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I mean, don’t many of them have second homes elsewhere and leave NY a specific amount of time to evade taxes?
They still want to be there. You can’t very effectively do business remote from Podunk. MO: Evade, offshore, misinform, claim to be the victim.
#EatTheRich
#Foodies
They still want to be there. You can’t very effectively do business remote from Podunk. MO: Evade, offshore, misinform, claim to be the victim.
#EatTheRich
#Foodies
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I mean, don’t many of them have second homes elsewhere and leave NY a specific amount of time to evade taxes?
They still want to be there. You can’t very effectively do business remote from Podunk. MO: Evade, offshore, misinform, claim to be the victim.
#EatTheRich
#Foodies
They still want to be there. You can’t very effectively do business remote from Podunk. MO: Evade, offshore, misinform, claim to be the victim.
#EatTheRich
#Foodies
They don’t want you to take video with your phones. You probably shouldn’t. Use unconnected “retro” devices. Get a GoPro. Keep filming. They keep lying in court and the video evidence is working.
“ICE is quietly building up its ability to spy on Americans' phones
The agency activated a $2 million contract with Paragon, a service that offers the ability to remotely hack into someone's phone.
[Also] ICE entered into an $11 million contract for Cellebrite devices…to break into a locked phone”
The agency activated a $2 million contract with Paragon, a service that offers the ability to remotely hack into someone's phone.
[Also] ICE entered into an $11 million contract for Cellebrite devices…to break into a locked phone”
November 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
They don’t want you to take video with your phones. You probably shouldn’t. Use unconnected “retro” devices. Get a GoPro. Keep filming. They keep lying in court and the video evidence is working.
While I don’t know that he ever would have identified himself as a Democratic Socialist, the impact of his full presidency reads parallel, at least. FDR is the reason Republicans passed the two term limit (which they wish to reverse)
And he did it from a wheelchair.
And he did it from a wheelchair.
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
While I don’t know that he ever would have identified himself as a Democratic Socialist, the impact of his full presidency reads parallel, at least. FDR is the reason Republicans passed the two term limit (which they wish to reverse)
And he did it from a wheelchair.
And he did it from a wheelchair.
A fall day in the Midwest
November 3, 2025 at 4:53 AM
A fall day in the Midwest
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I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
October 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
October 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Ope!
Sorry about that, lawyers. All that stuff you learned in law school doesn't matter anymore.
Unlike doctors. All the stuff we learned in med school and thought we'd never have to actually know about is now becoming very critical again (measles, diphtheria, pertussis)
Unlike doctors. All the stuff we learned in med school and thought we'd never have to actually know about is now becoming very critical again (measles, diphtheria, pertussis)
October 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Ope!
Trump in 2024: Project 2025? Never met her. She’s not my type.
October 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Trump in 2024: Project 2025? Never met her. She’s not my type.
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October 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Jane Goodall inspired generations of women around the world. Kind. Curious. Compassionate. The world was a better place with her in it. “It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” - Jane Goodall
#JaneGoodall
#Wikipedia
#JaneGoodall
#Wikipedia
![Wikipedia anecdote about Jane Goodall
Text:
Gary Larson cartoon incident
One of Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons shows two chimpanzees grooming. One finds a blonde human hair on the other and inquires,
"Conducting a little more 'research' with that Jane Goodall tramp?"[107) Goodall herself was in Africa at the time. The Jane Goodall Institute
thought the cartoon was in bad taste and had its lawyers draft a letter to Larson and his distribution syndicate in which they described the cartoon as an "atrocity". They were stymied by Goodall herself: when she returned and saw the cartoon, she stated that she found the cartoon amusing. (108]
Since then, all profits from sales of a shirt featuring this cartoon have gone to the Jane Goodall Institute. Goodall wrote a preface to The Far Side Gallery 5, detailing her version of the controversy, and the institute's letter was included next to the cartoon in the complete Far Side collection. (1091 She praised Larson's creative ideas, which often compare and contrast the behaviour of humans and animals.
In 1988, when Larson visited Goodall's research facility in Tanzania, 108) he was attacked by a chimpanzee named Frodo. 107)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gcvfwh2e6kv53px7gflaox7u/bafkreicuflh4sfzpgfjhwpyr5siz5oay2npgjil4qih3nbcha3xlht5f4u@jpeg)
October 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Jane Goodall inspired generations of women around the world. Kind. Curious. Compassionate. The world was a better place with her in it. “It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” - Jane Goodall
#JaneGoodall
#Wikipedia
#JaneGoodall
#Wikipedia
I always close the nagging donation boxes on Wikipedia, but when these jokers attack it it’s a good reminder to donate.
#wikipedia
donate.wikimedia.org
#wikipedia
donate.wikimedia.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I always close the nagging donation boxes on Wikipedia, but when these jokers attack it it’s a good reminder to donate.
#wikipedia
donate.wikimedia.org
#wikipedia
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Before states banned abortion, one of the gravest outcomes of early miscarriage could easily be avoided: Doctors could offer a dilation and curettage procedure, which quickly empties the uterus and allows it to close, protecting against a life-threatening hemorrhage.
NEW: More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
www.propublica.org
July 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Before states banned abortion, one of the gravest outcomes of early miscarriage could easily be avoided: Doctors could offer a dilation and curettage procedure, which quickly empties the uterus and allows it to close, protecting against a life-threatening hemorrhage.
Apple! Don’t think you’ve given a fu@k since Jobs died.The recent groveling says a lot. I moved from Spotify recently before your obfuscation. Just got around to trying to use music on my tv and phone to tv. Yikes. Ready to burn through some shows and opt out. So bad. Taking calls for better options
September 30, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Apple! Don’t think you’ve given a fu@k since Jobs died.The recent groveling says a lot. I moved from Spotify recently before your obfuscation. Just got around to trying to use music on my tv and phone to tv. Yikes. Ready to burn through some shows and opt out. So bad. Taking calls for better options
Delivering while brown
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Delivering while brown
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A traditional Native American ceremony is held at the Broadview.
ICE Facility In Chicago, featuring a spiritual round dance of healing.
ICE Facility In Chicago, featuring a spiritual round dance of healing.
September 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
A traditional Native American ceremony is held at the Broadview.
ICE Facility In Chicago, featuring a spiritual round dance of healing.
ICE Facility In Chicago, featuring a spiritual round dance of healing.
This is what is happening in daylight, in public, to a 79 year old citizen and business owner. What do you think is happening inside those detention centers?
WATCH THIS: Trump’s America is a police state in real time. ICE thugs just brutalized a 79-year-old citizen—threw him down like trash. Now they’re facing a $50 MILLION lawsuit.
This is how democracies collapse—one assault at a time.
This is how democracies collapse—one assault at a time.
September 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This is what is happening in daylight, in public, to a 79 year old citizen and business owner. What do you think is happening inside those detention centers?
This near century old committee “…has submitted more than 1,000 recommendations and as of 2023, approximately 95% of those policies or changes had been fully or partially adopted.”
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Pentagon shutters women’s advisory group
The Pentagon announced it would terminate a women’s advisory group that made policy suggestions ranging from safety equipment to recruiting.
taskandpurpose.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This near century old committee “…has submitted more than 1,000 recommendations and as of 2023, approximately 95% of those policies or changes had been fully or partially adopted.”
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“…decrease the surplus population”
But the good news is, RFK Jr is in charge of public health.
September 20, 2025 at 5:01 AM
“…decrease the surplus population”
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Thanks for that.
Thanks for that.
September 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Thanks for that.
Thanks for that.
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you are SUPPOSED to be able to trust the news! you are supposed to be able to trust public officials! none of us are supposed to make sifting through every piece of data we consume to test its veracity our full time job!
September 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
you are SUPPOSED to be able to trust the news! you are supposed to be able to trust public officials! none of us are supposed to make sifting through every piece of data we consume to test its veracity our full time job!