Ephraim Z. Hoogenblatter

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Cider aficionado. Tinkerer of things, perpetual student. Once drove to Canada for lunch. Dig, or split.

“A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.” -- Dave Barry

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“You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal.” — Betty White

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Today's Low Quality Facts are brought to you by this patriotic sticker. It's perfect for people who love to brag about how much they love their country but still won't take the time to learn what a fucking amendment is. www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQYNH5Y...

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow

many people are saying that the NYT’s disastrous performance at writing editorials that seem lazy and out of touch reflect a newspaper not up to the challenges of its rigorous job

Some good news, for a change... www.michaeljfox.org/national-par...

The National Parkinson's Projectwww.michaeljfox.org On July 2, 2024, President Biden signed the National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act into law!

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BREAKING: Advocates submit double the amount of signatures needed to put a constitutional right to abortion on the ballot in Arizona.

Abortion-rights advocates in Arizona submit needed signatures to put the issue on November ballotapnews.com Abortion-rights advocates in Arizona have submitted more than enough signatures to put the issue on November’s ballot in the key swing state.

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"Balance" means printing obvious Republican lies about Biden and also printing obvious Republican lies about what Republicans think.

“Publicly, Trump and his allies have dismissed suggestions that Biden could withdraw from the race, insisting that it is too late for Democrats to change course. Privately, they… feel it could be harder to beat another Democrat who is not Biden or Harris.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump advisers hope Biden stays in race, as they eye alternate scenarioswww.washingtonpost.com After dismissing suggestions the president could withdraw, the Trump campaign is beginning to consider having to reboot the campaign.

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"Amidst all the tearing of garments and vultures circling, the fact is that we’re still pretty much where we were pre-debate. There are two questions: Is Biden fit to serve? And, would Democrats benefit by forcing him off the ticket? The answers remain 'he is' and 'probably not.'"

The pundit class needs to get a gripwww.publicnotice.co Politics isn't fantasy football and there's no One Weird Trick to beat Trump.

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NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW NO, ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!

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“Proton just launched a privacy-focused alternative to Google Docs” www.theverge.com/2024/7/3/241...

Proton just launched a privacy-focused alternative to Google Docswww.theverge.com Google Docs - Google = Proton Docs

What the actual fuck is wrong with these people?

People who push the idea that vaccinating pets against rabies is a scam should be hunted down like the monstrous vermin they are.

The Big Scam: Rabies Vaccination - Dogs Naturallywww.dogsnaturallymagazine.com Let's talk about the truth about required vaccinations, particularly the big scam around the rabies vaccination ... and keep your dog safe.

In my youth, I'd've argued against this on the grounds that surely there are *some* decent Republicans. But the older I get and the more I see, the more I realize that who you stand to be counted with matters at least as much as, maybe more than, your stated values. Vote them all out.

This... right here.

Congrats to Tesla on their second straight quarter of dropping sales, which I'm absolutely certain has nothing to do with the asshole Muppet running the joint. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

MSNwww.msn.com

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lets be honest, the toughest SOB holding a US passport is Jimmy Carter and it isn't close to close, one of the few people in history who went into a nuclear reactor came back out and nothing at all happened and now dude has lasted over a year in hospice, literal brain cancer cannot beat this guy

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I kinda feel like now that the Supreme Court has declared it legal for a president to straight-up murder people they don't like, it's probably even more important to not elect people who seem extremely inclined to murder people they don't like

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Popehat

Speaking as a semanticist, it's wild to me that they are phrasing it in terms of whether an *act* is characterized as "official", when what they seem to actually be talking about is whether there exists a *description* of the act that can be characterized as "official".

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Keeping Trump out of the White House isn’t the only thing that needs doing and it isn’t enough to solve all problems facing the country & world but if it isn’t done then all those problems get exponentially worse in ways I don’t even know how to express and it scares me when people pretend otherwise

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This might be more impactful on the election than anything Biden said tonight

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What I admire most about the owner of the orange Cybertruck is his commitment to never having sexual intercourse again

Dear Democrats, Whilst I appreciate the *attempt* to fight by Queensberry Rules, the key problem is that *both sides* absolutely must agree to abide by them. You're trying to box a street brawler. Fight dirty. It's past time.

Great thread. Fight fire with fire. h/t @kimberlyadams.bsky.social

The correct response to Chevron being overturned is for every single environmental group to start filing millions of lawsuits, right now, today, arguing that various regulatory decisions didn't go far enough. Absolutely flood the zone.

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I think about this line a lot these days.

F*ckin' magnets! www.kjmagnetics.com/blog.asp?p=t...

The History of Neodymium Magnets | K&J Magnetics Blogwww.kjmagnetics.com Uncover the history of neodymium magnets, from early lodestones to their pivotal role in modern technology and industry.

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I contain multitudes of baked goods

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So does that mean he lied to Congress under oath? And isn't that a crime? And since its now extremely legal for Biden to do so, couldn't he order DOJ to just arrest him? And the others who lied? Asking for a friend...

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🎵 Girls just wanna create bots that'll argue tirelessly with inbred incels

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I'm not going to take advice from someone who's paid for music by John Mayer

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Hey baby are you a firework because you’re really loud and obnoxious

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This anecdote is a useful insight into how Elon Musk thinks about accountability, on a conceptual level

Contemptible sack of shit www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

::rubs hands together gleefully:: My new Lectric XP Trike is nearly here!