Jutta Topp
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Khalil Gibran
Khalil Gibran
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‘It's only a matter of days': Palestinians bid farewell as Israel rains bombs on Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/we-wont-make-it-time-people-gaza-post-farewell-messages-online
‘It's only a matter of days': Palestinians bid farewell as Israel rains bombs on Gaza
Palestinians posting on social media say they don't think they will survive Israel's bloody bombardment across the strip
www.middleeasteye.net
April 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
‘It's only a matter of days': Palestinians bid farewell as Israel rains bombs on Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/we-wont-make-it-time-people-gaza-post-farewell-messages-online
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I have to say the quality of the posters who are now entering my mentions to defend Tom Nichols’ perspective is not changing my opinion of Tom Nichols, nor are the arguments they are making.
March 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I have to say the quality of the posters who are now entering my mentions to defend Tom Nichols’ perspective is not changing my opinion of Tom Nichols, nor are the arguments they are making.
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At the very basic level that even a school child can understand, the history’s lesson of fascism is not that fascism is abetted by too many people warning too early about it, but by silence, complacency, and ignorance. The lesson is to speak up early, not late.
There’s even a little poem about it.
There’s even a little poem about it.
March 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
At the very basic level that even a school child can understand, the history’s lesson of fascism is not that fascism is abetted by too many people warning too early about it, but by silence, complacency, and ignorance. The lesson is to speak up early, not late.
There’s even a little poem about it.
There’s even a little poem about it.
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The left wasn’t calling everybody a fascist, we were calling Republicans fascist, and sure enough and Boy Howdy Republicans have proven themselves fascist. Conservatives meanwhile spent the same decades calling the left fascist and Nazi, if you want to talk about boys crying wolf.
March 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The left wasn’t calling everybody a fascist, we were calling Republicans fascist, and sure enough and Boy Howdy Republicans have proven themselves fascist. Conservatives meanwhile spent the same decades calling the left fascist and Nazi, if you want to talk about boys crying wolf.
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Amazing how many people, while being eaten by a wolf, continue to insist that the wolf is proof that they are in the story of the boy who cried wolf.
March 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Amazing how many people, while being eaten by a wolf, continue to insist that the wolf is proof that they are in the story of the boy who cried wolf.
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“We’re backing down to Republicans and we’re not backing down on that.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Moderate Dems message to progressives: We’re not backing down
A string of special elections and some polling show the party might be getting pulled to the middle.
www.politico.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“We’re backing down to Republicans and we’re not backing down on that.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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The party that has never done anything but seek the center continues to insist that they need to stop catering to the extreme left—something they have never ever done—and continue doing what they have always done, which is continue to seek a center that will always track us further into a nightmare.
March 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The party that has never done anything but seek the center continues to insist that they need to stop catering to the extreme left—something they have never ever done—and continue doing what they have always done, which is continue to seek a center that will always track us further into a nightmare.
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The thing about the center is, it isn’t anywhere in particular. It’s just the point between two other points. if your purpose is only to find the center, then you stand for nothing and you have no vision. It’s a total loser; not even a moral victory, because it’s a fundamentally amoral perspective.
March 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The thing about the center is, it isn’t anywhere in particular. It’s just the point between two other points. if your purpose is only to find the center, then you stand for nothing and you have no vision. It’s a total loser; not even a moral victory, because it’s a fundamentally amoral perspective.
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With any republican or a conservative christian dude, I’m going to play the odds and begin with the assumption that this sort of thing is true.
NEW: Minnesota Republican state Senator Justin Eichorn, co-author of the "Trump Derangement Syndrome" bill that just made headlines, was arrested yesterday in Bloomington for allegedly soliciting sex with a 16-year-old girl. minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/18/g...
GOP state Sen. Justin Eichorn arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex with a 16-year old girl • Minnesota Reformer
Eichorn’s arrest complicates efforts by Senate Republicans to expel DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell from the upper chamber.
minnesotareformer.com
March 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
With any republican or a conservative christian dude, I’m going to play the odds and begin with the assumption that this sort of thing is true.
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The whole thing is important, but listen until the end: the US depends a lot on the flow of capital into the country because it is perceived as the safest port in a storm. Once that is no longer true, a lot of things Americans take for granted go away.
A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”
March 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The whole thing is important, but listen until the end: the US depends a lot on the flow of capital into the country because it is perceived as the safest port in a storm. Once that is no longer true, a lot of things Americans take for granted go away.
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Hello, I’m a disruptor, very smart, here to create efficiency. I’m just going to drill holes in the bottom of this boat to see which parts of the hull are mission-critical.
March 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Hello, I’m a disruptor, very smart, here to create efficiency. I’m just going to drill holes in the bottom of this boat to see which parts of the hull are mission-critical.
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re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
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The Anti-Defamation League applauds the shadowy and unilateral detention & attempted green card revocation of Mahmoud Khalil:
March 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The Anti-Defamation League applauds the shadowy and unilateral detention & attempted green card revocation of Mahmoud Khalil:
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Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
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Sometimes the most powerful truths are in the simplest answers. 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯👇
March 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Sometimes the most powerful truths are in the simplest answers. 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯👇
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Don’t think “they can’t do that.” Think of what they would need to do in order to do that, and realize that’s what they intend to do.
“Montana Republicans have introduced a first-of-its-kind bill that would criminalize women for getting certain out-of-state abortions, accusing them of ‘trafficking’ their own fetuses.
“…Republicans have broken a legislative seal—signaling that they’re coming for women’s right to travel.”
“…Republicans have broken a legislative seal—signaling that they’re coming for women’s right to travel.”
Montana Bill Would Charge Women for 'Trafficking' Their Own Fetus
The legislation, House Bill 609, is the first of its kind in the country
open.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Don’t think “they can’t do that.” Think of what they would need to do in order to do that, and realize that’s what they intend to do.
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There is no meaning to that salute beyond "I want to murder millions of people." I see it as a direct threat and an unforgivable depravity. No scrim of purported irony is gonna lessen that. It is a gesture solely for sick, murderous fucks
i keep seeing the right argue that the nazi salutes are "trolling." i think there's some truth to that, but know what exactly is being mocked. they aren't mocking the idea that they could be nazis, they're mocking the idea that they should care one way or the other.
February 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
There is no meaning to that salute beyond "I want to murder millions of people." I see it as a direct threat and an unforgivable depravity. No scrim of purported irony is gonna lessen that. It is a gesture solely for sick, murderous fucks
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There are 28 centrists in America and all of them work 16 hours a day churning out bullshit opinion pieces.
February 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
There are 28 centrists in America and all of them work 16 hours a day churning out bullshit opinion pieces.
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AOC: And he is running around because he thinks he got a bank account with a lot of zeros in it that it makes him some kind of super citizen. I don't think so.
February 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
AOC: And he is running around because he thinks he got a bank account with a lot of zeros in it that it makes him some kind of super citizen. I don't think so.
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What did you expect? Trump didn't hide his intentions. Merrick Garland was more concerned about protecting Americans from Ticketmaster than from insurrectionists, so here we are. We get to spend our time reaping what our pathetic justice system has sown.
This is a shameful way to treat our fellow citizens who are public servants. This doesn’t make America great.
So.
It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year.
I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.
It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year.
I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.
February 22, 2025 at 5:28 AM
What did you expect? Trump didn't hide his intentions. Merrick Garland was more concerned about protecting Americans from Ticketmaster than from insurrectionists, so here we are. We get to spend our time reaping what our pathetic justice system has sown.
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San Francisco Faces Exploding Rat Population: A climate-driven surge has SF's rat numbers soaring, second only to D.C. Experts blame ecosystem loss, urban density & poison bans for rodentation of the city.🌆🐀
tinyurl.com/yc5jcnkv #ClimateCrisis #ClimateRisks #SanFrancisco
tinyurl.com/yc5jcnkv #ClimateCrisis #ClimateRisks #SanFrancisco
Experts and exterminators agree: SF’s rat population is growing fast
Widely available food and a lack of natural predators are allowing rodents to flourish.
tinyurl.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
San Francisco Faces Exploding Rat Population: A climate-driven surge has SF's rat numbers soaring, second only to D.C. Experts blame ecosystem loss, urban density & poison bans for rodentation of the city.🌆🐀
tinyurl.com/yc5jcnkv #ClimateCrisis #ClimateRisks #SanFrancisco
tinyurl.com/yc5jcnkv #ClimateCrisis #ClimateRisks #SanFrancisco
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Birds-of-Paradise Glow Under UV Light ✨🦜 Scientists discover 37 of 45 birds-of-paradise species show biofluorescence, absorbing UV/blue light & emitting dazzling colors. This enhances courtship displays in males & may aid camouflage in females.
tinyurl.com/bdcndcsv #Nature #Wildlife
tinyurl.com/bdcndcsv #Nature #Wildlife
Birds-of-Paradise Can Emit Light Through Their Feathers
Scientists have found that many of the species known for their spectacular plumage are biofluorescent, meaning they absorb and release light through their bodies.
tinyurl.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Birds-of-Paradise Glow Under UV Light ✨🦜 Scientists discover 37 of 45 birds-of-paradise species show biofluorescence, absorbing UV/blue light & emitting dazzling colors. This enhances courtship displays in males & may aid camouflage in females.
tinyurl.com/bdcndcsv #Nature #Wildlife
tinyurl.com/bdcndcsv #Nature #Wildlife
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They still don't get it. Not even after he fucks them over.🤔
February 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
They still don't get it. Not even after he fucks them over.🤔