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Enablers. pic.twitter.com/gKwYgCZfDM

— Laura Seay (@texasinafrica) July 29, 2022

One study, on fruit flies, so don’t give up your screen time — but maybe consider amber glasses / blue-blocking filters?

Harm from blue light exposure increases with age, research suggests. Daily exposure to light from this part of the spectrum emanating from phones, computers & household fixtures worsen w/ age, damaging mitochodria—energy producers—in cells of the eyes https://t.co/76JX3aHG6S

— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) July 27, 2022

huh, i wonder why Dems keep trying to tie Republicans to Trump early https://t.co/1dpEJ4WC2K

— post malone ergo propter malone (@PropterMalone) July 28, 2022

Our Failed Mainstream Media…

Wait What? NY Post Reporter Stuns WH Spox By Asking If Biden's Covid Was a Saudi Biological Attack https://t.co/dlHT4Fl2VE via @mediaite pic.twitter.com/59TQjMWrxP

— Tommy moderna-vaX-Topher (@tommyxtopher) July 28, 2022

It was the New York Post so the follow-up question was whether Biden got it from a homeless person on bail https://t.co/43Q9qLE5NG

— YesterdayIsAHardWordForHat (@Popehat) July 28, 2022

Lemonade from, err, lemons:

Statues of mythical methamphetamine cookers Walter White and Jesse Pinkman were installed at a convention center in Albuquerque to celebrate the "Breaking Bad" TV series and its entertainment legacy. https://t.co/qliq7A1ZNZ

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 30, 2022

Can’t argue with the reasoning, since Salem, Massachusetts has pretty much turned itself into a witchcraft theme park… and the single most photographed tourist icon is a statue of Elizabeth Montgomery.

… Local politicians including Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller mixed with “Breaking Bad” stars Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul and director Vince Gilligan to help unveil the artwork, donated by Gilligan and Sony Pictures.

The 2008-2013 show and its ongoing prequel “Better Call Saul” helped fuel a renaissance in filmmaking across New Mexico, while also cutting close to Albuquerque’s real-life struggles with drug addiction and crime.

Gilligan said he recognized that the statues of “two fictional, infamous meth dealers” won’t be universally cherished in New Mexico.

“In all seriousness, no doubt some folks are going to say, ‘Wow, just what our city needed.’ And I get that,” Gillian said. “I see two of the finest actors America has ever produced. I see them, in character, as two larger-than-life tragic figures, cautionary tales.”…

The show and its iconic lead characters already are lionized on T-shirts and airport merchandise, while tour guides in Albuquerque shepherd fans to former film locations in a replica of the RV from the show that doubled as a meth lab.

New Mexico has long struggled against the toll of addiction, with more than 43,000 deaths linked to alcohol and drug overdoses in the last three decades. Albuquerque also currently contends with a record-setting spate of homicides.

Surging overdose deaths from meth and fentanyl surpassed heroin and prescription opioids as the leading causes of drug overdose deaths across the state in 2020.

Keller heralded the positive economic impact of “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” on Albuquerque, acknowledging the dollars and delight it brings to a city he jokingly called “Tamale-wood.”…

Saturday Morning Open Thread: Dangerous EnticementsPost + Comments (335)

If someone from the 1950's suddenly appeared… pic.twitter.com/v92BTxRIXj

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U.S. economy slowing, but recession not inevitable, Yellen says https://t.co/NqPvu3pif8 pic.twitter.com/4FXVyuiCQB

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 24, 2022

One of few shared sentiments among U.S. voters right now is a desire for something new — and the possibility that the 2024 election could look like a 2020 rematch has some people on both sides wondering who else could carry their parties into the future. https://t.co/bUQA0VgnAu

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 24, 2022

Our Very Serious Media’s ever-anxious quest for novelty is going to be the death of democracy…

… In a nation faltering along seemingly every conceivable divide, there’s a shared desire among Democrats and Republicans for a new generation of political leadership. The conversation is most pronounced when it comes to the White House as Trump considers another campaign and President Joe Biden confronts skepticism about his ability to mount a reelection bid in 2024 when he is 82.

“There’s just a sense of like, that rematch between these two old guys seems ridiculous to people,” said Sarah Longwell, a Republican strategist who conducts almost weekly focus groups with voters across the country and political spectrum…

A new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll shows 83% of U.S. adults say the country is on the wrong track. Only 36% approve of Biden’s leadership overall, while 62% disapprove. Polling from AP-NORC in recent months captured deepening pessimism among members of his own Democratic Party about Biden, the direction of the country and the state of the economy. A January AP-NORC poll found just 28% of those surveyed and 48% of Democrats said they want Biden to run for reelection in 2024.

Julián Castro, a former Obama housing secretary and onetime presidential candidate, said there’s “no doubt” that members of his party are frustrated and that Democrats in Washington need to show a sense of urgency and produce results. In a telephone interview from the Texas Democratic Convention in Dallas, he said Democrats seemed energized.

“My immediate hope is that that angst and frustration is going to be channeled positively to turnout in November,” he said, referring to the midterm elections. “And then we’ll reckon with what’s beyond that when November happens.”…

Monday Morning Open Thread: Stay the Course, You MeatheadsPost + Comments (137)

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

You cannot shame the shameless.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

When do the post office & the dmv weigh in on the wuhan virus?

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

Prediction: the GOP will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Infrastructure week. at last.

If you are still in the GOP, you are an extremist.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

We still have time to mess this up!

Accountability, motherfuckers.

In my day, never was longer.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

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Monday Morning Open Thread: Stay the Course, You Meatheads