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Technically scoring 7 points in the second half IS an improvement for the Eagles

Dallas defense playing the long game trying to keep Sean Mannion employed

You can put aside socialist-leftist prescriptions about how dangerous that alliance is, if you would like. But everything I read, across the political spectrum, agrees that these countries are connected. It is just civic maturity to pay attention to Brazil's election.

The Article I branch should act to curb lawless behavior and abuses of executive branch authority

What's striking to me are the rules of engagement and the methodology of action here, which more or less is predicated on burying liberal delusions about "debate" or the "marketplace of ideas". The rules were ultimately very simple: amplify your own message and suppress your opponent's.

In 2028 I will be a single issue voter on preserving democracy. If you think you can defend democracy and sell out the least privileged among us you are either a fool or a coward. How could you possibly be trusted?

We don't fight fascism by agreeing with fascists that some of us don't deserve rights. The group saying "don't sacrifice us for illusory temporary gain" aren't the ones being divisive. If the Democratic Party and candidates don't want us to be divided, then they shouldn't divide us!

the actual American centrist compromise position is “tax the billionaires to fund the military” and that’s like…considered progressive

I love how the broadcasters are giving Hunter MacDonald his flowers for starting everything off with his good clean hit. Doesn't get on the score sheet but we aren't forgetting about his contribution either.

“So Cutter Gauthier is a LITTLE JERK who spurned the Flyers, but then Leo Carlsson said ‘SCREW THIS’ and signed a MASSIVE offer sheet with the Flyers and it screwed up the Ducks’ ENTIRE cap situation. Anyway the two teams are unexpected rivals now and Quitter NEVER said why he left but—“

French—and EU—courts don't understand DNS, part ∞+1: Quad9 pulls out of France starting 24-Nov quad9.net/news/blog/au...

"But the AI CEOs are hucksters--" IT DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER. They're not the only ones developing this technology! You think Sam Altman personally controls AI? much of this shit is open source and being spun up by people you've never heard of (and never will) and it can do shit like this!

I also think this is a very powerful graph. Most people don't know it, but the US is a *very* low-tax country. We tax below average and we spend below average, among rich nations. Fixing our fiscal situation entirely through taxes would still leave us *very* low tax. bsky.app/profile/bren...

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ANTI-DOGE Select Committee Administering Necessary Transparency Into DOGE

Hello! I'd like to write a story about how fans are supporting Jalen Hurts in his recovery. If you or someone you know has sent a card/letter/gift to him, and would be willing to share why, I'd love to talk! I can be reached at acoffey@inquirer.com or in DMs. Thanks as always☺️

The machines aren't being rigged for Blackburn, that's BlueAnon nonsense. But touchscreens are bad b/c they can do stuff like this inadvertently, either touchscreen error or clumsy voter error. Scantron-style is most common and the best. Low tech, more reliable, and people prefer hand-marking paper.

Watching LeBron James post game comments as the 76ers beat the Knicks in Times Square. Go Sixers

Day 2 of people being big mad at Mike Masnick for suggesting that maybe the First Amendment should apply even to companies we don't like. I would suggest that if you're mad at Meta it's the power imbalance that they maintain that you don't like not the ability for private companies to do a thing.

Is there a good book on the 1848 revolutions that I should read?

"Arresting decline is a generational task" is both a dire warning and a grand opportunity. We need to envision a new status quo moving forward and not be afraid of opportunities for genuine reform to our democracy.

At this point my opinion of Jalen Hurts and Dak Prescott is that they're the same exact guy, just that Hurts knows how to not have his "WTF dude" (derogative) games in the playoffs.

Normalize Republicans having to denounce the the Aryan Brotherhood.

Good piece on the importance of Bluesky thecause.substack.com/p/the-digita...

There's a difference between that and a certain kind of corporate culture that pursues "efficiencies" with the express goal of eliminating people's jobs. That's what people are afraid of. And they're choosing to blame the technology for doing it to them. I get it. But I still think it's unhelpful.

Kind of upset that people watching that damn Roadster video haven't pointed out that it's not flying, just falling with style 😤

Court expansion is the baseline of reform, not the end goal of reform.

Instead of allowing harrassment of Rep. Omar, impeach Todd Blanche

Normalize brooms and not trying to remove each individual leaf from your sidewalk.

Yet another thing that, in a normal world, would have a president impeached immediately after the news came out.

Can’t Allow Elon Musk the Power to Intervene in Wars No individual should be able to disrupt military ops like Musk did with Ukraine’s. I wrote that when he did it in 2023. Was told the problem was contract rules. Nope. Happened again. The problem is too much power, esp for an enemy of democracy.

I'm just really sad about those 400 trees.

The 2026 Flyers had 3 parts to their season: the middling (Oct -Dec), the BAD (Jan-Feb), the Unsustainable (post Olympics). This is why it's so hard to pin down who they really are!

I like the idea behind this post so much I reposted it on two different social networks. We don't need a one size fits everyone social media.

The Regime started with a target they assume Democrats and mainstream elites wouldn't defend. That's always the strategy. But if they can come for Ilhan Omar, they can come for you too. Count on it.

Interesting thought experiment in Flyers land: if Tocchet and York "get into it" and things get ugly does the team side with the player again and fire a second coach bc of York?

I have decided that I don't personally like Tocchet because I can never remember how many C's are in his name and that is a problem. Sorry Taco