Shepherd
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"Swear to god you're like a Fox Fire book set in hell." - Ursula Vernon
"You puckish motherfucker." - Sarah Day
Trans and queer anarchist sheep farmer. Navy veteran attempting to redeem himself.
"You puckish motherfucker." - Sarah Day
Trans and queer anarchist sheep farmer. Navy veteran attempting to redeem himself.
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Reupping this today
A Dem that runs as pro trans gets a SIXTY ONE POINT BUMP WITH DEM VOTERS and a NINE POINT BUMP WITH INDIES over ones that go silent.
The failure to get this is a prior beliefs/incentives problem but it's also a research problem. The current establishment's understanding of voters is utterly cooked.
The failure to get this is a prior beliefs/incentives problem but it's also a research problem. The current establishment's understanding of voters is utterly cooked.
Relevant to that is another finding in the poll. A theoretical officeholder that speaks up about these issues is preferred by:
ICE raids D+72 I+40
Trans D+61 I+9
Gaza genocide D+33 I-24
Guessing that Gaza one was a question wording effect, but if you're running a a Dem, those are your voters.
ICE raids D+72 I+40
Trans D+61 I+9
Gaza genocide D+33 I-24
Guessing that Gaza one was a question wording effect, but if you're running a a Dem, those are your voters.
February 17, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Reupping this today
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I’ve got hunting in my Jesus veins
and in my heart
and in my heart
February 17, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I’ve got hunting in my Jesus veins
and in my heart
and in my heart
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ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE
According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.
www.wtoc.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM
ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
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there is an extremely simple answer to the "abandon trans rights" folks and it is "no" and also "fuck you"
Lakshya Jain and the Argument fled this website because they couldn't take the criticism and now he's advocating for Dems to abandon trans issues with polling about 'gender surgery for minors' a thing that is not real
February 17, 2026 at 6:31 PM
there is an extremely simple answer to the "abandon trans rights" folks and it is "no" and also "fuck you"
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He had a joke in his stump speeches about how, if he were to walk on water, the headlines the next day would read “Jesse Jackson Can’t Swim”
How many of the media outlets eulogizing Rev. Jesse Jackson today spent decades trying to undermine his work & turn him into a punchline?
February 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
He had a joke in his stump speeches about how, if he were to walk on water, the headlines the next day would read “Jesse Jackson Can’t Swim”
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Ok one thing we are not going to demonize is the general process of destroying a copy of a mass produced volume in order to get a higher quality copy when digitizing a book. It’s a very standard practice for non rare books.
February 17, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Ok one thing we are not going to demonize is the general process of destroying a copy of a mass produced volume in order to get a higher quality copy when digitizing a book. It’s a very standard practice for non rare books.
31F, windchill of 24F, snowing still. Horses won't let me halter them and lead them to the downstairs barn to stall them so are bogarting most sheltered run in up here. Half the sheep flock is ??? Including Raps and her twin lambs. I'll be shocked if we get through this with no deaths.
February 17, 2026 at 6:11 PM
31F, windchill of 24F, snowing still. Horses won't let me halter them and lead them to the downstairs barn to stall them so are bogarting most sheltered run in up here. Half the sheep flock is ??? Including Raps and her twin lambs. I'll be shocked if we get through this with no deaths.
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Sorry your health insurance costs so much more this year, we needed to make fancy airplanes for illiterate dog-murderers
February 17, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Sorry your health insurance costs so much more this year, we needed to make fancy airplanes for illiterate dog-murderers
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And if you’re wondering “Why is there a blob in the back?” Well, that’s where the first woman president was supposed to go. More than a century later, it remains unsculpted.
February 17, 2026 at 3:38 AM
And if you’re wondering “Why is there a blob in the back?” Well, that’s where the first woman president was supposed to go. More than a century later, it remains unsculpted.
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Advising someone on fundraising for community rent support.
There are 67,000 people in MPLS facing eviction in March because they can't go to their jobs to make rent money. This is early-covid era levels of potential evictions.
MPLS RENT MORATORIUM NOW.
There are 67,000 people in MPLS facing eviction in March because they can't go to their jobs to make rent money. This is early-covid era levels of potential evictions.
MPLS RENT MORATORIUM NOW.
February 17, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Advising someone on fundraising for community rent support.
There are 67,000 people in MPLS facing eviction in March because they can't go to their jobs to make rent money. This is early-covid era levels of potential evictions.
MPLS RENT MORATORIUM NOW.
There are 67,000 people in MPLS facing eviction in March because they can't go to their jobs to make rent money. This is early-covid era levels of potential evictions.
MPLS RENT MORATORIUM NOW.
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Pol Pot killed 3 million people. Vought and Musk have him beat three times over.
As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues.
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNN
It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o...
www.cnn.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Pol Pot killed 3 million people. Vought and Musk have him beat three times over.
The traitors' banner will never prosper you whiny crybaby losers
komonews.com/news/nation-...
komonews.com/news/nation-...
Confederate flag flying over interstate comes down following court ruling
The judge gave the camp until February 5 to comply.
komonews.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:25 AM
The traitors' banner will never prosper you whiny crybaby losers
komonews.com/news/nation-...
komonews.com/news/nation-...
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And what if it turns out NOT to be AI?
What could go wrong using AI to help stage a few listing photos?
February 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM
And what if it turns out NOT to be AI?
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The same people who told you we needed to build training centers all over the country to stop shoplifting and college protests are telling you sex trafficking kids to billionaires is drawing outsized attention
February 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM
The same people who told you we needed to build training centers all over the country to stop shoplifting and college protests are telling you sex trafficking kids to billionaires is drawing outsized attention
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Guy who doesn't believe horses are real. He fully acknowledges that horses exist and people ride them around, he has touched horses before. He just doesn't believe that they are actually horses and not humans wearing horse costumes.
He believes real horses went extinct over a century ago.
He believes real horses went extinct over a century ago.
February 16, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Guy who doesn't believe horses are real. He fully acknowledges that horses exist and people ride them around, he has touched horses before. He just doesn't believe that they are actually horses and not humans wearing horse costumes.
He believes real horses went extinct over a century ago.
He believes real horses went extinct over a century ago.
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RIP Dr. Linda Davis. She was killed when ICE caused a high speed chase that resulted in the crash that ended her life.
This is one difference between police tactics and ICE tactics: cops looked at the data, and determined that high speed chases are just not worth it for non-violent offenses.
This is one difference between police tactics and ICE tactics: cops looked at the data, and determined that high speed chases are just not worth it for non-violent offenses.
February 16, 2026 at 10:23 PM
RIP Dr. Linda Davis. She was killed when ICE caused a high speed chase that resulted in the crash that ended her life.
This is one difference between police tactics and ICE tactics: cops looked at the data, and determined that high speed chases are just not worth it for non-violent offenses.
This is one difference between police tactics and ICE tactics: cops looked at the data, and determined that high speed chases are just not worth it for non-violent offenses.
The funniest part of this blog post is where Ars Technica had to retract an article because the authors used fabricated quotes generated by AI:
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
February 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM
The funniest part of this blog post is where Ars Technica had to retract an article because the authors used fabricated quotes generated by AI:
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
Yeah I graduated high school as a bi young woman in 1994 and started transition as a trans man in 2021 and I can only assume it's because I'm at home in an atmosphere of societal loathing and/or I hate peace.
HELLO I WAS A QUEER TEEN IN THE 1990s AND THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST SOCIAL TRANSITION NOW ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST "LETTING" US BE (at the time, for me) GAY OR LESBIAN THEN.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
Hilary Cass here arguing for children to be prevented from being known by a preferred name or getting a haircut in case it encourages them to continue later in life to transition.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
February 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Yeah I graduated high school as a bi young woman in 1994 and started transition as a trans man in 2021 and I can only assume it's because I'm at home in an atmosphere of societal loathing and/or I hate peace.
HAS ANYONE CHECKED ON WILLIE NELSON
Oh man….
February 16, 2026 at 8:05 PM
HAS ANYONE CHECKED ON WILLIE NELSON
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This thread had me progressively cackling
February 15, 2026 at 5:37 AM
This thread had me progressively cackling
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Roses are red
Linguists are in anguish
That there aren't many words
Which rhyme well with language
#linguistics
Linguists are in anguish
That there aren't many words
Which rhyme well with language
#linguistics
February 14, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Roses are red
Linguists are in anguish
That there aren't many words
Which rhyme well with language
#linguistics
Linguists are in anguish
That there aren't many words
Which rhyme well with language
#linguistics
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Roses are red
Dill is a(n) herb
Tense, moody, irregular?
You must be a verb
Dill is a(n) herb
Tense, moody, irregular?
You must be a verb
February 14, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Roses are red
Dill is a(n) herb
Tense, moody, irregular?
You must be a verb
Dill is a(n) herb
Tense, moody, irregular?
You must be a verb
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If I were a Democrat concerned about winning elections and was hearing that a significant number of voters wouldn’t support Gavin Newsom in 2028, I would simply stop pushing Gavin Newsom in 2026.
look if you want to freak out about people not voting newsom if he's the nominee a week before the 2028 general election, I kinda get it (but don't say you weren't warned). doing it now though is just a weird attempt to strong arm people into supporting him in the primary.
I think most (not all) of the "I will never vote for Gavin Newsom" people are communists who are mad that Americans don't like communism and want to destroy the Democratic party out of revenge. They don't care how many elections Republicans win or how many trans people die as long as the Dems fall.
February 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
If I were a Democrat concerned about winning elections and was hearing that a significant number of voters wouldn’t support Gavin Newsom in 2028, I would simply stop pushing Gavin Newsom in 2026.
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I am begging identity/accounts developers to realize that people move regions
February 16, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I am begging identity/accounts developers to realize that people move regions
It's still snowing. I have entered the depths of despair. I will never be warm or free of joint pain.
February 16, 2026 at 7:53 PM
It's still snowing. I have entered the depths of despair. I will never be warm or free of joint pain.