RelUnrelated
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Humanist agnostic atheist geek in Oceania or Eastasia; Leading edge GenX; Hodgkins lymphoma survivor; #BlackLivesMatter #Antifa #ACAB | Homer IL | @RelUnrelated@kolektiva.social 🏴🏴☠️ Typewriter Junkie
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Weirded out like I am by Trump-Epstein apologetics that use the term "barely legal," including to describe a 15 year old girl (who is years shy of being "barely legal"? Then read this, by @aselrod.bsky.social.
Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
The Barely Legal Type: Purity Culture, Rape Culture, and America’s Lose-Lose Proposition for Girls
The very parts of American culture that claim to promote teen abstinence and sexual purity operate on a parallel logic to the rape culture that enables the darkest misogynistic violence against women.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Weirded out like I am by Trump-Epstein apologetics that use the term "barely legal," including to describe a 15 year old girl (who is years shy of being "barely legal"? Then read this, by @aselrod.bsky.social.
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Scientific consensus based on an overwhelming amount of evidence isn't "orthodoxy" unless you're a quack.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Scientific consensus based on an overwhelming amount of evidence isn't "orthodoxy" unless you're a quack.
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Ms Habronattus georgiensis being adorable as she waits for her takeout to arrive
#EmotionalSupportSpood
#EmotionalSupportSpood
November 2, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Ms Habronattus georgiensis being adorable as she waits for her takeout to arrive
#EmotionalSupportSpood
#EmotionalSupportSpood
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Note: the city of Broadview has imposed a curfew on protest here outside the detention center.
Free speech hours (even in the "allowed" area boxed in by cement barricades here) don't start until 9am.
Free speech hours (even in the "allowed" area boxed in by cement barricades here) don't start until 9am.
October 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Note: the city of Broadview has imposed a curfew on protest here outside the detention center.
Free speech hours (even in the "allowed" area boxed in by cement barricades here) don't start until 9am.
Free speech hours (even in the "allowed" area boxed in by cement barricades here) don't start until 9am.
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I didn’t want America to go fascist. I think that is very bad. But I take some solace in the fact that we got such stupid, petty fascists, the sort who order an in-person meeting of military leaders not to execute a large-scale purge, but to make them listen to him wax philosophical about gender.
Hegseth: "Basic training is being restored to what it should be -- scary, tough, and disciplined. We're empowering drill sergeants to instill healthy fear in new recruits, ensuring that future warfighters are forged ... they can put hands on recruits."
September 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I didn’t want America to go fascist. I think that is very bad. But I take some solace in the fact that we got such stupid, petty fascists, the sort who order an in-person meeting of military leaders not to execute a large-scale purge, but to make them listen to him wax philosophical about gender.
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The democratic leadership is stuck in a time loop from 2012
"Dems will get blamed for a shutdown" as opposed to what, all the friendly coverage and positive credit they'd get for caving yet again? This whole premise is built on a delusion about what the alternative is. There's no cowering in the corner and being so inoffensive they won't still attack you.
September 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The democratic leadership is stuck in a time loop from 2012
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When the recipe calls for "a chili'
(and you've picked ten different types in your garden this afternoon....)
Når oppskriften sier 'en chili'
(og du har plukket ti forskjellige typer i hagen i ettermiddag...)
🌶️🌱
(and you've picked ten different types in your garden this afternoon....)
Når oppskriften sier 'en chili'
(og du har plukket ti forskjellige typer i hagen i ettermiddag...)
🌶️🌱
September 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
When the recipe calls for "a chili'
(and you've picked ten different types in your garden this afternoon....)
Når oppskriften sier 'en chili'
(og du har plukket ti forskjellige typer i hagen i ettermiddag...)
🌶️🌱
(and you've picked ten different types in your garden this afternoon....)
Når oppskriften sier 'en chili'
(og du har plukket ti forskjellige typer i hagen i ettermiddag...)
🌶️🌱
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146 environmental defenders were killed or disappeared last year
146 environmental defenders were killed or disappeared last year
The latest tally from Global Witness is a grim ledger. In 2024, at least 146 people were killed or disappeared while defending land, water and forests. That brings the total to at least 2,253 deaths…
news.mongabay.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
146 environmental defenders were killed or disappeared last year
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🚨 EVACUATION DRIVE and we're matching £1,500/$2,050 - please share 🚨 We got evacuation funds for four families, but we MUST help two more to escape the north of Gaza. Every minute's wait is death.
ANYTHING helps. We have a week, but let's do it sooner. 0/8000 chuffed.org/project/hope...
ANYTHING helps. We have a week, but let's do it sooner. 0/8000 chuffed.org/project/hope...
September 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
🚨 EVACUATION DRIVE and we're matching £1,500/$2,050 - please share 🚨 We got evacuation funds for four families, but we MUST help two more to escape the north of Gaza. Every minute's wait is death.
ANYTHING helps. We have a week, but let's do it sooner. 0/8000 chuffed.org/project/hope...
ANYTHING helps. We have a week, but let's do it sooner. 0/8000 chuffed.org/project/hope...
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September 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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The people wondering "how could anyone who isn't a professional escape after a high profile daylight assassination" are forgetting two things:
1. Cops are bad at their jobs
2. The FBI used to be somewhat better at their jobs and were recently gutted by political layoffs
1. Cops are bad at their jobs
2. The FBI used to be somewhat better at their jobs and were recently gutted by political layoffs
September 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The people wondering "how could anyone who isn't a professional escape after a high profile daylight assassination" are forgetting two things:
1. Cops are bad at their jobs
2. The FBI used to be somewhat better at their jobs and were recently gutted by political layoffs
1. Cops are bad at their jobs
2. The FBI used to be somewhat better at their jobs and were recently gutted by political layoffs
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"We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s."
- Charlie Kirk
www.wired.com/story/charli...
- Charlie Kirk
www.wired.com/story/charli...
How Charlie Kirk Plans to Discredit Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Act
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk is preparing to launch a campaign against Martin Luther King Jr. and the landmark civil rights law he helped enact.
www.wired.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
"We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s."
- Charlie Kirk
www.wired.com/story/charli...
- Charlie Kirk
www.wired.com/story/charli...
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I had NO IDEA that the head writer of WKRP was trans. I’m near the end of a rewatch and there’s an episode that shows a trans woman joyfully declaring that NOW she can be who she really is, and continuously portrays Herb as the fool because he’s got an issue with it. In 1979!!!
September 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I had NO IDEA that the head writer of WKRP was trans. I’m near the end of a rewatch and there’s an episode that shows a trans woman joyfully declaring that NOW she can be who she really is, and continuously portrays Herb as the fool because he’s got an issue with it. In 1979!!!
Khristofascist Kirk Korpse is in the news. Oh what a fucking tragedy.
Live updates: Charlie Kirk has died after being shot at an event in Utah, Pres. Trump says
Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, has died after being shot at an event at Utah Valley University, President Trump said.
apnews.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Khristofascist Kirk Korpse is in the news. Oh what a fucking tragedy.
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Remember the Gaza Humanitarian Fund? The shady American nonprofit run by a Christian Nationalist that was given full control of food aid distribution sites in Gaza?
Its parent organization GH solutions hired members of an American white supremacist biker gang to run security for the all the sites.
Its parent organization GH solutions hired members of an American white supremacist biker gang to run security for the all the sites.
Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites
BBC identifies members of Infidels MC gang hired as armed security at US and Israel-backed aid sites.
www.bbc.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Remember the Gaza Humanitarian Fund? The shady American nonprofit run by a Christian Nationalist that was given full control of food aid distribution sites in Gaza?
Its parent organization GH solutions hired members of an American white supremacist biker gang to run security for the all the sites.
Its parent organization GH solutions hired members of an American white supremacist biker gang to run security for the all the sites.
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“Either vote for me, the guy Trump endorses and is trying to rig the race for, or Trump will take over your city” doesn’t make the most sense to me
Andrew Cuomo on CNBC: "If Mamdani wins, let’s just call it Mayor Trump. He would take over New York City. He already is moving to take over New York, right? He took over Penn Station, he's talking about taking over 9/11..."
September 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“Either vote for me, the guy Trump endorses and is trying to rig the race for, or Trump will take over your city” doesn’t make the most sense to me
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Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, says he was denied a meeting with career intelligence workers because Laura Loomer objected.
NOTE: This visit was 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 and 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥. Who is feeding such information to Loomer?
NOTE: This visit was 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 and 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥. Who is feeding such information to Loomer?
September 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, says he was denied a meeting with career intelligence workers because Laura Loomer objected.
NOTE: This visit was 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 and 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥. Who is feeding such information to Loomer?
NOTE: This visit was 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 and 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥. Who is feeding such information to Loomer?
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Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the vice chair of the Intelligence Committee, says he was denied a meeting with career intelligence workers because Laura Loomer objected.
September 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the vice chair of the Intelligence Committee, says he was denied a meeting with career intelligence workers because Laura Loomer objected.
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He’s finding that he’s got a taste for mass murder now that he can actually do it with no consequences.
"And it’ll happen again," Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed.
Trump Ordered Military To Blow Up Suspected Drug Boat Instead Of Intercepting It, Rubio Says
"And it’ll happen again," Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed.
www.huffpost.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
He’s finding that he’s got a taste for mass murder now that he can actually do it with no consequences.
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RIP CBS News
Lord save us:
"Paramount is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told."
"Paramount is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told."
The Bari Market
With Paramount securely in his pocket, David Ellison is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told.
puck.news
September 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
RIP CBS News
I think we're now up to part № 74241.
The capitalist owned politicians do not care about you and think you dying is funny part 3522
September 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I think we're now up to part № 74241.
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All kidding about this nonsense answer aside: The regime is asserting the power to murder without trial a boat full of people suspected of drug trafficking, who easily could have been intercepted and arrested instead. That is unconscionable and horrifying even assuming everyone aboard was guilty.
Q: On the Venezuela vessel strike, what legal authority were you guys working under?
JD VANCE: The legal authority is there are people who are bringing -- literal terrorists -- who are bringing deadly drugs into our country
JD VANCE: The legal authority is there are people who are bringing -- literal terrorists -- who are bringing deadly drugs into our country
September 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
All kidding about this nonsense answer aside: The regime is asserting the power to murder without trial a boat full of people suspected of drug trafficking, who easily could have been intercepted and arrested instead. That is unconscionable and horrifying even assuming everyone aboard was guilty.
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Illinois has laws against sharing data for immigration enforcement. It’s one of only 2-3 states that have such robust rules preventing collaboration w ICE. I believe it’s one of the reasons that we’re in month 8 of the Trump administration continuing to talk about but not act on an ICE surge
To Chicago comrades & anyone else facing possible federal occupation:
The National Guard is standing around for photo ops.
DHS, ICE, FBI, DEA, ATF, are working with local police to terrorize & kidnap our neighbors.
Organize accordingly.
The National Guard is standing around for photo ops.
DHS, ICE, FBI, DEA, ATF, are working with local police to terrorize & kidnap our neighbors.
Organize accordingly.
September 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Illinois has laws against sharing data for immigration enforcement. It’s one of only 2-3 states that have such robust rules preventing collaboration w ICE. I believe it’s one of the reasons that we’re in month 8 of the Trump administration continuing to talk about but not act on an ICE surge
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I'm just going to keep noting that the owner and operator of Twitter -- the social media that too many politicians and pundits use to determine what's "normal" -- keeps on pushing the white supremacist Great Replacement Theory that has been the motivation for multiple mass shootings in this country.
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
September 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I'm just going to keep noting that the owner and operator of Twitter -- the social media that too many politicians and pundits use to determine what's "normal" -- keeps on pushing the white supremacist Great Replacement Theory that has been the motivation for multiple mass shootings in this country.