grover
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Leonard Snart was right about making plans
"A man is about as big as the things that make him angry" - Churchill
Leonard Snart was right about making plans
"A man is about as big as the things that make him angry" - Churchill
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To the entitled young man in the Lexus SUV who threw trash out of his car on North Pearl this afternoon that bounced off my little hybrid: If you’re old enough to grow a mustache, you’re old enough to know better than to litter in Tacoma. #pnw
December 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
To the entitled young man in the Lexus SUV who threw trash out of his car on North Pearl this afternoon that bounced off my little hybrid: If you’re old enough to grow a mustache, you’re old enough to know better than to litter in Tacoma. #pnw
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Counterpoint:
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Counterpoint:
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
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This is the funniest fucking thing I have ever seen.
I decided that you lack the spirit to be worth further engagement, so I had the conversation w/ Gemini 3 Pro, instead.
You can see it here: gemini.google.com/share/34668f...
They hide reasoning chains in public share URLs, so attaching a few screenshots to show ya.
Best of luck, Kathryn! <3
You can see it here: gemini.google.com/share/34668f...
They hide reasoning chains in public share URLs, so attaching a few screenshots to show ya.
Best of luck, Kathryn! <3
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This is the funniest fucking thing I have ever seen.
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The cruelty is the point
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The cruelty is the point
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Trump having to put the medal on himself adds such hilarious texture to this farcical bullshit.
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Trump having to put the medal on himself adds such hilarious texture to this farcical bullshit.
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this shit is just beyond parody, man
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
this shit is just beyond parody, man
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Therein lies the philosophical problem. Humans, but especially Republicans, are notorious for blowing up the “if one [insert demographic] does it, then all [insert demographic] must be punished/impugned.”
Government programs fall under this canard. An individual defrauds SNAP. Rs: “Defund SNAP!” 😔
Government programs fall under this canard. An individual defrauds SNAP. Rs: “Defund SNAP!” 😔
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Therein lies the philosophical problem. Humans, but especially Republicans, are notorious for blowing up the “if one [insert demographic] does it, then all [insert demographic] must be punished/impugned.”
Government programs fall under this canard. An individual defrauds SNAP. Rs: “Defund SNAP!” 😔
Government programs fall under this canard. An individual defrauds SNAP. Rs: “Defund SNAP!” 😔
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Oh, except for when he said "If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed... and we will deserve it."
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Oh, except for when he said "If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed... and we will deserve it."
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The classes on the laws of land warfare, including role-play of cases where you are given illegal orders and what to do when that happens… almost the very first thing we did in basic training. If I understood this as an E1, it’s hard for me to imagine how the entire chain of command failed here
December 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The classes on the laws of land warfare, including role-play of cases where you are given illegal orders and what to do when that happens… almost the very first thing we did in basic training. If I understood this as an E1, it’s hard for me to imagine how the entire chain of command failed here
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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And saying "In the Pacific" hides how many thousands of miles south of the US the boat was. A boat 2 miles from Los Angeles is also "in the pacific" but it takes you to the end of the third paragraph to get "off the coast of Colombia" after repeating DOD claims it was heading to the US
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
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If people were just like “Dudes rock. Love the spectacle. James Cameron’s done it again” I could let it go. It’s the pretense these movies have any substance that drives me crazy.
Film Twitter will shit on marvel movies and go cuckoo bananas over this franchise even though they are the same thing.
Film Twitter will shit on marvel movies and go cuckoo bananas over this franchise even though they are the same thing.
I am willing to acknowledge they are good movies. I've watched both of them, and they are technically impressive. where I draw the line is "they totally do have cultural impact" revisionism. the first time I watched Avatar I forgot the main character's name by the time I got home.
December 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
If people were just like “Dudes rock. Love the spectacle. James Cameron’s done it again” I could let it go. It’s the pretense these movies have any substance that drives me crazy.
Film Twitter will shit on marvel movies and go cuckoo bananas over this franchise even though they are the same thing.
Film Twitter will shit on marvel movies and go cuckoo bananas over this franchise even though they are the same thing.
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Someone asked me a good question on here. How do we stop ICE from violating our constitutional rights. We don't. Our local elected officials do that job. Our Governor, or Sheriffs our mayors, Police. They stop ICE. With force if necessary. That's how you stop ICE from pulling us out of our homes.
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Someone asked me a good question on here. How do we stop ICE from violating our constitutional rights. We don't. Our local elected officials do that job. Our Governor, or Sheriffs our mayors, Police. They stop ICE. With force if necessary. That's how you stop ICE from pulling us out of our homes.
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"Does this feel like or look like a well-run competent administration? It took them 10 months to discover that the United States doesn't grow bananas and that therefore if we tariff bananas that that's not going to bring banana factories on shore."
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"Does this feel like or look like a well-run competent administration? It took them 10 months to discover that the United States doesn't grow bananas and that therefore if we tariff bananas that that's not going to bring banana factories on shore."
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This is an image taken in the North Cascades National Park this past summer. Miss that weather! #Photography #NationalPark #Washington #Nature 📷
December 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This is an image taken in the North Cascades National Park this past summer. Miss that weather! #Photography #NationalPark #Washington #Nature 📷
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Trump goes on another racist rant about Somalis: "Ilhan Omar should be thrown the hell out of our country, and most of those people -- they have destroyed Minnesota. It's a hellhole right now. Those Somalians should be out of here. They have destroyed out country ... go back to your own country."
December 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Trump goes on another racist rant about Somalis: "Ilhan Omar should be thrown the hell out of our country, and most of those people -- they have destroyed Minnesota. It's a hellhole right now. Those Somalians should be out of here. They have destroyed out country ... go back to your own country."
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In a world awash with negative science/health news this is unashamedly great news. connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
Seventh patient in HIV remission after stem cell transplant | News | ConnectSci
connectsci.au
December 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
In a world awash with negative science/health news this is unashamedly great news. connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
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1 of 7/ The idea that the DOD-Hegseth are now trying to claim one of two survivors of the boat strike were communicating with colleagues and thus, represented an imminent threat to the US which somehow justified a second strike is ludicrous and a pathological rationalization of murder.
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
1 of 7/ The idea that the DOD-Hegseth are now trying to claim one of two survivors of the boat strike were communicating with colleagues and thus, represented an imminent threat to the US which somehow justified a second strike is ludicrous and a pathological rationalization of murder.
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If you're in San Francisco, there's a pop-up market this Saturday at 1 Columbus Ave. A bunch of menswear guys, along with shop owners, are selling stuff from their private wardrobes. Some of my stuff will be there. Ticket prices are $30 for 12pm-1pm preview hour, then $5 after 1pm.
December 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
If you're in San Francisco, there's a pop-up market this Saturday at 1 Columbus Ave. A bunch of menswear guys, along with shop owners, are selling stuff from their private wardrobes. Some of my stuff will be there. Ticket prices are $30 for 12pm-1pm preview hour, then $5 after 1pm.
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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
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Somewhere in a Roman brickyard, around 1800 years ago, a fresh tile was drying ahead of firing - until a dog trotted straight across it.
Centuries later, the tile has made it into a museum: not because of an emperor, but thanks to one dog who accidentally walked his way into history.🧵1/2
📷me
Centuries later, the tile has made it into a museum: not because of an emperor, but thanks to one dog who accidentally walked his way into history.🧵1/2
📷me
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Somewhere in a Roman brickyard, around 1800 years ago, a fresh tile was drying ahead of firing - until a dog trotted straight across it.
Centuries later, the tile has made it into a museum: not because of an emperor, but thanks to one dog who accidentally walked his way into history.🧵1/2
📷me
Centuries later, the tile has made it into a museum: not because of an emperor, but thanks to one dog who accidentally walked his way into history.🧵1/2
📷me
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First, the story about Hegseth allegedly committing war crimes has been going on for days
Second, if a Speaker of the House isn't up to date on current news, he isn't fit to serve. Even if Mike Johnson he didn't see it himself-highly unlikely-a staffer would've told him
So third, Johnson is lying
Second, if a Speaker of the House isn't up to date on current news, he isn't fit to serve. Even if Mike Johnson he didn't see it himself-highly unlikely-a staffer would've told him
So third, Johnson is lying
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
First, the story about Hegseth allegedly committing war crimes has been going on for days
Second, if a Speaker of the House isn't up to date on current news, he isn't fit to serve. Even if Mike Johnson he didn't see it himself-highly unlikely-a staffer would've told him
So third, Johnson is lying
Second, if a Speaker of the House isn't up to date on current news, he isn't fit to serve. Even if Mike Johnson he didn't see it himself-highly unlikely-a staffer would've told him
So third, Johnson is lying
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I found a recent picture of Mike Johnson.
December 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I found a recent picture of Mike Johnson.