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Civicslog
Civicslog.com
I’ve been keeping a list of Trump II admin actions on a blog and decided to give it its own home: Civicslog.com. The list goes back to the election and I’ll port those items over several at a time while trying to keep up with the daily flood.
Stupid?
Maybe. Probably. I’ll defer to the experts.
Also: Glorious. Magnificent.
Maybe. Probably. I’ll defer to the experts.
Also: Glorious. Magnificent.
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨The boys are joined by @patrickwyman.bsky.social to talk about the US Navy's very stupid attempt to create flying aircraft carriers.
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Episode 391 - The US Navy's Flying Aircraft Carriers ft. Dr. Patrick Wyman
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December 9, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Stupid?
Maybe. Probably. I’ll defer to the experts.
Also: Glorious. Magnificent.
Maybe. Probably. I’ll defer to the experts.
Also: Glorious. Magnificent.
Add to the things to fix once we’re finally rid of TFG.
It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.
December 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Add to the things to fix once we’re finally rid of TFG.
This week’s #Pluribus felt like a big pivot. I’m stuck on “why have the aliens have done this to humanity, only to doom us,” and my guess is they need us to tidy the place up before they arrive?
But then why make Carol et al wrestle with big ideas like consent and free will?
But then why make Carol et al wrestle with big ideas like consent and free will?
December 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This week’s #Pluribus felt like a big pivot. I’m stuck on “why have the aliens have done this to humanity, only to doom us,” and my guess is they need us to tidy the place up before they arrive?
But then why make Carol et al wrestle with big ideas like consent and free will?
But then why make Carol et al wrestle with big ideas like consent and free will?
Sums up so much of our current predicament. Change the nouns and this format works across disciplines.
Also possibly verbatim what the journalist said when the editor asked for more sources.
Also possibly verbatim what the journalist said when the editor asked for more sources.
"It is difficult to find people knowledgeable about the relevant body of law and not working for Mr. Trump who think the United States is really in an armed conflict."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump’s Boat Attacks
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Sums up so much of our current predicament. Change the nouns and this format works across disciplines.
Also possibly verbatim what the journalist said when the editor asked for more sources.
Also possibly verbatim what the journalist said when the editor asked for more sources.
You know you want to.
Hello Bluesky! Starting on December 6, we'll share the daily entry from the line-a-day diary kept by John Quincy Adams 200 years ago.
You can start exploring all 51 volumes of JQA's diaries here: www.primarysourcecoop.org/jqa/
You can start exploring all 51 volumes of JQA's diaries here: www.primarysourcecoop.org/jqa/
John Quincy Adams Digital Diary
www.primarysourcecoop.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM
You know you want to.
Uh oh.
If you believe in home devices that respect privacy, give you freedom and still play nice together, then you should probably read this. https://github.blog/open-source/maintainers/the-local-first-rebellion-how-home-assistant-became-the-most-important-project-in-your-house/
“The local-first rebellion”: How Home Assistant became the most important project in your house
Learn how one of GitHub's fastest-growing open source projects is redefining smart homes without the cloud.
github.blog
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Uh oh.
Actually drove the length of that (and then some) over the holiday weekend, twice, coming and going. We only escaped the fog with a side trip to Placerville, up in the mountains, where it was warm and sunny.
Sacramento logged nine dense fog advisories in November, the most this early since 2005, as tule fog blankets the Central Valley and could linger.
Thick tule fog returned to California’s Central Valley this fall. Here’s what caused it
Sacramento logged nine dense fog advisories in November, the most this early since 2005, as tule fog blankets the Central Valley and could linger.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Actually drove the length of that (and then some) over the holiday weekend, twice, coming and going. We only escaped the fog with a side trip to Placerville, up in the mountains, where it was warm and sunny.
Sweet old timey outfits the Pats are wearing tonight put Steve Grogan in you cowards.
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Sweet old timey outfits the Pats are wearing tonight put Steve Grogan in you cowards.
The numbers here kind of overwhelm the imagination. Epochs are a long time! Still, maybe instead of burying the capsule in sediment, we let our message ride on top of geology, encoded in dna. As long as there’s a listener there’s a message buried inside.
Wrote strange a story for @sciam.bsky.social about where on Earth you'd put a time capsule if you wanted to find it as far in future as possible. Maybe bury a laser-etched zircon in Namibia and hope it erodes out of central mountain range of Pangaea Ultima? www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-...
Could a Time Capsule Outlast Plate Tectonics?
A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun
www.scientificamerican.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The numbers here kind of overwhelm the imagination. Epochs are a long time! Still, maybe instead of burying the capsule in sediment, we let our message ride on top of geology, encoded in dna. As long as there’s a listener there’s a message buried inside.
Reposted by Lars
ChatGPT offered some solid savings tips. But when it comes to actual rates, Investopedia’s daily tracking reveals better APYs in almost every savings and CD category.
ChatGPT Says This Is The Best Place to Put $10K—But We Found Better Options
ChatGPT offered some solid savings tips. But when it comes to actual rates, Investopedia’s daily tracking reveals better APYs in almost every savings and CD category.
bit.ly
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
ChatGPT offered some solid savings tips. But when it comes to actual rates, Investopedia’s daily tracking reveals better APYs in almost every savings and CD category.
I think they should reboot Gunsmoke just so we can watch Jon Hamm play Marshal Dillon.
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I think they should reboot Gunsmoke just so we can watch Jon Hamm play Marshal Dillon.
Our soup is good food, promises troubled soup maker.
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Our soup is good food, promises troubled soup maker.
Eek. Never get out of the boat.
This is the first time this phantom of the deep sea has been captured on camera! The extremely elusive abyssal ghost shark dwells at depths up to 8500 feet (2600 meters), and scientists have been unable to capture on camera - until now.
More👇
earthlymission.com/ghost-shark-...
📷 NOAA
More👇
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📷 NOAA
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Eek. Never get out of the boat.
Parades and fireworks, cultural displays, the usual drill. Hooray for the Abu Said dynasty, everyone, rulers of Oman since 1744.
Driving to Oman over the National Day break? From visas to exit fees and border checks, here is everything you need before you set off.
National Day holiday: Everything you need to know about driving to Oman | The National
www.thenationalnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Parades and fireworks, cultural displays, the usual drill. Hooray for the Abu Said dynasty, everyone, rulers of Oman since 1744.
Amazing if true.
Tried to verify. The photographer is said to be Reuben Polansky-Shapiro. Someone with Insta or Twitter may be able to check that guy’s feeds?
Tried to verify. The photographer is said to be Reuben Polansky-Shapiro. Someone with Insta or Twitter may be able to check that guy’s feeds?
A 100-year-old camera is fitting for two Original Six teams. 👴🏻📸
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Amazing if true.
Tried to verify. The photographer is said to be Reuben Polansky-Shapiro. Someone with Insta or Twitter may be able to check that guy’s feeds?
Tried to verify. The photographer is said to be Reuben Polansky-Shapiro. Someone with Insta or Twitter may be able to check that guy’s feeds?
This looks like a good way to use Xgiving leftovers.
We “crispy taco” ours. Potatoes, stuffing, turkey, whatever, fold it up, and fry.
We “crispy taco” ours. Potatoes, stuffing, turkey, whatever, fold it up, and fry.
Column by Aaron Hutcherson: While I do enjoy a plate of reheated Thanksgiving leftovers, I’m in desperate need of something different. Frequently I will make some sort of soup and freeze it to enjoy later.
And almost always, there will be a sandwich.
And almost always, there will be a sandwich.
Column | Give your Thanksgiving leftovers the grilled cheese treatment
Roast turkey and cranberry sauce left over from the big Thanksgiving meal get a second life in this grilled cheese sandwich.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 AM
This looks like a good way to use Xgiving leftovers.
We “crispy taco” ours. Potatoes, stuffing, turkey, whatever, fold it up, and fry.
We “crispy taco” ours. Potatoes, stuffing, turkey, whatever, fold it up, and fry.
What’s behind the green door?
Another green door.
Another green door.
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
What’s behind the green door?
Another green door.
Another green door.
Congress sure moves fast when it wants to.
BREAKING: The Senate just passed the Epstein bill by unanimous consent.
The bill will automatically pass once it's delivered to the Senate and will then advance to Trump's desk for him to sign — possibly as early as this evening.
The bill will automatically pass once it's delivered to the Senate and will then advance to Trump's desk for him to sign — possibly as early as this evening.
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Congress sure moves fast when it wants to.
Eff it. Let’s make “scuppered” happen. Reskeet for reach.
Observatory looked beautiful last night but clouds scuppered my plans to check the pointing model for our planewave mount. 🔭🧪🎢
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Eff it. Let’s make “scuppered” happen. Reskeet for reach.
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A 50-year mortgage sounds like a new way to make homes affordable—but experts aren’t convinced it's a good idea for home buyers or the housing market.
Trump Floats 50-Year Mortgages—But Would You Want One?
A 50-year mortgage sounds like a new way to make homes affordable—but experts aren’t convinced it's a good idea for home buyers or the housing market.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A 50-year mortgage sounds like a new way to make homes affordable—but experts aren’t convinced it's a good idea for home buyers or the housing market.
Putting death back into the “dead pledge.”
Ingraham: Is a 50 year mortgage really a good idea?
Trump: It’s not even a big deal. You go from 40 years to 50
Ingraham: 30
Trump: It’s not even a big deal. You go from 40 years to 50
Ingraham: 30
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Putting death back into the “dead pledge.”
Sort your trash, people.
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Sort your trash, people.
Every Bond movie from here on out is “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Every Bond movie from here on out is “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”
Yesterday I learned about the rule of threes, which is a composition rule for photographers that says to break the frame into thirds and position key elements along those verticals (and or horizontals).
There’s Trump in the left third, nothing much in middle, and the stricken in the right third.
There’s Trump in the left third, nothing much in middle, and the stricken in the right third.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Yesterday I learned about the rule of threes, which is a composition rule for photographers that says to break the frame into thirds and position key elements along those verticals (and or horizontals).
There’s Trump in the left third, nothing much in middle, and the stricken in the right third.
There’s Trump in the left third, nothing much in middle, and the stricken in the right third.
Come for the mountain, stay for the woo.
November 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Come for the mountain, stay for the woo.