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Lightning strikes on the ocean in the classic "FUCK THESE 6 FISH IN PARTICULAR" meme, but with "6 FISH" blacked out and replaced with "8 DEM SENATORS."

I think Schumer actually spoke against this deal for once. It was other Senators ignoring him and splintering off.

The "Fuck these 6 fish in particular" meme, but with "6 fish" blacked out and replaced by "8 Dem Senators".

Shouldn't the punishment be agonizing but take 50 years?

The sane response to our aging electrical grid is to work on upgrading it. The current oligarchy/MAGA answer is to ease regulations and make it easier for big money companies build their own power plants and disconnect from the grid. Welcome to exploited nation status with rolling blackouts.

a man in a suit and bow tie says it 's hedley .. Alt: Hedley Lamar shaking his head, with the caption, "IT'S HEDLEY!"

Hadda.

Yeah, we had most of a maybe decade old Britannica set that had been picked up second-hand too...it didn't interest gradeschool me as much because it lacked color illustrations. Just because I read way above grade level didn't mean I didn't appreciate a good picture too. :)

If you see this, reskeet with a Sentai team that is not Power Rangers or Super Sentai.

Would they also be in a race against a rival crew of archaeologists from the British Museum?

Isn't "whatever" the core tenet of Daria Law?

Both of my parents were school teachers at the time, so they might've gotten a discount...and valued learning enough to make the sacrifice. For years, I didn't get why none of my friends had books all over the place when I visited their homes.

My parents got the 1975 World Book Encyclopedia set when it became clear that 5-year-old me was asking too many questions to which they did not know the answer. :)

This list and others like it remind me of the "If you grew up in the 80s your house looked like this" picture which includes thousands of dollars in merch that only rich kids in the 80s would've had. And only the really spoiled ones. I never did some of this list because I couldn't afford to.

I'm sure most of the employees hate it too. It's like being turned into a missionary where the goal is to get the missionary to realize the world hates them.

Nostalgia for COVID lockdown, the last time a majority of Republicans actually did something that was for the good of everyone. Complaining the whole time, yes, but for a few months they actually did it.

"Yes, the Wayne residence is fairly easy to take care of, it's Master Wayne's hobbies that turned my hair gray early."

Based on his facebook posts, I'm sure we could get the real Optimus Primal's voice reading this too.

If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.

Weirdly, my only times faxing stuff were after fax machines were mostly on the way out. I had to fax some stuff for a job application, but fortunately I could use the departmental fax.

Three points. Two if you don't require it be Walkman branded. I never could justify the expense of a proper boom box, and I've never really been into renting movies. The only time I ever rented from Blockbuster it was because I got a gift card (and by that time, it was a DVD that I rented.)

The Exceptions — Kate Zernike

Link for more: www.katezernike.net/the-exceptions (I reviewed it for the ALA, but I think my review copy is currently loaned out.)

Yeah, I forget if she was just never inclined to be nice, or if it was beaten out of her early. In The Exceptions by Kate Zernike, different women in science took different paths in that respect, but eventually the nice has to be dropped or they get relegated to making coffee at meetings.

ISTR from even "restore her place in history" biographies that Rosalind wasn't exactly a great person to be around. In a world where it was hard for a woman to advocate for herself in the first place, she apparently had no particular talent or desire for doing it.

The factoid that the average physical scientist thinks they can opine on issues outside their specialty is false. Vulcanologist Marc, who lives in a man cave and publishes 10000 anti-woke diatribes in publication-mill "journals" a day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.

I mean, I know my discipline (physics) is notorious for generating people who feel qualified to speak on any topic no matter how unrelated to our training, but apparently we ain't got squat on Vulcanologist Georg here.

Came here to say that.

My immediate reaction was that it must've been his operator who keeled over, which forced him into standby mode.

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thank you for the outpouring of support!

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

During my lifetime, the GOP has followed this progression:
1. The Democrats are our rivals.
2. The Democrats are our enemies.
3. Democracy is our enemy.

Statement from The NewsGuild of New York and Condé United on illegal firing of four union leaders who demanded answers about this week’s layoffs at Teen Vogue, other brands Late Wednesday night, Condé Nast’s VP of Labor Relations notified the Guild that the Company was immediately terminating four Condé United leaders for engaging in the protected concerted activity of gathering in their 1 World Trade Center office to demand answers on this week’s abrupt layoffs at multiple brands including WIRED and the consolidation at Teen Vogue. These egregious terminations are a flagrant breach of the Just Cause terms of our contract and an unprecedented violation of their federally protected rights as union members to participate in a collective action. Through these illegal terminations, Condé Nast management is attempting to intimidate and silence our members' advocacy for the courageous cultural and political journalism of Teen Vogue, as well as diverting attention away from the obvious lack of corporate leadership at the company. Condé United members illegally fired are: Alma Avalle: Writer, digital producer at Bon Appetit; NewsGuild of New York first vice president, trans activist, and union leader Jake Lahut: Wired senior reporter covering the Trump White House Jasper Lo: Senior fact checker at The New Yorker and US Army veteran: outgoing first vice chair of The New Yorker Union Ben Dewey: Videographer at Condé Nast Entertainment, former vice chair of the CNE unit “Management’s attempt at union-busting, using intimidation and grossly illegal tactics to try to suppress protected union activity, will not stand,” said Susan DeCarava, president of The NewsGuild of New York. “The NewsGuild of New York has zero tolerance for bad bosses who harass, target and disrespect our fellow Guild members. We represent nearly 6,000 media workers across the tri-state area and we stand firmly in solidarity, ready to fight for the rights of our members illegally fired from their jobs at …

Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.

I suspect that if the characters had enough information for that, they would probably know who the aliens were and could ask around. This sounds like a "First Contact, sort of" situation. But if the fraction is higher than in our atmosphere, it'd have had to start higher too, barring weirdness.