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PJ_Evans

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retired map reader; amateur genealogist since 1974; knitter since 1969; SF fan since 1961.
Cactuses (but not opuntias) are fun!

Location: Los Angeles

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GottaLaff , to Random
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Wow. Good for you @atrupar, who tweeted:

Nate, almost murdered during a last cycle by rolling up on the stage as a biological weapon. Norms and traditions went out the window long ago.

Nate Silver:

You're supposed to be the candidate who stands up for norms and traditions and now you're ducking this tradition?

"The President will not be participating in the Commission of Presidential Debates' announced debates."

PJ_Evans ,
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@GottaLaff @atrupar
The CPD didn't handle the debates well in the last TWO cycles.

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Emptywheel:

Tommy Tuberville says he went to Gotham to help an accused felon threaten a judge's family.

Via David Lurie:

Tuberville is a bad co-conspirator.

Aaron Rupar:

Tommy Tuberville admits on Newsmax that "one of the reasons he went" to NYC yesterday was to "overcome this gag order"

PJ_Evans ,
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@GottaLaff @JustJen
State court, so not DOJ.

GottaLaff , to Random
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Reuters review of TX property records shows SpaceX & its contractors can be far slower to pay builders, suppliers than they are to break ground. Unpaid bills, finger-pting among contractors have led many construction-industry businesses to file liens against SpaceX properties in efforts to get compensated.

Result, several of those businesses told Reuters, is reluctance to work on SpaceX-related projects again. "If they were to call me today, I'd tell them to fuck off".. https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/musks-spacex-is-quick-build-texas-slow-pay-its-bills-2024-05-13/

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@GottaLaff
They should do like the contractors in NJ did to Trmp: inflate the bills so they don't lose money when he only pays half.

stina_marie , to horror group
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"The stars do not know you. Repent: they too, have teeth."

👻 HAPPY SATURDAY, WEIRDOS!

@horror

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    @stina_marie @horror
    "The trees plot revenge; Prepare: the clock ticks on!"

    GottaLaff , to Random
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    Via Scott MacFarlane 1/...

    ALERT: Former advisor Peter files emergency motion to get his prison sentenced reduced (for release)

    Defense argues: "Dr. Navarro’s term of imprisonment has been marred by the same political turmoil that gave rise to his prosecution.. "

    "He has been denied the opportunity to speak both with the press as well as a with Member of Congress"

    Here it is:
    https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.244001/gov.uscourts.dcd.244001.175.0.pdf

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    @GottaLaff
    Why does he need to speak to the press or a congresscritter?

    rbreich , to Random
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    According to the WaPo: “Donald Trump has privately said he could end Russia’s war in Ukraine by pressuring Ukraine to…cede Crimea and the Donbas border region to Russia.” Did we learn nothing from WWII and the danger of appeasement? Give an inch, he'll take it all.

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    @rbreich
    Give Putin what he already has stolen, and hope he stops there. Yeah, like that's going to work.

    18+ theautisticcoach , to DisabilityJustice group
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    2 years ago a major university asked me to come in to give a quick pitch on how I may be able to make their campus more neuroaffirming.

    I said that I don’t do free meetings of this nature, but they assured me it was a pitch for 15-20 minutes to see if they’d be interested in a full meeting.

    Like many autistic professionals in such situations, I reluctantly agreed.

    The “15-20 minute chat” turned into an hour of asking and prodding me for information. It was implied that we would begin a professional relationship after some “checking with higher ups”.

    After following up multiple times, with no reply, I was told that they were not interested in pursuing any of my ideas. It sucked, I was out 2 hours with travel without being paid, but thought that’s what it is and I moved on with life. Another “affirming” group taking advantage of autistic people’s labour and bodies.

    Today I ran into a one of the people who sat in on said meeting. They attended a lecture I gave on building neuro-affirming university campuses. You can imagine my surprise when they told me with a big smile that they had implemented my ideas and built an entire team of “ND affirming” professionals. They used my ideas, my implementation plan, my program ideas, and then hired others to do it for them. Never bothered to pay me for that.

    You can imagine my further surprise when this person said “oh that’s a great idea you just made in your talk. We should hire someone to do that!” and walked away, super proud of the “new idea” they came up with.

    This person is, of course, NT.

    Autistic people know the feeling of not being heard. Of people taking our art, our ideas, our lives, and making them their own, with no recognition. We know what it is to be paid nothing for our work, while NT people doing the same thing are paid in loads. And if you’re not a man or white, you know this on a number of levels.

    So many of those claiming to care about affirming autistic lives are full of autisiphobis and ableism.

    Our minds and bodies aren’t worthless. It’s our minds and bodies that make the world go around.

    @actuallyautistic @disabilityjustice

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    @theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic @disabilityjustice
    Idjits. If they ask for advice, they need to pay the person they ask. You're a professional, not a random.

    GottaLaff , to Random
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    Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tells CNN Biden is a bigger threat to democracy than Trump because of alleged social media censorship -CNN

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff @FallsMom
    The family of Cesar Chavez has asked him to quit citing Cesar Chavez as support for his views.

    GottaLaff , to Random
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    Via -Harris HQ:

    Partner of ’s Project 2025 calls for abolishing the 22nd Amendment, allowing Trump to be in office forever

    The American Conservative headline: "Trump 2028" with the byline: "The Twenty-second Amendment is an arbitrary restraint on presidents who serve nonconsecutive terms-and on democracy itself."

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff
    Fck that shit - it says you can only win twice, and he's still claiming he won in 2020, so he has to either admit that's a lie, or end his campaign.

    GottaLaff , to Random
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    ’s Truth Social is now a public company. Experts warn its multibillion-dollar valuation defies logic

    “Despite the late-day slide, Wall Street is still assigning Trump Media an eye-popping valuation of nearly $11 billion — a price tag that experts warn is untethered to reality.”
    https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/26/markets/trump-media-stock-truth-social?cid=ios_app

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @mastodonmigration @GottaLaff
    All the non-MAGAs expect it to crash and burn.

    GottaLaff , to Random
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    Via Lisa Rubin: 1/...

    Put aside Alito, who’s comfortable second-guessing the FDA’s weighing of scientific data. The rest of the justices weren’t all that interested in questioning the FDA’s judgment, despite a majority hostile to both regulatory deference and abortion access. What gives?

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff
    The antivax types would love to reverse a lot of FDA approvals.

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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    Via Tim O'Brien:

    Easy fact check: did not “build the skyline of New York.” He doesn’t even own some of the buildings that bear his name.

    Eric Trump: First of all, I'm a guy that grew up in New York, my father built the skyline of New York.

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff
    Eric is not living in this universe, if he thinks that.

    georgetakei , to Random
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    The more you know!

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @georgetakei
    Ripe mandarins, loganberries, peaches, grapes, right off the plant.
    I was spoiled by having a garden - blame it all on my father, who insisted.

    autism101 , to ActuallyAutistic group
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    As autistic people, we don’t need to apologize to others for our differences.

    Illustration by Izzy @autieselfcare

    @actuallyautistic

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    @szescstopni @Iwillyeah @autism101 @actuallyautistic @xlenka
    That you're missing it in your first comment. Badly.

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @autism101 @actuallyautistic
    I'm only figuring it out now - it wasn't a thing when I was in school, but 8 out of 9 feel like me.

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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    Yet Trump wasn’t the target for possible gag orders and McAffee’s zingers, was.

    Via Kyle Griffin:

    Judge Scott McAfee had written his order on Willis and Wade early last week, according to NBC News, but because he had been receiving threats, he waited to make it public in order to allow for proper security to be in place for him and his family.

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    @GottaLaff
    She did run her mouth a lot, early on. And she shouldn't have had an affair with Wade. But the charges looked very much like revenge from Bradley and the defendants.

    GottaLaff , to Random
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    Via Pagliery: 1/...

    And even more news from the Manhattan DA's case against Donald :

    By this evening, the feds over at SDNY will have dumped 119,000 (!) documents of evidence in just the last few weeks before trial.

    Un-frickin-believable.

    Via Orden:

    Stormy Daniels:

    NYC! Come celebrate the release of my documentary STORMY (and my bday) with a special screening of the film and Q&A this Monday at 3DollarBill! Very limited seats!

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff
    They waste time filing delaying motions, when they should be looking at the evidence they demanded and GOT.

    GottaLaff , to Random
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    Gotta be there to intimidate Cannon.

    #Trump attends critical hearing: Trump is in court as the federal judge presiding over the classified #documents case against him and his two co-defendants is hearing arguments this morning on motions focused on dismissing the charges brought by special counsel #JackSmith.” #legal

    https://www.cnn.com/webview/politics/live-news/trump-classified-documents-hearing-03-14-24/index.html?Profile=cnnbrk&Date=20240314

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff
    Some of which he has no power to declassify.

    RPBook , to bookstodon group
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    I've just discovered that is a thing, and it's happening on 31st March.
    https://transrightsreadathon.carrd.co/

    So, a few recommendations of books/series that I've read recently with characters and/or authors:

    The series and series by @clacksee: https://whitehartfiction.co.uk/

    The Jinx Ballou Bounty Hunter Series by Dharma Kelleher: https://dharmakelleher.com/

    Welcome to St Hell by Lewis Hancox: https://search.worldcat.org/title/1308435812

    @bookstodon

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @RPBook @clacksee @bookstodon
    Foz Meadows's Tithenai Chronicles (The main characters are gay, but trans people exist and are not unusual.)

    lauren , to Random
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    As "early adopters" are no longer the focus, EV sales are falling across the U.S., for a wide variety of reasons, many of which are utterly reasonable. The push was too soon, too fast, and the existing transition mandates are now being recognized broadly as being unrealistic.

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @acdha @lauren
    Oh honey. Think about people in condos and apts, where chargers don't exist at the location.

    GottaLaff , to Random
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    👋🏼 !

    Via Kyle Griffin:

    BREAKING: Sen. Kyrsten just announced that she's NOT running for re-election to the .

    ADDED: WaPo: Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) entered the race more than a year ago, while Kari Lake, a former gubernatorial candidate and TV news anchor, is widely expected to nab the Republican nomination.

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @mastodonmigration @GottaLaff
    I don't think he can get PA and MI. AZ and WI are maybe iffy.

    GottaLaff , to Random
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    Via Scott MacFarlane:

    Per House Speaker Mike Johnson office, new spending deal to fund government thru September cuts the FBI. By 6%

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff
    Mikey is really really bad at his official job. Unfortunately he's good at his unofficial job, blocking everything that Dems (and most people in the US) want.

    mondoweiss , to palestine group
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    There are 2.4 million starving people in Gaza. This is an absolute joke.


    @palestine @israel

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @mondoweiss @palestine @israel
    Real-world work from real-world people.
    They can't get in any other way.

    SteveThompson , to Random
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    Pending loss for Lara Trump.

    "Draft RNC resolution would block payment of candidate's legal bills"

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/draft-rnc-resolution-would-block-paying-candidates-legal-bills/

    "Two draft resolutions circulated by a member of the Republican National Committee call on the party to adopt proposals that would keep it from having to pay for any presidential candidate's legal fees and would also make it party policy to remain neutral in the Republican presidential primaries."

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @SteveThompson
    Good. The party shouldn't pay his legal bills for crimes he did himself.

    GottaLaff , to Random
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    🤦🏻‍♀️ Via Anna Bower:

    NEW: 's legal team wants Judge McAfee to consider addit’l evidence as he mulls whether should be disqual. The proposed exhibit incl affidavit from private investig who analyzed N. Wade's cell phone location data

    Trump's investigator says phone data shows in 2021 Wade twice arrived late in evening at Willis's then-home in Hapeville & left in early a.m. hours.

    Willis & Wade testified that they did not begin dating until 2022, but defense disputes that

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @KayVay @GottaLaff
    I'm wondering why they were looking at cellphone data, and did they get a warrant for it.

    GottaLaff , to Random
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    That's some platform, GOP Fascist Party: "NO SEX FOR PLEASURE!" Should garner a whole lotta votes.

    1/...

    Via Adam Jentleson:

    Highly influential heritage foundation, which would help staff & direct a future Trump admin, literally said that a key conserv policy goal is “ending recreational sex.” they said it, not me. IMO we should take them both seriously & literally

    (Heritage quote in next toot)

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    @CindyS @toor @mogul @GottaLaff
    She doesn't realize how much use they have for other non-contraceptive purposes.

    ahimsa_pdx , to MECFS group
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    "Could Long Covid Be the Senate’s Bipartisan Cause?"

    Gift link =
    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/opinion/long-covid-research-funding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WU0.Or1N.6rvJ0-zFgq92&smid=url-share

    Comment on recent US Senate hearing on Long Covid. Good to see bipartisan support! NIH needs to do better when funding research.

    @longcovid @mecfs

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    @ahimsa_pdx @longcovid @mecfs
    Studies elsewhere are showing it's very much like chronic fatigue syndrome and ME. (Don't exercise: it will make it worse.)

    autism101 , to ActuallyAutistic group
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    It’s ridiculous that SSI in the U.S. isn’t enough to even cover basic housing anywhere.

    #ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic

    https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2024/02/05/ssi-recipients-cant-afford-housing-anywhere-in-the-us/30731/

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    @mybarkingdogs @autism101 @actuallyautistic
    The whole system needs to be brought up to date, instead of being stuck int the 50s and 60s.

    malwaretech , to Random
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    Why is it so hard to find friends in the US who can afford to do fun things during the weekday and actually want to? Everyone either has a full time job, or has the financial freedom to do whatever they want and then 'whatever they want' just constitutes spending every waking hour trying to make even more money.

    Like, I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna be on my deathbed telling my family that my greatest regret in life is not having more money to die with...

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @malwaretech
    I've described it as "you either have time, or money, but not both at once".

    georgetakei , to Random
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    The times are a’ changing…for the better in many ways!

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @georgetakei
    Did. That's a tough job when things are going well. When things are going pear-shaped, it's far worse.

    theautisticcoach , to ActuallyAutistic group
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    Do my comrades have a carb addiction?

    If so, you’re not alone.

    Do you find that carbs regulate you? Or dysregulate?

    @actuallyautistic

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    @roknrol @theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic
    Whole grains are slower metabolizing than others. Whole-wheat bread rather than white bread; brown rice rather than white rice.

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @roknrol @theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic
    Sometimes it's called the "Glycemic Index".

    Sherifazuhur , to palestine group
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    Re treatment of children/minors/youth
    @palestine
    Fadi Quran:

    Here’s a personal story about Palestinian child prisoners:

    • In 2012, I was arrested in Hebron while participating in a march to open Shuhada street, which was a main market street for Palestinians until the Israeli military shut it down, and made it for Israeli settlers only. It’s part of the area
      @JamaalBowmanNY
      visited.

    • Handcuffed and blinded by pepper spray, and thrown in the back of an Israeli humvee after my head was slammed against it, the soldiers drive off. They suddenly stop, run out, and all I hear is a child screaming and crying.

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @Sherifazuhur @palestine
    The system in the US isn't much better, if you're a young male and not white.

    Teri_Kanefield , to Random
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    Here is Jeff Clark's motion to remove.
    https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23922289-clark-removal

    He is also raising the "federal officer removal" doctrine, which is no surprise given that he was a lawyer with the DOJ.

    He is also furious!! He had no idea he was being investigated until he was indicted. He is calling it a political "hit job" and says the goal was to "cost him millions in legal fees, impair his work in the conservative legal community" and "tarnish his previously stellar reputation."

    1/

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @Teri_Kanefield
    He doesn't remember being arrested in the past? With the photo of him on his driveway in dress shirt and ?

    georgetakei , (edited ) to Random
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    Ah yes. That famous voracious devourer of academic treatises on legislative enactments, Donald J. Trump!

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @georgetakei
    The guy who needed briefings dumbed down to even sit through a minimal one? Yeah, right he read those articles.

    GottaLaff , to Random
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    What a coward you are, Nik.

    Via Michael R. Bromwich:

    Weak tea. She doesn't seem to understand the difference between upholding the rule of law and the "vengeance of the past."

    Republicans against Trump:

    suggests she’d pardon Donald if she becomes president:

    “I want all of this to go away…We can't keep living with indictments and court cases and vengeance of the past. We've got to start going forward."

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff
    She should be old enough to remember Nixon's pardon by Ford.

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff
    I don't these are people who read any more than absolutely necessary.

    georgetakei , to Random
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    This is not how to deal with climate change.

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @georgetakei
    It has a limit. Somewhere around 30C. Proteins stop doing their jobs at about 40c.

    rbreich , to Random
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    Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but how on Earth are we supposed to believe we “can’t afford” paid family leave, universal pre-K, or climate action as politicians discuss increasing our annual defense budget to $886 billion?

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @rbreich
    How much could we afford if we really taxed the multimillionaires and billionaires?

    Chron , to movies
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    PJ_Evans ,
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    @Chron
    WTaF? It's based on a 60s doll from an American business.

    GottaLaff , to Random
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    Um...

    Via Acyn:

    : In the coming days, I will introduce a national prayer in school law so that in every classroom in America, there will be time for students to pray if they want to. This beautiful Supreme Court that Trump gave us just might uphold a constitutional law like that

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    @GottaLaff
    Does he understand that students can pray all they want now? What was banned was organized official prayer.

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