Thursday October 29 Links and Banter

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Thursday October 29 Links and Banter
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Hello, hello, hello. Leading off, (begrudging) congrats to the OTR Brew Crew and to Saint Uecker. FWIW, I'm Team Chorizo. Onward.

Look, I won't promise that I'll stop being annoying after the election. But I'll stop being annoying about this particular thing!

Go vote.

If you don't know whether you're registered to vote or where your polling place is located, hit this link for more information. If you're voting by mail, get it postmarked early. If you're voting in person, make a plan to do so. Each of our pieces of this are so very small, but there more of us than there are of them. Make it count.

And with that, let's hit a few links.

Apolitical Kirk Herbstreit is actually a GOP fundraiser
He headlined a pro-Tuberville PAC event last week.
Debunking the Monsters of the Midway Origin Story
Some origin stories turn out to be urban legends, and the Monsters of the Midway seem to be one of them.
Why Donald Trump Wants To Replace American History With Big Statues Of Famous People | Defector
As the nation marked its 250th anniversary this summer, Donald Trump could not stop posting AI-generated images of himself alongside George Washington. In one, Trump and Washington ride horses through a bucolic landscape, the sun setting in the distance. In another, Trump saves Washington from falling off a cliff; this one is styled as a…
Please Let the Internet Die
Online spaces are captured by oligarchs and saturated with slop—and they’re exacerbating humanity’s worst impulses. It’s time to start over.
Election Officials Warn That Ballots Tied To Stray Cat Unlikely To Arrive In Time
LANSING, MI—Urging the public to use the most reliable methods available to submit their vote, election officials across the country warned Monday that a ballot tied to stray cat would likely not arrive in time. “Unfortunately, finding a stray tabby under a car and gently tying your ballot to its tail with a ribbon almost […]

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