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The enemy is always aristocracy. It changes shape to fit whatever society we’re in, but the desire for it is endemic for certain types of people. You must learn to hate it as much as it hates you.
"At least $5.9 trillion will be inherited by billionaire children over the next 15 years, the bank calculates."
Billionaires are inheriting record levels of wealth, UBS report finds reut.rs/3MFJWnW
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The enemy is always aristocracy. It changes shape to fit whatever society we’re in, but the desire for it is endemic for certain types of people. You must learn to hate it as much as it hates you.
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That near-50/50 split before 10 years old followed by a PLUNGE in the transfem rate taking it down to just 30% of referrals at 10-19 is... a lot of transfem suffering condensed into one graph, that's for sure
3 Aug 25 - New study shows vast "over-representation of trans boys" turns out to be vast _under-representation_ of trans girls bec. they: a) come out ~10 years later; b) start puberty later; & c) delay transitioning longer because of deep social animus towards AMAB femininity.
tinyurl.com/yrwvmxws
tinyurl.com/yrwvmxws
August 4, 2025 at 5:14 AM
That near-50/50 split before 10 years old followed by a PLUNGE in the transfem rate taking it down to just 30% of referrals at 10-19 is... a lot of transfem suffering condensed into one graph, that's for sure
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confirmed: all the best posters on this website are 30 or 40 years old and love ds9
i am always blown away by just how far ahead of its time DS9 was. really some of the most remarkable feats of writing in TV history. and the kind of show that could only have worked with 30+ episode seasons
July 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
confirmed: all the best posters on this website are 30 or 40 years old and love ds9
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It’s a concentration camp and they plan on killing people there.
250 people detained in the Florida Everglades have no criminal convictions or pending charges.
Exclusive: Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learns
Descriptions of the Everglades detention center as a place for violent criminals tell only part of the story.
www.miamiherald.com
July 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It’s a concentration camp and they plan on killing people there.
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This is a concentration camp
July 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is a concentration camp
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Again, it is just straightforwardly the case right now that the U.S. Constitution is no longer in effect. That isn't hyperbole. If the legislative branch and the judiciary sit idly by while the president flagrantly violates the Constitution, I'm not sure how else you'd describe it.
this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?
June 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Again, it is just straightforwardly the case right now that the U.S. Constitution is no longer in effect. That isn't hyperbole. If the legislative branch and the judiciary sit idly by while the president flagrantly violates the Constitution, I'm not sure how else you'd describe it.
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Once more with feeling
June 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Once more with feeling
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illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president
June 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president
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This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.
June 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.
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This sounds like a bit but I’m being serious: kids using chat gpt for their homework are denying themselves the invaluable experience of learning how to bullshit their way through a problem. You drink some caffeine the night before and figure it the fuck out. That’s a skill. You need it in life.
June 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This sounds like a bit but I’m being serious: kids using chat gpt for their homework are denying themselves the invaluable experience of learning how to bullshit their way through a problem. You drink some caffeine the night before and figure it the fuck out. That’s a skill. You need it in life.
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borders and states aren’t real, anybody who wants to stroll into the U.S. should be able to do so whenever they want, I don’t fuckin care
June 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
borders and states aren’t real, anybody who wants to stroll into the U.S. should be able to do so whenever they want, I don’t fuckin care
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The era of transition we might soon exit -- HRT is more accessible than it has been at any point in history -- is by far not the historical norm, and before it, trans people were still accessing medical care. We have always taken care of each other; we will always take care of each other.
we're not going to win by telling other trans people 'we're all going to be forced to detransition or die.' we're not going to win by insisting that there be 'no parties or sex until after the revolution.' we will not win by fear and shame. we win by doing that which keeps us alive
May 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The era of transition we might soon exit -- HRT is more accessible than it has been at any point in history -- is by far not the historical norm, and before it, trans people were still accessing medical care. We have always taken care of each other; we will always take care of each other.
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Abolish ICE is the compromise position. We need to abolish the entire Department of Homeland Security, which was created after 9-11 with the express purpose of terrorizing immigrant communities, activists, and ordinary people in a sickening display of security theater that does not make anyone safer
May 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Abolish ICE is the compromise position. We need to abolish the entire Department of Homeland Security, which was created after 9-11 with the express purpose of terrorizing immigrant communities, activists, and ordinary people in a sickening display of security theater that does not make anyone safer
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everyone should be calling this what it is, which is murder. every cut to social security, to medicaid, means people who depend on those programs will die, which is the goal. these are the Death Panels the right lied about
SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me.
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
everyone should be calling this what it is, which is murder. every cut to social security, to medicaid, means people who depend on those programs will die, which is the goal. these are the Death Panels the right lied about
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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this is just abjectly fucking terrifying
nobody should be disappeared because they wrote an op-ed
nobody should be disappeared at all
nobody should be disappeared because they wrote an op-ed
nobody should be disappeared at all
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
this is just abjectly fucking terrifying
nobody should be disappeared because they wrote an op-ed
nobody should be disappeared at all
nobody should be disappeared because they wrote an op-ed
nobody should be disappeared at all
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Yearning for Reagan is a special kind of fuck you because not only was Reagan extremely bad for the country but he killed an entire generation of queer people and given how this country is trying to legislate trans people out of existence, if you believe Reagan is good kindly eat my shit and hair
March 5, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Yearning for Reagan is a special kind of fuck you because not only was Reagan extremely bad for the country but he killed an entire generation of queer people and given how this country is trying to legislate trans people out of existence, if you believe Reagan is good kindly eat my shit and hair
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old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
March 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
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Every day there come dozens of reminders that Republicans are literal Nazis
“In the US Department of Agriculture, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials, according to interviews with workers and a document reviewed by Mother Jones.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
LGBTQ federal workers brace for a McCarthyist purge
"They’re not asking people, ‘Are you gay? Are you lesbian?’ They’re asking, ‘Who is participating in DEI?'"
www.motherjones.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Every day there come dozens of reminders that Republicans are literal Nazis
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drugs have taken too many beloved celebrities from us over the years but drugs also have a rare chance right now to radically rehabilitate their image
February 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
drugs have taken too many beloved celebrities from us over the years but drugs also have a rare chance right now to radically rehabilitate their image
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In addition to Congress being the place that makes the laws, pretty key thing, the constitution explicitly says Congress gets to create the postal system. It’s not left implied that that comes under law making generally. The President has no power to unilaterally abolish it and move it to commerce.
February 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
In addition to Congress being the place that makes the laws, pretty key thing, the constitution explicitly says Congress gets to create the postal system. It’s not left implied that that comes under law making generally. The President has no power to unilaterally abolish it and move it to commerce.
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It’s absolutely a Nazi salute. But note how weak it is. Whether it’s sincere or “ironic” (and that doesn’t make a difference), he doesn’t quite have the cobbles to do it vigorously. He does it like grandma struggling to put her shawl on a hook.
February 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
It’s absolutely a Nazi salute. But note how weak it is. Whether it’s sincere or “ironic” (and that doesn’t make a difference), he doesn’t quite have the cobbles to do it vigorously. He does it like grandma struggling to put her shawl on a hook.