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This country is a hellscape: Imprisoned teenage boys & young men 18 to 24 are being used to battle the wildfires. 95% are Black, Latino, or Filipino; earn between $2.20 & $4 per hour, plus an additional $1 an hour when they’re actively fighting fires
In California, Incarcerated Teenagers Help Fight Wildfires
"You’re put in danger every time you’re on the fire line.”
www.teenvogue.com
January 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Firefighters from Mexico just arrived at LAX. They'll be joining 14,000+ personnel already battling the #PalisadesFire.

California is immensely grateful to our neighbors' support in the fight against the wildfires in Los Angeles.
January 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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remarkable to me that far from seeming cool or masculine zuck seems like an even bigger loser — the kind of nerd who preemptively gives his lunch money to the bully and thanks him for the opportunity
January 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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this urge to launder rfk jr. as “just a guy who is right about a few things” is such a perfect example of how liberals are people who won’t take their own side in a fight
January 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Need to get a fucking tattoo that I can point to that says “It does not excuse it, but it does explain it”
December 13, 2024 at 11:42 PM
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NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.

Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.

www.propublica.org/article/unit...

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UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’...
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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White people, it’s not enough to not be racist. Y’all need to HATE racism like Kendrick Lamar hates Drake. Commit to the goddamned bit.
November 25, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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I see how that works, yes. Do you?
November 21, 2024 at 10:28 AM
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A newly released police report unearthed details about a 2017 sexual assault allegation against Pete Hegseth, Trump's Defense Department nominee.
Police Report Unearths New Details Around 2017 Pete Hegseth Sexual Assault Allegation
The accusations have complicated the process for Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense.
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:28 PM
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That’s a great idea.

Perhaps expand the labeler for any elected official that shows up here and labels them with all the big money donors they have.

NRA, big oil, pharma, etc
November 20, 2024 at 6:24 PM
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Please just block folks. They heard we were having fun over here and they know their existence depends on our attention. Please just block. Don't argue, don't repost, just block and ignore.
November 20, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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Last year, when I was at MSNBC, I did a 10-minute deep-dive into RFK Jr's anti-vaxxer role in the measles outbreak that killed dozens and dozens of kids in Samoa.

I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:
RFK Jr., anti-vaxxers, and a measles outbreak: Mehdi’s deep dive
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:33 PM
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Sure is convenient that no one forced out Eric Adams and now Trump can dangle a pardon to ensure he uses the NYPD to strangle resistance to Trump in NYC and carry out mass deportation. Not only that, the city council was just defanged by referendum this past election.
November 20, 2024 at 12:02 AM
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We don’t have to repeat the mistakes of Twitter by following these outrage farmers when they come here. We can all just agree that these people universally suck and go about our lives without them in it. We don’t have to share “this person who sucks said another thing that sucks.” We can have peace!
every one of those op-ed columnists has spent years building up a follower list on twitter, many of whom left, and so they are angry because you owe them your attention ad to help them get paid, your entire existence is to facilitate their need to put in as little effort as possible, know your place
Step 1: Elon takes over Twitter, unbans and amplifies the worst white nationalist posters, methodically turns it into a right wing echo chamber.

Step 2: Users who aren’t white nationalists or MAGA extremists leave for Bluesky en masse.

Step 3: op-ed columnists fret, “is Bluesky an echo chamber?”
November 16, 2024 at 8:35 PM
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Pro tip: If the people who make their money by preying on the working class are happy, then you should be worried.
November 17, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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Amazing meme potential
Joe Biden becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Amazon Rainforest.
November 17, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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It’s seems as if a lot of folk have accepted the term skeets on here!
a group of men are watching a basketball game between the chicago bulls and miami heat
ALT: a group of men are watching a basketball game between the chicago bulls and miami heat
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:56 AM
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it absolutely rules to keep seeing the worst people on the internet come on to this site to post “well well well i’m really going to TRIGGER some people here huh,” and them me just hitting one button and never thinking about them again lmao
November 17, 2024 at 3:31 AM
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UFC is actively driving out of the sport anyone not avowedly right wing. There will be no short or even medium term consequences. Long term, however, might be different. Tethering your fandom and base so nakedly to right wing identity will almost certainly have some kind of long term consequences.
November 17, 2024 at 3:49 PM
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Sure they have ruthless billionaires ready to smash their enemies but we have a comparative lit major at Northwestern.
November 17, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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they will never, and can never, understand that the established baseline for dem-critical analyses is always “republicans are extremely bad.”
November 17, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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There’s this dude whose whole schtick on Threads is finding my criticisms of the Democrats and trying to “correct” them by pointing out the Republicans are worse and it’s like … surely you have better things to do than fail to police me
November 17, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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Please make this a new standard
Get into the habit of stopping, asking yourself "am I being engagement farmed", and then act accordingly.
November 17, 2024 at 12:07 AM