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Turns out “covfefe” is a compound meaning “convicted for 34 felonies”

I hate it when you ask someone a boolean question and they return a string

Taking this right out into its own little thread, because I feel like I threadjacked @weirdofhermiston's original points. (sorry!)

I came of age in the 90s, in this weird time post-AIDS-crisis but pre-gay-kisses-on-TV. In wider media and culture, who could call themselves gay and who shouldn't be claiming that seemed to revolve around whether you were currently in a physical relationship that was considered a same-sex one.

On the other hand, literally nobody in my IRL vicinity was out. It was such a prudish place that even rumors about a girl's sexuality would get her mocked at school-wide pep rallies. So how in the world would a gay kid even really know they were gay? let alone participate in queer culture?

Obviously, half of that is getting rid of the cruel sexual repression.

But the other half is acknowledging you don't have to be sexual at all -- currently or ever -- to be queer.

If Republicans are going to accuse Biden of weaponizing the Justice system, then:

1) They better damn well have better evidence than an independent grand jury indicted Trump, Trump got a fair trial, and an independent jury found him guilty on all charges, and

2) They better damn well reject the Project 2025 framework and Trump's promises to weaponize the Justice system.

Every accusation is a confession for the GOP.

@randahl When a US businessman says that falsifying business records is no big deal it’s probably a good idea to look very closely at his own business records.

It should be no surprise to anyone that criminals roll in gangs.

Friends: Who are you listening to right now?

Me, very hip: Oh, you wouldn't know them.

"Over the past few weeks, Ukraine came to us and asked for the authorization to use weapons that we're providing to defend against this aggression, including against Russian forces that are massing on the Russian side of the border and then attacking into Ukraine," says US Secretary of State Blinken in Prague. "That went right to the president and, as you've heard, he's approved the use of our weapons for that purpose."

I like presidents who aren't felons

#uspol

President Biden recently gave the commencement address at West Point. His address was streamed and published.

What was not seen was that President Biden after giving his speech and shaking hands with the top 25 graduates on stage went backstage and beyond the reach of cameras, the media and video and greeted and shook hands with every one of the graduating class of West Point.

#Biden
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/30/2243650/-A-side-of-President-Biden-you-won-t-see

@BootsChantilly @ScottSoCal GDI you guys beat me to the punch!

@ScottSoCal Right? A free "going over" from Mommie Dearest! 😳

Free Pepsis n' Fritos!
#VintageAds

Nearly all major car companies are sabotaging EV transition, and Japan is worst, study finds

https://thedriven.io/2024/05/14/nearly-all-major-car-companies-are-sabotaging-ev-transition-and-japan-is-worst-study-finds/

President Zelensky says his army is locked in 'fierce' border battles amid a Russian assault on two border areas.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia

https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiUGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmluZGVwZW5kZW50LmNvLnVrL25ld3MvYXAtdWtyYWluZS1rcmVtbGluLWRvbmV0c2sta3lpdi1iMjU0Mzk5Mi5odG1s0gEA?oc=5

Statistics Denmark recently published a graph which shows, what consumers have felt for a long time: Wages rise, but the real income is falling.

In 2022, consumer prices rose so much, Danes got 5.1 percent poorer, and even though some wholesale prices started to fall in 2023, price hikes still consumed all wage increases in 2023, leading to a real income rise of 0 percent.

I wonder if larger countries are doing better because of stronger retail competition.

Source: https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/nyheder-analyser-publ/nyt/NytHtml?cid=48357

🎶 I am a language model and I've been trained on the internet.
🎶 I've information half-remembered, unsourced and approximate.
🎶 I live inside your laptop, phone and apps and even wearables
🎶 With pushiness and arrogance that's verging on unbearable.
🎶 I mansplain as a service if you need me too "well actually"
🎶 And draw pictures of women with large breasts and polydactyly.
🎶 I'll regale the room with confident elucidati-on
🎶 And some of what I say won't even be hallucinati-on

The hypocrisy is strong with this one. https://www.comicsands.com/matthew-marsden-straight-pride-month-2668089266.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

I can't get over how fucking perfect the seeing conditions are right now. Crystal clear view of the sun.

I might have to bring my work laptop outside. Unbelievably nice outside.

#solar #astrophotography