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Reviews of my novelette, "The Gold Embrace" in the May/June issue of Analog Science Fiction & Fact: An astonishing tale. Saved the best for last. Good issue. -- Goodreads "Story is told perfectly...The end was so touching, it had me in tears. Great story." -- SFRevu

I did my civic duty. Now you do yours, or you may not have another chance.

The reason Texas has a property tax instead of income tax is it favors the wealthy. The poor and retirees shouldn't be footing the bills.

The horse is loose in the hospital, and now he'd pooped in the nursery and invited in the hippos. Vote for whoever will lock up the barn doors for good.

"Refried beans" is a mistaken translation of the Spanish "frijoles refritos" which uses re- as an intensifier, meaning “thoroughly.” A better translation would be "well fried" beans.

"Killer Whale" is a translation error. Orcas are actually a type of dolphin that sometimes kills whales.

All 210 new drugs approved by the FDA from 2010 to 2016 relied on taxpayer-funded research.

The MAGA on my route home who uses a sign on his business as social media posted that James Telarico plans to give illegals amnesty from income tax. Texas has no income tax. Who has this brain trust been writing checks to?

Essentially true, though because billionaires don't just get fat paychecks, we also need SS tax on certain investments--which Sanders' proposal includes.

Say your good hand is burned and crippled. It can be repaired, but the government "knows" by your hairstyle that you've been using the wrong hand all along, so the therapy is forbidden. That's you, telling trans people you know better than they do.

The ACA did FAR more than create insurance marketplaces. It also imposed protections on traditional health insurance, including employer plans. It protects millions of Americans who have never purchased insurance through an ACA marketplace.

Over 4,000 Americans have been sickened with measles, and it should never have happened.

No shit🤔💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

GOP: What exactly would you consider high crimes and misdemeanors to be? Anything?

Guys, please, PLEASE verify your voter registration. The fate of American democracy will be sealed in two months.

“Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.” — Will Rogers

🚨🚨🚨 JUST IN: In a career-ending video, Ken Paxton's former Director of Law Enforcement just endorsed James Talarico for Senate! Texas MAGA is in BIG TROUBLE 🌊🌊🌊 #8WeeksToABlueWave

The last thing we need on US roadways is computer-driven toys.

USAA is good at insurance, but sad at website support.

@nintindousa.bsky.social Bring back Wii Fit.

Nightly funny or is it?...🤣😂🤣

Dolly Parton, a truly inspirational person, has died.

He finally spoke truth.

Fuck every single person who, through action or inaction, allowed this stupid, stupid reality to come to pass.

I wonder why 90 days. Couldn’t be because the midterms are in… 74 days, right? Right? Apparently communist price controls are fine when you’re trying to get votes. Who knew?

Republicans really do love the stupid.

Signed Daughter up for EOS Fitness just for Zumba classes near the house. As we left after their strong arming, she said, "So I guess now I know what it's like to buy a car." Correct.

Kittens meeting puppies.. 😊

I love ❤️ bears

Need a Raspberry Pi?

Dear Google. I get that Google Assistant going away. Do YOU get that Gemini simply doesn't work as a replacement? That it's far too processor intensive and stupid because it's trying to be smarter than anyone wants and assistant to be? No? Didn't think so.

Donald Trump's first-term average of 41.1% is the lowest approval rating Gallup has recorded for any post-World War II president. Yet here we are, shittering all records again.

No one texting you to buy your house is your friend. You want to sell? List on the open market.

Trump declassified and publicized intelligence documents arguing they showed Chinese efforts related to the 2020 election. They include intel assessments that reiterate that Russia conducted influence operations to help Trump and harm Biden in the 2020 election.

I have no interest in whatever lies and delusions this president feels compelled to peddle. And with the craptacular cabinet he's festered, I'd have little more interest in his resignation.

GOP leadership has long sacrificed institutional norms and stated principles for short-term partisan advantage. The question now is, are there still influential Republicans who see protecting democratic institutions as important enough to fight for?

Accurate, if oversimplified. Eliminating the Social Security wage cap without increasing benefits for the additional taxed earnings would eliminate two-thirds of the program's 75-year funding shortfall under current assumptions

We are currently seeing the Jevons effect in action as, far from putting all software developers out of work, AI coding is vastly increasing the applications to which code can be put, and the standards to which it is held.

Socialism is not communism, it's working together for the common good. It's literally what made this country great before the oligarchs once again convinced the ignorant to support their power grab.

If Trump were a Russian spy tasked with destroying the United States’ global hegemony, what exactly do you expect he’d do differently? Then why are you still supporting him?

This is Harley. She's never rolled down a hill before, but she's super proud of her first attempt. 13/10 nailed it (TT: jesskoselke)