🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🏳️‍🌈

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Ok time for (more) medication.

I make it a point to sneeze on the nearest cat as petty revenge for their hostilities. It’s like I’ve offended their ancestors.

The sneeze hater.

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Trump is a fascist narcissist who lies constantly. That’s not dementia. That’s fascism and narcissism.

When someone lives in a fantasy world where they are the greatest thing that ever graced the planet and literally everything they say are outlandish lies, that’s dementia. That’s trump.

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Over at the Bad Place, I made a tradition of posting Douglass' "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth of July," and I intend to carry on that tradition here. Since most versions you read in classes or in textbooks have parts omitted, the link below has the full text of the speech.

(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" •www.blackpast.org On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to address the citizens of his hometown, Rochester, New York. Whatever the expectations of his audience on that 76th anniversary of the signing of the D...

Oh boy, time to decompensate for the evening.

screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and screams and

It really annoys me that the earliest extant explicitly dated printed book is a Diamond Sutra from China (868CE)… …but “Gutenberg Invented the Printing Press in the mid 1400s”.

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One of the forgotten secrets of the 2004 Swift Boat affair is the SWVFT barely bought any ads On Aug. 5, 2004 they spent ~$500k on small markets in WI, Ohio, and WV; bought a few more through August, and got incalculable free media (See also Harlan Crow cameo)

It’s not an “I told you so” to point out that ideologically motivated reasoning was a key element in the “COVID IS LIKE EVERY OTHER ‘SEASONAL’ respiratory virus” bullshit. Also fuck recommendations: let’s have some public health requirements.

CDC Recommends Multi-layered Protection Against #COVID-19 as it recognises SARS-CoV-2 is a Year-round Threat johnsnowproject.org/primers/cdc-... by the @johnsnowproject.bsky.social

CDC Recommends Multi-layered Protection Against COVID-19 as it recognises SARS-CoV-2 is a Year-round Threatjohnsnowproject.org The US Center for Disease Control now recommends immunization, hand hygiene, clean air, isolation, treatment, face masks, social distancing and testing to prevent and protect against COVID-19 and tell...

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Don't stop talking about Palestine

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL oh, the grift & the audacity.

This fucking guy voted in the last two elections voteref.com/voters/MI/vi...

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This fucking guy voted in the last two elections voteref.com/voters/MI/vi...

How many times does Matthew Walther get to publish his essay about why he doesn't vote in a prominent outlet? Because two seems like too many bsky.app/profile/greg...

Voter Referencevoteref.com VoteRef.com is dedicated to ensuring transparent, accurate and fair elections in the United States of America.

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yeah nah I study soil invertebrates, I have never wanted to bite an oribatid mite

I’m an anthropologist. I think it’s important to know what my study species tastes like!

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir)

It was very nice walking throat park today and seeing hundreds of people setting up for extended family relaxation time with cookouts and sports and also we should have space for and reasons for this kind of time that aren't flag waving day

Today I am also reading: From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America by Elizabeth Hinton www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067... It is all too appropriate for July 4th & thinking about why we are where we are.

From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime — Harvard University Presswww.hup.harvard.edu Co-Winner of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial PrizeA New York Times Notable Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA Wall Street Journal Favorite Book of the YearA Choice Outstanding...

THIS IS WHAT I’M SCREAMING! I assess that more USAians than I am comfortable with don’t realize how close we came to a nuclear war with North Korea in 2017.

In which I note that presidential sole authority to launch nuclear missiles is pretty much like a monarchy already. The question is in whose hands you want that authority. #nukesky

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In which I note that presidential sole authority to launch nuclear missiles is pretty much like a monarchy already. The question is in whose hands you want that authority. #nukesky

This Won’t Change Under A Monarchy

This Won’t Change Under A Monarchy - Lawyers, Guns & Moneywww.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com The US President has sole authority to launch nuclear missiles. “Sole authority” is the official phrase, and it means what it says. Only the President can give the order to launch nuclear missiles, and he is not restricted in any way. He does not have to consult with anyone else. A military aide follows him […]

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To quote Larry the Cat on the other place. “Think voting doesn't matter? The mayor who kept the beaches open in Jaws is STILL the mayor in Jaws 2. Don't make the same mistake as the people of Amity... #GeneralElection24”

A movie still worth watching for its exploration of civic membership and who counts as “good” when the emergency ends. Altho, as per its time, sexist and racist as fuck.

Crazy kick... Ray Milland's PANIC IN YEAR ZERO premiered on this day in 1962 in Miami, Florida.

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David, Host of The Cold War

at the risk of violating the spirit of the page, Quark is visiting 1947 Earth at the time of this speech.

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the (rather grim) implication of 60s-90s Trek is that the US was the big winner of the Eugenics/Third World War.

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Usili

two of the main characters on DS9 are Irish and British and they play darts regularly, so that'll be why its included

I feel like “darts” is the odd item out in this list of (presumably) Americana. In any case, a gentle reminder that the USA has hundreds of missiles carrying nuclear warheads ready to launch… …and that the President of the United States has virtually unrestricted nuclear launch authority.

As for me, today, I intend to spend much of it: -embroidering -watching Star Trek: Voyager -spending time with Cloudy. Tomorrow I will begin his “end of life, have sushi everyday!” diet. I’m going to give him the best week that I can.

Oh, Cloudy, my sweet, beloved, striped friend. Our adventures together, I fear, are coming to an end. Cloudy (15, kidney disease) continues weight loss, etc. Vet to call me to discuss next steps. As is, Cloudy has a presumptive final vet appointment next wednesday. Maybe we’ll get more time.

I’m an anthropologist. I think it’s important to know what my study species tastes like!

One of many areas where JFK JR and I differ.

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Iron Spike

Way too many church ladies took way too many mace attacks, dog bites, and full-force firehoses to the face for me to ever NOT vote, honestly.

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Reminder that this is the one day a year Downing Street is under sensible authority.

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This being a patriotic day, I read "the 7th Minnesota dairy herd" in the same way one reads "the 7th Minnesota Infantry Regiment."

#USDA has added the 7th Minnesota dairy herd to the list of farms with #H5N1 #birdflu infections, bringing its cumulative national total to 140 in 12 states. It still hasn't confirmed Iowa's 13th herd. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...

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This is a dumb article, but also isn't the author's first rodeo, and his other writing shows the real reason he doesn't vote "But my principal reason for declining to take part in elections is moral. It involves, I suppose, a private objection to democracy itself." theweek.com/articles/802...

Here it is, the dumbest thing you will read today www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/o...

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#WIPWednesday • On to the final section of the cytoplasm on this winter #SciArt #mitosis #embroidery now! Next I’ll start stitching the summer one and set up the spring one which may require buying some new colours of thread. 🧶🩺🧪🐡