Brooding Mara
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Nerdy. Witchy. Obsessive. Doing my part to turn NC blue. Cats, rats, herps, and harpies.
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🚨 BREAKING: Oversight Dems received 95,000 new photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. These disturbing images raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world.
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Oversight Dems received 95,000 new photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. These disturbing images raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world.
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
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Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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Stuff with the US and Venezuela is bad and likely to get worse, but this seized tanker is reportedly owned by a Russian oligarch, and was sanctioned by the US Treasury in 2022 due to suspected involvement in illegal oil smuggling with Iran. Plus breaking maritime law re: flags.
Not piracy. Not war.
Not piracy. Not war.
December 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Stuff with the US and Venezuela is bad and likely to get worse, but this seized tanker is reportedly owned by a Russian oligarch, and was sanctioned by the US Treasury in 2022 due to suspected involvement in illegal oil smuggling with Iran. Plus breaking maritime law re: flags.
Not piracy. Not war.
Not piracy. Not war.
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The US is now just the drunk crank at the end of the bar waving a gun around
Trump on the president of Colombia: "He's gonna have himself some big problems if he doesn't wise up ... he better wise up or he'll be next. I hope he's listening. He's gonna be next."
December 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The US is now just the drunk crank at the end of the bar waving a gun around
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every other publisher needs to pay attention to this
when i hit a link to a paywalled article, paying $2 to read it is exactly what i want
not a subscription, not your mailing list; just let me pay you a reasonable amount of money to read a single article!
when i hit a link to a paywalled article, paying $2 to read it is exactly what i want
not a subscription, not your mailing list; just let me pay you a reasonable amount of money to read a single article!
Yes, it is paywalled! And every time y'all point this out, we will reiterate that writers and artists deserve to be paid for their work. We are an independent publication run and owned by workers. Also A LOT OF OUR CONTENT IS FREE.
Plus, you can read single articles for $2. Including this one.
Plus, you can read single articles for $2. Including this one.
Paywalled
December 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
every other publisher needs to pay attention to this
when i hit a link to a paywalled article, paying $2 to read it is exactly what i want
not a subscription, not your mailing list; just let me pay you a reasonable amount of money to read a single article!
when i hit a link to a paywalled article, paying $2 to read it is exactly what i want
not a subscription, not your mailing list; just let me pay you a reasonable amount of money to read a single article!
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“If we allow Russia to come out of this conflict as a victor, we have all lost” - very important and timely words from Czech President Petr Pavel.
The cost to stop a growing evil today will always be lower than the cost to stop it tomorrow.
And not just in money.
The cost to stop a growing evil today will always be lower than the cost to stop it tomorrow.
And not just in money.
December 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“If we allow Russia to come out of this conflict as a victor, we have all lost” - very important and timely words from Czech President Petr Pavel.
The cost to stop a growing evil today will always be lower than the cost to stop it tomorrow.
And not just in money.
The cost to stop a growing evil today will always be lower than the cost to stop it tomorrow.
And not just in money.
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
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Per the ACIP website, this is the vote language on the HepB business: "For infants born to HBsAg-negative women: ACIP recommends individual-based decision-making, in consultation with a health care provider, for parents deciding when or if to give the HBV vaccine, including the birth dose."
December 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Per the ACIP website, this is the vote language on the HepB business: "For infants born to HBsAg-negative women: ACIP recommends individual-based decision-making, in consultation with a health care provider, for parents deciding when or if to give the HBV vaccine, including the birth dose."
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It's time to talk to you about my cat.
Vital Cat Update
It’s time to talk about my cat. To which you might be saying, “Chuck, I didn’t know you had a cat!” and I’d respond with, “I didn’t know I had a cat either…
terribleminds.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It's time to talk to you about my cat.
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My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
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Democracy is a group project & a lot of you motherfuckers let everybody else do the work & then complain about the fucking grade.
December 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Democracy is a group project & a lot of you motherfuckers let everybody else do the work & then complain about the fucking grade.
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Pardon?
Patel on J6 arrest: "When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life."
December 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Pardon?
I'm just blocking any news/reporters interviewing Nuzzi. Stop rewarding corruption and attention-seeking tactics with more attention.
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I'm just blocking any news/reporters interviewing Nuzzi. Stop rewarding corruption and attention-seeking tactics with more attention.
The garum zipper pouch!
The last Pasts Imperfect of 2025 is out! The incomparable @toriflee.bsky.social has our annual ancient world gift guide. Then, saving Sudan's cultural heritage, cats in Ancient China, Indigenous canoe-making, ancient disability, new ancient world journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & much more!
Pasts Imperfect (12.4.25)
This week, the one and only Tori Lee returns with her annual ancient world gift guide. Then, racing to preserve Sudan's cultural heritage, a new study on domestic cats assesses the leopard cats of anc...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The garum zipper pouch!
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Chenlu Hou, “Kai Ming Shou-The enlightened beast ultimately chose jump rope” (2024)
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/chia...
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/chia...
December 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Chenlu Hou, “Kai Ming Shou-The enlightened beast ultimately chose jump rope” (2024)
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/chia...
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/chia...
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Yesterday the President fell asleep, yet again, during a televised fake Cabinet meeting staged so that each of his courtiers could heap praise on him, praise for which he couldn't stay conscious. He woke up just long enough to spew racism. Why is this not being treated as an emergency? >
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Yesterday the President fell asleep, yet again, during a televised fake Cabinet meeting staged so that each of his courtiers could heap praise on him, praise for which he couldn't stay conscious. He woke up just long enough to spew racism. Why is this not being treated as an emergency? >
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He shouldn’t just be pushed out as the House Democrats’ leader; he needs to be primaried out of his seat entirely. Just a complete waste of a deep blue seat.
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
He shouldn’t just be pushed out as the House Democrats’ leader; he needs to be primaried out of his seat entirely. Just a complete waste of a deep blue seat.
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Again, I want Republicans to tell themselves that nothings wrong all the way to next November. If soothing themselves with Cook PVI is part of how they completely blow the midterms, then sooth it up guys
December 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Again, I want Republicans to tell themselves that nothings wrong all the way to next November. If soothing themselves with Cook PVI is part of how they completely blow the midterms, then sooth it up guys
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Following Governor Stein's veto, Duke Energy's lobbyists and Republican leaders leaned on several Democrats in the State House to override the veto, and three finally did. Those Democrats are Rep. Carla Cunningham, Rep. Nasif Majeed, and Rep. Shelley Willingham. SB 266 is now law.
December 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Following Governor Stein's veto, Duke Energy's lobbyists and Republican leaders leaned on several Democrats in the State House to override the veto, and three finally did. Those Democrats are Rep. Carla Cunningham, Rep. Nasif Majeed, and Rep. Shelley Willingham. SB 266 is now law.
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Duke Energy is one of the biggest spenders on lobbying and campaign contributions in North Carolina's state legislature. What does that buy them?
Here's a perfect example.
Here's a perfect example.
December 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Duke Energy is one of the biggest spenders on lobbying and campaign contributions in North Carolina's state legislature. What does that buy them?
Here's a perfect example.
Here's a perfect example.
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I am pleased to announce that from Jan 1 2026 I take over as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Biological Theory. My first act, with the support of the editorial team, is to bring the journal to BlueSky from X.
Please follow us @biologicaltheory.bsky.social. We will be posting about all our articles.
Please follow us @biologicaltheory.bsky.social. We will be posting about all our articles.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I am pleased to announce that from Jan 1 2026 I take over as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Biological Theory. My first act, with the support of the editorial team, is to bring the journal to BlueSky from X.
Please follow us @biologicaltheory.bsky.social. We will be posting about all our articles.
Please follow us @biologicaltheory.bsky.social. We will be posting about all our articles.
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Ukraine already tried giving up land for Russia’s word to stop attacking, with the Minsk Agreements of 2014-15. Russia violated them with a full scale invasion in 2022.
Why would Ukraine think land for peace would work this time, especially when a Putin-sympathetic US won’t do security guarantees?
Why would Ukraine think land for peace would work this time, especially when a Putin-sympathetic US won’t do security guarantees?
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that if Ukraine takes the right steps, its GDP could surpass Russia’s within 10 years.
"They are literally fighting over a 30-50 km strip in Donetsk, roughly 20% of the region still under Ukrainian control and now a central issue in negotiations."
"They are literally fighting over a 30-50 km strip in Donetsk, roughly 20% of the region still under Ukrainian control and now a central issue in negotiations."
December 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Ukraine already tried giving up land for Russia’s word to stop attacking, with the Minsk Agreements of 2014-15. Russia violated them with a full scale invasion in 2022.
Why would Ukraine think land for peace would work this time, especially when a Putin-sympathetic US won’t do security guarantees?
Why would Ukraine think land for peace would work this time, especially when a Putin-sympathetic US won’t do security guarantees?
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i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
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Boys need more friends who are girls, not girlfriends.
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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time.com/7335723/auto...
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Boys need more friends who are girls, not girlfriends.