CNBC is calling it the Tesla Chain Saw Massacre. 🤣
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
Yo , no one is picking up your Senate phone and you don’t even have a voicemail. Vote no on cloture and the spending bill or I will do whatever it takes to make sure the next Senator from Illinois has basic constituent services set up during business hours.
I know this is going to sound naive or earnest, but I genuinely find myself shocked by how little people seem to be upset by the levels of corruption we're seeing. Is that the median voter assumes everyone is corrupt already? Or isn't actually getting stories about the corruption?
Visiting friends in New York
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UPDATE: From the original poster of the letter on FB:
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This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
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Oh man, his cronies are trying to make fetch happen.
Here are some nice mushrooms
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Can’t say I aint got heart,,, cuz I got KEVIN HART,!!
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PEOPLE OF BLUESKY! Ahhhhhh, it smells good here. Behold a trailer for season 2 of Poker Face! It’s gonna be a good one. May 8th on the almighty Peacock!
Thanks to everyone in Keels, Bonavista and Port Union Newfoundland. We had the best time in such a beautiful place and everyone was so welcoming.
"Stay back! I have claimed this human bed lump for my own!"
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film still #55 Patricia and crew in Bonavista, Newfoundland April 2023.
Reminder that I don't argue with fascists here, I block them. I also block people who whine that I won't listen to the fascists. Who gets to determine when someone is acting like a fascist and/or fascist book licker? Why, I do. If you don't like it, try not being a fascist and/or a boot licker.
I write my foraging book every morning before work. Sometimes all I need is to write one good sentence to be satisfied. This morning’s sentence was “You live, you die, you do some stuff in between. If you want to live the fullest life I recommend hunting mushrooms be some of that stuff.”
Guys who quote the S&P 500 instead of the Dow
Section 230 and the First Amendment protect free speech online from anyone who wants to undermine it. If you're unfamiliar with the law or need to learn why it's so important, here's a good explainer:
In today’s episode,  a sweeping study of a beloved insect. Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284/epi...
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One of the best and highest uses of a government is to provide goods that are uneconomical to be produced locally but have massive surplus if produced at all. Particularly notable examples include: * disease and weather forecasting * basic science, esp in energy/health * natural disaster insurance
The government claims Mahmoud Khalil was already in NJ on his way to Louisiana by the time his habeas petition was filed—an argument that the NY federal court lacks jurisdiction. But Khalil's lawyer checked the ICE locator when she filed and even 4 hrs after, and he was listed as still being in NY.
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AUSA Waterman: The petitioner was in New Jersey by them. Jurisdiction never vested here under the caselaw. He was not present here at the time of filing. Judge Furman: But you agree to the law as I've stated it? Where is he now? AUSA: Jena, Louisiana.
TODAY!!!
On the next Andy Richter Call-In Show, Dylan Adler and I want to hear your DOCTOR & DENTIST STORIES! What was your weirdest appointment? What was your nightmare dentist experience? Give us a call at 855-266-2604 or fill out the form in my bio
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really miss , forced to use Code because it has a plugin 😔