A noBuddy House Rep from Georgia proposed this 3 weeks after inauguration, in a lame effort to garner attention and score loyalty points. He and his proposal are being completely ignored.

https://www.congress.gov/member/earl-carter/C001103

Sometimes I let myself think about life before “civilization”:

The stories of flocks of migrating birds numbering in the millions, darkening the skies for more than a day.

The plains with an ocean of waving grasses that sustained millions of buffalo, and the symbiotic chain of animal life that thrived in their wake.

The thousands of waterfalls that cascaded into freely flowing rivers and sustained riparian zones filled with vertebrates and insects.

Forests full of trees that were thousands of years old, sheltering the abundant wildlife.

I think of fireflies and bees and the absence of machine sounds, and I kinda wish I could go back in time to just … prevent hominins.

Several restaurants pushed back on Tuesday. Here’s an actual article instead of a tweet:

https://www.washingtonian.com/2025/05/06/ice-agents-are-targeting-dc-restaurants/

The United States has been dodging the ICC since Bush the Younger yipped out. Membership and retroactive accountability is long overdue, and hopefully it will start with ICE.

”Comcast may have robbed you of billions of dollars for years, and perhaps we laughed at how fucked millions of you were, and maybe we flipped you all off from our yachts, but you can trust us now because it’s a new day.”

Stop it. It’s bad enough we have to wade through nearly two years of campaign assaults prior to POTUS elections. The spectacle of the last inauguration was just 14 weeks ago, and we’re fucking exhausted. Just stop it.

Holy shit it’s real

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-mike-waltz-alex-wong/

“The building or someone is on fire”

When I was working in property management, certain people would frequently call me in the middle of the night for what they considered emergencies. They’d wake me up because a stove burner wouldn’t heat, or a lightbulb was out, or they just remembered that a door creaks. This shit got old real fast, so I began training the night callers that “emergency means Fire, Flood, or Death”.

One man was unfazed by my Fire, Flood, or Death mantra, so every time I saw his number ring in, I just shouted into the phone FIRE FLOOD OR DEATH? FIRE FLOOD OR DEATH?!

Once again, republicans remind us what they really think of states rights.

A relatively unbiased answer to your questions:

FACTS

ICE does not distinguish much between applicants who have completed high school and applicants with college education. Like the US military, most applicants do not have college degrees.

The lengthy application process and rigorous training historically rejects over 70% of prospective agents.

Training is at an academy with mandatory residence requirements. It’s 40 hours a week for 18 weeks and includes physical fitness, Spanish language, defensive maneuvers, de-escalation techniques, extensive federal law, weapon skills, and cultural training. There are several exams, and many new hires don’t complete training. Everyone has to be pepper-sprayed in order to understand how serious it is, and it is emphasized that use of force is always a last resort.

After graduation, new ICE agents serve a one year probationary period while being paired with a seasoned agent, for a more effective means of training.

OPINION

There is a hierarchy within federal law enforcement agencies; generally speaking, ICE agents are the least respected. The recent behavior of ICE agents is absolutely a reflection of the Trump administration.

https://www.ice.gov/doclib/about/offices/ero/pdf/ice_d_handbook.pdf

New Oklahoma History

The Godly American citizens of Tulsa peacefully objected to criminal mobs of African thugs stealing their jobs and robbing them of the wealth that was ordained to be rightfully theirs by The Lord Almighty.  These brave Patriots gently restored the Greenwood District to its White Christian Glory on May 31 and June 1, 1921. Hallelujah!

It’s not too late.

https://coral.org/en/

A rare atmospheric phenomenon that is due to extreme temperature variations in Spain. Meteorologists in Spain are not reporting any unusual temperatures, so I guess someone forgot to loop in the weather community.

Meanwhile, the estimated time to resolve the power outage has gone from around 10 hours to maybe a week.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c9wpq8xrvd9t

JFC American education system

Responding to a 45 minute video 11 minutes after it’s posted? Try watching it and see how many people DO care, and how many global organizations are collaborating to urgently address reef health.

You can also volunteer or donate at https://coral.org/en/

Or, ya know, remain ignorant and bitch about it.

Notably NOT charged is the raging misogynist shitwad Sheriff Bob Norris, who publicly ordered his 6 goons to remove her from the town hall.

Starving Chinese kids were why I had to gag down my peas.

The Dirty War has arrived.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_War

My husband is like you, and also wishes for the absolute silence of my mind. But you’re right about green grass - I wish I could visualize happy memories or even picture the people I love.

Buckle up. You’ll discover we have some great advantages, but you may feel cheated out of some abilities, too. You can DM me if you have questions.