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Not speaking for my employer unless & until they pay me to. Wife Guy since before it was monetizable. Mostly harmless. He/him.
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Systems that have also, by the way, repeatedly driven teens to suicide, and are being advertised as nonconsensual pornography generators
January 2, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Systems that have also, by the way, repeatedly driven teens to suicide, and are being advertised as nonconsensual pornography generators
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Magic Johnson was the grand marshal of the Rose Parade today, and as someone who remembers his November 1991 HIV announcement: if you had told anybody that day that he would be alive and healthy 34+ years later, I don't think they would have believed you. Medicine and research—they work.
January 1, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Magic Johnson was the grand marshal of the Rose Parade today, and as someone who remembers his November 1991 HIV announcement: if you had told anybody that day that he would be alive and healthy 34+ years later, I don't think they would have believed you. Medicine and research—they work.
The Complete Calvin & Hobbes
Ok, everyone, what book is sacred enough to you to get sworn in on?
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 2, 2026 at 2:34 AM
The Complete Calvin & Hobbes
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A lot of people are noticing the spread of AI sexual abuse material on X now, but it has been happening for years. Young actresses like Jenna Ortega and Xochitl Gomez fled the platform. Even celebrities say there’s nothing they can do to stop it. Misogynistic violence is the main reason I left X.
January 2, 2026 at 2:30 AM
A lot of people are noticing the spread of AI sexual abuse material on X now, but it has been happening for years. Young actresses like Jenna Ortega and Xochitl Gomez fled the platform. Even celebrities say there’s nothing they can do to stop it. Misogynistic violence is the main reason I left X.
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Devastating. Yesterday, a 5-year-old boy died from the flu.
Dr. Oz was spewing advice earlier this week where he downplayed the importance of vaccines and recommended “getting sunlight”.
I don’t know whether Micah was vaccinated, but of the kids who died from flu last year, 90% were not.
Dr. Oz was spewing advice earlier this week where he downplayed the importance of vaccines and recommended “getting sunlight”.
I don’t know whether Micah was vaccinated, but of the kids who died from flu last year, 90% were not.
Influencer Paul Kim's Son, 5, Dies After Contracting Severe Case of the Flu
Influencer Paul Kim’s 5-year-old son, Micah, died on Dec. 31 after contracting a severe case of influenza, which led to the child suffering seizures and sepsis.
people.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Devastating. Yesterday, a 5-year-old boy died from the flu.
Dr. Oz was spewing advice earlier this week where he downplayed the importance of vaccines and recommended “getting sunlight”.
I don’t know whether Micah was vaccinated, but of the kids who died from flu last year, 90% were not.
Dr. Oz was spewing advice earlier this week where he downplayed the importance of vaccines and recommended “getting sunlight”.
I don’t know whether Micah was vaccinated, but of the kids who died from flu last year, 90% were not.
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like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
uhhh yeah I can see why these childcare properties weren't eager to let in some rando dudes asking "where are the kids?"
January 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
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"we're here to inspect your daycare center"
January 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
"we're here to inspect your daycare center"
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Again, the man who’s next in line for the presidency after this walking corpse has said he’s deeply influenced by this outright Nazi, so maybe we could get a little more attention on that?
Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
January 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Again, the man who’s next in line for the presidency after this walking corpse has said he’s deeply influenced by this outright Nazi, so maybe we could get a little more attention on that?
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Outlook for the new year ...
December 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Outlook for the new year ...
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Very cool that you have to understand at least three extremely specific Esoteric Nazism memes to understand the modal DHS social media post now
Like, this an actual post from an actual government social media account, posted in the last hour.
January 1, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Very cool that you have to understand at least three extremely specific Esoteric Nazism memes to understand the modal DHS social media post now
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Wow: The share of U.S. counties where 95% + of kindergartners were vaccinated against measles — the number doctors say is needed to achieve “herd immunity” — has dropped from 50 percent before the pandemic to 28 percent
5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
January 1, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Wow: The share of U.S. counties where 95% + of kindergartners were vaccinated against measles — the number doctors say is needed to achieve “herd immunity” — has dropped from 50 percent before the pandemic to 28 percent
Watching PUSHING DAISIES, just to Anna Friel something
Playing the glocken, just to spiel something
Talking to @greenleejw.bsky.social just to eel something.
December 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Watching PUSHING DAISIES, just to Anna Friel something
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“There should be a reception area”
Oh yes, let me get you a cold brew and some muesli! Anything else I can help you with? We have unlimited funds because America values early childhood education so highly! That goes for your goons too!
Oh yes, let me get you a cold brew and some muesli! Anything else I can help you with? We have unlimited funds because America values early childhood education so highly! That goes for your goons too!
CNN: “Surely you don’t think a daycare should be unlocked.”
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
December 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
“There should be a reception area”
Oh yes, let me get you a cold brew and some muesli! Anything else I can help you with? We have unlimited funds because America values early childhood education so highly! That goes for your goons too!
Oh yes, let me get you a cold brew and some muesli! Anything else I can help you with? We have unlimited funds because America values early childhood education so highly! That goes for your goons too!
the Mountain Goats - This Year (Official Video)
YouTube video by the Mountain Goats
youtu.be
December 31, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Fact check:
✅Chicago's crime rate was already down
✅NG troops were never actually deployed in the city
✅Some did patrol a suburban immigration facility for just one day
✅We did have hundreds of federal agents here terrorizing the city & suburbs but Trump's guard plan in Chicago was foiled
✅Chicago's crime rate was already down
✅NG troops were never actually deployed in the city
✅Some did patrol a suburban immigration facility for just one day
✅We did have hundreds of federal agents here terrorizing the city & suburbs but Trump's guard plan in Chicago was foiled
Trump announces he’s pulling the National Guard from Portland, LA, and Chicago but threatens that “We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again - Only a question of time!”
December 31, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Fact check:
✅Chicago's crime rate was already down
✅NG troops were never actually deployed in the city
✅Some did patrol a suburban immigration facility for just one day
✅We did have hundreds of federal agents here terrorizing the city & suburbs but Trump's guard plan in Chicago was foiled
✅Chicago's crime rate was already down
✅NG troops were never actually deployed in the city
✅Some did patrol a suburban immigration facility for just one day
✅We did have hundreds of federal agents here terrorizing the city & suburbs but Trump's guard plan in Chicago was foiled
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Just because you aren’t transgender doesn’t mean transgender people aren’t real.
December 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Just because you aren’t transgender doesn’t mean transgender people aren’t real.
Sometimes you're taking your kid to see MARTY SUPREME, sometimes you're taking your other kid to see ZOOTOPIA 2
December 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Sometimes you're taking your kid to see MARTY SUPREME, sometimes you're taking your other kid to see ZOOTOPIA 2
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This!!! Go get it now!!!
I feel like the Covid Pandemic revealed just how many folks forgot how vaccines work (what they actually do) precisely because vaccines work.
Case in point - my own parental unit refuses to get the flu vax because they caught the flu shortly after getting vaccinated. 🙄
I feel like the Covid Pandemic revealed just how many folks forgot how vaccines work (what they actually do) precisely because vaccines work.
Case in point - my own parental unit refuses to get the flu vax because they caught the flu shortly after getting vaccinated. 🙄
Flu numbers are high in most states and almost all cases are variants of H3N2 and the vaccine includes H3N2
Get your flu vax if you haven’t already! Even if you still get the flu, the symptoms will be easier to manage if you get vaccinated!
Get your flu vax if you haven’t already! Even if you still get the flu, the symptoms will be easier to manage if you get vaccinated!
December 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This!!! Go get it now!!!
I feel like the Covid Pandemic revealed just how many folks forgot how vaccines work (what they actually do) precisely because vaccines work.
Case in point - my own parental unit refuses to get the flu vax because they caught the flu shortly after getting vaccinated. 🙄
I feel like the Covid Pandemic revealed just how many folks forgot how vaccines work (what they actually do) precisely because vaccines work.
Case in point - my own parental unit refuses to get the flu vax because they caught the flu shortly after getting vaccinated. 🙄
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Lol. Bondi deleted that post crediting the Trump admin for ending overdose deaths after @tedlieu.bsky.social pointed out that the chart's data ended during the Biden admin, showing the decrease was under Biden.
December 31, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Lol. Bondi deleted that post crediting the Trump admin for ending overdose deaths after @tedlieu.bsky.social pointed out that the chart's data ended during the Biden admin, showing the decrease was under Biden.
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i read this and i just see a lazy person with a skill issue
Real "oh my god, she admit it" moment here. Trump is treated as an uninteresting figure without agency so we can dump endless criticism on liberals for how they react to his "natural disaster." He "doesn't participate in moral frameworks" lmfao
December 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
i read this and i just see a lazy person with a skill issue
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When we were wearing masks, I not only didn’t get COVID, I didn’t get sick at all for well over a year iirc.
“having to mask made me go fash” is so common and it’s just baffling
I mean, yes, it was annoying to wear one all the time? it also wasn’t that big a deal? if, today, someone asks me to put a mask on I go “ok” and put one on
and yet so many people treat it as a life-ruining imposition
I mean, yes, it was annoying to wear one all the time? it also wasn’t that big a deal? if, today, someone asks me to put a mask on I go “ok” and put one on
and yet so many people treat it as a life-ruining imposition
The reason this Harvard history professor decided he was done with one of the best and most privileged jobs in the world was, in his own words, because he was forced to lecture in a mask during peak Covid.
I’m not making this up.
I’m not making this up.
December 31, 2025 at 2:35 AM
When we were wearing masks, I not only didn’t get COVID, I didn’t get sick at all for well over a year iirc.
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Dr. Jo’s long-term research was interrupted by the closure of Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles’ gender clinic. If you hear these people saying “we need more research,” know that they are the ones shutting down the research.
After being attacked for it by the NYT, one researcher has found yet more evidence in favor of puberty blockers. @veraeikon.bsky.social takes a look at this study in this month's Journal Club!
Journal Club: The Solid Evidence for the Use of Puberty Blockers — Assigned
In 2024, the NYT released a hit piece against a research paper that supported the use of puberty blockers. One year later, the very same researcher has found even more evidence supporting their use. A...
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December 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Dr. Jo’s long-term research was interrupted by the closure of Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles’ gender clinic. If you hear these people saying “we need more research,” know that they are the ones shutting down the research.
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libsoftiktok is now the third most powerful branch of government after the president and supreme court
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration says it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years.
December 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
libsoftiktok is now the third most powerful branch of government after the president and supreme court
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how much does it matter that there are people who got what they were sold as mass deportations (whether they didn’t get them, or did get them and worse) if we accept first that mass deportations are wrong no matter how popular they are
December 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
how much does it matter that there are people who got what they were sold as mass deportations (whether they didn’t get them, or did get them and worse) if we accept first that mass deportations are wrong no matter how popular they are
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Isiah Whitlock Jr, best known for his role as Clay Davis on “The Wire,” has died. He was 71
Isiah Whitlock Jr. Dies: ‘The Wire’ Actor & Frequent Spike Lee Collaborator Was 71
Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr., known for his roles in The Wire, Veep, Your Honor and The Residence and a number of Spike Lee movies, passed away Dec. 30.
deadline.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Isiah Whitlock Jr, best known for his role as Clay Davis on “The Wire,” has died. He was 71