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Opportunity favors the prepared.
Louis Pasteur
The modern dogma is comfort at any cost.
Aldo Leopold
In absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king.
Thomas Paine
What we do in this life echoes in eternity.
Maximus
Louis Pasteur
The modern dogma is comfort at any cost.
Aldo Leopold
In absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king.
Thomas Paine
What we do in this life echoes in eternity.
Maximus
Pinned
The only justice in this world is what we demand & ensure.
Home prices may be dropping precipitously - according to one analyst at least.
Because the WS equity firms that snapped up all of the distressed sales during covid, then immediately listed them as rentals at exorbitant rates, aren't making enough money.
(cue sad trombone)
Because the WS equity firms that snapped up all of the distressed sales during covid, then immediately listed them as rentals at exorbitant rates, aren't making enough money.
(cue sad trombone)
Price correction "worse than 2008" coming to US housing market—analyst
Melody Wright expects home prices to fall by as much as 50 percent next year, in a way that could “worse than 2008.”
www.newsweek.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Home prices may be dropping precipitously - according to one analyst at least.
Because the WS equity firms that snapped up all of the distressed sales during covid, then immediately listed them as rentals at exorbitant rates, aren't making enough money.
(cue sad trombone)
Because the WS equity firms that snapped up all of the distressed sales during covid, then immediately listed them as rentals at exorbitant rates, aren't making enough money.
(cue sad trombone)
The latest regime endeavor to double down on institutional/structural sexism & racism.
If conservatives are actually concerned about the cost of college & the student loan/aid/forgiveness programs associated with those costs to individuals & the federal govt, then fund the colleges with a...🧵
If conservatives are actually concerned about the cost of college & the student loan/aid/forgiveness programs associated with those costs to individuals & the federal govt, then fund the colleges with a...🧵
New limits on school loans could narrow physician and nurse pipeline, educators warn
Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The latest regime endeavor to double down on institutional/structural sexism & racism.
If conservatives are actually concerned about the cost of college & the student loan/aid/forgiveness programs associated with those costs to individuals & the federal govt, then fund the colleges with a...🧵
If conservatives are actually concerned about the cost of college & the student loan/aid/forgiveness programs associated with those costs to individuals & the federal govt, then fund the colleges with a...🧵
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Trump administration policy:
Protesting Israel's war crimes in Gaza? That's anti-Semitism, and punishable by arrest and deportation.
Giving millions to Hamas? Cool, so long as you're a billionaire friendly to Trump.
Protesting Israel's war crimes in Gaza? That's anti-Semitism, and punishable by arrest and deportation.
Giving millions to Hamas? Cool, so long as you're a billionaire friendly to Trump.
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Trump administration policy:
Protesting Israel's war crimes in Gaza? That's anti-Semitism, and punishable by arrest and deportation.
Giving millions to Hamas? Cool, so long as you're a billionaire friendly to Trump.
Protesting Israel's war crimes in Gaza? That's anti-Semitism, and punishable by arrest and deportation.
Giving millions to Hamas? Cool, so long as you're a billionaire friendly to Trump.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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I have been looking at Black Friday sales for a week but I do not actually need anything so instead I closed all those tabs and bought a Polaroid for a foster kid in Florida who uses photography to deal with big feelings. Perhaps you would like to do the same for one of the kids at the link below?
🧵 We are, in fact, doing the thing again for @onesimplewish.bsky.social. In 2024, the kind people of this community put the money cannon on blast to help grant $75K in wishes for children in foster care. Toys, tech, a suit for job interviews. Here we go again! 👇
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I have been looking at Black Friday sales for a week but I do not actually need anything so instead I closed all those tabs and bought a Polaroid for a foster kid in Florida who uses photography to deal with big feelings. Perhaps you would like to do the same for one of the kids at the link below?
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AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
He's so vain🎶
He probably thinks Mamdani actually likes him...🎶
He probably thinks Mamdani actually likes him...🎶
And nothing thrills him like celebrity. Mamdani has the popularity Trump has always craved.
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
He's so vain🎶
He probably thinks Mamdani actually likes him...🎶
He probably thinks Mamdani actually likes him...🎶
a singularly talented songwriter & soul passed unexpectedly, likely (imo) in part due to the sickeningly violent assault (requiring 22 staples to suture) that he suffered in salt lake shitty, who of course deny everything.
he spun satirical folk tales that spoke volumes about the human condition.
he spun satirical folk tales that spoke volumes about the human condition.
The outpouring of mourning for the great and hilarious "alt-country" genius Todd Snider seemed an excellent reason to devote this month's Big Lookback to a Barnes & Noble Review appreciation I wrote about Snider more than a decade ago. robertchristgau.substack.com/p/the-big-lo...
The Big Lookback: Todd Snider
"Preaching Agnosticism (With Laugh Lines)," from "The Barnes & Noble Review," April 30, 2012
robertchristgau.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
a singularly talented songwriter & soul passed unexpectedly, likely (imo) in part due to the sickeningly violent assault (requiring 22 staples to suture) that he suffered in salt lake shitty, who of course deny everything.
he spun satirical folk tales that spoke volumes about the human condition.
he spun satirical folk tales that spoke volumes about the human condition.
Strive for justice in this lifetime.
There's no guarantee of another, and one particular religious institution is infamous for selling salvation in the next one so that the majority of followers put up with hell during this one.
There's no guarantee of another, and one particular religious institution is infamous for selling salvation in the next one so that the majority of followers put up with hell during this one.
He doesn't care, and we shouldn't fret over afterlife hypotheticals.
He needs to be impeached by congress, then prosecuted in criminal court, convicted & sent to prison in this lifetime.
He needs to be impeached by congress, then prosecuted in criminal court, convicted & sent to prison in this lifetime.
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Strive for justice in this lifetime.
There's no guarantee of another, and one particular religious institution is infamous for selling salvation in the next one so that the majority of followers put up with hell during this one.
There's no guarantee of another, and one particular religious institution is infamous for selling salvation in the next one so that the majority of followers put up with hell during this one.
That scene from the avengers comes to mind.
Loki: There are no men like me.
German Old Man: There are *always* men like you.
Loki: There are no men like me.
German Old Man: There are *always* men like you.
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
That scene from the avengers comes to mind.
Loki: There are no men like me.
German Old Man: There are *always* men like you.
Loki: There are no men like me.
German Old Man: There are *always* men like you.
always pleasantly surprised when captain obvious saves the day (for now)
now we wait to see which side of the mason-dixon line the scotus lands on
"The bill’s main proponents purposefully manipulated the districts’ racial numbers to make the map more palatable. That’s racial gerrymandering."
now we wait to see which side of the mason-dixon line the scotus lands on
"The bill’s main proponents purposefully manipulated the districts’ racial numbers to make the map more palatable. That’s racial gerrymandering."
Trump’s having a very bad day with Epstein files. It got even worse after Trump appointed judge struck down GOP’s mid-decade Texas gerrymander, writing that “substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A Trump-appointed judge just blocked Trump’s Texas gerrymander
Trump could lose the redistricting war he started.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
always pleasantly surprised when captain obvious saves the day (for now)
now we wait to see which side of the mason-dixon line the scotus lands on
"The bill’s main proponents purposefully manipulated the districts’ racial numbers to make the map more palatable. That’s racial gerrymandering."
now we wait to see which side of the mason-dixon line the scotus lands on
"The bill’s main proponents purposefully manipulated the districts’ racial numbers to make the map more palatable. That’s racial gerrymandering."
stock up on your 🌿yummies, the maga majority in congress, along with 39 state ag's, have come for your edibles, overriding state regulation & destroying a growing industry in numerous states, including kentucky, whose very own yertle mcconnell wrote the 2018 farm bill & supported the hemp...
A Senate-approved bill would ban the hemp-derived THC products that Congress legalized in 2018
The appropriations bill, which the House is considering, would wipe out an industry that offers alternatives to cannabis.
reason.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
stock up on your 🌿yummies, the maga majority in congress, along with 39 state ag's, have come for your edibles, overriding state regulation & destroying a growing industry in numerous states, including kentucky, whose very own yertle mcconnell wrote the 2018 farm bill & supported the hemp...
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“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
Haven't posted anything sciencey for a bit, so here's one about our once & future cephalapod overlords
'this system must be incredibly efficient, the researchers note, given squid can use this energy to change the appearance of their entire body under water where only low levels of light can reach.'
'this system must be incredibly efficient, the researchers note, given squid can use this energy to change the appearance of their entire body under water where only low levels of light can reach.'
Squids' Amazing Color Shifting Could Be Key to Hyper-Efficient Solar Tech
By placing squid pigments into a photovoltaic cell, researchers revealed the animals' incredible color-matching ability may be solar powered.
www.sciencealert.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Haven't posted anything sciencey for a bit, so here's one about our once & future cephalapod overlords
'this system must be incredibly efficient, the researchers note, given squid can use this energy to change the appearance of their entire body under water where only low levels of light can reach.'
'this system must be incredibly efficient, the researchers note, given squid can use this energy to change the appearance of their entire body under water where only low levels of light can reach.'
'Other Republicans facing reelection fights next year...include appointed Senator Jon Husted in Ohio, appointed Senator Ashley Moody of Florida, Dan Sullivan of Alaska and John Cornyn in Texas. Moody and Cornyn represent two of the states with the highest percentages of residents on Obamacare plan.'
Republicans won the shutdown, but now face a health-care hangover as premiums set to soar for tens of millions heading into an election year (Gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
GOP’s Shutdown Win May Backfire Over Soaring Health-Care Costs
Republicans, still celebrating their US government shutdown victory, are waking up to a health-care hangover that risks upending the balance of power in President Donald Trump’s Washington.
www.bloomberg.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
'Other Republicans facing reelection fights next year...include appointed Senator Jon Husted in Ohio, appointed Senator Ashley Moody of Florida, Dan Sullivan of Alaska and John Cornyn in Texas. Moody and Cornyn represent two of the states with the highest percentages of residents on Obamacare plan.'
Clueless Schumey caves on the one thing that was supposedly a non-starter - a gop guaranteed extension of ACA credits (thru Oct 2026).
And all the jackarssse dems that voted for this spineless surrender aren't up for re-election next Nov.
We can't be rid of this hapless dangerous idyut soon enough.
And all the jackarssse dems that voted for this spineless surrender aren't up for re-election next Nov.
We can't be rid of this hapless dangerous idyut soon enough.
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Clueless Schumey caves on the one thing that was supposedly a non-starter - a gop guaranteed extension of ACA credits (thru Oct 2026).
And all the jackarssse dems that voted for this spineless surrender aren't up for re-election next Nov.
We can't be rid of this hapless dangerous idyut soon enough.
And all the jackarssse dems that voted for this spineless surrender aren't up for re-election next Nov.
We can't be rid of this hapless dangerous idyut soon enough.
Just straight-up nazi white nationalist segregationist hatred bullshit.
Pls read the full thread from ChrisO_wiki.
It's harrowing at the beginning & infuriating at the end.
Pls read the full thread from ChrisO_wiki.
It's harrowing at the beginning & infuriating at the end.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Just straight-up nazi white nationalist segregationist hatred bullshit.
Pls read the full thread from ChrisO_wiki.
It's harrowing at the beginning & infuriating at the end.
Pls read the full thread from ChrisO_wiki.
It's harrowing at the beginning & infuriating at the end.
Same for
NYC
Portland
Denver
Minneapolis
Dallas
Phoenix
and most of the rest across the country.
Many of us are from somewhere else.
Nearby, the next state, or another country.
Doesn't matter to us or anyone else in the city, tho.
We show up, work hard, help others, pay our taxes, live our lives.✌️🐸
NYC
Portland
Denver
Minneapolis
Dallas
Phoenix
and most of the rest across the country.
Many of us are from somewhere else.
Nearby, the next state, or another country.
Doesn't matter to us or anyone else in the city, tho.
We show up, work hard, help others, pay our taxes, live our lives.✌️🐸
Ellis: "The government would have people believe, instead, that the Chicagoland area is in a vice hold of violence, ransacked by rioters and attacked by agitators. That simply is untrue. And the government's own evidence in this case belies that assertion."
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Same for
NYC
Portland
Denver
Minneapolis
Dallas
Phoenix
and most of the rest across the country.
Many of us are from somewhere else.
Nearby, the next state, or another country.
Doesn't matter to us or anyone else in the city, tho.
We show up, work hard, help others, pay our taxes, live our lives.✌️🐸
NYC
Portland
Denver
Minneapolis
Dallas
Phoenix
and most of the rest across the country.
Many of us are from somewhere else.
Nearby, the next state, or another country.
Doesn't matter to us or anyone else in the city, tho.
We show up, work hard, help others, pay our taxes, live our lives.✌️🐸
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I'm here outside Speaker Johnson’s office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
Change my mind.
Change my mind.
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm here outside Speaker Johnson’s office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
Change my mind.
Change my mind.
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Of all the musicians that I could imagine being belligerent to hospital staff, Snider, and pretty much every other Americana musician, would not be anywhere near that list.
Always heard SLC is full of arseholes.
Hopefully he reschedules the WC dates.
Mpls & Chicago are big fans too btw. ✌️ 🤞
Always heard SLC is full of arseholes.
Hopefully he reschedules the WC dates.
Mpls & Chicago are big fans too btw. ✌️ 🤞
Singer-songwriter Todd Snider cancels tour after he was allegedly assaulted in Salt Lake City, then arrested at hospital
The Americana musician was allegedly attacked outside his hotel in Utah but then was arrested himself for refusing to leave a hospital, officials said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Of all the musicians that I could imagine being belligerent to hospital staff, Snider, and pretty much every other Americana musician, would not be anywhere near that list.
Always heard SLC is full of arseholes.
Hopefully he reschedules the WC dates.
Mpls & Chicago are big fans too btw. ✌️ 🤞
Always heard SLC is full of arseholes.
Hopefully he reschedules the WC dates.
Mpls & Chicago are big fans too btw. ✌️ 🤞
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This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.
Nero would be proud.
Nero would be proud.
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.
Nero would be proud.
Nero would be proud.
Or, you know, the sieg heil shat, supporting nazis around the world & 'knowing voting machines better than anybody'.
Those might be factors too.
'global vehicle deliveries fell 13% in the first half of the year. That was partly due to the disruption from the redesign of its popular Model Y car.'
Those might be factors too.
'global vehicle deliveries fell 13% in the first half of the year. That was partly due to the disruption from the redesign of its popular Model Y car.'
Elon Musk’s $1tn Tesla pay deal to be rejected by huge Norway wealth fund
Carmaker’s seventh biggest single investor will vote against package at annual shareholder meeting
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Or, you know, the sieg heil shat, supporting nazis around the world & 'knowing voting machines better than anybody'.
Those might be factors too.
'global vehicle deliveries fell 13% in the first half of the year. That was partly due to the disruption from the redesign of its popular Model Y car.'
Those might be factors too.
'global vehicle deliveries fell 13% in the first half of the year. That was partly due to the disruption from the redesign of its popular Model Y car.'
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FACTS about SNAP:
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 AM
FACTS about SNAP:
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
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