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I spent time this morning blocking people who seem to regularly post images without any text descriptions. I am blind and don't need that shit.

Israel committing genocide in Gaza despite ceasefire, UN commission of inquiry finds

The Cheesecake Factory is the only place where a family in sweatpants can dine beneath a ceiling inspired by Versailles.

I am reading the latest MerderBot book by Martha Wells and it's great! Go get it.

I have a new book by Becky Chambers, and it's fucking fantastic! Now if I could recall the name, but just go get her latest book and you'll be happy.

WATCH: A defense contractor CEO and his close associates donated nearly $900,000 to dozens of politicians and got over $40 million a year in government funding. He told the FBI that Sen. Susan Collins was his most important patron. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyiFFB7Kjg

This is just perfection Wow ..

OK, at least mostly the political ads have been quashed in my social media feeds, and they are even limited in my text msgs. I will vote and nobody on the internet will influence my vote so you all can STFU about it now!

I really figured I could buy a car that I could get in, set the destination and lean back and take a knap in by now. WTAF is with these grifting self-driving car people anyway?

I really was optimistic that someone would have gotten reasonable artifical vision working for us blind folks by 2025, but in reality not much fucking progress has taken place. There is more work lately though so...

NEW: An army of volunteers and activists across the US have been training for months to face down ICE at the polls on election day. The message they have for the Trump administration? "We're ready" 1/ www.wired.com/story/massiv...

New post: Randy Evans argues that the city of Woodward, Iowa should not have restricted attendance to a recent "community conversation" about a proposed data center. www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/10/26/d...

“Everyone is longing for public servants who actually solve problems instead of making problems” - @amyactonoh.bsky.social on why she’s running for governor and the kind of leadership she wants to bring to the office. @oftunion.bsky.social

Did you say... "manufacturer of high-tech penis rings"? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/u...

The interesting part is when Trump claims Paxton helped him find millions and millions of votes to throw out.

Is AI one of the first examples of preshittification? Stay away, folks. The fuckers who are designing this stuff do not care about anyone - possibly not even themselves.

I sure hope bridges are very over-built. Consider for each EV on the bridge replacing a gas vehicle the weight goes up.

🚌 Ohio school bus drivers reached a four-year agreement after nearly two weeks on strike. Their solidarity helped bring negotiations to a result. #WorkersRights #GoodNews newsletter.peoplepowerunited.org/p/resist-ris...

Team Trump's attempt to meddle with the 2026 elections appear to be like a game of "Three Card Monte" Lots of sleight of hand.. and no one gets to see the real cards

Ronan Farrow reported in a 2023 New Yorker piece that the Pentagon signed a contract to keep Musk from cutting off Ukraine’s battlefield connectivity at will. Colin Kahl described it as a way to lock in service so Musk couldn’t just flip the switch, considering Musk's known antipathy towards Ukraine

Bill Clinton: "I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace's bathroom"

lol -- on Newsmax, Mike Collins admits that he's at least 7 points down on Ossoff, but says "it doesn't really matter"

Imagine how things might actually be if the U.S., Canada, and Mexico actually were one country? We couldn't just toss out all "those people", and it would be a great place for all.

The story you really want out there before the election is the President's semi-estranged wife is tight with Putin.

Melania's safe word is "Donald.“

Squeeze Me is the best book I've read all year, and even though it is exaggerated comedy, it still is not as batshit crazy as reality!! Carl Hiaasen is brilliant!

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

‘She’s on the Beltway’: Pikesville farmer recalls racing from bedside to wrangle his cow on I-695

Trump’s DOJ sued to block Alaska’s Senate certification before a single vote was cast. Trump just admitted “I’m the one that said do it.” Plus: oil tops $117, Trump talks about taking “the whole country” of Iran, and the truth behind the latest Melania "ceasefire" claims.

The Moon tonight here in Santa Barbara.

I wonder how much more actual communication might take place if we all stopped just repeating every single crime the traitors are doing, and focused on ridding ourselves of them? We know they are evil traitors, it ain't new news.

Users with excessively long handles with stupid flags and other such crap, who regularly share undescribed images get blocked here. Just sayin'

Malawi opposition demands answers over President Peter Mutharika's prolonged stay in South Africa

Trump State Department spokeswoman Britt McHenry tosses a beer at a fan before being escorted out of a Wizards game for being drunk and rowdy. The State Department confirmed this morning that diplomatic relations have been severed with Section 112.

What most people don't know: when you fill up a petrol car most of the energy never moves it. Petrol car: 13–21% of the crude oil's energy reaches wheels. Electric car on today's UK grid: 43–45%. Electric car on wind+solar: 77–80%. That's why we don't need to replace fossil energy one for one.

Denmark to ban mink farming in government U-turn

Meanwhile the fucking stupid trash Dept. of War Secretary broke the priceless globe Eisenhower used to plan D-day that he just had to have in his fucking office.