T.J. Mitchell

No joke.

david rose grew up in our community. his mom was an icu nurse at emory. his wife is pregnant and he had two kids. please share this & help if you can.

Testing out, on a manageably small scale, emergency powers suspension of regular governance. They will learn what works & what doesn't before they try to ramp it up.

And DC is a majority-minority city, with a democratically-elected city government power structure that reflects its demographics. White supremacists do not like this. At all.

Why A Bunch Of Real Dicks Keep Throwing Fake Ones | Defector Every misogynist joke poses a question to its female audience: Can you laugh along? Will you be chill or are you going to make a big deal out of this? Are you going to be a bitch about it? Arriving in...

I find the dildo thing pretty appalling so I wrote a bit about why

The Wages of Sin Amazon.com: The Wages of Sin: 9781649731722: Turtledove, Harry: Books

I do want to note that THE WAGES OF SIN is out in trade paperback. If you're looking for dead trees but don't want to pay hardcover prices...

It's set in 1850s England in a universe where HIV got loose in the early 1500s and, mm, screwed up social patterns worldwide.
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It’s fully halfway thru #TheGoodFather when I finally hit “gormless,” but still not a sign of “smirr.” Cmon, @liammcilvanney.bsky.social —your latest #tartannoir #mystery has been a brilliant read, but there are certain lexicographical expectations we your fans need fullfilled!

"Carson Carson Carson" and lo he doth appear

How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly.

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Just got back from Europe. What’d I miss?!

Btw, my MP received a letter from the Home Office at end of play yesterday saying this matter is for the FCDO (whatever that is) - which is hilarious because I was literally directed to the HO originally. Governmental buck-passing. I'm hoping Monday/Tuesday brings news. It's been nearly 3 weeks.

7min ago Police believe, after speaking with shooter's family, that CDC was the target From CNN's John Miller After speaking with the suspected shooter’s family members, police are operating under the theory that he was either sick or believed that he was sick and blamed the illness on the Covid-19 vaccine, a law enforcement official told CNN.

the people responsible for spreading lies about covid vaccines have blood on their hands tonight.

Ditto

When you say "AI is absolute shit" people will say "that shows you don't understand AI and how it's supposed to be used" and I will say "I'm not talking about AI in some imaginary rainbow world where it's used right and not fecklessly monetized, I'm talking about our world, fucknuts."

Lately I haven't been well on the Wellington buses. Stale air and HVAC not working properly. So last night I took an Aranet CO2 air quality sensor from work and tried it on the No.1 bus from Newtown to Johnsonville.
Here are the levels at some time points while travelling home.😳
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Hell, this reading is alarming for organisms that have to engage in oxygen respiration 20 times a minute!

S.A. Cosby on the Appeal of Small-Town Crime Stories In “King of Ashes,” the novelist again returns to rural Virginia as a setting, with a hero who has to face the family he once fled.

SA Cosby was on the NYTBR pod talking about KING OF ASHES. His take on rural Virginia feels so honest. That tension between loving a place and seeing its wounds clearly. So true. Sometimes the best fiction comes from the complicated truths we know by heart (or by broken heart). 💔

Bin Inn #Paraparaumu, yesterday

There have been five different heads of the IRS this year alone:

Doug O'Donnell (Jan. 20th thru Feb. 28th)
Melanie Krause (Feb. 28th thru April 16th)
Gary Shapley (April 16th thru April 18th)
Michael Faulkender (April 18th thru June 16th)
Billy Long (June 16th thru today)

About to be a sixth.

This is disastrous

If you want to learn about married women’s dependent citizenship in the early 20th century & the birthright citizens who lost their citizenship by marrying an immigrant, check out “Forgotten America” on The Great Courses Plus or Audible. 🗃️

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#Czech in particular!
#čeština #WorkingStiff @drjudymelinek.bsky.social

The AI bubble is so big it's propping up the US economy (for now) Plus how American professors are fighting back against the AI onslaught, a backlash over AI models in Vogue, and more.

Analysts show that capital expenditures on AI were so big over the last 6 months they added more to the GDP than *all consumer spending*. That growth is offsetting pain from the tariffs and slow job growth.

So the AI bubble may be propping up the whole US economy. What happens if and when it pops?

'Long COVID-19' hits the U.K. economy harder than most other countries Five years since the start of the pandemic, Britain is still dealing with a spike in public debt, 1.2 million extra people on sickness benefits and a record postwar tax burden.

With an unmatched spike in public debt, 1.2 million extra people on sickness benefits and a record postwar tax burden, Britain’s economy is still suffering from "long COVID-19."

if you want to have a nice and relaxing sunday, do not watch the new Hulu documentary on Hurricane Katrina. if you want to shake with rage and anger over the total failure of this nation's government and media establishment, watch the Hulu documentary on Katrina (this is a recommendation)

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot won the Tour de France Femmes on Sunday, becoming the first French winner of cycling’s biggest race since 1989. cnn.it/4oybOZY

Reward of $7,500 posted for man wanted on suspicion of shooting 4 dead in Montana bar The U.S. Marshals Service on Sunday posted a $7,500 reward for any information leading to the capture of the man accused of shooting four people dead in a Montana bar before he vanished, sparking a search for the suspect in the nearby mountains.

Reward of $7,500 posted for man wanted on suspicion of shooting 4 dead in Montana bar reut.rs/3UbTDv1

Texas Democrats flee state to block redistricting vote Texas Democrats fled the state Sunday in an effort to hinder Republicans from approving a new U.S. House map that could boost their slim congressional majority in 2026.

Texas Democrats flee state to block redistricting vote

I mean, I don't commute in that car, but if I did—? And I could brew some fresh coffee & drop some fresh doughnuts while stuck with everyone else, packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes? I'd be tempted. And I can resist anything except temptation.

(credit Gordon Sumner & Oscar Wilde)

1. Leo is awesome; and
2. His mom deserves a medal and/or a stiff drink; and
3. We should all wish the senescent, possibly-overstimulated octopus some peace & quiet; and
4. If I had known Director of Ectotherms was a job title that existed in the world, I may have chosen a different career path.