Bob James: Tiny Desk Concert

Bob James’ Tiny Desk concert is a manifestation of freedom and collaboration. “I have youth represented here,” he says before introducing his band. “I don’t have that myself, but I can hire it.” The joke is tinged with a certain degree of truth. Still, curiosity and openness fuel his fresh spirit and keep his fanbase wide-ranging. The jazz pianist, composer and producer took his opportunity at the Desk to highlight his iconic discography, spanning over five decades.

Quincy Jones discovered Bob James in the 1960s and signed him to a record deal. He then arranged for other jazz greats like Sarah Vaughan and Grover Washington Jr. before releasing his album One in 1974. That album featured “Feel Like Making Love” and “Nautilus,” one of the most sampled records in hip-hop. While James has released dozens of projects with his contemporaries, hip-hop has been the bridge to younger generations.

Before the new, improvised version of “Nautilus” with DJ Jazzy Jeff and Talib Kweli — seriously, they mapped it out and tried it once before we hit record — James played other highlights from his catalog including “Westchester Lady,” “Angela (Theme from Taxi),” and “The Secret Drawer” from his Grammy-nominated album, Jazz Hands.

— Bobby Carter | May 27, 2024

SET LIST
“The Secret Drawer”
“Westchester Lady”
“Angela (Theme from Taxi)”
“Nautilus (feat. DJ Jazzy Jeff and Talib Kweli)”

MUSICIANS
Bob James: piano
James Adkins: drums
Michael Palazzolo: bass
Andrey Chmut: saxophone
DJ Jazzy Jeff: DJ
Talib Kweli: vocals

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bobby Carter
Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant
Audio Technical Director: Neil Tevault
Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Maia Stern, Michael Zamora
Audio Engineer: Carleigh Strange
Photographer: Elizabeth Gillis
Tiny Desk Team: Ashley Pointer, Hazel Cills
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins

#tinydesk #nprmusic #bobjames

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190 comments

Dangerman May 27, 2024 • 11:39:09am

Its like memorial day dont even enter into it
Its a pattern

BigPapa May 27, 2024 • 11:43:47am

He’s the world’s biggest little shit.

EstebanTornado1963 May 27, 2024 • 11:45:08am

No way 😳

Cybertruck gets smashed by Ford Lightning at a Moses Lake Sand Dune drag race! Pretty crazy! pic.twitter.com/fEVbftryJ4

— TesCalendar 📆⚡️ (@TesCalendar1) May 27, 2024

PhillyPretzel ✅ May 27, 2024 • 11:49:39am

re: #3 EstebanTornado1963

Go Ford. :)

Eclectic Cyborg May 27, 2024 • 11:50:03am

RE: Trump calling Anderson Cooper “Alison Cooper”

It’s a deliberate mocking of a gay man he doesn’t like. See also: Letitia “Peekaboo” James.

A Cranky One May 27, 2024 • 11:52:10am

Nothing would make me happier than never seeing or hearing from The Flatulent Guy again.

I’m so tired of checking the news every morning and hearing about that asshole. I despair for my fellow citizens who are being subjected to his insane rantings and especially for the assholes who are clinging to The Flabby Guy like toilet paper on Uranus.

In case I’m not clear, I HATE that asshole.

Thinking about my dad today, who is buried at Arlington after a distinguished career in the military. He was the most moral, loving person I’ve ever met.

jaunte May 27, 2024 • 11:54:55am

Amazing performance from an 84 year old. You can tell his age partly because he slipped up in his Andrey Chmut intro and referred to “the Ukraine,” which was the style once upon a time.

Belafon May 27, 2024 • 11:56:28am

re: #3 EstebanTornado1963

The Lightning was built to be a truck. The Cybertruck is a reflection of the traits of the person who had it built.

Vicious Babushka May 27, 2024 • 11:58:04am

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A Cranky One May 27, 2024 • 12:00:08pm

jaunte May 27, 2024 • 12:00:33pm

re: #9 Vicious Babushka

One more Pathetic Babbler Day passes.

wrenchwench May 27, 2024 • 12:01:08pm

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Nerdy Fish May 27, 2024 • 12:02:33pm

re: #9 Vicious Babushka

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“Happy holiday to all, including…” He’s trying to make himself sound magnanimous while addressing the people with whom he has grievances. I don’t understand how he thinks this is a good look.

PhillyPretzel ✅ May 27, 2024 • 12:02:36pm

re: #12 wrenchwench

It could pass for that.

gocart mozart May 27, 2024 • 12:02:57pm

RIP Bill Walton ❤️pic.twitter.com/Tur22xqCFW

— Deadspin (@Deadspin) May 27, 2024

teleskiguy May 27, 2024 • 12:07:23pm

Bill Walton died of cancer, he was 71. The guy I bought my latest mountain bike from was good friends with him, they did Ride The Rockies - a road bike tour of Colorado - a few times together. I had the opportunity to ride a bicycle with Bill and my friend from Steamboat Springs to Vail, to this day the most miles I’ve put in the saddle in one day. Dude was really tall. I remember him being encouraging on the ride, “You got this!” Stuff like that. RIP

A Cranky One May 27, 2024 • 12:07:26pm

I had a number of Bob James albums that I lost in the divorce from hell.

Thank goodness for streaming music. I’ve been able to enjoy a lot of “lost” music that I haven’t heard in years.

Belafon May 27, 2024 • 12:08:15pm

re: #12 wrenchwench

If you stare at it long enough, you can finally see the breaks between the parts.

gocart mozart May 27, 2024 • 12:10:41pm

Little Walter ‘67. #bluesharp with guitarists Hound Dog Taylor and Dillard Crume and drummer Odie Payne. pic.twitter.com/JpWpNsblJY

— bluesharp (@bluezharp) May 27, 2024

jaunte May 27, 2024 • 12:11:48pm

@docrevan.xyz

Honestly disgusting phrasing from this reporter.

It’s Memorial Day weekend, when we remember those from the armed forces who have left us.

Why wouldn’t he be visiting his daughter in law to remember Beau with her this weekend?

wrenchwench May 27, 2024 • 12:12:53pm

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jaunte May 27, 2024 • 12:13:13pm

@stevesilberman.bsky.social
I didn’t know Bill Walton. But one thing I did know: How it felt to be in that happy place near the stage when the Grateful Dead were really going for it. Bye, Bill - we were all lucky.

DodgerFan1988 May 27, 2024 • 12:14:50pm

Rest in peace to a friend, 2X NBA Champion, Hall of Famer, and one of the most skilled centers we’ve ever seen Bill Walton! His NCAA Championship performance as a UCLA Bruin against Memphis is by far the most dominate NCAA Championship performance ever - he shot 21 for 22 and had…

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) May 27, 2024

I am sad today hearing that my comrade & one of the sports worlds most beloved champions & characters has passed. Bill Walton enjoyed life in every way. To compete against him & to work with him was a blessing in my life. Sorry for your loss Walton family. We’ll miss him too. Doc pic.twitter.com/GAEt1DRH8N

— Julius Dr J Erving (@JuliusErving) May 27, 2024

gocart mozart May 27, 2024 • 12:17:11pm

pic.twitter.com/BygrwAmT2G

— Edwin Mix (@EdMix13) May 27, 2024

gocart mozart May 27, 2024 • 12:18:40pm

Nunes has very strong lickspittle skills. He would make a perfect Smithers to compliment Trump’s Mr. Burns impression.

— Edwin Mix (@EdMix13) May 27, 2024

Vicious Babushka May 27, 2024 • 12:18:42pm

re: #13 Nerdy Fish

“Happy holiday to all, including…” He’s trying to make himself sound magnanimous while addressing the people with whom he has grievances. I don’t understand how he thinks this is a good look.

It’s his “style” to make every national holiday about himself and airing his grievances and performing what he thinks are “feats of strength” (air boxing to “MAGA” music).

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 27, 2024 • 12:20:48pm

Last thread:

re: #172 mmmirele

I seem to have hit the cat jackpot. One of my cats (Sakura) not only like belly rubs, but she’s now added a belly rub to the morning ritual of sniffing my breath. I’ve never had a cat that asked for belly rubs.

She’s testing you to see if you’re alive first.

If you’re not, you’ll become breakfast.

Ace Rothstein May 27, 2024 • 12:21:08pm

I never knew that Memorial Day was supposed to be a happy holiday.

sizzzzlerz May 27, 2024 • 12:21:18pm

re: #1 Dangerman

Its like memorial day dont even enter into it
Its a pattern

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It’s only, and always, about him. Soldiers, mothers, religious holiday observers are just a dais on which he can spew his “woe is me” bullshit. One of the most despicable human beings ever.

A Cranky One May 27, 2024 • 12:22:52pm

Charles Johnson May 27, 2024 • 12:23:34pm

Went to Truth Social just to see what was going on. And it’s unreal how insane Trump is.

How can anyone support this fucking crazed lunatic??? WTF is wrong with those people?

I think he may have violated the gag order again, too.

teleskiguy May 27, 2024 • 12:24:36pm

Bill was super easy to spot when I saw Dead & Company in Boulder last summer.

Ace Rothstein May 27, 2024 • 12:25:43pm

re: #31 Charles Johnson

Went to Truth Social just to see what was going on. And it’s unreal how insane Trump is.

How can anyone support this fucking crazed lunatic??? WTF is wrong with those people?

I think he may have violated the gag order again, too.

Because he is them, and they are him.

Eclectic Cyborg May 27, 2024 • 12:26:08pm

re: #30 A Cranky One

That will annoy the Trekkers / Trekkies. Riker DID have a beard in Season 2.

Eclectic Cyborg May 27, 2024 • 12:27:04pm

re: #31 Charles Johnson

Because inflation something something…

Half /

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 27, 2024 • 12:27:45pm

re: #28 Ace Rothstein

I never knew that Memorial Day was supposed to be a happy holiday.

You’d be amazed how many people say “Happy Memorial Day” (it is for them, it’s the unofficial first day of Summer, beach day, bar-b-que day, party and drinking day, everything except reflecting on the nation’s dead day).

Over the years I’ve made a point of staying entirely out of public on Memorial Day from all the well-wishers.

BigPapa May 27, 2024 • 12:30:03pm

Memorial Day is supposed to be a solemn day. As a kid it meant the start of summer.

Tomorrow the 28th is the day in 2001 I met Mrs BigPapa at a Memorial Day BBQ.

So yeah, it’s mixed for me.

Joe Bacon ✅ May 27, 2024 • 12:30:04pm

re: #1 Dangerman

Its like memorial day dont even enter into it
Its a pattern

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I’ve had it with that spoiled brat

Targetpractice May 27, 2024 • 12:33:29pm

re: #35 Eclectic Cyborg

Because inflation something something…

Half /

“Economic anxiety.”

Joe Bacon ✅ May 27, 2024 • 12:33:41pm

Memorial Day Lunch at Fromin’s Deli in Santa Monica

Note the empty chair where my son should be.

Oh and Fuck Trump for calling him a sucker…

GlutenFreeJesus May 27, 2024 • 12:33:56pm

Bill jammed a bit with my friends at a Wrigley Field show awhile ago. The guy was fun.

instagram.com

GlutenFreeJesus May 27, 2024 • 12:34:16pm

re: #24 gocart mozart

Whoops. Upside down.

Eclectic Cyborg May 27, 2024 • 12:44:01pm

re: #37 BigPapa

Memorial Day is supposed to be a solemn day. As a kid it meant the start of summer.

Tomorrow the 28th is the day in 2001 I met Mrs BigPapa at a Memorial Day BBQ.

So yeah, it’s mixed for me.

I feel this. I would never have married Ms. Cyborg if Hurricane Katrina hadn’t happened.

gocart mozart May 27, 2024 • 12:49:31pm

What’s the ugliest
Part of your body?
What’s the ugliest
Part of your body?
Some say your nose
Some say your toes
(I think it’s your mind)
But I think it’s YOUR MIND
(Your mind)
I think it’s your mind, woo woohttps://t.co/f0jcAjPFqZ

— Edwin Mix (@EdMix13) May 27, 2024

Yeah Sure WhatEVs May 27, 2024 • 12:51:45pm

re: #33 Ace Rothstein

Because he is them, and they are him.

Which in itself is terrifying. There’s no filter. Open hatred against all real and perceived enemies. They’re like incredibility dangerous 6 year olds..

wrenchwench May 27, 2024 • 12:52:01pm

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BigPapa May 27, 2024 • 12:52:09pm

re: #44 gocart mozart

One of the ugliest people in existence.

sagehen May 27, 2024 • 12:58:58pm

re: #22 jaunte

@stevesilberman.bsky.social
I didn’t know Bill Walton. But one thing I did know: How it felt to be in that happy place near the stage when the Grateful Dead were really going for it. Bye, Bill - we were all lucky.

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the people standing directly behind him might have been less than pleased.

jaunte May 27, 2024 • 1:01:10pm

@theremina.bsky.social
“A single mega-colony of ants has colonised much of the world, scientists have discovered. Argentine ants living in vast numbers across Europe, the US and Japan belong to the same inter-related colony, and will refuse to fight one another.”

In Europe, one vast colony of Argentine ants is thought to stretch for 6,000km (3,700 miles) along the Mediterranean coast, while another in the US, known as the “Californian large”, extends over 900km (560 miles) along the coast of California. A third huge colony exists on the west coast of Japan.
news.bbc.co.uk

Targetpractice May 27, 2024 • 1:05:25pm

If you want to know why so many of our fellow Americans remain ignorant about the economy, I can sum it up in the chyron on Faux this very minute: “Pace of inflation cooled in April, Prices of food remain high.” As I’ve said before, they are genuinely BSing people that inflation coming down means prices are supposed to come down. Like it’s a balloon that gradually deflates as you let air out, rather than a state of being that is as old as the idea of “capitalism.”

Dangerman May 27, 2024 • 1:06:03pm

re: #13 Nerdy Fish

“Happy holiday to all, including…” He’s trying to make himself sound magnanimous while addressing the people with whom he has grievances. I don’t understand how he thinks this is a good look.

“happy” w/r/t memorial day is tone deaf

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 27, 2024 • 1:07:29pm

From that AP article about Memorial Day:

The holiday stems from the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865.

Wrong. Confederates weren’t “service members.” They were insurrectionists.

Nerdy Fish May 27, 2024 • 1:08:26pm

re: #52 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

From that AP article about Memorial Day:

Wrong. Confederates weren’t “service members.” They were insurrectionists.

I seem to remember reading something yesterday that part of the controversy of the holiday is that it was only ever intended to honor Union service members who had died, and hang the Confederates.

sizzzzlerz May 27, 2024 • 1:08:39pm

re: #52 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

From that AP article about Memorial Day:

Wrong. Confederates weren’t “service members.” They were ~~insurrectionists~~ traitors.

FTFY

jaunte May 27, 2024 • 1:09:02pm

re: #51 Dangerman

Aggressively bulldozing all tone, norms, and even laws is his appeal to his fans who are constantly feeling victimized by having to live in a society in which they have to have any regard for others.

jaunte May 27, 2024 • 1:10:09pm

A good illustration that although you might feel that both candidates for an office are bad on an issue, one is always much, much worse

— Dr. SkySkull (@drskyskull.bsky.social) 2024-05-27T20:06:26.536Z

Joe Bacon ✅ May 27, 2024 • 1:10:31pm

Trump can take his Festivus pole and shove it up his ass…

Eclectic Cyborg May 27, 2024 • 1:12:28pm

re: #49 jaunte

Belafon May 27, 2024 • 1:14:00pm

Putting back

bsky.app

Belafon May 27, 2024 • 1:15:23pm

re: #59 Belafon

IMDB should add the ability to get to the stunt doubles for any actor on any movie.

Targetpractice May 27, 2024 • 1:16:53pm

re: #56 jaunte

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One candidate tries to dance the thin line between supporting any ally and supporting general human rights and freedoms.

The other candidate says “SUPPORT ISRAEL OR ELSE!”

According to the Beltway, the latter is going to draw in the youth vote because the former didn’t stomp Bibi’s jimmies fast enough and hard enough.

cat-tikvah May 27, 2024 • 1:18:16pm

re: #42 GlutenFreeJesus

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Whoops. Upside down.

Plate of shrimp 🍤

wrenchwench May 27, 2024 • 1:20:18pm

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 27, 2024 • 1:20:39pm

My paternal grandfather was killed in WW2 in Europe. My paternal grandmother served in the WAC. They were both “undocumented immigrants” from Poland.

My maternal grandfather was a Marine Corp Reservist, but was not called up because he had a critical job as an engineer at Ford. My maternal grandmother and her first cousin both served in the WAC.

My father was killed in the Vietnam War in the Navy; my mother served in the Navy during the Vietnam Era.

I’m not terribly interested in being wished a “Happy Memorial Day.”

That said, it would be difficult to change a nation’s attitude about this. That said, it’s kind of the point of liberty. The government isn’t telling you what to do with your time (and business needs to make money on what was a solemn occasion).

Belafon May 27, 2024 • 1:20:44pm

re: #61 Targetpractice

One candidate tries to dance the thin line between supporting any ally and supporting general human rights and freedoms.

The other candidate says “SUPPORT ISRAEL OR ELSE!”

According to the Beltway, the latter is going to draw in the youth vote because the former didn’t stomp Bibi’s jimmies fast enough and hard enough.

I’m pretty sure Trump’s line is “Hate Palestinians or else.”

jaunte May 27, 2024 • 1:23:31pm

re: #61 Targetpractice

I see a lot of people on Bluesky savaging Biden for his support of Israel, but what they seem most angry about are people reminding them that Trump would be worse.
They seem to be lobbying for a reality in which they can support the citizens of Gaza by criticizing Democrats and ignore the risk of another Republican victory here.

Belafon May 27, 2024 • 1:25:48pm

re: #59 Belafon

Digging on this and it seems there are a finite number of stunt doubles. The stunt couple is true, as well as the story. It seems that Charlize and Tom fought so much that the stunt scenes were filmed separately. But I also found out that another of Charlize’s stunt doubles is married to Chris Hemsworth’s stunt double.

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 27, 2024 • 1:27:18pm

re: #55 jaunte

Aggressively bulldozing all tone, norms, and even laws is his appeal to his fans who are constantly feeling victimized by having to live in a society in which they have to have any regard for others.

Like when he wished a Merry Christmas to everyone, including the losers and haters.

Belafon May 27, 2024 • 1:28:16pm

re: #66 jaunte

I see a lot of people on Bluesky savaging Biden for his support of Israel, but what they seem most angry about are people reminding them that Trump would be worse.
They seem to be lobbying for a reality in which they can support the citizens of Gaza by criticizing Democrats and ignore the risk of another Republican victory here.

And I get it: Trump isn’t in power. But those of us that remember 2017-2021 know it will be much worse for the Palestinians and the rest of the world if Trump wins.

wrenchwench May 27, 2024 • 1:28:27pm

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) May 27, 2024 • 1:28:36pm

re: #28 Ace Rothstein

I never knew that Memorial Day was supposed to be a happy holiday.

If those fallen heroes could be with us, they would certainly want to join us getting drunk at the beach.

sagehen May 27, 2024 • 1:31:11pm

re: #71 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

If those fallen heroes could be with us, they would certainly want to join us getting drunk at the beach.

and they’d buy reduced-price mattresses.

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 27, 2024 • 1:31:32pm

re: #66 jaunte

I see a lot of people on Bluesky savaging Biden for his support of Israel, but what they seem most angry about are people reminding them that Trump would be worse.
They seem to be lobbying for a reality in which they can support the citizens of Gaza by criticizing Democrats and ignore the risk of another Republican victory here.

I wound up on a bunch of block lists when someone was whinging “DO SOMETHING!!!uno£!$!” with his “bully pulpit.” I responded exactly how the bully pulpit doesn’t work, getting a “well, why vote for him then?”

I stuck wondering if what they want is a left version of Trump, or this is rodent copulation trying to depress voter turnout.

Then there’s the Democratic Socialist types from very safe districts trying to promote other candidates, whilst Democratic Socialists here vote strategically. (Nebraska’s DSA is in an “all hands on deck” mode trying to prevent Trump, and oust Sens. Fischer and Ricketts. That doesn’t include supporting third-party candidates.)

Nerdy Fish May 27, 2024 • 1:35:23pm

Deleted.

Targetpractice May 27, 2024 • 1:35:29pm

re: #73 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I wound up on a bunch of block lists when someone was whinging “DO SOMETHING!!!uno£!$!” with his “bully pulpit.” I responded exactly how the bully pulpit doesn’t work, getting a “well, why vote for him then?”

I stuck wondering if what they want is a left version of Trump, or this is rodent copulation trying to depress voter turnout.

Then there’s the Democratic Socialist types from very safe districts trying to promote other candidates, whilst Democratic Socialists here vote strategically. (Nebraska’s DSA is in an “all hands on deck” mode trying to prevent Trump, and oust Sens. Fischer and Ricketts. That doesn’t include supporting third-party candidates.)

They do, they really do. That was largely why they loved Bernie, because he promised them the same “I’ll do what I want and Congress will obey or get out of the way” attitude if he was elected. The reality is that both extremes of the spectrum want the same thing: An American King, the only difference being what policies said king puts in place.

Targetpractice May 27, 2024 • 1:37:14pm

re: #74 Nerdy Fish

There’s both. You’ve got the Jill Stein/Gary Johnson/Bernie Sanders types who are mad about it because their person doesn’t get any air time, and then there are the ideologues who believe the office of the President is all-powerful and want Biden to just wave his magic President wand and make the Middle East all sunshine, rainbows, and unicorns.

Aka the “Green Lantern Theory of Leadership” that says that the presidency is a matter of will, that a president can do what he likes and it’s all a matter of wanting to do so, thus if a president does not fulfill their wish list then it’s because he doesn’t want to do so and is an actual impediment towards reaching their fantasy world.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) May 27, 2024 • 1:37:22pm

re: #75 Targetpractice

They do, they really do. That was largely why they loved Bernie, because he promised them the same “I’ll do what I want and Congress will obey or get out of the way” attitude if he was elected. The reality is that both extremes of the spectrum want the same thing: An American King, the only difference being what policies said king puts in place.

Because it is assumed that the dictator they elect will act entirely the way they want and expect him to, efficiently and consistently…I have had this discussion enough times with enough people to no longer bother to enter into it.

teleskiguy May 27, 2024 • 1:37:52pm

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The Ghost of a Flea May 27, 2024 • 1:38:40pm

re: #74 Nerdy Fish

There’s both. You’ve got the Jill Stein/Gary Johnson/Bernie Sanders types who are mad about it because their person doesn’t get any air time, and then there are the ideologues who believe the office of the President is all-powerful and want Biden to just wave his magic President wand and make the Middle East all sunshine, rainbows, and unicorns.

Ah yes, the deep wisdom of declaring that the President can’t actually effect something while also demanding votes for the president because it’s the only way to effect something.

Targetpractice May 27, 2024 • 1:44:59pm

re: #77 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Because it is assumed that the dictator they elect will act entirely the way they want and expect him to, efficiently and consistently…I have had this discussion enough times with enough people to no longer bother to enter into it.

Yep, in the same vein, the far-right “Patriots” and far-left “Revolutionaries” like to imagine that when “the people” rise up and overturn the government, those leading the whole thing will magically decide to relinquish the power they achieve and instead simply restore the country but with a new set of governing documents and laws that reflect their idealized future for America. Which is only slightly better than the ones who acknowledge that the result of America falling to a bloody coup will be either a banana republic or a fascist theocracy…but are cool with that because they like to picture themselves as the ones in charge.

wrenchwench May 27, 2024 • 1:56:50pm

Don’t tell anyone…

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TedStriker May 27, 2024 • 1:58:53pm

That Bob James Tiny Desk was pretty damn fantastic, especially “Nautilus” with DJ Jazzy Jeff and Talib Kweli.

James has still got it.

Dave In Austin May 27, 2024 • 1:59:43pm

In 1997, someone impaled a 60 pound pumpkin on the top of a spire at Cornell University in the middle of the night. It was over 170 feet off the ground.

Somebody must know WHO did this, and more importantly, HOW they did this. After 27 years, can anyone solve this mystery??? pic.twitter.com/trnmFM5lSf

— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) May 27, 2024

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 27, 2024 • 2:01:22pm

Ugh. Banner at electoral-vote.com:

Happy Memorial Day! We express our appreciation to the roughly 1.5 million Americans who paid the ultimate price.

Dangerman May 27, 2024 • 2:04:47pm

re: #66 jaunte

I see a lot of people on Bluesky savaging Biden for his support of Israel, but what they seem most angry about are people reminding them that Trump would be worse.
They seem to be lobbying for a reality in which they can support the citizens of Gaza by criticizing Democrats and ignore the risk of another Republican victory here.

i am sort of hoping this is still a lot of early in the season venting of frustration, disagreement, anger etc.

when the time for action (voting) comes around the choice is stark.

while the lesser of two evils may still be an evil in some people’s minds, that doesnt mean you then support the greater evil of the two.

if you dont support biden in the voting booth, if you vote for anyone else (or dont vote for prez) you are not ‘sending a message’. you are actively supporting your own self-described greater evil

silverdolphin May 27, 2024 • 2:04:58pm

Well, I am back home from the hospital after a very exciting weekend. Everyone in the family got it from the grandaughter but ine was epic. As I mentioned, I has something like norovirus last week – Wednesday evening: throwing up, Thursday to Friday: bad diarrhea. Then, while the diarrhea stopped Friday, I had an Afib episode start, likely due to dehydration (I lost almost 10 pounds!) So I drank a lot and I thought was resolving itself but no go. On Sunday I felt awful.

So I went to the emerency room and they were able to shock my heart back into rhythm. But the bood tests had shown something more ominous. My kidney (yes, I only have one) was in sad shape, showing all the signs of acute kidney failure. It had not dealt well with all my body’s water going through my large intestine rather than itself.

Now I had been drinking liquids and had started peeing again so I had not been worried before the tests. Now I was very much so - for those curious, my GFR (how well the kidney is at filtering) was down to 22% of normal! My kidney was not happy but I figured, the doctor agreed and history has shown I was right, that this would correct itrlsef with hydration.

So I spent the night in the hospital getting lots of fluids and today’s tests show I am almost back to normal. I got discharged about noon today and am back home. Gotta drink a lot of fluids and get another bood test in a week,

But a simple stomach bug almost did me in. Crap I hate getting old.

Dangerman May 27, 2024 • 2:09:11pm

re: #84 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Ugh. Banner at electoral-vote.com:

when i go there, i get

“Have a good Memorial Day. We express our appreciation to the roughly 1.5 million Americans who paid the ultimate price.”

i dont know if that’s better or not

Targetpractice May 27, 2024 • 2:11:00pm

re: #86 silverdolphin

Well, I am back home from the hospital after a very exciting weekend. Everyone in the family got it from the grandaughter but ine was epic. As I mentioned, I has something like norovirus last week – Wednesday evening: throwing up, Thursday to Friday: bad diarrhea. Then, while the diarrhea stopped Friday, I had an Afib episode start, likely due to dehydration (I lost almost 10 pounds!) So I drank a lot and I thought was resolving itself but no go. On Sunday I felt awful.

So I went to the emerency room and they were able to shock my heart back into rhythm. But the bood tests had shown something more ominous. My kidney (yes, I only have one) was in sad shape, showing all the signs of acute kidney failure. It had not dealt well with all my body’s water going through my large intestine rather than itself.

Now I had been drinking liquids and had started peeing again so I had not been worried before the tests. Now I was very much so - for those curious, my GFR (how well the kidney is at filtering) was down to 22% of normal! My kidney was not happy but I figured, the doctor agreed and history has shown I was right, that this would correct itrlsef with hydration.

So I spent the night in the hospital getting lots of fluids and today’s tests show I am almost back to normal. I got discharged about noon today and am back home. Gotta drink a lot of fluids and get another bood test in a week,

But a simple stomach bug almost did me in. Crap I hate getting old.

Fuckin’ A!

Eclectic Cyborg May 27, 2024 • 2:11:59pm

re: #86 silverdolphin

No stomach virus I’ve had has fucked me up worse than Norovirus.

I didn’t need a hospitalization thankfully, but I lost 10 lbs and took about three weeks to make a complete recovery.

Semper Fi May 27, 2024 • 2:18:19pm

re: #86 silverdolphin

Well, I am back home from the hospital after a very exciting weekend. Everyone in the family got it from the grandaughter but ine was epic. As I mentioned, I has something like norovirus last week – Wednesday evening: throwing up, Thursday to Friday: bad diarrhea. Then, while the diarrhea stopped Friday, I had an Afib episode start, likely due to dehydration (I lost almost 10 pounds!) So I drank a lot and I thought was resolving itself but no go. On Sunday I felt awful.

So I went to the emerency room and they were able to shock my heart back into rhythm. But the bood tests had shown something more ominous. My kidney (yes, I only have one) was in sad shape, showing all the signs of acute kidney failure. It had not dealt well with all my body’s water going through my large intestine rather than itself.

Now I had been drinking liquids and had started peeing again so I had not been worried before the tests. Now I was very much so - for those curious, my GFR (how well the kidney is at filtering) was down to 22% of normal! My kidney was not happy but I figured, the doctor agreed and history has shown I was right, that this would correct itrlsef with hydration.

So I spent the night in the hospital getting lots of fluids and today’s tests show I am almost back to normal. I got discharged about noon today and am back home. Gotta drink a lot of fluids and get another bood test in a week,

But a simple stomach bug almost did me in. Crap I hate getting old.

Glad you’re home. Time to recharge by getting good quality sleep and food.
Good luck.

Romantic Heretic May 27, 2024 • 2:21:26pm

re: #70 wrenchwench

Will a Democrat introduce a bill so that anyone who supports Russia has to go there and fight in Ukraine?

Belafon May 27, 2024 • 2:23:38pm

re: #87 Dangerman

when i go there, i get

“Have a good Memorial Day. We express our appreciation to the roughly 1.5 million Americans who paid the ultimate price.”

i dont know if that’s better or not

Is there a word that can fit in “Have a ______ Memorial Day”?

All of this talk is making me wonder if it should either be removed as a holiday or if we should have a committee to decide how it should be handled? Who would be on the committee, and how would you keep it from turning into another instance of performative patriotism? How would you Gold Star families want to see it honored? How would living veterans want to see it honored?

Memorial Day to me is the national equivalent of a funeral, and funerals aren’t about the dead, they are about the living. We go to honor the dead, who are no longer around to receive the honor. So, how should it be carried out?

At my funeral, I am pushing for there to be ice cream cake and bounce houses.

jaunte May 27, 2024 • 2:25:10pm

re: #92 Belafon

Contemplative, introspective, reflective, thoughtful, meditative.

PhillyPretzel ✅ May 27, 2024 • 2:25:53pm

re: #92 Belafon

How about just have a good holiday?

Belafon May 27, 2024 • 2:28:40pm

re: #93 jaunte

Contemplative, introspective, reflective, thoughtful, meditative.

Are you an introvert? :)

jaunte May 27, 2024 • 2:29:03pm

re: #95 Belafon

Don’t tell any one.

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 27, 2024 • 2:29:15pm

re: #248 Joe Bacon ✅

Fuck those sick freaks doing this!

Jan. 6 supporters hold Memorial Day ‘Freedom March’ for ‘hero’ Ashli Babbitt

Supporters of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol scheduled a march in support of right-wing MAGA activist Ashli Babbitt for Memorial Day.

For the second year in a row, MAGA followers planned to gather in Washington, D.C. to march in remembrance of Babbitt, who was shot to death after breaking into the Capitol on Jan. 6.

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They are lower than scum…

She’s our current fascist party’s Horst Wessel.

jeffreyw May 27, 2024 • 2:32:31pm

Mastodon

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 27, 2024 • 2:33:14pm

re: #87 Dangerman

when i go there, i get

“Have a good Memorial Day. We express our appreciation to the roughly 1.5 million Americans who paid the ultimate price.”

i dont know if that’s better or not

It looks like they changed it.

I’m not going to have a good Memorial Day either. The only time I’ve been outside today was to raise the village flags at noon.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 27, 2024 • 2:37:10pm

re: #92 Belafon

Is there a word that can fit in “Have a ______ Memorial Day”?

All of this talk is making me wonder if it should either be removed as a holiday or if we should have a committee to decide how it should be handled? Who would be on the committee, and how would you keep it from turning into another instance of performative patriotism? How would you Gold Star families want to see it honored? How would living veterans want to see it honored?

Memorial Day to me is the national equivalent of a funeral, and funerals aren’t about the dead, they are about the living. We go to honor the dead, who are no longer around to receive the honor. So, how should it be carried out?

At my funeral, I am pushing for there to be ice cream cake and bounce houses.

The way I would have it is return it to May 30. Break its association with “long weekend” and “beach.” That’s the position of various veteran organisations.

At my funeral I’ve said I want an Irish folk band or bluegrass band, and free beer at the community centre.

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wrenchwench May 27, 2024 • 2:40:16pm

re: #92 Belafon

re: #99 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Is there an appropriate way to tie in support for veterans on a day for the fallen? We are losing so many to suicide. Maybe the other 364 days.

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Belafon May 27, 2024 • 2:41:02pm

A number of my fellow CERT members participate in Carry the Load, an event started here in Dallas by a veteran who (according to his story) was feeling down one Memorial Day when he was asked by someone else whose load he was carrying. That started an event that became a longer and longer walk that is now a multi-day multi-stage walk by groups from different directions that end in Dallas. The last leg coming from the East passes through Rockwall at one in the morning on Memorial Day (so this morning).

I personally don’t participate in it, but it might be something a number of you might like. Who the people around here honor changes each year. This year it’s about a former fireman.

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PhillyPretzel ✅ May 27, 2024 • 2:41:33pm

re: #100 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

A celebration of your life. That works.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 27, 2024 • 2:47:19pm

I’m not sure what to make of this. My wife has been listening to medical creepypasta all afternoon.

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Patricia Kayden May 27, 2024 • 2:58:16pm

re: #1 Dangerman

So good to be able to ignore that nutter’s ramblings. Please Americans, let’s keep it that way this November!!

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TarHellion May 27, 2024 • 2:58:26pm

Bill Walton overcame a stuttering problem to become one of most verbose commentators in sports broadcasting. I remember him winning NBA MVP and the NBA title for Portland, then being a vital role player for the champion Celtics. If only he had been born with better ankles to support his frame.

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Patricia Kayden May 27, 2024 • 3:04:46pm

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Belafon May 27, 2024 • 3:08:39pm

We have a small thunderstorm developing over here and if you watch it in the radar you can see that it’s the high humidity plus the heat off of Dallas that is creating it.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS May 27, 2024 • 3:10:25pm

re: #88 Targetpractice

Fuckin’ A!

Git offa my lawn, ya whippersnapper!

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retired cynic May 27, 2024 • 3:10:56pm

re: #86 silverdolphin

Wow! Don’t risk going that long again!

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retired cynic May 27, 2024 • 3:18:25pm

re: #92 Belafon

Is there a word that can fit in “Have a ______ Memorial Day”?

All of this talk is making me wonder if it should either be removed as a holiday or if we should have a committee to decide how it should be handled? Who would be on the committee, and how would you keep it from turning into another instance of performative patriotism? How would you Gold Star families want to see it honored? How would living veterans want to see it honored?

Memorial Day to me is the national equivalent of a funeral, and funerals aren’t about the dead, they are about the living. We go to honor the dead, who are no longer around to receive the honor. So, how should it be carried out?

At my funeral, I am pushing for there to be ice cream cake and bounce houses.

I don’t have a good answer, but when I was a kid, the whole family spent the day before picking Iris and Peonies and putting them in water. Then on Memorial Day we went to the two cemeteries in town, cleaned up the graves, and put clean jars loaded with flowers on family graves. We had expanded it to everyone in the family, but with special care for those who had served in the military.

Now, my family members are in cemeteries far away, or not at all, and those cemeteries are the “mow-able” kind, where the markers are buried, and no memorials or flowers are left overnight. They remove them all. It was never a “happy” holiday. It was one of duty. Now I’m just old, and sound like I want everyone off my lawn!

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Hecuba's daughter May 27, 2024 • 3:20:39pm

re: #64 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

My paternal grandfather was killed in WW2 in Europe. My paternal grandmother served in the WAC. They were both “undocumented immigrants” from Poland.

My maternal grandfather was a Marine Corp Reservist, but was not called up because he had a critical job as an engineer at Ford. My maternal grandmother and her first cousin both served in the WAC.

My father was killed in the Vietnam War in the Navy; my mother served in the Navy during the Vietnam Era.

I’m not terribly interested in being wished a “Happy Memorial Day.”

That said, it would be difficult to change a nation’s attitude about this. That said, it’s kind of the point of liberty. The government isn’t telling you what to do with your time (and business needs to make money on what was a solemn occasion).

My parents both served overseas during WWII, mother in Europe, father in Asia. AFAIK, only one cousin, who was a pilot, died during the war; another of my mother’s cousins was shot in the face in combat in Europe; he just celebrated his 100th birthday.

My sister will say “Have a meaningful Memorial Day”.

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DodgerFan1988 May 27, 2024 • 3:25:24pm

Richard Dreyfuss Slammed for Alleged Sexist and Homophobic Comments at ‘Jaws’ Screening https://t.co/Ntq7d4R1N7

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 27, 2024

Rich really did lost his mind in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

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retired cynic May 27, 2024 • 3:26:11pm

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Rightwingconspirator May 27, 2024 • 3:28:53pm

re: #81 wrenchwench

We snuck out to our local mountains today. I got this lil snap in the shadows, maybe 7000 ft altitude.

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Belafon May 27, 2024 • 3:29:05pm

re: #111 retired cynic

That sounds good. I’m trying to figure out how to keep it/return it to being a solemn holiday without turning it into another test of patriotism.

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Odie Hugh Manatee May 27, 2024 • 3:30:17pm

re: #81 wrenchwench

Too late, I already live there! Just a 15 minute walk from the house to the beach is pretty nice.

I hope everyone who actually cares is having a thoughtful Memorial Day.

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darthstar May 27, 2024 • 3:35:36pm

re: #15 gocart mozart

Mastodon

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wrenchwench May 27, 2024 • 3:36:43pm

Mastodon

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gocart mozart May 27, 2024 • 3:38:29pm

I apologize for this in advance

Hey, Boo Boo just dropped new swag. I think it’s 🔥. What do you think, Maggie? pic.twitter.com/QuLyFDiKTB

— Lumosynth (@Lumosynth) May 27, 2024

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🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 May 27, 2024 • 3:38:59pm

They’re Here.

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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines May 27, 2024 • 3:40:13pm

This was the last significant eruption in the 48 contiguous states before Mount Saint Helens in 1980.

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darthstar May 27, 2024 • 3:45:20pm

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Hecuba's daughter May 27, 2024 • 3:47:16pm

re: #117 Odie Hugh Manatee

Too late, I already live there! Just a 15 minute walk from the house to the beach is pretty nice.

I hope everyone who actually cares is having a thoughtful Memorial Day.

I went to the cemetery to place flags at our parents’ graves, a ceremony we (my sister and I) have followed ever since our mother passed away in 2012 — a reminder of the courage and dedication of the Greatest Generation to our nation and the world, in the fight against fascism. It is so sad that our country has fallen to such an extent that a large portion of the electorate supports a coward, a bully, and traitor to lead our country — monster who is assuredly the most depraved man to hold the office.

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Joe Bacon ✅ May 27, 2024 • 3:47:26pm

re: #19 gocart mozart

Memories of Pittsburgh’s Porky Chadwick (THE REAL FATHER OF ROCK N ROLL) playing those Chess records with Little Walter, Bo Dudley, Howlin Wolf and Etta James. Oh and he also played Little Richard before some guy in Cleveland decided to do what Porky started…

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Patricia Kayden May 27, 2024 • 3:49:39pm

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wrenchwench May 27, 2024 • 3:50:39pm

Mastodon

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Joe Bacon ✅ May 27, 2024 • 3:51:28pm

re: #120 gocart mozart

I apologize for this in advance

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No. No. No. No. No.

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gocart mozart May 27, 2024 • 3:54:41pm

My grandfather did that.
Before they diagnosed him with dementia.

— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) May 27, 2024

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Sherlock Hound May 27, 2024 • 3:55:48pm

re: #113 DodgerFan1988

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Rich really did lost his mind in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

I’m in the next town over. I walked to that theater once to see Princess Mononoke.

We would NEVER tolerate that kind of bigotry from anyone, even Hollywood!

“We’re gonna need a bigger ego.”

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Amory Blaine May 27, 2024 • 3:58:22pm

Free cert.

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ericblair May 27, 2024 • 4:01:24pm

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darthstar May 27, 2024 • 4:01:51pm

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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines May 27, 2024 • 4:02:57pm

re: #122 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

This was the last significant eruption in the 48 contiguous states before Mount Saint Helens in 1980.

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If my rough calicu-lafying is anywhere near right, it’s more than 40 miles from Red Bluff to Mount Lassen. That is a hell of a cloud.

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Amory Blaine May 27, 2024 • 4:09:37pm

re: #81 wrenchwench

Coos bay is nice. Loved it there although it’s been 35 years…

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wrenchwench May 27, 2024 • 4:14:54pm

re: #134 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

If my rough calicu-lafying is anywhere near right, it’s more than 40 miles from Red Bluff to Mount Lassen. That is a hell of a cloud.

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My Mount St. Helens ashes were gathered into a smol jar in the middle of Washington State in August. There were drifts at the sides of the road, and plumes rising from the tractors crossing the fields.

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HRH Stanley Sea May 27, 2024 • 4:16:16pm

re: #135 Amory Blaine

Have you been away?

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wrenchwench May 27, 2024 • 4:18:28pm

re: #135 Amory Blaine

Coos bay is nice. Loved it there although it’s been 35 years…

I know two people from there, so it may not have grown. Cause people are leaving. /

One of them found it too conservative. There is much beauty, though.

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Amory Blaine May 27, 2024 • 4:18:59pm

re: #137 HRH Stanley Sea

I’ve had a lot of heavy personal issues for the last year or so. Didn’t want to infect the hive.

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The GOP is a Terrorist Organization May 27, 2024 • 4:19:51pm

And now, a little Joy Division humor. pic.twitter.com/ZV8GXJiqhF

— Tabatha Smith (she/her) 🇺🇲🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (@GrrlGirl) May 27, 2024

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HRH Stanley Sea May 27, 2024 • 4:20:08pm

re: #139 Amory Blaine

Glad you’re back.

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Amory Blaine May 27, 2024 • 4:22:20pm

Are you kidding?!? And miss the Great Fall from this beautiful vista?!? (Thank you).

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wrenchwench May 27, 2024 • 4:23:17pm

re: #139 Amory Blaine

{{{AB}}}

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PhillyPretzel ✅ May 27, 2024 • 4:24:22pm

re: #142 Amory Blaine

Welcome back.

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Romantic Heretic May 27, 2024 • 4:25:11pm

re: #139 Amory Blaine

Welcome back.

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Amory Blaine May 27, 2024 • 4:26:24pm

All I can say is, yes. Mental health episodes can and do have lasting negative physical and mental effects.😬😅

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wrenchwench May 27, 2024 • 4:29:50pm

re: #146 Amory Blaine

All I can say is, yes. Mental health episodes can and do have lasting negative physical and mental effects.😬😅

And sometimes it’s like flannel in here, other times it’s steel wool.

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Amory Blaine May 27, 2024 • 4:30:08pm

I’m gonna have front row seats to the RNC as it’s in Milwaukee. I work downtown so I took off that week. I’m up in the air as to protesting the display or minding my own business.

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mmmirele May 27, 2024 • 4:32:53pm

re: #81 wrenchwench

Don’t tell anyone…

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My ex-boyfriend and I went out to the rose garden over at Mesa Community College this morning. There were a few volunteers out working in the beds, but otherwise we were the only people strolling around. Then we went over to the HMart center and went into Daiso (cheap Japanese stuff, but Daiso’s now owned by Koreans). Ex-bf thought the store was “weird,” but that didn’t stop him from buying four cheap white ceramic bowls and plates. I bought a green tea bottled drink.

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wrenchwench May 27, 2024 • 4:36:50pm

re: #148 Amory Blaine

I’m gonna have front row seats to the RNC as it’s in Milwaukee. I work downtown so I took off that week. I’m up in the air as to protesting the display or minding my own business.

Both.

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darthstar May 27, 2024 • 4:38:26pm

re: #134 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

If my rough calicu-lafying is anywhere near right, it’s more than 40 miles from Red Bluff to Mount Lassen. That is a hell of a cloud.

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My parents property was about thirty miles north of Red Bluff in Palo Cedro - we had 80 acres that bordered Millville Plains. As a teen, my mother had me drive the pickup back to the plains a couple mines behind us and collect lava rocks (most were bowling ball size) and I probably made 16 such trips. Those rocks I laid side to side in two rows circling the lawn around our house.

Just google mapped it - the house is still there, but the pool’s been replaced by a concrete yard and circular garden. You can still see the original front lawn - back lawn is all trees and shit. House had unobstructed views of Mt. Baldy to the west, Mt Shasta to the north, and Mt Lassen to the east. Mom and dad knew how to pick a spot to build on.

Took 90 minutes to mow front and back when I was a kid…in 100+ degree heat.

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wrenchwench May 27, 2024 • 4:38:42pm

re: #149 mmmirele

If and when I’m ready for another relationship, I think I’d like to go the ex-boyfriend route. Sounds pretty good.

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sizzzzlerz May 27, 2024 • 4:39:08pm

re: #148 Amory Blaine

I’m gonna have front row seats to the RNC as it’s in Milwaukee. I work downtown so I took off that week. I’m up in the air as to protesting the display or minding my own business.

I bet the working gals and guys are eagerly awaiting that!

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus May 27, 2024 • 4:39:17pm

It may only be May, but India is baking:

Large parts of India swelter under intense heat, 37 cities record temperatures over 45 deg C

Rajasthan’s Phalodi was the hottest place in the country for the second consecutive day, recording a maximum temperature of 49.8 degrees Celsius. A day ago, the city hit 50 degrees Celsius — the highest temperature recorded in the country since June 1, 2019.

We’re not too far away (in time) to where swaths of India will be uninhabitable for a third of the year.

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Odie Hugh Manatee May 27, 2024 • 4:42:57pm

re: #135 Amory Blaine

There’s a burger joint/smokehouse called Vinny’s in Coos Bay. Delicious brisket and burgers. We have made a trip there at least three times a year specifically to get Vinny’s for lunch. We then go to a local park that’s just a little further down the road from Vinny’s or to Bullards Beach State Park to watch the ocean while we dine.

If you ever get a chance to grab a bite there you’ll always want to come back for more.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus May 27, 2024 • 4:44:09pm

Don’t know how many of you have experienced outdoor temp of 50C.

That is Salton Trough types of heat, or Death Valley, the only locations in the US that get that hot.

I was out in Imperial County many years ago, south of the Salton Sea, and it was 50C. Good thing I had rated tires on the BMW because the road temps were even hotter of course.

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Amory Blaine May 27, 2024 • 4:50:55pm

I shovel snow in flip flops and keep my house refrigerated year round. I would be dead by the middle of the day.

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Vicious Babushka May 27, 2024 • 4:53:15pm

re: #157 Amory Blaine

I shovel snow in flip flops and keep my house refrigerated year round. I would be dead by the middle of the day.

Now I’m scared to move to Florida, but my flight is tomorrow.

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BigPapa May 27, 2024 • 4:56:13pm

Cisco’s threat-centric approach helps provide pervasive protection across the full attack continuum before an attack happens, during the time it’s in progress, and after it begins to damage systems

I think I’m gonna hurl.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus May 27, 2024 • 5:04:42pm

re: #158 Vicious Babushka

Now I’m scared to move to Florida, but my flight is tomorrow.

Currently very hot in Florida.

I prefer warmer temperatures - always have, but now as I am getting older I even more dislike cold temps.

That said, the humidity and mosquitoes would doom me in Florida.

The future is scary for Florida, IMO, but the next couple of decades should still be livable so I think you’ll be fine.

Your grandchildren, however, are likely not going to be living in Florida when they’re your age. Michigan is going to be looking mighty fine after 2050 or so.

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calochortus May 27, 2024 • 5:04:53pm

re: #136 wrenchwench

My Mount St. Helens ashes were gathered into a smol jar in the middle of Washington State in August. There were drifts at the sides of the road, and plumes rising from the tractors crossing the fields.

Our Mt. St. Helens ashes were brushed off the top of my car-in Golden, CO. Granted, it was a thin layer, but still…

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus May 27, 2024 • 5:09:47pm

Current sea surface temp anomaly:

SST anomaly map from Copernicus

You can see the La Niña forming in the equatorial Pacific.

You can also see the huge anomaly over the temperate Pacific region.

This is where Hansen et. al. points out that the removal of aerosols from shipping is now causing significant temperature rise.

The baseline temps to calculate the current anomaly are from 1991-2020. The new rules on shipping emissions came into effect starting 2020.

The shipping paths from east Asia to North America is that very same temperate Pacific zone.

So this is the story to follow over the next 5 to 10 years or so, as we try to understand just how dramatically the climate will change over the rest of the century.

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jaunte May 27, 2024 • 5:21:28pm

He needs more booing.

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jaunte May 27, 2024 • 5:22:03pm

Not even a “thank you for reading.”

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips May 27, 2024 • 5:22:04pm

what in the actual fuck pic.twitter.com/ns0CLhfxiE

— •spooky•girl•cassiopeia•™ (@sadgirlcassi) May 27, 2024

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Dave In Austin May 27, 2024 • 5:22:27pm

Disturbed Sploot…. Then she took the peanuts and left me.

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jaunte May 27, 2024 • 5:22:34pm

re: #165 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

Ugh.

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William Lewis May 27, 2024 • 5:25:25pm

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William Lewis May 27, 2024 • 5:25:34pm

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darthstar May 27, 2024 • 5:27:38pm

re: #163 jaunte

He needs more booing.

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The same thing will happen in his other trials…he should get used to it.

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Patricia Kayden May 27, 2024 • 5:28:07pm

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darthstar May 27, 2024 • 5:28:23pm

This took me a minute to get as I’m not a gamer…

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jaunte May 27, 2024 • 5:33:46pm

re: #166 Dave In Austin

The humidity today has been crazy high. The squirrels around here aren’t bothering to move.

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Charles Johnson May 27, 2024 • 5:34:20pm

Even though I believe Joe Biden has turned out to be a much more progressive president than I expected, he’s been reminding me lately why he was not my first choice in 2020.

— Charles Johnson (@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com) 2024-05-28T00:33:46.000Z

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Charles Johnson May 27, 2024 • 5:36:05pm

You’ll never go wrong with MutationObserver()™.

— Charles Johnson (@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com) 2024-05-28T00:31:01.000Z

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HRH Stanley Sea May 27, 2024 • 5:37:10pm

re: #158 Vicious Babushka

Safe & good travels!!!

It’s hot. Danger can advise, but my brother lives in Orlando (inland) & I just don’t stay outside long. Cloudy is easier, blazing sun? Nah.

Funny thing is I lived there till I was 26. I never thought much about the heat. It took moving to a milder climate to make it hard..

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Charles Johnson May 27, 2024 • 5:38:54pm

re: #158 Vicious Babushka

Now I’m scared to move to Florida, but my flight is tomorrow.

Have a safe flight!

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Joe Bacon ✅ May 27, 2024 • 5:39:00pm

re: #165 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

Sick freaks.

The motherfathers who tried to implement Trump’s coup got off too easy.

Every one of them should have been locked up for life with no parole and that includes the Doughty Pantload himself and his Congressional stooges who engaged in the coup.

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William Lewis May 27, 2024 • 5:40:50pm

Just in case your modern computer doesn’t sound “cool” enough for you…

The Seeker Speaker - Prototype (May 2024)

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darthstar May 27, 2024 • 5:41:31pm

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS May 27, 2024 • 5:44:27pm

re: #165 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

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So you’re admitting that they took up arms against the US government (treason)?

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Joe Bacon ✅ May 27, 2024 • 5:44:55pm

Trump Just Sold His $10M Jet to One of His Megadonors

The sale, executed earlier this month, was reportedly worth about $10 million.

After nearly half a billion dollars in legal judgments against him this year, Donald Trump’s company opted to offload one of his private jets this month, public filings show. And the buyer is a Republican megadonor who poured nearly $250,000 into a political committee tied to Trump’s 2020 campaign.

The plane, a 1997 Cessna jet, is worth in the range of $10 million, according to evoJets, though terms of the transaction couldn’t be confirmed.

Federal Aviation Administration records show that on May 13, the aircraft’s registration changed from the Trump Organization’s DT Air Corp to a Texas entity called MM Fleet Holdings LLC. State records tie that company to Mehrdad Moayedi, an Iranian-American construction and development tycoon who lives near Dallas and runs Centurion American Custom Homes.

According to his biography, Moayedi founded his company in 1990 and has since built thousands of homes. Centurion says it partners with both public and private entities.

Moayedi is also a Trump donor. Federal campaign finance data show that in 2019 and 2020, he gave a combined $245,000 to Trump Victory—a committee that raised money for the Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee, and state GOP parties—sending the maximum allowable $5,600 contribution to the campaign.

Moayedi has also given hundreds of thousands of dollars in support of other GOP candidates and committees, including the RNC, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Nikki Haley. In 2022, the developer made a maximum primary donation of $2,900 to Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, an Arizona independent who has raked in big bucks from the real estate industry and is accused by some Democrats of being overly accommodating to Republicans.

thedailybeast.com

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wrenchwench May 27, 2024 • 5:49:31pm

Mastodon

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Patricia Kayden May 27, 2024 • 5:50:35pm

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus May 27, 2024 • 5:55:10pm

re: #182 Joe Bacon ✅

Many Republicans have cashed in on Texas sprawl the past 40 years or so, and are part of the deep-pockets clan of the GoP.

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Dave In Austin May 27, 2024 • 5:55:18pm

Baby owls waking from the day. And they are hungry.

Mastodon

Mama has taken up outside the box.

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Joe Bacon ✅ May 27, 2024 • 5:55:42pm

Jimmy Kimmel’s son just had his third open heart surgery.

If Jimmy Kimmel had not spoken out pleading for saving the Affordable Care Act it would have been repealed under Trump.

Never forget that.

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Eclectic Cyborg May 27, 2024 • 5:56:19pm

A story of two governors dealing with the immediate aftermath of deaths and destruction from massive storms hitting their states:

L - Andy Beshear in Kentucky

R - Sarah Huckabee Sanders at the NASCAR race in NC. pic.twitter.com/ax29JrRqNL

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 27, 2024

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IngisKahn May 27, 2024 • 6:17:52pm

re: #156 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Don’t know how many of you have experienced outdoor temp of 50C.

That is Salton Trough types of heat, or Death Valley, the only locations in the US that get that hot.

I was out in Imperial County many years ago, south of the Salton Sea, and it was 50C. Good thing I had rated tires on the BMW because the road temps were even hotter of course.

It hit fifty in Phoenix before.

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Dangerman May 28, 2024 • 4:52:45am

re: #85 Dangerman

i am sort of hoping this is still a lot of early in the season venting of frustration, disagreement, anger etc.

when the time for action (voting) comes around the choice is stark.

while the lesser of two evils may still be an evil in some people’s minds, that doesnt mean you then support the greater evil of the two.

if you dont support biden in the voting booth, if you vote for anyone else (or dont vote for prez) you are not ‘sending a message’. you are actively supporting your own self-described greater evil

today’s electoral-vote.com
Nate Cohn Finally Adds the Asterisk

The election projections (including ours) will not begin to attain any semblance of accuracy until September or so, once people begin to figure out answers to these questions: (1) Am I actually going to vote? and (2) If so, which candidate am I actually going to vote for? Right now, there is so much uncertainty on those points that the presidential polling numbers have to be analyzed with care to extract any true meaning.

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