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Riley | he/him | beginning ceramicist and occasional labor organizer
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Light snow at 8 AM sticking to elevated surfaces, grass, and stationary rodents. Frederick, MD, 415' elevation.
November 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Light snow at 8 AM sticking to elevated surfaces, grass, and stationary rodents. Frederick, MD, 415' elevation.
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Mamdani was elected and already NYC is transing the trains.
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Mamdani was elected and already NYC is transing the trains.
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Zohran says you’re trans now
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Zohran says you’re trans now
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heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
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I'm mad about a lot of things (ha! ha!) but the sheer number of journalists who wrote "There are no plans to implement Project 2025" under the grounds of "well, Trump says there aren't, so..." and still have jobs is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy up there
President Trump says he is meeting today with Russ Vought, OMB director and "of PROJECT 2025 Fame," to discuss cuts to "Democrat Agencies."
October 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'm mad about a lot of things (ha! ha!) but the sheer number of journalists who wrote "There are no plans to implement Project 2025" under the grounds of "well, Trump says there aren't, so..." and still have jobs is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy up there
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when they said there'd be bread and circuses, they should have specified that the bread would cost 200% more than it did four years ago and the circuses are only available on your least favourite streaming network for $19.99/month
October 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
when they said there'd be bread and circuses, they should have specified that the bread would cost 200% more than it did four years ago and the circuses are only available on your least favourite streaming network for $19.99/month
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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This Week's Onion Magazine:
September 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This Week's Onion Magazine:
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The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
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While everyone is chattering about that guy, at least 5 (number keeps growing) HBCUs have received campus threats and had to go on lockdown today including one here in Louisiana. This is not ok.
September 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
While everyone is chattering about that guy, at least 5 (number keeps growing) HBCUs have received campus threats and had to go on lockdown today including one here in Louisiana. This is not ok.
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It is entirely possible to be respectful about the death of a person you disagreed with without “honoring” him by vowing to continue his disagreeable, hateful “work.”
The best way to honor Charlie's memory is to continue his work: engage with each other, across ideology, through spirited discourse. In a democracy, ideas are tested through words and good-faith debate — never through violence.
September 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
It is entirely possible to be respectful about the death of a person you disagreed with without “honoring” him by vowing to continue his disagreeable, hateful “work.”
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Just looking in the direction of a grocery store costs $20 now
September 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Just looking in the direction of a grocery store costs $20 now
Took off work for two weeks and now the mere thought of looking at a screen for eight hours has me kicking and screaming like a furious toddler
September 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Took off work for two weeks and now the mere thought of looking at a screen for eight hours has me kicking and screaming like a furious toddler
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When I see people online, even in jest, suggest that people living in Republican-controlled states should be abandoned because of their politicians, I feel a deep heartache. New York CREATED Donald Trump and none of y’all are ever talk about it the way you disparage Alabama or Mississippi.
September 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
When I see people online, even in jest, suggest that people living in Republican-controlled states should be abandoned because of their politicians, I feel a deep heartache. New York CREATED Donald Trump and none of y’all are ever talk about it the way you disparage Alabama or Mississippi.
A piece I made in 2024 vs one I brought home earlier this week 👀
August 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
A piece I made in 2024 vs one I brought home earlier this week 👀
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1. Major good news for trans students in Loudoun County.
The school board has decided to defy Trump, will not ban trans kids from bathrooms.
They have shown more guts than Ivy League universities and hospital systems, which have capitulated.
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The school board has decided to defy Trump, will not ban trans kids from bathrooms.
They have shown more guts than Ivy League universities and hospital systems, which have capitulated.
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Loudoun County Public Schools Defies Trump, Votes Not To Ban Trans Kids From Bathrooms
The school board voted 6-3 to defy Trump's directive.
www.erininthemorning.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
1. Major good news for trans students in Loudoun County.
The school board has decided to defy Trump, will not ban trans kids from bathrooms.
They have shown more guts than Ivy League universities and hospital systems, which have capitulated.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
The school board has decided to defy Trump, will not ban trans kids from bathrooms.
They have shown more guts than Ivy League universities and hospital systems, which have capitulated.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
????????? the actual audacity?????
July 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
????????? the actual audacity?????
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If this was true we’d have a functioning rail system at least, come on.
one thing that has slightly slipped through the cracks is that yesterday Trump said that 9,982 out of every 10,000 people are autistic
July 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If this was true we’d have a functioning rail system at least, come on.
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Why do you need to performatively thank people committing war crimes?
There is no bravery in committing war crimes. There is bravery in rejecting illegal orders.
There is no bravery in committing war crimes. There is bravery in rejecting illegal orders.
I'm grateful our pilots are safely out of Iran – and I thank them for their bravery.
But in the absence of evidence that Iran was imminently breaking out to build a bomb, and without congressional approval, this operation should have never been ordered.
But in the absence of evidence that Iran was imminently breaking out to build a bomb, and without congressional approval, this operation should have never been ordered.
June 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Why do you need to performatively thank people committing war crimes?
There is no bravery in committing war crimes. There is bravery in rejecting illegal orders.
There is no bravery in committing war crimes. There is bravery in rejecting illegal orders.
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Nothing is a fucking distraction from anything it’s all the one thing
June 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Nothing is a fucking distraction from anything it’s all the one thing
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Can't wait for the NY Times to publish an op ed saying "technically yes, war requires Congressional approval, but critics say that's inconvenient in the modern world."
June 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Can't wait for the NY Times to publish an op ed saying "technically yes, war requires Congressional approval, but critics say that's inconvenient in the modern world."