Saturday, February 22
Trump to shut down all 8,000 EV charging ports at federal govt buildings | Electrek ⁂
Wednesday, February 19
White House tweets ‘ASMR’ video of immigrants in shackles (continued)
10% of NASA’s workforce has been laid off—guess that’ll be a boost for SpaceX. (continued)
I have fallen in love with a federal judge. Forgive the extended paste. It’s the last bit that’s chef’s kiss. (continued)
I was hungry
You cut my food stamps
I was thirsty
You let my water pipes rust
I was a stranger
You took me and put my child in a cage
I needed clothing
You made me sleep on the streets
I was sick
You denied me healthcare
I was in prison
So your friends could make a profit
Whatever you do to the least of my people you do to me. - Jesus (continued)
Whenever one person stands up and says “wait a second, this is wrong”, it helps other people to do the same. ⁂
There exists a quantity of artificial butter flavor beyond which people begin to believe it’s not butter. This is known as the margarine of error. ⁂
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Marble sculpture of a frog, Shang Dynasty (1600-1045 B.C.) ⁂
Tuesday, February 18
Spider Jerusalem, Transmetropolitan: “…You people don’t know what the truth is! It’s there, just under their bullshit, but you never look! That’s what I hate most about this fucking city – lies are news and truth is obsolete!” ⁂
Monday, February 17
Trump Uses Supreme Court Immunity Ruling to Claim “Unrestricted Power” ⁂
American Bar Association, 2/10/2025: “In the three weeks since President Trump’s inauguration, we’ve seen wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself, such as attacks on constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, the dismantling of USAID and the attempts to criminalize those who support lawful programs to eliminate bias and enhance diversity. We have seen attempts at wholesale dismantling of departments and entities created by Congress without seeking the required congressional approval to change the law. There are efforts to dismiss employees with little regard for the law and protections they merit, and social media announcements that disparage and appear to be motivated by a desire to inflame without any stated factual basis. This is chaotic. It may appeal to a few. BUT IT IS WRONG.” (continued)
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Man: Hey girl. The longstanding social arrangement in which heterosexual men found purpose by providing security for a family has been altered by modern women’s self-sufficiency. The increase in service-sector employment along with women’s higher average social networking ability has resulted in a world where typical men like me no longer feel needed and are struggling to find meaning. (continued)
Smile on Your Lips and Song in Your Heart ⁂
Child Was Born (1977) (Sergey Vasilyev) ⁂
“A construction in which one word or phrase is understood to fill a parallel syntactic role in two or more clauses or phrases, as with the verb was in She was upstairs, and her husband downstairs.” zeugma - definition and meaning ⁂
"[The U.S. Constitution’s] Article V’s procedures can be applied to Article V itself. It can therefore be altered in a ‘downward’ direction, making it easier to alter the article again in the future." Gödel’s Loophole ⁂
“That unbearable heaviness you feel in your heart and soul? That’s your humanity talking. You’re a good person caught in a cruel world.” ⁂