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But tell me again how women are too emotional….

When the Republican extremists (redundant?) have full control over the House agenda, once they actually permit a speaker to be named, one of their top priorities is to cause the United States to default on its debt. That will trigger a global economic catastrophe.

It will be essential if and when they do this, for Big Journalism to make totally clear -- with no quoting "both sides" bullshit -- what has happened.

What worries me is that I'm not sure journalists will rise to the occasion.

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This week a cheap fake tweet targeting an emergency ICU doctor made its way through the right-wing internet, from a white supremacist troll to millions via Joe Rogan's podcast. Twitter refused her pleas to remove it. I spoke with the doctor. https://t.co/ejMj1uHA3n

On other social media sites thousands if not millions of artificial user accounts were generated. This must have had an effect of dilution of genuine and sincere communication between real people’s social media accounts, not to mention the negative influence on certain ideas or concepts of genuine subscribers that may have helped society. Fake accounts are all about manipulation and control, the nature of which indicates far right ideology, it crept in, I hope doesn’t happen here.

Thor is 17 - he’s not sit in my lap in years. A challenge with cats, I’ve found from having 6 of them over the span of 40 years is that their health sometimes declines slowly. Last fall, we just felt like something was off and so took him to the vet. They ran blood tests and found that he’s diabetic. i have to give him insulin injections twice a day, but what a remarkable turn around he’s made. He plays again, harasses the other cat, and now sits in my lap.

In this pic he is squinting - any time he looks at me, he squints. It’s apparently a sign of non-aggression. I squint back, btw.

One of the best feelings in the world is when a cat curls up to nap in my lap.

#caturday thoughts.

@Mrfunkedude Remeber: you don't need celebrities... Celebrities need you ;-)

It'd only take a handful of moderate Republicans to ward off the many crises planned by extremists in the House, from a government shutdown to a debt default to ending aid to Ukraine.

But that's the problem, as shown by the McCarthy deal ratified by the House GOP: there are zero moderate Republicans. They're all extremists. They prefer manufactured crises to stable governance.

My 7-year-old does not understand the “Hello Computer” joke from A Voyage Home. You can just talk to computers now… it’s no longer funny. (Unrelated: I’m old.)

Events on the House floor yesterday, mark much more than the beginning a Republican majority in the House.

It marks the beginning of the end of any socially responsible legislation. The politically fatal concessions waterboarded out of McCarthy will have a profound impact on everyday Americans.

Of 435 elected representatives, the entire legislative agenda will be driven by less than 5% of representatives many of who supported insurrection and 25% of whom don’t believe in government at all.

@MarilynPF I am, admittedly, a news junkie. That said, there are times when I need to stop scrolling, reading, watching, etc. and focus on something creative -- in the moment -- because it is helps to keep the feeling of being overwhelmed at bay. It's also really hard when you (I) have family and friends who help to elect these reckless politicians and don't see the issues. Now please excuse me while I go create something colorful, melodic, and lovely. It's been a long week.

Bridget close-up for #Caturday. #cat #catsofmastodon

Brief overview of #domesticterrorism since #jan6 but highlights two challenges of reporting on the issue.

1) increase of militia groups doesn’t necessarily mean more threat. What’s worse 10 new militias of ten people or one with 100? 🤷‍♂️
2) Fatalities isn’t a good sole criteria for assessing threat. You can do a LOT of harm while killing none/few

https://abcnews.go.com/US/domestic-extremism-changed-2-years-after-jan-6/story?id=96242077

@Coachmark as long as the GOP keep going right on everything and letting Trump stay relevant then it is only going to get worse.

It's really incredibly pretty outside! (Too bad it has to be so darn cold to be this pretty)

Osaka Castle as the sun sets. #streetphotography #photography

That lamp looks PISSED.

The very lovely #female Red Winged Blackbird is perched on a tree branch in spring and looking pretty awesome with her streaky brown plumage.
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