What's the bets that Trump ends up goading judge Merchan into jailing him for contempt of court, therby triggering a 30 day televised jailhouse vigil of every kind of right-wing accelerationist kook McVeigh types?

That's going to suck balls really quite profoundly.

Christian lawmaker says teachers should be allowed to hit students with disabilities

This is your regular reminder that faith is neither a virtue, nor a reliable path to truth.
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-lawmaker-says-teachers

How is it that I never realized that Neil Oliver is actually the Evil Universe Marti Pellow?

Lee Majors, star of the Six Million Man, is 85. What's the odds he's had a GenX surgeon give him a new hip or knee and they've managed *not* to mutter, "We can rebuild, we have the technology" under their breath during the operation?

Had my first lesson today!
Flew out over the bay and back through the Golden Gate. I got to do the takeoff, most of the flight and the line up for landing. Just magical.

How much better would our society be if this point were introduced as soon as we start deciding what we believe?
https://youtube.com/shorts/JKqRrTbrk5A?si=A7KNWUbOkVNQatp1

A potential Trump juror, asked about his hobbies, gave us a little too much personal information: “I try to find a wife in my spare time," he said. "It’s not working.”

It's going to be fascinating to hear from the kind of person who, at this stage in the game, is ambivalent about Trump. What's going on in their lives? How do they think?

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-68841535

And the next time some knuckle-fucker talks about the only way ahead for us is to have another civil war, maybe tell them to go see this, because trust me, nobody won in what I just saw.

Kirsten Dunst delivers an incredible performance. It's a masterpiece. But.... people in mass graves, executions, torture, being trapped in a tire while doused in gasoline and set slight.

Just so you're prepared.

Watched Civil War with my teenage son. He was fine and was talking about the themes and the cinematography, but honestly it's the toughest thing to watch.

Would be a great time for a talented statesmen capable of bringing everyone other than Israel, Palestine, and Iran together and get an agreement on this conflict that prevents this regional conflict from engulfing the planet in WW3 when we should be working to resolve the climate crisis.

I miss Hitch.
https://youtube.com/shorts/UO_9mP86cts?si=YTFBIHI-tYgJmrgq

Lets normalize mortality. Plan your exit.

We need to treat suicide like we treat other issues surrounding bodily autonomy.

That starts with us each getting comfortable with the idea that those we love may choose to live their life (including its end) differently than we'd like.

That's down to us and the conversations we have with each other. I've told my kids that I have no intention of living out my final years like my elderly uncle. The key is to have those discussions early.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68782177

A *really* safe way for me to see the eclipse.

Next to "I do", I think the two sweetest words in the English language are, "It's benign".