Eric
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Supreme Court: Colleges can't use race as a factor in college admissions.
Also the Supreme Court: ICE can use racial profiling to stop people on the street.
The underlying legal principle: The concept of race can only be used as a tool of oppression, as it was intended to be.
Also the Supreme Court: ICE can use racial profiling to stop people on the street.
The underlying legal principle: The concept of race can only be used as a tool of oppression, as it was intended to be.
February 12, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Supreme Court: Colleges can't use race as a factor in college admissions.
Also the Supreme Court: ICE can use racial profiling to stop people on the street.
The underlying legal principle: The concept of race can only be used as a tool of oppression, as it was intended to be.
Also the Supreme Court: ICE can use racial profiling to stop people on the street.
The underlying legal principle: The concept of race can only be used as a tool of oppression, as it was intended to be.
Has anyone seen the cat? It's time to take her to the vet and I can't find her anywhere!
February 11, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Has anyone seen the cat? It's time to take her to the vet and I can't find her anywhere!
Many believe they elected Trump with a mandate to eliminate Spanish from America.
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Many believe they elected Trump with a mandate to eliminate Spanish from America.
Lots of AI in the Superbowl ads; we're all the losers.
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Lots of AI in the Superbowl ads; we're all the losers.
Don't like our government? Well here's your problem.
Nearly 80% of Eligible Voters Don’t Participate in Primaries share.google/4rY2BBqi74lA...
Nearly 80% of Eligible Voters Don’t Participate in Primaries
Washington, DC – Primaries are a critical piece of American elections, and yet year after year, voter participation in primaries remains dismally low. As a follow-up to previous work on primary turnou...
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February 8, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Don't like our government? Well here's your problem.
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Something I will never forget that my mom told me: “After Tiananmen Square incident, I still had to go to work the next day, 日子还得过 (过日子 is, specifically, about going about your responsibilities and maintaining the life you have)."
People should not have to choose between stability and their ideals.
People should not have to choose between stability and their ideals.
February 4, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Something I will never forget that my mom told me: “After Tiananmen Square incident, I still had to go to work the next day, 日子还得过 (过日子 is, specifically, about going about your responsibilities and maintaining the life you have)."
People should not have to choose between stability and their ideals.
People should not have to choose between stability and their ideals.
Power, wealth, fame corrupt and destroy. Show up for local concerts, shows, and sports. Spend your money there. Support people in your own community. It matters.
February 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Power, wealth, fame corrupt and destroy. Show up for local concerts, shows, and sports. Spend your money there. Support people in your own community. It matters.
And why not comedies? National Lampoons Vacation...that's not a dad movie?
I mean, I get the responses, but as a girl dad, I'm watching things like Kpop Demon Hunters. I saw Frozen hundreds of times. Because I'm a dad.
What’s everyone’s favorite dad movie
February 4, 2026 at 4:37 AM
And why not comedies? National Lampoons Vacation...that's not a dad movie?
I mean, I get the responses, but as a girl dad, I'm watching things like Kpop Demon Hunters. I saw Frozen hundreds of times. Because I'm a dad.
What’s everyone’s favorite dad movie
Trying to do a daily dumb little prompt to not think about The Horrors
February 4, 2026 at 4:34 AM
I mean, I get the responses, but as a girl dad, I'm watching things like Kpop Demon Hunters. I saw Frozen hundreds of times. Because I'm a dad.
What did rutabaga do to deserve being mentioned twice? They hate it so much they even know how to spell it!
People's "least favorite foods" are making me hungry!
Reply with your favorite food, least favorite food, and most recent thing you've eaten.
SURPRISE: That's your banana loca challenge!🥴 #P4A2026
SURPRISE: That's your banana loca challenge!🥴 #P4A2026
February 3, 2026 at 12:39 PM
What did rutabaga do to deserve being mentioned twice? They hate it so much they even know how to spell it!
People's "least favorite foods" are making me hungry!
Reply with your favorite food, least favorite food, and most recent thing you've eaten.
SURPRISE: That's your banana loca challenge!🥴 #P4A2026
SURPRISE: That's your banana loca challenge!🥴 #P4A2026
February 3, 2026 at 11:42 AM
People's "least favorite foods" are making me hungry!
We may not have term limits, but we got lifespans.
February 1, 2026 at 3:44 AM
We may not have term limits, but we got lifespans.
White people making...
February 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
White people making...
Went to the largest buffet in the Continental United States. I lost.
January 31, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Went to the largest buffet in the Continental United States. I lost.
Terrible 🤬
Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Terrible 🤬
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I’m just trying to get my head on straight here, so you’re telling me MAGA are now pro-masks, pro-censorship, pro- dictatorship, pro-pedo, and anti-2A?
Those red hats must only be available to customers with single digit IQs… and teeth.
Those red hats must only be available to customers with single digit IQs… and teeth.
January 28, 2026 at 1:28 AM
I’m just trying to get my head on straight here, so you’re telling me MAGA are now pro-masks, pro-censorship, pro- dictatorship, pro-pedo, and anti-2A?
Those red hats must only be available to customers with single digit IQs… and teeth.
Those red hats must only be available to customers with single digit IQs… and teeth.
"Make ignorance great again."
I do not envy the people who have reported in war zones for CBS News learning about the new coworker hired by Bari Weiss who believes in phrenology
January 28, 2026 at 1:25 PM
"Make ignorance great again."
So...they believe people have a right to bear arms... so that the feds have a reason to shoot them?
January 28, 2026 at 1:24 PM
So...they believe people have a right to bear arms... so that the feds have a reason to shoot them?
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Jobs 📣
Two 1-year postdoctoral positions with the EFEO (1 in Buddhist studies, 1 open position) open to researchers working in all disciplines of the humanities/social sciences and all areas of East/SE/South Asia.
Apply by 7 April
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Two 1-year postdoctoral positions with the EFEO (1 in Buddhist studies, 1 open position) open to researchers working in all disciplines of the humanities/social sciences and all areas of East/SE/South Asia.
Apply by 7 April
www.efeo.fr/base.php?cod...
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January 28, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Jobs 📣
Two 1-year postdoctoral positions with the EFEO (1 in Buddhist studies, 1 open position) open to researchers working in all disciplines of the humanities/social sciences and all areas of East/SE/South Asia.
Apply by 7 April
www.efeo.fr/base.php?cod...
Two 1-year postdoctoral positions with the EFEO (1 in Buddhist studies, 1 open position) open to researchers working in all disciplines of the humanities/social sciences and all areas of East/SE/South Asia.
Apply by 7 April
www.efeo.fr/base.php?cod...
Thinking about the tibetan monks who make beautiful sand paintings, only for them to be destroyed after enjoying them for awhile.
Kind of like meals. Three moments a day of unenduring beauty.
Kind of like meals. Three moments a day of unenduring beauty.
January 27, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Thinking about the tibetan monks who make beautiful sand paintings, only for them to be destroyed after enjoying them for awhile.
Kind of like meals. Three moments a day of unenduring beauty.
Kind of like meals. Three moments a day of unenduring beauty.
So what is everyone doing with all the milk and bread we bought before the storm?
January 26, 2026 at 9:59 PM
So what is everyone doing with all the milk and bread we bought before the storm?
The more they push insanity the more clearly they can see who is loyal.
January 25, 2026 at 3:13 PM
The more they push insanity the more clearly they can see who is loyal.
I'm feeling like having everything just closed once in a while would be good.
January 25, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I'm feeling like having everything just closed once in a while would be good.
There are too many people who believe the world would be a better place if only we could be hard enough to kill more children without remorse.
January 25, 2026 at 10:46 AM
There are too many people who believe the world would be a better place if only we could be hard enough to kill more children without remorse.
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Apropos of nothing, remembering the old Chinese author Lu Xun:
“Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.”
― Lu Xun
“Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.”
― Lu Xun
January 25, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Apropos of nothing, remembering the old Chinese author Lu Xun:
“Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.”
― Lu Xun
“Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.”
― Lu Xun