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I'm just going to say a thing.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
February 12, 2026 at 11:15 PM
I'm just going to say a thing.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
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Join us on February 18 for our program "Fighting Hate with Love: Nonviolence for safety & democracy" featuring elected official, public servant, and activist Kristin Ang.
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Fighting Hate With Love: Nonviolence for safety & democracy · Indivisible Tacoma
This month Indivisible Tacoma is proud to present Fighting Hate with Love: Nonviolence for safety & democracy, featuring guest speaker Kristin Ang. Kristin is an activist, elected official, and public servant in Tacoma. 🗓️ February 18, 6:30-8pm. Doors open at 6pm. 📍Tahoma Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 1115 S 56th St, Tacoma, WA 98408
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February 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Join us on February 18 for our program "Fighting Hate with Love: Nonviolence for safety & democracy" featuring elected official, public servant, and activist Kristin Ang.
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I love this account. Good energy, can apply to many things, and it’s true.
February 11, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I love this account. Good energy, can apply to many things, and it’s true.
I think this article is an overall good assessment, especially the last line.
I’d approach Chomsky’s work with a critical eye to anything he said about gender after this. Are some men just incurious about women? Annoyed that we could be having experiences that inconvenience them?
I’d approach Chomsky’s work with a critical eye to anything he said about gender after this. Are some men just incurious about women? Annoyed that we could be having experiences that inconvenience them?
February 11, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I think this article is an overall good assessment, especially the last line.
I’d approach Chomsky’s work with a critical eye to anything he said about gender after this. Are some men just incurious about women? Annoyed that we could be having experiences that inconvenience them?
I’d approach Chomsky’s work with a critical eye to anything he said about gender after this. Are some men just incurious about women? Annoyed that we could be having experiences that inconvenience them?
Brilliant
The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
February 9, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Brilliant
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me (writing a gratuitous sex scene): THE SPICE MUST FLOW
February 8, 2026 at 1:41 AM
me (writing a gratuitous sex scene): THE SPICE MUST FLOW
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
It‘s pretty awful to have this type of bigot be the most powerful person in your country and be at the mercy of the state you live in for protection. Maybe especially for kids who are too young to have experienced something different.
Was driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist
February 6, 2026 at 7:21 PM
It‘s pretty awful to have this type of bigot be the most powerful person in your country and be at the mercy of the state you live in for protection. Maybe especially for kids who are too young to have experienced something different.
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Liberal say that Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile who trafficked and abused dozens of underage girls. They’re wrong—he was a hebephile who trafficked and abused dozens of underage girls.
February 6, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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in real terms, #7 would give states leverage to put an end to surges, #8 would give states the ability to outright stop construction of new detention facilities, #1 and #6 would slow the rate at which DHS could train and deploy officers, #2 and #10 would likely shrink the pool of recruits
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
February 5, 2026 at 3:18 AM
in real terms, #7 would give states leverage to put an end to surges, #8 would give states the ability to outright stop construction of new detention facilities, #1 and #6 would slow the rate at which DHS could train and deploy officers, #2 and #10 would likely shrink the pool of recruits
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Democracy dies when crushed under untaxed wealth.
WaPo's Matt Murray told staff the paper is shuttering sports, moving remaining staff to features, shrinking foreign coverage, restructuring metro, closing books coverage, suspending Post Reports podcast
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
February 4, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Democracy dies when crushed under untaxed wealth.
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Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
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February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".
“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.”
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Self-driving taxis are coming to London – should we be worried? | Jack Stilgoe
Waymo’s cars were first rolled out in San Francisco, but the English capital’s old roads, pelican crossings and jaywalkers may pose issues for AI, says science and technology professor Jack Stilgoe
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February 2, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".
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The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
January 30, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
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If our "environmental protection" frameworks can stop an affordable housing project but can't stop a detention center or a highway expansion we really need to start talk about ripping things up root and branch.
January 31, 2026 at 11:28 PM
If our "environmental protection" frameworks can stop an affordable housing project but can't stop a detention center or a highway expansion we really need to start talk about ripping things up root and branch.
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They said "free speech" and "academic freedom" but never believed in either and now in texas you need a permission slip to mention race in class and they're fine with it. Might not have worked if people with large platforms weren't furious about marginal increases of black people in their offices
January 31, 2026 at 12:35 PM
They said "free speech" and "academic freedom" but never believed in either and now in texas you need a permission slip to mention race in class and they're fine with it. Might not have worked if people with large platforms weren't furious about marginal increases of black people in their offices
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every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
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“Many people are benefitting from orchestrating and perpetuating men’s loneliness and isolation – but it’s not women, and it’s certainly not ordinary men themselves.”
Roe McDermott’s meditation in IMAGE on how we got here with a healthy dose of bell hooks.
www.image.ie/self/homosoc...
Roe McDermott’s meditation in IMAGE on how we got here with a healthy dose of bell hooks.
www.image.ie/self/homosoc...
Desire without respect: how men are socialised to want women but not value them | IMAGE.ie
In a culture shaped by homosocial masculinity, men are taught to want women, but rarely to like them, writes Roe McDermott.
www.image.ie
January 31, 2026 at 1:19 AM
“Many people are benefitting from orchestrating and perpetuating men’s loneliness and isolation – but it’s not women, and it’s certainly not ordinary men themselves.”
Roe McDermott’s meditation in IMAGE on how we got here with a healthy dose of bell hooks.
www.image.ie/self/homosoc...
Roe McDermott’s meditation in IMAGE on how we got here with a healthy dose of bell hooks.
www.image.ie/self/homosoc...
Fair point
One concept that has stuck with me, and I apologize for not remembering the source, is that even if you are not currently disabled, you will be before you die
Unless you die suddenly, you will accumulate injuries or deteriorate gradually
Fighting for disabled services is fighting for future self
Unless you die suddenly, you will accumulate injuries or deteriorate gradually
Fighting for disabled services is fighting for future self
HOW ABOUT FUCK NO
by the way ONE in FOUR people in this country is disabled now
and the rest of y'all are one (1) bad day away from it
so how about we make shit like this an "everybody raise hell" mission, eh?
by the way ONE in FOUR people in this country is disabled now
and the rest of y'all are one (1) bad day away from it
so how about we make shit like this an "everybody raise hell" mission, eh?
January 30, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Fair point
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Trump is obessed with Georgia because he is in fundamental disbelief that a former state of the Confederacy could muster a multiracial coalition that cost him the election here. It is racial grievance and entitlement all the way down.
January 29, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Trump is obessed with Georgia because he is in fundamental disbelief that a former state of the Confederacy could muster a multiracial coalition that cost him the election here. It is racial grievance and entitlement all the way down.
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We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
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One of the main problems with DHS agents is borne out of a constant history of the same problem with all “law enforcement,” namely that they are held to lower standards of behavior than Joe Citizen, not higher. If I cross the street and push someone who is annoying me, I go to jail for assault.
January 27, 2026 at 3:32 PM
One of the main problems with DHS agents is borne out of a constant history of the same problem with all “law enforcement,” namely that they are held to lower standards of behavior than Joe Citizen, not higher. If I cross the street and push someone who is annoying me, I go to jail for assault.
I love Large Boulder the Size of a Small Boulder day
January 27, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I love Large Boulder the Size of a Small Boulder day
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.