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The initial colonist launch is cheap. Henceforth every resupply mission should face an adverse impact to home planet analysis. You shouldn’t be allowed to create massive energy deficit or emissions on earth for shit on mars.
This is a good policy for pretty much every billionaire big idea.
- Colonize asteroids or other planets? Great, but the first job for resources is to fix climate on Earth
- Massive power consumption for AI Data centers? Great, but first major task is solving sustainability
- Self driving? 4 transit!
- Colonize asteroids or other planets? Great, but the first job for resources is to fix climate on Earth
- Massive power consumption for AI Data centers? Great, but first major task is solving sustainability
- Self driving? 4 transit!
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They're gonna call it Stancilgrad
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 AM
They're gonna call it Stancilgrad
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The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
January 27, 2026 at 2:07 AM
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
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it turns out that trump murdering someone on camera does in fact lose him votes.
I suspected it would, but really didn't want to test it.
I suspected it would, but really didn't want to test it.
January 27, 2026 at 2:58 AM
it turns out that trump murdering someone on camera does in fact lose him votes.
I suspected it would, but really didn't want to test it.
I suspected it would, but really didn't want to test it.
Something big and nasty is about to drop.
we are witnessing historic backpedaling here
January 27, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Something big and nasty is about to drop.
Say words.
I like the word "fuck" and I'm all for using it when the situation calls for it, but I also like the words "impeach" and "hold accountable."
And I realize we don't have the majority necessary to impeach, but do we not say words anymore because we don't have the majority? SAY WORDS.
And I realize we don't have the majority necessary to impeach, but do we not say words anymore because we don't have the majority? SAY WORDS.
January 27, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Say words.
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squid game was way overrated. I'm sorry I just don't think "what if rich people literally paid poor people to be in a death game" is a particularly interesting commentary on the Evils of Capitalism
Apropos that op-ed about Harry Potter, what's some pop culture with The Right Politics that you still can't stand? For me it's BARBIE and EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE.
January 27, 2026 at 2:02 AM
squid game was way overrated. I'm sorry I just don't think "what if rich people literally paid poor people to be in a death game" is a particularly interesting commentary on the Evils of Capitalism
Even if this were ALL the bad DHS were doing, it would be more than enough to warrant overhauling the department root and branch.
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Even if this were ALL the bad DHS were doing, it would be more than enough to warrant overhauling the department root and branch.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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The GOP doesn’t contain America’s best nor brightest.
It is also telling that apparently Kash Patel relies on random Twitter/X MAGA influencers to do even fall-off-a-log easy intelligence work like “getting added to a gigantic Signal chat” than you know, his own agency.
January 27, 2026 at 1:57 AM
The GOP doesn’t contain America’s best nor brightest.
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IMO, Kash Patel may or may not be smart enough to intentionally throw this out there to scare people away from using Signal at all, thus pushing them towards using more easily-monitored digital comms in the demonstrably false belief they’re all “equally bad.”
Let’s not give him the win regardless.
Let’s not give him the win regardless.
January 27, 2026 at 1:29 AM
IMO, Kash Patel may or may not be smart enough to intentionally throw this out there to scare people away from using Signal at all, thus pushing them towards using more easily-monitored digital comms in the demonstrably false belief they’re all “equally bad.”
Let’s not give him the win regardless.
Let’s not give him the win regardless.
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oh man someday the brave MAGA patriots will figure out how to access the Secret Antifa Headquarters group chat we’re all in, and then we’ll really be fucked
To be fair, that’s the highest level of access control right wing chats appear to have, so, considering they are the least imaginative morons around, they probably believe it’s the global central secret top level Antifa server that must exist.
January 27, 2026 at 1:42 AM
oh man someday the brave MAGA patriots will figure out how to access the Secret Antifa Headquarters group chat we’re all in, and then we’ll really be fucked
Did you know one of the biggest things the founding fathers believed in was free public libraries?
That and good universal public education, used by all classes, absolutely set the newly formed United States apart from Europe.
That and good universal public education, used by all classes, absolutely set the newly formed United States apart from Europe.
Did you know libraries have free comic books, movies, TV shows, and even video games? Libraries are fucking rad.
Did you know there are FREE BOOKS you can just READ AND BROWSE for FREE at the LIBRARY and sometimes PRINTING SERVICES and OTHER NEAT STUFF you can just do for FREE without having to SPEND ANYTHING at the LIBRARY
January 27, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Did you know one of the biggest things the founding fathers believed in was free public libraries?
That and good universal public education, used by all classes, absolutely set the newly formed United States apart from Europe.
That and good universal public education, used by all classes, absolutely set the newly formed United States apart from Europe.
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Did you know libraries have free comic books, movies, TV shows, and even video games? Libraries are fucking rad.
Did you know there are FREE BOOKS you can just READ AND BROWSE for FREE at the LIBRARY and sometimes PRINTING SERVICES and OTHER NEAT STUFF you can just do for FREE without having to SPEND ANYTHING at the LIBRARY
10000% spending more time at the library has given me more life
January 27, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Did you know libraries have free comic books, movies, TV shows, and even video games? Libraries are fucking rad.
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Firing high officials and scapegoating them when policies are unpopular, while replacing them with other officials who will continue similar policies, is a classic 'rotate and replace' move for authoritarian regimes.
Egyptian railway ministers are fired every few yrs after terrible accidents.
Egyptian railway ministers are fired every few yrs after terrible accidents.
January 27, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Firing high officials and scapegoating them when policies are unpopular, while replacing them with other officials who will continue similar policies, is a classic 'rotate and replace' move for authoritarian regimes.
Egyptian railway ministers are fired every few yrs after terrible accidents.
Egyptian railway ministers are fired every few yrs after terrible accidents.
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Very legal. Very cool.
I wonder if all of these people will receive $500k for having their “privacy” invaded like the GOP Senators that tried to overthrow the country’s government.
I wonder if all of these people will receive $500k for having their “privacy” invaded like the GOP Senators that tried to overthrow the country’s government.
FBI Director Kash Patel said Monday that he had opened an investigation into the Signal group text chats that Minnesota residents are using www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
FBI investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE, Patel says
The statement from FBI Director Kash Patel comes after right-wing media figures said they joined the chats and claimed participants were obstructing law enforcement.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Very legal. Very cool.
I wonder if all of these people will receive $500k for having their “privacy” invaded like the GOP Senators that tried to overthrow the country’s government.
I wonder if all of these people will receive $500k for having their “privacy” invaded like the GOP Senators that tried to overthrow the country’s government.
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We found the line the GOP wishes never got crossed.
A seemingly straight, cis-male, who worked for veterans, and was legally carrying his permitted handgun, was shot in the back 3 times after he was disarmed by masked federal agents, and then shot 7 more times as he lay dying in the gutter.
A seemingly straight, cis-male, who worked for veterans, and was legally carrying his permitted handgun, was shot in the back 3 times after he was disarmed by masked federal agents, and then shot 7 more times as he lay dying in the gutter.
January 26, 2026 at 7:27 PM
We found the line the GOP wishes never got crossed.
A seemingly straight, cis-male, who worked for veterans, and was legally carrying his permitted handgun, was shot in the back 3 times after he was disarmed by masked federal agents, and then shot 7 more times as he lay dying in the gutter.
A seemingly straight, cis-male, who worked for veterans, and was legally carrying his permitted handgun, was shot in the back 3 times after he was disarmed by masked federal agents, and then shot 7 more times as he lay dying in the gutter.
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the thing this says to me is that I and every other dude who lives with a melanin deficiency need to be front and center at these things because literally no one with any authority will care unless something happens to us
Oh shoot they've lost Greg Abbott! The same extremist who pardoned a mam who killed a BLM protestor.
www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
Greg Abbott says ICE needs to 'recalibrate' mission after Minnesota shooting
The comments come as more Republicans are pressing for an investigation into federal immigration tactics after a second protester was shot and killed.
www.houstonchronicle.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:53 PM
the thing this says to me is that I and every other dude who lives with a melanin deficiency need to be front and center at these things because literally no one with any authority will care unless something happens to us
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i know this is a banal observation but i say again, none of this had to happen. there was no crisis to fix. this is just monsters doing monster shit.
nobody looked at minnesota and said we have to declare war. like, that's, uh, just not a thing. this is pure evil.
nobody looked at minnesota and said we have to declare war. like, that's, uh, just not a thing. this is pure evil.
January 26, 2026 at 9:50 PM
i know this is a banal observation but i say again, none of this had to happen. there was no crisis to fix. this is just monsters doing monster shit.
nobody looked at minnesota and said we have to declare war. like, that's, uh, just not a thing. this is pure evil.
nobody looked at minnesota and said we have to declare war. like, that's, uh, just not a thing. this is pure evil.
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Wolverines!
No, wait.
Golden Gophers!
No, wait.
Golden Gophers!
January 26, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Wolverines!
No, wait.
Golden Gophers!
No, wait.
Golden Gophers!
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2nd amendment rights, Red Dawn, more trusted on national security, crime and immigration…there’s a whole pile of unexpected goodies Dems get in the national divorce
January 26, 2026 at 9:16 PM
2nd amendment rights, Red Dawn, more trusted on national security, crime and immigration…there’s a whole pile of unexpected goodies Dems get in the national divorce
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Pickpocket gangsters, payin' their debts
I caught a bullet in the lung from Bernhard Goetz
Overworked and underpaid, starin' at the floor…
Pickpocket gangsters, payin' their debts
I caught a bullet in the lung from Bernhard Goetz
Overworked and underpaid, starin' at the floor…
January 26, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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Pickpocket gangsters, payin' their debts
I caught a bullet in the lung from Bernhard Goetz
Overworked and underpaid, starin' at the floor…
Pickpocket gangsters, payin' their debts
I caught a bullet in the lung from Bernhard Goetz
Overworked and underpaid, starin' at the floor…
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it’s fun to remind the youth of today who were too young to remember it unfolding in real time about how the minute Obama became a viable presidential contender, the brains of every individual on the entire American right simply turned into scrambled eggs and they have never even partially recovered
January 26, 2026 at 9:36 PM
it’s fun to remind the youth of today who were too young to remember it unfolding in real time about how the minute Obama became a viable presidential contender, the brains of every individual on the entire American right simply turned into scrambled eggs and they have never even partially recovered
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(Note: pirate HAM transmitting is a violation of the law, so I’m not saying you SHOULD do it, mind you. Just recognizing that the point-to-point information environment in the U.S. is fundamentally controlled primarily by voluntary adherence to regs, and not much else.)
January 26, 2026 at 8:33 PM
(Note: pirate HAM transmitting is a violation of the law, so I’m not saying you SHOULD do it, mind you. Just recognizing that the point-to-point information environment in the U.S. is fundamentally controlled primarily by voluntary adherence to regs, and not much else.)
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The regime obviously thought they'd be able to take out a few dozen scary-queer-weirdo Antifa types in black masks and then successfully cow the rest of the Coastal Elite Liberal class into terrified silence: they were not expecting "totally fearless mass nonviolent resistance by entire cities."
It also sounds like at least some of them thought the cameras wouldn't matter because they were assuming that a couple of public executions would cause all of the resistance to run and hide.
January 26, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The regime obviously thought they'd be able to take out a few dozen scary-queer-weirdo Antifa types in black masks and then successfully cow the rest of the Coastal Elite Liberal class into terrified silence: they were not expecting "totally fearless mass nonviolent resistance by entire cities."