using public office to name and shame evil landlords into submission is so cool. i hope democrats learn from him

This is the best lede I've seen in a tech story in...years? There should be an award just for ledes.

Black & white drawing of three men throwing an eel into the water. The figures are all shown as silhouettes. The man on the right looks bald, and is leaning on a cane. The man in middle has a hat on, and his hair appears wild under it. He is wearing a jacket of some sort, and has decently well developed calf muscles. He seems to be holding onto the coattails of the third man, on the left. This man is standing at the edge of the bank, and leaning out over the water. He seems like he's balding, but that the hair remaining on the side of his head is attempting a Wolverine impression. He has his hands extended out over the water, with his finger splayed like he's playing air piano. He has just thrown the eel into the water. The eel, for its part, is headed home. It's fins are thrown wide in joy, & it's experiencing a rare moment of flight. The water will open up to welcome it, and soon it will be telling all it's friends a harrowing, but ultimately encouraging, tale of human stupidity.

In pre-modern England, not knowing how to deal with eels was a sure-fire sign of stupidity.

The 12th C. stories of the Wise Men of Gotham include a tale about how they caught a great eel but couldn't decide how to kill it. So they tried to drown it in a pond.

Like ya do.
🗃️🧪

After fighting off Gollum, Sam attacks Shelob. He shears off a claw and wounds one eye. She brings down her weight to crush him but stabs herself on Sting instead. Elvish words spring to Sam’s lips—‘A Elbereth Gilthoniel!’—and the Phial blazes with light. Shelob turns and flees.

How about a train?

Out of the printer and walking off with them

Except of course that I don't know that any of them have accusations in federal files of them abusing a 13 year old.

I can't tell if we're seeing more people with dementia in the library recently or if I'm just more aware of it. It certainly feels like the country is being run by one of the patrons who needs help finding the aol login page or has to be gently stopped from taking reams of paper

350?! I think the cap should be 2. One for you, one for/from your aging parents or family. No more than two. And *you* have to live in one of them

BREAKING: The Senate has passed the biggest housing affordability bill in 30 years, and it includes a ban on investors buying single-family homes.

The bill passed 89-10.

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For a third morning, Minas Tirith is in darkness. A messenger arrives to report the fall of Osgiliath: the forces of Mordor now hold both banks of the Anduin, and Faramir has retreated to the Causeway Forts. Gandalf rides out to oppose the terror wielded by the Witch-king.

Remembering Terry – in our hearts and on our bookshelves. #TerryPratchett

Saw the first daffodil of the year yesterday 😊

The more energy we produce from wind and solar, the less the global economy depends on fragile oil shipping lanes like the Strait of Hormuz. That’s energy security.

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whats the point of the Geneva Conventions/the Hague if the UN isn't willing to kidnap US officials to try them for war crimes, a la Mossad & Eichmann. I get they're afraid of retaliation, but why bother prosecuting war crimes if the worlds biggest war crime producer is never prosecuted

This is climate change. Everyone at work today with broken windshields is paying out of pocket because big oil suppressed climate science for decades and continues to do so.

Call it out!

I get so mad when people come in and comment to me about the weather without making those basic connections

Record-breaking storms and more expensive damage due to climate change." They all just kind of go "astounding! Stay safe. Look at the size of that hail! MUCH WOW!"

Draw the conclusion here. You are supposed to be the news. Confront those shocked, astonished people
With the reason this is happening!

I don't know how many people they interviewed last night about the massive hail in north KC who said "I've never seen anything like it!" And no one followed up, not the reporter on the ground doing the interview, not the meteorologist, no one, to say "scientists predict we will see more

I've been watching local news for weather updates the last couple of weeks, and I know almost every "local" news station is owned by conservative media, but it's just so glaring how badly they fall down

Local news has failed us on climate change for decades 🧵

No, we should not use an algorithm to do autonomous strikes on anything! Haven't you ever seen Star Trek!? That's how you get zombie weapons it just keep killing people centuries after the war is over

@jenpsaki.bsky.social
Please cover Kansas's attached on trans people! These are much more immediate than predictions for runoff elections or November. I listen to your show for news, not prognostication and talks with "leaders" who aren't doing anything.

How about introducing a bill to increase federal spending on a clean energy transition you stupid stupid motherfuckers

Rise of social media bans is a blunt force that will harm LGBTQIA+ children, especially in rural areas If we are serious about protecting young people, we need to approach social media policy with that nuance in mind.

Social media bans are often framed as a simple safeguarding issue.

But zoom out from the cities where these decisions are being made - to places like the Welsh valleys - and the picture looks very different 👇

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Philia from Too-Perfect Saint. I too must learn to rest and enjoy myself

It's absolute crap that they're spending all this money and time on predictive text and predictive pictures but they still haven't made a good voice to text keyboard

We've reached the dark humor stage

Coworker, looking in the break room fridge: i don't think this orange juice is good anymore. It's settled.
Me: watch out, it may decide to bomb Lebanon
Coworker: snorts