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It's not just the women and girls we know of. It's all their future work, and everything they could have been, and how we build structures that shelter their abusers. It's how a man's future has always been worth more than my past, present, and future combined.
February 5, 2026 at 9:05 PM
It's not just the women and girls we know of. It's all their future work, and everything they could have been, and how we build structures that shelter their abusers. It's how a man's future has always been worth more than my past, present, and future combined.
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perfectly brutal description.
It's reminded me how many academics think that young women are a renewable resource meant to be sacrificed for old men to be happy.
February 5, 2026 at 6:14 PM
perfectly brutal description.
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the number of academics who were in touch with Epstein really puts the (elite) backlash to Title IX's enforcement against sexual violence into perspective.
DiChristina also invited Epstein to attend an editorial meeting for the Scientific American, where she worked as editor-in-chief.
Correspondence from 2010 also showed DiChristina on a guest list for a meeting on “the islands,” though it was not immediately clear what Epstein meant by “islands.”
Correspondence from 2010 also showed DiChristina on a guest list for a meeting on “the islands,” though it was not immediately clear what Epstein meant by “islands.”
BU COM dean corresponded extensively with Jeffrey Epstein in 2014 and 2015, files show
Mariette DiChristina, dean of Boston University’s College of Communication, corresponded extensively with Jeffrey Epstein in 2014 and 2015. The two set up a one-on-one meeting, had “phone dates” and D...
dailyfreepress.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:24 AM
the number of academics who were in touch with Epstein really puts the (elite) backlash to Title IX's enforcement against sexual violence into perspective.
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Seems as though they have laid off their entire photography staff. Photojournalists don’t just take photos, we report, we pitch, we take photos while our lives and safety are under threat. We explore our neighborhoods, restaurants and sports with a creative eye. Photojournalists do it all.
Washington Post laid off many of their staff photographers, too. Which seems missing from a lot of coverage I’ve read.
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Seems as though they have laid off their entire photography staff. Photojournalists don’t just take photos, we report, we pitch, we take photos while our lives and safety are under threat. We explore our neighborhoods, restaurants and sports with a creative eye. Photojournalists do it all.
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He wanted to be thorough in all the ways he preyed on children.
>Epstein being implicated in the proliferation of microtransactions in gaming
eventually we're gonna be able to tie the Pedo Reich to literally every slightly negative thing about society, aren't we
eventually we're gonna be able to tie the Pedo Reich to literally every slightly negative thing about society, aren't we
January 31, 2026 at 11:50 PM
He wanted to be thorough in all the ways he preyed on children.
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This is physically unsustainable for all life on earth.
The plans for data centers - if they succeed - guarantee that we burn the world down and blow every climate tipping point.
The fierce debate here is not just about "speed" but about who gets to decide and how we plan the entire economy.
The plans for data centers - if they succeed - guarantee that we burn the world down and blow every climate tipping point.
The fierce debate here is not just about "speed" but about who gets to decide and how we plan the entire economy.
i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts
Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom
Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:57 PM
This is physically unsustainable for all life on earth.
The plans for data centers - if they succeed - guarantee that we burn the world down and blow every climate tipping point.
The fierce debate here is not just about "speed" but about who gets to decide and how we plan the entire economy.
The plans for data centers - if they succeed - guarantee that we burn the world down and blow every climate tipping point.
The fierce debate here is not just about "speed" but about who gets to decide and how we plan the entire economy.
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January 28, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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Mental institutions have more power than police
They can drug you, keep you, and involuntarily commit you based on literally nothing. One of the biggest missed opportunities in criminal justice reform is uniting with the disabled rights movement in abolishing 51/50 laws which are used against women
They can drug you, keep you, and involuntarily commit you based on literally nothing. One of the biggest missed opportunities in criminal justice reform is uniting with the disabled rights movement in abolishing 51/50 laws which are used against women
January 21, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Mental institutions have more power than police
They can drug you, keep you, and involuntarily commit you based on literally nothing. One of the biggest missed opportunities in criminal justice reform is uniting with the disabled rights movement in abolishing 51/50 laws which are used against women
They can drug you, keep you, and involuntarily commit you based on literally nothing. One of the biggest missed opportunities in criminal justice reform is uniting with the disabled rights movement in abolishing 51/50 laws which are used against women
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It doesn’t matter that the article uses the definition that mainstream IR has for anarchy, it’s still wrong, and treating IR as an orthodoxy is why it continuously fails to conceive anything beyond the state, and precisely ends up regurgitating an incorrect understanding of what anarchy is.
January 20, 2026 at 3:25 PM
It doesn’t matter that the article uses the definition that mainstream IR has for anarchy, it’s still wrong, and treating IR as an orthodoxy is why it continuously fails to conceive anything beyond the state, and precisely ends up regurgitating an incorrect understanding of what anarchy is.
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Rachel Maddow posting a crimethinc link is wild lmao
January 19, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Rachel Maddow posting a crimethinc link is wild lmao
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This is also a damning record of waste fraud and abuse, the police and military have long had more money than they know how to spend so most of it they just hand out to their friends. Total word salad linked in pages for firms handling multi million contracts
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:43 PM
This is also a damning record of waste fraud and abuse, the police and military have long had more money than they know how to spend so most of it they just hand out to their friends. Total word salad linked in pages for firms handling multi million contracts
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One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
January 15, 2026 at 7:27 PM
One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
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This framing is scammy because it rationalizes policies designed to trap women in caretaking for nuclear het families. It's histrionic because it catastrophizes on the basis of a misreading of population projections.
To be clear, US demographics are a real problem.
Our economy is built on the notion that our population will keep growing.
A shrinking population dooms the current setup of Social Security & Medicare.
Heritage sees falling birth rates as a “a mark of a culture that has lost hope for the future.”
Our economy is built on the notion that our population will keep growing.
A shrinking population dooms the current setup of Social Security & Medicare.
Heritage sees falling birth rates as a “a mark of a culture that has lost hope for the future.”
Heritage paper on families calls for ‘marriage bootcamp,’ more babies
The conservative think tank aims to boost U.S. marriage and births through discouraging online dating, restricting pornography and creating tax credits for families.
wapo.st
January 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
This framing is scammy because it rationalizes policies designed to trap women in caretaking for nuclear het families. It's histrionic because it catastrophizes on the basis of a misreading of population projections.
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The shit we put parents through when they’re poor is truly gross. Universal basic income would be a massive help to these families.
NEW: Child welfare systems vary widely in what they count as a positive drug test.
One state’s level is so low that Air Force pilots can fly with up to 400 times more opiates in their system.
One state’s level is so low that Air Force pilots can fly with up to 400 times more opiates in their system.
Her Parenting Time Was Restricted After a Positive Drug Test. By Federal Standards, It Would've Been Negative.
In the child welfare system, the threshold at which a drug test is considered positive varies widely from one jurisdiction to the next. There’s no industry consensus on what, or if anything, should be done about the differing standards.
www.propublica.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:48 PM
The shit we put parents through when they’re poor is truly gross. Universal basic income would be a massive help to these families.
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it's funny when watching US movies or tv shows i used to be like "man, they sure do use food poisoning as a plot device *a lot* in america..."
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
Fowl Play: How US Chicken Imports will Pollute Britain's Poor
Since joining the EU British food has gone from bog-awful to top-notch, but Otto English reveals how a US Trade deal will unravel 40 years of progress.
bylinetimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:15 AM
it's funny when watching US movies or tv shows i used to be like "man, they sure do use food poisoning as a plot device *a lot* in america..."
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
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so given *gestures at everything rn*, are we ready to comprehend that sexual violence is a technology of oppression and not an individual oopsie or a matter of moral taste yet?
January 3, 2026 at 6:57 AM
so given *gestures at everything rn*, are we ready to comprehend that sexual violence is a technology of oppression and not an individual oopsie or a matter of moral taste yet?
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Anarcho-communsim is the moderate position accept it before you have to deal with the greens and the nihilists
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
bsky.app/profile/nora...
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
bsky.app/profile/nora...
is there a way we can take a step past abolition of borders so we can compromise back to it
January 2, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Anarcho-communsim is the moderate position accept it before you have to deal with the greens and the nihilists
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
bsky.app/profile/nora...
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
bsky.app/profile/nora...
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whole thread. CW rape.
what we're seeing with elon's digital rape & CSAM machine is collective gleeful revenge by cis men as a group against women as a group, trans people, and yes even children, for the crime of resisting the status of sexual property. bringing down the boot.
what we're seeing with elon's digital rape & CSAM machine is collective gleeful revenge by cis men as a group against women as a group, trans people, and yes even children, for the crime of resisting the status of sexual property. bringing down the boot.
I‘m discontinuing my social media use for the foreseeable future and I want to explain why.
I woke up in the new year to discover that some guy on here had saved photos I took on New Year’s Eve and used Grok to remove my clothes. I know this because he showed me.
I woke up in the new year to discover that some guy on here had saved photos I took on New Year’s Eve and used Grok to remove my clothes. I know this because he showed me.
January 3, 2026 at 5:45 PM
whole thread. CW rape.
what we're seeing with elon's digital rape & CSAM machine is collective gleeful revenge by cis men as a group against women as a group, trans people, and yes even children, for the crime of resisting the status of sexual property. bringing down the boot.
what we're seeing with elon's digital rape & CSAM machine is collective gleeful revenge by cis men as a group against women as a group, trans people, and yes even children, for the crime of resisting the status of sexual property. bringing down the boot.
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Not just that. Due dates on documents like for Medicare, SNAP, etc. are decided based on when they're mailed out and uses the postmark date so see if they're met.
This WILL cause people to lose benefits.
Let me explain how it works.
This WILL cause people to lose benefits.
Let me explain how it works.
Why isn't there more shouting about this? This is the USPS undermining mail-in ballots. They find every opportunity to subvert voting and democracy.
Ballots, tax returns and other important mail may not get postmarked the day you turn it in, USPS warns
www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/p...
Ballots, tax returns and other important mail may not get postmarked the day you turn it in, USPS warns
www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/p...
Ballots, tax returns and other important mail may not get postmarked the day you turn it in, Postal Service warns | CNN Politics
If you rely on postmarks when casting your ballot, filing your taxes or paying bills, a new US Postal Service rule makes it clear that you should plan ahead.
www.cnn.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Not just that. Due dates on documents like for Medicare, SNAP, etc. are decided based on when they're mailed out and uses the postmark date so see if they're met.
This WILL cause people to lose benefits.
Let me explain how it works.
This WILL cause people to lose benefits.
Let me explain how it works.
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Kids are sent to “new” relatives because the state cut those ties to begin with.
Asking kids to adapt to choices made about them, not with them.
Why not support before removal?
(Source: Seattle Times)
#adopteesky
Asking kids to adapt to choices made about them, not with them.
Why not support before removal?
(Source: Seattle Times)
#adopteesky
December 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Kids are sent to “new” relatives because the state cut those ties to begin with.
Asking kids to adapt to choices made about them, not with them.
Why not support before removal?
(Source: Seattle Times)
#adopteesky
Asking kids to adapt to choices made about them, not with them.
Why not support before removal?
(Source: Seattle Times)
#adopteesky
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🧵Unpopular opinions:
- The fertility INDUSTRY* cannot be reformed because it is an INDUSTRY.
*Specifically the part that centres on donation and surrogacy. I have no issue with people having IVF using their own swimmers and eggs.
#fertility #surrogacy #donorconception 🥚
- The fertility INDUSTRY* cannot be reformed because it is an INDUSTRY.
*Specifically the part that centres on donation and surrogacy. I have no issue with people having IVF using their own swimmers and eggs.
#fertility #surrogacy #donorconception 🥚
January 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM
🧵Unpopular opinions:
- The fertility INDUSTRY* cannot be reformed because it is an INDUSTRY.
*Specifically the part that centres on donation and surrogacy. I have no issue with people having IVF using their own swimmers and eggs.
#fertility #surrogacy #donorconception 🥚
- The fertility INDUSTRY* cannot be reformed because it is an INDUSTRY.
*Specifically the part that centres on donation and surrogacy. I have no issue with people having IVF using their own swimmers and eggs.
#fertility #surrogacy #donorconception 🥚
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Flu antivirals don't kill the virus—they stop it from replicating. That's why the "take within 48 hours" guidance isn't arbitrary: every hour you wait means more virus for your body to deal with. Here's how to test at home and get treatment fast ⤵
www.patreon.com/posts/146890...
www.patreon.com/posts/146890...
December 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Flu antivirals don't kill the virus—they stop it from replicating. That's why the "take within 48 hours" guidance isn't arbitrary: every hour you wait means more virus for your body to deal with. Here's how to test at home and get treatment fast ⤵
www.patreon.com/posts/146890...
www.patreon.com/posts/146890...
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Not just the rich and that's also something to sit with.
COVID really opened my eyes.
We had two paths ahead of us, and as soon as we took a single step towards THINKING about an equitable world, the rich put their full force into stopping it.
They loath humanity.
We had two paths ahead of us, and as soon as we took a single step towards THINKING about an equitable world, the rich put their full force into stopping it.
They loath humanity.
December 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Not just the rich and that's also something to sit with.