Hunkabilly

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Hunkering in Arizona since 1960.
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Fascinating as usual @volts.wtf Excellent episode. www.volts.wtf/p/electrolyz...

Electrolyze everything!www.volts.wtf A startup called Mattiq is using a combination of nanotechnology, AI, and electrolysis to produce novel materials that could eventually substitute for carbon-intensive materials in sectors from chemic...

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Cell phone data shows only 5% of Americans actually attend church regularly. Two things bothering me here: Isn’t it creepy that your phone data can be used to determine how regularly you attend church, or any other place for that matter? wapo.st/3ztYe4x

Analysis | The most religious, and religiously diverse, places in Americawapo.st This week, we mine the U.S. Religious Census, a decennial count of America’s faithful, for insights into the geography of religious devotion. We also compare people’s claims on church attendance to th...

NYT knows little about the difference between what they refer to as "stars" and shinola.

Donald Trump’s increasingly theatrical process of choosing a running mate has fostered a new crop of rising stars inside the Republican party.

In Choosing a V.P., Trump Is Elevating the Next Generation of Republicanswww.nytimes.com The process of choosing a running mate has created a new roster of rising Republicans with the potential to lead the ticket in 2028.

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Giving up hope is also complying with authoritarians in advance. It’s saying that fascism is inevitable, that there is no other way to be. I know it’s hard to keep hope alive, but I hope you find a way. ❤️

Don’t despair — here’s why https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/04/fourth-july-us-trump-biden-politics?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

This Fourth of July, it’s hard to feel optimistic about the US. But I have hope | Margaret Sullivanwww.theguardian.com Let’s remember that we’ve come a long way – and the journey isn’t yet complete

Americans pay over $1,300/month for #Wegovy while patients pay far less in Denmark ($186), Germany ($137) and the UK ($92)."... "Congress can amend the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and expand the FDA’s definition of “drug shortage.” www.forbes.com/sites/robert...

Weight-Loss Drugmakers Are Overcharging By 400%; Here’s A Quick Solutionwww.forbes.com Congress can implement a quick and simple solution to make GLP-1 drugs affordable.

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Arizona GOP has put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to end Supreme Court retention elections & let appointees serve until age 70. GOP packed the court in 2016—this would retroactively cancel November's contests for 2 justices who just upheld an abortion ban www.dailykos.com/stories/2024...

Arizona lawmakers agree to let voters decide on retention rules for state Supreme Court justicesapnews.com Arizona lawmakers have voted to send an initiative to the November ballot that would protect two state Supreme Court justices targeted for removal over their support for a near-total abortion ban.

#MassShooting prevented. Naturally a nut job from Prescott trying to start a race war. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona...

Arizona man indicted for plotting to shoot up a Bad Bunny concertwww.phoenixnewtimes.com The FBI says Mark Adams Prieto of Prescott wanted to start a race war with a mass shooting at a May show in Atlanta.

NEWS: #SupremeCourt to release opinions this morning regarding Donald Trump’s petition for #immunity from the federal charges brought against him for trying to overturn the 2020 Supreme court to release opinions with Trump immunity and abortion cases pending – live (theguardian.com)

He's gone. Rest in peace #BillWalton

#LuchaLibre in #Jalatlaco #Oaxaca.

Enjoyed some excellent #LuchaLibre in Oaxaca on Sunday. This aerial stunt was performed by a retiring maestro of the ring. What a performance!!

Monte Albán is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site near #Oaxaca. Besides being one of the earliest cities of Mesoamerica, Monte Albán was important for nearly one thousand years as the pre-eminent Zapotec socio-political and economic center.

Who should pay for weight loss meds? Big Food industries spent decades profiting from nutritionally deficient food products. Ultra-processed foods designed to tap into our biological desire for salt, sugar, and fat, are rife w/ additives+chemicals not found in traditional whole-food human diets.

Here’s Who Should Pay for Everyone’s Ozempicslate.com The people responsible for getting us into this situation, of course.

#DweezilZappa is touring this summer/fall and performing Frank's iconic albums Roxy & Elsewhere and Apostrophe. 📅 August 1, 2024 📍Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix Tickets on sale tomorrow. ‌ www.dweezilzappa.com/pages/tour

Strands #8 “To put it mildly” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🟡🔵

Play Strands, our newest word-search game with a twist.www.nytimes.com The objective? Use every letter on the board to find today’s linked words plus their hidden theme. A new puzzle is added daily.

#HappyNationalNapDay for those of you who obzzzzzzzzzzrrrrrrrrrrvvvv 🥱😴

With Bluesky adding more features, like #ShareableLists, multiple keywords/hashtag search, etc. I'm hoping to build a more complete list of #Arizona Voices. Any accounts to recommend? bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Sounds like a scheduling mix up. #NationalNappingDay is today but the total #SolarEclipse isn't for another few weeks. I guess the folks in it's path get a bonus nap.

Interesting development on #Arizona #FakeElector investigation. Could criminal charges be made by Kris Mayes and a grand jury soon? 🔥🔥🔥 🙏🙏🙏

Arizona investigators issue grand jury subpoenas as state's 2020 Trump election probe accelerateswww.politico.com It’s a sign the state’s attorney general is nearing a decision about whether to bring criminal charges.

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really says a lot about society

Dec 19th: "Arizona fake electors: Investigator predicts case won't wrap until March" Today: Gosh, is it March already? We are waiting but our patience is waning. www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...

Any Tuesday without tacos cannot be considered Super. It's the law. #SuperTuesday IS #TacoTuesday

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"It's legal when a Republican does it." - The Roberts Court

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Imagine being hyper preoccupied with what happens to embryos, while ignoring the lives of those in poverty, demonizing the lives of those at our borders, and disregarding the continued threat posed by human caused climate change and trying to convince people you care about life. ~Rev.Benjamin Cremer

#️⃣ Bookmarking/Pinning the list of my go to #Hashtags in the current news cycle. #JackSmith #Jan6 #SCOTUS #Engoron #Chutkan #FaniWillis #AlvinBragg Which judicial/prosecutorial tags would you add?

Lucky timing. I post the question and the feature is now working. Too much to ask that we be able to "follow" a hashtag? #HashtagsAreWorking

#Hashtags in Bluesky? Ever??

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Hey NYT, how about applying the same lens to both parties? “Donald Trump won the South Carolina primary by only 20 points, the smallest margin in modern history for a former president.”

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