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don’t talk to me
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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as somebody who writes and studies broadband access I'm constantly running into "free market" think tank nonprofits like this one who are usually covertly funded by big telecom monopolies to push misleading editorials in local papers about how community-owned broadband is the devil
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November 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Jake Lang, a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who openly calls himself a racist, came to Dearborn with a small crew of followers and a camera. His goal wasn’t dialogue or protest. It was provocation, panic, and propaganda.
How racist provocateur Jake Lang tried to manufacture chaos in Dearborn - Detroit Metro Times
Right-wing provocateur and avowed racist Jake Lang arrived in Dearborn on Tuesday with a bulletproof vest, a Quran he threatened to burn, and a bag of bacon he shoved into people’s faces.
www.metrotimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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the most beautiful time of day is when you’re driving home and the sun drops down to say hi with an atomic blast to your eyeballs. am I still in my lane? who knows. I might not even be on the planet anymore.
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Revolting.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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everlasting shame on all these people
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.

remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Just the president of the United States rationalizing that a Washington Post reporter was basically asking to be murdered and cut to pieces with a bone saw because of his reporting.

As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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i have been feasting on the gossip here but the dark underbelly is women like nuzzi make journalism very, very unsafe for other women. i dealt with a LOT of men who assumed that i would fuck them because that's what lady reporters do for information
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Also, to my friends who struggle with their writing, and think they aren’t good enough, please know that whatever else, at least you can’t be as bad/contrived as Olivia Nuzzi.
(Also a note to myself)
Vanity Fair's West Coast Editor Olivia Nuzzi was a star political correspondent until scandal led her into exile—and to a California up in flames.

In an excerpt from her book, ‘American Canto,’ she takes stock of scorched earth.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Them: An English degree? You’ll never get a job
Also them, panicking, at every fucking job I’ve ever had: OMG OMG OMG CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME WRITE THIS
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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I dream of a day when corporations have to reapply for every tax break, contract, and grant every six months, with a requirement that it is the CEO who must complete the paperwork, and attest under penalty of law that they personally did so.
The shutdown was an excuse, not a reason, to go after SNAP.

SNAP recipients have to re-apply either every 6 months or year. Onerous process, with almost no fraud.

There are no shutdown-related requirement for SNAP renewal. But it would predictably result in low-income families going hungry.
Brooke Rollins says on Newsmax SNAP participants will have to re-apply for the program.

Details are still unclear.

via Grace Yarrow for @politico.com

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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44 years ago today
Prince Charming is the third album by Adam and the Ants, released on this day in 1981, featuring the singles "Stand and Deliver" and "Prince Charming" as well as "Ant Rap"

#punkrock #postpunk #newwave #adamandtheants #history #otd
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Todd Blanche would have had these emails before interviewing Maxwell. Why didn’t he question her directly about her exchanges? Why did he not follow up when she said things that were onviously a lie?? This shows that was a performance intended to dupe the public and benefit her (and Trump)
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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In case I was too subtle.:

Terfs are garbage.
a man is carrying a bag in front of a garbage can that says 04 60573
Alt: a man is carrying a bag in front of a garbage can that says 04 60573
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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It's getting colder every day throughout much of the northern hemisphere. If you want to build shelters to help keep your local stray and feral cats warm this winter, here is a great DIY option! www.alleycat.org/resources/ho...
How to Build an Outdoor Shelter
Building an outdoor cat shelter is cheap, easy, and your feline friends will love it! See Alley Cat Allies Step-by-Step guide to build an outdoor cat shelter.
www.alleycat.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Two Deer Lying Down by Franz Marc, 1912
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137725
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Weird.

It's almost like her current boyfriend, the director of the FBI who flies her around the nation on government jets, might have shared information that would normally be limited to trusted law enforcement circles.

But that can't be right, because that would probably be a *crime*
Kash Patel’s girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, warns that additional sleeper cells are preparing to launch attacks across the United States.

How many 26-year-old, aspiring country singers do you know of who are featured media guests on sleeper cell attacks?

#HoneyPot
November 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Released 44 years ago

Halloween, the fith single by the Misfits.

Misfits - “Halloween” (1981)

#punk #punks #punkrock #horrorpunk #misfits #halloween #history #otd #punkrockhistory
October 31, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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October 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Detroit #NoKings begins in 20 minutes and are ready. It’s party in Roosevelt Park.
October 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM