DianeO
@dikamp.bsky.social
Did you hear about the agnostic, dyslexic, insomniac? She stays up all night wondering if there really is a dog.
That pretty much covers it.
That pretty much covers it.
Scott Adams’ deathbed conversion to Christianity shouldn’t be taken seriously
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Scott Adams’ deathbed conversion to Christianity shouldn’t be taken seriously
The "Dilbert" creator reduced Christianity to Pascal’s Wager, and plenty of conservatives applauded the con
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January 14, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Scott Adams’ deathbed conversion to Christianity shouldn’t be taken seriously
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Ohio’s "Success Sequence" bill turns poverty into a personal failure
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Ohio’s "Success Sequence" bill turns poverty into a personal failure
A new bill making its way through the GOP-led legislature ignores systemic inequality in favor of conservative talking points
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January 13, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Ohio’s "Success Sequence" bill turns poverty into a personal failure
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January 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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It’s darkly humorous he can’t even muster the ability to give some lip service to democracy or allowing the Venezuelan people to choose their leader.
FOX & FRIENDS: What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people now that you have removed Maduro so he can face American justice?
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
January 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
It’s darkly humorous he can’t even muster the ability to give some lip service to democracy or allowing the Venezuelan people to choose their leader.
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In his 2019 memoir The Threat, former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe quotes first-term Trump saying Venezuela was “the country we should be going to war with, they have all that oil and they’re right on our back door.”
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Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
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January 3, 2026 at 1:53 PM
In his 2019 memoir The Threat, former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe quotes first-term Trump saying Venezuela was “the country we should be going to war with, they have all that oil and they’re right on our back door.”
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In case there was any doubt about where big tech stands.
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
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Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable…
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December 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
In case there was any doubt about where big tech stands.
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Is it really so hard to give state employees time off for the holidays without using government power to preach your personal religious beliefs?
Apparently it is.
Apparently it is.
A governor is not a preacher.
A proclamation is not a sermon.
So why is Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders telling state employees to spend the holidays "giving thanks for Christ’s birth"?
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A proclamation is not a sermon.
So why is Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders telling state employees to spend the holidays "giving thanks for Christ’s birth"?
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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders turned a holiday email to state employees into a Christian sermon
Sanders' proclamation violated the idea of church/state separation by treating Christian doctrine as state policy
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December 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Is it really so hard to give state employees time off for the holidays without using government power to preach your personal religious beliefs?
Apparently it is.
Apparently it is.
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Curious to learn more about CECOT?
Hear Juan, Andry, and Wilmer share firsthand how the Trump administration branded them as gang members without evidence and deported them to the brutal El Salvadoran prison.
This @pbsnews.org documentary is available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lku5...
Hear Juan, Andry, and Wilmer share firsthand how the Trump administration branded them as gang members without evidence and deported them to the brutal El Salvadoran prison.
This @pbsnews.org documentary is available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lku5...
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
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December 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Curious to learn more about CECOT?
Hear Juan, Andry, and Wilmer share firsthand how the Trump administration branded them as gang members without evidence and deported them to the brutal El Salvadoran prison.
This @pbsnews.org documentary is available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lku5...
Hear Juan, Andry, and Wilmer share firsthand how the Trump administration branded them as gang members without evidence and deported them to the brutal El Salvadoran prison.
This @pbsnews.org documentary is available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lku5...
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We are not, have never been and never will be a Christian nation.
We're a secular nation where you're free to believe whatever you want.
We're a secular nation where you're free to believe whatever you want.
JD Vance gets the biggest applause of his speech so far when he says "by the grace of God we always will be a Christian nation"
December 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
We are not, have never been and never will be a Christian nation.
We're a secular nation where you're free to believe whatever you want.
We're a secular nation where you're free to believe whatever you want.
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The Florida supreme court today rejected challenges to a recent law that allows death sentences by split juries.
Nearly all other states with the death penalty require juries to be unanimous.
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Nearly all other states with the death penalty require juries to be unanimous.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Florida supreme court today rejected challenges to a recent law that allows death sentences by split juries.
Nearly all other states with the death penalty require juries to be unanimous.
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Nearly all other states with the death penalty require juries to be unanimous.
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Remember awhile back when AIPAC dropped Randy Fine from their website after he said "starve away" in response to 4 kids in Gaza dying of starvation?
AIPAC then said "consideration" for endorsing Fine would take place later.
Well, turns out AIPAC has added Fine back to their site:
AIPAC then said "consideration" for endorsing Fine would take place later.
Well, turns out AIPAC has added Fine back to their site:
December 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Remember awhile back when AIPAC dropped Randy Fine from their website after he said "starve away" in response to 4 kids in Gaza dying of starvation?
AIPAC then said "consideration" for endorsing Fine would take place later.
Well, turns out AIPAC has added Fine back to their site:
AIPAC then said "consideration" for endorsing Fine would take place later.
Well, turns out AIPAC has added Fine back to their site:
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In 1996, Donald Trump crashed a gala fundraiser for a pediatric AIDS charity and took a seat on the dais. He wasn't invited. He hadn't even contributed to the charity, and never did. He just wanted to be at the front of the room, receiving honor and applause.
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Trump boasts about his philanthropy. But his giving falls short of his words.
The Republican has not followed through on many of his promises to give to charity.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
In 1996, Donald Trump crashed a gala fundraiser for a pediatric AIDS charity and took a seat on the dais. He wasn't invited. He hadn't even contributed to the charity, and never did. He just wanted to be at the front of the room, receiving honor and applause.
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WTF?
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
WTF?
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people www.sfgate.com/national-par...
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Pro tip to Laura Loomer who deleted this: The Internet is written in indelible ink.
September 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Pro tip to Laura Loomer who deleted this: The Internet is written in indelible ink.
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We're in court today challenging a Texas law that requires all public K-12 schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom.
Public school is for learning, not evangelizing.
Public school is for learning, not evangelizing.
August 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We're in court today challenging a Texas law that requires all public K-12 schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom.
Public school is for learning, not evangelizing.
Public school is for learning, not evangelizing.
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The VISIBLE Act would require federal agents to wear visible ID and ban their use of ski masks and other non-medical face coverings.
Urge your members of Congress to support this critical bill at aclu.org/pass_visible.
Urge your members of Congress to support this critical bill at aclu.org/pass_visible.
August 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The VISIBLE Act would require federal agents to wear visible ID and ban their use of ski masks and other non-medical face coverings.
Urge your members of Congress to support this critical bill at aclu.org/pass_visible.
Urge your members of Congress to support this critical bill at aclu.org/pass_visible.
What is your one small thing to help preserve sanity in this insane world?
I have started collecting books that have been banned in the past - before they are banned out of existence. I want the children in my family to read, learn, & pass it on.
#onesmallthing is a big thing!
I have started collecting books that have been banned in the past - before they are banned out of existence. I want the children in my family to read, learn, & pass it on.
#onesmallthing is a big thing!
American Library Association
Awards, publishing, and conferences: ALA membership advocates to ensure access to information for all
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August 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
What is your one small thing to help preserve sanity in this insane world?
I have started collecting books that have been banned in the past - before they are banned out of existence. I want the children in my family to read, learn, & pass it on.
#onesmallthing is a big thing!
I have started collecting books that have been banned in the past - before they are banned out of existence. I want the children in my family to read, learn, & pass it on.
#onesmallthing is a big thing!
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The word for “Underage woman” is child. The word for sex with a child is rape.
Fox’s word choice make them complicit
Fox’s word choice make them complicit
July 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The word for “Underage woman” is child. The word for sex with a child is rape.
Fox’s word choice make them complicit
Fox’s word choice make them complicit
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The separation of church and state isn’t about hostility to religion — it’s about preventing Christian nationalists like Mike Johnson from hijacking OUR government to impose THEIR personal beliefs on everyone else.
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Speaker Mike Johnson on X: "The True Meaning of "The Separation of Church and State"" / X
The True Meaning of "The Separation of Church and State"
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July 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The separation of church and state isn’t about hostility to religion — it’s about preventing Christian nationalists like Mike Johnson from hijacking OUR government to impose THEIR personal beliefs on everyone else.
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Prime Day is a scam and Amazon is one of the companies trying to buy out American democracy. Purchase your books via Bookshop to support your favorite indie bookstore instead—or support RJL!
Bookshop is running a 90-hour anti-Prime sale in the US.
Bookshop is running a 90-hour anti-Prime sale in the US.
Read Japanese Literature Bookshop
The affiliate bookstore for ReadJapaneseLiterature.comand the podcast Read Japanese Literature.
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July 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Prime Day is a scam and Amazon is one of the companies trying to buy out American democracy. Purchase your books via Bookshop to support your favorite indie bookstore instead—or support RJL!
Bookshop is running a 90-hour anti-Prime sale in the US.
Bookshop is running a 90-hour anti-Prime sale in the US.