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thinking about the académie française
This is very silly. Does anyone really think the phrase in question "Post Milk Generation" designates low milk (as the Supreme Court has decided)? Rather than people who don't want to drink milk?
Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK
Swedish company claims ruling is ruling is anti-competitive and ‘solely benefits Big Dairy’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:21 AM
we're ngmi with lawyers like these
February 11, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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Is there a meaningful difference between this and malware?
VC, founder, dumbass
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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gotta agree with this. at some point we all have to contend with what good faith is actually for and extend it accordingly
A lot of our political discourse would be easier if we didn't extend good faith to people who would never extend it back.
February 7, 2026 at 3:51 PM
hey @salinas.house.gov just wondering: what the fuck are you doing?
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.

What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?

I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
February 6, 2026 at 4:26 AM
February 6, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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america boldly answering the question "what if nazi germany and vichy france were the same country"
February 5, 2026 at 3:09 AM
more and more people are saying, butlerian jihad NOW
“This news has moved me from ‘maybe computer use should be regulated’ to ‘Butlerian Jihad Now’ on the radicalisation scale.” 😂
The Steam Machine has been delayed because stupid little babies can't stop using AI to write their emails:

aftermath.site/steam-machine-...
February 5, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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“This news has moved me from ‘maybe computer use should be regulated’ to ‘Butlerian Jihad Now’ on the radicalisation scale.” 😂
The Steam Machine has been delayed because stupid little babies can't stop using AI to write their emails:

aftermath.site/steam-machine-...
February 5, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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wow
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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NP-final adjectives (parenthesized)
this is certainly a point (complimentary)
Has anyone looked at the "nonspecific statement = criticism" linguistic construction? e.g.

"Those were choices they made."
"That's a thing you can wear."
"That was an action he took."

Realizing this one has slipped into the discourse repertoire without much fanfare.
February 2, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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Better shot total crowd 360

My God PDX I love you
February 2, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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A TV show you love with three seasons or less
February 1, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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The reckoning must include paying reparations, to citizens and non-citizens alike
ICE stalked an elderly woman who works in homecare for her grandchildren on her way to pay her rent. They stopped her, broke her car window, and roughed her up enough to cause a concussion, bruised ribs, and a torn rotator cuff. Then found her passport in her purse and fled. gofund.me/b7afaa65e
Donate to Standing with Maria and Her Family, organized by Florence Hurita
My name is Florence and I am reaching out for your help to support a SEIU Local 503… Florence Hurita needs your support for Standing with Maria and Her Family
gofund.me
February 1, 2026 at 8:09 PM
ICE stalked an elderly woman who works in homecare for her grandchildren on her way to pay her rent. They stopped her, broke her car window, and roughed her up enough to cause a concussion, bruised ribs, and a torn rotator cuff. Then found her passport in her purse and fled. gofund.me/b7afaa65e
Donate to Standing with Maria and Her Family, organized by Florence Hurita
My name is Florence and I am reaching out for your help to support a SEIU Local 503… Florence Hurita needs your support for Standing with Maria and Her Family
gofund.me
February 1, 2026 at 6:50 PM
@salinas.house.gov if you can find mitch's bravery in your heart i will give you $25 too
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 1:23 AM
@shuchancellor.bsky.social if i'm looking for a physical copy what's your rot3k rec
January 30, 2026 at 3:08 PM
ontologically evil newspaper
They're going to get sympathetic treatment. On the cover of the Magazine. It's Been Ten Years Since [TK ATROCITY]. But People Won't Leave This Former ICE Agent In Peace. And you will be the villain of the story.
when all of this gets slightly less heated the NYT is going to be profiling anonymous ICE agents like they’re regretful Trump voters just you watch
January 30, 2026 at 3:02 PM
feds have arrested don lemon and that's why chuck schumer's partial funding deal was such a coup for dems
January 30, 2026 at 1:20 PM
it is absolute loser shit
Negotiating over warrants and citizen deportations is incredibly foolish, dangerous and irresponsible.

They are conceding that these things are not *already illegal*, giving away powers to the admin that they do not have as a starting point.

Not to mention, they will just lie and do it anyway!
January 30, 2026 at 2:01 AM
and you don't even need experts to know this! you can tell from the images taken from the ground, and from the desolation shown by aerial shots, that this is so much worse than the confirmed numbers. you can tell from the drone footage israel periodically releases of its own volition.
Media often appended it with “Hamas-run” as a way to subtly discredit its numbers. Many experts credibly argue those figures are in fact far lower than the real number today.
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.

Biden himself said they were fabricated!

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
January 29, 2026 at 4:18 PM
my congresswoman is apparently lucille bluth
I went grocery shopping with my constituent Sue. We were shocked at how much more expensive life has become for Oregonians.

See how much more expensive your favorite foods got ⤵️
I went grocery shopping with my constituent Sue.
YouTube video by Congresswoman Andrea Salinas
youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:37 PM
shit like this convinces me in my darker moments that we are ngmi
Are you a lawyer? Have you worked for the federal government? As a lawyer? Yes, I've followed the news.
January 29, 2026 at 1:25 AM