#arts Jesica Brown (b.1971) British painter
” Still Life with Silver Jug, Quails Eggs and Three Strawberries ”

Glorious Day in the Low Country!!

Sarah Palin lost.

I'm sure she's relieved. It'll certainly save her the effort of quitting later.

Okay, here's the GOP plan:

Step 1: Investigate Hunter Biden (also perhaps Hillary Clinton just because)

Step 2: Give billionaires more money.

Step 3: Something something Litter Boxes, Critical Race Theory, and Drag Queens Oh No! Rage! Rage!

Step 4: Free Turkey for everyone! (some restrictions apply, limited time only, not available in all areas, some hidden fees, proof of citizenship required)
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Later: Christmas Fruitcakes now $1200

Last time the GOP was in charge, you had to stand in line to buy toilet paper, like you were in the old Soviet Union.

Last time Republicans were in charge you couldn't buy toilet paper, there were so many dead we had to use reefer trucks as morgues, unemployment was double digits, businesses were failing in record numbers, and Trump was on Twitter telling you to put light bulbs up your ass.

Since the guy running Twitter is talking about the voice of the people being the voice of God and all, seems like it might a good time to remind America of this:

Trump: 62,984,828
Clinton: 65,858,514

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It's Small Business Saturday and all printed items in my store are 10% off. Prints. Canvas. Puzzles. Mugs. Mousepads.
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Tonight's moon.

Nikon Z9 and a Meade 10" ACF Reflector telescope

So ... tax break for the rich again? That the plan?

You are loved.

You matter.

🙏 to the CoSoNaut who posted this:

"capital has turned hundreds of millions of us into cloud-serfs – unpaid producers, toiling the landlords’ digital estates and believing, like peasants believed under feudalism, that our labor (creating and sharing our photos and opinions) is part of our character."

Don't Be Fooled. This Is What #Elon #Musk Is Really Up to With Twitter
As a private fief, #Twitter could never be the world's public square. That was never the point.
#tech
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/25/dont-be-fooled-what-elon-musk-really-twitter

I am so tired of this manufactured performative outrage, often from people who have enough skeletons in their closet to fill a graveyard. I admire people who own their shit, with no deflection, no projection, no blaming someone else. How fucked up is it now that people who address their truth directly and openly with zero bullshit have to go on the defensive? People who spend all day digging up "dirt" on other people should think about the bones they've buried.

Twitter search results for major Chinese cities have become filled with tweets about escort services, porn, and gambling that are obscuring legitimate reports about a wave of protests that have gripped the country,

Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/27/twitter-china-spam-protests/

PER GeneralStaffUA
#UKRAINE
During today's attack, the enemy launched 67 cruise missiles from the air ("X-101/X-555") and sea-based ("Caliber"). The forces and means of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces, destroyed 51 cruise missiles,