i'm just bix
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Not enough people have been posting ducks on ice.
We can't fix all the problems in the world in 2026, but we can fix this. 🪶
We can't fix all the problems in the world in 2026, but we can fix this. 🪶
January 4, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Not enough people have been posting ducks on ice.
We can't fix all the problems in the world in 2026, but we can fix this. 🪶
We can't fix all the problems in the world in 2026, but we can fix this. 🪶
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Some fluffy friends stopped by the feeder this afternoon. I don’t get Canada Jays on the feeder very often though they live here year-round, so it’s always a treat to see them. They are getting ready to nest in a month or so. #birds 🌿
January 4, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Some fluffy friends stopped by the feeder this afternoon. I don’t get Canada Jays on the feeder very often though they live here year-round, so it’s always a treat to see them. They are getting ready to nest in a month or so. #birds 🌿
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January 4, 2026 at 4:14 AM
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some concerning news from the powers that be. we currently don’t have a Dem to run for Salt Lake County Auditor
The qualifications are below, if you or someone you know meet these qualifications get in touch asap with ddebry@utdem.org
The qualifications are below, if you or someone you know meet these qualifications get in touch asap with ddebry@utdem.org
January 4, 2026 at 4:04 AM
some concerning news from the powers that be. we currently don’t have a Dem to run for Salt Lake County Auditor
The qualifications are below, if you or someone you know meet these qualifications get in touch asap with ddebry@utdem.org
The qualifications are below, if you or someone you know meet these qualifications get in touch asap with ddebry@utdem.org
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Of all the competitive authoritarian developments of the past year I think the fall of CBS News is among the most chilling. That this can happen to easily and so quickly freaks me the fuck out.
Nightmarish. CBS News is now running straight state propaganda. They handed Hegseth all three segments and are now tweeting flattering sound bites.
January 4, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Of all the competitive authoritarian developments of the past year I think the fall of CBS News is among the most chilling. That this can happen to easily and so quickly freaks me the fuck out.
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The significant part of it for Americans is going to be recognizing the role the republican party as currently constituted plays in the alliance of global antidemocratic forces
We should think broadly about this as the menagerie of democracies constituting it may include states that don't yet exist and other powerful corporate bodies politic that aren't territorial states at all.
It feels like things are going to get much weirder very soon and we should brace ourselves.
It feels like things are going to get much weirder very soon and we should brace ourselves.
probably worthwhile thinking what a post-American concert of democracies looks like
January 3, 2026 at 11:18 PM
The significant part of it for Americans is going to be recognizing the role the republican party as currently constituted plays in the alliance of global antidemocratic forces
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Racist piece of shit
GOP Rep. Pat Harrigan: "There are members of Congress that they just cannot trust. And I understand that. We have folks that are Somali first and not America first."
January 3, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Racist piece of shit
Really interesting thread
A concept I've been meaning to float to make sense of what's happened to the US Constitution is an idea from the British constitutional tradition: "implied repeal."
It's useful because it helps us to understand that Article I, & much else of the US Constitution, has been implicitly repealed.
It's useful because it helps us to understand that Article I, & much else of the US Constitution, has been implicitly repealed.
January 3, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Really interesting thread
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Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case
Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case
OTTAWA - This morning, in an unscheduled press statement, the Prime Minister's Office has said that Prime Minister Mark Carney has turned off geolocation services for all his electronic devices "for n...
www.thebeaverton.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case
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Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
Really important work here
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 3, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Really important work here
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is there some way I can quickly unlearn all of history so as to feel better about recent events
January 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
is there some way I can quickly unlearn all of history so as to feel better about recent events
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Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
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A lot of people forget how in 2004 the Bush regime kidnapped the democratically elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and dumped him in Africa.
Is there any modern precedent for abducting a head of state?
Plenty of examples of coups, assassinations and domestic trials, including show trials, but this is like a Crusader Kings plot.
Plenty of examples of coups, assassinations and domestic trials, including show trials, but this is like a Crusader Kings plot.
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
A lot of people forget how in 2004 the Bush regime kidnapped the democratically elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and dumped him in Africa.
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going to call my senators back and tell them to put the child porno machine on the back burner for now and focus on the undeclared war of aggression
January 3, 2026 at 7:09 AM
going to call my senators back and tell them to put the child porno machine on the back burner for now and focus on the undeclared war of aggression
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Even if you didn’t vote for this, if you are an American this has been done in your name and you have a responsibility to do what you can to renounce and stop it. It’s not fair, but it is the duty that has been placed on us.
January 3, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Even if you didn’t vote for this, if you are an American this has been done in your name and you have a responsibility to do what you can to renounce and stop it. It’s not fair, but it is the duty that has been placed on us.
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The members who did the "don't follow illegal orders" video absolutely need to immediately do a "hey these were the illegal orders we were talking about and participating in them can expect to face consequences to the fullest extent of the law" video
Uniformed military are involved in this shambolic behavior and they all need to be held to account
A primary goal of the discussion now on dragging dem pols to do the right thing has to be on widespread accountability and where appropriate prosecutions of significant numbers of servicemembers
A primary goal of the discussion now on dragging dem pols to do the right thing has to be on widespread accountability and where appropriate prosecutions of significant numbers of servicemembers
Inexcusable shit.
January 3, 2026 at 8:29 AM
The members who did the "don't follow illegal orders" video absolutely need to immediately do a "hey these were the illegal orders we were talking about and participating in them can expect to face consequences to the fullest extent of the law" video
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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feels weird given everything but apparently I’ve retained the ability to be shocked
January 3, 2026 at 10:33 AM
feels weird given everything but apparently I’ve retained the ability to be shocked
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It's a big day for those fluent in the good grammar of civility looking to deploy decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 3, 2026 at 12:19 PM
It's a big day for those fluent in the good grammar of civility looking to deploy decorum to mask agendas of cruelty