Sandarcon
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Chicago Cubs. 2016 game seven is my forever happy place. I honor my brother Michael who passed before.
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The Map of Lost Places edited by Sheree Renée Thomas & Lesley Conner: Review by Gabino Iglesias locusmag.com/review/...
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The Map of Lost Places edited by Sheree Renée Thomas & Lesley Conner: Review by Gabino Iglesias locusmag.com/review/...
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SORKIN: Is it appropriate for Trump to ask Larry Ellison to make a new Rush Hour film?
BESSENT: I don't know. The Obamas contract with Netflix, is that appropriate?
SORKIN: My understanding is that came after he was president. That's the distinction
BESSENT: I don't know. The Obamas contract with Netflix, is that appropriate?
SORKIN: My understanding is that came after he was president. That's the distinction
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
SORKIN: Is it appropriate for Trump to ask Larry Ellison to make a new Rush Hour film?
BESSENT: I don't know. The Obamas contract with Netflix, is that appropriate?
SORKIN: My understanding is that came after he was president. That's the distinction
BESSENT: I don't know. The Obamas contract with Netflix, is that appropriate?
SORKIN: My understanding is that came after he was president. That's the distinction
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December 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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A North Texas attorney who has repeatedly described himself as a fascist and said he despises democracy wants you to vote for him.
Historically, fascists rose to power in no small part by being elected to office.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/02/j...
Historically, fascists rose to power in no small part by being elected to office.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/02/j...
He’s an Unapologetic Fascist Who ‘Despises’ Democracy. He Still Wants You to Vote for Him.
He was once leader of the Proud Boys, has posted racist threats online, and sports a white nationalist tattoo.
thebarbedwire.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A North Texas attorney who has repeatedly described himself as a fascist and said he despises democracy wants you to vote for him.
Historically, fascists rose to power in no small part by being elected to office.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/02/j...
Historically, fascists rose to power in no small part by being elected to office.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/02/j...
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"Watch what Trump's inner cohort -- in particular, Kushner -- wants to do to Ukraine and what they want to do to Gaza, because it indicates what they want to do to the world at large."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jymh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jymh...
Trump Ties to Russian Mob, Sarah Kendzior
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"Watch what Trump's inner cohort -- in particular, Kushner -- wants to do to Ukraine and what they want to do to Gaza, because it indicates what they want to do to the world at large."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jymh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jymh...
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Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
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If you can, please consider donating to their GoFundMe. The money is going to union members this holiday so they can buy groceries and pay rent while they fight for a fair contract.
If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
Donate to Support Individualized Shirt Workers United, organized by Gabor Ptacek
Since this summer, worker leaders at Individualized Shirts have been organizi… Gabor Ptacek needs your support for Support Individualized Shirt Workers United
www.gofundme.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If you can, please consider donating to their GoFundMe. The money is going to union members this holiday so they can buy groceries and pay rent while they fight for a fair contract.
If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
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Yay Brian!
🔭 Brian Jackson, Professor of Physics at Boise State University and Director of the Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve STEM Network, will serve as the next Editor of the Planetary Science Journal. aas.org/press/brian-...
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Yay Brian!
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I don't need to watch unboxing videos, I have Opening the Microwave with ADHD. Will it be empty? Is yesterday's breakfast still in there? Will I go to heat up my coffee and find another mug of coffee? The passport I just spent $150 replacing? Impossible to say
December 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I don't need to watch unboxing videos, I have Opening the Microwave with ADHD. Will it be empty? Is yesterday's breakfast still in there? Will I go to heat up my coffee and find another mug of coffee? The passport I just spent $150 replacing? Impossible to say
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Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
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If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
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hot take: poorly maintained walking/biking infrastructure is MORE dangerous than not having it at all because you have to use the car infrastructure and then also worry about people driving more aggressively around you because you aren't in "your" space.
Just as PSA to folks driving - this is why I run on the road in the winter.
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
hot take: poorly maintained walking/biking infrastructure is MORE dangerous than not having it at all because you have to use the car infrastructure and then also worry about people driving more aggressively around you because you aren't in "your" space.
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Winter really makes it clear just how little our cities care about anyone not traveling in a car. People use bike paths and sidewalks year-round!
Green Line Extension Community Bike Path very icy this morning!
December 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Winter really makes it clear just how little our cities care about anyone not traveling in a car. People use bike paths and sidewalks year-round!
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Big news: my Wild Olympics bill got a Senate hearing and picked up dozens of new endorsements from local sportsmen groups and more this week.
This is a big step in our fight to protect key areas of the Olympic National Forest & preserve world-class recreation. Let's keep it going!
This is a big step in our fight to protect key areas of the Olympic National Forest & preserve world-class recreation. Let's keep it going!
December 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Big news: my Wild Olympics bill got a Senate hearing and picked up dozens of new endorsements from local sportsmen groups and more this week.
This is a big step in our fight to protect key areas of the Olympic National Forest & preserve world-class recreation. Let's keep it going!
This is a big step in our fight to protect key areas of the Olympic National Forest & preserve world-class recreation. Let's keep it going!
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After gathering input from many, Mary Robinette is sharing a great list of works featuring / focusing on people who use wheelchairs. The list starts here, but scroll down for more works and up for the original request (and the replies thereto).
Here's a list of protagonists or major characters who use wheelchairs.
Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
After gathering input from many, Mary Robinette is sharing a great list of works featuring / focusing on people who use wheelchairs. The list starts here, but scroll down for more works and up for the original request (and the replies thereto).
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Millions of people are living paycheck to paycheck. They're struggling with the cost of food, housing, and other basic necessities. 70% of U.S. adults say the American Dream is dead.
How does Trump respond?
By crying about how the word "affordability" is a "Democrat scam."
Hello?
How does Trump respond?
By crying about how the word "affordability" is a "Democrat scam."
Hello?
December 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Millions of people are living paycheck to paycheck. They're struggling with the cost of food, housing, and other basic necessities. 70% of U.S. adults say the American Dream is dead.
How does Trump respond?
By crying about how the word "affordability" is a "Democrat scam."
Hello?
How does Trump respond?
By crying about how the word "affordability" is a "Democrat scam."
Hello?
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The people want all kids to get the education and support they need.
December 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The people want all kids to get the education and support they need.
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In January, I created the Family Separation Rapid Response Team to support kids who are torn away from their parents by the Trump Administration.
The White House’s response? We shouldn't “reject the overwhelming will of the people.”
Give me a break.
The White House’s response? We shouldn't “reject the overwhelming will of the people.”
Give me a break.
December 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
In January, I created the Family Separation Rapid Response Team to support kids who are torn away from their parents by the Trump Administration.
The White House’s response? We shouldn't “reject the overwhelming will of the people.”
Give me a break.
The White House’s response? We shouldn't “reject the overwhelming will of the people.”
Give me a break.
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Kavanaugh Stop.
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Kavanaugh Stop.
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Using 'rural communities' as a pretext for eliminating a safe staffing mandate is diabolical; do we not deserve safe staffing? 'We can't afford staffing,' say the private equity firms snapping up nursing homes and treating them like ATMs while long-term care residents suffer.
Trump reversing the safe staffing mandate is his way of saying, “Happy Holidays and I hope your loved ones die.”
Trump administration repeals Biden-era nursing home staffing mandate
HHS repealed the rule on Tuesday, which would have required nursing homes to increase staffing, saying the regulations would have disproportionately harmed rural communities.
www.healthcaredive.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Using 'rural communities' as a pretext for eliminating a safe staffing mandate is diabolical; do we not deserve safe staffing? 'We can't afford staffing,' say the private equity firms snapping up nursing homes and treating them like ATMs while long-term care residents suffer.
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read this thread and be angry and outraged
Dictators around the world are celebrating today.
Trump just pardoned Henry Cuellar, the first member of Congress ever charged with acting as a foreign agent for a dictatorship, caught dead to rights working for Azerbaijan.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Trump just pardoned Henry Cuellar, the first member of Congress ever charged with acting as a foreign agent for a dictatorship, caught dead to rights working for Azerbaijan.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Trump pardons Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar
Cuellar and his wife were charged in 2024 with accepting $600,000 in bribes from foreign entities.
www.politico.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
read this thread and be angry and outraged
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Trump just pardoned Anti-Women Rights Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Dem Leadership is making themselves complicit by endorsing blatant corruption.
Cuellar was indicted in 2024 for taking 600k in bribes from a bank & from Azerbaijan, who ethnically cleansed over 100,000 Armenians last year.
Cuellar was indicted in 2024 for taking 600k in bribes from a bank & from Azerbaijan, who ethnically cleansed over 100,000 Armenians last year.
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Trump just pardoned Anti-Women Rights Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Dem Leadership is making themselves complicit by endorsing blatant corruption.
Cuellar was indicted in 2024 for taking 600k in bribes from a bank & from Azerbaijan, who ethnically cleansed over 100,000 Armenians last year.
Cuellar was indicted in 2024 for taking 600k in bribes from a bank & from Azerbaijan, who ethnically cleansed over 100,000 Armenians last year.
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Pretty much every article about the Putin-Kushner-Witkoff summit in Moscow yesterday fails to mention that Kushner is simultaneously accepting tens of millions in annual payments from the Saudis and other foreign governments.
Seems like a key detail!
Seems like a key detail!
December 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Pretty much every article about the Putin-Kushner-Witkoff summit in Moscow yesterday fails to mention that Kushner is simultaneously accepting tens of millions in annual payments from the Saudis and other foreign governments.
Seems like a key detail!
Seems like a key detail!
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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.