@Danaintq
I can't even eat them, but I buy them anyway.
If you thought Kevin McCarthyβs woes would subside even for a minute, you were wrong. Next up, there are some serious grumbling about his proposed House rules package, which is up for a vote today. I explain why in todayβs piece.
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-new-house-rules-package-is-pretty?sd=pf
@jaykuo
He's going to be miserable for as long as he's Speaker. And I am so here for it, with popcorn.
He earned every second of misery.
It's not just that the Brazil unrest echoed Jan. 6 or even that some of the same actors were involved.
It's that it highlights how the American right has successfully made Jan. 6 more palatable to the GOP and cast those involved as real victims.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/09/trump-jan-6-insurrection-brazil/
@pbump
Every time I see someone call Ashli Babbitt a hero, or a martyr, my blood boils.
She's the antithesis of a hero. She was actively trying to overthrow the government. She doesn't deserve a single tear.
@drewharwell
Elon Musk is destroying Twitter, and my only complaint is that he's not doing it fast enough. People will be hurt and killed due to what he's doing. The longer it drags out, the more people will be damaged.
@NickGates @talia_christine
When they misspell their, they're, or there and your or you're, I have to grit my teeth and scroll on.
Personal pet peeves.
Via @agbioworld:
A #biotech company in Georgia has received conditional approval for the first #vaccine for honeybees, π could pave the way for controlling a range of viruses & pests that have decimated the global population. It is the first vaccine approved for any insect!
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/01/07/us/honeybee-vaccine-usda-approval-scn-trnd/index.html
@AmberWavesofFlame @agbioworld
I bet very few of them will turn out to be anti-vaxers.
@tiberiusgracchus @DeanObeidallah
It does make a difference when the insurrectionists are occupying all the key positions.
USA did have the disadvantage that the anti-Americans of the Incel Insurrection were still in-charge of the DOJ on January 7, 2021
@Kitchi
Bolsonaro wasn't still in office, his people in charge of the response, and limiting what they were allowed to do. Key difference between Brazil and DC.
Having flown for about 50 hours in the last couple of weeks, hopping on a short domestic fight this morning has left me with absolutely zero patience for people standing, mystified, before an overhead compartment, in sheer denial that their bags are too big to fit. Squinting and furrowing oneβs brow will not, in fact, suddenly make the bag fit, and enable everyone to keep boarding.
If a trans person comes out to you and is gracious enough to offer to answer questions, ask them an unexpected source of joy theyβve found in transition and watch their eyes light up.
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.