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After the vote, Shaheen said that if the Republicans don't keep their word, people will remember. Cortez Masto said if they don't keep their word, people will be angry. Well, the people who put those senators into office are already angry at THEM, and we will remember.

Sorry. It's hard to have a discussion here on Bluesky. I have deleted my comment.

Sorry. I was going to delete my comment, but it seems to have been deleted already.

I liked the opening monologue, Sombr, and Weekend Update. I thought the cold open was a dud. It wasn't nearly as funny as the actual footage and all the comments on that in the preceding days.

Made me think of the 15-year-old kid at the Louvre investigation.

The question about passing a school bus is dishonest by omission.

Religious freedom means all faiths — or none.

Tuberville’s fear of Muslims isn’t patriotism. It’s prejudice.

He's waiting for someone to tell him what to do now.

Please don't tell them about Free Fillable Forms.

Looks interesting.

I thought this might discuss chronic pain from injuries in these jobs.

Two historical romance book covers featuring couples, WHAT I DID FOR A DUKE and LADY DERRING TAKES A LOVER, in shades of blue and pink against a backdrop of gold, advertising a 99 cent sale

If you or a buddy haven't yet read the Duke of Falconbridges's notion of a perfect kiss or if you've been meaning to get started on the Palace of Rogues series, What I Did for a Duke and Lady Derring Takes a Lover are on sale. #pennyroyalgreen #palaceofrogues 💙📚 #romancelandia tinyurl.com/2ucpa7un

Just ordered both!

We haven't heard much about him in the past few years. This is a good refresher.

Mike Johnson's lies keep getting lost in the facts The shutdown is exposing the speaker's slimy disingenuousness.

"The Republican Party has created an entirely avoidable mess for itself. By taking a resolute stand in favor of making healthcare unobtainable for many Americans, and now threatening to starve children to achieve that perverse goal, they have made performative cruelty their political calling card."

A reminder to Trump that no one lives forever.

Of course my senator was at the meeting. Then she sends me letters begging for money to help her "fight." I send them back with nothing but my opinion of her.

This Common Sense Day (Nov. 4), we're remembering the teachings of American revolutionary Thomas Paine, who said in his 1776 pamphlet "Common Sense" that state/church separation is a must-have in any functioning democracy.

#ffrf #commonsense #commonsenseday #thomaspaine

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My favorite lunch in elementary school was the "school sandwich" (with white sugar) and a banana. The banana flavor permeated the sandwich by lunchtime. Yum!

Same here.

I'd never heard of it, but it does sound good!

My dog let me sleep, and I loved it. I was so glad it was light when I took her out.

HANDS Digital Publishing - AI vs Me Dear Authors, Cheap, Easy, Quick - I get it. AI narration is cheap, easy, and quick. It's getting better, but those improvements come with intervention on your part. At some point, I guarantee a goo...

The narration side of audio books. I learned a lot from this. #booksky site.handsdigpub.com/ai-vs-me

You know that beloved romance trope where the hero is stunned seeing the heroine dressed up? That transformation from work calico to Sunday silk was REAL and dramatic on the frontier. 😍 New blog on frontier fashion! carolineclemmons.com/fashion-ward... #HistoricalRomance #Bookish

The title says it all.

This is an interesting concept with a horrible name. They explain that they don't actually report news or create news; they just provide additional information about the news.

"Convenience is quietly winning over resilience...Organizations increasingly outsource DNS & hosting to the same handful of cloud providers...The internet was engineered to survive partial failure, but modern economics is concentrating risk in ways its original designers explicitly tried to avoid."

A desperate grab for attention by dictionary.com.

Vintage postcard: pumpkin-headed man in a suit pulls a rope toward a small stone oven with a jack-o’-lantern face and smoking chimney; crescent moon above; “Oct 31st” text.

Vintage postcard: witch rides in a watermelon car driven by a grinning pumpkin-headed driver, with a black cat, bat, and crescent moon; citrus-slice wheels.

Vintage postcard: child on a broom teases a cone-hatted black cat popping out of a pumpkin and holding a letter; “Hallowe’en Greetings” text.

Vintage postcard: woman on a giant pumpkin watches small pumpkin-headed figures with pickle-like limbs dance under a starry sky; “Hallowe’en Night” text.

Happy All Hallows Eve! See our selection of Halloween postcards, ca. 1900-1920. Hobgoblins, joyous skeletons, and truly terrifying gourds... publicdomainreview.org/collection/h... #halloween