Mastodawn

In a new court filing, SPLC provided evidence that the prosecution into the org came directly out of a letter that extremist groups sent to Stephen Miller complaining that they had been included in SPLC's Hate Map.

emptywheel.net/2026/06/23/h...

Clayfoot 3h ago

ploum 7h ago

— Look, dad, there’s a satellite which is not moving !
— That’s a star, son.
— A star? Is that rare?
— Oh no! At least when I was young, that was the only thing you could see in the night sky. But I guess that, with all those satellites, it’s indeed a rare sight.

Clayfoot 23h ago

Amy Diehl, Ph.D.1d ago

Study finds narcissism the only trait that predicted objections to remote work. The higher the opinions of themselves leaders expressed, the more they coveted power and status — the more they favored return-to-office mandates. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/opinion/office-work-wfh-bosses.html

Opinion | The Secret Reason Bosses Want Everyone Back in the Office, Every Day of the Week

It’s all about them.

The New York Times

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Clayfoot 23h ago

Unofficial creemee locator which may have more locations listed
https://creemeepassport.com/stands

VT Creemee Passport

Collect stamps from Vermont's best creemee stands, support local farms, and help provide free passports and creemees to Vermont children in need.

VT Creemee Passport

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Clayfoot 1d ago

*a creemee is soft serve ice cream with higher butter fat content, making it noticeably smoother. It's specific to Vermont.
https://www.eater.com/23309799/vermont-maple-creemee-ice-cream-summer

The Creemee Is the Ultimate Taste of Vermont Summer

The creemee brings together two points of Vermont pride, dairy and maple, into a perfect summer bite.

Eater

Clayfoot 1d ago

When you urgently need a creemee*, one of the most important Vermont state government web sites:
https//creemee.vermont.gov

Clayfoot 1d ago

Natasha

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"Thanks humans"

Poster from the Thomas House bar in Dublin 🇮🇪. All AI posters and flyers are not accepted. Love it!

#AI #Ireland #IE

Clayfoot 1d ago

Musing about Trump's preposterous claim that vandals added chemicals to damage the Lincoln memorial reflecting pond. An Olympic swimming pool holds 660,000 gallons. The reflecting pool holds a little over 10x that much. Yet somehow, we are expected to believe that vandals added enough chemicals to have an effect on the pool without being noticed.

Clayfoot 2d ago

Dmitry Grozoubinski 2d ago

"The Americans can't get the slime out of their capital's monument pool and will arrest you for touching it," sounds like the sort of lie they'd tell us in the Soviet Union so we'd stop bitching about bread lines.

Clayfoot 2d ago

Nonilex 2d ago

ICYMI

These dumb 🤬

A major localized #flu #outbreak is currently affecting hundreds of new #MilitaryRecruits at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. The outbreak began after “Defense” Secretary Pete #Hegseth made flu #vaccines optional in April, causing #vaccination rates to plummet to around 40%.

#AntiVax #ConspiracyTheories #Trump #RFKJr #ItsAboutCovidOnTrumpsWatch #vanity #science #medicine #vaccines #law #military #USpol #VaccinesWork #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/us/flu-outbreak-air-force-base.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional

The defense secretary described the vaccine requirement, which he lifted in April, as an “absurd, overreaching” mandate.

The New York Times