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.
Perhaps the most depressing part about the last couple of months is that every awful shitty thing that’s happening to this country is self-induced. People asked for this. None of it had to happen.
Visiting friends in New York
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Waiting. ⌚
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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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Holy cow, 300,000 followers on Bluesky! This is amazing. Thank you for following me. I love each and every one of you. To celebrate 300K, I have donated to THREE organizations: , , and Al Otro Lado, all on the front lines of rights here in the US. Proud to be here with you. Onward!
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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Good. No appeasement.
BREAKING: Senate Democrats left a private meeting saying there aren't enough votes to advance the short-term funding bill that passed the House yesterday
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.
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.”
Narwhals are difficult to study, partly because they live so far north in the remote Arctic. In today’s episode,  a  mysterious creature with a tooth longer than your body. Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284/epi...
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I’m not anti-science but let’s be honest: it’s kind of bullshit that planes work. Seems like a scam.
Honestly this might be *the* question of our time. (great thread, btw)
The real question "Can we be bothered?"
3 minute videos ??? 33m users !!! LFG !!!
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I'll add it doesn't even matter if he does support Hamas (not that I believe he does) - everyone is entitled to due process. Everyone.
Ok I know this is old-man irritability but I don’t care if Mahmoud Khalil has a pregnant wife, I don’t care if he and his wife are childfree, I don’t care if he’s in a fucking polycule with a hedgehog and a jar of mayonnaise, NOBODY should be detained for protected speech, including singletons.
It’s been estimated that about 400 million people worldwide have had long COVID. For some, Paxlovid can relieve some of the symptoms.
Thank you for making me the richest man on Blue Sky! Your BluBucks have been pouring in!
TODAY!!!
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