friend of Tom (allegedly)

Geaux Tigers,# stugotzarmy

[Midwest vs. The Rest @midwestern_ope]

Nebraska is the only triple landlocked state

[Donald Trump Portfolio Tracker @TrumpsPortfolio]

ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A CREDIT CARD BILL AND A GREEK EMBASSY WAS THE COLLATERAL

Kimberly Guilfoyle. Don Jr's ex. Top 2020 fundraiser. Handed an ambassadorship to Greece like a party favor

Now she's out the door after allegedly shaking down a Trump donor for six figures to pay off her own personal debt in exchange for access to the administration

Private jets. Luxury hotels. Paid for by businessmen with interests in Greek construction deals she was apparently happy to promote from inside the embassy

This is not diplomacy. This is a woman with a State Department title running a side hustle in access-selling while taxpayers footed her security detail

Trump's response. Not an investigation. Not an apology to the American people. A brand new press secretary reading a two-sentence statement calling her "a wonderful asset"

A wonderful asset. That's the epitaph for an ambassador accused of monetizing her proximity to the President of the United States

Donald Trump installed her. Donald Trump protected her for weeks while the Wall Street Journal kept dropping reports. Donald Trump only cut her loose when the story got too loud to bury

This is what loyalty buys in this administration. Not qualifications. Not a background in diplomacy. A fast track to a taxpayer funded title you can quietly cash in on

And when you get caught, you don't get prosecuted, you get a graceful exit and a thank you note

Ambassadorships used to mean something. Under Trump they're a loyalty reward with a donor-funded side door

Every career foreign service officer who spent decades earning a post just watched a fundraiser skip the line, allegedly grift on the job, and walk away clean

This is the administration. Access is for sale. Loyalty is the currency. Accountability is a press release

And they are not going to stop

[Bite-Sized Nostalgia @landofthe80s]

Anyone remember Mr. Bones candy? Do they still make these???

[Bruce Dickinson @BruceDMaiden]

With ED FORCE ONE !
@IronMaiden

[Hater Report @HaterReport]

AJ Brown when Drake Maye throws him a perfect pass

[Dyerbolical Horror (☥𝐃𝐁) @DyerbolicalDB]

Crystal Lake. Verdict: Awesome.

Peacock. A24. The prequel that finally gives Pamela the room she always deserved. Linda Cardellini ramps the insanity and still leaves you room to feel for her and what she went through.

The backstory does the work. Grief first, then the knife. Jason is awesome even as a kid. Callum Vinson plays him like the lake already claimed him and the woods are just waiting for the mask. Crazy Ralph is amazing. Nick Cordileone turns the town drunk into the only man who already knows the ending and still shows up with a warning. Crazy Ralph.

The storytelling is good. The background explanation is better than I expected. I still prefer the Necronomicon angle from later in the franchise, but this version builds the mother and the boy before the legend takes over. It does not need the book. It just needs the lake and Argonaut. I stayed for Cardellini and the warning. The rest of the camp can keep the counsellors.

[Horatio Quartzjixler @Quartzjixler]

Okay, middle-aged dude riding a kid's bike smoking a cigarette and drinking a beer - you win at not giving a fuck.

[Retro Recall (☥𝐃𝐁) @RetroMoviesDB]

Robocop, Machete and Bishop.

Some pics just hit another level of badass imo.

[Orwell Day @OrwellDay]

MapQuest now shows you Flock and other license plate reader cameras on your route
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MapQuest, the original software to find your way from point A to point B, is taking on the surveillance state.

The free mapping service unveiled a new feature in its mobile app on Thursday that lets users turn on a "surveillance layer" to locate known automated license plate readers, or ALPRs, along their route.

MapQuest says the app can identify cameras developed by Flock Safety, Axon Enterprise, Motorola Solutions, and PlateSmart, among others.

"The Roads Have Eyes!" the company said in its BlueSky post announcing the new feature.

[Emma Scott @EmmaScott]

The most relatable video I have ever seen.

[Chanluh 🪐 @chxnluh]

Oregon just capped off the greatest day of CFB ever. No question about it

[Lucy Rohden @lucy_rohden]

wouldn’t be a good college football weekend without Nebraska doing this

[Faux Pelini @FauxPelini]

we’re the bad guys in a Disney movie aren’t we

[CFB Douchebag @CFBDouchebag]

The Nebraska and Oregon game has no offense.

But what it does have is punters taking a knee by mistake.

[Sickos Committee @SickosCommittee]

Nebraska just got a "false start, everyone but the center."

[Brett McMurphy @Brett_McMurphy]

Weird stat: No team in college football history has defeated BYU a year after turning down a Pop-Tarts Bowl invite to play BYU the previous season

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

GOP Rep. Don Bacon (NE) announced today that he and other GOP lawmakers WILL block Trump's lame-duck priorities, INCLUDING supplemental funding and reconciliation, due to his pausing of Russia sanctions, propping up Russia's economy, and betraying a democratic ally. Good for him!