James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org
College professor, part time nerd and sci-fi enthusiast. Not actually a duck, but what’s Humphrey Bogart got that I ain’t got?
Joined Nov 2022
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Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children. “Florida is the first state to take the courageous step toward decluttering itself of excess children, but under the inexpert guidance of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., other states may follow.” https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/florida-vaccine-children-mandate/684110/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ1KV5cFKtQASw6v7_TPkcvA
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Department of War? Let's do them all.
Dept of Agribusiness
Dept of Ignorance
Dept of Industry
Dept of Fossil Fuels
Dept of Human Disease
Homeland Gestapo
Dept of Private Parks
Dept of Unpaid Labor
Dept of State Control
Dept of SUVs & Trucks
Dept of Bankrupt Treasury
Dept of Veterans Abuse
Center for Disease
The Environmental Pollution Agency
@marcioaleks That is cool!
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Static images on a wall that appear animated as the train moves.
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Uh... pot, kettle, wrongfully detain
Trump admin to issue EO as early as Fri establishing a designation for state sponsors of wrongful detention, in a move that would allow the U.S. to punish countries that illegally detain U.S. nationals or take them hostage." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-wrongful-detention-state-sponsors-order/
@petergleick Global energy consumption is about 26,000 TW h. Earth’s surface roughly 164,000,000 sq km. A 200 W solar panel is about 1 sq m or 0.000001 km^2. Covering the Earth with these, at 5% efficiency, would generate about 15,000 times the total energy consumption of Earth.
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Can you imagine if Biden had sent, say, the California NG to Idaho to quell some Cliven Bundy-like situation?
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zdnoa6e5mkori5pc3vmhnq7l/post/3lxv3fyjpwk2c
@futurebird Same here, I'm a teacher and I get a flu shot every year, for at least the last 10 years, only caught the flu once when H1N1 was going around.
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Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, an Independent,
who serves as the ranking member on the health, education, labor and pensions (Help) committee,
said that Robert F Kennedy Jr’s attempt to fire Susan Monarez was “outrageous”.
“The Sen. HELP Committee must hold a hearing with Kennedy & the CDC Director as soon as possible.
Vaccines save lives. Period,” Sanders said on X.
As Monarez is a Senate-confirmed official
(the first CDC director to receive this stamp),
removal from office can only come from president, or an impeachment process by Congress.
Monarez’s lawyers say that her termination is “legally deficient”, since it didn’t come from Trump himself.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/aug/28/cdc-susan-monarez-trump-news-updates-us-politics-live?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Democrats Will Get A New Map And Potentially A House Seat In Utah
#CourtOverturnsLegislativeMap #PotentialBlueWave #ElectionNews #RedistrictingReform #UtahGerrymandering
https://www.politicususa.com/p/democrats-will-get-a-new-map-and
@the5thColumnist Shhh, don't tell them!!
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Headline : "Trump says imports of wood products may pose national security threat to U.S. "
Our 2X4s are spying on them ?
@lauren There’s nothing to discuss.
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Proposition: The five year arc of "Babylon 5" overall was significantly more philosophically excellent than the entire "Star Trek" franchise. Discuss.
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1. What my daughter posted on Instagram.
2. What Instagram put over her post.
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ICE Barbie Noem Spending MILLIONS On Gold-Detailed Vehicles
#RolexWatch #WashingtonPostInvestigation #TaxpayerFundedLuxury #VersaillesWhiteHouse #GovernmentWaste
https://crooksandliars.com/2025/08/ice-barbie-noem-spending-millions-gold
College professor, part time nerd and sci-fi enthusiast. Not actually a duck, but what’s Humphrey Bogart got that I ain’t got?
Joined Nov 2022
