The Evening Blues - 1-13-21
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 2:47pm
Diaries
PSA: FDA expands Sportmix pet food recall
Submitted by snoopydawg on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 11:56amFDA expands Sportmix pet food recall after 70 dogs reportedly died
The Food and Drug Administration has expanded a recall and is alerting pet owners and veterinary professionals about high levels of aflatoxin in some pet foods after 70 dogs reportedly died and over 80 others were sickened.
Open Thread
Submitted by randtntx on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 5:30am
Bats
A Brief Interlude
A Bat Break
NOTES ON JANUARY 6 FROM THE RADICAL MARGIN: THE CONFIDERATE FLAG AND RACISM
Submitted by Heathen3B on Tue, 01/12/2021 - 10:20pmThe story of “the US Capitol under attack” continues to be digested and regurgitated, to get dissected and analyzed—by this nation and the world at large.
Punishment of Republican Challengers to the Electoral Count
Submitted by edg on Tue, 01/12/2021 - 3:51pmCorporations Stop Donations
As covered in this essay, American corporations announced they're suspending campaign donations to the 147 Republicans objectors to last week's electoral process in Congress. Some people feel this is censorship and didn't like my use of "sedition and insurrection" to describe the Republican's actions.
The Evening Blues - 1-12-21
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 01/12/2021 - 2:36pm
Sheldon Adelson has passed away.
Submitted by Nastarana on Tue, 01/12/2021 - 1:37pmThis was reported by Howie Klein, at Down with Tyranny this morning.
A short poem
Submitted by smiley7 on Tue, 01/12/2021 - 12:03pm~
Signal Wave
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Tue, 01/12/2021 - 5:18am
I'm starting to think that perhaps one can stop the signal.
What Joss Whedon meant when he had Mr. Universe say "You can't stop the signal, Mal," in his movie Serenity, is that it's ultimately impossible to achieve absolute repression of an idea.
Trump's Hostage Video: What do you think about this?
Submitted by CS in AZ on Mon, 01/11/2021 - 9:43pmYesterday my husband and I spent the afternoon visiting friends in their backyard while our dogs had a play date. It was sunny and nice to be outside. We are so lucky here to have that.
During our visit there was a brief conversation that is still on my mind tonight, so I wanted to see if anyone here has any thoughts on this topic. I'll give a very brief summary of the key points of the conversation:
The Blockade Tightens
Submitted by edg on Mon, 01/11/2021 - 6:48pmA number of American corporations announced they're suspending campaign donations to the 147 Republicans objectors to last week's electoral process in Congress. In addition, there have been calls for the resignation of Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Missouri Senator Josh Hawley.
Dang! Who knew sedition and insurrection don't pay?
70 TB of information collected in Parler data scrape
Submitted by bondibox on Mon, 01/11/2021 - 1:52pmN.B. I'm not applauding or condoning what has transpired.
On Sunday, before Amazon web hosting pulled the plug on Parler, some hackers downloaded 70 Terabytes of information, including deleted posts, private messages, images with EXIF data intact, and the drivers licenses of Parler's "Verified Citizens."
The Evening Blues - 1-11-21
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 01/11/2021 - 1:48pm
Pence's inaction and Congress' foot-dragging on Trump Removal is dangerous
Submitted by BayAreaLefty on Mon, 01/11/2021 - 9:37amTrump needs to be out. As of the 6th, really, but any day since then would have been better than now, or later.
Monday OT: 01/11/21 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day (US)
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 01/11/2021 - 5:00am
Today is day 11 of the Gregorian Calendar year,
Sweetmorn, Chaos 11, 3187 YOLD
And let us not forget 13.0.8.3.3 mlc (the Mayan Long Count)
Sweetmorn, Chaos 11, 3187 YOLD
And let us not forget 13.0.8.3.3 mlc (the Mayan Long Count)
Slave auction at Richmond, Virginia, public domain via VCU Libraries Commons
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