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Books and animals. “Magic comes from knowing, not just from having”
Cat law - if he sits on it, then it has been clearly claimed as cat property
July 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Cat law - if he sits on it, then it has been clearly claimed as cat property
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1) it was always fascism and fascism was the right word to use
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
July 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
1) it was always fascism and fascism was the right word to use
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
Weekend cats plotting against the chipmunks that have been taunting them…
June 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Weekend cats plotting against the chipmunks that have been taunting them…
Weekend cats plotting against the chipmunks that have been taunting them…
June 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Weekend cats plotting against the chipmunks that have been taunting them…
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"For the life of me, I can't tell you what led me to reflect on the moment when Nicholas II lost control over a once-burgeoning empire due to widespread unrest that he himself had a hand in shaping."
I Have No Idea Why I’ve Suddenly Started Thinking About the 1917 Russian Revolution
So there I was, minding my own business, when, for some inexplicable reason, I found myself idly thinking about the fall of the Romanov dynasty. Fo...
buff.ly
June 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"For the life of me, I can't tell you what led me to reflect on the moment when Nicholas II lost control over a once-burgeoning empire due to widespread unrest that he himself had a hand in shaping."
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6-3 in favor of Trump in the birthright citizenship case—
which at this stage was only about about nationwide injunctions.
But Sotomayor brings it back to what this is really about—letting Trump get away with lawlessness. Her dissent is another banger which she is reading from the bench:
which at this stage was only about about nationwide injunctions.
But Sotomayor brings it back to what this is really about—letting Trump get away with lawlessness. Her dissent is another banger which she is reading from the bench:
June 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
6-3 in favor of Trump in the birthright citizenship case—
which at this stage was only about about nationwide injunctions.
But Sotomayor brings it back to what this is really about—letting Trump get away with lawlessness. Her dissent is another banger which she is reading from the bench:
which at this stage was only about about nationwide injunctions.
But Sotomayor brings it back to what this is really about—letting Trump get away with lawlessness. Her dissent is another banger which she is reading from the bench:
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The main upshot of today's birthright citizenship ruling (that I'm still making way through) seems to be that each person victimized by an unconstitutional Trump order has to pretty much sue individually.
Trump is free to act unconstitutionally to everybody individually.
Trump is free to act unconstitutionally to everybody individually.
June 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The main upshot of today's birthright citizenship ruling (that I'm still making way through) seems to be that each person victimized by an unconstitutional Trump order has to pretty much sue individually.
Trump is free to act unconstitutionally to everybody individually.
Trump is free to act unconstitutionally to everybody individually.
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This is unprecedented. The AMA and other medical professional societies speak as one on respiratory virus vaccines and in their own way, say the Trump Administration cannot be trusted with your health. www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...
An open letter to the American public on respiratory virus vaccines
Read an open letter to the general public from the AMA and medical societies reaffirming support for vaccination to protect against flu, COVID-19, and RSV.
www.ama-assn.org
June 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This is unprecedented. The AMA and other medical professional societies speak as one on respiratory virus vaccines and in their own way, say the Trump Administration cannot be trusted with your health. www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...
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for its 25th anniversary this summer, wrote about But I'm a Cheerleader, and the campy soul of Christofascism. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/but-im-a-c...
But I’m a Cheerleader Understood The Campy Soul of Christofascism
Predicting Mike Johnson a quarter century ago
www.everythingishorrible.net
June 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
for its 25th anniversary this summer, wrote about But I'm a Cheerleader, and the campy soul of Christofascism. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/but-im-a-c...
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If I pluck a story at random on the Tesla Robotaxi fail, not a single one mentions that the Trump administration and his courts have taken an absolute hatchet to corporate oversight and consumer protection.
Why? It's kind of important context that regulators can't/won't do their jobs anymore?
Why? It's kind of important context that regulators can't/won't do their jobs anymore?
June 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If I pluck a story at random on the Tesla Robotaxi fail, not a single one mentions that the Trump administration and his courts have taken an absolute hatchet to corporate oversight and consumer protection.
Why? It's kind of important context that regulators can't/won't do their jobs anymore?
Why? It's kind of important context that regulators can't/won't do their jobs anymore?
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can’t overstate how shoddy the actual work is. “the framers didn’t think black people counted in the constitutional order” falls apart with a single question: “well what did they think about all the free blacks that most of them lived around, encountered, and even hired for work?”
a sitting federal judge — appointed by trump of course — awarded a student for a paper that basically says dred scott was right and should have gone further
June 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
can’t overstate how shoddy the actual work is. “the framers didn’t think black people counted in the constitutional order” falls apart with a single question: “well what did they think about all the free blacks that most of them lived around, encountered, and even hired for work?”
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Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
June 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
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There will always be a birb to fit every situation and tonight’s first birb is this one
June 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
There will always be a birb to fit every situation and tonight’s first birb is this one
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Amazing: MIT researchers revealed how ChatGPT etc are destroying our brains and booby-trapped the report to expose those who want to use AI to ostensibly summarize the results.
t.co/JXeTALBPds
t.co/JXeTALBPds
June 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Amazing: MIT researchers revealed how ChatGPT etc are destroying our brains and booby-trapped the report to expose those who want to use AI to ostensibly summarize the results.
t.co/JXeTALBPds
t.co/JXeTALBPds
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I was waiting for this, and it is about what I expected.
Long and short, people need to stop repeating this without adding that it is utterly unsubstantiated.
Long and short, people need to stop repeating this without adding that it is utterly unsubstantiated.
I asked ICE where the “413% increase in assaults” justification for its officers using masks came from. They didn’t answer. So I dug into it, and what I found … did not boost their argument.
Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch
Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch
Opinion | Parsing ICE’s mixed-up, hard-to-believe assault claims
ICE officials keep touting a 413 percent increase in assaults on officers to justify officers masking their identities.
wapo.st
June 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I was waiting for this, and it is about what I expected.
Long and short, people need to stop repeating this without adding that it is utterly unsubstantiated.
Long and short, people need to stop repeating this without adding that it is utterly unsubstantiated.
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Just dropping this in for the sake of nostalgia.
June 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Just dropping this in for the sake of nostalgia.
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the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states
June 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states
Good morning :) taking a lesson from this classy lady - time for a deep breath and enjoying some sunshine
June 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Good morning :) taking a lesson from this classy lady - time for a deep breath and enjoying some sunshine
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historians is it good when the robe Nobles are able to buy the positions and honors typically reserved for the sword Nobles?
Silicon Valley Execs Join the Army as Officers (But Won't Have to Attend Boot Camp)
Silicon Valley Execs Join the Army as Officers (But Won't Have to Attend Boot Camp)
The tech industry is fully on board, but the rank and file won't have to do time as grunts.
gizmodo.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
historians is it good when the robe Nobles are able to buy the positions and honors typically reserved for the sword Nobles?
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They're going to call this a miracle and then ignore the incredibly high costs for care while gutting any programs that might help from Medicaid to Sovial Security. Then, blame the family for not being able to afford millions.
The anti-abortion movement and what it has wrought is more horrifying than any horror movie. It is a rejection of the dignity of life and a mockery of human wellbeing
June 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
They're going to call this a miracle and then ignore the incredibly high costs for care while gutting any programs that might help from Medicaid to Sovial Security. Then, blame the family for not being able to afford millions.
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You can't arrest people without warrants, you can't arrest people for asking to see a warrant and you can't bar reporters you don't like from City Hall press conferences
This concludes today's lesson in Civics in The City
This concludes today's lesson in Civics in The City
June 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
You can't arrest people without warrants, you can't arrest people for asking to see a warrant and you can't bar reporters you don't like from City Hall press conferences
This concludes today's lesson in Civics in The City
This concludes today's lesson in Civics in The City
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“They will pass salmon swimming upstream in places the fish had not been able to reach since the early 1900s. They will pass through the ancient territory of their tribes … they will be celebrated as the first to descend the full length of the Klamath, source to sea, since the dams went up” 🎁 link:
First Time in 100 Years: Young Kayakers on a Ride for the Ages
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“They will pass salmon swimming upstream in places the fish had not been able to reach since the early 1900s. They will pass through the ancient territory of their tribes … they will be celebrated as the first to descend the full length of the Klamath, source to sea, since the dams went up” 🎁 link:
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After ruling the NIH grant terminations illegal, Judge Young ended the hearing with an eye-opening speech.
“This represents racial discrimination, and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so.”
“This represents racial discrimination, and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so.”
THIS IS IT! THIS IS HUGE!!
PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!
Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!
PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!
Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!
"This Court rules that the challenged directives . . . are arbitrary and capricious."
"They are of no force and effect."
"They are illegal and so are each of the terminations before this Court"
"They are of no force and effect."
"They are illegal and so are each of the terminations before this Court"
June 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
After ruling the NIH grant terminations illegal, Judge Young ended the hearing with an eye-opening speech.
“This represents racial discrimination, and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so.”
“This represents racial discrimination, and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so.”
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The radicalization of the American right is THE story of US politics over the last four decades and political reporters are still not allowed to talk about it
I am wondering why Lisa Leher from the @nytimes.com did not discuss the data that suggests political violence in the US in the current era mostly comes from the right. Seems like a strange fact to ignore. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...
Like School Shootings, Political Violence Is Becoming Almost Routine
www.nytimes.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The radicalization of the American right is THE story of US politics over the last four decades and political reporters are still not allowed to talk about it
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Live your life so millions of your fellow citizens don't take to the streets to tell you to go fuck yourself on your birthday.
June 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Live your life so millions of your fellow citizens don't take to the streets to tell you to go fuck yourself on your birthday.