Jeff Franklin

@prestonstew_ Missing the little birds.

The Congressional Research Service just listed the 42 US aircraft lost or damaged so far during the war with Iran. 4 x F-15E Strike Eagles destroyed 1 x F-35A damaged by Iranian ground fire 1 x A-10 destroyed 7 x KC-135 Stratotankers (2 destroyed, 5 damaged) 1 x E-3 Sentry AWACS damaged 2 x MC-130J destroyed 1 x HH-60W helicopter damaged by small arms fire 24 x MQ-9 Reapers destroyed 1 x MQ-4C Triton destroyed

@cutiieepie6 This can’t be a real outrage

Some guy tipped me ten dollars in quarters, and I’m still trying to figure out what kind of person thinks that’s acceptable. I just finished a DoorDash order, and he casually mentions he forgot to tip in the app—which, fine, not ideal, whatever. Then he dramatically pulls out a literal roll of quarters like he’s handing me the crown jewels. He looks me dead in the eye and says, “Sorry man, I didn’t tip on the app, this is all I’ve got.” Yeah, thanks. I love holding a handful of coins like it’s 1998. I don’t use change. I’m not a parking meter. I’m not walking around with rolls of quarters or dumping them into a Coinstar just to get the money I already earned. I took it because arguing over coins isn’t how I planned to spend my day, but that doesn’t make it okay. Tipping in quarters is peak absurdity. Tip in the app, tip in bills, tip digitally—literally anything that doesn’t involve me schlepping around loose metal. Acting like this is normal? Pure comedy. And yes, no one should ever think a pocketful of coins counts as a tip.

@askaya Nothing. You’re not missing anything.

I am someone who has been sober my whole life and at 30+ people still tell me that I am missing out because I’ve never experienced what it’s like to be “under the influence”. Tell me, what am I missing out on? I genuinely love and enjoy life as it is.

@ThrillaRilla369 @SGTWipper1Each Make everything out of pork.

If your Muslim neighbor asked you not to serve pork at your BBQ because it offends them and isn’t halal. What would you do?

@TaraBull Dear employer. Pay your employees appropriately and price your product accordingly.

"If you can't afford to tip, you can't afford to dine out." Thoughts?

@sciencegirl Let your windshield defroster run on high.

The NYPD is using “Barnacles” to tackle illegal parking. These are commercial-grade suction devices that attach to vehicle windows with around 1,000 pounds of force, making them extremely difficult to remove without proper release.

@SenSanders Doesn’t matter what we do if China keeps using fossil fuels

The past three years were the hottest three years in recorded history. The past eleven years were the hottest eleven years in recorded history. Trump thinks climate change is a “hoax.” He is dangerously wrong. We must break our addiction to fossil fuels and save the planet.

@GavinNewsom How about allowing the Palisades to be rebuilt?

HUGE NEWS: California just became the FIRST state in America to provide FREE DIAPERS to all new parents. Launching this summer. Since I became Governor, we have made preschool FREE, school meals FREE, and expanded paid family leave. Stop talking about lowering costs for families — DO IT!

@AOC Could it be the programs that are paying those subsidies are the reason the companies can get away with paying a non livable wage?

The single largest form of theft in America is wage theft. $50 billion a year are stolen from American workers. If a billionaire amasses their wealth by underpaying their full-time workers so severely that they must rely on food assistance and government programs to survive, then no, that wealth was not earned by one individual - it was a wealth transfer subsidized by underpaid American workers and the public who get stuck with the bill for large corporations free-riding off our systems. The point is less about individual morality. It’s more about how our current economic reality of shattering inequality rewards screwing over workers and exploiting essential systems at scale. We’re talking monopoly power. Rent-seeking. Wage theft. Profiteering. Stock buybacks. Destabilizing housing markets. Companies using SNAP/EBT to underwrite their wages. Massive government subsidies or contracts to corporations following lobbying and dark money in politics with little to no oversight or accountability. Some people get enraged that I draw attention to this. That’s on them. Let them call me shrill, dumb, inexperienced, girly, uneducated - these folks will say anything to distract from or undercut the truth that working people are getting screwed, and giving people a fair shake means we must have a grown conversation about reigning in abuse of power.

@WallStreetApes Have you tasted a 5 minute old Krispy Kreme?

All these donuts at Krispy Kreme are seen going through the production line, and at the end of the line they are all dropped directly into the trash can The trash can at the end of the line is also packed full of donuts They’re all being thrown away because Krispy Kreme has a policy that emphasizes selling donuts right off the line or very fresh. So donuts that miss the window or have minor imperfections are thrown into the trash can This is why you see so any viral videos of dumpsters full of Krispy Kreme donuts At the end of the day they also typically throw them all into the trash What a waste with the cost of food and so many people struggling

@RepMcGovern lol. Biden did four years of it.

Blaming somebody who hasn’t been in power for 16 months is getting really old…

@DarrigoMelanie Is it wealth hoarding or building? I highly doubt that any of that net worth would be sitting in an account as cash but most likely in infrastructure assets that creates industry and jobs. And who would manage it any better? A welfare society or government?

This level of wealth hoarding is a mental illness.

@therobbieharvey Red flag number one is he calls himself Spice King.

Famed food influencer, Spice King, is seen going after multiple women at Six Flags. Cameron Walker, who has over 20 million TikTok followers, says the woman started the confrontation by calling him the N word. But witnesses reportedly say that’s not the case. They accuse Spice King for allegedly berating his girlfriend screaming, “DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?!” forcing witnesses to speak up. One bystander reportedly stepped in, telling the young woman she “didn’t deserve that” and encouraging her to leave. Later in the confrontation another woman steps in an attempt to deescalate the situation. But Walker then shifts his attention and threatens her.

@DavidBCollum Or the world figures out a way to not rely on anything Iran has influence over.

Unpopular Opinion: Iran must bring the global economy to its knees. By doing so without being destroyed, Iran ensures that the next time some random country tries to bring them to their knees (no names mentioned), every other country in the world will say "Stop! The last time you did that we all suffered badly. We won't tolerate that again." For Iran, it is a win for the long term, not just today.

@StephenPunwasi @DowdEdward smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/25-…

FYI a nuclear suicide vest isn’t feasible due to basic physics. Nuclear explosions require critical mass, which means slamming the particles together. It needs space, so containers are large & heavy. This isn’t limited by tech. It’s limited by physics and reality.

@Logically_JC We have two of these outside of Las Vegas and thy don’t work. Sooo

Yeah, but have you heard about our ballroom??

@RachaelEWrites White kids get fed th same crap as everyone else. So tha ain’t it.

Folks asking why don't we have this in the USA. RACISM YOU IDIOTS. IT'S FUCKING RACISM. can't have Black and Brown kids eating free/healthy, cuz our government want them so desperate & hungry that they turn to drugs and crimes, so they can then be put into the prison systems.

@cenkuygur The only entity I trust less than Trump is Iranian government.

Trump says we had great talks with Iran. Iran says there were no such talks. There’s some chance Trump made that up to calm the markets. But there’s also some chance his advisers told Trump there were talks to appease him. The president living in an alternate reality is not good.

@FurkanGozukara With what navy?

Brilliant move by Iran. They are planning to levy a 10% toll on all ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. This will generate $73 billion a year, completely offsetting US sanctions and paying for war damages. Checkmate.

@BernieSanders Pissed they beat you at your own game? This is your fucking fault as much as it is theirs. We wouldn’t have Trump if it wasn’t for the fucking games the DNC played to try and get Hillary and Harris into the Oval Office.

One family, the right-wing Trump-aligned Ellisons, will soon control: TikTok CBS CNN HBO Discovery Channel BET Cartoon Network Comedy Central DC Studios Fandango Miramax MTV Nickelodeon Paramount PlutoTV Showtime TBS The CW TNT Warner Bros. And more This is oligarchy.