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  A worthwhile bit of reading, if you are interested in the sociology of cults and the personalities that reside in them. This article also helps illuminate the messianic self-righteousness of the Lord Censor General. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/22/fcc-chair-brendan-carr-midtown-aa-group?CMP=share_btn_url

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  Re: mean-spirited GOP work requirements for the sick and aged. We need the same work requirements (as for Medicaid recipients) for anyone who reports capital gains on their tax return. The low capital gains tax rate is welfare for the wealthy, and we should make these deadbeats earn their keep. They are far more of a drain on the productive economy than are the people they despise. (1of2) https://universeodon.com/@jaykuo/117032052915929766

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  Bike lanes are "DEI". Let that sink in for a moment, folks. If you ride a bicycle, you are one of those deviant people who don't conform to the lifestyle our Fossil overlords demand. You must be infected with that "DEI" stuff, whatever it is, that hated stuff about "equality" or whatever. DEI creeps like you DESERVE to be crushed under a gasoline tanker rushing to nourish our big, Exxon-approved Aggressionmobiles. So sayeth Conformity Secretary Sean Duf...

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  Never forget: Confederate patriots are fiercely loyal to their Constitution. But their Constitution is not the US Constitution; in fact, theirs has never been written down. When Confederates say "Americans" they only include white bigots who reject equality, democracy, and freedom of speech and religion. Confederates have their own (unwritten) dictionary. "Freedom" means "Conformity". For Confederates, facts are the currency of fools. Only their Beliefs matte...

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  @sundogplanets@mastodon.social @pluralistic@mamot.fr A question, from Doctorow's mention of urban legends about the McDonald's hot coffee case. Are people still slandering Liebeck? (I once had minor burns from McDonald's coffee, served far too hot without warning; I think the suit was legit. I thought they'd made a mistake, but they said they serve it superhot for those who carry it to jobsites, then taste it.) Are there "urban legends" about it, different from wh...

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  @canyakker I like all the photos -- the flickers are beautiful in flight! But It's nice to see them on the ground, too.

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  @canyakker Very nice portrait of this bird! Although they are woodpeckers, it might be more accurate to call them turfpeckers, because much of their lives are spent on the ground, pecking there for grubs and bugs. So you've captured this one up close at a quiet moment in "the office". So many of the pix show them in the distance flying away!

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  @VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Or, maybe... this driver is so fond of his/her vehicle that he/she not only took two spaces, but also built a protective rampart of $1,000/pop stuff that belongs to someone else??? Nah! I like your interpretation.

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  @nazokiyoubinbou @petergleick Just joking about launching Teslas. I don't favor launching anything, unless by so doing we achieve something significant and beneficial which can't be done in less risky and less harmful ways. I think you are probably joking, too. However, for anyone who may take the joke as a serious idea: Firing more stuff into or through a crowd of satellites risks collisions, smashing things, making more junk. Some pieces will fall to earth or burn/ablate in re-...