dmk
@dmkaye.bsky.social
Locus of Improbability
High Priestess of Church of the Easily Amused
Polymath
High Priestess of Church of the Easily Amused
Polymath
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Voters are letting chatbots help fill out their ballots. The Trump administration has spent a year making sure it controls what the chatbots say. trib.al/GbrjkN8
Trusting Chatbots With Our Ballots (at the Worst Possible Moment)
Voters are letting chatbots help fill out their ballots. The Trump administration has spent a year making sure it controls what the chatbots say.
trib.al
July 13, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Voters are letting chatbots help fill out their ballots. The Trump administration has spent a year making sure it controls what the chatbots say. trib.al/GbrjkN8
Dinner tonight: sausage and peppers! Served with marinara and fresh tomatoes on baguettes.
July 11, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Dinner tonight: sausage and peppers! Served with marinara and fresh tomatoes on baguettes.
Thursday's dinner: chicken fajitas!
July 11, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Thursday's dinner: chicken fajitas!
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One of our local cat rescues has suffered a horrendous tragedy in the form of a fire. If you can spare a little, would you please?
www.gofundme.com/f/support-al...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-al...
Donate to Support Alice and Purrfect Hearts Rescue, organized by Pam Dawes
Alice Simmons Pierce Needs Us Now
Last night, our rescue community received hea… Pam Dawes needs your support for Support Alice and Purrfect Hearts Rescue
www.gofundme.com
June 5, 2026 at 2:22 AM
One of our local cat rescues has suffered a horrendous tragedy in the form of a fire. If you can spare a little, would you please?
www.gofundme.com/f/support-al...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-al...
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"I have accepted Keir Starmer's resignation as my chief servant and have invited Andy Burnham to lay out details for how many meals a day he'll give me"
June 22, 2026 at 10:37 AM
"I have accepted Keir Starmer's resignation as my chief servant and have invited Andy Burnham to lay out details for how many meals a day he'll give me"
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i love the inter generational bond. never seen anything this gleeful but sad at once in a finale.
Stephen Colbert ended his final episode of The Late Show while singing "Hello, Goodbye" with Paul McCartney on the Ed Sullivan stage that made The Beatles mega stars.
May 23, 2026 at 11:33 PM
i love the inter generational bond. never seen anything this gleeful but sad at once in a finale.
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John Totleben and Stephen Bissette, from “The Garden of Earthly Delights” Swamp Thing #53, 1982
May 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
John Totleben and Stephen Bissette, from “The Garden of Earthly Delights” Swamp Thing #53, 1982
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Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
May 23, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
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I'm sharing "The Gentleperson's Hebdomadary Divertissement" from my Patreon:
Solve the Conundrums and set down the Answers in the column provided. The first Letters of the Answers, read downward, will reveal the Name of the Author; the last Letters will disclose the Title of their celebrated Work.
Solve the Conundrums and set down the Answers in the column provided. The first Letters of the Answers, read downward, will reveal the Name of the Author; the last Letters will disclose the Title of their celebrated Work.
May 5, 2026 at 1:14 AM
I'm sharing "The Gentleperson's Hebdomadary Divertissement" from my Patreon:
Solve the Conundrums and set down the Answers in the column provided. The first Letters of the Answers, read downward, will reveal the Name of the Author; the last Letters will disclose the Title of their celebrated Work.
Solve the Conundrums and set down the Answers in the column provided. The first Letters of the Answers, read downward, will reveal the Name of the Author; the last Letters will disclose the Title of their celebrated Work.
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My resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision now has 79 co-sponsors. You can view the full list at: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c....
I’ll keep fighting to get it across the finish line!
I’ll keep fighting to get it across the finish line!
May 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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Republicans are such pathetic cowards and sycophants. Vote every single one out of office.
May 6, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Republicans are such pathetic cowards and sycophants. Vote every single one out of office.
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It's kind of like a "challenge coin," which I've gotten from military officers (and presidents hand them out, too), but this is a super special variant that signals to anyone who gets it that your director is a drunk. apple.news/Ani3JGNLvQj2...
Kash Patel’s Personalized Bourbon Stash — The Atlantic
The FBI director has been leaving an unusual calling card.
apple.news
May 6, 2026 at 10:22 PM
It's kind of like a "challenge coin," which I've gotten from military officers (and presidents hand them out, too), but this is a super special variant that signals to anyone who gets it that your director is a drunk. apple.news/Ani3JGNLvQj2...
Great show with @georgiawarder.bsky.social , @stevehofstetter.bsky.social , and @brettdruck.bsky.social ! (I'm sorry I don't remember the name of the other fellow who opened.)
May 4, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Great show with @georgiawarder.bsky.social , @stevehofstetter.bsky.social , and @brettdruck.bsky.social ! (I'm sorry I don't remember the name of the other fellow who opened.)
Waiting for @stevehofstetter.bsky.social at Goodnight's Comedy Club in Raleigh. Hoping to show him the photo of our cats that won second place in his Best Pet Photo contest "Gargoyle Cats", starring Calypso, Click, and Clack. Also, we're wearing shirts withStar Trek-styled cats on them!
May 3, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Waiting for @stevehofstetter.bsky.social at Goodnight's Comedy Club in Raleigh. Hoping to show him the photo of our cats that won second place in his Best Pet Photo contest "Gargoyle Cats", starring Calypso, Click, and Clack. Also, we're wearing shirts withStar Trek-styled cats on them!
At Goodnight's Comedy Club in Raleigh waiting for @stevehofstetter.bsky.social . Sign says no photos. Then we are handed business cards that say to tag him on social media. So we're waiting to get in!
May 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
At Goodnight's Comedy Club in Raleigh waiting for @stevehofstetter.bsky.social . Sign says no photos. Then we are handed business cards that say to tag him on social media. So we're waiting to get in!
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THE WORST ECONOMIC JOBS REPORT SINCE THE END OF THE PANDEMIC.
Trump and Republicans are seriously screwing up the economy.
May and June jobs data dramatically revised downwards.
Unemployment increased.
You deserve better.
Trump and Republicans are seriously screwing up the economy.
May and June jobs data dramatically revised downwards.
Unemployment increased.
You deserve better.
A weak jobs report in July, and jobs numbers for May and June revised downward.
August 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
THE WORST ECONOMIC JOBS REPORT SINCE THE END OF THE PANDEMIC.
Trump and Republicans are seriously screwing up the economy.
May and June jobs data dramatically revised downwards.
Unemployment increased.
You deserve better.
Trump and Republicans are seriously screwing up the economy.
May and June jobs data dramatically revised downwards.
Unemployment increased.
You deserve better.
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"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
August 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
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"When it comes to health care, the United States is an anomaly on the international stage — and it doesn’t appear to be paying off for the country." Read the full Op-Ed:
I Moved to Italy for Work. Here’s What It’s Like to Use Socialized Health Care
Getting prescriptions and medical advice is a breeze.
www.teenvogue.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"When it comes to health care, the United States is an anomaly on the international stage — and it doesn’t appear to be paying off for the country." Read the full Op-Ed:
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“When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.”
-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
July 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.”
-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
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Please don't just assume I don't need a video of a red panda eating sweetcorn on the very day I hear there are no Epstein files.
July 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Please don't just assume I don't need a video of a red panda eating sweetcorn on the very day I hear there are no Epstein files.
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.