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Thursday GNR: Catch-47 [1]
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Date: 2025-02-06
Catch-22 famously said, “We have a perfect right to do anything you can’t stop us from doing.” The current version says that they have the right to do all of this and far more even if we do stop them in the streets, in the courts, wherever. Of course—because we are eevul lying Soshulists out to take away their deserved privilege and enslave them or worse, and they are the purest of the pure in their tiny little minds.
I will not attempt to catalog this meshugas. Others are doing that, and also cataloging the lawsuits against it and other major actions. I will instead give you other actual Gud Nuz. Then we will mine our usual sources as usual, and study how to resist effectively.
Can you please post this at the top of the GNR on Wednesday mornings? From the people who brought you the Women’s March (you can sign up for action emails at womensmarch.com, they send new emails about once a day or less): A MINUTE OF SILENCE: Tomorrow, We Pause. We Grieve. We Stay in Motion. We Resist. So much harm is being done—to our communities, our democracy, and people across the globe. We cannot look away. That’s why, starting this Wednesday, we’re joining our friends at Choose Democracy for Minute for US—a weekly moment of silence to honor those suffering under this administration and the destruction it’s causing. Every Wednesday at 12:53 PM, we take a minute to reflect, meditate, or simply bear witness. Do this with friends, family, co-workers, or alone—however makes sense for you. Why 12:53 PM? That’s the moment January 6th rioters first crossed the barricades—and when the world’s three richest men sat at Trump’s inauguration. This action is about recognizing where we are and refusing to be numb to it. Yes. Thank you, ElenaCarlena. Not at the tippy top, but at least at the bottom of the top. Are we good?
Which is the worst news of this week?
I could turn this into a poll, but I won’t. Some contenders are
Turning the keys to Treasury over to the Techbros. We have sued. Treasury has walked it back.
Trump, after meeting with Netanyahu at the White House, announcing that it is now US policy to throw 1.8 million citizens out of Gaza, and make it a US possession, specifically to turn the whole Strip into beachfront property and add it to the Trump collection, including Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal. The legal briefs for ethnic cleansing, war crimes, and crimes against humanity write themselves.
Trying to out and fire everyone at the FBI who had anything to do with investigating J6, and bringing charges against more than 1,500 honest tourists who were then convicted, or in some cases confessed. They have all been pardoned, and some have gone back to their criminal ways. Top officials at the FBI, put there by Trump himself, have said “Nuh- Uh !”, and agents are suing.
!”, and agents are suing. Trying to “feed USAID to the wood chipper”, including billions of dollars in purchases from farms, and the Ebola team that was in the middle of handling an outbreak in Uganda. See you in several courts ASAP.
Your nomination in a comment.
Trump going to the Super Bowl, and the NFL removing the End Racism sign on the field for the occasion, doesn’t qualify for any such list. But feel free to watch Puppy Bowl XXI instead, or to turn on the Superb Owl, maybe at halftime, just to boo.
You called?
What is the Gud Gnuz?
Unnumbered lawsuits, already resulting in immediate injunctions, to be followed by evidentiary hearings where actual facts will be demanded.
The Senate Democrats seem to be ready to declare war, specifically to deny all motions for unanimous consent, most notably all administration cabinet appointments and any others requiring Senate confirmation. That could mean that that lying Pam Bondi as incoming (Duck!) AG would be the last successful appointee for the duration. Or not. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) has led 37 D Senators in an all-nighter against Russell Vought’s nomination to lead OMB, but he will still get a vote today.
But as Rachel Maddow always says,
Don’t watch what they say. Watch what they do.
Rachel had wonderful A and B blocks on Tuesday, on the mind-blowing stupidity of the MAGA movement in general and the administration in particular, repeating her point from Monday that pushback is in fact pushing them to undo the worst of their pronouncements and edicts. She started with record-breaking sprinter Tyson Gay, turned into Tyson Homosexual by the filters on the bogus OneNewsNow.com “news” site, sponsored by the infamous American Family Association. [no links to such paskudnyakery from me]
The anti-DEI filters have caught numerous instances of “inclusion”, such as including documents in submissions to government agencies. Then there are the equity markets. She was, as usual, having Too Much Fun at MAGA expense, and I heartily recommend that you go over and enjoy it all with her. They are not all-powerful. We can beat them back. The administration, by its own admission, has had to put back dozens of Web pages caught in their own webs of deceit and malfeasance, and thus hoist with their own petards.
Renewable Energy continues to be cheaper and much healthier than Fossil Foolishness. Try telling Republicans not in the oil patch not to care about Real Money TM , and see how far you get. Even the WSJ, The Economist, and The Financial Times, no matter how far off the rails their opinion columns might be, generally have to use actual numbers in actual financial reporting.
But occasionally, even the editors have to acknowledge reality, as in these from the WSJ on the Trump tariffs.
Regular Good News Links
Science! Lifeforms! Weirdness!
Hey! We can get that good stuff from Bluesky now! The feeds still don’t work right, but searches on keywords and tags do. Remember to click through and follow those that appeal to you, and to repost as appropriate.
x Protostar HH 30 in different wavelength.
ESA chose this object to pic Picture Of The Month (POTM) for January 2025.
🔭 🧪
[image or embed] — Jwst Feed (@jwstfeed.bsky.social) February 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
x "Orangutans belong to the Hominidae family, also called the great apes. They are highly intelligent and share around 96.4% of our DNA. Orangutans are the only great apes in Asia..."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #news a-z-animals.com/animals/oran...
[image or embed] — FunHouse Radio (@funhouseradio.bsky.social) January 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
x Rings of Relativity.
GAL-CLUS-022058s is the largest and one of the most complete Einstein rings ever discovered in our Universe. The light from the background galaxy has been distorted into the curve we see by the gravity of the galaxy cluster sitting in front of it.
(Hubble)
🔭 🧪
[image or embed] — Jwst Feed (@jwstfeed.bsky.social) February 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
x There are whole communities of animals that derive little to no energy from the sun, instead subsisting on chemosynthetic primary producers near hydrothermal vents. These giant tube worms are an example of chemoautotrophic animals with endosymbionts (bacteria live inside and produce energy)
[image or embed] — Simply Shevek (@surelyshevek.bsky.social) February 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
x On #WorldCancerDay, we welcome the UK government's commitment to publishing a National Cancer Plan for England this year and we look forward to working with them to make sure it delivers for everyone affected by cancer. #TurningPointForCancer
[image or embed] — Cancer Research UK (@cancerresearchuk.org) February 4, 2025 at 6:17 AM
x Bird nests made from anti-bird spikes?! 🤯 Hi, I'm a nest researcher 👋 and new here on BlueSky, sharing the craziest #bird nests I've ever found. 👀 Today, I’m sharing my discovery of rebellious birds that build nests out of anti-bird spikes. And honestly, it's like telling a joke... A thread. 🧵
[image or embed] — Auke-Florian 🪹 (@aukeflorian.bsky.social) February 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
x A badly burnt scroll from Roman Herculaneum has been digitally "unwrapped", providing the first look inside for 2,000 years. Scientists used a combination of X-ray imaging and artificial intelligence to virtually unfurl it, revealing rows and columns of text. 🧪 www.bbc.com/news/article...
[image or embed] — Dan Jagger (@auditorynerves.bsky.social) February 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Funny or Fuggedaboudit
x I feel a little weird posting merch stuff before it's printed but I love this lil guy lol. Dropping this one in both print and sticker form at Emerald City Comic Con! Table E12! #eccc
[image or embed] — KP ➡️ ECCC E12 (@hagofbolding.bsky.social) January 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
x Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
[image or embed] — Omar Wasow (@owasow.bsky.social) February 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Yes, even the WSJ had to acknowledge the meshugas.
x It's funny to me that the only thing Elon Musk hasn't been able to copy from the German Nazis is making reliable cars. — Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) February 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
P. D. Q. Bach and more
P.D.Q. Bach Fan Channel
P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schickele) - "The Stoned Guest" - No. 1.
Part #1. "And thus we begin". 1. Introduction. 2. Opera. o Overture. o No. 1. Aria: "Let's face it - I'm lost". o Recitative: "Boy!". o No. 2. Aria: "Now is the season". Part #2. "They are still lost and confused". o Recitative: "Gesundheit!". o No. 3. Duet: "Woe". o Recitative: "Hark!". Part #3. "Three makes a group". o No. 4. Aria: "Look at me". o Recitative: "That's the end". o No. 5. Trio: "I'm sure I'd be". Part #4. "Might as well listen, the plot thickens even more after this". 3. Plot Synopsis. Part #5. "The bloody carnage aka the Finale". 4. The conclusion. o Recitative: "I hate to interrupt". o No. 6. Quartet: "Don Octave". o No. 7. Finale: "O savior". Those to blame for the premiere: o Professor Peter Schickele. o The Orchestra of the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople Heavy Opera Company under the direction of John Nelson. o Marlene Kleinman, mezzanine soprano (Donna Ribalda, a high-born lady of the lowlands). o Lorna Haywood, off-coloratura (Carmen Ghia, a woman of ailing repute). o John Ferrante, bargain counter tenor (Don Octave, an itinerant nobleman). o Bernice, houndentenor (Dog). o Will Jordan (Milton Host).
Harpo Marx plays Wreckmaninoff
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