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ElleGray , 1 day ago to random

I've never really been into champagnes but I just read that the first time Dom Pierre Pérignon found bubbles in one of his wines he exclaimed, "Come quickly, I am drinking the stars!" and now I might have to get on board because that is some beautiful lore

rbreich , 2 days ago to random

All nine Republican senators running for reelection this year just voted against the Right to IVF Act:

John Barrasso
Marsha Blackburn
Kevin Cramer
Ted Cruz
Deb Fischer
Josh Hawley
Pete Ricketts
Rick Scott
Roger Wicker

So much for the party of "freedom."

futurebird , 2 days ago to random

If you see a flower covered in bees for the love of god SMELL IT. If you see this one, Hydrangea quercifolia— get a good huff it’s awesome.

rbreich , 3 days ago to random

Harlan Crow and other GOP megadonors have provided Clarence Thomas with gifts valued at over $4 million. They include...

-38 destination vacations

-26 private jet flights

-6 helicopter flights

-Yacht voyages

Still wondering why SCOTUS approval ratings have hit record lows?

futurebird , 5 days ago to random

So much of the lives of ants and what they do is a mystery because they live underground in structures, that though resilient for their purposes are rather fragile from a human perspective.

The making of plaster and aluminum casts of ant nests has exposed the complex architecture of their nests.

Many cast-makers go for abandoned nests some of the youTube channels attract ant-haters who just want the poor things to burn.

Is there a less destructive way to see the structure of the nest?

ElleGray , 5 days ago to random

I don't drink much alcohol but sometimes I really, really, really want the accessories

Strandjunker , 10 days ago to random

Why did Al Franken have to resign for a joke photo he took years before he was a senator, but Scott Perry and Ronny Jackson, who participated in or encouraged an armed insurrection to overthrow our democracy, are given seats on the Intelligence Committee?

Strandjunker , 11 days ago to random

I need someone to explain to me why Al Franken had to resign, but Matt Gaetz is still in Congress.

Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.

ElleGray , 12 days ago to random

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wdlindsy , 14 days ago to random

"If she [Hillary Clinton] were to win this election, it would create an unprecedented constitutional crisis. In that situation, we could very well have a sitting president under felony indictment and ultimately a criminal trial. It would grind government to a halt."

~ Donald J. Trump, 5 November 2016

#Trump #felon #ConvictedFelonDonaldTrump #guilty #ElectionInterference #LawandOrder #Republicans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDmrom_TMaE&t=552s

Strandjunker , 18 days ago to random

Eventually, when all is said and done, we will realize that the United States owes Hillary Clinton a presidency.

futurebird , 22 days ago to random

Damn I got this seersucker mostly for the camp value— but it turns out it really does make me feel less hot and miserable on a humid day! Saratoga here I come!

DemocracyMattersALot , 23 days ago to random

Trump and Republicans are lawless; it's them or our country. #VoteBlueForAmerica

'Extremely dangerous': Merrick Garland responds to allegations of Trump assassination plot https://www.alternet.org/dangerous-merrick-garland/

rbreich , 23 days ago to random

I can't believe I even have to say this, but it is not normal that the Supreme Court is taking its sweet time to decide if the president can incite an insurrection to overturn an election and maintain power. This should have been decided already. The answer is no!

futurebird , 24 days ago (edited 23 days ago) to random

Best movement of “The Planets” by Holst?

ElleGray , 27 days ago to random

I'm begging us, as a society, to stop putting lavender in food

ElleGray , 1 month ago to random

At last, a worthy adversary

mastodonmigration , 1 month ago to random

Seems like petitions to remove Aileen Cannon have become a thing. Newsweek reports that over 300K signatures have been gathered.

These may not have any force, but it is something tangible you can do to register your disapproval. Another is to channel this anger into electing Democrats.

Here are four of the petitions to remove Aileen Cannon:

https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-the-petition-judge-aileen-cannon-must-recuse-herself-from-trumps-case?nowrapper=true&referrer=&source=

https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/remove-biased-judge-cannon-from-u-s-vs-trump-case

https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/forms/sign-the-petition-judge-aileen-cannon-must-recuse-herself-from-trumps-case-2

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/819/262/485/demand-judge-aileen-cannon-recuse-herself-from-the-trump-case/

Newsweek article: https://www.newsweek.com/remove-aileen-cannon-petitions-300k-signatures-1898410

philip_cardella , 1 month ago to random

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petergleick , 1 month ago to random

Gee, even in the violent movies with the massive human death counts, directors know not to kill the dog.

‘Where’s Cricket?’ Don’t Ask. Kristi Noem Defends Killing Her Dog.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/us/politics/kristi-noem-dog-killing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nk0.9jK7.m2se0EDQ-27d

rbreich , 1 month ago to random

Clarence Thomas hearing Trump's immunity case, when his wife Ginni was directly involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, tells you everything you need to know about the Supreme Court's new code of "ethics."

It's a sham.

breadandcircuses , 1 month ago to random

A few excerpts below from an excellent article that explains what is happening to sea ice around Antarctica, and what it means for the global climate and for our future...

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Until recently, Antarctic sea ice fluctuated between relatively stable summer minimums and winter maximums. But after a record minimum in 2016, things began to shift. Two record lows soon followed, including the smallest minimum ever in February 2023.

As winter began in March of that year, scientists hoped the ice cover would rebound. But what happened instead astonished them: Antarctic ice experienced six months of record lows. At winter's peak in July, the continent was missing a chunk of ice bigger than Western Europe.

"We all thought that the minimum was as bad as it was going to get; it was 2023, not 2070," said Ariaan Purich, an Antarctic climate researcher at Monash University in Australia. "So when winter came, we were in disbelief."

Now, in 2024, the sea ice extent has reached another near-record low. A profound "regime shift" has taken place in the Antarctic, and climate scientists are racing to understand what will come next.

"When you push any part of the climate system, it has ripple effects that are felt all over the world — not necessarily immediately, but many years down the line," said Ella Gilbert, a polar climate scientist at the British Antarctic Survey. "So by pushing the system more and more and more, we're making those ripples bigger and bigger. And eventually, we're all going to feel them."

In the meantime, the obvious prescription for our ailing planetary systems still applies: urgent and deep cuts to global CO2 emissions, according to Martin Siegert, a glaciologist who led an investigation of the Antarctic's dwindling sea ice.

“The only way forward is to decarbonize, and decarbonizing as soon as possible means we’ll not see the worst possible outcomes.” Siegert said.

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FULL ARTICLE -- https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/antarctica/we-were-in-disbelief-antarctica-is-behaving-in-a-way-weve-never-seen-before-can-it-recover

#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

ElleGray , 1 month ago to random

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ElleGray , 1 month ago to random

your identity in a capitalist society

Strandjunker , 1 month ago to random

Love Hillary, hate Hillary, whatever. But during the 2016 debates, she called Trump Putin’s puppet and said he “encouraged espionage against our country”. She spoke the truth, in public, straight to his orange face.

Lots of people owe Hillary Clinton — and America — an apology.

randahl , 2 months ago to random

Republican lies:

Picture 1: Republican Senator J. D. Vance tells CNN, the US cannot help Ukraine, because the US is “stretched too thin” and Ukraine is demanding “thousands” of Patriot systems per year.

Picture 2: In reality, Zelenskyy has said, just 25 Patriot systems would be enough to keep Ukraine safe — some of which they already have.

Source 1: https://youtu.be/c04I6oIk7xY?si=FaEBGIIaN0ASkMbp

Source 2: https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-ukraine-needs-25-patriot-air-defense-systems-to-be-completely-covered/

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ElleGray , 2 months ago to random

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rbreich , 2 months ago to random

For the 7th time this year, MAGA extremists killed the GOP’s own bill by voting no on the “rule” to advance it. This time it was a renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act—all because Trump wrongly claimed it was used against his campaign. The GOP is pure dysfunction.

randahl , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

“I am dead sick of what is happening”

Absolutely awesome Member of the European Parliament @guyverhofstadt of Belgium tells the speaker to stick his agenda where the sun does not shine, because now we will vote on more air defence systems to Ukraine. AND WINS THE VOTE BY 515 TO 62!

This is how it is done! 🇺🇦

rbreich , 2 months ago to random

Funny how wealthy Americans will readily accuse Biden of “buying votes” with student debt forgiveness but had no issue with Trump signing massive tax cuts for themselves. Hello?

randahl , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

I kid you not: Marjorie Taylor Greene has released a video on YouTube, where she says, “If I had it my way, we would have been successful in our [sic] objection on January 6, and [Joe Biden] wouldn’t even be president.”

That is the same woman, who claimed the violence on January 6 was started by federal agents disguised as insurrectionists. And now, she says, if “WE would have been successful… on January 6”.

I wonder what the US Justice Department does now.

rbreich , 2 months ago to random

Clarence Thomas ruled in favor of Citizens United. Harlan Crow and his family's political contributions then went up 862%. Then we later find out Thomas let Crow take him on lavish trips, buy his mom's house, and help fund his wife's conservative nonprofit. See how this works?

rbreich , 2 months ago to random

4 years ago, Trump began hawking hydroxychloroquine to treat covid, though multiple studies found it didn't help, & at least one found it increased the risk of death.

A sudden run led to shortages that hurt patients with lupus, the disease the drug is actually made to treat.

WSJ Bot , 2 months ago to random

It's Time to Hand Cybersecurity Over to the Computers

A healthcare-industry hack shows the need for autonomous databases and operating systems. #press

https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-time-to-hand-cybersecurity-over-to-the-computers-healthcare-industry-94858f48?utm_source=press.coop

StillIRise1963 , 2 months ago to random

The racists want to remove any and all progress that Black people have made in this nation. That’s step one. The steps after that will be about enslavement and death. THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.

futurebird , 2 months ago to random

Everyone acts like I'm "From the Great Depression" because I want to take the T-bone home from the steakhouse to make split pea soup but what THEY do not understand is the best split pea soup in the universe is made with a 2-inch thick proper NYC steakhouse T-bone. It's not like I'm going around back to get them with Pica's ilk.

Take the bone home.

If steakhouses had any sense they'd make soap too. Brand it with their logo.

Soup Tomorrow!

futurebird , 2 months ago to random

It's always bothered me that when people adapt Kafka's Metamorphosis they depict Gregor Samsa as a roach. Cockroaches do not undergo metamorphosis. They are born as nymphs which are just smaller wingless versions of the adult form.

Kafka writes that Gregor can only enjoy rotten food. Which also makes him not at all roach-like. Roaches strongly prefer fresh vegetables to rotten ones.

I always imagined him as a beetle. Which implies that the man Gregor was a larvae for all his pre-bug life.

wdlindsy , 2 months ago to random

"[The Moscow terrorist attack] exposes how far adrift and overstretched Putin now is. The safety of his muted, urban electorate in the capital has been entirely sacrificed to his war of choice in Ukraine. Special forces did not race in; they are dead, or busy elsewhere. Even some police have been deployed to the frontlines."

~ Nick Paton Walsh

#Putin #Russia #Ukraine #Moscow #terrorism #ISIS

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/23/europe/moscow-concert-hall-attack-analysis-intl-cmd/index.html

saddestrobots , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

kinda weird that "big tech" refers to stuff like google — a company that basically only makes websites, data centers and pocket computers — and not, like, siemens — a massive conglomerate churning out steam turbines, trains, HVAC systems, MRIs, factory machinery, whatever

lowqualityfacts , 2 months ago to random

People are once again mistaking me for a bot, so here's me holding Fishy. He is infinitely more photogenic than I will ever be.

rbreich , 2 months ago to random

The largest caucus of House Republicans released a plan that cuts Social Security spending by $1.5 trillion.

These are the same Republicans pushing to extend the Trump tax cuts — which would add $3.5 trillion to the deficit.

None of this is really about addressing the debt.