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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American Jews: hey, there’s a lot of antisemitism happening under the cover of pro-Palestine rhetoric and it’s increasingly hard to tell the difference between pro-Palestine people and actual Nazis
y’all: you’re just covering for Israel
y’all: you’re just covering for Israel
AZAPAC's Michael Rectenwald wants to fight pro-Israel interests in politics. To do that, he's courted Nick Fuentes and endorsed white nationalist candidates.
A New PAC Wants to Counter Israel’s Influence. It Also Welcomes Hitler Apologists.
AZAPAC's Michael Rectenwald wants to fight pro-Israel interests in politics. He's courted Nick Fuentes and endorsed white nationalists.
interc.pt
February 19, 2026 at 3:56 PM
American Jews: hey, there’s a lot of antisemitism happening under the cover of pro-Palestine rhetoric and it’s increasingly hard to tell the difference between pro-Palestine people and actual Nazis
y’all: you’re just covering for Israel
y’all: you’re just covering for Israel
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My general rule of thumb when it comes to public records: Never attribute to deliberate malice what can be explained by incompetence or inattention unless you have direct evidence to the contrary.
so genuinely: uh, what was Merrick Garland doing with the Epstein files, given uh, it's brought down a royal and multiple Euro politicians/
February 19, 2026 at 5:57 PM
My general rule of thumb when it comes to public records: Never attribute to deliberate malice what can be explained by incompetence or inattention unless you have direct evidence to the contrary.
We're not doing it because we think it will work or we think it's morally correct, although both those things are true. We're doing it because we enjoy it and because it is funny.
It will not work, and is wrong in principle
Don’t go after the rich to fix broken budgets
It will not work, and is wrong in principle
econ.st
February 19, 2026 at 5:57 PM
We're not doing it because we think it will work or we think it's morally correct, although both those things are true. We're doing it because we enjoy it and because it is funny.
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Ain't no rule that says a dog can't be a bobsled
February 19, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Ain't no rule that says a dog can't be a bobsled
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I don't think that the reviewers asking me for higher animal numbers really understand how many 40 goats are. Do you know the CHAOS that comes with dealing with 40 GOATS in an experimental setting!
Mice people cannot comprehend.
3 goats alone ate a tarp, a clock, and 2 expensive accelerometers!
Mice people cannot comprehend.
3 goats alone ate a tarp, a clock, and 2 expensive accelerometers!
a group of goats standing in a grassy field looking at the camera
Alt: a group of goats running towards the camera
media.tenor.com
February 19, 2026 at 5:36 PM
I don't think that the reviewers asking me for higher animal numbers really understand how many 40 goats are. Do you know the CHAOS that comes with dealing with 40 GOATS in an experimental setting!
Mice people cannot comprehend.
3 goats alone ate a tarp, a clock, and 2 expensive accelerometers!
Mice people cannot comprehend.
3 goats alone ate a tarp, a clock, and 2 expensive accelerometers!
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Me (approaching customers in Aisle 1): Welcome to the Aisle of Death, what are we trying to kill today?
February 19, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Me (approaching customers in Aisle 1): Welcome to the Aisle of Death, what are we trying to kill today?
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"Plug-in hybrids use three times more fuel than manufacturers claim, analysis finds."
Wow. You mean fossil capital has been lying to us? I'm stunned.
Wow. You mean fossil capital has been lying to us? I'm stunned.
Plug-in hybrids use three times more fuel than manufacturers claim, analysis finds
While most hybrids are said to use one to two litres of fuel per 100km, a study claims they need six litres on average
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 5:39 PM
"Plug-in hybrids use three times more fuel than manufacturers claim, analysis finds."
Wow. You mean fossil capital has been lying to us? I'm stunned.
Wow. You mean fossil capital has been lying to us? I'm stunned.
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In America, children can have “school lunch debt”
The executive jet that DHS says it needs has a “bedroom with a queen bed, showers, a kitchen, four large flat-screen TVs and even a bar ..”
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
February 19, 2026 at 4:38 PM
In America, children can have “school lunch debt”
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Now look, I get that I’m not a high powered Dem consultant, but is there a reason we can’t run on seizing the FUCKING SLUSH FUND Trump is setting up and sending every criminal in this administration, including but not limited to those in DHS/CBP/ICE to fucking jail? Is that not a thing we can do?
February 19, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Now look, I get that I’m not a high powered Dem consultant, but is there a reason we can’t run on seizing the FUCKING SLUSH FUND Trump is setting up and sending every criminal in this administration, including but not limited to those in DHS/CBP/ICE to fucking jail? Is that not a thing we can do?
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This is well put. So *many* technologies are joyous and progressive. The web was invented in a PUBLICLY FUNDED UNIVERSITY! It is, in fact, an aberration that the fascist VCs think they're the default with their approach to tech. They were only ever supposed to be a tiny fraction of the ecosystem.
Once, technology solved problems. People liked having problems solved, so they liked technology.
Tech execs started to think of that sentiment as their due. So when they stopped solving problems, and people stopped liking them, they became outraged. "How dare you not love whatever we give you?"
Tech execs started to think of that sentiment as their due. So when they stopped solving problems, and people stopped liking them, they became outraged. "How dare you not love whatever we give you?"
I am a luddite and to me there is a lot of joy in technology. In technology that we deploy for all our wellbeing. Solar panels and vaccines, high-speed rail and wikipedia.
But they joy stems from the feeling of being able to be part of humanity in an embedded, meaningful way. Not from buying shit.
But they joy stems from the feeling of being able to be part of humanity in an embedded, meaningful way. Not from buying shit.
February 19, 2026 at 5:42 PM
This is well put. So *many* technologies are joyous and progressive. The web was invented in a PUBLICLY FUNDED UNIVERSITY! It is, in fact, an aberration that the fascist VCs think they're the default with their approach to tech. They were only ever supposed to be a tiny fraction of the ecosystem.
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Love when my coworkers expect me to know which person of the 40,000 contacts we have in the database they're talking about by just telling me their first name. Do you have any idea how many Mikes there are?
(over 1000 including Michaels)
(over 1000 including Michaels)
February 19, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Love when my coworkers expect me to know which person of the 40,000 contacts we have in the database they're talking about by just telling me their first name. Do you have any idea how many Mikes there are?
(over 1000 including Michaels)
(over 1000 including Michaels)
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i think it’s funny every american on here is looking at yoon’s lifetime prison sentence going what’s it like to live my dream meanwhile a lotta koreans are like im so confused why isn’t he dead
February 19, 2026 at 5:12 PM
i think it’s funny every american on here is looking at yoon’s lifetime prison sentence going what’s it like to live my dream meanwhile a lotta koreans are like im so confused why isn’t he dead
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Yeah well your value gets lower the more Wes Anderson characters you dress as at the same time. So we are at an impasse
February 19, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Yeah well your value gets lower the more Wes Anderson characters you dress as at the same time. So we are at an impasse
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And actually we see this all the time
"Margins are tight for restaurant owners!"
Are they tighter than the employees who work two full time jobs to keep from getting evicted?
"If we raise wages for cooks, the owners won't make any money!"
Why is the worker responsible for subsidizing the owner?
"Margins are tight for restaurant owners!"
Are they tighter than the employees who work two full time jobs to keep from getting evicted?
"If we raise wages for cooks, the owners won't make any money!"
Why is the worker responsible for subsidizing the owner?
Why are stakes ”too high“ for the hotel owners but not for the hotel workers?
February 19, 2026 at 5:15 PM
And actually we see this all the time
"Margins are tight for restaurant owners!"
Are they tighter than the employees who work two full time jobs to keep from getting evicted?
"If we raise wages for cooks, the owners won't make any money!"
Why is the worker responsible for subsidizing the owner?
"Margins are tight for restaurant owners!"
Are they tighter than the employees who work two full time jobs to keep from getting evicted?
"If we raise wages for cooks, the owners won't make any money!"
Why is the worker responsible for subsidizing the owner?
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So if you're one of those many many people who believes (however erroneously) that mary shelley invented science fiction with this story, you owe your thanks to an Indonesian volcano none of them knew existed
February 19, 2026 at 3:40 PM
So if you're one of those many many people who believes (however erroneously) that mary shelley invented science fiction with this story, you owe your thanks to an Indonesian volcano none of them knew existed
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Fun fact: The eruption of Mount Tambora also led to weather conditions across Europe that forced a group of young artists who were hanging out together to stay indoors one summer and into starting a writing contest and anyway, that's how Mary Shelley ended up writing Frankenstein
Likewise the paintings of JMW Turner are influenced by the eruption of mount Tambora and the resulting Year without a Summer
February 19, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Fun fact: The eruption of Mount Tambora also led to weather conditions across Europe that forced a group of young artists who were hanging out together to stay indoors one summer and into starting a writing contest and anyway, that's how Mary Shelley ended up writing Frankenstein
Fuck it let's do it. Deschedule testosterone while we're at it.
FDA Chief Makary just said that most drugs should be sold over the counter and not require a prescription, unless it’s “unsafe, you need laboratory tests to monitor…or if it could be used for some nefarious purpose or it's addictive”.
Bacteria celebrate as antibiotic resistance enters the chat.
Bacteria celebrate as antibiotic resistance enters the chat.
FDA chief Marty Makary says 'everything should be over the counter' unless drug is unsafe or addictive
Makary said the FDA is looking at prescription drugs like nausea medications and vaginal estrogen, and hopes to make changes this year.
www.cnbc.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Fuck it let's do it. Deschedule testosterone while we're at it.
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I think what we can all learn from this is... Dont be afraid to arrest perverts ... i don't care who your pappy was!
Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
Prince Andrew's Arrest
Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter
open.substack.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:39 PM
I think what we can all learn from this is... Dont be afraid to arrest perverts ... i don't care who your pappy was!
Snow, day.... Whatever. It's snowing again. High today of 34. Forecast revised tonight's overnight low to 7. Will be feeding grain at bedtime along with hay. Lows tomorrow and Saturday will also be brutal.
February 19, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Snow, day.... Whatever. It's snowing again. High today of 34. Forecast revised tonight's overnight low to 7. Will be feeding grain at bedtime along with hay. Lows tomorrow and Saturday will also be brutal.
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It's moments like this that keep me showing up. 💜
February 19, 2026 at 5:15 AM
It's moments like this that keep me showing up. 💜
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Like with using children as bait and eating at a restaurant then kidnapping the people who prepared it, ICE is routinely breaking taboos that have been part of human civilization since before recorded history.
Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help.
“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE drawdown? Indications point to steady enforcement activity outside the Twin Cities
Some people who observe ICE activity are skeptical about a large scale drawdown of agents in the state. There are indications that activity has decreased in the Twin Cities, but has continued outside ...
www.mprnews.org
February 19, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Like with using children as bait and eating at a restaurant then kidnapping the people who prepared it, ICE is routinely breaking taboos that have been part of human civilization since before recorded history.
Bless him my farrier was supposed to do a couple of us on this road tomorrow and just texted to say the other people rescheduled so he can do me in the morning if I want. I'm like "JT the roads are sheets of ice and it's gonna blizzard, I don't want you to die for my horses' toenails"
February 19, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Bless him my farrier was supposed to do a couple of us on this road tomorrow and just texted to say the other people rescheduled so he can do me in the morning if I want. I'm like "JT the roads are sheets of ice and it's gonna blizzard, I don't want you to die for my horses' toenails"