Gary in PR

Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish - Annenberg Learner A video instructional series in Spanish for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 52 half-hour video programs divided…

A free 'learn Spanish' series that originally aired on PBS can now be found on the Annenberg website. A many episode series that is mostly Spanish with some English hints to keep you aware of the plot. As episodes progress it get more and more Spanish. Very well done.
www.learner.org/series/desti...

Good meme but he's not doing it to cope. He knows full well what's real and what's not - he's doing it to dupe the rubes.

Kompromised Traitor !

Artist: @dccartoonist.bsky.social

I think it's the Brits that limit campaigning to 1 month prior to elections. How much saner would we all be with that !

Yes. Like a cap of $0.
I'd be in favor of VERY limited campaigning - both time and spending. Gov't provided website where all candidates can provide policy positions. Media ads limited to x days (15?, 30?) before election day. Maximum amount a campaign can raise.

Interesting to scroll through. Some you'd think would be low$ are high, and vice versa. Of course you have to consider years in office too. Seems like a $ per year figure would be helpful.

Sure would be nice to get all this $ out of Congress and have members vote for what's right.

Yeah, for sure. As soon as they become public multiple groups are snatching them up.
If this is their tactic, it is exceptionally foolhardy. (this does not mean they're not trying it)

I'm viewing on a Windows desktop webpage rather than an app. Dunno if that explains anything or not.

Well that's pretty odd. I get a different showing and have no explanation as to why you get what you get and I get what I get

When you click the show anyway button it will show posts with the Content Warning. Click Show and it shows the content with an "impersonation" flag that when clicked shows the msg below. So the moderation team has determined not actually VZ

YouTube video by Jimmy Buffett - Topic Mental Floss

Not a sea star but in the same vein.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th7m...

January would've been better but... OK.

Epstein ordered sulfuric acid on same day FBI opened probe. Files show mundane reason Some social media users suggested the acid was to make bodies disappear.

Let's not turn into Liberal versions of Qanon.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/e...

The spread of measles and vaccine misinformation in the U.S. is predominantly associated with right-leaning political groups, though the anti-vaccine movement historically had roots on both sides of the political spectrum. - Republican and conservative media audiences are significantly more likely to believe false claims, such as the debunked link between the MMR vaccine and autism. A 2025 KFF survey found 35% of Republicans believed this claim was definitely or probably true, compared to 10% of Democrats. - Political figures like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump, along with conservative media outlets and influencers, have amplified vaccine skepticism, often framing it as an issue of "medical freedom" and government overreach. - While the anti-vaccine movement once had stronger support among left-leaning, "natural living" communities, it has shifted rightward since 2015, especially after conservative political networks adopted vaccine mandates as a libertarian cause. - Outbreak data and vaccination rates reflect this divide: counties with higher support for Trump have lower vaccination rates and higher measles transmission. Thus, while vaccine hesitancy exists across the political spectrum, current misinformation is heavily concentrated in right-leaning and conservative circles.

A graph from JHU (https://publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/resources/us-measles-tracker) showing annual measles cases by week from 2018 to the present with an explosion of cases in later years and 2026 shaping up to be the worst by far.

So I was chatting w/ an AI bot about vaccine mis-info and I asked - "is there a political leaning involved [in the mis-info] or is it bipartisan"; It responded thusly (its BOLD, not mine)

The graph from Johns Hopkins will attest to the lunacy that began in 2015 (gee, what else happened in 2015?)

Mis-info and propaganda at its absolute worst.

Woot, woot.
And let's see Sherrod Brown take back his Ohio seat too.
And toss "very concerned" Susan Collins out of her Maine seat.

Department of Education hung Charlie Kirk banner on DC building near education heroes message Kirk's portrait appeared alongside images of education advocates Booker T. Washington and Catharine Beecher.

The story is a bit more nuanced than that - he was one of about a half dozen banners of "notables".
I will agree though that it's inappropriate in that he IN NO WAY rises to the level of the others being portrayed.
www.snopes.com/fact-check/d...

You should write some lyrics to the tune of "Cheeseburger In Paradise".

It seems like Marco is saying that - all along our troops stationed at various places in the ME were sitting ducks if the (erratic) Iranian regime decided to unilaterally attack.
And why would they think that there was no way they would do that as we were providing all those bombs Bibi used on Gaza

YouTube video by The United Front Show REAL DOCTOR explains Trump's NECK RASH (it's due to a chemotherapy drug?)

This guy does the best breakdown of it that I've seen.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM6Z...

It seems pretty certain that nothing will happen until a new DOJ - hopefully Jan 2029. (unless some bold state AG can somehow make a case)

When we get the congress back, it might be time to shift the entire ICE extra funds from the Big Butt-ugly Bill and re-channel it into all the investigations we're gonna need to do.

More than a little bit troubling.

Probably makes for some interesting Ring doorbell videos in your neighborhood.

Easy to be an armchair quarterback but I think I would've labeled that fertilizer bag "manure"
Good cartoon though !

Totally accurate.
Bizarro Ike.

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