesn't occur in a vacuum.

I assume a guy goes from "i want to date a girl" to "whites are the master race" in <4 clicks bc the far-right knows what Timmy is really looking for is to assuage his fear that something is wrong with him. Why not call out that propo strategy directly rather than run a counter-propo dating podcast?

Deadwood. Duh.

But I thought presidents weren't allowed to forgive student loans.

Not a single one of my friends could understand my stubborn refusal to use child-monitoring apps. I am done trying to explain it to them, but turns out my kids grew up to be resourceful and independent. So...?

Turns out it was a lamb chop.

And just who does she think she is, getting Medicaid AND eating meat??

The fact that your former neighbor saw this as a cultural difference is WILD to me. I don't think people realize how radical and fast the shift in the US has been from "most kids play unsupervised outside until dark" to our current police state for children. What did it take...2 generations?

The image is the ice cream. The caption is gd 🍒 on top

I will never understand licorice.

When in hell is he moving to Mars? Can't be too soon.

Navy Set to Unplug Critical Hurricane Satellites this Week Abrupt termination of satellite data by U.S. Department of Defense sends forecasters scrambling for a fix on the brink of the busiest stretch of the hurricane season

If you think I've forgotten about the hurricane satellites, think again. The Navy is permanently unplugging them this week, on the brink of the busiest stretch of the season. There's so much more to this story, and I have the latest scoop. ⬇️

I have a relative who experienced this. Said another inmate with epilepsy would seize almost daily from the heat and no relief offered...guards just laughed.

I am planning to see this, mostly because I was in the first class!