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I can't get over this nightmare. It's both fascinating and revolting and I hate it but LOOK AT IT

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The best part is another ad for the same product in the replies referring to lima beans as "dainty" and "delicate" and I'm like

LIAR!!

(lima/butter beans are _the_ worst bean. There are many beans and I dislike most of them quite a bit, but lima are _the_ worst.)

MastodonGay Old Time (@GayOldTime@masto.ai)Attached: 1 image This week's #SundayLunch is easy to make and definitely won't have you fussing for hours over arranging individual beans in gelatin! Try it at home! (Or don't.) #vintageAd #food #NotASalad
#food#wrong#canned

One of the most telling parts of Trump’s insane rant du jour was this:

YOU WILL NO LONGER BE THINKING ABOUT ABORTION, BECAUSE IT IS NOW WHERE IT ALWAYS HAD TO BE, WITH THE STATES,

This is something that not only Trump believes,
or that members of the anti-abortion lobby believed
— it was a way for centrist pundits to demonstrate their Savvy.

The idea that "Roe was the reason there was political conflict over abortion" was amazingly widespread.
And, of course, couldn’t possibly be more #wrong:

⚠️The number of women in Texas who #died while pregnant, during labor or soon after childbirth
#skyrocketed following the state’s 2021 ban on abortion care
— far outpacing a slower rise in maternal mortality across the nation, a new investigation of federal public health data finds.
🆘 From 2019 to 2022, the rate of #maternal #mortality cases in Texas rose by 56%,
compared with just 11% nationwide during the same time period, according to an analysis by the Gender Equity Policy Institute.

❌Supporters of abortion rights and women’s rights are #never going to accept this status quo.
🔥And it’s hard to imagine a time when the well-connected anti-abortion minority stops trying to pass draconian bans in every state legislature they control -- and nationally,
whether legislatively or by judicial fiat.
The idea that overruling Roe would mean you no longer have to think about abortion made no sense if you thought about it for more than 5 seconds,
but ⭐️this is the case of Trump believing something he heard all the time on cable news.

lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/

Lawyers, Guns & Money · More pregnant women getting killed by Trump abortion bans - Lawyers, Guns & MoneyOne of the most telling parts of Trump’s insane rant du jour was this: YOU WILL NO LONGER BE THINKING ABOUT ABORTION, BECAUSE IT IS NOW WHERE IT ALWAYS HAD TO BE, WITH THE STATES, This is something that not only Trump believes, or that members of the anti-abortion lobby believed — it was a […]

#Wrong & #offensive on so many levels

#JDVance said he thinks the #DNC is being held in #Chicago so #Walz can say he visited a combat zone.

1. US Army non-commissioned officer command sergeant major #TimWalz served in the #military for 24 years. He was deployed to Italy during the #War in #Afghanistan / War on #Terrorism. All military #service members know they don’t have a choice as to where they are deployed.

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#FactCheck #VanceLies #Trumpaganda #gaslighting

It's weird and annoying to me that the whole world under maybe 50 years old has decided to partially reverse the meanings of "die" and "dice."

D&D podcasts: OK, roll your D20, that's the 20-sided dice.

Also D&D podcasts: I just rolled seven die.

The first is almost totally pervasive; it's been quite a while since I heard anyone use "die" instead of "dice" as singular.

The second is occasional, and I suspect follows from the first: if you find you've been saying "dice" for one one little math rock, then when you want to say something about multiple math rocks, perhaps your brain realizes the word should be different, and hunts around for another word that means "math rock(s)". It sometimes finds the wrong word, of course.

I'm just waiting for the OED to start defining #dice as "die" and maybe even vice-versa.

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"Trump argues, but that just means more oceanfront property! Win-win!

Believe it or not, #Trump is #wrong again. If you have a defined area of land that’s surrounded by water, an increase in the height of the water means that it covers more land. The result is less land touching the ocean, not more."
washingtonpost.com/politics/20

"Tesla reported Tuesday that its quarterly profit fell 45% from a year earlier as the electric-vehicle maker continued to struggle with increasing competition and an uncertain outlook...

Shares of #Tesla dipped about 3% in after-hours trading.

In April, Tesla reported a steeper-than-expected 55% plunge in profit for the first quarter. CEO #ElonMusk said at the time that the outlook for the 2nd quarter would be “a lot better”" [He was #WRONG]

washingtonpost.com/technology/

#Tech#Cars#News