Calming Influence
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Puget Sound (on a dry spot)
Laborer, scientist, builder, artist, general life enthusiast.
USAF, PSD, 9th SRW, Beale AFB, 75-79
Pro-democracy, Anti-authoritarian
@jexter on Twitter
Laborer, scientist, builder, artist, general life enthusiast.
USAF, PSD, 9th SRW, Beale AFB, 75-79
Pro-democracy, Anti-authoritarian
@jexter on Twitter
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Can't gerrymander your way out of being broadly unpopular.
December 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Can't gerrymander your way out of being broadly unpopular.
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This Georgia flip is in a district that the GOP drew to drown Democratic voters in Athens into a neighboring red county, Oconee.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
December 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This Georgia flip is in a district that the GOP drew to drown Democratic voters in Athens into a neighboring red county, Oconee.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
We're fighting for our lives here, they're literally dragging people off the streets, Bombing boats, sucking up to Putin, but "Oh, but look how horrible Pritzker is!"
Has he murdered any Caribbean fisherman lately? Raped any children?
Has he murdered any Caribbean fisherman lately? Raped any children?
December 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
We're fighting for our lives here, they're literally dragging people off the streets, Bombing boats, sucking up to Putin, but "Oh, but look how horrible Pritzker is!"
Has he murdered any Caribbean fisherman lately? Raped any children?
Has he murdered any Caribbean fisherman lately? Raped any children?
My new criteria for evaluating Democratic candidates:
-No pedophiles
-No more than 2 felonies
-Support ACA, etc.
That won't guarantee my vote in a primary, but I'm damned if I'll do MAGA oppo work against them. And if they win the primary, they get my vote. Fuck purity. Fuck Nader. Fuck Sanders.
-No pedophiles
-No more than 2 felonies
-Support ACA, etc.
That won't guarantee my vote in a primary, but I'm damned if I'll do MAGA oppo work against them. And if they win the primary, they get my vote. Fuck purity. Fuck Nader. Fuck Sanders.
December 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
My new criteria for evaluating Democratic candidates:
-No pedophiles
-No more than 2 felonies
-Support ACA, etc.
That won't guarantee my vote in a primary, but I'm damned if I'll do MAGA oppo work against them. And if they win the primary, they get my vote. Fuck purity. Fuck Nader. Fuck Sanders.
-No pedophiles
-No more than 2 felonies
-Support ACA, etc.
That won't guarantee my vote in a primary, but I'm damned if I'll do MAGA oppo work against them. And if they win the primary, they get my vote. Fuck purity. Fuck Nader. Fuck Sanders.
Yeah well, the whole world may give up on Ferrari if they don't start building race cars.
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Yeah well, the whole world may give up on Ferrari if they don't start building race cars.
Jesus, this is disheartening. A Democratic Governor says something that might just appeal to moderate "old school" Republican voters who are getting sick of the MAGA shit, and maybe get their vote, and you all can't run from him fast enough. We're fucking doomed.
December 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Jesus, this is disheartening. A Democratic Governor says something that might just appeal to moderate "old school" Republican voters who are getting sick of the MAGA shit, and maybe get their vote, and you all can't run from him fast enough. We're fucking doomed.
My new criteria for evaluating Democratic candidates:
-No pedophiles
-No more than 2 felonies
-Support ACA, etc.
That won't guarantee my vote in a primary, but I'm damned if I'll do MAGA oppo work against them. And if they win the primary, they get my vote. Fuck purity. Fuck Nader. Fuck Sanders.
-No pedophiles
-No more than 2 felonies
-Support ACA, etc.
That won't guarantee my vote in a primary, but I'm damned if I'll do MAGA oppo work against them. And if they win the primary, they get my vote. Fuck purity. Fuck Nader. Fuck Sanders.
December 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
My new criteria for evaluating Democratic candidates:
-No pedophiles
-No more than 2 felonies
-Support ACA, etc.
That won't guarantee my vote in a primary, but I'm damned if I'll do MAGA oppo work against them. And if they win the primary, they get my vote. Fuck purity. Fuck Nader. Fuck Sanders.
-No pedophiles
-No more than 2 felonies
-Support ACA, etc.
That won't guarantee my vote in a primary, but I'm damned if I'll do MAGA oppo work against them. And if they win the primary, they get my vote. Fuck purity. Fuck Nader. Fuck Sanders.
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Here’s a great article describing how, before the vaccine, Alaska Natives had some of the highest rates of liver cancer in the world, and the hepatitis B vaccine virtually eliminated the cancer. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
Hepatitis vaccines credited as life-saving for Alaska children may be upended
Hepatitis B, once rampant in Indigenous villages, has been brought under control in the state, but a CDC advisory committee voted to drop the vaccine recommendation for newborns.
www.adn.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Here’s a great article describing how, before the vaccine, Alaska Natives had some of the highest rates of liver cancer in the world, and the hepatitis B vaccine virtually eliminated the cancer. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...