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pals you gotta quit spotify
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
pals you gotta quit spotify
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Between this and the absolute permeation of the chili pepper in Asian cuisines the mesoamerican/andean culinary victory is essentially without exception
December 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Between this and the absolute permeation of the chili pepper in Asian cuisines the mesoamerican/andean culinary victory is essentially without exception
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Boris Johnson's slurs are one thing. Keir Starmer overseeing the introduction of a new Section 28 in schools for trans and non-binary people, supporting segregation and backing Wes Streeting as he drives kids to suicide after stripping them of their healthcare is on a whole other level.
i hate it when i mention how bigoted keir starmer is and someone is like 'huh? are you forgetting that boris johnson called gay men bum boys?!'.
no. i haven't forgotten that. that's nothing compared to the shit keir starmer has done.
no. i haven't forgotten that. that's nothing compared to the shit keir starmer has done.
December 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Boris Johnson's slurs are one thing. Keir Starmer overseeing the introduction of a new Section 28 in schools for trans and non-binary people, supporting segregation and backing Wes Streeting as he drives kids to suicide after stripping them of their healthcare is on a whole other level.
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Every year in my class I show my students the gender shades project and they are like but it has been fixed now… right?
December 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Every year in my class I show my students the gender shades project and they are like but it has been fixed now… right?
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This goes across the political spectrum, too.
I get genuinely upset with friends who casually talk shit about a civil conflict or violent revolution that they fully admit they don't expect to be "on the front lines" for. All expecting other people's sons to die for them.
I get genuinely upset with friends who casually talk shit about a civil conflict or violent revolution that they fully admit they don't expect to be "on the front lines" for. All expecting other people's sons to die for them.
people genuinely don't realize how awful civil conflict is
December 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This goes across the political spectrum, too.
I get genuinely upset with friends who casually talk shit about a civil conflict or violent revolution that they fully admit they don't expect to be "on the front lines" for. All expecting other people's sons to die for them.
I get genuinely upset with friends who casually talk shit about a civil conflict or violent revolution that they fully admit they don't expect to be "on the front lines" for. All expecting other people's sons to die for them.
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from a state party director
December 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
from a state party director
A meteorologist came to present at my elementary school. His name was Mr Weatherall.
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A meteorologist came to present at my elementary school. His name was Mr Weatherall.
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Great reporting and a knockout final line:
“Not long after, as the sun was going down, an SUV with tinted windows and an out-of-state license plate was seen barreling down a nearby street. It was followed closely by three cars, with drivers laying on their horns and whistling.”
“Not long after, as the sun was going down, an SUV with tinted windows and an out-of-state license plate was seen barreling down a nearby street. It was followed closely by three cars, with drivers laying on their horns and whistling.”
At MPR now: Across the Twin Cities, ICE agents and activists are playing a high stakes cat-and-mouse game. The goal is to make ICE agents' jobs as difficult as possible, and protect their immigrant neighbors.
share.google/4LfU58LW6iUR...
share.google/4LfU58LW6iUR...
‘Tinted windows and out-of-state plates’: How ICE watchers look for agents in their neighborhoods
Across the Twin Cities, ICE agents and activists are playing a high stakes cat-and-mouse game. The goal is to make their job as difficult as possible, and protect their immigrant neighbors.
share.google
December 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Great reporting and a knockout final line:
“Not long after, as the sun was going down, an SUV with tinted windows and an out-of-state license plate was seen barreling down a nearby street. It was followed closely by three cars, with drivers laying on their horns and whistling.”
“Not long after, as the sun was going down, an SUV with tinted windows and an out-of-state license plate was seen barreling down a nearby street. It was followed closely by three cars, with drivers laying on their horns and whistling.”
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oh cool i love everything useful dying
so it begins
December 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
oh cool i love everything useful dying
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This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
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“It has been heartbreaking to see legacy Jewish institutions stoke the flames of Islamophobia… motivated by perverse logic that they can only secure safety of Jewish Americans at the expense of our Muslim brothers & sisters, as if dignity were a zero-sum game.”
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025...
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025...
Op-ed: Establishment Jewish institutions are betraying and weaponizing my religion - The Tufts Daily
In sixth grade, my middle school scheduled its first dance for a Friday night during Sukkot. My family kept Shabbat and would spend the evening in our Sukkah, twin reasons why I couldn’t realize the q...
www.tuftsdaily.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“It has been heartbreaking to see legacy Jewish institutions stoke the flames of Islamophobia… motivated by perverse logic that they can only secure safety of Jewish Americans at the expense of our Muslim brothers & sisters, as if dignity were a zero-sum game.”
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025...
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025...
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I spoke with Any Lucía López Belloza, the Babson College student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when ICE deported her.
"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
www.thecut.com/article/any-...
"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
www.thecut.com/article/any-...
I Wanted to Surprise My Family on Thanksgiving. ICE Deported Me Instead.
How the Trump administration turned a college freshman’s life upside down.
www.thecut.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I spoke with Any Lucía López Belloza, the Babson College student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when ICE deported her.
"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
www.thecut.com/article/any-...
"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
www.thecut.com/article/any-...
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anyway this isn’t a legally difficult question it is a politically difficult question for the conservative majority and the only thing we’re waiting to see is if they will ignore political pressure and follow the clear text of the constitution or bend to the president’s demands.
December 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
anyway this isn’t a legally difficult question it is a politically difficult question for the conservative majority and the only thing we’re waiting to see is if they will ignore political pressure and follow the clear text of the constitution or bend to the president’s demands.
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This is depraved
Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones. One recent Kalshi betting market that allowed people to bet on whether Palestinians in Gaza would suffer mass starvation.
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
buff.ly
December 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is depraved
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ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
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I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
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At long last we have invented Gattaca, from the acclaimed 1997 movie "Wouldn't It Be Fucked Up If We Had Gattaca"
His “it’s not a eugenics company” tee is raising questions already answered by his shirt. www.cbsnews.com/news/nucleus...
![Sadeghi says this "genetic optimization" allows parents to minimize disease while maximizing traits they prefer. However, critics have drawn comparisons to a different term: "eugenics."
"[It's not eugenics] by any stretch, because it's fundamentally about empowering people with information that they can use to give their child the best start in life," he said. "And yes, if you want 2 inches taller for your child, 3 inches taller, right, if you want a couple IQ-point difference, absolutely, by all means, do that. But I'm saying, you're really asking me here, you're asking me, what is life about? That's what you're really getting at when you talk about height and IQ, right, they're abstractions of life."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hakzua5btcgcfjye2yujlhos/bafkreifaqvbu6nccxgbeyhhxnijihbi33qd27xijof7fy4apsgbbnmbw64@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
At long last we have invented Gattaca, from the acclaimed 1997 movie "Wouldn't It Be Fucked Up If We Had Gattaca"
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"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
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We didn’t need all these biographical Willy Wonka movies about who he is as a person. In the older versions, he’s obviously God or the Devil. You’re supposed to spend the entire story wondering which one and gradually become worried they’re the same being
February 28, 2024 at 4:10 PM
We didn’t need all these biographical Willy Wonka movies about who he is as a person. In the older versions, he’s obviously God or the Devil. You’re supposed to spend the entire story wondering which one and gradually become worried they’re the same being
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whatever value it may have had, duolingo stopped being an educational app the day they decided to replace real human beings with ai. now it's just an attention monetizing trash generator like all of this other crap
December 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
whatever value it may have had, duolingo stopped being an educational app the day they decided to replace real human beings with ai. now it's just an attention monetizing trash generator like all of this other crap
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It's, without a doubt, time. The Thursday scream. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It's, without a doubt, time. The Thursday scream. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yo, you can’t use “muppet” as a slur here. The muppets spent a whole-ass movie making this exact point to some cranky old chucklefuck.
December 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Yo, you can’t use “muppet” as a slur here. The muppets spent a whole-ass movie making this exact point to some cranky old chucklefuck.
> Another volunteer named John, ..., had accompanied the family to their 7 a.m. check-in at 26 Federal Plaza. John said he waited for several hours at a cafe nearby, but the father and son never re-emerged. The father’s name appeared in the ICE detainee locator later that day.
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
> Another volunteer named John, ..., had accompanied the family to their 7 a.m. check-in at 26 Federal Plaza. John said he waited for several hours at a cafe nearby, but the father and son never re-emerged. The father’s name appeared in the ICE detainee locator later that day.