malletjusted.bsky.social

malletjusted.bsky.social

@malletjusted.bsky.social

Old, cranky Chicagoan who now lives elsewhere. History, politics, urbanism, cooking, and random stuff of interest.

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Trump's decision to live-stream a public execution puts America in a very small and select company .. (cartoon Marian Kamensky)

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hey, if AI proponents hadn’t been making up nonsense about AI tools while forcing them on us, then maybe people wouldn’t reflexively block AI tools, even when they actually work. that’s not on normies for being rational consumers. that’s on AI proponents for being systematically full of shit

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The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. The seventh richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

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How we beat back the corporate takeover of America: 1. Break up corporate monopolies 2. Continue building union power 3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics Let’s keep working to unrig the system.

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Macron offered Trump the use of Versailles to sign an unconditional surrender, in the most elaborate prank played on a Germanic by a Gaul in over 1700 years.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "It's signed. I signed it in Versailles. I just signed it."

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Why Politicians Fail To Understand The Elaborate Mythical Realm I’ve Made Up In My Head

The real story in the Maine Senate race isn't Platner and his baggage, it's the Maine Democratic party. Why couldn't they produce a "more acceptable" candidate under the age of 60? Where are the younger mayors, county board members, and state leg reps? Are there any? Does the party nurture them?

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Search-and-rescue crews were “flying blind” trying to rescue survivors from deadly tornadoes that hit the Midwest last week. Why? Because Kristi Noem hadn't approved FEMA’s $200,000 contract with a tornado-tracking tool. But she had time to spend $220 million on anti-immigrant ads. Priorities.

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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

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Good morning and Happy Tuesday! I found this in my FB memory feed from 2017. As appropriate today as it was then.

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Long ago, the people of Chicago carelessly incurred the wrath of the god of electricity & loincloths. Our ancestors left this record of the events that followed so that we might reflect on our past misdeeds & take care to not repeat them.

Bill Savage@rogersparkman.bsky.social

Goodnight from Chicago, home to excellent Art Deco industrial infrastructure.

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New paper reminds us yet again: HOMICIDE is the leading cause of death for pregnant women. Gun violence & partner violence are related. All-cause homicide & firearm homicide of pregnant women are higher, in states w/ higher calculated firearm ownership (1/x 🧵 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

jamanetwork.comFirearm Homicide in Pregnant Women and State-Level Firearm OwnershipThis cross-sectional study examines firearm homicide rates in pregnant compared with nonpregnant women and whether estimated state-level firearm ownership is associated with homicide deaths among preg...

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Do you want to laugh? Democrat Aftab Pureval has been re-elected as the Mayor of Cincinnati. His Republican opponent, Cory Bowman, is JD Vance’s half-brother. A landslide loss: 81.7% - 18.3%