Appalachian. Poet. Cheeky dissident. I'm not going to talk about Judy.
Kentucky
Joined May 2011
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In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.
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A horrifying and barbaric case. No matter her crime (which occurred 31 years ago when she was a teenager), you can imagine the "human rights" reaction if, say, Iran had done this to a women who was severely sexually abused as child and then treated for bipolar disorder and PTSD.
It was also needless. The 6th Circuit had stayed the execution, but the activist, right-wing US Supreme Court needlessly intervened in an ongoing judicial process to speed up the (attempted) execution.
Breaking News: A Tennessee woman survived two doses of lethal injection before state officials suspended the execution, her lawyers said.
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RIP Marjane Satrapi, the great cartoonist and film director, best known for PERSEPOLIS. She was only 56. A great talent. She will be missed.
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This is the most walkable city I’ve ever been to
It’s incredibly easy to walk to your car and then drive to your destination
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i know this account is satire but this is the realest thing ever posted
This is my wife’s hometown, population less than 75,000. There's a beautiful Holiday Inn we stay at when we visit. Over 5 unique Starbucks locations. Has 9 strip malls you can visit and get pretty much anything you want. Has a Chili's and a Mexican restaurant. No walkable areas at all. You need a car here. Walmart on the edge of town.
Small towns like this are the backbone of America.
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Right now, we think this will be the coldest Kentucky Derby in at least 29 years (1997).
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We live in a LARP society. All of their body language, mannerisms - the childlike thrill of getting to aimlessly yell "MOVE MOVE MOVE" like a Call of Duty NPC - have been laser-ingrained into their brains from decades of FPSs + action movies where they're all the main character.
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BREAKING: Millionaire big game hunter Ernie Dosio was trampled to death by five elephants while hunting a rare antelope in central Africa. A classic case of fucking around and finding out! Go elephants! 🐘
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⛪️ 🤲 Hegseth Recites Pulp Fiction Monologue as Pentagon Prayer, Pope Appears to Respond
🔸War Secretary Pete Hegseth recited lines lifted near-verbatim from Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film Pulp Fiction during a Pentagon worship service Wednesday, presenting them as a military prayer to bless the U.S. war against Iran.
🔸Hegseth introduced the prayer as “CSAR 25:17” — Combat Search and Rescue — saying it had been recited by pilots ahead of missions, including the rescue of U.S. airmen shot down over Iran.
🔸The text closely mirrors the monologue delivered by Samuel L. Jackson’s character hitman Jules Winnfield in the film, in which he falsely attributes the words to Ezekiel 25:17 before shooting an unarmed man.
🔸Hegseth told attendees that what they hear in the worship service “should impact the policy and military decisions” they make. “May what we talk about, how we worship today inform the remainder of our day.”
🔸This morning, Pope Leo XIV appeared to respond on X, while on his Apostolic Journey in Cameroon: “Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.”
🔸The episode landed amid an ongoing public clash between the Trump administration and the Vatican, which escalated Sunday when Trump attacked Pope Leo XIV in a Truth Social post and later posted an image of himself as Jesus Christ the healer.
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On Monday the Trump admin will launch the tariff refund system for the $166 billion in tariffs they illegally collected.
And all of that money will go to companies.
56,497 importers are set to get refunds so far, with no requirement they pass that money along to customers.
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This is insane. 59 million family caregivers provided 49.5 billion hours of unpaid care in a single year, with a total value of $1.01 trillion, according to the AARP. These Americans carry our system on their backs, but their labor is uncompensated and treated as invisible.
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These are the WV Public Service Commission's pictures of the City of Gary's water system. Their municipal water source is at the foot of a coal refuse impoundment. 2-4" of coal refuse lies in the well house. Their public water source is a permitted active mine site. #waterforwv
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Joe Kent, a special forces vet who lost his wife to ISIS in Syria after military leadership sabotaged US withdrawal, is the one Trump natsec official with the courage of his convictions
Kent, who ran for Congress to "make peace non-partisan," explicitly blames Israel for manufacturing the war in which his wife, Shannon, was killed, and for doing the same in Iran
He appeals to Trump to "reflect on what we are doing in Iran, and who we are doing it for" – a clear reference to Israeli control over the administration
I know many admin insiders feel the same as Kent, but are too intimidated by Trump and the dark forces driving this war
After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.
I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.
It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.
May God bless America.
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After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.
I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.
It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.
May God bless America.
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Service members: If you agree Trump’s war on Iran is wrong, you don’t have to participate. We can help you explore your options. Call 1-800-379-2679
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In the past week we have been contacted by at least three fighter pilots wanting to begin Conscientious Objector packets, across two branches of service.
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From My Lai to Minab: Two massacres, 58 years apart. Remembering the U.S. Army’s Vietnam murders in the shadow of the war on Iran.
#history #Vietnam #war #IranWar
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A mother and daughter in Kentucky have rejected multimillion-dollar offers for their land, offers made by an anonymous tech company trying to build a data center.
Ida Huddleston has turned down $4,260,000.
Her daughter turned down $22,224,000.
Video: @LEX18News
