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MarianTheLibrarian
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Canadian library tech and general nerd about town
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This is a very reasonable goal! I donated. Can you help them make it happen too?
Mpls Parents are raising funds for families at South HS impacted by ICE raids. Money will go towards food, necessary supplies, and rental assistance. We appreciate your love and solidarity during these difficult times. ❤️ Please share widely with friends and family! gofund.me/e32d501a3
Donate to Support South High School Families, organized by Rachael Staab
South High School parents are holding a special fundraiser specifically to s… Rachael Staab needs your support for Support South High School Families
gofund.me
December 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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What To Know About ‘Heated Rivalry’
What To Know About ‘Heated Rivalry’
Heated Rivalry, a new Canadian romance series, has exploded in popularity since it premiered on HBO Max last week. Here is everything you need to know about the show. Q: What is the plot? A: Two men h...
theonion.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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📡 According to Ynetnews, Israel's #Eurovision 2026 participation was secured after a "months-long diplomatic campaign that unfolded largely behind the scenes".

A coordinated effort involved KAN executives, government advisers, and Israeli president Isaac Herzog's residence.
December 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Even by the standards of The Atlantic, this is an extraordinarily weak evidence base for an article.

Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
@bsky.app, why the fuck am I getting inundated with nudes and dick pics when trying to scroll for Heated Rivalry convos?! Like I covered this on Twitter, not here? 😐
December 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Yes the "liberal" press could take an interest in this one but the UK has no mainstream news outlet that isn’t extremely antitrans and thrilled to publish any lies in service of that agenda
At one point, the right wing press printed a story that 1000+ families were part of a law suit over Tavistock referrals for puberty blockers.

The only slight problem was that at that point, there hadn't even been a thousand kids referred.

OK so maybe a bigger problem was it was all MADE UP.
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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HERO
Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Richest nation in human history
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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There’s no reason ever again for any Democrat to suggest moderating on trans rights. There was never a moral reason but now there’s no political reason either.

Somebody tell Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg. it’s joe-ver.
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Spreading the word in case this is new info.
These Chicago restaurants are offering free meals to SNAP recipients
Here's where you can find free food in Chicago right now.
www.timeout.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.
Brava: “If I don’t file a complaint, then what message does that send to all Mexican women?” Ms. Sheinbaum said at her daily news conference, noting sexual harassment was a crime… “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”
Mexico’s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Has anyone actually written something on the apparently inability of the reactionary mind to grasp the basic themes and even overt text of Tolkien?

Like at some point Gandalf turns directly to camera and says “the Men of Gondor sure are insufficient to this task, we need the hobbits to do it”
this is an overtly fascist narrative - even the misreading of myth & literature is on brand
October 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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me: what kind of loser even considers signing up for ICE?
ICE: let's deport Mel Gibson
me: you bastards I'm in
America... boy, I dunno.
October 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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The decision to kill other people's infants is a personal one.
CDC ordered staff this week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near outbreaks where vaccination rates are lagging.

“The decision to vaccinate is a personal one,” a spokesperson said, echoing a line from a recent editorial RFK Jr. wrote
SCOOP: The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Sending troops from Texas to forcefully occupy and suppress cities in Illinois and Oregon IN OPPOSITION TO THOSE STATES' GOVERNORS is literally a civil war and it's cooking my brain that Democrats are simply pretending it isn't happening
UPDATE: Hegseth today called up 400 members of the Texas National Guard, with Gov. Abbott's apparent permission, to be deployed "where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 6, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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There were two people inside this mosque and comes after a Imam was stabbed in Hounslow last week.

Mosque fire being treated as arson and hate crime www.bbc.com/news/article...
Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'
Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.
www.bbc.com
October 5, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Probably just a coincidence.
October 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Teachers: A "tremendous advocate for students, families, staff, and the community"

School board: An "integral part of our school community"

ICE trash: "Should be a wake-up call ... How this illegal alien was hired ... is beyond comprehension and should alarm the parents of that school district"
ICE arrests leader of Iowa's largest school district, says he was living and working in US illegally
Federal immigration agents have arrested the leader of Iowa’s largest school district in a targeted enforcement action that shocked students and educators. U.S.
apnews.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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September 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Des Moines is the semi-liberal bastion in Des Moines, and the Des Moines Public Schools are one of the particular bugbears for the Iowa GOP. This is absolutely a specific political attack on the DMPS, on the African community in Des Moines, and on the most diverse city in the state.
September 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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I would always rather be us than them, every fucking day, no matter how angry or scared I get

trading our humanity for the feeble hope that proximity to power will protect us is not fucking worth it

we all die as we live and their picture of what "success" looks like is truly so fucking bleak
It's sobering, in its way, to realize that there was truly nobody (save, perhaps, his children) who knew him that loved him as a man. He made himself into content, and he died as content, and his funeral is the most content of all. Soundbites to soundbites, bits to bits
September 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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I feel like we all need to promise to shame anyone who tries to post clips of this nonsense
entire press has gotten bullied into treating charlie kirk as if he was one of the most important americans alive and not a modestly popular podcaster
September 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Lia Thomas met the NCAA requirements for transition when she started competing as a woman. Did the right accept those standards? Or, if they disagreed, argue that they could be more stringent?

No. They said she was a man who was unfairly competing and pretended that there were no standards at all.
September 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM