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A Gen Xer's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
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Day care operators say the Trump administration’s restrictions on funding unfairly punish them over a conservative activist’s fraud allegations against Minnesota centers that are undercut by state records and disputed by some of the owners.
Day cares say they are unfairly punished over misleading Minnesota video
The Trump administration announced federal child care funding restrictions after a viral video by a conservative activist suggested Minneapolis day cares operated fraudulently.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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In a closed-door interview, Smith characterized the Republican president as the “most culpable and most responsible person” in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election. https://to.pbs.org/4qkxKI9
Jack Smith tells lawmakers his team developed 'proof beyond a reasonable doubt' against Trump
The private deposition before the House Judiciary Committee gives the former special counsel his first chance to face questions, albeit behind closed doors, about a pair of investigations into Trump t...
www.pbs.org
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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Afters years of talk, governments in Australia, France, and more are taking action to ban social-media for kids. Some warn of unintended effects.
More kids than ever will be banned from social media this year
Afters years of talk, governments in Australia, France, and more are taking action to ban social-media for kids. Some warn of unintended effects.
www.businessinsider.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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An analyst Thursday described how President Donald Trump's "cultural coup" has backfired among artists and his growing attacks on the arts are "doomed to fail.
‘Doomed to fail’: Trump cautioned his ‘cultural coup’ is backfiring
An analyst Thursday described how President Donald Trump's "cultural coup" has backfired among artists and his growing attacks on the arts are "doomed to fail."A wave of artists have cancelled their performances after the renamed Kennedy Center and the Trump administration has threatened to sue them...
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January 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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In 2026, we are taking back our science. You don’t have to love all our tactics, but please trust me when I say @standupforscience.bsky.social is on the right side of history and we will remain so.

The original call out remains: GET IN, DORKS!

open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Colorado MAGA Rep. Lauren Boebert is claiming that President Trump killed a massive clean water project in her district as punishment for her voting to release the Epstein files after Trump pressed her not to. trib.al/BwyCYqE
Lauren Boebert Hints Trump Vetoed Key Project Over Her Epstein Vote
Donald Trump had tried to pressure Boebert out of voting to release the Epstein files.
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January 1, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
December 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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The rent strike is part of a strategy that housing activists have started to replicate in midsize cities across the country.

In Kansas City, Missouri, a successful rent strike at one building inspired another across town. However, there are risks.
Rent strikes are getting results in the Midwest. But there are risks.
In Kansas City, Missouri, where housing costs are rising at twice the national average, a successful rent strike at one building inspired another across town in what is poised to become a national mov...
www.washingtonpost.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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This says it all ⬇️
December 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
​Oh look, it’s the annual Forced Cheer & Massive Debt festival again. I’ll be spending the holidays exactly how I spent my childhood: sitting in a wood-paneled basement, ignoring my relatives, and waiting for the existential dread to kick in.
#merrychristmas #happyholidays #genx
December 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
​We are banning books in schools but doing nothing about the fact that kids can't read them anyway because the education system is collapsing. It’s like putting a padlock on an empty fridge.
#polisky #maga #democrat #gop #resistance
December 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
​The same people terrified of drag queens reading books to kids are perfectly fine with 12-year-olds working in meatpacking plants. Apparently, sequins are dangerous, but industrial machinery is just character building. Make it make sense.
#polisky #gop #maga #democrat #resistance
December 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
​My political affiliation is currently Exhausted. I don’t want a revolution. I don't want to Make America Great Again. I just want to go one single week without seeing a headline that makes me question the viability of the human species.
#polisky #democrat #maga #genx
December 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
​We have leaders deciding the future of AI who still print out their emails and need help changing the TV input to HDMI 2. Maybe we shouldn't let people who won't be here for the consequences make all the long-term decisions.
#polisky #democrats #maga #genx
December 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
​Everyone is screaming about Woke or Anti-Woke. Meanwhile, a carton of eggs costs as much as a Honda Civic used to. Can we maybe pause the culture war for five minutes and focus on the class war we’re actively losing?
#polisky #democrats #maga
December 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Gen X isn’t cynical because we’re mean. We’re cynical because we were promised flying cars and got microplastics in our bloodstreams instead. We’re just managing expectations at this point.
#genx #dumpsterfire
December 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
​I grew up in an era where conspiracy theorist meant you thought aliens landed in Roswell. Now it means you’re a member of Congress who thinks wind turbines cause whale depression. I miss the fun crazy; this new scary crazy is exhausting.
#democrat #republican #maga #congress #genx #polisky
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM