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Always a good time when Drezner gets all cussy.

Lula has been reelected president, Brazilian media has now called. An extraordinary comeback for the left-wing politician who trailed by 2 points in round 1 but managed to hold off Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president's son.

My Spanish is good enough to read this but definitely not write so let's just go with inshallah.

Russian Media preparing the population for what comes next? www.kommersant.ru/doc/9060032

“Georgia Without Ivanishvili!” Thousands have gathered in Tbilisi to protest Ivanishvili’s one-party rule and the ban on opposition parties. Day 697 of uninterrupted protests in Georgia. #GeorgiaProtests ✊🇬🇪🇪🇺 📹 Mo Se

Tiny Bluey(?) holding off the spooky night spirits.

It's Saturday Phorm time!

This is indeed fun, but it leaves out (to me) an important point: while this method generates infinite triples, it does not generate ALL possible triples (or even all almost-isosceles triples). But it's still fun. There's a deep hole to fall down here.

I will admit that I don't give RFE/RL the same weight I once did. You can feel the shadow of political influence over them as never before. But that doesn't mean this isn't a good backgrounder. It is. If you know little or nothing about the situation, starting here is a good option.

This bit is especially galling, though otherwise there's not much new here. ANY motion is going to be rejected, form be damned. Putting a different dress on that pig doesn't change that it's a pig.

“Don’t like it? Too bad”: third day of Constitutional Court hearings on opposition ban in Georgia "No opposition motion has been granted during the three days of Constitutional Court proceedings in the case." jam-news.net/georgia-oppo...

Thanks Google. What would I do without your AI answers? (Yes, I've switched to Brave for ~97% of my needs, but the Google sports scores for games I don't otherwise care about can be nice.)

God I love that the Avalanche have just taken their (technically) back up goalie’s passion and run with it. And that passion just happens to be SFF books. It’s just perfect.

I remember this one. Something to do with wide stances and a certain stall at MSP, right?

Autumnal heeler.

Well, it's not like Patraeus has been wrong about anything before. Everyone gets one mulligan, right?

Since this is getting long, discussion of Friday proceedings at the Constitutional Court start here. An interesting day and not in a good way.

[0000145] Arena creature gender bias

Folks, Wonkette is an institution. I fondly remember the @anamariecox.com days and the current incarnation is just as good and far sharper (and yes, some of the inbetween times were meh). I give when I can. You should too. It probably has a higher return than throwing money at the DNC.

After much consideration, I'm going with Arriving Somewhere But Not Here In My Pants

Oh come on.

The inseparable DHS duo of Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski are now reunited by the fact that they're under federal investigation. Story: www.jezebel.com/dhs-criminal... #KristiNoem #CoreyLewandowski #Lewandowski #DHS #DonaldTrump #criminal

You know how it is. In the past, who hasn't had different opinions? Changing our minds is a sign of growth and mental maturity. Are we forever held accountable for considering anarchocapitalism in college? Yesterday was forever ago; why can't the left accept that people change?

Georgia's status was changed from “Free” to “Partly Free" in Freedom House's Freedom on the Net report, with watchdog citing “extended crackdown” on activism and “retaliation” against ruling party-critical online journalists and social media users.

There's a lot happening in this thirty minute news report, but the first ten minutes are Jason Kenney explaining (rather heatedly by the end) about how the UCP needs to straight up kick out members. (no responses of "he caused this" or whatever. I'm not interested) www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQTY...