Vaguely Van-Shaped
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when this site allows images in dms yall getting SO MANY burds
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Why do you think they’re desperate to make sure we’re not anonymous on the internet?
February 10, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Why do you think they’re desperate to make sure we’re not anonymous on the internet?
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Marimar Martinez was shot by Border Patrol five times.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
February 12, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Marimar Martinez was shot by Border Patrol five times.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
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Gotta love a good hop
Cartoon by Sarah Andersen
Cartoon by Sarah Andersen
January 22, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Gotta love a good hop
Cartoon by Sarah Andersen
Cartoon by Sarah Andersen
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They think it will save them when it's their turn to be kidnapped. It won't.
February 12, 2026 at 5:41 AM
They think it will save them when it's their turn to be kidnapped. It won't.
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someone please tell me drawing all of these weird Cambrian guys will be worth it
February 11, 2026 at 11:17 PM
someone please tell me drawing all of these weird Cambrian guys will be worth it
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"Why can't we have a calm discussion about AI?"
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
February 12, 2026 at 1:37 AM
"Why can't we have a calm discussion about AI?"
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
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Pin Keep
I love pinball. played the demo. you BUILD the board as you play. it's a lot all at once; deck builder, tower defense, pinball arkanoid money management-
but its fun! I HOPE it adds more hardcore pinball-y sounds. dootdoot DINGDING wawormp.
Im sold!
store.steampowered.com/app/4143700/...
I love pinball. played the demo. you BUILD the board as you play. it's a lot all at once; deck builder, tower defense, pinball arkanoid money management-
but its fun! I HOPE it adds more hardcore pinball-y sounds. dootdoot DINGDING wawormp.
Im sold!
store.steampowered.com/app/4143700/...
February 12, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Pin Keep
I love pinball. played the demo. you BUILD the board as you play. it's a lot all at once; deck builder, tower defense, pinball arkanoid money management-
but its fun! I HOPE it adds more hardcore pinball-y sounds. dootdoot DINGDING wawormp.
Im sold!
store.steampowered.com/app/4143700/...
I love pinball. played the demo. you BUILD the board as you play. it's a lot all at once; deck builder, tower defense, pinball arkanoid money management-
but its fun! I HOPE it adds more hardcore pinball-y sounds. dootdoot DINGDING wawormp.
Im sold!
store.steampowered.com/app/4143700/...
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It was a slightly warmer morning, but this sparrow kept its fluffy feathers — and stayed irresistibly cute ❤️
Sharing this for today’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme, #EverydayBirds 🪶
#モフ曜日 は定番となりつつある丸いスズメ😊
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #EurasianTreeSparrow #スズメ #birds #野鳥
Sharing this for today’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme, #EverydayBirds 🪶
#モフ曜日 は定番となりつつある丸いスズメ😊
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #EurasianTreeSparrow #スズメ #birds #野鳥
February 12, 2026 at 9:12 AM
It was a slightly warmer morning, but this sparrow kept its fluffy feathers — and stayed irresistibly cute ❤️
Sharing this for today’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme, #EverydayBirds 🪶
#モフ曜日 は定番となりつつある丸いスズメ😊
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #EurasianTreeSparrow #スズメ #birds #野鳥
Sharing this for today’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme, #EverydayBirds 🪶
#モフ曜日 は定番となりつつある丸いスズメ😊
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #EurasianTreeSparrow #スズメ #birds #野鳥
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A female Hooded Merganser communicating a message to a male Hooded Merganser. I think she wanted to go for a walk, because soon after this they were strolling along the icy shoreline together.
February 11, 2026 at 10:17 PM
A female Hooded Merganser communicating a message to a male Hooded Merganser. I think she wanted to go for a walk, because soon after this they were strolling along the icy shoreline together.
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Screenshotting this and alt texting all of it since it will most likely get deleted because Hammam is Palestinian. It deserves to be seen and not erased.
![A post by Hammam, a known Palestinian nurse here. It is a wuote by an account of a man named Nathan Kalman Lamb who is posting an excerpt from an article. The article reads:
Examining the bodies returned to their people after the most recent so-called ceasefire, Palestinian doctors noted that, in some bodies "the rib cage and ribs were clipped with a sharp saw—a medical saw, a bone saw-and the sternum, along with the central part of the ribs, [were] lifted to allow for the removal of the heart and lungs without damage to the organ being taken." Organ procurement, with few exceptions like skin and cornea, requires that the body be either alive-via brain death-or just-dead—via circulatory death. It is plausible that some Palestinian prisoners' torture led to brain death. It is also possible their torturers felt no need to wait. Palestinian witnesses have reported that some prisoners were alive at the time they were taken for organ extraction. In one batch of bodies, the organs removed were those commonly transplanted: heart, liver, lungs. The transplant surgeon waits for a person to die; the soldier can't. The settler surgeon wields his mastery over the body to serve the state. Here, the surgeon acts as-is—a soldier.
Nathan says hes honestly speechless.
Hammam quotes him to say:
The director of the hospital where I work, Al-Shifa Hospital, stated that the occupation forces returned the bodies of women whose organs were missing. Another source also reported that the occupation forces were using a school in northern Gaza to detain women & civilians and harvest their organs](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ztkrqibfkvmwtfa64r25n4sv/bafkreifs4clyqslx544scmacf6lhpruangn2nnhs4cypijdl2t43amj7ay@jpeg)
February 12, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Screenshotting this and alt texting all of it since it will most likely get deleted because Hammam is Palestinian. It deserves to be seen and not erased.
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prosciutto…
February 12, 2026 at 2:48 PM
prosciutto…
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Who knew buying rotisserie chicken and juice was “splurging”
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores
A new crop of gourmet grocers has hit the city, drawing lines of trendy TikTokers, MAHA-curious health fiends and Instacart devotees who want to pop in for a treat.
on.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Who knew buying rotisserie chicken and juice was “splurging”
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someone with a better impression than me do this please
February 12, 2026 at 3:11 PM
someone with a better impression than me do this please
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When abusers demonize and *dehumanize* the people they’re raping and exploiting, it becomes easier for the public to ignore the atrocities because of perceived justice.
- we’ve watched it happen with prisoners (soap jokes)
- we’ve watched it happen with natives (“savages”)
- now the Trans Community
- we’ve watched it happen with prisoners (soap jokes)
- we’ve watched it happen with natives (“savages”)
- now the Trans Community
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
transnews.network
February 12, 2026 at 3:46 PM
When abusers demonize and *dehumanize* the people they’re raping and exploiting, it becomes easier for the public to ignore the atrocities because of perceived justice.
- we’ve watched it happen with prisoners (soap jokes)
- we’ve watched it happen with natives (“savages”)
- now the Trans Community
- we’ve watched it happen with prisoners (soap jokes)
- we’ve watched it happen with natives (“savages”)
- now the Trans Community
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you missed the best one
February 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
you missed the best one
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"Discord is apparently switching age verification providers to Persona due to the bypasses...
which means everything they said about it being client-side and face images not being uploaded is now false"
which means everything they said about it being client-side and face images not being uploaded is now false"
Folf on X: "Discord is apparently switching age verification providers to Persona due to the bypasses... which means everything they said about it being client-side and face images not being uploaded is now false" / X
Discord is apparently switching age verification providers to Persona due to the bypasses... which means everything they said about it being client-side and face images not being uploaded is now false
x.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:43 AM
"Discord is apparently switching age verification providers to Persona due to the bypasses...
which means everything they said about it being client-side and face images not being uploaded is now false"
which means everything they said about it being client-side and face images not being uploaded is now false"
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Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
February 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
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Mind you this is no backtrack, they are just gaslighting you into thinking this won't affect you and the people you care.
Tumblr, Google, Facebook all these tech fuckers said the same and look where we are right now. No more giving the tech industry an inch.
Tumblr, Google, Facebook all these tech fuckers said the same and look where we are right now. No more giving the tech industry an inch.
Discord has posted updated clarification:
-Discord is not requiring everyone to complete a face scan or upload an ID to use Discord
-The vast majority of people can continue using Discord exactly as they do today, without ever being asked to confirm their age
discord.com/press-releas...
-Discord is not requiring everyone to complete a face scan or upload an ID to use Discord
-The vast majority of people can continue using Discord exactly as they do today, without ever being asked to confirm their age
discord.com/press-releas...
February 10, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Mind you this is no backtrack, they are just gaslighting you into thinking this won't affect you and the people you care.
Tumblr, Google, Facebook all these tech fuckers said the same and look where we are right now. No more giving the tech industry an inch.
Tumblr, Google, Facebook all these tech fuckers said the same and look where we are right now. No more giving the tech industry an inch.
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figured out how to make this website usable, finally
February 11, 2026 at 5:24 AM
figured out how to make this website usable, finally