Laurapy
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Riding out tonight to case the promised land
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Things I Would Mandate If I Actually Ran English:
• A factoid is a popularized false fact. It is not a cute little fact.
• No one would ever write "begs the question" in any of its meanings. It's just gone.
• People in Ingrid Bergman's predicament are not gaslit. They're gaslighted.
• A factoid is a popularized false fact. It is not a cute little fact.
• No one would ever write "begs the question" in any of its meanings. It's just gone.
• People in Ingrid Bergman's predicament are not gaslit. They're gaslighted.
September 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Things I Would Mandate If I Actually Ran English:
• A factoid is a popularized false fact. It is not a cute little fact.
• No one would ever write "begs the question" in any of its meanings. It's just gone.
• People in Ingrid Bergman's predicament are not gaslit. They're gaslighted.
• A factoid is a popularized false fact. It is not a cute little fact.
• No one would ever write "begs the question" in any of its meanings. It's just gone.
• People in Ingrid Bergman's predicament are not gaslit. They're gaslighted.
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This ought to be engraved somewhere.
September 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This ought to be engraved somewhere.
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So I'm assuming that financial journalists are hard at work figuring out who in the administration shorted Kenvue today, right?
September 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
So I'm assuming that financial journalists are hard at work figuring out who in the administration shorted Kenvue today, right?
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if the former host of "The Man Show" is too woke for you, that might be a personal problem
September 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
if the former host of "The Man Show" is too woke for you, that might be a personal problem
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if Jimmy Kimmel's political humor is too hot for you to handle, I'm not sure "snowflake" even cuts it as a term of derision for the level of fragility you've achieved
September 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
if Jimmy Kimmel's political humor is too hot for you to handle, I'm not sure "snowflake" even cuts it as a term of derision for the level of fragility you've achieved
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You pissed? Good
Get creative
Get strategic
Get organized
Get creative
Get strategic
Get organized
September 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
You pissed? Good
Get creative
Get strategic
Get organized
Get creative
Get strategic
Get organized
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Obviously I talk a lot about bike/ped safety.
But something that is really crazy is how much less safe you *in a car* since 2010.
In spite of all the additional safety technology, vehicle occupants are less safe today than they were 15 years ago.
But something that is really crazy is how much less safe you *in a car* since 2010.
In spite of all the additional safety technology, vehicle occupants are less safe today than they were 15 years ago.
September 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Obviously I talk a lot about bike/ped safety.
But something that is really crazy is how much less safe you *in a car* since 2010.
In spite of all the additional safety technology, vehicle occupants are less safe today than they were 15 years ago.
But something that is really crazy is how much less safe you *in a car* since 2010.
In spite of all the additional safety technology, vehicle occupants are less safe today than they were 15 years ago.
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The shooter is still alive and turned himself in. Why do they need to “reproduce” it when they can just ask him?
Kash Patel now says there’s a manifesto in the Kirk shooting, but it was destroyed, but the FBI can prove it existed using forensic evidence. So Kash wants to reproduce a manifesto that doesn’t exist to reveal the motives of the shooter. Got it.
September 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The shooter is still alive and turned himself in. Why do they need to “reproduce” it when they can just ask him?
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This is out-Sovieting the Soviet Union. "You are free to express any opinion at all as long as it's the right one, and the consequences for all the others will be severe, and ratting out is an important part of our free society."
they're going around and documenting flags that aren't at half-mast for Charlie Kirk
September 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is out-Sovieting the Soviet Union. "You are free to express any opinion at all as long as it's the right one, and the consequences for all the others will be severe, and ratting out is an important part of our free society."
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so we had two days of "murder every leftist" and now that it turns out to have been another nazi it's "gosh well shucks whaddyagonnado"
September 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
so we had two days of "murder every leftist" and now that it turns out to have been another nazi it's "gosh well shucks whaddyagonnado"
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Bolsonaro convicted for attempted coup!
Congrats, Brazil. Way to have rule of law.
Embarrassing for the US by comparison. Both Brazil and South Korean handled coup attempts better than America, and get to still have a democracy.
Congrats, Brazil. Way to have rule of law.
Embarrassing for the US by comparison. Both Brazil and South Korean handled coup attempts better than America, and get to still have a democracy.
September 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Bolsonaro convicted for attempted coup!
Congrats, Brazil. Way to have rule of law.
Embarrassing for the US by comparison. Both Brazil and South Korean handled coup attempts better than America, and get to still have a democracy.
Congrats, Brazil. Way to have rule of law.
Embarrassing for the US by comparison. Both Brazil and South Korean handled coup attempts better than America, and get to still have a democracy.
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good god this is crazy to watch side by side
Donald Trump has a history of making national tragedies worse. So here's a quick side by side of how one president responds to a national crisis versus how another does.
September 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
good god this is crazy to watch side by side
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After her hearing at 26 Federal Plaza, a woman was detained and escorted toward the stairwell. Her husband, confused and in shock, was guided toward the exit. Minutes later, he broke down in the elevator. They entered together, but he left alone. This happens here daily. #ICE
September 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
After her hearing at 26 Federal Plaza, a woman was detained and escorted toward the stairwell. Her husband, confused and in shock, was guided toward the exit. Minutes later, he broke down in the elevator. They entered together, but he left alone. This happens here daily. #ICE
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Brutal. Photojournalist Madison Swart is doing a longterm project documenting the presence and tactics of ICE and federal agents at 26 Federal Plaza.
Follow: @madisonswart.bsky.social
Like most photographers, their best work is on Instagram: madisonswart
Follow: @madisonswart.bsky.social
Like most photographers, their best work is on Instagram: madisonswart
After her hearing at 26 Federal Plaza, a woman was detained and escorted toward the stairwell. Her husband, confused and in shock, was guided toward the exit. Minutes later, he broke down in the elevator. They entered together, but he left alone. This happens here daily. #ICE
September 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Brutal. Photojournalist Madison Swart is doing a longterm project documenting the presence and tactics of ICE and federal agents at 26 Federal Plaza.
Follow: @madisonswart.bsky.social
Like most photographers, their best work is on Instagram: madisonswart
Follow: @madisonswart.bsky.social
Like most photographers, their best work is on Instagram: madisonswart
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Tufts University announced that undergraduate students from households that earn less than $150,000 a year can attend Tufts tuition-free starting next fall. trib.al/dBiIEST
September 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Tufts University announced that undergraduate students from households that earn less than $150,000 a year can attend Tufts tuition-free starting next fall. trib.al/dBiIEST
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Almost hilarious combo of anti-Constitutional theocracy and grifting
You'll never guess who funds Hallow, the prayer app recommended by the White House. (It's Peter Thiel and JD Vance).
I regret to inform you that this is a White House governmental website: www.whitehouse.gov/america250/a...
September 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Almost hilarious combo of anti-Constitutional theocracy and grifting
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I feel like more ppl need to know that one of the tells for an ostensibly “objective” news org souring on one of their heroes (or attempting to normalize a previous villain) is how flattering or unflattering their photo choices are
September 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I feel like more ppl need to know that one of the tells for an ostensibly “objective” news org souring on one of their heroes (or attempting to normalize a previous villain) is how flattering or unflattering their photo choices are
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Yeah sure there are billionaires but let me tell you what, if you have a master on main with full bath in a home with no steps to the entry on a block with sidewalks to main thoroughfare in a walkable university town? You’re basically Tony effing Stark.
September 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Yeah sure there are billionaires but let me tell you what, if you have a master on main with full bath in a home with no steps to the entry on a block with sidewalks to main thoroughfare in a walkable university town? You’re basically Tony effing Stark.
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The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.
(Published April)
(Published April)
White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On
Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.
www.propublica.org
September 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.
(Published April)
(Published April)
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Virginia Tech is in hell right now, man
Virginia Tech led Vanderbilt 20-10 at halftime and lost 44-20
September 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Virginia Tech is in hell right now, man
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The thing that upsets me most about the design changes from defense.gov to war.gov is that the Veterans Crisis Line has been removed from the footer of the site. Every design choice is a values statement.
(Screenshot from DoD website is from September 4, courtesy of @archive.org)
(Screenshot from DoD website is from September 4, courtesy of @archive.org)
September 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The thing that upsets me most about the design changes from defense.gov to war.gov is that the Veterans Crisis Line has been removed from the footer of the site. Every design choice is a values statement.
(Screenshot from DoD website is from September 4, courtesy of @archive.org)
(Screenshot from DoD website is from September 4, courtesy of @archive.org)
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NEWS: via @politico.com: We uncovered that VA Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears failed to disclose thousands in luxury gifts
5-star hotels
Flights
Meals
We used a FOIA to get the truth — & just filed 7 more
If there’s no transparency, there’s no trust
I explained on @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social👇 -TN
5-star hotels
Flights
Meals
We used a FOIA to get the truth — & just filed 7 more
If there’s no transparency, there’s no trust
I explained on @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social👇 -TN
September 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
NEWS: via @politico.com: We uncovered that VA Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears failed to disclose thousands in luxury gifts
5-star hotels
Flights
Meals
We used a FOIA to get the truth — & just filed 7 more
If there’s no transparency, there’s no trust
I explained on @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social👇 -TN
5-star hotels
Flights
Meals
We used a FOIA to get the truth — & just filed 7 more
If there’s no transparency, there’s no trust
I explained on @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social👇 -TN
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i am obsessed with watching videos of people who run and manage school cafeteria kitchens. it’s such an undertaking!
September 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
i am obsessed with watching videos of people who run and manage school cafeteria kitchens. it’s such an undertaking!