Falstaff Books is putting together a charity anthology to benefit families and small businesses directly affected by Hurricane Helene. I'm in the book along with a load of great writers. Please consider picking up a copy. falstaffbooks.myshopify.com/products/app...

Appalachian Strong - A Charity Anthology for Hurricane Helene

On the weekend of September 27th, 2024, Hurricane Helene brought devastating flooding to the mountains of North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee, resulting in the loss of over one hundred souls and th...

Ominous 🧡🧡🧡

A CVS spokesperson has told reporters the updated COVID vaccine will cost around $201.99 for uninsured patients paying out of pocket. www.thecity.nyc/2024/08/27/n...

Or—and hear me out—an adult having a second go at (a better) childhood 😉

Indiana has declared that professors have no speech rights in the classroom; “any speech pursuant to the teacher’s ‘official duties’ and ‘professional responsibilities’ is subject to state direction.” We're well into Hungary territory here.

Indiana says professors lack First Amendment rights

Defending a new law requiring “intellectual diversity” from professors, the Indiana attorney general echoes Florida and asserts that “curriculum of a public university is government speech.”

In April 2020, before he was a Senator (let alone VP nominee), JD Vance appeared on a podcast called The Portal and explained how, in these exact words, "the entire purpose of the post-menopausal female" was to help their daughters raise their grandchildren. The man is weird (& not in a good way).

JD Vance in 2020 agreed grandmothers raising children is ‘whole purpose of the postmenopausal female’

While appearing on “The Portal” podcast in April 2020, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) agreed with host Eric Weinstein’s claim that “postmenopausal females” exist just to help take care of children.

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The Ravages Of QAnon Brain Worms In The Real World

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

The unprecedented influx of judges with public defender experience appointed by President Biden is beginning to put a stamp on the federal bench, @tianaheadley.bsky.socialnews.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Biden Public Defenders Turned Judges Begin to Make Mark on Bench

These judges bring to the bench a determination to treat criminal defendants with dignity, respect, and fairness, while also weighing public safety and accountability.

“fountains of molten weirdness”!

When the Robitissin started to take hold?