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Sophia applied the FaceApp gender swapping filters to Star Wars posters. I approve of this exercise.
Starring Taylor Swift, Shia LaBeouf and Laura Prepon.
Zoe Dameron
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4th Circuit decision on the concern that their ruling will have a chilling effect on political debate during campaigns. This is what legal scholars call a smackdown.
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It’s graduation time and Sophie and I got curious about these words. For your etymological pleasure:
Freshman — “fresh” + “man”; Sense of “student in first year” attested from 1590s
Sophomore — from Greek sophumer, “arguer”; Sense of “student in second year,” attested from 1680s (“sopho” (wise) + “moro” (foolish), which I learned from my orthodontist years ago, is incorrect folk etymology and probably influenced the spelling)
Junior — from Latin for “younger”; Sense of “student in the third year” attested from 1862
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The evidence in the record, viewed from the standpoint of the reasonable observer, creates a compelling case that EO-2’s primary purpose is religious. Then-candidate Trump’s campaign statements reveal that on numerous occasions, he expressed anti-Muslim sentiment, as well as his intent, if elected, to ban Muslims from the United States. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals (just now)
Words matter folks.
Whither has the genius of America fled? We have had darker days than the present, and that genius has saved us. John Tyler
“It’s unfortunate that this aggressive behavior from a liberal journalist created this scene…” — Candidate for congress who beat up a reporter.
What a world.
Me: Watches a couple episodes of a Netflix show, then turns it off.
Sophia: You’re stopping?!
Me: Just for now.
Sophia: Ugh. You don’t understand the art of the binge.
Current Status: Peeling cut potatoes because I forgot to peel them before I cut them.
🤓🤓🤓
The number of stupid posts I’ve seen only because Gary commented “Amen” on them…
I’m fine. Which is weird.
Morning routine:
Wake up, check to see if we still have a president, take a shower.
Today I learned Japan has a princess.
My biggest beef with this is that, whatever your position on the Russia investigations, Flynn is not a good guy.
He is an islamophobe, which is just like an antisemite, an overt racist, a white supremacist, or a flagrant misogynist: A bad guy. I’m not suggesting his parents should disinvite him from thanksgiving dinner, but he didn’t belong in a position of authority once he showed his true colors. I wish people would stop equivocating on this.
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Every time I see one of these “look how badly the Starbucks barista misspelled my name” posts I think to myself “man I’m glad I don’t have to try to spell people’s names on the spot as part of my job.”
I’ve been sick all weekend and watching some Netflix so I recently discovered the (new?) “Skip Intro” button. I would like to pledge my eternal and undying love to whoever implemented this.
Bless you my sweet friend.
Can we get this at movie theaters too?
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The new standard for presidential policy making:
“You can see elements of reality in what he said.”
Also, this whole story is hilarious when you set aside the fact that this epic dummy is actually in charge.
Impromptu review of my new Leesa mattress. (Also applies to my two Tuft & Needle mattresses)
PRO: Comfortable
PRO: Easy to order
PRO: Reasonably priced
CON: Smells like a tire fire
Current status: airing out my bedroom for four days while Mamie is away in the hope that I can sleep in my own bed again eventually.
Good grief. Hey Senate, stop being stupid and do your job.
Happy (late) national teachers day.
The first good thing trump has done. From a botched anti-privacy iPhone fight to a botched Clinton investigation to a botched trump/Russia testimony, Comey has proven himself incompetent. Good riddance.
Well would you look at that! Trump removed his statement on immigration (the one that called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States”) from his website today, the same day he’s trying to claim in court that his ban is not a ban on Muslims.
Here it was at 3:17 PM today:
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And here it is now:
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Nothing to see here folks. [waves hand] We have always been at war with Eastasia.
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People keep saying Trump isn’t “presidential” as if only presidents are expected to be polite, tell the truth, not be racist, and not assault people.
I’m going to go out on a limb and guess it’s because different use cases favor different trade-offs, and because different users have different preferences. Just a hunch.
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I think the most common health-care related refrain I heard from Trump supporters during the campaign was “He’s not going to take away pre-existing condition protections.”
Granted, I don’t think Trump himself even understands the most basic fundamentals of health care, but here we are. Now the conservative talking heads are all over the media with their coordinated talking points:
People with health problems should pay more. Expensive healthcare is a consequence of poor life choices.
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Friends, the press and the government are in bed together in an embrace so intimate and wrong, they could spoon on a twin mattress and still have room for Ted Koppel. Journalists used to questions the reasons for war and expose abuse of power. Now, like toothless babies, they suckle on the sugary teat of misinformation and poop it into the diaper we call the 6:00 News. Demand more of your government.
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Here’s how your AZ rep voted on the really despicable AHCA:
Voted YES:
David Schweikert (District 6 / Scottsdale) Martha McSally (District 2 / Tucson) Paul Gosar (District 4 / Prescott) Trent Franks (District 8 / Glendale) Voted NO:
Kyrsten Sinema (District 9 / Phoenix) Raúl Grijalva (District 3 / Yuma) Ruben Gallego (District 7 / Phoenix) Tom O’Halleran (District 1 / Sedona) Voted NO because it wasn’t drastic enough:
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Happy Star Wars Day. Here’s Alec Guinness (Obi-Wan Kenobi) grumbling about his role in a letter to a friend.
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Sophia and I have spent far too much time listening to Backyardigans music on Apple Music. 🙅🏻 No shame 🙅🏼♂️
The five stages of getting sophie out of bed:
🤥 She’ll get up any minute now.
😡 I can’t believe she’s not up.
🙏🏻 Maybe if I make some aromatic breakfast it will rouse her.
😥 Will it always be this way?
😳 Wait I was exactly the same way.
BRB. Ordering one of these for Mamie.
BREAKING: The president of the united states isn’t particularly bright.
“I‘ve always wished my computer was as easy to use as my phone. My wish came true. I can no longer figure out how to use my phone.” – Bjarne Stroustrup
Sophie’s been sewing a Hei Hei hat tonight to wear to Comicon. (Hei Hei for the uninitiated is the chicken from Moana.) I love all her nutty projects.
I’m very much not a documentary person but I rented City of Gold on laundry night and it is great. Watching it again with Sophia tonight. Such a beautiful little celebration of people.
The world contains an unlimited number of grievances. Steven Pinker
So often on the internet ”brilliant” is used to mean “fairly obvious and not particularly clever.”
Dehumanizing Etymology
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Want to know what trade deal was better for America than NAFTA? The TPP you nincompoop.
If you think about the great diversity of stuff in the world, apples and oranges are pretty dang similar.
Oh heck I teased Neil Gaiman with some twitter shenanigans and it completely blew up and now there’s some internet article about it. Time for me to delete all my accounts and hide for a while. I’m feeling exposed.
I’m a little worried about Cassini but it’ll be fine, right? Considering staying up til 2:00 AM to find out.
There is no more freeing feeling than to commit fully to something. Satwant Singh Khalsa