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Once upon a time, American soldiers handed out food to Germans because *they* had followed a fascist madman into national ruin.

How times change.
NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.

The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.
www.404media.co
November 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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“Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar”

Never forget or forgive that Trump, Rubio, & Musk *chose* to inflict this monumental level of death and suffering on the poorest & most vulnerable people.
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.
October 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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From this month's edition of The Onion.
August 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Greta Thunberg being released...

the internetWorld is gunna explode on this one

c'mon lets make this interview statement Famous!!
June 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Three months ago today, plain-clothes ICE agents abducted Mahmoud Khalil in his apartment building lobby after they'd followed him home.

Free Mahmoud.
June 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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UnitedHealth secretly pressured nurses to change patients' records to include DNRs (Do Not Resuscitate) without their consent, so those patients would die instead of being saved with medical interventions that could cost UnitedHealth money.

This is murder.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
May 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
April 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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This is so damning - Apple used its copywriting prowess to make the web itself sound unsafe www.theverge.com/apple/659296...
May 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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If I had money to invest and only two options: an AI VC or Marc, I would put all my money into the AI VC's robotic hands rather than Marc.

Truly our clearest example of the ravages of the billionaire mind virus.
AGI is coming for all of us. It will write symphonies, direct movies, and author the best novels.

The only thing it won’t be able to do is VC investing, which must be reserved as a task only for the most-special people
April 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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A horticulturalist at my work asked me to "spread the love for Arbor Day," so here's Fragonard's ink, wash, and chalk drawing of The Avenue of Cypresses at Villa d'Este, 1760 and c. 1765. Now that's some epic trees!
April 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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I spent the day at the ICE Detention centers where Rümeysa Öztürk and Mahmoud Khalil are being unjustly detained. They've been taken thousands of miles away from home and denied due process.

I’m here to call for their immediate release and make it known that they haven’t been forgotten.
April 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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This is why politicians love doing podcasts, just one softball question after another here from Bari Weiss to Marco Rubio. So much important stuff to challenge him on - especially free speech, ostensibly the Free Press’s biggest issue! - and she just… doesn’t.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio With Bari Weiss of The Free Press’s Honestly with Bari Weiss Podcast - United States Department of State
QUESTION:  Secretary Rubio, welcome to Honestly.   SECRETARY RUBIO:  Thank you.   QUESTION:  I want to start with the report that came out today from Gabe Kaminsky and Maddie Rowley, and it’s about th...
www.state.gov
April 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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It’s #WIPWednesday! 🧶

This is what I’ve been knitting between Fight the Oligarchy rally stops.

Oversized Seasons Cardigan by Ozetta.

Splurged big-time on the yarn (🫣) but honestly after holding this thing for weeks I’m happy I did. Woolerton Estates in Fluffy. #KnitSky
April 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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The Miami Herald is doing remarkable public service journalism on deported Venezuelans and the crimes being committed against them. Almost like news institutions that are located in and around the communities they serve end up being accountable for serving those communities
April 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Jake Tapper: "One 60 Minutes source tells me, 'The lawsuit was baseless. Bill Owens wouldn't apologize. He wouldn't bend. He fought for the broadcast and for independent journalism and that cost him his job. It's shameful.'"
April 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:
April 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
The Department of Homeland Security denied Mahmoud Khalil permission to attend the birth of his first child, who was delivered at a New York hospital on Monday, according to emails reviewed by The New York Times.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth
Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Incredible work here by Nilay to expose more telco hypocrisy.
I really enjoyed talking to Verizon consumer CEO Sowmyanarayan Sampath — telecom CEOs do not usually want to talk to me! — but this answer about fighting net neutrality vs fighting Trump and Carr on open censorship sent me reeling www.theverge.com/decoder-podc...
April 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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I know @safety.bsky.app team is not a big one but it doesn’t look good when you have a huge wave of new users from Turkey because of government enforced censorship on X/Twitter and then you silently add a country specific moderation service and start blocking users.
April 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Bluesky continues to comply with access blocking orders issued by the Turkish government and is restricting access from Turkey to accounts critical of the government.

As part of this, the platform has also blocked access to the accounts @mervemeleek.bsky.social and @edirneliallah.bsky.social.
April 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Ended. Up.

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April 13, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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NEW: Rümeysa Öztürk says she's had 4 painful asthma attacks in ICE custody, and not only is her asthma going untreated but a nurse tore off her hijab, saying, "You need to take that thing off your head." www.aclum.org/sites/defaul...
April 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM