"I thank the television viewers, because they have made it possible for me to earn a living for 50 years doing something I thoroughly enjoy.”
— Bob Barker (1923-2023)

Bryan Derkson
The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization that can be traced back to around 1800 BC (probably earlier, although it would be several centuries before they built large cities) and it lasted until the end of the 17th century AD. The Classic Period—and the peak—of the Maya was between c. AD 250 and c. 900.

The Maya civilization was never a single united kingdom, rather many kingdoms that shared some, but not all, of the same traditions....

It is good to be at the top looking down at the commoners.

According to MAGA Republicans, in the upcoming 2024 presidential election, if Democrats don't like the results it is then perfectly legal for President Biden to keep himself in office by overriding voters and sending his own hand selected electors to the Electoral College.

Extreme heat could make photosynthesis impossible for tropical trees and plants that may all die as a result, a new study found.

https://www.businessinsider.com/extreme-heat-climate-change-stop-tropical-trees-photosynthesis-kill-plants-2023-8?amp

BREAKING: The NLRB has ruled that if bosses commit unfair labor practices in the run-up to a union election then the election will be canceled and the Board will order the employer to immediately recognize and bargain with the union.

Union-busting just got a lot harder.

Nazis were evil, Nazis are evil.

This is very bad for GOP down ballot races in 2024:

Sarah Palin went on Newsmax tonight after Trump was booked, and all but called for civil war:

"Those who are conducting this travesty ... I want to ask them, 'What the heck?' Do you want us to be in civil war? Because that's what's going to happen. We're not gonna keep putting up with this ... We need to get angry, we need to rise up and take our country back."

FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against the president of the Spanish Football Association, Luis Rubiales, after his unsolicited kiss on Women's World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso. The incident sparked outrage within and outside Spain https://reut.rs/3EaJoPD

Pretty sure I’ve gotten more shit for masking and taking other common sense measures against COVID than anyone in the “no compliance” crowd has gotten for ensuring that the pandemic continues in perpetuity.

Quite extraordinary that the wife of a sitting Supreme Court justice relentlessly lobbied Meadows to commit the alleged crimes that landed him in jail today.

just a passing thought

John Eastman, one of the nineteen indicted in the Fulton County case, was a Law School Dean. Dwell on this fact. A law school dean indicted on RICO.

FACT: John Eastman clerked for Clarence Thomas.

A retired Southern California police officer has been identified as the man who opened fire inside a famed Orange County bar, leaving four dead, including the shooter, the Orange County DA's office says.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bar-shooting-suspect-left-3-dead-identified-retired-california-police-rcna101616

some Rachel Carson for today:
Dr. Laurel Stanley; @[email protected]
toot link: <https://mstdn.social/@LaurelStandley/110891236479212328>

Rachel Carson's words from seventy years ago still resonate mightily.

"It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that life. But the sea, though changed in a sinister way, will continue to exist; the threat is rather to life itself."

- Rachel Carson, The Sea Around Us, Revised edition(1961), page xii

The Secret Service has been criticized for appearing to have worked with a right-wing militia group involved in the January 6 uprising

https://www.newsweek.com/secret-service-scrutiny-emails-oath-keepers-stewart-rhodes-1822247

How populist "entrepreneur" Vivek Ramaswamy got rich:
1. Found biotech firm with hedge fund/venture capital $
2. Buy patent for Alzheimer's drug that had failed 4 trials, raise more $ to take to market
3. Take company public, cash out
4. Drug fails 5th trial, investors wiped out.

Every GOP candidates talking about breaking teacher unions.

Why? Because education unions are the backbone of organized labor, and they're the sole force fighting for public education and American students, and these ghouls can't stand either thing.

BREAKING: 85,000 workers at health care giant Kaiser Permanente will be holding a strike authorization vote.

Voting will begin in two days on August 26th.

If the workers of @UnionCoalition do walk out it will be the biggest single-employer strike in the country.

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