KeithB10

KeithB10

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Keith A Bowden - geezer geek - he/him

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Getting pissed at Democrats during an election is like being upset over your skinned knee instead of someone's hand shoved into a garbage disposal. Priorities.

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Two-thirds of Americans support Medicare for All. Americans are done with a healthcare system that puts profits before people. Medicare for All can save 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year—turns out, progressive policies can be good politics AND good policy.

I just read Amazing Spider-Man #1000. Couple of good stories in it, a crappy Frank Miller story (Peach Momoko art, though), and some meh. But "Still Standing" and "I Can Never Rest" (second and last stories) are superb. Got a tear over "Standing" especially.

Oh noes! Billionaires might leave California if we force them to pay their fair share of taxes! Good riddance. Like we'd lose any money from them as they don't pay taxes now. Yes on #Prop40!

Thoughts for the day: Why does the "bad seed" logo for Batman look like it says "bird seed" to me? So much work was put into the new Legion of Super-Heroes that I think this has become my current favorite series after only one issue. It's just... *right.*

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Late for #TopShelfFriday, but here's a recent acquisition, the 1960s version (1970 printing) of Classics Illustrated "The Last Days of Pompeii" with art by the one and only Jack Kirby!

Direct from Canada, the latest trilogy of volumes from RAID Press, KLAATU-BARADA-NIKTO: THE GORT PREROGATIVE, nearly 500 pages of stories from a wide assortment of creators.

Rush Blue Öyster Cult Fish Tori Amos Sarah McLachlan Genesis Whitesnake Naked Barbies Erykah Badu Roberta Flack George Duke REO Speedwagon Kiss Bill Miller

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Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live: Iron Maiden Metallica Ozzy Ice T Dio Stryper Obituary DRI Flogging Molly Kreator

Why force yourself to contemplate a horrible truth when you can simply pretend it isn't true? - Steve Darnall, Marvels (novelization), 2026

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Babies were found with dead brain tissue similar to what follows cancer and the kind of bleeding seen after a stroke. Their autopsies all came to the same conclusion: Their deaths could have been prevented with the long-standard vitamin K shot. (Published May)

propublica.orgBabies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at BirthA lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

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Donor-advised fund sponsors have deemed the Southern Poverty Law Center ineligible for donations, jeopardizing tens of millions of dollars in funding. A source told ProPublica the charity has never gotten an explanation as to why it’s been cut off.

propublica.orgWall Street’s Nonprofits Use Selective, Opaque Logic to Defund CharitiesA quarter of all individual giving in the U.S. is made through donor-advised funds. A ProPublica investigation reveals how these high-stakes decisions to cut off funding often leave charities, donors ...

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