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“He really didn’t know a goddamn thing.”

www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
“What were some of his passions in science? What did he talk to you about in the realm of science?” “Jeffrey —how to put this? Jeffrey came into the concept of thought and science and all with no knowledge whatsoever about anything. He really didn't know a goddamn thing. I don't even believe that he taught math. I can't—oh, Jeffrey once told me that he studied math with the Unabomber. Did you know that?”
November 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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an exhibit for that last part
a snippet of an email from jeffrey epstein linking to a profile of someone he describes as “old girlfriend in 93,, that after two years i gave to donald”
November 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Shit like this
Some bluecheck moron posting pictures of words
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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oh it’s here too (though it takes a camera to bring it out)
Pinkish purple aurora seen from a quiet road with houses and trees
November 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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My collection of Christopher Logue’s version of Homer.
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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I do not think a legislative chamber should operate like a secret society.
Rockwell’s “Freedom of Speech”: a man in a jacket stands up to speak.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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A tweet from L Louise Lucas of a lace-trimmed heart with the text Virginia is for Lovers NOT SNITCHES
November 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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That’s as close as a federal judge will get to
Dear Mr. Cox: Attached is a letter that we received on November 19, 1974. I feel that you should be aware that some asshole is signing your name to stupid letters. Very truly yours, CLEVELAND STADIUM CORP.
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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From earlier times:
A ginger and white tabby cat sitting in front of the television while there is baseball going on.
November 2, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Suddenly reminded that I still have these remnants from my trip back to the motherland last summer. I am eating a blackcurrant one now and have a very limited risk profile. Thank you.
The remains of a variety pack of Fruit-tella.
October 31, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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October 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Alex Thompson focused on the stories that matter
Alex Thompson for Axios: “House report reveals post-debate turmoil on Biden's team”
October 29, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Linz nailed this in multiple ways, but especially this:

www.ir101.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Perhaps the most important consequences of the direct relationship that exists between a president and the electorate are the sense the president may have of being the only elected representative of the whole people and the accompanying risk that he will tend to conflate his supporters with "the people" as a whole. The plebiscitarian component implicit in the president's authority is likely to make the obstacles and opposition he encounters seem particularly annoying. In his frustration he may be tempted to define his policies as reflections of the popular will and those of his opponents as the selfish designs of narrow interests. This identification of leader with people fosters a certain populism that may be a source of strength. It may also, however, bring on a refusal to acknowledge the limits of the mandate that even a majority-to say nothing of a mere plurality can claim as democratic justification for the enactment of its agenda. The doleful potential for displays of cold indifference, disrespect, or even downright hostility toward the opposition is not to be scanted.
October 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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What precisely is this shit?
The move marks a striking departure from government procedure for funding the military, which traditionally relies on public funds appropriated by Congress. And it raised immediate questions about the donor's identity and motivations for cutting the nine-figure check to the government.
October 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Update: I rigged up a timelapse with an old phone. (2hrs this morning)
October 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Quite the kicker:
“The ballroom project is being funded by private donors. Comcast Corp., the parent company of NBCUniversal, was included on a list of top donors to the project. It is currently unclear how much Comcast and other donors have contributed.”
October 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Not bad.
An improvised Azorean-style vegan soup with fake sausage, black beans, carrots, potatoes, bell peppers and dinosaur kale.
October 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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I think I can hear Chippy at work under the porch but I am going to try to rig up some kind of timelapse with an old phone:
10am: 12 walnuts 11.20am: 18 walnuts
October 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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2pm total: 29
29 black walnuts A pile of cracked black walnuts and a lump hammer.
October 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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After a pause for processing, we begin again:
9.30am: 9 walnuts 10.30am: 12 walnuts
October 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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#NoKings
Two protestors in inflatable frog costumes. One is holding a sign that reads “CHOOSE LOVE”
October 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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#NoKings
A protest sign of a chonky black cat treading on the “Don’t Tread On Me” snake with the caption “OH LAWD HE TREADIN’”
October 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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On brand, WNC #NoKings
THE ONLY ORANGE MONARCH I WANT (Monarch butterflies)
October 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Let’s do this, then.
A frog-eyes headband next to a copy of “Parable of the Sower”
October 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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The cycle accelerates:
5 nuts! 10 nuts! 11 nuts!
October 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM