gwonk
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In weakness, we create distinctions, then deem that our puny boundaries are things which we perceive, and not which we have made. -- Wordsworth
"I used to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure" -- Roscoe Pertwee
"I used to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure" -- Roscoe Pertwee
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Isn’t this something that should be investigated? What are the details related to this pardon? Who requested that a pardon be considered on behalf of Juan Hernandez. What documents, emails exist? Was anything of value offered? Who was involved in the process?
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Isn’t this something that should be investigated? What are the details related to this pardon? Who requested that a pardon be considered on behalf of Juan Hernandez. What documents, emails exist? Was anything of value offered? Who was involved in the process?
All work and no beer makes Homer something something...
November 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
All work and no beer makes Homer something something...
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Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
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Trying very hard to break into your algorithm and let you know about my book. 2 days left. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ter...
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Trying very hard to break into your algorithm and let you know about my book. 2 days left. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ter...
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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Time for some light reading ☺️📖
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Time for some light reading ☺️📖
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Happy 30th anniversary to "Ghost In The Shell" movie by Mamoru Oshii (released in Japanese theaters on November 18, 1995).
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Happy 30th anniversary to "Ghost In The Shell" movie by Mamoru Oshii (released in Japanese theaters on November 18, 1995).
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Alfred Hitchcock's cure for fascism
November 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Alfred Hitchcock's cure for fascism
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Pope Leo: “We can no longer tolerate structural injustices in which those who have more always have more, and, conversely, those who have less become increasingly poor".
Pope Leo XIV: ‘We can no longer tolerate structural injustices’ - Vatican News
A new book by Pope Leo XIV, “La forza del Vangelo: la fede cristiana in 10 parole,” includes a previously unpublished text by the Holy Father. ...
www.vaticannews.va
November 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Pope Leo: “We can no longer tolerate structural injustices in which those who have more always have more, and, conversely, those who have less become increasingly poor".
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Rev. Michael Woolf, a faith leader and minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, detained by Illinois State Police while protesting immigration policies outside the Broadview facility in Chicago.
Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters
Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters
November 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Rev. Michael Woolf, a faith leader and minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, detained by Illinois State Police while protesting immigration policies outside the Broadview facility in Chicago.
Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters
Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters
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NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
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Mamdani is already cleaning up the NYPD!
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Mamdani is already cleaning up the NYPD!
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this is fucking awesome.
Building the Impossible Lightsaber
YouTube video by HeroTech
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
this is fucking awesome.
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“Jesus says very clearly: At the end of the world, we are going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him, and welcome him, or not?” #PopeLeoXIV #LiveTheGospel #WelcomeTheStranger www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope: ‘Spiritual rights’ of migrant detainees must be respected - Vatican News
In remarks to journalists in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo calls for “deep reflection” on the treatment of migrants in the United States, urges
www.vaticannews.va
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
“Jesus says very clearly: At the end of the world, we are going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him, and welcome him, or not?” #PopeLeoXIV #LiveTheGospel #WelcomeTheStranger www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
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KILL SIX BILLION DEMONS killsixbilliondemons.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
KILL SIX BILLION DEMONS killsixbilliondemons.com
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
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"An economy that kills, that excludes, that starves, that concentrates enormous wealth in a few to the detriment of the many, that multiplies poverty and grinds down salaries, that pollutes, that produces war, is not an economy: It is just an emptiness, an absence, a sickness." #PopeFrancis #Hope
October 31, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"An economy that kills, that excludes, that starves, that concentrates enormous wealth in a few to the detriment of the many, that multiplies poverty and grinds down salaries, that pollutes, that produces war, is not an economy: It is just an emptiness, an absence, a sickness." #PopeFrancis #Hope
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The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟
October 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟
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Amazing !! 🤩 We loved you farewell East wing so sorry A Felon raped you and got away again…….
October 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Amazing !! 🤩 We loved you farewell East wing so sorry A Felon raped you and got away again…….
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New York, USA — September 9, 2025. A man reacts following a confrontation with federal agents on the 12th floor of 26 Federal Plaza, outside immigration courtrooms.
October 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
New York, USA — September 9, 2025. A man reacts following a confrontation with federal agents on the 12th floor of 26 Federal Plaza, outside immigration courtrooms.
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And then after a CA version of the Reagan on tariffs, maybe a CA ad integrating Reagan on immigration?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R8Q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R8Q...
The last speech of Ronald Reagan as president was on immigration
YouTube video by Montclair Immigration Network
www.youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM