Colin Smith

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Why 1% of People Never Have Sex Plus: Where Americans are happiest, body chemistry hacks, and Emil the elk’s European tour

Why 1% of People Never Have Sex:

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I'm Alexander Verbeek and publish about the climate crisis, environment, the beauty of nature, science, walking, sustainability, wildlife, photography, water, and energy.

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Not just Unpopular! He's also the Most Unworthy-Unqualified-Unethical-Uneducated-Unprepared-Undemocratic-Unfortunate-Unhinged-Unjust-Unread-Unappealing-Unconscionable-Untrustworthy-Unscrupulous-Unstable-Unbearable-Unlikable-Unreliable-Unsound & Unctuous President in Modern American History. 🇺🇸 🙄

Uruk-hai with Minion voices... Looks like bananas are back on the menu, boys! 😂

Van Hollen Criticizes Democratic Leaders for Delay in Endorsing Mamdani

I really like Van Hollen. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...

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'Lord of the Rings' star Sean Astin elected SAG-AFTRA president Astin, who was also in 'Rudy' and 'The Goonies,' will succeed Fran Drescher, who decided not to run for reelection.

Makes sense, Hollywood is Mordor and he's been there and back again

www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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Balanced Weather in Balanced Weather Will be live chatting from the Katrina session of the Mississippi Book Festival starting at about 10:45 am CT. Hope you can join and participate in the chat.

Will be doing a Balanced Weather paid subscriber live chat from the Katrina panel discussion at the Mississippi Book Festival at 10:45 am CT. Join at link below.

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This man will not be fired for calling for the murder of American citizens, yet multiple journalists/reporters/teachers lost their job for accurately reporting things Charlie Kirk actually said and stood for.

But it’s the “violent left” that’s the problem

Reminder: ignore the bots. We’ve started following many of you on here and just want to say, if you need a break, take one. The internet will still be here tomorrow. 💚

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Does it seems a little odd that the party that violently attacked our capitol is suddenly outraged with political violence?

No, Ezra Klein, Charlie Kirk wasn't “practicing politics the right way.” He promoted racism, sexism, homophobia and xenophobia. Kirk had every right to express his political views, and his death is an outrage. But no one who believes in peace and love should praise what he was doing to our politics.

The Nazis have a vacancy.

The FBI right now could probably use all those experienced senior career professionals with decades of investigative experience that they fired for absolutely no reason.

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