George Macken

Curator of large mammals

[shoe @shoe0nhead]

normal country

[George Macken @macken_george]

@HopeVoteBiden @Mel21002396 @davenewworld_2 I’m not even passing judgment on that change, there’s pros/cons to it, but the fact remains that CPS will always be vilified for removing kids *and* vilified for failing to remove kids when something terrible happens. constantly being pulled in two very different directions.

[George Macken @macken_george]

@HopeVoteBiden @Mel21002396 @davenewworld_2 CPS across NY state is drastically understaff and underfunded, requiring workers to do the jobs of 2 or 3 ppl. It’s not healthy or sustainable. On top of that, it’s now more difficult to indicate cases per a change of state law (cont.)

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

Today, the seasonal ice skating rink at Rockefeller Center opened in New York. It was 80 degrees.

[Ghost Maggie Serota @maggieserota]

This article about Ron DeSantis’ year as a private school teacher is wild. https://t.co/GfQov4o9kc

[c a i t l i n @hello__caitlin]

Here on Team Oz, we’ve never even heard of Mean Joe Greene, the most famous Pittsburgh Steeler of all time! And no one else has either! What a failure of a reference here in Pennsylvania!

[George Macken @macken_george]

@SammyShills @zoidbergererer @ChiefWonkyPaw @TalkinBaseball_ Clemens won 20 games for the 01 Yankees. So not necessarily the most egregious example of a team being helped by roided-up players, but not squeaky clean either.

[Billy Bragg @billybragg]

More evidence that the right wing media - this is @dailytelegraph - are now using ‘cancel’ as a synonym for ‘disagree with’. Is the right to disagree no longer a fundamental aspect of free speech? Also JK Rowling didn’t create Daniel Radcliffe. She’s not his mum.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Proud of this and always will be.

My workers are union, make a living wage, have full healthcare, and aren’t subject to racist treatment in their workplaces. Items are made in USA.

Team AOC honors and respects working people. You should try it sometime instead of union-busting.

[George Macken @macken_george]

@MetalHammer This is probably the same track list I’d pick too. Cutting out a lot of fat. At the very least, if they released Load w these songs, it might have not been quite so divisive among fans at the time.

[Semafor @semafor]

Bernie Sanders to @daveweigel on the approach he’d like to see Democrats take ahead of the midterms https://t.co/MsanxDWAiF

[David Burbach (also @dburbach Bluesky) @dburbach]

Party of free speech and free enterprise, folks.

Note how broadly they demand loyalty: cutting ad spending with a private media outlet whose owner is *also* a direct competitor in your industry = "throwing in with a political party"

[NPR @NPR]

Every fall, Americans send about 8 million tons of bagged leaves to landfills.

But you don't have to. Keep leaf litter on the ground — it fertilizes the soil and gives shelter to small wildlife.
https://t.co/bkDfLCIxZD

[Mac @GoodPoliticGuy]

this story is insane trump appointed judge rules starbucks gets access to private communications between union workers and journalists. just brazen union intimidation and anti 1st amendment.

[Geoffrey Skelley @geoffreyvs]

The “calls” made by AP & other news organizations do not determine election outcomes.

They are determined by voters & vote counters — local election officials & statewide departments of state or boards of election, then the state officials responsible for certifying the results.

[Whitney Wild @WhitneyWReports]

.@SFPD identified the alleged attacker as 42-year-old David DePape. @CNN reached two of the man's relatives who told CNN he is estranged from his family. A review of his FB page shows he posted memes and conspiracy theories about Covid, the 2020 election, and the 1/6 attack.

[Dylan Housman @Dylan_Housman]

David Depape, the alleged attacker of Paul Pelosi, appears to have reposted a number of Jimmy Dore videos praising Putin on his blog

[Sadie Gurman @sgurman]

The suspected attacker has espoused extreme right wing views on social media, including conspiracy theories about Covid-19, according to one of the law enforcement officials. W/ ⁦@nataliewsj⁩ ⁦@ZushaElinson⁩ https://t.co/xmd6ryr3rQ

[Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN]

I am amazed at the nerve that some people have to not be upset with the country literally waging war, but at the country defending itself and those helping them do that.

I was even told by one of these people tonight, “it’s America that started the Russia war”, seriously wtf.