Take him literally & seriously, but I wouldn’t expect many people coming out to support him. The most fervid Trump supporters seldom get off their couches. https://t.co/WLlqpvwwQT — Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) April 30, 2024 There’s been a certain amount of hair-on-fire commentary on social media about this interview. It’s not the kind of reading I …
COVID-19 Coronavirus (& H5N1) Updates: May 1, 2024
Bowing to the — hopefully temporary! — inevitable. The U.S. is struggling to mount an appropriate response to bird flu, and other pressing infectious threats, because we’re simultaneously ignoring and overlearning the lessons of COVID, @katherinejwu writes: https://t.co/YbbXkUXv7B — The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) April 30, 2024 Katherine Wu is always an excellent read, and this (IMO) …
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On The Road – JAFD – Cherry Blossoms of Newark, part 1
JAFD The cherry blossoms here reached peak on Easter Saturday and Sunday. Then we were hit by a three-day nor’easter. Was afraid might knock them down, but the flowers stayed up well.
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Late Night Open Thread: Dark (Dork) Humors
And scattered about… were the Martians – dead! Slain by the putrefactive and disease bacteria against which their systems were unprepared; slain, after all man’s devices had failed, by the humblest things that God, in his wisdom, has put upon this earth. (HG Wells, 1897) pic.twitter.com/92hphFg4wV — Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) April 29, 2024 John Wilkes …
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Repub Venality Open Thread: If Bill Barr Were Capable of Shame…
The crime party, folks. https://t.co/LknTMA5rWT — SK Media???? (@SpaghettiKozak) April 27, 2024 … He’d never have outlived his part in the Iran-Contra GOP insurgency, much less his second AG stint under TFG. Bill Barr’s lifelong career has been using ‘the Law’ to hide bodies, not all of them metaphorical, for the Republican Party. He’s not …
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First Night: Home Sweet Home!
“Is this Heaven?” ” No, it’s Iowa.” “No, it’s Maine.” First night in her new home. It’s home for a month until MomSense moves into the “new to her” house. Greetings from the lake. It’s a cold and rainy evening but the lake looks so peaceful. We closed on the sale of my house today …
War for Ukraine Day 798: Another Day that Ends in Day Means Russian Again Bombards Kharkiv & Other Parts of Ukraine
(Image by NEIVANMADE) A brief Rosie update: She is much improved over yesterday and the weekend. The medication to stimulate her appetite is helping, though we’re feeding her multiple smaller meals a day for right now so as not to overdue it all at once. Thank you all again for the good thoughts, well wishes, …