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#lol

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OMG, it’s actually been a minute since I’ve done the whole “dating” thing and … hoo boy

I went out to a jazz club for the first time in forever, with no intention whatsoever of meeting anyone or anything happening. Just me hanging out with myself listening to a band I been meaning to catch up with for a minute now

And then, ya know. Things happened™ and it went from sharing a table at an overcrowded club, to drinks and a few laughs, to my place

Aaaaand ya boi is rusty af

When we got back to my place, after a quick tour, a little small talk and some making out on the couch, she asked where my bathroom was, right?

Then after a few minutes I think I hear my shower running?

And then after about 10 minutes, nothing. Total silence 🤔

And I knock on the door to my bedroom and ask if everything is okay, “you good in there?”

No answer

And for a split second, I wasn’t panicked or anything but I felt like, Idk maybe I should knock harder? And then I was like, Odin you idiot, this is YOUR house, and as I enter the room and I’m going to my right to see if she’s in the bathroom, I look to my left and she’s just …. laying there … butt ass naked on my bed

This how we doin’ it nowadays?

I am not complaining but it was just a little … Idk … for some reason it threw me off (LOL, but only for like 0.0005 seconds)

I don’t recall a bathroom break being the prelude to the bedroom. Not to be crass or anything, but I remember it being more like as soon as you got behind closed doors, all formalities & pretenses dropped right along with all the clothes (JFC, I’m only reaching back less than a couple of years or so). Or has the bathroom thingy always been this way, and I just wasn’t paying attention?

Anyway, I am wayyy outta practice in the mystic ancient art of dating or one night stands or whatever tf this was ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

On the plus side, it’s been a minute since someone made me breakfast (brunch?), so that was a nice change of pace and a nice way to end the date

Disclaimer: no fetuses were harmed in last night’s activities and hopefully none were accidentally created

Over all, 20/10 experience, would recommend 👍🏿👍🏿

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#space #solar eclipse #eclipse

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Please follow this twitter account, and tag the names of these Islamophobic racists in your posts to help make their names searchable in Google.

SN: Because I know that some people will try to go there, this is not doxxing. These racists put information on publicly available websites to (deceptively) advertise who they want the public to believe they are, so let’s show the public exactly who they really are. And as far as I can tell, it doesn’t list their home addresses or home phone numbers (not that I would necessarily have a problem with that). But more importantly, people deserve to know that their banker or doctor has extremist Islamophobic views before they have a bank loan denied, or have a medical “accident” just because they are Muslim, or from a country that these bigots hate.

#politics #racism #islamophobia #palestine #gaza #robert tormey #bryan long #john brian flaks #medstar harbor hospital #medical racism #casual racism #stop arab hate

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#food #cucumbers #cucumber salad #cooking #recipies

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just a reminder that BetterHelp is selling your fucking data and that they themselves have said at industry meetings that they're a data-driven company more than a people-driven company

It feels like for a while in there that people were dropping them as a sponsor but now that the controversy has slightly dimmed there are so many ads for them again; do not give them your information, do not give them your money

I know insurance is a pain in the ass and mental health treatments cost too much out of pocket for most people. So do they, that's why they're making this little bait and switch operation. Helping people is, at best, a side product of their data harvesting, and at worst just a trick to lure people in.

#betterhelp #data mining #privacy rights #better help #mental health #online counseling #privacy rights violations #capitalism

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As of April 23rd, 2024:

People killed in the Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip: 42,510

Civilians: 38,621

Women: 10,091

Children: 15,780

Percentage of children and women killed: 60%

Percentage of civilians killed: 91%

(source)

#politics #palestine #🇵🇸 #gaza #israel #rafah #day 200 #genocide #war crimes #ethnic cleansing #israel is a terrorist state

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People who harm animals go after someone they perceive as weaker. Many serial killers feel a sense of rejection from their parents or from someone they love; there’s either a perceived rejection or a real rejection. Rather than going after the person who rejected them, they’ll start with something that’s weaker, and often that’s an animal. It’s a matter of power.

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Yeah, I’m no expert, but that sounds about right

#askwendyokoopa #ask #answered #kristi noem #dogs #republicans #animal cruelty

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Elie Mystal covered the ridiculous, “Presidential Immunity” (aka, “Why Can’t Trump Be Treated Like A Dictator?”) case before SCOTUS

Dreeben: "BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T CRIMES!" (he didn't yell, I did, but he said "because there weren't crimes." )

Oh God, now Roberts wondering if they should send it back to the DC circuit because he's worried about presidents getting prosecuted in bad faith.

Roberts: "The court of appeals did not get into a focused consideration of what facts we're talking about or what documents we're talking about... they did not look at what courts usually look at when... taking away immunity."

Is this motherfucker serious? His argument is "Every president coups, why is mine getting charged?"

Thomas: Are you saying there's no immunity even for official acts?

And... that could be the ballgame

Roberts, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh are more worried about a prosecutor going after a president for *political* reasons than A PRESIDENT TRYING TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT.

This is just about over.

And by "this" I mean the rule of law and by "over" I mean delayed indefinitely to help Trump.

Gorsuch suggesting that under the government's standard a president could be prosecuted for leading a "civil rights protest" in front of Congress and sought to "influence an official proceeding."

Yes, because Jan 6 and a fucking sit in are the same thing, Neil.

This is goddamn disgusting.

I'm going to keep listening because it is my literal job, but this is pretty much in the bag for Trump at this point. Remand to DC Circuit for decision on "official acts" and whether organizing a coup is one.

After November, if Trump loses, SCOTUS will return to the issue.

Alito: Are you really saying the president is subject to criminal laws like everybody else?

YES YOU DICK. THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE LAWS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE!

Alito: "I'm not talking about the particular facts of this case."

WHY? WHY THE HELL ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS FUCKING CASE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU?

The question I'd have for the SCOTUS now is: If you do this, why would a Republican president every peacefully transfer power again?

Democratic presidents will because Democrats follow rules that don't apply to the other side. But why would Republicans just leave *ever again*?

Alito: Couldn't FDR's decision to inter Japanese Americans during WWII be charged [as a crime]?

He says that LIKE THAT'S A BAD THING?

And Dreeben is trying to say that he couldn't.

This country, and specifically this court, is a fucking joke.

Now onto self-pardons. Alito is just playing all the Fox News hits now.

I'm going to smoke. Biden should send Seal Team 6 to Mar-a-Lago because according to Alito there's no downside.

Alito just suggested that the last election was "questionably decided"

I have left my body and am texting things I can't say aloud to my friends.

Kagan is like the first person to be asking about the actual criminal acts Trump is charged with.

I assume Alito is not listening because Kagan is a woman while Gorsuch is probably sitting there emailing the New York Times because they got something wrong on the Spelling Bee.

I see the internet is unimpressed with Dreeben but that's being a little unfair. The Republican justices want to do this, there's nothing that Dreeben could say to stop them.

What he *could* be doing was making their hypocrisy more clear for the non-legal media following along.

But... SCOTUS advocates have to preserve their ability to argue another day, and blowing up the justices in one case

A: Doesn't help them actually win the case.

B: Actively hurts them in the next one.

Kavanaugh: "Like Justice Gorsuch, I'm not concerned with the here and now of this case, I'm concerned about the future."

I don't know why this is acceptable. I do know that the justices are sure they are right about ignoring the facts of THIS ACTUAL CASE.

Kavanaugh... who WORKED FOR KEN STARR... is basically saying that Jack Smith is politically motivated and his appoint in unconstitutional.

It's... maddening. And most of the media reports will not even point out this hypocrisy.

The "independent counsel" law was rewritten into our current "special counsel" law BECAUSE of the shit Kavanaugh helped Starr do! Everybody was like "that crap can't happen again."

Somebody get @neal_katyal and @MonicaLewinsky on the phone to blow up this asshole.

@neal_katyal @MonicaLewinsky Every time I try to no have a stroke listening to this bullshit, they say something even more risible and stupid.

@neal_katyal @MonicaLewinsky Kavanaugh: "President Ford's pardon. Hugely unpopular when he did it... now probably looked on as one of his better decisions."

What? WHAT? WHO THE FUCK THINKS FORD'S PARDON OF NIXON WAS A GOOD IDEA? WHEN DID I DIE AND GO TO HELL????

@neal_katyal @MonicaLewinsky This could be a men v. women 5-4 ruling.

Men: Let's kick this back to DC to further delay Trump's trial.

Soto, Kagan, Jackson: Why? That's fucking dumb.

Barrett: Ladies, I agree with you, but we shouldn't call the men fucking dumb. We should politely disagree.

@neal_katyal @MonicaLewinsky We're past the two and half hour mark for an argument where the Republican justices made their decision when they were appointed, some of them decades ago.

@neal_katyal @MonicaLewinsky KBJ is closing by trying to answer all of Gorsuch's questions, which would be effective if Gorsuch operated in good faith. But... he doesn't. So...

@neal_katyal @MonicaLewinsky I had hoped that *one* of the liberal justices would have made the point from the Common Cause brief, highlighting that the whole point of what Republican justices are doing is to give Trump delay.

Not a persuasive argument for the justices, but good for the media to hear.

@neal_katyal @MonicaLewinsky The case is submitted. Court doesn't come back till May 9th which will be a decision day.

But I think they won't decide *this* case until July 3rd for max delay. And that decision will be 5-4 to remand the case back to DC, for additional delay.

@neal_katyal @MonicaLewinsky I wish I had better news for you. Thanks anyway for following along with our national descent into madness.

#politics #republicans #donald trump #scotus #elie mystal #presidential immunity

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... Dog stories are supposed to humanize the politician. Not make someone think you're the worst monster in the history of the planet

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Yeah, Kristi Noem is a real … uh … something

Tbh, after reading that story I feel sorry for any children who lived their childhood around her

People who are cruel to dogs and other animals are some of the worst people around. Idk how true it is, but it makes sense to me that animal cruelty is often a gateway to even worse cruelties against human beings—like becoming a Trump loving Republican, I guess

#the-explorers-journal #ask #answered #kristi noem #republicans #animal cruelty

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Reaching for an example of her unflinching preparedness to do anything “difficult, messy and ugly” if it needs to be done, Kristi Noem landed on a chilling example: the time she killed her pet dog, Cricket, in an execution-style gravel pit slaying.

The South Dakota governor, whose unbreakable devotion to Donald Trump has propelled her to somewhere near the top of his list of his potential 2024 running mates, reportedly included her disturbing tale of canicide in a book set to be published next month. “I guess if I were a better politician I wouldn’t tell the story here,” Noem writes, according to The Guardian, which obtained a copy.

According to the newspaper, Noem recounts the story of how she not only killed Cricket—a female “wirehair pointer, about 14 months old”—but then also proceeded to botch the killing of an unnamed goat that she owned to which she had taken a disliking.

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“I hated that dog,” Noem reportedly writes, adding that Cricket was simply “untrainable” and “dangerous to anyone she came in contact with.” It was then that she realized “I had to put her down,” she adds.

Noem explains that she grabbed her gun and took Cricket to a gravel pit. “It was not a pleasant job,” she writes, “But it had to be done.” Afterward, she writes, she decided she also needed to kill a male goat she owned that was “nasty and mean” because it was uncastrated, complaining that the buck “loved to chase” Noem’s children around and would wreck their clothes by knocking them down.

She reportedly writes of the goat that she “dragged him to a gravel pit” like Cricket, but the killing did not go as smoothly. The goat jumped when she pulled the trigger, Noem says, meaning the goat survived the shot. She adds that she went to her truck to get another shell and then “hurried back to the gravel pit and put him down.”

Noem says that a construction crew had seen her killing both the dog and the goat. She also writes that when her daughter, Kennedy, came home from school, she “looked around confused” and asked: “Hey, where’s Cricket?”

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#kristi noem #politics #republicans #animal cruelty #dogs #cricket the dog #the cruelty is the point #republicans are evil #gun nuts #dog killer #puppy killer #cricket

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practice?

#allen iverson #nba #basketball #🏀 #practice? #practice

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#lol #still funny #titanic #titan submersible

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Chechen Muslims are used as cannon fodder in Putin’s war on Ukraine (source)

#politics #ukraine #russia #chechnya #islamophobia #russian colonialism #russian imperialism #russian fascism ☭ #russia is a terrorist state #russian invasion of ukraine

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WASHINGTON, April 25 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement in response to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s claim yesterday that criticism of the Israeli government’s policies is antisemitic:

“No, Mr. Netanyahu. It is not antisemitic or pro-Hamas to point out that in a little over six months your extremist government has killed 34,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 77,000 – seventy percent of whom are women and children.

It is not antisemitic to point out that your bombing has completely destroyed more than 221,000 housing units in Gaza, leaving more than one million people homeless – almost half the population.

It is not antisemitic to note that your government has obliterated Gaza’s civilian infrastructure – electricity, water, and sewage.

It is not antisemitic to realize that your government has annihilated Gaza’s health care system, knocking 26 hospitals out of service and killing more than 400 health care workers.

It is not antisemitic to condemn your government’s destruction of all of Gaza’s 12 universities and 56 of its schools, with hundreds more damaged, leaving 625,000 students with no education.

It is not antisemitic to agree with virtually every humanitarian organization in saying that your government, in violation of American law, has unreasonably blocked humanitarian aid coming into Gaza, creating the conditions in which hundreds of thousands of children face malnutrition and famine.

Mr. Netanyahu. Antisemitism is a vile and disgusting form of bigotry that has done unspeakable harm to many millions of people. But, please, do not insult the intelligence of the American people by attempting to distract us from the immoral and illegal war policies of your extremist and racist government. Do not use antisemitism to deflect attention from the criminal indictment you are facing in the Israeli courts. It is not antisemitic to hold you accountable for your actions.”

—Bernie Sanders

#politics #palestine #gaza #bernie sanders #antisemitism #pro palestinian ≠ antisemitism #🇵🇸 #israel is a terrorist state #hasbara #benjamin netanyahu is a war criminal #war crimes #genocide #ethnic cleansing

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In this video from 2015, Democracy Now! covers Israel’s “Operation Protective Edge.”

“The Israeli veterans group, Breaking the Silence, released testimonies of more than 60 Israeli officers and soldiers which it says illustrate a “broad ethical failure” that “comes from the top of the chain of command.” More than 2,200 Palestinians were killed in the assault, the vast majority civilians. On Israel’s side, 73 people were killed, all but six of them soldiers. During the 50-day operation, more than 20,000 Palestinian homes were destroyed, and hundreds of thousands of people are still displaced. We hear candid video testimonies from the soldiers and speak to former Israeli paratrooper Avner Gvaryahu, director of public outreach at Breaking the Silence.”

Please listen to the soldiers who participated in this routine “lawn mowing” operation, as they testify about a fraction of the war crimes that were casually committed by the Israel army against Palestinian noncombatants. These admissions show a persistent state of mind, and that Israel has always intentionally and indiscriminately targeted civilians, and proves that the IDF is knowingly committing war crimes against the residents of Gaza.

This did not begin on October 7th. 🇵🇸

Full video here.

#politics #palestine #gaza #israel #breaking the silence #war crimes #🇵🇸 #rafah #israel is a terrorist state #ethnic cleansing #genocide #boycott divest sanction #bds

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When it rains in Nara by @AMAZlNGNATURE

#japan #nara #deer #cute animals #rainy days