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He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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I heard from my cat that she is willing to consider never throwing up on a rug again. So now we'll see if she's really gonna work with me.
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I heard from my cat that she is willing to consider never throwing up on a rug again. So now we'll see if she's really gonna work with me.
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Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
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Just want to reiterate that there’s no reason for this. There is no increase in crime. There are no riots. There’s no insurrection. They’re doing this without provocation. At least until they create one.
“.. A top US military official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states .. to form ‘quick reaction forces’ trained in ‘riot control’, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers and pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive ..”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Just want to reiterate that there’s no reason for this. There is no increase in crime. There are no riots. There’s no insurrection. They’re doing this without provocation. At least until they create one.
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As important, or perhaps more so, as the size of the marches, is the nonviolence. NYPD announced there were ZERO arrests in NYC, and Austin PD said the same there.
October 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
As important, or perhaps more so, as the size of the marches, is the nonviolence. NYPD announced there were ZERO arrests in NYC, and Austin PD said the same there.
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The NYT is #13 most blocked site on Bluesky vqv.app/blocks/
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October 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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"If you want to have a coup against the constitutional order, you want to control the capital city. And if he has control of the policing in the city of Washington...Who's gonna tell him to leave the White House?"
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August 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"If you want to have a coup against the constitutional order, you want to control the capital city. And if he has control of the policing in the city of Washington...Who's gonna tell him to leave the White House?"
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yeah if an unmarked brown F150 pulled up on me and four dudes in plainclothes with rifles and face coverings jumped out I would 2000% assume I was being kidnapped to Culiacán and respond accordingly.
June 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
yeah if an unmarked brown F150 pulled up on me and four dudes in plainclothes with rifles and face coverings jumped out I would 2000% assume I was being kidnapped to Culiacán and respond accordingly.
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Genuine Question because I Do not understand… so if these men roll up in plain clothes and masks, grab a human being… even a child, and throw them in an unmarked vehicle I am just supposed to look the other way and say nothing ?? Ask Nothing ?
June 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Genuine Question because I Do not understand… so if these men roll up in plain clothes and masks, grab a human being… even a child, and throw them in an unmarked vehicle I am just supposed to look the other way and say nothing ?? Ask Nothing ?
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Trump is following the fascist playbook. Read the book How Fascism Works, and look at examples from history, and it becomes so obvious.
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June 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Trump is following the fascist playbook. Read the book How Fascism Works, and look at examples from history, and it becomes so obvious.
bookshop.org/p/books/how-...
bookshop.org/p/books/how-...
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The majority of the resistance has been peaceful and when things have escalated, it was by the authorities. If this authoritarianism isn’t confronted, it will become normalized. We’ve seen this blueprint before.
June 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The majority of the resistance has been peaceful and when things have escalated, it was by the authorities. If this authoritarianism isn’t confronted, it will become normalized. We’ve seen this blueprint before.
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As someone who lives in Los Angeles, don’t let social or mainstream media gaslight you into thinking there’s a violent uprising taking place here. The Trump administration is trying to punish this state and this city. He’s also setting a precedent to unleash troops on Democratic cities.
June 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
As someone who lives in Los Angeles, don’t let social or mainstream media gaslight you into thinking there’s a violent uprising taking place here. The Trump administration is trying to punish this state and this city. He’s also setting a precedent to unleash troops on Democratic cities.
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This does a fantastic job of demonstrating the fact that flexposts do literally NOTHING to protect cyclists.
The number of people advocating for flex posts is astounding to me, just like the number of people advocating for free parking.
May 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This does a fantastic job of demonstrating the fact that flexposts do literally NOTHING to protect cyclists.
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Important for all of us but especially journalists.
Kidnapping.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
stop calling things deportation just because they call it deportation.
-You cannot legally deport people without due process.
-You cannot legally deport citizens.
-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
-You cannot legally deport people without due process.
-You cannot legally deport citizens.
-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
April 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Important for all of us but especially journalists.
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Also, if your institution is laying low or trying to comply in advance ... they're still coming for you.
Get your defenses ready and coordinate with other institutions.
Get your defenses ready and coordinate with other institutions.
The only way your institution will survive this administration is if you counterpunch it in the clams and tell it to fuck itself.
Trump Officials Freeze $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern
The funding pause amid civil rights investigations into both universities sharply escalates the Trump administration’s campaign against elite colleges.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Also, if your institution is laying low or trying to comply in advance ... they're still coming for you.
Get your defenses ready and coordinate with other institutions.
Get your defenses ready and coordinate with other institutions.
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but not before they nearly bankrupted themselves and were sold. I imagine this is what will happen with the SS systems but not before recipients are hurt and taxpayers are ripped off.
March 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
but not before they nearly bankrupted themselves and were sold. I imagine this is what will happen with the SS systems but not before recipients are hurt and taxpayers are ripped off.
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I'm old enough to remember when the company I worked for decided to "modernize" their 50+ year old. It was at the time the largest mortgage processing platform and processed 80% of the country's mortgages daily - took about 8 hours each night - and did so successfully for years. "Let's move it to
March 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I'm old enough to remember when the company I worked for decided to "modernize" their 50+ year old. It was at the time the largest mortgage processing platform and processed 80% of the country's mortgages daily - took about 8 hours each night - and did so successfully for years. "Let's move it to
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java," they said! But the deeper they would go in the millions of lines of code, the more complexity they uncovered and the more expensive that project became. Eventually, they realized (after millions of $) that it wasn't worth it and couldn't be done safely so they stopped
March 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
java," they said! But the deeper they would go in the millions of lines of code, the more complexity they uncovered and the more expensive that project became. Eventually, they realized (after millions of $) that it wasn't worth it and couldn't be done safely so they stopped
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“If you weren't worried about a whole bunch of people not getting benefits or getting the wrong benefits, or getting the wrong entitlements, or having to wait ages, then sure, go ahead."
BREAKING: DOGE is starting to put together a team to migrate the SSA's computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk.
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“If you weren't worried about a whole bunch of people not getting benefits or getting the wrong benefits, or getting the wrong entitlements, or having to wait ages, then sure, go ahead."
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I think anyone critical of Putin or Trump, just CAN'T go back to the US anymore. I can only see it getting worse. Be realistic: avoid the US at all costs now. It's a dangerous place for sane truthful people.
March 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I think anyone critical of Putin or Trump, just CAN'T go back to the US anymore. I can only see it getting worse. Be realistic: avoid the US at all costs now. It's a dangerous place for sane truthful people.
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The fact that only 2% of professors identify as fascists shows just how insular and out of touch universities have become.
February 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The fact that only 2% of professors identify as fascists shows just how insular and out of touch universities have become.
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AP's still banned and the rest of the White House press corps leaves them hanging. I honestly don't get it. Didn't they all rally around Fox News a couple years ago?
February 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
AP's still banned and the rest of the White House press corps leaves them hanging. I honestly don't get it. Didn't they all rally around Fox News a couple years ago?
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Again, Twitter WON this case (decisively) at the district court level. The 9th Circuit made it clear that Twitter would win on appeal at oral args. And now it decided to just hand over $10 million to Trump.
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/12/e...
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/12/e...
Elon Musk's company X settles Trump lawsuit over account suspension
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta recently said it would pay $25 million to settle a similar lawsuit by President Donald Trump.
www.cnbc.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Again, Twitter WON this case (decisively) at the district court level. The 9th Circuit made it clear that Twitter would win on appeal at oral args. And now it decided to just hand over $10 million to Trump.
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/12/e...
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/12/e...
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This reminds me of the Asimov quote "Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"
January 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This reminds me of the Asimov quote "Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"