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Maureen
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International woman of mystery.
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.

That is called murder when they do that.

Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 AM
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"There's no reason for any of this!" she shouts into the void. "We were on the verge of curing cancer! Divesting from fossil fuels! We could have chased the stars instead!"
January 7, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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I need a mood booster, let's talk about capybaras.

Here's a capy demonstrating one of MANY ways they can move through the water: running along the bottom.

They're 'semi-aquatic' mammals, just like hippos, seals & beavers. They LOVE water.

(📷: Fernando Maidana)
January 6, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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Plain and simple my politics is that nobody should be wealthy enough to make their insecurities my problem.
January 5, 2026 at 3:38 AM
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THIS DOG MAN COMIC WENT FOR THE THROAT ON AI!!!!!
(Words and art by the great Dav Pilkey, from The Scarlet Shedder)
December 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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we need a hangover day for parent recovery after the holidays, nobody should have to do work until they've had a day of peace and quiet at home
January 5, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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Reminder for everyone operating at situationally-diminished capacity.
January 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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forget the long arc of history bending towards justice, I need the rube goldberg machine of inexorable consequence to endgame the kind of profoundly ironic yet blackly hilarious karmic downfall that would’ve had ancient greek theatergoers hollering at the chorus
January 3, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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Clowns will say it doesn't matter; we don't have the numbers to impeach.

You get the numbers by FORCING THE ISSUE. You make NOISE, you DEMAND, you NEVER STOP YELLING.

You do nothing? You get nothing.

Ignore the clowns. Call your fucking reps and tell them to do their jobs and IMPEACH.

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January 3, 2026 at 7:52 AM
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Today is the last day that you can repost this image
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.

GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.

But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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December 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."

"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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December 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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If it was inevitable, they wouldn't work so hard to convince you.
December 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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I hate how much I enjoyed this

BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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#PudgyHorse Lascaux Tribute 2. A companion piece to the first, following one of the other cave horses with a darker colour morph. Again, painted with pigments made by Mary Sanche from Cretaceous rocks from the Albertan badlands. From 2020.

#ArtAdventCalendar
December 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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For nomination season, I am pleased to present Murder by Memory, a sapphic sci-fi mystery novella set on a quirky generation ship, with a gimlet-eyed auntie ship’s detective as sleuth: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Murder by Memory
Becky Chambers meets Miss Marple in this sci-fi ode to the cozy mystery, helmed by a formidable no-nonsense auntie of a detectiveA mind is a terrible thing t...
us.macmillan.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM