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May it be long and meaningful. Parasites gotta parasite.

NBC News

Senate leaves for the night, all but guaranteeing a government shutdown

Democrats and Republicans didn't reach an agreement before the 11:59 p.m. deadline to avoid a government shutdown. It's unclear how long it will last.

Rule of Defactualization: Information deteriorates upward through bureaucracies.

Politics thrives on the ad populum fallacy. Good or true cannot be determined by its popularity.

Promises, promises.

Popular Mechanics

A Massive Earthquake Is Going to Hit the Pacific Northwest, Scientists Say—And It Could Wipe Out the Coastline

We don’t know when it will hit, and we need to be far better prepared.

It’s “A Brave New World” https://www.wsj.com/style/beta-blockers-anxiety-propranolol-e063674b

Schadenfreude is the answer.

I think more are disappointed the concealed weapons by the crowd were nowhere to be found.

the Guardian

Utah campus open-carry rule under fresh scrutiny after Charlie Kirk shooting

HB 128, passed in August, allows people with the proper permit to openly carry firearms on college campuses

Dear everyone, If you disagree with anyone so badly that all you can think about is their death, the problem might not be theirs. Please stop what you’re doing, whatever that is, and seek immediate professional help. I personally do not like blanket statements, but I do say this without regard to political ideological or cultural reference. This is a statement for everyone, full stop.

Courtois’s Rule “If people listened to themselves more often, they’d talk less.”

Dry, hard, with confident incompetence, relentlessly at gunpoint.