I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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If you wanted to decrease the cost of homes, one thing you wouldn’t do is put a flat tariff on your main source of timber.
Do not be stunned. Whatever he said he would do, times it by 10
Should we all quit our jobs to focus full time on bothering the government
Asking tough questions is how you deal with politicians. Finding solutions is how you deal with voters
Haven't you been screaming about how Dems are not 'asking the tough questions'?
Now that I've made peaceful revolution impossible it's time to sit back and enjoy my wealth and power with no adverse consequences
You're gonna need a cat on your timeline, I think.
Spice the cat, caught mid-yawn
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Last existential post of the day I promise but this is a good thread. I think it's good to remind ourselves that as big as the federal government is, it's still not actually that big.
i think this should be factored into how states, counties, localities and hospitals respond to these executive orders. "we will investigate you if you teach DEI." okay, with what agents, specifically? with what state capacity?
incredible to have a president who appears to be speed-running getting impeached, and even more incredible to to have two other branches of government who are just sitting there watching it as if it is actually a livestream which they are unable to impact in any way
someone can’t wait to be king
a tabby cat being held by the pits in front of a similar birth announcement scene from the live action lion king. the cat does not look
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What a nightmare. The crashed plane is reported to be an air ambulance—and multiple homes and cars are said to be on fire on the ground. (This is in NE Philly, near the Roosevelt Mall.)
BREAKING: At least 6 people killed in Philadelphia plane crash, including 2 pilots, 2 doctors and a patient - FOX29
Dogs' reactions to hearing all their favorite words! 🐕😊
oh look, that thing I was saying. more of this please and faster and louder.
And, here's the central part of McConnell's reasoning:
The Executive's statement that the Executive Branch has a duty "to align
Federal spending and action with the will of the American people as expressed through Presidential priorities," (ECF No. 48-1 at 11) (emphasis added) is a constitutionally flawed statement. The Executive Branch has a duty to align federal
spending and action with the will of the people as expressed through congressional appropriations, not through "Presidential priorities." U.S. Const. art. II, § 3, cl. 3 (establishing that the Executive must "take care that the laws be faithfully executed
.."). Federal law specifies how the Executive should act if it believes that
appropriations are inconsistent with the President's priorities-it must ask Congress, not act unilaterally. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the
President may ask that Congress rescind appropriated funds.? Here, there is no evidence that the Executive has followed the law by notifying Congress and thereby effectuating a potentially legally permitted so-called "pause."
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film still #34 Britt and John, ep 203.
went through the entire Natural Number Game today! (well, except for the Fermat level 😛) it’s very well-made, definitely one of the best learning/onboarding experiences i remember adam.math.hhu.de#/g/leanprove...
Here are some nice mushrooms
Hundreds of blue and tan turkey tail mushrooms grow along the top of a moss speckled log. The forest floor beneath is divided between snow and bare ground with the decorated log bisecting it

All photos by me
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playing "got your nose" with my infant son to prepare him for the gaslighting that comes with living in trump's america
Giving the mice a break today. They’re sitting on the couch eating popcorn watching TV while I skitter in the walls
Man-Bat wasn’t going to be in CC he’s merely one of the many characters I considered. And yes I’d be disappointed if we never see MB in the DCU.
@jamesgunn.bsky.social I saw you say somewhere that you had originally planned to have Man-Bat in CC but opted for Weasel instead. Would it be foolish to hope that Man-Bat makes an eventual appearance in the DCU? He’s one of my favourites
Another strain of bird flu has been discovered in California. In today’s episode, we discuss this and other top science news of the week. Plus, we explore what a new genetic study reveals about the biology of bipolar disorder. Listen here 🎧: buff.ly/3Mut28J
This week, it was reported that a November outbreak of avian influenza at a California duck farm was caused by a strain previously unseen in the United States: H5N9.
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whoever gave hakeem jeffries my number deserves the chair