Dirt Dork.
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· Jan 4
Aviso - Wikipedia
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Just gonna make a running thread of things I've looked up on Wikipedia lately.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviso
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviso
Yeah, it was pretty good. I hadn't seen an opera since our 6th grade field trip to see Barber of Seville. Got goosebumps during the final sequence.
Wanted an excuse to wear cufflinks, so beloved spouse and I are seeing Salome at the Lyric.
February 7, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Yeah, it was pretty good. I hadn't seen an opera since our 6th grade field trip to see Barber of Seville. Got goosebumps during the final sequence.
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honestly, hoult could do it, too, and they ought to do more things together — i would love to see someone cast them together in a pre-code style slapstick
February 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
honestly, hoult could do it, too, and they ought to do more things together — i would love to see someone cast them together in a pre-code style slapstick
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I hate that my reaction to "the guy in charge of American public health dug for fossils illegally on tribal lands with notorious pedophiles" is
yeah, sounds about right
yeah, sounds about right
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went hunting for dinosaur bones in the Dakotas with child sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
RFK Jr.’s Bizarre Trip With Epstein and Ghislaine Exposed in Files
The trip took place on a Native reservation where collecting fossils without explicit tribal permission is considered looting.
trib.al
February 7, 2026 at 2:42 AM
I hate that my reaction to "the guy in charge of American public health dug for fossils illegally on tribal lands with notorious pedophiles" is
yeah, sounds about right
yeah, sounds about right
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Note the figures for Denmark in particular. Until only a few years ago the most pro-American country in Western Europe; now the most hostile, by some distance.
Some really striking numbers in this new survey showing the flip in European public opinion about America.
But bear in mind this is only Western Europe. In Eastern Europe, it has been harder to take the blinders off peoples' eyes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
But bear in mind this is only Western Europe. In Eastern Europe, it has been harder to take the blinders off peoples' eyes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
February 6, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Note the figures for Denmark in particular. Until only a few years ago the most pro-American country in Western Europe; now the most hostile, by some distance.
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this is important and i don't want to be glib. dunk and egg stories are great because dunk is not dumb! he is simple in his thinking, because his thinking is that the strong should protect the weak and a knight should be what people expect a knight to be. he is wonderful.
February 7, 2026 at 4:27 AM
this is important and i don't want to be glib. dunk and egg stories are great because dunk is not dumb! he is simple in his thinking, because his thinking is that the strong should protect the weak and a knight should be what people expect a knight to be. he is wonderful.
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Reddit: Poop Knife?
Blue Sky: Alf Hog!
Blue Sky: Alf Hog!
a man with a mask on his face is standing in a forest .
ALT: a man with a mask on his face is standing in a forest .
media.tenor.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Reddit: Poop Knife?
Blue Sky: Alf Hog!
Blue Sky: Alf Hog!
Wanted an excuse to wear cufflinks, so beloved spouse and I are seeing Salome at the Lyric.
February 7, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Wanted an excuse to wear cufflinks, so beloved spouse and I are seeing Salome at the Lyric.
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Blueskyese and Xian share an obvious common root as both being Twitteric languages, the difference is that after the split Xian became a hybrid Twitteric/Channer-linkedin tongue, while Blueskyese changed less overall but did pick up some tumbleric and redditor loanwords
yeah Bluesky is primarily a Tumblric language
February 6, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Blueskyese and Xian share an obvious common root as both being Twitteric languages, the difference is that after the split Xian became a hybrid Twitteric/Channer-linkedin tongue, while Blueskyese changed less overall but did pick up some tumbleric and redditor loanwords
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Worth noting that any time a cop is accused of potentially criminal misconduct, it is usually BIA who conducts the investigation.
The police superintendent is acknowledging they lack trust to handle this case, but why then are they entrusted to conduct investigations into, say, domestic abuse?
The police superintendent is acknowledging they lack trust to handle this case, but why then are they entrusted to conduct investigations into, say, domestic abuse?
“When it comes to the Chicago Police Department, there’s always going to be this trust factor. So the question is, would anybody in here believe that it’s a fair investigation if the Bureau of Internal Affairs is doing that work? I would think not.” @wttw.bsky.social
Top Cop: COPA Should Probe Chicago Police Conduct During Immigration Raids Because No One Would ‘Trust’ Internal Affairs
“When it comes to the Chicago Police Department, there’s always going to be this trust factor,” Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling said.
news.wttw.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Worth noting that any time a cop is accused of potentially criminal misconduct, it is usually BIA who conducts the investigation.
The police superintendent is acknowledging they lack trust to handle this case, but why then are they entrusted to conduct investigations into, say, domestic abuse?
The police superintendent is acknowledging they lack trust to handle this case, but why then are they entrusted to conduct investigations into, say, domestic abuse?
Despite being a Forumic language, proximity, trade and intermarriage have resulted in a Reddit-Bluesky sprachbund.
yeah Bluesky is primarily a Tumblric language
February 6, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Despite being a Forumic language, proximity, trade and intermarriage have resulted in a Reddit-Bluesky sprachbund.
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This type of thing where voters think their vote is just a nice little I'm mad button they can press instead of an actual serious responsibility they have infuriates me
Just saw a lady quoted in a local small town paper say she signed the separatist petition even though she doesn’t want to separate but wants to “send a message” and I’m just beside myself
Like this isn’t a fucking joke lady
Like this isn’t a fucking joke lady
February 6, 2026 at 7:28 PM
This type of thing where voters think their vote is just a nice little I'm mad button they can press instead of an actual serious responsibility they have infuriates me
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one guy sent me an email that was like, “you’re just mad that vance knows who his father is!” and i replied to him just to say that vance, quite famously, did not have a dad around!
February 6, 2026 at 1:03 PM
one guy sent me an email that was like, “you’re just mad that vance knows who his father is!” and i replied to him just to say that vance, quite famously, did not have a dad around!
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Two Dumb Bitches Telling Each Other Exactlyyyy: Endgame
February 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Two Dumb Bitches Telling Each Other Exactlyyyy: Endgame
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our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
www.propublica.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:46 PM
our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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free lunch because I’m just a little birthday person-ism rules everything around me
this is such a profound misunderstanding of what art is and what it means
![2. being poor means having to make hard choices like:
[a] drawing something yourself in a way society would call "bad" (i.e. unprofessional)
[b] sacrificing resources you don't have to pay a real artist what they're worth (or learn yourself)
[c] not doing it at all, or
[d] using AI.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jb2q4yqmgpmefxd4xx66gepm/bafkreif2bp3na5nfvtvrsdljkuycvteizzcclwmgcg4u55mybhpx4qqvxm@jpeg)
February 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
free lunch because I’m just a little birthday person-ism rules everything around me
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This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
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i like that the press corps will have no follow up questions to this, like who the staffer posting Official Government Communications at 1am is supposed to be, and what consequences they are supposed to have suffered for doing this
POLITICO reporting that the White House has now claimed the ape video was an accident and removed it.
February 6, 2026 at 5:45 PM
i like that the press corps will have no follow up questions to this, like who the staffer posting Official Government Communications at 1am is supposed to be, and what consequences they are supposed to have suffered for doing this
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Didn't know there were "wintry mix" based events at the Olympics.
Wishing the nine Illinoisans representing the United States in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games the best of luck! I’ll be cheering you on to bring home the gold for Team USA!
February 6, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Didn't know there were "wintry mix" based events at the Olympics.
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![Handwritten note
I'm convinced that if the world survives these dangerous times it will be tens of millions of small things that do it. Keep on!
old Pete
[sketch of a banjo]
Pete Seeger](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:m5nviebtkhhbur3fsfdznxue/bafkreihgy6kd4kbhssjdtcerui2ozxr3cvv2udy4nqvunzo2el2akg7yr4@jpeg)
(scrolling, seeing a bunch of blocked QTs saying "yeah, sure, hate this smug wrecker bullshit) something terrible happened here.
February 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
(scrolling, seeing a bunch of blocked QTs saying "yeah, sure, hate this smug wrecker bullshit) something terrible happened here.
Admittedly, this runs into the same concerns as any other fed/local confrontation, but when people talk about states having authority over their own elections, this is part of that:
February 6, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Admittedly, this runs into the same concerns as any other fed/local confrontation, but when people talk about states having authority over their own elections, this is part of that:
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They're Abrego-Garcia-ing a child -- punishing him because his very existence is inconvenient to them. It's gutter bigotry and petulant sadism all the way down.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 1:29 PM
They're Abrego-Garcia-ing a child -- punishing him because his very existence is inconvenient to them. It's gutter bigotry and petulant sadism all the way down.
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Ill be honest, I dont really have it in me to hate Kamala Harris. Lady got stuck in an impossible situation, tried, failed, wasnt even really her fault, I just can't bring myself to be mad at her about it. Too much else going on to be worth it.
February 6, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Ill be honest, I dont really have it in me to hate Kamala Harris. Lady got stuck in an impossible situation, tried, failed, wasnt even really her fault, I just can't bring myself to be mad at her about it. Too much else going on to be worth it.