Strange Wonk in a Strange Land

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Lefty (((globalist))) Lady Veteran Finally a place for all my hot takes. Oh, and cats.

Screenshot of White_Flight being placed on hold for pick up at SLPL Schlafly, a branch of the St Louis Public Library system
Phil Stewart @phildstewart Austria denies US use of airspace for Iran military operations, defense minister says 12:05 PM 4/2/26 1.1K Views
A bottle of Seagram's 7 and a tall glass. The glass is a souvenir with the word "Moosewood" and an image of a tree and a moose visible; it's half-filled with ice and cola with a plastic straw sticking out.
A barrel of rum sits on its own stand among tall rows of other barrels. The flat face of the special barrel reads "Ron Del Barrelito - Bayamon - #1 - 1952"
Google search results summarized (using AI, ugh): "Many major museums have incomplete or undisclosed provenance records for their collections, with only 21% of US museums providing easily accessible, object-level Nazi-era information online. Institutions with identified gaps or limited public disclosure include the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and various smaller, regional, or private institutions. Museums and Institutions with Limited or Incomplete Public Provenance Records Art Institute of Chicago: Identified in reports for not publishing complete lists of works with potential ownership gaps. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA): Questioned regarding Nazi-era acquisitions, specifically works from dealer Curt Valentin. American Museum of Natural History: Criticized for failing to return certain Native American human remains. Illinois State Museum: Noted for restrictive policies regarding the cultural affiliation of (rest is cut off)
Screenshot from Osage Culture site with headline "Osage Nation recording Sugarloaf Mound" and two similar graphics of one side of a tiered hill in front of the Gateway Arch, with text reading "Before they built the Arch, we built The Mounds" and "Osage Nation has reacquired Sugarloaf Mound"
Screenshot from Osage Culture website about Sugarloaf Mound: "When the French began construction of what would become St. Louis in 1764, the future city contained possibly hundreds of mounds. While many were relatively small burial mounds situated on the bluffs overlooking navigable waterways, there was also a major Mississippian civic-ceremonial complex located just north of the Gateway Arch. The North St. Louis Mound Group included over 25 mounds systematically arranged around public plazas. This substantial site was presumably tied to two other nearby Mississippian centers: the little-known East St. Louis Mound Group and its famous relative, Cahokia (a UNESCO World Heritage Site)."
Screenshot from an article in The Hill with portions underlined. "Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) is balking at a plan by the Trump administration to establish a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in his home state, warning that it Nurt the lOcal economy. Wicker says he supports the enforcement of immigration law but that he does not support the Department of Homeland Security's plan to convert a warehouse in Byhalia, Mississippi, into a detention center."
Screenshot of poster from The Hebrew Hammer (2003), a Blacksplotation-style movie. Greer is wearing a white turtleneck and long skirt, with a prominent Star of David necklace. She's leaning against a 70's era sedan with Hebrew writing and the rear window is also Star of David-shaped. Adam Goldberg as the Hebrew Hammer stands in the foreground, looking up at the camera raising a fist. He's wearing a large black fedora and black vest over a white dress shirt, which is unbuttoned to show a black turtleneck and several gold necklaces, including a חי charm. He also has multiple gold rings on the raised fist, including another Star of David.
Sticker wrapped around a pole. Four rows of text in the same font but with a different background. Save the bees (honeycomb) Plant more trees (forest) Clean our seas (seabed with blue water above) Punch Nazis (screenshot from social media video with Richard Spencer among a crowd but getting punched, with multiple "likes")
Family Guy skin color chart meme: Peter Griffin from Family Guy cartoon (large white man) in driver's seat of vehicle that is pulled over. Outside the window a white arm in blue long sleeve shirt holds up a color chart, where palest peach tones are labeled 'okay' and darker, browner tones are labeled 'not okay.' the person outside the car is comparing Peter's skin to the chart.
Selfie in a mirror. Bottom half of a white blonde lady's face (me) holding a black phone case (short nails with chipped paint) wearing a red t-shirt with an A on the left shoulder and KC written over a white arrowhead. Mirror and picture cut off below the arrowhead on the chest.
My furry muppet of a dog, 10 lbs of grey to light brown fluff, passed out on his side on the floor next to an entertainment center with a large TV. The bottom of the screen, with the world series, is just visible.
Salad & dinner forks, rounded tip knife (like for spreading butter rather than cutting), kinda normal elongated round soup & teaspoons. All have a shiny finish. Handles widen slightly along the length to a square or rectangular shape at the base, with a gentle quarter-turn twist (over the top to the left) about 2/3 of the length.
A pan-sized cookie, frosted with a decorative border and cursive that reads "I want my lawyer"
Young white men stand in a row holding lit tiki torches. They are all dressed in white button-up shirts and tan slacks. Copyright 2017 WWBT.
A sitting brown rat is pictured from behind, with text that reads "I'm all out of fucks to give, but here's a rat's ass"
Reads "sending...." in fancy font over a picture of a small pile of (tater)tots and two pears
Trump yelling at a young boy mowing the grass in front of the White House meme. Text: "and don't scratch anything or you'll never work here again!"
Trump yelling at young boy pushing a mower in front of the White House. Text overlay: "and don't scratch anything or you'll never work here again"
Large head of a small dog resting on the arm of a recliner. His eyes are mostly concealed by light brown straight unkempt hair. His nose is brown. His chin hairs are wet. The rest of his body, resembling a russet potato, is barely visible in the bottom right of the photo.
Screenshot of Google News search for Houthis + Iran, which shows multiple reports over the last 18 hours that the Houthis threaten to resume attacks on US ships in the Red Sea "if" the US participates in attacking Iran
Graphic from The Onion, a long-standing satirical news site, reads Newswire History Sighs, Repeats Itself
Screenshot of the Merriam-Webster web definition and pronunciation guide for the word
Emo Philips as Salvador Dalí from the Weird Al Yankovic movie
My fuzzy small terrier mix, shaggy hair due for a trim hanging into his eyes. Giant head resting on arm of recliner looking at photog.
Screenshot of Oxford Dictionary definition of contumacious adjective: archaic•Law (especially of a defendant's behavior) stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority. "his refusal to make child support payments was contumacious"
"The AP had angered the White House because it refused to call the Gulf of Mexico by President Trump's preferred name for it: the Gulf of America."
Statue meant to be Jesus (long hair, robe sleeve) with head in hand
Screenshot of text from the linked article (emphasis added): The agreement also says ICE might use artificial intelligence to analyze taxpayer data, but it would need to notify the **IRS’ Office of Safeguards** to ensure it complies with federal law.
March: Transgender mice April: Tariffed penguins Place your bets for May here.
Four-panel Anakin & Padme meme. 1. Anakin: Obi Wan and I had a disagreement. 2. Padme: and then it ended on good terms? 3. Anakin just stares silently back. 4. Padme's smile drops
Picture of the infamous Trump/Zelenskyy Feb 28 oval office meeting, with Trump seated center, Zelenskyy and Pence seated on either side of him, and only Rubio's leg visible on the side of the picture. Rubio's leg is annotated to emphasize he's present but sidelined.
From The Simpsons, Ned Flanders' beatnik parents (berets, period hair, including moustache/goatee) sit in an office, one saying "we've tried nothing, and we're all out of ideas"
Simpsons S6E1, Bart calling the police from the house phone. He gets a phone tree and gets increasingly frustrated as the voice on the phone says "Hello, and welcome to the Springfield Police Department Rescue Phone. If you know the name of the felony being committed, press one. To choose from a list of felonies, press two. If you are being murdered or calling from a rotary phone... please stay on the line."
The Simpsons S15/E21, Bart-Mangled Banner: Lisa (in her Sunday Best clothes, next to the Reverend in the church pulpit in front of stained glass windows) reciting "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press."
NPR article headline reads "Trump administration says it has no plans to fulfill $400 million 'armored Tesla' contract"
The Pokemon duosion, which looks like a cell partially divided, but with a face, proto-tail, and lil T-Rex arms.
Leela (human mutant) and a rusty, disoriented Bender (robot) in a living room from Futurama S1E3, "I, Roommate"
framed embroidery art. Floral motif on top and bottom. Middle reads Save the Bees Plant some Trees Clean the Seas Punch Nazis
Classic Microsoft Windows user interface menu, with pointer mouse highlighting "Steal meme." Other menu options read "Open images in new window," "Copy image," and "Copy image address"
Screenshot from classic Snickers commercial where NFL end zone has a typo, reading CHEFS in white bold text on red
The playbill in my hand
Classic Microsoft Windows user interface menu, with pointer mouse highlighting "Steal meme." Other menu options read "Open images in new window," "Copy image," and "Copy image address"
A brown (fake) leather bench sits next to an exterior door, with shoes tucked underneath.
A blurry photo of a small terrier with medium length unkept hair/fur. He is shades of light brown and gray, like a russet potato. He is blurry because he's constantly moving closer to the camera person.
Reply by twtst at bsky dot social: i think this tweet oversimplifies the complexities of human interaction and reduces people to simplistic categories. we're all capable of humor and nuance; let's focus on empathy and understanding instead.
Deus vult (Latin for 'God wills it') is a Christian motto historically tied to ideas of Divine providence and individual interpretation of God's will. It was first chanted by Catholics during the First Crusade in 1096 as a rallying cry, most likely under the form Deus le veult or Deus lo vult, as reported by the Gesta Francorum (c. 1100) and the Historia Belli Sacri (c. 1130).
Lee Kum Kee brand soup base labeled "For Korean Style Army Stew" with a picture of a red broth brimming with instant-style ramen noodles, green onions, hot dog slices, and a slice of American yellow cheese.
Gray tabby long-haired petite cat on the back of a gray textured piece of furniture. A Tottenham scarf can be seen hanging the the background.
The back end of a chicken entering her coop, with text that reads "Guess what..."
A very large female-coded robot with old technology, with text overlay that reads "crushinator loves him" From Futurama S1E2
Reads "Sending...." in a fancy font above a photo-realistic still life of a couple green pears leaning against a pile of tater tots
White text on black reads: "Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. - Robert J. Hanlon"
From The Simpsons, S2E22: Burns (an old wealthy man in a suit) stares with big eyes at something behind glass, hands and nose pressed against the glass; Smithers (tidy middle aged man with a crew cut, round glasses, bow-tie and jacket) grimaces while watching Burns.
Hanukkiah with all 9 candles lit sitting in front of a table set with food. The hanukkiah is blue ceramic with gold painted accents depicting a dove and olive branches
Write up for apartments in St Louis. Key sentence reads "Escape to City Foundry STL or spend time exploring Great Rivers Greenway knowing unapparelled rest and relaxation is waiting for you at home."