Here’s a long and pointless story. I am prone to heartburn, which I address by chewing Pepcid. I ran out of them yesterday, and I was stranded at home with no car because the mister was at work, and I lent my vehicle out, and it was too rainy to ride the motorcycle, and I …
Open Threads
Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg Are Having a Very Bad, No Good, Horrible Day: British Parliamentary and International Grand Committee on Disinformation Edition
Carole Cadwalladr’s relentless pursuit of the bad acts committed by a host of bad actors around Brexit and the 2016 US presidential elections has some news for us from the British parliamentary inquiry, also attended by representatives from Canada, Germany, Belgium, and other countries, into Facebook. From the 4:30 PM GMT session: Straight in: ‘Lord …
Open Thread: Now For Something Completely Different
Okay, Facebook gave me my laugh of the day. I posted this link and the preview to it on my FB page and FB removed it: I Think Gabe Misses Bixby I have moved the actual photo below the fold, because, you know, it’s clearly sensitive.
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A Small Step
Folks, I just wanted to pass on a tip that may cost you a bit more money but will reduce your carbon footprint. I mean most of us here know this and care about these issues, but that doesn’t always result in action or change, now does it? So last Friday I spent 30 minutes …
Tuesday Morning Open Thread
We are ready for tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/202Kac5Sae — Mike Espy (@espyforsenate) November 26, 2018 One last 2018 Tuesday evening chewing our nails as the results come in… It’s important that we note this and own this and celebrate this. Organizing paid off. Donating paid off. Voting paid off. It will pay off again in 2020. https://t.co/MqJ6WHNeKf …
On the Road and In Your Backyard
Good Morning All, On The Road and In Your Backyard is a weekday feature spotlighting reader submissions. From the exotic to the familiar, please share your part of the world, whether you’re traveling or just in your locality. Share some photos and a narrative, let us see through your pictures and words. We’re so lucky …
Late Night Horrorshow Open Thread: ‘Christian’ Theology Student Has FP Ideas
Trump has given all the Worst People permission to air their murderous fantasies in public. The US spends $618 million in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Mexico. We could double that and it'd still only be 11% of the cost of the wall. And we could deploy the money to find and prop up …
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