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A cartoon depicts a person delivering food to a vampire at their front door. The scene is set on the porch of a wooden house, with a small fence and pumpkins scattered around the yard. The person delivering is standing on the porch steps, holding a brown paper bag. A vampire, wearing a black suit and cape, is standing in the doorway.

The delivery person has curly blonde hair and is wearing an orange sweater and blue pants. The vampire has pale skin, dark hair, and a pointed chin. There are three pumpkins visible in the foreground, each with a carved face.

A speech bubble above the delivery person's head reads: โ€œI apologize, sir. Iโ€™m delivering your Grubhub order but it looks like all they sent is a bib.โ€ The house has a dark brown door and a small lantern hanging above it. The background features green bushes and a slightly cloudy sky. The artist's signature, "Jim Benton.com" and instagram handle "jim bentonshots" are in the lower corners.

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This is a screenshot of a Facebook post by Senator Casey Weinstein. The post features a dark blue background with white text. The text reads: "Senate Dems offered a SNAP support amendment on the floor today to ensure Ohioans don't go hungry." Below this is the statement: "0 Republicans supported it." Below the main text are reaction emojis, followed by a count of 615 reactions, 88 comments, and 151 shares. There are buttons for โ€œLikeโ€, โ€œCommentโ€, and โ€œShareโ€. A second comment from Senator Casey Weinstein follows below the main post. This comment reads: โ€œAnd one of them called us โ€˜poverty pimpsโ€™ for offering it.โ€ Below this second comment is the statement: "True story.โ€ There is a thumbs-up emoji next to it.

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Ugg, kinda tired of #friendica , my blog is down again, not sure why, waiting to hear back on that, but this is on top of Friendica not being entirely to my taste. On one hand I love the built in feed reader and #diaspora compatibility, and the lack of a character limit and #bbcode compatibility are nice extras, but at the same time the interface ain't real great, and really I'd like at least the first two on something more like Diaspora or Mastodon

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A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes. (In my next life I want to be a pig.)

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Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. (Still not over that pig thing.)

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Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. (Is that why Flipper was always smiling?)

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The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. (Hummm....I won't touch THAT one!)

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The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. (From drinking little bottles of...? -- did the govt. pay for this research??)

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Some lions mate over 50 times a day. (In my next life I STILL want to be a pig ... quality over quantity.)



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The image is a split-panel cartoon contrasting two scenes, labeled "THEN" and "NOW". The "THEN" panel depicts a person standing in front of a statue of a Confederate soldier, with a stone base labeled "1861-1865 CSA". A person is standing to the right of the statue, with a Confederate flag on their shirt, raising a fist and shouting. The "NOW" panel depicts a person standing in front of a chalkboard displaying โ€œTulsa Massacreโ€ with a sign that says โ€œLesson Bannedโ€. Multiple people of different ethnicities are protesting behind them, with another person holding a flag on their shirt and raising a fist. The text in the "THEN" panel reads: "WE MUST PRESERVE OUR HERITAGE!". The text in the "NOW" panel reads: "WE MUST BURY OUR HERITAGE!".

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Hell yeah, Krampusnacht is on a Friday too.

petition for literally all holidays to be on Fridays

in reply to KaputOtter

I would also sign a petition where every holiday is followed by a day off :)



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This is a four-panel comic strip titled "Progressive Tax: How does it work?". Each panel presents a common misconception about progressive taxes on the left, crossed out with a red X, and the correct explanation on the right, marked with a green check.

The first panel shows a hand reaching for a large stack of money with the label "your income," while another hand labeled "government" takes 70% of it. The text reads: "False: the tax rate applies to all of your income." The correct side shows the same scenario but with the text: "True: the tax rate only applies to the part of your income above a certain level."

The second panel shows a character looking worried with the text: "False: taxes deprive you of your hard-earned money." The correct side shows the same character looking excited with the text: "True: you will probably never get on the high tax rate if you haven't been born rich."

The third panel shows a character looking distressed with the text: "False: This is a radical communist idea that Americans will never buy!" The correct side shows the same character happily holding a large bill with the text: "True: Americans already did."

The fourth panel shows a character in a suit with the label โ€œOcasio-Cortezโ€ holding a large โ€œ70% taxโ€ label. The correct side shows a series of images representing different eras with corresponding tax rates: โ€œ1920s: 73% marginal tax rateโ€, โ€œ1950s: 90% marginal tax rateโ€, and โ€œ1960s: 69% marginal tax rate.โ€ The comic is signed by โ€œKasia Babis.โ€

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The image is a screenshot of two Twitter posts stacked on top of each other, set against a dark background. The first post, from user [@]Linaowinmo, features a profile picture of a person with short hair and a dark beard. The postโ€™s text reads: "Diamonds are formed under pressure" followed by "And bread dough rises when you rest" and then "We're all our own things. What's motivating to you may be crippling to others." The post is timestamped โ€œ1:43 AM ยท 22 Jun 20โ€ and indicates it was posted from โ€œTwitter for Androidโ€. The second post, from user [@]kingscrown666, shows a profile picture of a person with a dark beard and mustache. The postโ€™s text reads: "There's an old saying (I think Russian): the same boiling water that softens the potato will harden the egg."

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Europeans recognize #ZohranMamdaniโ€™s supposedly radical policies as โ€˜normalโ€™ | Zohran Mamdani | The Guardian


Yes all those polices look quite mundane from #Europe.

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nโ€ฆ

#Politics #US




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Okay, bonus post today! Mastodon v4.5.0 has just been released! ๐Ÿฅณ

This brings many improvements, most significantly:

- Fetch all replies, threads are now the same for everyone no matter which server they are on. If new replies are detected in the thread you're viewing, a box will appear that lets you load them automatically.

- Quote toots, click ๐Ÿ” boost on a post and select "Quote" to use it. If the option isn't clickable, it means the person or server hasn't given permission to be quoted.

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excited for this release and many thanks to @MastodonEngineering! โ€“ thepride.network will be updating tomorrow evening.
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yay!!! I've been waiting for this. Planning to update soon!


This quote seems somehow appropriate.


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Trump Admin Blocking Billions In Already Awarded Broadband Grants To States That Enforce Net Neutrality Or Engage In Telecom Oversight | Techdirt techdirt.com/2025/11/04/trump-โ€ฆ

#uspol



Here's Why GM Is Adding $500 To EV Prices In 11 States


gmauthority.com/blog/2025/05/hโ€ฆ

#Electric Vehicles

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ICE Is Arresting American Citizensโ€”and Lying About It

A recent report from ProPublica documents the detentions of some 170 American citizens by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during its anti-immigration operations. But the implications of the report go considerably further, suggesting an agency completely out of control and flouting the Fourth Amendment at every turn.

The report is a harrowing demonstration of ICE overreach. It puts the lie to the declaration of the Department of Homeland Security spokesperson that โ€œwe donโ€™t arrest U.S. citizens for immigration enforcement.โ€ The facts on the ground tell a very different tale....
newrepublic.com/article/202672โ€ฆ
#ICE #americancitizen #arrest





So, the time approaches


Well, Sunday was... Just was.

I've gotten cremation vaults, and Sunday I took care of moving the cremains in, while Vik's mom was easy, he'd already spread about half her ashes, so splitting her between two spreader urns and the vault was easy, him not so much. Vik was a fairly large gentleman, and that means a lot of cremains, I'd thought that once unsealed there'd be enough room in the back to shift him around to fit in the vault, but nope, had to scoop a fair amount into a bowl in order to fit his bag in, then add the cremains back in and re-seal.

The white is his mom's cremains, and the blue is him and Panta, it felt like they should be buried together.

It seems with how much Panta meant to him, it was only right to bury them together.

Speaking of burial, that'll be Tues. I haven't told his family, I have a very, very small social battery, and doing this, I'm really not going to be up for being around people, I'm barely up to it on a good day, and that's not going to be a good day obviously. We're not doing a graveside service, this is just a basic burial, places them in the grave, and I'll likely help Arlen fill it in, I mean at his age he prolly shouldn't be digging graves, so I'm certainly going to offer to help fill it in, I've already offered to arrange for someone else to open, but he insisted on doing it himself. I won't chase his family away if'n they show up, and they have access to this blog, but I'm definitely not going to feel like being around people. Its kinda funny, he always said he was an introvert, and yet he was on a bowling team, active part of the pen club scene out here even helping with the convention, was at least part of events related to Ingress at one time even taking part in a big event here, active with WikiTree and other genealogy sites, and more, so much that I doubt I've contacted them all. Me? I'm a happy hermit, I'll just stay home, read and watch... well, more listen to TV, and that's it. I don't think he could really be counted as an introvert...

There might be a memorial in the future, a lot of people would certainly like it, but I've been leaving that up to his family, at least the organization, and I haven't heard anything on that front.

We'll also need to pick out a headstone, plan is to get a double headstone, but use it a bit non-standardly, with his mom's name top center, his name lower left, and a blank spot for me on the right for when my time comes. Well that, or put my name without a date now, but that seems a touch morbid to me.

We've also scheduled an appointment with a lawyer to get the probate matter settled, 18th we'll see about getting that rolling so it goes to court.

#life #family #estate #death

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this is how you do it:

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#BadBunny on his upcoming #SuperBowl halftime show: "English is not my first language. But it's OK, it's not America's first language, either." Touchรฉ!

#Resist hilariously!

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@Xoa Gray Not sure, after all the Dems suffer from being realistic, and every level of government is Republican there, so a law suit would be a lost cause.
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Probably. Though the more the state does things like this, the more likely it is that Texas won't stay red for long. While it's lawmakers are largely republican right now, the red majority there isn't as big as it used to be.



Pennsylvania reelects Supreme Court justices, maintaining Democratic majority | PBS News


pbs.org/newshour/politics/pennโ€ฆ

#uspol #pa #pennsylvania




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Brief snapshot of tonight:
โ€ขMamdani wins NYC Mayor
โ€ขCalifornia passes Prop 50 Redistricting
โ€ขMaine votes NO on voter ID laws & YES on red flag laws
โ€ขDems Sweep state-wides in VA & pick up 10+ seats in VA House
โ€ขCincy reelects Mayor Aftab Pureval, beating JD Vanceโ€™s brother 78-21

We embrace these victories tonight. Tomorrow, we use this momentum to continue to expand access to justice for all. โค๏ธโœŠ๐Ÿฝ

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And never again will we accept claims by centrists that leftist economic policies canโ€™t win elections.
in reply to Qasim Rashid, Esq.

youtube.com/watch?v=iQFQCS-BeRโ€ฆ


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My son told me he was awarded the Leslie Neilson badge at school. I asked โ€œWhat's that?โ€ He said, โ€œIt's a big building with lots of kids, but that's not important right now.โ€

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And again:

Attn Pennsylvania voters:

A massive wave of texts is being sent from random numbers telling Democrats and Independents to vote โ€œNoโ€ on the Supreme Court retention questions. These messages are fake and misleading, part of a coordinated disinformation push.
- Do not click any links.
- Delete the texts.
- Ignore the message.
In Pennsylvania, vote YES to retain the Supreme Court justices on the ballot. Donโ€™t let deceptive tactics silence your vote!

#Election #PA


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