Publius Maximus

because Rubio has invented a warrior spirit named Chang who is a believer in Reagan-era capitalism

no i'm not making that up

A butt plug shaped red trash can.

Good morning from my algorithm which seems to think that I want a trash can shaped like a butt plug that that emt guy would warn you against.

That it's from temu means it's probably made of pureed souls or something.

Update and probable correction: Reader SR claims the phrase is originally "unleash Chiang," a term in popular use by anti-Communists in the 1950s to describe the threat of unleashing Chiang Kai-Shek against the mainland. Although this use turns up more than any other even in a Google search of "unleash Chang"—i.e., even with an alternative spelling—the popularity of the phrase doesn't make much sense to me, since it refers to unleashing a person mostly famous for getting his ass kicked by the very people on whom he would ostensibly be unleashed. But given the high Google results and the plausibility of SR's explanation, I'm going to posit that the real phrase is "unleash Chiang," and that the mystical warrior business is just a load of gas—presumably brought on by a hastily consumed Pu Pu Platter.

reason.com/2005/09/19/c...

Reason Magazine required a correction in 2005.

This is, apparently, a whole running gag for Rubio and the Bush family, and I have no idea why he's just saying it.

Also speaking from personal experience as well as talking to many others: psychological benefits become clear very quickly, literally days to weeks. For me they were more important than physical changes (though those are great too). You will know!

anti-trans Dems ate shit last night

I haven't subscribed to a standalone "AI" service but in at least three cases (Google, Microsoft, Adobe) "AI" was shoved into an already existing subscription whether I wanted it there or not, including, in the case of Google, the subscription I had because I didn't want to pay for the "AI" option.

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This mosquito can breed in a bottle cap — and it’s spreading in California, officials warn Bay Area officials are urging residents to clear their yards of any items that hold standing water, as the non-native yellow fever mosquito continues to spread.

Bay Area officials are urging residents to clear their yards of any items that hold standing water, as the non-native yellow fever mosquito continues to spread.

Someone needs to be a legend and name their DC sports team The Washington Bureaucrats

This is real bad and we should absolutely be prepping for far worse in November—

and also holy hell are they terrified

Obama is the only president to date born when there were 50 states

you could run for re-election *from prison* and not lose your primary that badly

It's possible they do even worse without the media support but honestly I think they are staffed by people who have fully drunk the koolaid, truly believe they are the voice of real America, and have no clue how much damage they are causing by just being themselves in public.

I just left a classified briefing on Iran, and here's what I can say: it is so much worse than you thought. You are right to be worried.

The moon going from full moon to a red moon and starting to go back to a normal full moon, then my camera battery door fell off.

Here's my first edit on the March 3rd Lunar Eclipse. 15 moon shots, 1 foreground. Taken over a 3 hourish period.

Why are so many people acting like any of this is normal?

2 hours of voting ballots are being held and probably won’t be counted.

People literally had their right to cast their vote taken away and alleged democrats are taking victory laps because Black Voters were disenfranchised?

2026 has a very 2006 "everybody fucking hates republicans but national media/pundits will be reeaaaaaaaaaaallllllly slow to properly understand that because of their priors about the two parties" feel to it

really one of the strangest media cycles in history, where mainstream media actively hid the fact that the columbine killers were popular upper class preppy kids with full on neo-nazi ideologies and instead pretended they were victims of bullying

Google’s “AI Overviews” Supercharge Iran Hoaxes Prompted with reverse-image searches, Google’s AI summaries falsely identify fabricated and misleading visuals as authentic, NewsGuard found.

Google's "AI" overviews are amplifying disinformation via reverse image search - a tool people who are trying to verify things often use.

How long until the internet becomes totally worthless for anyone who cares about making accurate sense of reality?

www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/googles-ai...

Plus to be careful with mail-in ballots since the timing rules have changed on ballot processing.

Yesterday I told fascists to fuck off by initiating the spring cleanup at the community garden.

LEGO model of R2D2 from Star Wars

I’ve found Artoo!

Chocolate jelly roll decorated like a birthday cake

The Keith Haring "Dancing Figures" Lego set that was gifted to me

Though I wasn't able to see the blood/worm moon for myself last evening, I still had a p good birthday nonetheless.

LEGO Snoopy Doghouse Set Is the Perfect PEANUTS Spotlight

LEGO unveils an adorable Snoopy doghouse set.

Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS Reports suggest that Microsoft may be gearing up to launch Windows 12 this year, which will be a modular and AI-focused OS.

"Windows 12 will be AI-Focused, Modular, subscription based, and requires a NPU to use"

thanks microsoft for jumpstarting the age of the linux desktop

Nice.

Shouldn't you be having sex right now?

That's 13 squared!

I will not shop at Target until they replace their security with strippers & their employees at large are in drag while the upper management that tried to monetize the existence of GRSM people while also feeding them to the wolves are strung up in the stocks wearing nothing but leather & latex.