Rick Shannon
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"'The Silver Revolver' is a testament to John Shirley's blunt-force storytelling ability. It's an intense crime noir that transforms not only the characters, but the reader. Make this your next absolute page-turner! Highly recommended."
- Christopher Compton, for 'The Paperback Warrior' review site
- Christopher Compton, for 'The Paperback Warrior' review site
The Silver Revolver: A Western Crime Thriller
A Western Crime Thriller
bookshop.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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I'm still trying to process the implications of this, if it's carried out.
Trump suggests FCC could revoke licenses of TV broadcasters that give him too much 'bad publicity'
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr told Fox News on Thursday afternoon that ABC's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's show indefinitely may not be "the last shoe to drop."
www.nbcnews.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I'm still trying to process the implications of this, if it's carried out.
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Perhaps at a certain point a universe is drawn into an enormous black hole, formed over cosmic time; the black hole compresses that universe, destroys it as it is, compresses it more till it becomes the superdense singularity spawning the big bang. This singularity expands into a new universe.
September 26, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Perhaps at a certain point a universe is drawn into an enormous black hole, formed over cosmic time; the black hole compresses that universe, destroys it as it is, compresses it more till it becomes the superdense singularity spawning the big bang. This singularity expands into a new universe.
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Gifting this article mostly for the video that clearly outlines the environmental devastation of AI and the urgent need to boycott and speak out.
Opinion | A.I.’s Environmental Impact Will Threaten Its Own Supply Chain
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Gifting this article mostly for the video that clearly outlines the environmental devastation of AI and the urgent need to boycott and speak out.
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Now why would Trump, a landlord in a long line of brutish racist landlords, want enforcement ending on fair housing?
I hope all of you who were too busy virtue signaling to vote for Harris are happy with the results.
I hope all of you who were too busy virtue signaling to vote for Harris are happy with the results.
September 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Now why would Trump, a landlord in a long line of brutish racist landlords, want enforcement ending on fair housing?
I hope all of you who were too busy virtue signaling to vote for Harris are happy with the results.
I hope all of you who were too busy virtue signaling to vote for Harris are happy with the results.
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New: We have just sued ICE to demand it turns over a secretive spyware contract that it refuses to release:
www.404media.co/were-suing-i...
www.404media.co/were-suing-i...
We’re Suing ICE for Its $2 Million Spyware Contract
404 Media has filed a lawsuit against ICE for access to its contract with Paragon, a company that sells powerful spyware for breaking into phones and accessing encrypted messaging apps.
www.404media.co
September 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
New: We have just sued ICE to demand it turns over a secretive spyware contract that it refuses to release:
www.404media.co/were-suing-i...
www.404media.co/were-suing-i...
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I Was Always Clear
September 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I Was Always Clear
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I will not pretend. As a child-sexual-abuse-survivor, I lived many years in denial. Never again. #CharlieKirk was a horrible human and a horrible example of Christ. #ProveMeWrong
September 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I will not pretend. As a child-sexual-abuse-survivor, I lived many years in denial. Never again. #CharlieKirk was a horrible human and a horrible example of Christ. #ProveMeWrong
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Another in the GOP’s latest strategy to shut down all debate. US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee: “Hatred toward Israel is ultimately hatred toward all…Western civilization.
“If we worship the creation more than the Creator, we will end up with an antisemitic and anti-Christian worldview.”
“If we worship the creation more than the Creator, we will end up with an antisemitic and anti-Christian worldview.”
September 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Another in the GOP’s latest strategy to shut down all debate. US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee: “Hatred toward Israel is ultimately hatred toward all…Western civilization.
“If we worship the creation more than the Creator, we will end up with an antisemitic and anti-Christian worldview.”
“If we worship the creation more than the Creator, we will end up with an antisemitic and anti-Christian worldview.”
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In a victory for transparency, the government contractor Pen-Link agreed to disclose the prices and descriptions of surveillance products that it sold to a local California Sheriff's office. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Victory! Pen-Link's Police Tools Are Not Secret
The records disclosed in the settlement show that in late 2023, the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office paid $180,000 for a two-year subscription to the Tangles “Web Intelligence Platform,” which is
www.eff.org
August 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
In a victory for transparency, the government contractor Pen-Link agreed to disclose the prices and descriptions of surveillance products that it sold to a local California Sheriff's office. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Obviously everyone in the world wishes the President well.
The Coming MAGA Civil War
When Trump goes, it’ll be rats in a sack
chadbourn.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Obviously everyone in the world wishes the President well.
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Some victories.
Some challenges ahead.
A lot of people I know who want this shot may have to go to lengths to get one. Will there be extras in Canadian clinics for Americans to buy? In Mexico?
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Some challenges ahead.
A lot of people I know who want this shot may have to go to lengths to get one. Will there be extras in Canadian clinics for Americans to buy? In Mexico?
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
The latest COVID vaccines come with new FDA limits
The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but is restricting them to people at high risk for COVID complications.
www.npr.org
August 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Some victories.
Some challenges ahead.
A lot of people I know who want this shot may have to go to lengths to get one. Will there be extras in Canadian clinics for Americans to buy? In Mexico?
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Some challenges ahead.
A lot of people I know who want this shot may have to go to lengths to get one. Will there be extras in Canadian clinics for Americans to buy? In Mexico?
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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I’ve had a package sitting in Memphis, TN for a week so I’m starting to wonder if FedEx is also suspending shipments to/in the US.
Check this shit out motherfucker
*embargoes own country*
*embargoes own country*
August 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I’ve had a package sitting in Memphis, TN for a week so I’m starting to wonder if FedEx is also suspending shipments to/in the US.
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Dearest Martha,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
August 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Dearest Martha,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
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Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
August 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
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New: Newsmax — the right-wing cable news network that grew in popularity by promoting false election-fraud claims after the 2020 election — secretly lobbied Florida lawmakers to choke off funding for firms that rate news outlets based on accuracy and ethics.
jasongarcia.substack.com/p/a-right-wi...
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A right-wing news network lobbied Florida lawmakers to defund fact-checkers, records show
Records show lobbyists for Newsmax quietly worked with Republican lawmakers in Florida on an effort to choke off funding for firms that rate news outlets based on accuracy and ethics.
jasongarcia.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
New: Newsmax — the right-wing cable news network that grew in popularity by promoting false election-fraud claims after the 2020 election — secretly lobbied Florida lawmakers to choke off funding for firms that rate news outlets based on accuracy and ethics.
jasongarcia.substack.com/p/a-right-wi...
jasongarcia.substack.com/p/a-right-wi...
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Am I the only one to see a contradiction of terms, an oxymoron, in this WaPo headline?
"Michael Anton, longtime MAGA intellectual, to exit State Dept."
"Michael Anton, longtime MAGA intellectual, to exit State Dept."
August 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Am I the only one to see a contradiction of terms, an oxymoron, in this WaPo headline?
"Michael Anton, longtime MAGA intellectual, to exit State Dept."
"Michael Anton, longtime MAGA intellectual, to exit State Dept."
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CHAOS ERUPTS AT CDC
CDC Director Susan Monarez has been ousted after RFK Jr. demanded she change her policy on the COVID vaccine. Top officials from the Vaccine Unit, Zoonotic Division, and the Chief Medical Officer are resigning, per reports.
Horrifying news for public health.
CDC Director Susan Monarez has been ousted after RFK Jr. demanded she change her policy on the COVID vaccine. Top officials from the Vaccine Unit, Zoonotic Division, and the Chief Medical Officer are resigning, per reports.
Horrifying news for public health.
August 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
CHAOS ERUPTS AT CDC
CDC Director Susan Monarez has been ousted after RFK Jr. demanded she change her policy on the COVID vaccine. Top officials from the Vaccine Unit, Zoonotic Division, and the Chief Medical Officer are resigning, per reports.
Horrifying news for public health.
CDC Director Susan Monarez has been ousted after RFK Jr. demanded she change her policy on the COVID vaccine. Top officials from the Vaccine Unit, Zoonotic Division, and the Chief Medical Officer are resigning, per reports.
Horrifying news for public health.
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"Tomorrow belongs to meeee...."
America’s Next Top Racist
No matter how far Nick Fuentes pushes his bigotry, his influence continues to rise.
www.theatlantic.com
August 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
"Tomorrow belongs to meeee...."
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wtf is this nonsense? He thinks he can understand kid’s “mitochondrial challenges” just by looking at them?
This is an insane person.
This is an insane person.
August 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
wtf is this nonsense? He thinks he can understand kid’s “mitochondrial challenges” just by looking at them?
This is an insane person.
This is an insane person.
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I hope he's right. But notice the IF.
We stand with Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker and every other American willing to stand up to fascism and take back our country.
August 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I hope he's right. But notice the IF.
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How more obvious can they get? Putin gave him an order--get rid of this guy, he's finding out too much--and Trump followed the order. When will people accept that Trump is a Russian espionage asset? They've owned him since they bailed out his business back in the 80s.
I seriously believe Russia is running our government.
Trump, Gabbard purged top CIA Russia expert days after Alaska summit
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Trump, Gabbard purged top CIA Russia expert days after Alaska summit
wapo.st/3JVtsXq
Trump, Gabbard purged top CIA Russia expert days after Alaska summit
Days after the Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump ordered the security clearance revocation of a top CIA official and Russia expert.
wapo.st
August 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
How more obvious can they get? Putin gave him an order--get rid of this guy, he's finding out too much--and Trump followed the order. When will people accept that Trump is a Russian espionage asset? They've owned him since they bailed out his business back in the 80s.