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“Yesss. Give in to your hatred. With each passing moment, you make yourself more my servant.”

#caturday

Opie Taylor. That is who Talarico reminds me of.

Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.

If we are going to allow cybercabs with no steering wheels or pedals to shuttle people around, why not just build trains? They are safer than car accidents

www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u... Two people were lucky enough to get both e.coli and salmonella. Just don't. Raw sprouts will always be a risk 🎲🎰🃏

www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/b...

Hey y'all, this transplanted northerner living 80 miles from Pigeon Forge and Sevierville is feeling the pain of loss like everyone else down here but why the heck am I just learning of Tim Curry's death?!!

Gallup polls are still a thing.

Yesterday, Aug. 20, was one of the worst days of ICE flights I've seen. -At least 82 ICE flights -At least 15 were removal flights, including Haiti -At least 5 removals were third-country removals (Cameroon, Costa Rica, Liberia, Paraguay, Rwanda) -Plus 1 emergency return for reasons unknown

Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica. They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick. (Published February)

Texans are rallying to halt destructive border construction in Big Bend National Park. Even if you're not in Texas, call your representatives and urge them to call for the halt of the destruction.

ICYMI: I wrote all about the most endangered marine animals in US waters and how the Trump administration's disastrous policies could spell their doom therevelator.org/donald-trump...

Just north of Asheville nonstop thunder for half an hour.

When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied. You have a right to see this file. (Published May 2023)

You may need a magnifying glass to find the "corporate tax" box.

Summer Western NC mountains. Tomatoes and storm clouds. Note: storm clouds form 3x on any given afternoon this summer.

Pop the cava 🍾

The Trump administration has significantly diminished the size of two national monuments in Utah that hold sacred lands and rich archaeological sites.

"We should have the fortitude to speak up about human rights outrages whether the responsible party is Russia, China, Israel, America or the Emirates; if you care about human rights in only some places, you don’t actually care about human rights." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/o... Thoughts?