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To be fair, I genuinely believed the entire island of Puerto Rico was pranking me when folks from there told me the coquí sound comes from a frog and not a bird, so I can totally believe this.
My partner & I were trying to ID a bird we heard while walking and the guy who had stopped his car to let us pass got out and was like "it's a frog, actually. Cope's Gray. I do frog surveys... Sorry" And then got in his car without a word and drove off. Absolute king
June 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
To be fair, I genuinely believed the entire island of Puerto Rico was pranking me when folks from there told me the coquí sound comes from a frog and not a bird, so I can totally believe this.
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anyone who's gonna go "it sucks but you gotta win over people first, slowly build the case for rights" for trans people should tell me, without looking it up, when they think interracial marriage reached majority approval in america
June 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
anyone who's gonna go "it sucks but you gotta win over people first, slowly build the case for rights" for trans people should tell me, without looking it up, when they think interracial marriage reached majority approval in america
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"Detained" is an interesting word choice. It sounds official but it just means they grabbed him. They couldn't say "arrested" because that would open up questions like "on what authority" and "for what charge." If you or I "detained" someone we could be charged with unlawful imprisonment
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"Detained" is an interesting word choice. It sounds official but it just means they grabbed him. They couldn't say "arrested" because that would open up questions like "on what authority" and "for what charge." If you or I "detained" someone we could be charged with unlawful imprisonment
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Relatedly, if you haven't been in an archives you have no idea just how much historical material is not online, not even a digital record of it. An LLM cannot research data it doesn't have. It can't even extrapolate where to find that material.
June 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Relatedly, if you haven't been in an archives you have no idea just how much historical material is not online, not even a digital record of it. An LLM cannot research data it doesn't have. It can't even extrapolate where to find that material.
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Realizing suddenly that I haven't the faintest clue because since March 2020 I have eaten at restaurants probably a total of 5 times
have we won the war. is it finally over. have restaurants stopped trying to do "homemade ketchup"
June 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Realizing suddenly that I haven't the faintest clue because since March 2020 I have eaten at restaurants probably a total of 5 times
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Border Patrol detained and deported an Australian writer who reported independently on the protests at Columbia, with CBP stating plainly they flagged him for that reason.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian deported from US says he was ‘targeted’ due to writing on pro-Palestine student protests
Alistair Kitchen says he was detained and questioned about views on Israel and Palestine before being deported from LA to Melbourne
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Border Patrol detained and deported an Australian writer who reported independently on the protests at Columbia, with CBP stating plainly they flagged him for that reason.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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While not from the 12th June... this graffiti from two weeks later speaks to the awakening & realisation HKers had.
"It was you who taught me peaceful marches are useless.”
"It was you who taught me peaceful marches are useless.”
June 12, 2025 at 7:13 AM
While not from the 12th June... this graffiti from two weeks later speaks to the awakening & realisation HKers had.
"It was you who taught me peaceful marches are useless.”
"It was you who taught me peaceful marches are useless.”
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“A 2010 study that analyzed 40 years of protest coverage in five major newspapers, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, found that the papers depicted protests — even peaceful ones — as nuisances rather than as necessary functions of democracy.”
June 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“A 2010 study that analyzed 40 years of protest coverage in five major newspapers, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, found that the papers depicted protests — even peaceful ones — as nuisances rather than as necessary functions of democracy.”
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nearly the entire SS got off scot free from Nuremberg. most of the Einsatzgruppe were allowed to live peaceful lives.
our grandparents fucked up the peace.
don't make the same mistakes.
our grandparents fucked up the peace.
don't make the same mistakes.
ICE agents better start reading up on the Nuremberg trials. Because when we get to the other side of this, and we will, "I was just following orders" ain't gonna cut it.
June 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
nearly the entire SS got off scot free from Nuremberg. most of the Einsatzgruppe were allowed to live peaceful lives.
our grandparents fucked up the peace.
don't make the same mistakes.
our grandparents fucked up the peace.
don't make the same mistakes.
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And then the Obamas cozied up to the man responsible for all of this and when we complained about it, Obama stans went on the attack.
June 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
And then the Obamas cozied up to the man responsible for all of this and when we complained about it, Obama stans went on the attack.
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Health officials sound alarm as 'deadliest animal on the planet' spreads across southern US — here's what you need to know - Houston Chronicle www.yahoo.com/news/health-...
Health officials sound alarm as 'deadliest animal on the planet' spreads across southern US — here's what you need to know
"Can accelerate ... development, biting rates, and the incubation of the disease."
www.yahoo.com
June 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Health officials sound alarm as 'deadliest animal on the planet' spreads across southern US — here's what you need to know - Houston Chronicle www.yahoo.com/news/health-...
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AAAND WE'RE LIVE!!!
Friendly reminder that you'll find a story illustrated by yours truly, on a script by Te Belak (sneak peek will follow) 👀👀👀💚🤍🖤💜
Friendly reminder that you'll find a story illustrated by yours truly, on a script by Te Belak (sneak peek will follow) 👀👀👀💚🤍🖤💜
Aces and Aros: An Asexual and Aromantic Comic Book Anthology is LIVE on Kickstarter!
"A 100-page graphic novel anthology about Asexual and Aromantic experiences across a wide range of genres."
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"A 100-page graphic novel anthology about Asexual and Aromantic experiences across a wide range of genres."
www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...
May 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
AAAND WE'RE LIVE!!!
Friendly reminder that you'll find a story illustrated by yours truly, on a script by Te Belak (sneak peek will follow) 👀👀👀💚🤍🖤💜
Friendly reminder that you'll find a story illustrated by yours truly, on a script by Te Belak (sneak peek will follow) 👀👀👀💚🤍🖤💜
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Scoop: Texas police used Flock's license plate cameras to search *nationwide* for a woman who had a self-managed abortion. Claim it was "about her safety"
www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion
The sheriff said the woman self-administered the abortion and her family were concerned for her safety, so authorities searched through Flock cameras. Experts are still concerned that a cop in a state...
www.404media.co
May 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Scoop: Texas police used Flock's license plate cameras to search *nationwide* for a woman who had a self-managed abortion. Claim it was "about her safety"
www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
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🦠The question about the next pandemic is not “if” but “when".
🗺️ The #PandemicAccord is a win for multilateralism.
💊 With this blueprint, countries are already more prepared.
🙋🏽♀️What happens next?
⬇️My take in @bmj.com bit.ly/3Ze17jW
🗺️ The #PandemicAccord is a win for multilateralism.
💊 With this blueprint, countries are already more prepared.
🙋🏽♀️What happens next?
⬇️My take in @bmj.com bit.ly/3Ze17jW
Pandemic treaty is a win for multilateralism and global health
The World Health Organization’s pandemic agreement represents a powerful commitment to global health and security, writes Nina Schwalbe
In April in Geneva, as the US withdrew from engagement in glob...
bit.ly
May 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🦠The question about the next pandemic is not “if” but “when".
🗺️ The #PandemicAccord is a win for multilateralism.
💊 With this blueprint, countries are already more prepared.
🙋🏽♀️What happens next?
⬇️My take in @bmj.com bit.ly/3Ze17jW
🗺️ The #PandemicAccord is a win for multilateralism.
💊 With this blueprint, countries are already more prepared.
🙋🏽♀️What happens next?
⬇️My take in @bmj.com bit.ly/3Ze17jW
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just a really long sustained and, as it goes on, increasingly obviously sarcastic round of applause to every Democratic op who is still pushing the utterly failed "culture war stuff is just a distraction" narrative and using "woke" as a pejorative.
Republicans are gross weirdos just keep saying it.
Republicans are gross weirdos just keep saying it.
Democrats just flipped the Omaha mayor's office with ads like this. The right-wing obsession with genitals is starting to backfire.
May 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
just a really long sustained and, as it goes on, increasingly obviously sarcastic round of applause to every Democratic op who is still pushing the utterly failed "culture war stuff is just a distraction" narrative and using "woke" as a pejorative.
Republicans are gross weirdos just keep saying it.
Republicans are gross weirdos just keep saying it.
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That these are not at all radical events (London particularly) highlights two things for me:
1) the strength of mainstream LGBT opinion in favour of trans rights
2) the extreme cowardice and inutility of eg Stonewall
1) the strength of mainstream LGBT opinion in favour of trans rights
2) the extreme cowardice and inutility of eg Stonewall
Political parties banned from Manchester, London, Birmingham and Brighton Prides this year.
Statements in the images.
Statements in the images.
May 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
That these are not at all radical events (London particularly) highlights two things for me:
1) the strength of mainstream LGBT opinion in favour of trans rights
2) the extreme cowardice and inutility of eg Stonewall
1) the strength of mainstream LGBT opinion in favour of trans rights
2) the extreme cowardice and inutility of eg Stonewall
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NYT doesn't believe in context. I really want you to grasp that.
It’s very strange that this article on the staffing issues at Newark Airport doesn’t mention the fact that DOGE fired 400 FAA employees a few months ago, and union officials warned about exactly these kinds of shortages.
Newark Airport Had 3 Controllers on Duty When the Goal Is 14
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
NYT doesn't believe in context. I really want you to grasp that.
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No. No one was shy. He didn’t care whether or not we women wanted his attention. The entire environment was to feed him, the predator, and if you tried to get away from it you were penalized.
Senior folks couldn’t leave state govt unless he OKd it. You think we could get away from his harassment?
Senior folks couldn’t leave state govt unless he OKd it. You think we could get away from his harassment?
May 13, 2025 at 3:38 AM
No. No one was shy. He didn’t care whether or not we women wanted his attention. The entire environment was to feed him, the predator, and if you tried to get away from it you were penalized.
Senior folks couldn’t leave state govt unless he OKd it. You think we could get away from his harassment?
Senior folks couldn’t leave state govt unless he OKd it. You think we could get away from his harassment?
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But then the waves refused to dissipate. They pounded back and forth across the fjord again and again...
The technical term for this is a SEICHE, pronounced “saysh” - a standing wave in a large body of water - and it can be dangerous as hell.
(In 1844, one in Lake Erie killed 78 people.)
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The technical term for this is a SEICHE, pronounced “saysh” - a standing wave in a large body of water - and it can be dangerous as hell.
(In 1844, one in Lake Erie killed 78 people.)
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May 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
But then the waves refused to dissipate. They pounded back and forth across the fjord again and again...
The technical term for this is a SEICHE, pronounced “saysh” - a standing wave in a large body of water - and it can be dangerous as hell.
(In 1844, one in Lake Erie killed 78 people.)
7/
The technical term for this is a SEICHE, pronounced “saysh” - a standing wave in a large body of water - and it can be dangerous as hell.
(In 1844, one in Lake Erie killed 78 people.)
7/
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This is a pale horse. This data centre company built specifically to offer compute for AI can't find a single customer big enough to make it possible for their business to function. I thought there was all this demand for AI? Where is all the demand, exactly?
May 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
This is a pale horse. This data centre company built specifically to offer compute for AI can't find a single customer big enough to make it possible for their business to function. I thought there was all this demand for AI? Where is all the demand, exactly?
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ICE is not a legitimate authority, they should be treated like the Gestapo. They are armed kidnappers. This is a junta, and it must be opposed by any means necessary right now, or it will flourish for many years to come, after the brave people who fought back are disappeared or dead.
Dox all of ICE. We want to know who they are and where they live. Let's see how fucking brave they are then...
May 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
ICE is not a legitimate authority, they should be treated like the Gestapo. They are armed kidnappers. This is a junta, and it must be opposed by any means necessary right now, or it will flourish for many years to come, after the brave people who fought back are disappeared or dead.
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The fact that resisting arrest is illegal even if the arrest itself is clearly, obviously unlawful even to a layman, is really just evidence that the point was never justice.
It’s control.
It’s control.
May 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The fact that resisting arrest is illegal even if the arrest itself is clearly, obviously unlawful even to a layman, is really just evidence that the point was never justice.
It’s control.
It’s control.