Michael Kirkpatrick
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“Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.”
Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
July 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.”
Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
They'll cave. They always cave.
July 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
They'll cave. They always cave.
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It's peak season in WA State cherries. Workers are paid piece rate and earn $4.50 per 22lb bucket. (The same as they earned in 2022). If they work super fast they can harvest 50 to 60 buckets in a 9 hour day during this very short peak season. #WeFeedYou
June 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It's peak season in WA State cherries. Workers are paid piece rate and earn $4.50 per 22lb bucket. (The same as they earned in 2022). If they work super fast they can harvest 50 to 60 buckets in a 9 hour day during this very short peak season. #WeFeedYou
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Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
June 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
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A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded in a huge fireball on a test stand during preparations for its next launch at the Elon Musk-led company’s base in South Texas. https://trib.al/UM4fCXL
June 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded in a huge fireball on a test stand during preparations for its next launch at the Elon Musk-led company’s base in South Texas. https://trib.al/UM4fCXL
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🚨Stephen Miller gets his way. Just a few days after Ag. Sec. Rollins convinced Trump to briefly back down, quotas and indiscriminate raids are back.
Farms, restaurants, and hotels are now subject to ICE raids again, with intense pressure on ICE to hit 3,000 arrests a day. Miller remains in charge.
Farms, restaurants, and hotels are now subject to ICE raids again, with intense pressure on ICE to hit 3,000 arrests a day. Miller remains in charge.
Trump officials reverse guidance exempting farms, hotels from immigration raids
ICE agents have been told to continue conducting enforcement operations at agricultural businesses despite concerns about effects on the food industry.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
🚨Stephen Miller gets his way. Just a few days after Ag. Sec. Rollins convinced Trump to briefly back down, quotas and indiscriminate raids are back.
Farms, restaurants, and hotels are now subject to ICE raids again, with intense pressure on ICE to hit 3,000 arrests a day. Miller remains in charge.
Farms, restaurants, and hotels are now subject to ICE raids again, with intense pressure on ICE to hit 3,000 arrests a day. Miller remains in charge.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/b...
Paul Durcan, Irish Poet of Tortured and Tender Souls, Is Dead at 80
www.nytimes.com
June 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/b...
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Doctors at the CDC say children should receive Covid vaccines. A disgraced ex-environmental lawyer who spent 20 years abusing heroin says they shouldn't. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
May 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Doctors at the CDC say children should receive Covid vaccines. A disgraced ex-environmental lawyer who spent 20 years abusing heroin says they shouldn't. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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Hard to believe they’re talking about the same event.
May 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hard to believe they’re talking about the same event.
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Donald Trump‘s insane and inaccurate rant about the deaths of white South Africans renews questions about Biden’s mental state
May 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Donald Trump‘s insane and inaccurate rant about the deaths of white South Africans renews questions about Biden’s mental state
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Really important thread on persecution of scientists and immigrants and a woman who is both.
🧵 🧪 This is my 3rd thread on the incarceration of computational scientist and microscopist Kesenii Petrova, and it’s intended for journalists covering the story. I want to say more about the frogs she’s accused of smuggling. Other biologists please chime in.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Harvard scientist facing deportation is charged with smuggling
Federal prosecutors allege Kseniia Petrova violated customs law by failing to declare preserved frog embryos in her luggage, in a case that's raised questions over her detention.
www.nbcnews.com
May 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Really important thread on persecution of scientists and immigrants and a woman who is both.
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With his liberation day tariffs, the president liberated us from our reputation, our alliances, and our prosperity, all without gaining a single concession from any trade partner. The art of the deal puts America First.
by Marco Rubio
by Marco Rubio
May 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
With his liberation day tariffs, the president liberated us from our reputation, our alliances, and our prosperity, all without gaining a single concession from any trade partner. The art of the deal puts America First.
by Marco Rubio
by Marco Rubio
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put up a statue for this
Kenmure Street, Glasgow. Four years ago.
Ordinary people stopped what they were doing to protect their neighbours. No strangers.
Happy Kenmure Street Day ✊
Ordinary people stopped what they were doing to protect their neighbours. No strangers.
Happy Kenmure Street Day ✊
May 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
put up a statue for this
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Donald Trump, who I do not support, holding people in jail without cause, which I do not support, is not nearly as bad as Rachel Maddow banning people from her show without cause.
by Glenn Greenwald
by Glenn Greenwald
May 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Donald Trump, who I do not support, holding people in jail without cause, which I do not support, is not nearly as bad as Rachel Maddow banning people from her show without cause.
by Glenn Greenwald
by Glenn Greenwald