PastelWitch
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AutoImmune & Latinx
- Ey/Em They/Them She/Ella -
Aro; Pan; Genderfluid; Polyam
Queer as in Fuck Amatonormativity;
Eternally tired of binarism & exorsexism
🔞 Minors DNI
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StudioHexe.crd.co
AutoImmune & Latinx
- Ey/Em They/Them She/Ella -
Aro; Pan; Genderfluid; Polyam
Queer as in Fuck Amatonormativity;
Eternally tired of binarism & exorsexism
🔞 Minors DNI
* Pfp ArtByTuna *
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RFK Jr. and Mike Tyson want you to believe that MAHA is just about eating healthier.
But in reality, MAHA has been focused on firing the food and medical research experts who actually make America healthy.
But in reality, MAHA has been focused on firing the food and medical research experts who actually make America healthy.
February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
RFK Jr. and Mike Tyson want you to believe that MAHA is just about eating healthier.
But in reality, MAHA has been focused on firing the food and medical research experts who actually make America healthy.
But in reality, MAHA has been focused on firing the food and medical research experts who actually make America healthy.
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Knowing Luke this post is very funny to me. This is his default state. His default state is FUCKING DONE.
February 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Knowing Luke this post is very funny to me. This is his default state. His default state is FUCKING DONE.
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”he sounds like he wants to bludgeon every executive’s head with a bat” you should see him in slack
February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
”he sounds like he wants to bludgeon every executive’s head with a bat” you should see him in slack
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Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
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Public health workers are quitting assignments to Guantánamo and other ICE jails, saying they’re being pressured to enable a man-made humanitarian crisis rather than protect health, according to one nurse who resigned.
Some Public Health Workers Assigned to Guantánamo, Other ICE Jails, Are Quitting
“Public health officers are being asked to facilitate a man-made humanitarian crisis,” said one nurse who resigned.
truthout.org
February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Public health workers are quitting assignments to Guantánamo and other ICE jails, saying they’re being pressured to enable a man-made humanitarian crisis rather than protect health, according to one nurse who resigned.
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Condoms became harder to find. Those who need them increasingly must buy them.
By Slashing Foreign Aid, Trump Is Fueling the Spread of HIV in Uganda
Reporting from Uganda, The Intercept saw how Trump’s effort to slash foreign aid is encouraging the transmission of HIV.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Condoms became harder to find. Those who need them increasingly must buy them.
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Delightfully, the researchers have included videos of the raccoons in the paper's supplementary information:
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
Evaluating inhibitory control in captive raccoons (Procyon lotor) using the cylinder task - Learning & Behavior
Inhibitory control is an executive function that allows humans and non-human animals to suppress a prepotent response and continue in goal-directed behavior when outcomes are delayed. In non-human ani...
link.springer.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Delightfully, the researchers have included videos of the raccoons in the paper's supplementary information:
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
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What can marshmallow-snarfing raccoons teach us about the adaptability of urban carnivores?🧪🦊
@zoology.ubc.ca researchers investigated raccoons' inhibitory control - essentially, the ability to control an immediate impulse in order to achieve a goal. Here, raccoons were shown a clear cylinder...
@zoology.ubc.ca researchers investigated raccoons' inhibitory control - essentially, the ability to control an immediate impulse in order to achieve a goal. Here, raccoons were shown a clear cylinder...
February 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
What can marshmallow-snarfing raccoons teach us about the adaptability of urban carnivores?🧪🦊
@zoology.ubc.ca researchers investigated raccoons' inhibitory control - essentially, the ability to control an immediate impulse in order to achieve a goal. Here, raccoons were shown a clear cylinder...
@zoology.ubc.ca researchers investigated raccoons' inhibitory control - essentially, the ability to control an immediate impulse in order to achieve a goal. Here, raccoons were shown a clear cylinder...
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This puts them in the middle of the pack among the species tested so far - they're much better than chicken, but not nearly as good as a chimp. This was somewhat surprising to researchers since raccoons generally perform well in other tests of behavioral flexibility. Researchers hypothesized that
February 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
This puts them in the middle of the pack among the species tested so far - they're much better than chicken, but not nearly as good as a chimp. This was somewhat surprising to researchers since raccoons generally perform well in other tests of behavioral flexibility. Researchers hypothesized that
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I don't know what's funnier, Hamm wilding out or that security guard trying his level best not to let that drum make him forget he's on the clock.
They musta said, “No Gringos” on the field lol cause otherwise he woulda be up their with Pedro and Cardi
February 9, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I don't know what's funnier, Hamm wilding out or that security guard trying his level best not to let that drum make him forget he's on the clock.
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Oh my god, so many people are canceling Nitro that it's having issues processing it, cook 'em hard bois.
February 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Oh my god, so many people are canceling Nitro that it's having issues processing it, cook 'em hard bois.
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part of the horror watching people slip n slide right into hardcore zero tolerance asceticism regarding controlled substances is also seeing what it's like in societies that really demonize drugs like in korea people have committed suicide over weed charges you do not want that here!
February 9, 2026 at 6:39 PM
part of the horror watching people slip n slide right into hardcore zero tolerance asceticism regarding controlled substances is also seeing what it's like in societies that really demonize drugs like in korea people have committed suicide over weed charges you do not want that here!
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Congrats to @dieworkwear.bsky.social for getting the Amber Glenn Olympic Gold Medal Seal of Approval:
February 9, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Congrats to @dieworkwear.bsky.social for getting the Amber Glenn Olympic Gold Medal Seal of Approval:
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All's Fair is a game where sex and intimacy are an expression of rebellion against a fascist regime.
In a few weeks, you'll be able to hear me explore that roleplay with my dear friend and Quinn audio creator Nick Meyer, over on One Shot
back the game at hornywizards.com in the meantime!!
In a few weeks, you'll be able to hear me explore that roleplay with my dear friend and Quinn audio creator Nick Meyer, over on One Shot
back the game at hornywizards.com in the meantime!!
February 9, 2026 at 6:27 PM
All's Fair is a game where sex and intimacy are an expression of rebellion against a fascist regime.
In a few weeks, you'll be able to hear me explore that roleplay with my dear friend and Quinn audio creator Nick Meyer, over on One Shot
back the game at hornywizards.com in the meantime!!
In a few weeks, you'll be able to hear me explore that roleplay with my dear friend and Quinn audio creator Nick Meyer, over on One Shot
back the game at hornywizards.com in the meantime!!
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Also I definitely contacted discord support through their support website, I saw stuff going around that says support contact's been shut down or something but that's not true. Hit them everywhere
February 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Also I definitely contacted discord support through their support website, I saw stuff going around that says support contact's been shut down or something but that's not true. Hit them everywhere
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Our 2026 Pledge Drive continues and so here's more of our work, now un-paywalled forever as a gift from our subscribers.
In February last year, we reported on a troubling new war game based on the Jan 6th insurrection.
www.rascal.news/red-hats-red...
In February last year, we reported on a troubling new war game based on the Jan 6th insurrection.
www.rascal.news/red-hats-red...
Red hats, red blood: roleplaying the January 6 insurrection in a Brooklyn warehouse
What about America is worth fighting for?
www.rascal.news
February 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Our 2026 Pledge Drive continues and so here's more of our work, now un-paywalled forever as a gift from our subscribers.
In February last year, we reported on a troubling new war game based on the Jan 6th insurrection.
www.rascal.news/red-hats-red...
In February last year, we reported on a troubling new war game based on the Jan 6th insurrection.
www.rascal.news/red-hats-red...
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the service famous for data leaks?
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
the service famous for data leaks?
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Bullying works
The United Auto Workers union said on Monday a Ford worker who heckled U.S. President Donald Trump during a visit last month to a Michigan auto plant was not disciplined and kept his job.
UAW says Ford worker who heckled Trump kept job, not disciplined
The United Auto Workers union said on Monday a Ford worker who heckled U.S. President Donald Trump during a visit last month to a Michigan auto plant was not disciplined and kept his job.
reut.rs
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Bullying works
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If you subscribe to nitro through google pay, you can cancel nitro on there instead, and it let's you fill out a "other" field for why you are canceling!
February 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
If you subscribe to nitro through google pay, you can cancel nitro on there instead, and it let's you fill out a "other" field for why you are canceling!
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Because of THIS FUCKING CHEESY HOT SUMMER GARBAGE RIGHT HERE, I cancelled my nitro, too!
www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
February 9, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Because of THIS FUCKING CHEESY HOT SUMMER GARBAGE RIGHT HERE, I cancelled my nitro, too!
www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
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this was way more prevalent when i was still on tiktok but it feels like people are getting really weird about alcohol, coffee, anything that might make you happy--even in innocuous amounts! feels like we're re-engineering puritanism as a method of maintaining control (over ourselves, each other)
starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
February 9, 2026 at 6:05 PM
this was way more prevalent when i was still on tiktok but it feels like people are getting really weird about alcohol, coffee, anything that might make you happy--even in innocuous amounts! feels like we're re-engineering puritanism as a method of maintaining control (over ourselves, each other)
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Crucially, many local governments are furious with ICE over these purchases, because they were not consulted or even told. Because they are federal property now, it's taking a commercial property off the tax rolls while likely imposing dramatic additional infrastructure costs.
February 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Crucially, many local governments are furious with ICE over these purchases, because they were not consulted or even told. Because they are federal property now, it's taking a commercial property off the tax rolls while likely imposing dramatic additional infrastructure costs.
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ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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Purchasing and converting these warehouse detention camps will cost the U.S. government billions of dollars. So far ICE has purchased at least half a dozen warehouses at a cost of $70-$110 million each. It'll cost billions more to refit them into detention camps, and hire staff.
February 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Purchasing and converting these warehouse detention camps will cost the U.S. government billions of dollars. So far ICE has purchased at least half a dozen warehouses at a cost of $70-$110 million each. It'll cost billions more to refit them into detention camps, and hire staff.