As I go scrolling through here, esp after a little time on another platform, I have the barely controllable urge to just click "favorite" on everything.

Carry on, 'nauts. You're the best.

Good morning CoSo!
Yesterday started with a refused claim from Health Insurance (over a typo); lost 3 adult students to health problems; Spotify took down everything that ISN'T making money over "suspicious playlists" (full rant later, but, bollocks); and, finally, the company shorted my holiday pay.
Today will be better (but ears will burn....). Enjoy the coffee, and into the fray!

Yes.
https://newrepublic.com/article/180630/russia-corruption-network-europe-buying-politicians-america

I swear McLaren must have sent everyone to the Ferrari school of race strategy.

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@Lulz4l1f3 TxGOP not a big fan of voting.

https://youtu.be/OiRiZRBFXBQ

https://boingboing.net/2024/06/07/charles-schulzs-1970-letter-to-a-schoolchild-describes-the-fake-patriotism-of-todays-maga-movement.html

@redenigma
This, all the damned day long!

@Animeraider 😁

@Ironworker229 In the "regular" news/information shows, yes, and yes, not enough emphasis. I was thinking more of the financial shows like "Marketplace" that purport to explain the mysteries of the financial world to us poor unwashed...

@JLong O boy, something else for tinpot wannabe Abbott to buttdance about....

@Ironworker229 NPR and related distributors' various financial shows never mention corporate greed, either.
I find them a disservice.

Working on Drop D with adult student:
"Okay, so are you a Neil Young fan?"
"Yes!"
"Alright, so, how about 'Harvest Moon?'"
"Don't know it."
"Ok, then, 'Cortez the Killer'..."
"Don't know it."
*inner voice straining against stifle:
"I thought you said...."*

@peterquirk Our grandkids will, though it's grandma rather than mother - the EP makes sure the younger granddaughters have custom festive dresses for holidays...

@feloneouscat "Concern for climate change" was a convenient label to pounce on a developing market.
Elon's enthusiasm for (energy hog, heat generating) AI shows how little he really cares, as does his continuing mission to turn the Gulf Coast into a toxic waste dump.

@PaulSemel *pew! pew!*

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@Graci ...and how this would be different from what they're already doing?