"Democracy Dies Behind Paywalls"

is behind a paywall.

@Usama_Backhair @th3j35t3r 2 dollars by oct. quote me

You can provide education, you can’t guarantee results:

@Usama_Backhair @th3j35t3r One of the most famous cases they taught in law school (decades ago) was the Trump Casino debt fiasco. Trump won in part because the offering disclosures basically said the whole thing was bullshit and Trump's guarantees were bullshit. I haven't looked at the new offering docs, but I'd be surprised if they didn't say similar things.

PAYWALL REMOVED - Because this is hilarious >>>
https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https://www.wired.com/story/donald-trump-truth-social-risks/

/nosanitize

Last week was a bastard. I've brought home a new friend to help me cope with the loss. This is The Mighty Quinn! #dogsofcoso

The Bug Sweeper Spider

Anyone have Zombie Cicada on their 2024 Bingo Card?

Yes, ‘zombie cicadas’ infected by parasitic fungus are real

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/verify/environment-verify/zombie-cicadas-parasitic-fungus-massaspora-real/536-e804295a-af00-4892-ac99-18fd7ecfe28e

Mornin! 😂

A not so secret society

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Henry Mancini - “Peter Gunn”

Fun fact: On the original recording of this song (maybe this one? 🤷‍♂️ ), John Williams of Star Wars, Raiders, Superman, etc. etc. fame, plays the piano riff 🤯

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emg_6ANjWzo

#CosoMusic

@DyDave Like so many Gen X kids, I was introduced to this song in the Spy Hunter arcade game. 🚙

When our band director added this to our pep band repertoire, we thought he was cool for knowing about the game. 😅

Turns out he was — and the song is — cooler than that. This and the Pink Panther were my introduction to Mancini. 🎷

Many foundations, organizations, corporations, and other entities are caught up in this tidal wave of timidity and fear that’s sweeping this country. I mistakenly thought we were better than that. This is the kind of acquiescent behavior that leads to authoritarianism.

Letters from an American
April 14, 2024
Heather Cox Richardson

https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/april-14-2024

Fun fact about Iranian drones. If you disrupt their comms they’ll go default and fly figure 8 til they run out of fuel.

#TheMoreYouKnow

What's needed is more like foundation repair, a much bigger project with a chance it won't succeed.

Finished reading Tim Waggoner's "Alien: Prototype."
https://amzn.to/49wV11E
📖👾
Okay, this one got super good when...uh...something happened to the Xenomorph. Cough cough.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi

@IrelandTorin @Usama_Backhair

We are trying again, though. These sensors are also in NFL helmets now.

I honestly hope that today's death brings CTE back into view.

https://www.wtvm.com/2022/08/24/military-matters-engineers-building-smart-helmets-soldiers-help-prevent-head-injuries/

@Cosmichomicide @Usama_Backhair Perhaps the solution is to... I don't know... maybe *stop having people do things that cause brain damage*, when we know there's no real way to prevent said brain damage from happening when they do the thing.

(Most) sports in a nutshell: a bunch of grown ass adults aggressively fucking around with a (usually spheroid) symbolic object in such a manner as to practically guarantee many of them end up with severe CTE, as a form of ritual conflict / entertainment.

@Usama_Backhair

Jovan Belcher. Age 25. Killed his girlfriend and himself. 10 years ago.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nfl-player-who-killed-wife-in-murder-suicide-had-brain-damage/