cheyinka

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My avatar's my Pokémon Go avatar: a pale woman with long, dark hair, wearing dark sunglasses, a mask covering her nose and mouth, and also a straw hat in the shape of a Sandygast.

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There's an even more likely explanation: The gait disorder for which, the linked physical report EXPLAINS CLEARLY, Dr. O'Connor added a movement disorder neurologist to Biden's team in 2021.

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Is the purpose of this election to purposefully drive me, specifically, insane?

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Trump: Imma dissolve NATO WaPo:

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Yes, it’s fine to be worried about the debate, it’s fine to wish we had another nominee, it’s fine to think about how to make it happen. But the fixation on replacing has become a rationale for waging open war on DEMOCRATS, which over time is doing considerably more damage than the debate did

I think there are many people who saw the debate and came away from it believing that he is not in a good mental place and will be unable to win the election. But then they became so fixated on replacing him with someone who could win that they ignored any reality of how it might be accomplished.

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This is an incredible take considering Hillary Clinton's lowest lead in these same spots in July was 6 points

I feel like too many people on here are not facing the facts about the extremely desperate and dismal electoral situation Biden is in. If you just take the states where Trump is up MORE THAN THREE POINTS in the polling average (a massive lead), he's already got the Electoral College locked.

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If you sent the current roster of Times columnists back to the '30s, every op-ed would be titled like, "America is Back to Work... But at What Cost??"

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Worth noting the EPA's brief correctly uses "nitrogen oxide" 7 times, and the EPA submitted a declaration from an official who used it twice. But nobody involved in the majority opinion, Justices and clerks, bothered to take the EPA's brief seriously, and so none of them noticed the error.

Still marveling at Gorsuch's Ohio v. EPA opinion, in which he confused nitrogen oxide (a pollutant) with nitrous oxide (laughing gas). He did this five times, never once getting it right—in an opinion overruling the EPA's own expert scientific analysis! s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...

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One reason why a Parkinson’s expert might have visited the WH 8 times in 8 months is bc a big Parkinson’s bill just got passed and signed. But don’t let that little bit of fact get in the way of your shitty ableist rumor mongering, NYT

Breaking News: A Parkinson’s expert visited the White House eight times in eight months from last summer through this spring, according to official visitor logs. The administration has said that President Biden has no signs of the disease.

Parkinson’s Expert Visited the White House Eight Times in Eight Monthswww.nytimes.com The White House has said that President Biden has no signs of the disease and that there has been no reason to update the most recent testing, conducted in February.

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Ironically, JFK is broadly remembered for his youth and vigor while being one of our sickliest, most drugged up presidents

Lincoln: Marfan's, and terrible pain. Depression. FDR: Polio, and partial paralysis Kennedy*: Addison's and terrible pain * not a great President! But remembered incredibly fondly by a lot of boomers.

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To repeat a point worth bearing in mind, the Times pretends it can’t crusade, insisting that it must never do so — but that’s balderdash. The paper is more than capable of winding itself up — but the health of the republic isn’t what does that. Trans people and campus leftist: that’s the stuff.

It’s not that the institution of the Times _can’t_ crusade, as the paper’s former executive editor implied during the Trump years. Rather, democracy just isn’t what winds up present-day Times leadership. The defense of a certain social order is.

BBC World Service - Newshour, New York Times: "We're not supposed to be leaders of the resistance to...www.bbc.co.uk Dean Baquet, Executive Editor of the NYT, on challenges to journalism in the Trump era

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Something wonderful about Pence alumni shivving Trump

Republicans call Trump’s move to distance himself from Project 2025 ‘preposterous’

Republicans call Trump’s move to distance himself from Project 2025 ‘preposterous’www.theguardian.com Trump’s claim to ‘know nothing’ about radical rightwing plan recognizes it could sink his campaign, ex-Pence adviser says

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Stares. If I have a meeting coming up where I know I need to bring up like three different things, I bring notes to the meeting. I am in my twenties.

He was working off notes. You can hear the papers shuffling and he talks about reading a list of 7 Trump lies.

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K. Chen

Notes do not replace knowledge! Bullshitting from notes would be harder! Well maybe not for high school policy debaters

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We are looking for an illustrator for Ex Tenebris, a galaxy-spanning investigative game in a world of shadowy cults, demons, and sinister ancient technology. Must be able to draw human scenes, monsters and technology (e.g. spaceships). Is that someone you know? Get in touch!

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The Fig Economy

When Hunter got convicted a few weeks ago and Biden made some statement about how he still loved him and supported his sobriety but wouldn't pardon him, a large account on here started going off on him because he didn't care about others who went through the same thing. Very odd behavior.

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What this article leaves out is that if you hand your unlocked phone to a police officer, they can legally search it. Unless companies develop a method that allows you to show officers insurance cards and driver license without unlocking the rest of your phone, don't. www.zdnet.com/article/digi...

This state is introducing digital driver's licenses. Here's what you need to knowwww.zdnet.com Your physical wallet is being replaced piece by piece. Here's what you need to know about using digital IDs.

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there were legit concerns that came out of the debate! I shared those legit concerns! since then: 1) the polling has stubbornly refused to fall off a cliff 2) Biden has done enough to convince me, and I think convince anyone else who's being fair, that he doesn't have dementia.

Perhaps it’s more due to who I follow but my feed’s an echo chamber of absolute denial. I saw everyone freak out in the debate! People’s concerns aren’t just a product of the media, but their own eyes! Biden’s been inconsistent since then, too. Normie dems are, in fact, worried!

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Folks, it’s not easy, but the sooner we can have this conversation, the sooner we can right the ship. I have it on good authority that when Brian Beutler goes grocery shopping, he’s working off notes. The man can’t even remember to buy milk without having it on his list.

He was working off notes. You can hear the papers shuffling and he talks about reading a list of 7 Trump lies.

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If this is a sign of senility then I’ve been senile since shortly after learning to write.

He was working off notes. You can hear the papers shuffling and he talks about reading a list of 7 Trump lies.

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Carriage Return

Honestly, we’ve kind of memory-holed how *different* things were in 2007, but her saying the character was gay even outside the text was A Huge Deal at the time! That was, for 2007 pop culture, considered a landmark for representation. We’ve come very far since then, but historical context matters!

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I find the fact that he got basically no credit for some really significant domestic policy achievements to be a very bad sign, yeah it shouldn’t be as hard as it is for people to acknowledge that he has actually been good on a lot of fronts

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We Put the FBI Man Into the Medicine Lodge

The narrative that's forming isn't "Biden is old/mad/an egomaniac", it's "Biden is refusing to back down despite those fancy New York City elites trying to force him to do so."

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ICYMI: The Biden Administration announced $504 million in funding to twelve tech hubs across the country, including locations in: * Colorado * Montana * Indiana * Illinois * Nevada * New York * New Hampshire * South Carolina * Ohio * Florida * Oklahoma * Wisconsin Full details in the link.

Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Investment in Twelve Regional Technology Hubs, Creating Good-paying Jobs and Driving Economic Opportunity and Innovation in Communities Across the Cou...www.whitehouse.gov Regional Tech Hubs will strengthen American leadership in industries of the future, create jobs, and spur economic growth in all of America Today, the Biden-Harris Administration will announce funding...

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Ho-hum. A late entry into the genre. Biden has made his decision to stay in. Get behind him.

New: on one level, what needs to happen is pretty simple. Dems need to persuade Biden to suspend his campaign. But the “how?” of the succession is not as simple as so many pundit and donor fantasies, and requires methodical thinking.

A Methodical Approach To The Democratic Succession Crisiswww.offmessage.net In a void of important information, half-baked ideas are flourishing. This is a complicated decision, and only Joe Biden can make it.

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post malone ergo propter malone

panic has more contagion than don't-panic

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always gonna be wearing a mask to the doctor until I die because that’s like, where the sick people are

thankfully my doctor mostly seems to accept my “no, really, I work out constantly and can effortlessly hike mountains, but having to park in Somerville than walk into an office full of fluorescent lights and people with wet coughs is what *really* freaks me out”

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Hopkins: “beginning in fall 2024, our School of Medicine will be tuition-free for students from families earning under $300,000, and students from families earning up to $175,000 will receive a full ride, support that includes both tuition and living expenses.”

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A good reminder. I don't know if Biden's mental state is a serious cause for concern or not, but we're seeing *exactly* the same playbook that was used on Clinton, down to the "allies are concerned" articles. And Clinton is *still* doing fine.

This is how they did it last time.

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People really need to give up the idea there's any connection between morality and art. Immoral people are capable of creating moving, empathetic art. Nothing about writing dark and violent art implies the artist is themselves dark and violent. Etc. There just isn't a connection.

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Well, well, well. WELL. That whole “protests made cops feel bad so they all quit” narrative? Looks like it was mostly myth. Excited to read this paper by Ben Grunwald, who compiled a huge dataset on post-2020 police employment. Agg decline was 1%… and bigger local declines not tied to protests.