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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 6h

My guess given his talk about his own mortality is that he’s had talks with doctors that require them to state odds and length of survival with different options. Which doesn’t mean imminence or even high odds! But a diagnosis of 20% chance of mortality within 5 years concentrates the mind.

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 6h

Ultimately temperament and political success (ie winning elections & getting bills passed) matter to me. Lincoln had 2 years in the US House & 8 years in the IL House. Washington served 18 years as a very part-time state legislator. FDR had single terms in various state offices plus a VP run.

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 6h

Also “experience” isn’t a super selling point for me. Probably the most experienced presidents in history have been Biden, Buchanan, Van Buren, and Bush the Elder. Hoover and Taft in different ways too. Nobody’s idea of a list of the great presidents.

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 6h

The first time I ever encountered the idea of a bureaucrat demanding to see your papers, it was a signal that it was OK to shoot the bureaucrat.

R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 6h

America’s original No Kings gathering, Philadelphia, July 2, 1776.

R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 7h

Supposedly personalist rule often survives the departure of the founder. See also Stalin, Maduro, Tiberius. Though I tend to agree either an actual Trump or adopting the name Trump as a title is the most likely next step for the party.

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 19h

One more PSL post because I can't resist: Apparently Tori Amos was a pumpkin spice latte innovator in 1994! And specifically contrasted it to the drinks at Starbucks.

Tori Amos has an idea.

But not an idea for a song-a new drink. Returning to Seattle for her second-visit this year, Amos is eager to find an audience for her latest experi-ment in beverage concoction. "You have all your Starbucks things," she says. "Wett, I have one that tastes like pumpkin ple: It's my own invention; it's my contribution to Halloween. A little witch warmer!"

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Amos more ardent fans would probably say she hardly needs to resort to creating pumpkin lattes to bewitch a crowd. The emotive singer/songwriter's first solo album, .1992's Little Earth

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 7h

We also have a precedent for when that happens but the party that rules parliament is cool with it. That precedent worked out pretty well for the king actually, but terribly for the millions who died under his rule.

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 7h

Also playoff ticket prices (and the access rules to even have the opportunity to buy them) mean that playoff crowds skew wealthy, which in Wisconsin means even whiter than normal, so that means it skews heavily into the maga demographic (rich white suburban/exurbanites).

R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 21h

Fair. And my Wisconsin has its own mythical creature, the Hodag, that would make for a rocking Wales-style flag.

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 21h

“As cool as Wales” sets the standard way too high! But there’s a nearly-Wales-cool proposed city flag for San Francisco, the Fog & Gold flag with a phoenix.

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

How many do the Republican justices believe will be sufficient to guarantee Republican control of the House? That many. Their partisan objective is simple.

R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

9/11 was a domestic 9/11. I know these people like to pretend much of America isn’t really America, but New York City, Virginia, Boston, and Pennsylvania are all in the United States.

R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

“Foundational truth” doesn’t need “defending.” If something is foundational and true, it just is. Like, arithmetic doesn’t need defending. 2+2=4 whether anyone speaks up for it or not it.

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

Not so much “allowed” as “required.” Life under Emperor Me would be fun, but also the fun would be mandatory.

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

If I were emperor, things would be different. Baseball outfielders would not wear gloves. All states would have cool flags like Arizona or Minnesota. And Gail would be allowed to write any comic of her choice for any publisher.

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

Terrific, thoughtful essay. Thank you for sharing it!

R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

Worse than the 1860s: The 1880s or 1890s, when Jim Crow laws were enacted and then upheld by a similarly corrupt Supreme Court.

R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

Just listened to the new episode. Terrific conversation! And your tasting notes for the Torabhaig Sound of Sleat were dead on my own notes exactly. I tasted it a few weeks ago in Edinburgh. I’d never sipped a Torabhaig before; it was a delightful dram.

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like the question answers itself: Obviously yes.

R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks and Yay! I’m thrilled to catch up and keep reading!

R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

Are you still writing? (Apologies for my ignorance; I’m several months behind reading Uncanny. My closest comic shop is an hour away, so I get to the store like every six weeks.)

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing in the Constitution gives the speaker the power to delay an elected representative from holding office. Democrats must act as if she is the serving representative, because she is.

Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

That’s my understanding of the timing, but I was under the impression that Admiralty treated subsequent action as anti-piracy enforcement. But I read that history 20+ years ago for a very unrelated purpose, so I could be wrong on application here.

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