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@marcoarment I can assure you it was. What in particular is bothering you about it?

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Only in Republican world can a man assault a reporter, get convicted, and go on to be governor yet a woman named Zooey Zephyr can be a threat to a roomful of men just by talking and end up thrown out of the legislature.

So tired of these people with mouths full of scripture but hearts full of hate.

Montana governor signs gender-affirming care ban for transgender minors-
montanafreepress.org/2023/04/2

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I feel like every social app is just people yelling about the other social apps and it’s kind of tiring

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"Banning drag queens won't work. The only thing that will stop a bad guy in a dress, is a good guy in a dress."
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“This state” takes ten characters; “Nevada” takes six.

This is a forward reference headline, which goes out of its way to conceal what the corresponding story says.

It’s a consequence of click-based advertising and of course it makes our information streams less useful. The practice started among clickbait junk websites but has spread to CNN, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and others.

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@ct_bergstrom I intentionally ignore/do not click on those. It's irritating.

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Why is Social Security going broke? Income inequality.

Workers are making less than projected.

Meanwhile, the rich are getting richer — so more and more income escapes the cap on the Social Security payroll tax.

It's just one more way the super-rich don't pay their fair share.

@MrRooni Thanks. At least the original injury was a bit more badass than tripping over the cat. 😝

What I did not need today: The cat tripping me and sending me injured shoulder-first into the wall before the shoulder specialist even has a chance to examine the original injury.

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Binging The Diplomat, eating popcorn too late, changing out my sweaters for t-shirts, planning a productive Sunday of farmers marketing and WWDC prep, and hoping my son is having a good time at prom (and that he makes it home safely).

When I was a kid we used to be afraid of our ball landing on the lawn of the old guy across the street because he’d come out and yell at us. Now kids get shot for that shit.

@agiletortoise Ugh, so sorry to hear it. Hope it’s a mild bout with no lasting effects.

@jeff @dmoser I read it as walk if you can, bike/eBike if you can’t walk, take mass transit if you can’t bike, use ride share or care share if you must drive, and use private car and plane rarely.

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TBH, this seems worse than having the road blocked by climate activists for a few minutes.

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“That practice of leniency began to change in 1980, with the founding of Mothers Against Drunk Driving by one determined woman, Candy Lightner, who had lost her daughter to a repeat hit-and-run driver. From Fair Oaks, California, MADD spread across the nation. Before it pressured politicians to amend laws, before it persuaded courts and police to enforce those laws, it enabled those reforms by working directly on public attitudes. MADD convinced American drivers that they were not weak or unmanly if they surrendered the car keys after drinking too much. MADD empowered the families and friends of those drivers to insist that the keys be surrendered.

That kind of cultural change beckons now. The mass gun purchases of 2020 and 2021 have put even more millions of weapons into even more hands untrained to use and store those weapons responsibly.”

theatlantic.com/magazine/archi

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