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epic will pay for every game that gets claimed this way so yes, you are still giving money to rowling (and by extension an international campaign against trans people) by claiming this
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
Hogwarts Legacy is now at the right price: $0
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
www.polygon.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
epic will pay for every game that gets claimed this way so yes, you are still giving money to rowling (and by extension an international campaign against trans people) by claiming this
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
This whole thread
This is why those “who’s surprised?” comments really don’t move me because we act as if this is sectioned off into “politics” or “culture wars” and don’t affect the bedrock institutions in the society.
She is a school Counselor!!!!!!
October 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This whole thread
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I don’t want to use “DEI” as a pejorative in calling out ridiculous hires on the right, this term frankly deserves rest and care.
We can do just fine calling it “corruption” because that’s what it is.
We can do just fine calling it “corruption” because that’s what it is.
October 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I don’t want to use “DEI” as a pejorative in calling out ridiculous hires on the right, this term frankly deserves rest and care.
We can do just fine calling it “corruption” because that’s what it is.
We can do just fine calling it “corruption” because that’s what it is.
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Ffs do not nominate this man for anything ever again
September 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Ffs do not nominate this man for anything ever again
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Gavin is grandstanding on Twitter while punishing trans and houseless Californians. This is what he’d be doing if he wanted to really fight.
August 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Gavin is grandstanding on Twitter while punishing trans and houseless Californians. This is what he’d be doing if he wanted to really fight.
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I’d like an ICE agent to explain how putting monetary value on taking a human being from one place to another by force is not human trafficking.
July 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I’d like an ICE agent to explain how putting monetary value on taking a human being from one place to another by force is not human trafficking.
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"The decision to leave added to the mounting accounts of how camps & residents in the area say they were left to make their own decisions in the absence of warnings or notifications from the county."
This is the result of allowing American hyper-individualism to influence how we govern—it's deadly.
This is the result of allowing American hyper-individualism to influence how we govern—it's deadly.
Quick action by one Texas summer camp leads to timely evacuations ahead of deadly flood
One local summer camp in the path of the disastrous flooding in central Texas was able to avoid any loss of life by closely monitoring weather reports.
apnews.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"The decision to leave added to the mounting accounts of how camps & residents in the area say they were left to make their own decisions in the absence of warnings or notifications from the county."
This is the result of allowing American hyper-individualism to influence how we govern—it's deadly.
This is the result of allowing American hyper-individualism to influence how we govern—it's deadly.
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So Texas officials are blaming the National Weather Service for the lack of warning and resulting death toll from the flooding and not the massive cuts from the government to the National Weather Service that impacted their ability to give more advanced and detailed warning.
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July 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
So Texas officials are blaming the National Weather Service for the lack of warning and resulting death toll from the flooding and not the massive cuts from the government to the National Weather Service that impacted their ability to give more advanced and detailed warning.
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it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
June 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
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The claims that McIver, Padilla, and Lander were committing assault should make you question every other time LEOs claim assault or resisting arrest, if you weren’t already.
June 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The claims that McIver, Padilla, and Lander were committing assault should make you question every other time LEOs claim assault or resisting arrest, if you weren’t already.
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The violence referred to:
1. Someone driving into marchers in VA,
2. Someone driving into marchers in SF,
3. Threat to legislators planning to march in Austin,
4. Hours before, the assassination of the former MN speaker (a Dem), her husband, and shooting of a Dem state senator and his wife.
1. Someone driving into marchers in VA,
2. Someone driving into marchers in SF,
3. Threat to legislators planning to march in Austin,
4. Hours before, the assassination of the former MN speaker (a Dem), her husband, and shooting of a Dem state senator and his wife.
Millions of people show up to thousands of anti-Trump demonstrations across the US, while violence in Virginia and San Francisco reported at ‘No Kings’ protests
Follow live updates:
Follow live updates:
Mass protests against Trump under way across US but violence and threats thwart some rallies – live
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The violence referred to:
1. Someone driving into marchers in VA,
2. Someone driving into marchers in SF,
3. Threat to legislators planning to march in Austin,
4. Hours before, the assassination of the former MN speaker (a Dem), her husband, and shooting of a Dem state senator and his wife.
1. Someone driving into marchers in VA,
2. Someone driving into marchers in SF,
3. Threat to legislators planning to march in Austin,
4. Hours before, the assassination of the former MN speaker (a Dem), her husband, and shooting of a Dem state senator and his wife.
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There's a lot to unpack here. But the "why do people in the developed world die from chronic diseases at higher rates than in poorer countries" is because we survive long enough to die from chronic rather than infectious disease. This is epidemiology 101. It's not a mystery.
I'm sure this is all a waste of our time.... But any medical experts out there want to watch Stephen Miller talk about MAHA and explain if there's any science here besides eugenics?
June 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
There's a lot to unpack here. But the "why do people in the developed world die from chronic diseases at higher rates than in poorer countries" is because we survive long enough to die from chronic rather than infectious disease. This is epidemiology 101. It's not a mystery.
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This is what we're talking about when we say it's antisemitic to conflate all Jews everywhere with the actions of the Israeli govt.
Defacing a memorial to the 1/3 of world Jewry that Hitler slaughtered won't free Palestine, but it does tell me a lot about you.
🎁🔗 www.haaretz.com/world-news/2...
Defacing a memorial to the 1/3 of world Jewry that Hitler slaughtered won't free Palestine, but it does tell me a lot about you.
🎁🔗 www.haaretz.com/world-news/2...
Report: Canada's Holocaust Memorial in Ottawa defaced over Gaza war
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www.haaretz.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is what we're talking about when we say it's antisemitic to conflate all Jews everywhere with the actions of the Israeli govt.
Defacing a memorial to the 1/3 of world Jewry that Hitler slaughtered won't free Palestine, but it does tell me a lot about you.
🎁🔗 www.haaretz.com/world-news/2...
Defacing a memorial to the 1/3 of world Jewry that Hitler slaughtered won't free Palestine, but it does tell me a lot about you.
🎁🔗 www.haaretz.com/world-news/2...
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Very cool that a verified Twitter account apparently claiming to rep DHS has gotten thousands of retweets of its claim of civil war after sharing a stock photo of bricks. bsky.app/profile/roth...
June 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Very cool that a verified Twitter account apparently claiming to rep DHS has gotten thousands of retweets of its claim of civil war after sharing a stock photo of bricks. bsky.app/profile/roth...
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i don’t know what to say about the images coming out of LA right now. but in case you need it, here’s a reminder that out in the streets, only water goes in your eyes. flush with water. take your clothes off when you get home & take a cool shower, wash yourself with dish soap a few times. godspeed.
June 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
i don’t know what to say about the images coming out of LA right now. but in case you need it, here’s a reminder that out in the streets, only water goes in your eyes. flush with water. take your clothes off when you get home & take a cool shower, wash yourself with dish soap a few times. godspeed.
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Any bias we currently have, AI will scale it. That's it.
At BASELINE, Black applicants are denied mortgages at a rate 80% higher than white applicants. Outsourcing approvals to AI will WIDEN the gap, especially for Black women who get the worst deals in home loans. This is #TheDoubleTax.
At BASELINE, Black applicants are denied mortgages at a rate 80% higher than white applicants. Outsourcing approvals to AI will WIDEN the gap, especially for Black women who get the worst deals in home loans. This is #TheDoubleTax.
June 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Any bias we currently have, AI will scale it. That's it.
At BASELINE, Black applicants are denied mortgages at a rate 80% higher than white applicants. Outsourcing approvals to AI will WIDEN the gap, especially for Black women who get the worst deals in home loans. This is #TheDoubleTax.
At BASELINE, Black applicants are denied mortgages at a rate 80% higher than white applicants. Outsourcing approvals to AI will WIDEN the gap, especially for Black women who get the worst deals in home loans. This is #TheDoubleTax.
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Agree with this.
(Having lived in China for four years, and been based in Asia for nearly a decade since the 1980s.)
And it's not just "world cop." It's "overall leader"—via universities, openness to outside people and ideas, info-flow, flawed-but-better-than-nothing advocacy of rules, etc.
(Having lived in China for four years, and been based in Asia for nearly a decade since the 1980s.)
And it's not just "world cop." It's "overall leader"—via universities, openness to outside people and ideas, info-flow, flawed-but-better-than-nothing advocacy of rules, etc.
Power abhors a vacuum. With the US voluntarily relinquishing its role as the world's cop, it's the obvious move for China to step in. A catastrophe and a tragedy, both of the very largest historical proportions. Truly we are living in history, and it is very, very, very bad.
Quite something. Looks like China is ready to step up and start building its position as a global ordering power.
May 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Agree with this.
(Having lived in China for four years, and been based in Asia for nearly a decade since the 1980s.)
And it's not just "world cop." It's "overall leader"—via universities, openness to outside people and ideas, info-flow, flawed-but-better-than-nothing advocacy of rules, etc.
(Having lived in China for four years, and been based in Asia for nearly a decade since the 1980s.)
And it's not just "world cop." It's "overall leader"—via universities, openness to outside people and ideas, info-flow, flawed-but-better-than-nothing advocacy of rules, etc.
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You cannot blame "formatting" for completely fabricated sources. What a joke.
Q: A NOTUS investigation found the MAHA commission report cites studies that appear to not exist. Does the WH have confidence in the info coming from HHS?
LEAVITT: Yes. I understand there were some formatting issues but it does not negate the substance
Q: Did they use AI?
L: I can't speak to that
LEAVITT: Yes. I understand there were some formatting issues but it does not negate the substance
Q: Did they use AI?
L: I can't speak to that
May 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
You cannot blame "formatting" for completely fabricated sources. What a joke.
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This is a senior Justice Department official.
Who is in charge of pardons.
And also in charge of investigating the “politicization” of the Justice Department.
Who is in charge of pardons.
And also in charge of investigating the “politicization” of the Justice Department.
May 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This is a senior Justice Department official.
Who is in charge of pardons.
And also in charge of investigating the “politicization” of the Justice Department.
Who is in charge of pardons.
And also in charge of investigating the “politicization” of the Justice Department.
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The administration has literally defunded the LEOs investigating serious crimes so those officers can go after random migrants instead.
The administration’s “mass deportations” policy is in conflict with other priorities they claim, especially human trafficking. People suffer if our commitment lags. substack.com/home/post/p-...
May 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The administration has literally defunded the LEOs investigating serious crimes so those officers can go after random migrants instead.
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In which the gender binary is ordained by biology, God, or both but also collapses if you enjoy some gazpacho on a warm day
A Fox host’s ‘rules for being a man’: no leg-crossing, no public soup drinking | Arwa Mahdawi
A Fox host’s ‘rules for being a man’: no leg-crossing, no public soup drinking | Arwa Mahdawi
Jesse Watters’ list is so bizarre, it has me agreeing with Ted Cruz – and Watters’ show helps shape US politics
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
In which the gender binary is ordained by biology, God, or both but also collapses if you enjoy some gazpacho on a warm day
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There are 2 types of people in this world:
1) those who LOVE the Merlin Bird ID app, and 2) those who are about to fall in love with it thanks to @corinanewsome.bsky.social. 🧪
Which one are you? 🤭
1) those who LOVE the Merlin Bird ID app, and 2) those who are about to fall in love with it thanks to @corinanewsome.bsky.social. 🧪
Which one are you? 🤭
May 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
There are 2 types of people in this world:
1) those who LOVE the Merlin Bird ID app, and 2) those who are about to fall in love with it thanks to @corinanewsome.bsky.social. 🧪
Which one are you? 🤭
1) those who LOVE the Merlin Bird ID app, and 2) those who are about to fall in love with it thanks to @corinanewsome.bsky.social. 🧪
Which one are you? 🤭
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Curious about why "Women's Health" needs explicit focus in clinical research?
Because most historical clinical trials are composed of ONLY men because the (male) scientists thought women's hormones would "mess up" the data.
We encourage reading the book, but this is a nice intro.
Because most historical clinical trials are composed of ONLY men because the (male) scientists thought women's hormones would "mess up" the data.
We encourage reading the book, but this is a nice intro.
Invisible Women
YouTube video by 99% Invisible
www.youtube.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Curious about why "Women's Health" needs explicit focus in clinical research?
Because most historical clinical trials are composed of ONLY men because the (male) scientists thought women's hormones would "mess up" the data.
We encourage reading the book, but this is a nice intro.
Because most historical clinical trials are composed of ONLY men because the (male) scientists thought women's hormones would "mess up" the data.
We encourage reading the book, but this is a nice intro.