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| Top Comments: "Some People Say" Vaccine Edition I know we here in the reality based community of people who believe in science are getting super tired of listening to wild tales of why vaccine hesitancy�is “smart”, or of the latest covid-... |
brillig | 08/09/2021 | 26 |
| PWB Peeps Open Thread: Singular Animals Siamang, a black-furred gibbon from Southeast Asia. Both males and females have a large inflatable throat sac which enables loud resonant calls.
Siamese cat. Their markings reflect the ... |
strawbale | 08/09/2021 | 19 |
| PAXTON, TEXAS AG, FAILS TO DEFEND CLAIMS OF STOLEN ELECTION IN BAR DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING [a previous draft of this was filed as a comment] In December, to great publicity, Paxton filed a lawsuit before the Supreme Court claiming that the election had been stolen. It was joined by 17 Attorneys General and 100+ (Republican) Congressmen. In... |
hprey | 08/09/2021 | 16 |
| a teacher looks to the coming school year with a real mix of emotions, concerns and commitments. For those who don’t know, I am entering my 3rd year in a nationally known Catholic High School that is all boys. Most of my prior teaching experience was in public schools with a few scattered... |
teacherken | 08/09/2021 | 13 |
| How I Write (Or How To Get Past That Daunting First Blank Page) Do you REALLY want to write something? A short story, a screenplay, or a novel? Is the first blank page intimidating you? One of the most crushing things about writing in my youth was the fact that I had so many neat ideas that I never could get to... |
Matt Z | 08/09/2021 | 81 |
| If California recall does succeed… Any recommendations for the best progressive replacement? As a California resident, I intend to vote no on recalling Governor Newsom. I think that the partisan Republican attempt to remove him is a terrible idea. Newsom has tried his best to help mitigate the curveballs that COVID-19 has thrown our way. And... |
Plunky Bluester | 08/09/2021 | 84 |
| Proud Boys follow their new script by using Portland anti-mask rallies to crank up fresh violence Following their emerging post-Jan. 6 strategy of attaching themselves to local events, Proud Boys in Portland, Oregon, tangled over the weekend with counterprotesters and antifascists in the downtown area. It led to a number of ugly scenes with armed... |
David Neiwert | 08/09/2021 | 59 |
| Street Prophets Coffee Hour: Toronto Center Place's Lectures On The History Of Christianity This is an Open Thread / Coffee Hour and all topics of conversation are welcome. And as a suggested topic, today lets talk about Toronto Center Place’s Lectures on history, theology, philosophy, ... |
linkage | 08/09/2021 | 7 |
| Climate Brief: Lose Your Past and You'll Lose Your Future, Too. I don’t need to tell you that the latest IPCC report is absolutely terrifying. You already know that. Read AKALib’s summary anyway. This diary was written in the full knowledge that there is hugely alarming climate news staring us in the face.... |
WarrenS | 08/09/2021 | 9 |
| Yes, the IPCC report is dire. But it's not too late if we turn despair into action, together. The IPCC report released today concludes: “Unless there are immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, limiting warming to close to 1.5°C or even 2°C will be beyond reach.” The good news is that it is not too late, and if... |
citisven | 08/09/2021 | 108 |
| Senate Republicans still in Trump's thrall, giving him credit for infrastructure bill The Senate slogged away through the weekend, inching toward an agreement on the $1.5 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, which was delayed by one Republican senator’s refusal to sign off on an amendment to speed things up. Tennessee Republican... |
Joan McCarter | 08/09/2021 | 139 |
| The IPCC report is a Code Red level warning. Here's one way we can act on it. Charlie Pierce has taken note of the latest from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and he’s not taking it lightly. In the future, when historians are doing their work, many of them in underwater archives, they are going to be... |
xaxnar | 08/09/2021 | 10 |
| Moondai Furkids: Rain Rain Stick Around Rain. Glorious rain. For TWO WHOLE DAYS. �
It’s enough to change your whole outlook on life. Dead vegetation reviving, air nice and humid, soothing to the skin, no afternoon sun scorching the ... |
Rosebuddear | 08/09/2021 | 100 |
| In Memoriam 08-09-1995 Russian Lullaby - Blue Yodel Number 9 - Bertha - Viola Lee Blues - Eyes of the World - Dear Mr Fantasy - The Thrill is Gone - Brown Eyed Women - Tangled up in Blue - Deep Elem Blues - Missisippi Half Step - Stealin' - Dear Prudence - New New Minglewood... |
enhydra lutris | 08/09/2021 | 58 |
| The Climate Crisis is Here. Nothing Else Matters Anymore. Well the IPCC just released it’s Sixth Assessment Report and the outlook is grim, to say the least. A civilization-collapsing temperature rise of 1.5C (2.4F) is now pretty much baked in and humanity’s utter lack of action and devotion to Big Oil has... |
CyberMindGrrl | 08/09/2021 | 421 |
| Invocation: Water. The First of a Planned Series. Shown above is the first of what I want to make as a series which celebrates the Elements, each in turn. Others will feature my interpretations of Air, Earth, Fire, and Spirit. I'm not sure yet which will be next; I'm inclined to focus on Earth. Fire... |
A Pagan in Arizona | 08/09/2021 | 7 |
| West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy � is � Now Open! � 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our � especially special Daily Specials; � River City Hash Mondays!
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justiceputnam | 08/09/2021 | 3 |
| Museums 101: Some museum stuff (photo diary) The Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum (WAAAM) in Hood River, Oregon, has on display more than 100 antique automobiles and more than 100 antique airplanes. In addition to antique ... |
Ojibwa | 08/09/2021 | 7 |
| Trump vs. DeSantis vs. Scott would be interesting. Then add in Nikki Haley... When I read “GOP megadonors flock to Tim Scott, building 2024 buzz” (Politico) it occurred to me how interesting a primary pitting Trump, DeSantis, and Scott against each other would be. Trump, who is now pro-vaccination because, after all, he... |
HalBrown | 08/09/2021 | 40 |
| Senate Democrats ready to turn to Biden's $3.5 trillion American Jobs and Families plans Senate Democrat have their budget resolution, the $3.5 trillion bill that includes spending, or reconciliation, instructions for various committees to create their reconciliation bill for all the stuff in President Joe Biden's human infrastructure... |
Joan McCarter | 08/09/2021 | 144 |
| Deciphering the IPCC 2021 Climate Change Report and its message. We must act now, or else ... The IPCC Sixth Assessment report (AR6) is out and it confirms that it is indisputable that human influence has warmed the climate system, raising global surface temperature. The report provides an update on the physical science basis of climate change... |
AKALib | 08/09/2021 | 43 |
| 08/09 International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples Today is day 221 of the Gregorian Calendar year,
Sweetmorn, Bureaucracy 2, 3187 YOLD (discordian)
And let us not forget 3.0.8.13.13 mlc (the Mayan Long Count) |
enhydra lutris | 08/09/2021 | 5 |
| Moving From Climate Procrastination to Climate Panic.#Updated with IPCC Report links It has been awhile since CO2 [greenhouse gases] concentrations in the atmosphere were proven to influence climate. On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Earth ~Arvid Gustaf Högbom 1896 An Attempt to Frame a Working... |
LaFeminista | 08/09/2021 | 92 |
| Overnight News Digest August 8, 2021
Some stories tonight:
Dixie Fire: Firefighters tackles historic California wildfire
North Korea: Kim Jong-un calls for relief in flood-hit areas
Paris Has Taken The Torch From Tokyo For The ... |
side pocket | 08/08/2021 | 48 |
| The Justice Dept on Netroots Radio Presents: "They Had to be Borne of Summer"
I'm Special Agent � DJ Justice , Radio Host and Managing Partner for � Netroots Radio � and I'm manning the ... |
justiceputnam | 08/08/2021 | 1 |
| Senate votes to end debate on bipartisan infrastructure bill setting up Tuesday vote Breaking news. Senate votes to end debate on $1T infrastructure bill BY JORDAIN CARNEY The Senate on Sunday night voted to end debate on a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, putting it on a glide path, albeit still a lengthy one, to... |
Lefty Coaster | 08/08/2021 | 14 |
| PWB Peeps Open Thread: More Happiness Happens Happiness happens from lots of little things.
Hanging with friends
Enjoying ... |
strawbale | 08/08/2021 | 30 |
| Kitchen Table Kibitzing August 8, 2021 Eggplant My Kitchen Table last week covered unusual food likes and dislikes. One vegetable that was mentioned as unpopular was eggplant. Coincidentally an eggplant dish had been on my shortlist to prepare. I have mentioned here how much I have enjoyed... |
side pocket | 08/08/2021 | 122 |
| What I Really Need “Life, don't talk to me about life," Marvin the depressed robot.
I know exactly how Marvin feels. I thought I’d give you an update on life here at Pixie’s Castle. The Princess by the way is ... |
michelewln | 08/08/2021 | 28 |
| Owning The Libs - the GOP/Right Wing Media business model I got the idea for this yesterday and sketched it out today. As you can guess, I’m not a professional artist, but I figured this is good enough to get the idea across. The Republican Party is not only a death cult, on the wrong side of so many issues,... |
xaxnar | 08/08/2021 | 22 |
| Today’s Scripture reading From the Letter of St. Paul to the Ephesians: Brothers and sisters: Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were sealed for the day of redemption. All bitterness, fury, anger, shouting, and reviling must be removed from you, along with all... |
murphy | 08/08/2021 | 22 |
| Anti-Capitalist Meetup: The constant war on the working class Education “Getting a job” vs “Finding a career” Most of us who do not have a college degree know the job market as ‘where can I get a job?’ It is not a choice the worker makes, it is a ... |
NeverEverAgain | 08/08/2021 | 32 |
| California denies 42 new fracking permits, but approves 1,019 oil and gas permits in 2021 SACRAMENTO — Less than a month after denying all of Aera Energy’s 21 applications for fracking permits, the Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) denied 42 of California Resources Production Corporation’s applications for fracking operations... |
Dan Bacher | 08/08/2021 | 5 |
| Time, Space, and Universe Welcome to Street Prophets Sunday Coffee Hour. This is an open topic thread. So jump right in and let us know what is going on in your life. I watched NOVA with Doctor Brian Greene on The Fabric of ... |
michelewln | 08/08/2021 | 32 |
| Trump Campaign, RNC check all boxes when it comes to deceptive fundraising, refunds $12.8 M more The Trump Campaign has a lot in common with the RNC. Both use deceptive fundraising techniques to fleece their rubes with. To multiply their donations without their donors knowledge, or intention. Trump campaign, RNC refund donors another $12.8 million... |
Lefty Coaster | 08/08/2021 | 13 |
| Sekrit Armee Sundai — Happinezz Happunz Here is a gentle reminder of how we do things: � Pooties are cats; Woozles are dogs. �Goggies are dogs, too. Birds...are birds! �Peeps are people. �PWB Peeps are Pooties, Woozle, Birds People. �... |
FosterMomInCA | 08/08/2021 | 102 |
| Sunday noon concert Open Thread This material wouldn't really fit in tomorrow's OT or Tribute, so here's some teaser tunes All Blues x YouTube Video Mystery ... |
enhydra lutris | 08/08/2021 | 8 |
| Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – August 8, 2021 Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – August 8, 2021 by Tony Wikrent This is the best time all year to see the ringed magnificence of Saturn [Syfy Wire, via The Big Picture 8-5-2021] Saturn takes 29 years to orbit the Sun once. Earth is closer to the Sun... |
NBBooks | 08/08/2021 | 1 |
| North Carolina Open Thread: Madison Cawthorn, keeping the outrage hot one day at a time NORTH CAROLINA OPEN THREAD for Sunday, August 8, 2021
325th Weekly Edition
This is a weekly feature of � North Carolina Blue . We hope this weekly platform gives readers interested in North ... |
randallt | 08/08/2021 | 8 |
| The Cat Picks You You don’t pick the cat. I certainly didn’t pick that dirty, skinny little thing, screaming at me from underneath someone’s car parked in the quick pick food-to-go spot at the side of the restaurant where I was picking up food for Honey. It’s a formerly... |
megsk8z | 08/08/2021 | 171 |
| Museums 201: Women's sidesaddles (photo diary) In European cultures, women were not supposed to straddle the horse when riding. Riding side saddle was developed as a way of protecting the hymen to aristocratic girls. In addition, straddling the ... |
Ojibwa | 08/08/2021 | 18 |
| The Inoculation Project 8/8/2021: Puzzles and Circuits This week, we’re helping elementary school classes in St. Louis and the Texas panhandle with projects seeking circuit-building supplies on the one hand, and puzzles on the other. We hope that readers who support quality public school education will... |
belinda ridgewood | 08/08/2021 | 16 |
| About that 'hard' infrastructure bill... This sums up a lot of our problems with the way we approach transportation in America. ...For decades, the federal government has spent 80% of transportation infrastructure funds on highways, with only 20% left for public transit. Such lopsided... |
xaxnar | 08/08/2021 | 27 |
| Climate Brief: Dixie Fire now the largest blaze in the U.S. and third-largest wildfire on record The Dixie Fire ravaged the historic town of Greenville in Plumas County, Calif., leaving its main street in rubble. Other parts of the county were also completely burned. The Dixie Fire exploded by ... |
Angmar | 08/08/2021 | 22 |
| Old Man Simi Many years ago, when we first moved into our house, we allowed our “Old Man Simi” to go out. He grew up on a busy street in the town we lived in, and it was heavy, hard, fast traffic, and he was well trained to avoid the traffic. That of course was his... |
PadreMellyrn | 08/07/2021 | 23 |
| Overnight News Digest: Science Saturday, plus what to look for in the IPCC climate report on Monday
Here are some of this week’s top science stories:�
IPCC will release a new climate report on Monday.
How Canada geese came to dominate our urban landscapes.
New study finds that agriculture ... |
Magnifico | 08/07/2021 | 26 |
| Top Comments: Fossilized "Megaripples" Are Evidence of Giant Tsunami after Asteroid Impact It’s now been 41 years since the impact of an asteroid was hypothesized as being the cause of the extinction of the dinosaurs, as well as other life, in an event now called the Cretaceous-... |
gizmo59 | 08/07/2021 | 18 |
| PWB Peeps Caturday Open Thread: Big Cat Factoids The last page of Discover in May 2018 had facts about big cats. �A few highlights:
Today, some definitions consider cats “big” only if they roar — that’s lions, tigers, jaguars, and ... |
strawbale | 08/07/2021 | 53 |
| Books So Bad They're Good: Surrounded by Acres of Crabs (birthday week rewind) It was my birthday this week. It was Wednesday, August 4th, to be entirely accurate, which means I was born the same day as President Obama. I celebrated with Beata and Hot Toddy, two of my very favorite humans, ever, instead of partying down with... |
Ellid | 08/07/2021 | 66 |
| This Week In the War on Women: Our Bodies, Our Bank Accounts Unusually hefty docket this week, what with the Olympics and all. (Plus, lack of editorial discipline.) Beware the snark. Big thank you to contributors angmar, elenacarlena, noweasels, ramara, sandraLLAP, and Tara the Antisocial Social Worker. |
Clio2 | 08/07/2021 | 28 |
| Another Saturday Night - Songs of your birth year This should be interesting Good evening and welcome to another Saturday night of music, memories, and conversations. �Last week we did “freestyle” which meant the same as “dealer’s choice” |
WYgalinCali | 08/07/2021 | 226 |
| 'Depraved indifference': anti-vaxxers/anti-maskers remain *Murderous Clowns*. The title, and premise, of this diary was prompted by DKos member Michiganmitch, who in a comment cited the legal concept of murder by depraved indifference, in reference to the choices and conduct of the cohort of GOP voters who refuse to become... |
ian douglas rushlau | 08/07/2021 | 110 |
| Republican climate science denier Doug LaMalfa cries crocodile tears over Dixie Fire Doug LaMalfa, a Donald Trump puppet, represents California’s 1st District, where the raging Dixie Fire has already burned 679 square miles in Plumas County, destroying the town of Greenville, eight of whose residents are counted as missing. He also... |
Meteor Blades | 08/07/2021 | 208 |
| Kansas Prairie Library Garden Welcome to today’s Street Prophets Coffee Hour, cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion and politics. Take a cupa and a cookie or two, and join us. This is one more reason you should ... |
Aashirs nani | 08/07/2021 | 9 |
| Caturday Pootie Diary: Mischief Managed I always read a little before going to sleep, even if just for a few minutes. It helps me relax and get into the right headspace for rest. Freddie’s night habits are a little less rigid than mine. ... |
Flowergirl77 | 08/07/2021 | 243 |
| DKos Asheville Open Thread: Madison Cawthorn and the six Democrats vying to run against him Good day and welcome to DKos Asheville. This is the weekly DKos Asheville Open Thread for Saturday, August 7th, 2021. We offer this space every weekend to share what we're up to in Western North Carolina and beyond. DKos Asheville and other local and... |
randallt | 08/07/2021 | 8 |
| Mining Heritage Exhibition: Drilling into the rock (photo diary) The Mining Heritage Exhibition in Wallace, Idaho, is a four-acre historic park which operates exclusively through local efforts. The park displays mining artifacts and machinery from the area’s mining industry. In the early days of mining, miners would... |
Ojibwa | 08/07/2021 | 9 |
| Climate Brief: July is Record Month for Wildfires, Worldwide The Earth is burning like nothing we as a species have ever experienced before. Last month was worst July for wildfires on record, say scientists Burning of land released 343 megatonnes of carbon, with wildfire season yet to peak in many areas By... |
Lefty Coaster | 08/07/2021 | 39 |
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