Father, Musician, Photographer, iOS Software Engineer, Geek. Works at a small multinational agricultural conglomerate.
Minnesotan posing as a Seattleite.
Shh! Don’t tell them!
Father, Musician, Photographer, iOS Software Engineer, Geek. Works at a small multinational agricultural conglomerate.
Minnesotan posing as a Seattleite.
Shh! Don’t tell them!
From CNN: "The fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran is being tested after both sides fired shots in the Strait of Hormuz."
Dear journalists,
Words have meanings. If shots have been fired, then by definition, there is no ceasefire.
Sincerely, everyone who wants this shit to be over and done with.
P.S.: Fucking cowards.
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🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court Monday fast-tracked its decision in Louisiana v. Callais — a move that clears the way for Louisiana to move forward with redrawing its congressional map even as an election is already underway.…

🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court Monday fast-tracked its decision in Louisiana v. Callais — a move that clears the way for Louisiana to move forward with redrawing its congressional map even as an election is already underway. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/supreme-court-clears-path-for-louisiana-to-gerrymander-mid-election/
«“Democrats should fight fire with fire,” #RyanCooper wrote in a guest column published..in #Zeteo. “It’s time to #redistrict every last possible #Republican out of office. It’s time to unleash the baconmanders",..calling 4 #Democrats to "retaliate" against the #GOP with a fierce #gerrymandering campaign of their own..across the nation
#Baconmanders: gerrymandered #CongressionalDistricts with odd shapes that include narrow slices..that appear like thin strips of bacon»

In the wake of the Supreme Court having issued a controversial ruling that critics warn may “demolish” restrictions around racially discriminatory voting policies, progressive writer Ryan Cooper laid out a plan Sunday that he argued could potentially unseat “every last possible Republican out of off...
“Secret Service officers shot a man during an exchange of gunfire Monday near the White House in an incident that wounded a child who happened to be in the area.”
They opened fire in a public place and shot a child.
“plainclothes officers determined that a person had a gun and called for backup” makes it sound like the gunman was pressured into a shootout, but, whatever.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/04/secret-service-shoots-armed-man-near-white-house-00905911
A binman in Turkey’s capital found a bag of thrown-away books on his rounds and couldn’t bring himself to take it to the dump. He kept it. Other workers started doing the same. The pile has now grown into a public library of over 9,000 books, run by sanitation workers, in an old brick factory 📚
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/15/europe/garbage-collectors-open-library-with-abandoned-books