James Talarico is a former public school teacher and current seminary student
who has built a following among Democrats in Texas and beyond
for his sermons and floor exchanges challenging Christian nationalism.
Talarico will be an underdog heading into the general election.
The race will be a reach, even if he ends up facing Republican Attorney General Paxton
—who has been elected in a cloud of scandal three times before.
It will also be absurdly expensi…
Seven families of victims in the Tumbler Ridge shooting in Canada sue OpenAI, accusing it of failing to warn authorities about the suspect's ChatGPT activity (Clare Duffy/CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2026/04/29/tech/openai-tumbler-ridge-canada-shooting-lawsuit…
Pleased to live in a place where this is true (enough):
Eight states received “A” grades for LGBTQ safety based on their comprehensive pro-equality laws and low rates of hate crimes against LGBTQ people. **Only Rhode Island nabbed an A mark.**
https://www.safehome.org/data-lgbtq-state-
If you've followed me for a while you know I try to pounce when snowflakes are falling as they were for No Kings last Saturday
#photo #photography #winter
I just found a post-it note from my wife at the breakfast table:
"I'm offline today."
On the sofa lies the first Discworld Witches novel "Equal Rites", with a bookmark a few pages in.
She wrote her first "I aten't dead" note without realizing it yet. 😍
#discworld
Octopussy: felt like it might be classic for the first half hour, then devolved into the same bland mush as the other Moore films. Man, the rewatch of the catalogue is completely changing my relationship to the memories of these films.
And I don't remember them ever actually improving from here...
Space Force guardians provided critical support during high-profile U.S. military operations in Iran and Venezuela
— experience that underscores the need for additional resources to prepare the service for future conflicts,
a senior official told DefenseScoop in an exclusive interview Friday.
Operation Midnight Hammer and Operation Absolute Resolve were carried out by the joint force in June 2025 and January 2026, respectively.
Pentagon leadership have touted the rai…
I laughed out loud when we came across the car with this license plate. 😄
Then my wife asked me why I was laughing. :loading:
#1337 #licenseplate
Based on reports as of March 2026,
the U.S. and Ecuador are collaborating on "Operation Total Extermination"
against, targeting, and destroying "narcotics-related sites" in South America.
While offering further strikes, this strategy faces criticism for failing to reduce urban insecurity and surging homicide rates within Ecuador, despite the military operations
Critics argue this strategy prioritizes
"videos that the Pentagon could shar…