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Adam L. Cox @adamlcox.bsky.social · 4h

If you’re RFK and anyone who is or gets sick is that way because they’re genetically deficient, who needs a CDC? Let disease cull the unworthy.

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Adam L. Cox @adamlcox.bsky.social · 4h

This is magnificently insane.

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Adam L. Cox @adamlcox.bsky.social · 5h

I may expand on this later. We are going to watch the whole thing, come hell or high water.

Adam L. Cox @adamlcox.bsky.social · 5h

Watching MONSTER: THE ED GEIN story, which should have been about three episodes long, but is eight. The first two were art, but it’s increasingly filler. As I told my girlfriend “feels like it was made by people who had more money than sense and had to make eight episodes or else.”

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 14h

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.

Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.

Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

Screenshot from Farm Bureau article on farm bankruptcies. It shows farm bankruptcies climbing steadily 2014-2020, falling by half in 2021, & continuing to fall through 2023.

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Adam L. Cox @adamlcox.bsky.social · 16h

Coach, with all due respect, there have been wars over how many people Jesus can be, and we have reached the blood soaked conclusion that no one knows or cares anymore.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 16h

A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 21h

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Adam L. Cox @adamlcox.bsky.social · 16h

I voted for you by accident. I meant to check the “Literature” box but it turns out Swedish is not “a super simple language” as those jerks at the Nobel Committee assured me.

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The Voluptuous Horror of Mark Reznicek @realmarkrez.bsky.social · 17h

Bernie Wrightson giant center spread from the House Of Mystery - Limited Collectors’ Edition 23 (Facsimile Edition) treasury edition.

Cain sits on a chair with a large book on his knee and a giant gargoyle behind him.

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Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 18h

Where can we nominate the Portland Frog?

Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · 22h

Note the wording.. Ms. Machado receives the prize for:
- promoting democratic rights
- struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition
- At a time when democracy is under threat
- where democracy is in retreat
- more and more authoritarian regimes are challenging norm
www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en

Nobel Peace Center | Museum of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway

The Nobel Peace Center in Oslo is the museum of the Nobel Peace Prize. Experience our exhibitions, events and guided tours inspired by the ideas and work of the Nobel Peace Prize laureates.

www.nobelpeacecenter.org

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Sandy the Friendly Ghost @sandyjarrell.com · 19h

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Adam L. Cox @adamlcox.bsky.social · 19h

I had never heard of Mr. Schnapp prior to today, and my life is so much richer for knowing him.

One of the greatest arguments for social media really is moments like this.

Sandy the Friendly Ghost @sandyjarrell.com · 19h

Happy Ira Schnapp Day, here’s a bunch of house ads

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, happy 88th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians – and someone concussed him with a brick

A man in a suit stands at a microphone which has been mounted on the roof of a van. There are loudspeakers at his feet, and a building behind him. He has an arm raised, and is flinching as projectiles are hurled at him, because he's a fucking Nazi

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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 19h

Today is the birthday of Ira Schnapp (Oct. 10, 1894-July 24, 1969). A letterer, and ad & logo designer, he refined the Superman logo w/ Superman #6 (1940) & designed logos for the Flash, JLA, Green Lantern, Atom, Hawkman, & more. He also designed house ads & the stamp for the Comics Code Authority.

Eight logos he designed, including the Justice League of America, Aquaman, Atom, Metamorpho The Elemental Man. Flash, Metal Men, Green Lantern, and Plastic Man.

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Adam L. Cox @adamlcox.bsky.social · 20h

What! No early morning Beach House Hunters for you???

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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Adam L. Cox @adamlcox.bsky.social · 1d

“Broadway Braces for Trump Reaction If He Fails To Win Tony”

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Adam L. Cox @adamlcox.bsky.social · 1d

This is the raison d’être of libertarian conservatism. “Let’s ruin everything while somehow still feeling like we’re smarter than everyone else.”

Happens. Ever. Time.

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Adam L. Cox @adamlcox.bsky.social · 1d

Vintage 1973 charcuterie plate.

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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 1d

During a government shutdown, the Trump administration is bailing out Argentina, whose president is fond of saying, “The state isn’t the solution, it’s the problem.”

David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 1d

Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. has “directly purchased Argentine pesos,” and the Treasury Department has “finalized a $20 billion currency swap framework with Argentina’s central bank.”

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