Katie
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child-laden cat lady - bookworm - texan
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I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
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Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
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November 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
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The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
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watching your husband’s phone light up like a Christmas tree and knowing it’s President Donald J Trump
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM
watching your husband’s phone light up like a Christmas tree and knowing it’s President Donald J Trump
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It’s all like watching two train wrecks get in a train wreck but the fake article about her own affair just sums every little part of it up.
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
It’s all like watching two train wrecks get in a train wreck but the fake article about her own affair just sums every little part of it up.
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He’s surrounded by such wormy little losers at the White House that I think he was like wow a cool guy
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
He’s surrounded by such wormy little losers at the White House that I think he was like wow a cool guy
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for senior citizens it can mean so much to spend quality time with a young person, even if it's just a few minutes
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
for senior citizens it can mean so much to spend quality time with a young person, even if it's just a few minutes
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November 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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The partisan divide has grown, too. The wealthiest 100 tended to give more to Republicans than to Democrats before last year. But giving to the GOP spiked in 2024, with *84%* of donations going to back Republicans or conservative PACs.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The partisan divide has grown, too. The wealthiest 100 tended to give more to Republicans than to Democrats before last year. But giving to the GOP spiked in 2024, with *84%* of donations going to back Republicans or conservative PACs.
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As mayor of New York Mamdani controls access to the one thing Trump values above all else: tickets to CATS.
November 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
As mayor of New York Mamdani controls access to the one thing Trump values above all else: tickets to CATS.
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
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I closed social media for like three hours and the Pope threw a rave, MTG resigned, and Trump endorsed Mamdani before Chuck Schumer did? Now accepting bribes to close social media for all of next week
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I closed social media for like three hours and the Pope threw a rave, MTG resigned, and Trump endorsed Mamdani before Chuck Schumer did? Now accepting bribes to close social media for all of next week
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NOT NOW, BIRD FLU
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
NOT NOW, BIRD FLU
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Imagine if someone a few weeks ago told you that Trump would call Marjorie Taylor Greene a “traitor” and drive her out of the House AND praise Mamdani as a guy who will do a good job as mayor. What would you have said to that?
November 22, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Imagine if someone a few weeks ago told you that Trump would call Marjorie Taylor Greene a “traitor” and drive her out of the House AND praise Mamdani as a guy who will do a good job as mayor. What would you have said to that?
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I've gotten into bed, which means it is Cat Wailing Time
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I've gotten into bed, which means it is Cat Wailing Time
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8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
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Buttigieg is a hard act to follow under President Teevee but this shit, brother, is embarrassing
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Buttigieg is a hard act to follow under President Teevee but this shit, brother, is embarrassing
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Somewhere someone is beginning to type a column called “Newsom/Taylor Greene 2028? Why this odd pairing might be exactly what America needs”
November 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Somewhere someone is beginning to type a column called “Newsom/Taylor Greene 2028? Why this odd pairing might be exactly what America needs”
I love that hockey teams have "bring your dad on your work trip" and "bring your mom on your work trip" weeks. What other grown-up job arranges for your parents to come on your work trips and go to work with you? #hockey
November 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I love that hockey teams have "bring your dad on your work trip" and "bring your mom on your work trip" weeks. What other grown-up job arranges for your parents to come on your work trips and go to work with you? #hockey
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"Looking into a mirror that makes you insane" is the sort of story that has been told in countless iterations for centuries and yet here he were
November 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
"Looking into a mirror that makes you insane" is the sort of story that has been told in countless iterations for centuries and yet here he were
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broken record on this but a similarly great beat for left wing media would be covering arts and culture and not just focusing primarily on politics and current events because there's a massive void there right now
it does seem like there’s a major—though potentially fleeting—opportunity to invest in left-wing media. more than a million people in the most populous city in america just enthusiastically elected a democratic socialist and the world is watching. putting $$ towards left media rn is good business.
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
broken record on this but a similarly great beat for left wing media would be covering arts and culture and not just focusing primarily on politics and current events because there's a massive void there right now
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"I unequivocally reject identity politics" i scream, right before selecting my five gallon cowboy hat for my Fox Business interview.
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"I unequivocally reject identity politics" i scream, right before selecting my five gallon cowboy hat for my Fox Business interview.
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Most of the ideas mentioned in this article—higher minimum wage, free tuition at public colleges, higher taxes on the rich—are not only popular now but were realities in the past, including in NYC, during the booming postwar years, when America was “great.”/1
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Zohran Mamdani Says He’s a Democratic Socialist. What Does That Mean?
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June 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Most of the ideas mentioned in this article—higher minimum wage, free tuition at public colleges, higher taxes on the rich—are not only popular now but were realities in the past, including in NYC, during the booming postwar years, when America was “great.”/1
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/u...
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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The entire "free speech on campus" moral panic was manufactured to blackmail us into making space in intellectual life for bigots and charlatans who couldn't get there on their own merits. Its a DEI scheme for fascism. Congratulations to everyone who took it at face value.
“Following his lecture, Yarvin will debate the legendary British historian David Starkey on history and the future of conservatism.” Everything about this is so cursed. Masks off at the University of Oxford.
October 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The entire "free speech on campus" moral panic was manufactured to blackmail us into making space in intellectual life for bigots and charlatans who couldn't get there on their own merits. Its a DEI scheme for fascism. Congratulations to everyone who took it at face value.
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