ThorKatz

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Cat mom, biologist, always learning

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"Vance a creature that evolved to live near the sulphuric ocean-floor money vents that sustain conservatism, carried up from those depths and cast, worryingly translucent and grasping and very hungry, upon some scandalized Connecticut shoreline." defector.com/donald-trump...

Donald Trump Selects His Wingman | Defectordefector.com First things first: Donald Trump’s selection of Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his vice presidential candidate on Monday evening is insignificant. The office itself is insignificant by its nature and doub...

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Ya don’t say..

Hurray #CatsOfBlueSky. It's #Caturday

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Biden misspoke, called Zelensky Putin, and immediately corrected himself. Trump was shown a picture of a woman he raped, misidentified her as his 2nd wife, and had to be corrected by her lawyers. What are we even doing here?

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In the mood for cheap beer, moderately priced tater tots, and only a 13% chance of being attacked by feral hogs? We’ve got you covered!

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Biden accidentally called Zelensky Putin. Donald Trump met with Viktor Orban to bring him a message FROM Putin. Which is worse?

Breaking News: Donald Trump is expected to meet with Hungary’s right-wing leader, Viktor Orban, in Florida on Thursday, days after Orban met Vladimir Putin in Russia.

Trump Is Expected to Meet With Orban, Hungary’s Prime Minister, in Floridawww.nytimes.com The meeting would come after Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has long been aligned with the former president, made unexpected trips to China, Russia and Ukraine.

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Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather

Discworld QOTD, from The Wee Free Men “'They think written words are even more powerful,’ whispered the toad. ‘They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their swords? They glow blue in the presence of lawyers.'”

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In that twilight realm known as Kur, Irkalla, Land of Dust, the Great Below A lone man asked, "O, Great Ereshkigal, Queen of All the Dead, will I be remembered?" And naught was heard but the Goddess' laughter unending.

Today I stand in the presence of immortality #ea-nasir

July 4th was Teddy's (Tedward) birthday! He had a good day with some extra wet food and a good brushing (which he loves)

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I hope they find the people who destroyed Gaza's water system. Seems mysterious according to this headline. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Gaza's water system, destroyed by war, is sickening its childrenwww.bbc.com Palestinian children are ending up severely ill from dehydration and drinking contaminated water.

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THE NEW SORROWSCOPES ARE HERE! TELL YOUR FRIENDS. TELL YOUR ENEMIES. TELL THE HEADLESS BOG WITCH WHO CRIES FOR VENGEANCE

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Aquarius: “Swallowed by the World’s Biggest Snake” is not how you hoped to become famous.

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"U.S. police departments have gotten smaller—and the violent crime rate is still plummeting. So what is going on?" What's ALWAYS gone on. Cops do not stop crime. They never have. Real "tough on crime" measures are well-funded schools, free daycare, and mental health services. Always have been.

Hey, look, it's The Minneapolis Reckoning at Slate! slate.com/news-and-pol...

Police Departments Have Shrunk. Crime Is Plummeting. Now What?slate.com New, surprising data has lessons for all sides of the “defund” debate.

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There is so much interesting stuff here in Ted Cruz's donor briefing book. Moronic advice: "thank him for meeting with you. Ask him to donate $119,200 to your fund." Background on who else donors have given to going back years.

Shockingly got my X.com account locked for the first time. It was for sharing the link to Ted Cruz's donors, since he or an aide LEFT HIS FUNDRAISING BINDER LYING AROUND PUBLIC PLACES IN THE SENATE. (Read here: threadreaderapp.com/thread/18031...) Elon is really on the ball! /s

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gotdamn if this isn’t EXACTLY what destroys relationships of every kind between men and women—family, platonic, workplace, romantic no amount of love can withstand being shot down every single time she opens her mouth

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Team Trump expected a Hunter Biden acquittal to be worth tens of millions of dollars in donations. Which helps explain the muted reaction to his conviction. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/u...

Hunter Biden Conviction Undercuts a Trump Narrative, and a Fund-Raising Pitchwww.nytimes.com Many allies of Donald J. Trump had secretly wanted an acquittal, which they predicted would have turbocharged fund-raising and fed their claims of a rigged justice system.

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God.

Ernie Pyle’s account of D-Day …

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When we talk about "taxing rich people" there's folks who think we're talking about Aunt Edna who has the second summer home. The astronomical levels of "rich" that now exist are almost unfathomable to people. It's the stuff of vast empirical dynasties. We're talking about taxing emperors.

The ultra-wealthy will often take whole fleets of cars with them when they travel, loading vehicles, along with motorbikes and other toys, onto chartered cargo aircraft that follow their private jets. This is how they do it: cnn.it/3X8V14a

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Knitting 🧶

Anja Rosen, a young schoolgirl in Slovenia, is this year's winner of the Plakat Miru art competition, which asks students “What does peace look like?" “Humans are woven together,” said the young artist. "If someone gives up, others will fall. We are connected to each other and to our planet.”

I iz soooo tired

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It's really hard to shake the feeling that the Democratic political establishment would rather usher in the actual fall of democracy rather than make some guys at the country club dislike them, and the worst thing is: the guys at the country club are openly PLANNING TO MURDER THEM

On Thursday night, Jen Psaki gave the clearest explanation and defense of the Democrats’ light touch approach, which has people so alarmed. I understand why her MSNBC co-panelists were so flabbergasted. www.offmessage.net/p/democrats-...

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“You! Boy! What day is it?” “Why it’s verdict day, sir!” “Then run to the store and buy the fattest sentence you can find!”

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Oh there is an issue with the tagline. Let me fix it. “Ethnic cleansing and genocide funded by the US going exactly as intended. Zionist propaganda continues to be the real winner of this war”

At least 10 people, including children, died in Gaza on Saturday after a drone strike hit the school they were sheltering in, according to local health workers.

At least 10 people killed in drone attack on Gaza school used as shelter | CNNwww.cnn.com The Al-Nazla school in Saftawy, on the outskirts of Jabaliya, was being used as a temporary shelter by people – including children – fleeing violence when the strike took place.

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thiss the setup in most of the states in re ppl who don't live there tend to chastise ppl who do. lots of races= no 2nd choice even exists, or if it does, affiliation is a straight up bait-and-switch (it's also microcosm of the bigger picture, tragically)

We’re not. Louisiana is a full study in voter suppression. This race had about a 32% turnout. There were several only-Republican options on the ballot. And the “democrats” who run are actually hand-picked republicans, most of whom just change their registration to run. We *do not* have choices here

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I can't think of anything much more evil than bombing refugee camp tents of displaced people you forced to go there because it was "safe" and burning the people in them to death. Saying they had it coming in replies to reports about it is a very close second.

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As long as hospitals and clinics obey in advance - refuse to offer care because it *might* lose in court - the law is working exactly as it is intended to.

The main thing to understand about abortion ban exceptions do not exist. They are ornamental. They’re like plastic fruit. They are not meant to be used, they’re just there to make the ban look reasonable. bsky.app/profile/jbou...

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Cancer: There is absolutely nothing to fear in your future. Hold on, I was reading your star chart upside down.