Christine
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A strong independent acid snake
Can you die of a garlic bread overdose? Asking for a friend.
April 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Can you die of a garlic bread overdose? Asking for a friend.
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The acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service is resigning over a deal to share immigrants’ tax data with ICE to help deport them, AP sources say.
IRS acting commissioner is resigning over deal to send immigrants' tax data to ICE, AP sources say
The Internal Revenue Service’s acting commissioner is resigning over a deal to share immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S.
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April 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service is resigning over a deal to share immigrants’ tax data with ICE to help deport them, AP sources say.
I put a bandaid over my belly button. My first thought as I was doing it was - oh no will I still be able to breathe?
Somewhere, in my mind, I'm a whale... An upside down whale.
Somewhere, in my mind, I'm a whale... An upside down whale.
April 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I put a bandaid over my belly button. My first thought as I was doing it was - oh no will I still be able to breathe?
Somewhere, in my mind, I'm a whale... An upside down whale.
Somewhere, in my mind, I'm a whale... An upside down whale.
"Ice detention...facilities are privately owned and run for profit.
Companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group receive government funding ... CoreCivic made over $560m from Ice in a single year. In 2024, GEO Group made more than $763m from Ice."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"Ice detention...facilities are privately owned and run for profit.
Companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group receive government funding ... CoreCivic made over $560m from Ice in a single year. In 2024, GEO Group made more than $763m from Ice."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.”
Elie Wiesel (1928-2016), writer and Auschwitz survivor
#HandsOff ‼️
Elie Wiesel (1928-2016), writer and Auschwitz survivor
#HandsOff ‼️
April 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.”
Elie Wiesel (1928-2016), writer and Auschwitz survivor
#HandsOff ‼️
Elie Wiesel (1928-2016), writer and Auschwitz survivor
#HandsOff ‼️
April 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Creating and sharing deceptive media made with artificial intelligence is now a crime in New Jersey.
Creating and sharing deceptive AI-generated media is now a crime in New Jersey
Creating and sharing deceptive media made with artificial intelligence is now a crime in New Jersey and open to lawsuits under a new state law. Democratic Gov.
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April 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Creating and sharing deceptive media made with artificial intelligence is now a crime in New Jersey.
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So glad it’s finally Saturday I’ve been waiting all week to kick back and do laundry and clean the fridge and worry about the news and go to the gym and catch up on work and make dinner again and wait I hate it here
April 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
So glad it’s finally Saturday I’ve been waiting all week to kick back and do laundry and clean the fridge and worry about the news and go to the gym and catch up on work and make dinner again and wait I hate it here
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The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled, in a 2-1 decision, that more than 60,000 votes cast in last year’s tightly contested state Supreme Court race must now be verified and recounted. This comes after two recounts already confirmed the original outcome.
April 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled, in a 2-1 decision, that more than 60,000 votes cast in last year’s tightly contested state Supreme Court race must now be verified and recounted. This comes after two recounts already confirmed the original outcome.
Indivisible Westminster Strong let's goooooooo! Awesome folks on the meeting tonight - pack all your running shoes, this is an ultra marathon. #indivisiblewestminsterstrong
February 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Indivisible Westminster Strong let's goooooooo! Awesome folks on the meeting tonight - pack all your running shoes, this is an ultra marathon. #indivisiblewestminsterstrong
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Yes, libraries are invaluable for their collections and the services they offer, but also social contact without the expectation to interact with anyone or spend money is so important to so many people
February 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Yes, libraries are invaluable for their collections and the services they offer, but also social contact without the expectation to interact with anyone or spend money is so important to so many people
Are we still doing, "well I didn't have blahblahblah on my bingo card" ? Seems like the card should just be blank. And on fire. And what was the prize for this? Idk this is not a good game.
February 18, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Are we still doing, "well I didn't have blahblahblah on my bingo card" ? Seems like the card should just be blank. And on fire. And what was the prize for this? Idk this is not a good game.
Insert [topical expensive egg post]
February 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Insert [topical expensive egg post]
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Sure, dinner at a nice restaurant is great, but reservations at the void to scream together, now that’s an act of service right there
February 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Sure, dinner at a nice restaurant is great, but reservations at the void to scream together, now that’s an act of service right there
Me yelling at the Excel: How dare you! Never talk to me or my leading zeros again.
February 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Me yelling at the Excel: How dare you! Never talk to me or my leading zeros again.
Remember folks, you have more strength than you know, like Bryan Cranston perfectly throwing a pizza on a roof, exactly when he needed to.
February 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Remember folks, you have more strength than you know, like Bryan Cranston perfectly throwing a pizza on a roof, exactly when he needed to.
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We need to call out the blatant lie being pushed by the Trump administration—that Elon’s staffers have only “read-only” access. It has been confirmed across departments that they have “administrative” access to computer systems.
February 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
We need to call out the blatant lie being pushed by the Trump administration—that Elon’s staffers have only “read-only” access. It has been confirmed across departments that they have “administrative” access to computer systems.
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Monday marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. An estimated 1,100,000 people, mainly Jews, were murdered there during the Holocaust.
Holocaust survivor's family searches for answers while retracing her steps at Auschwitz
Monday marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. One of the youngest survivors was an eight-year-old Polish girl named Rutka. She moved to Canada…
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January 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Monday marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. An estimated 1,100,000 people, mainly Jews, were murdered there during the Holocaust.
It's not me drinking coffee this fast, that would be an unhealthy speed. I propose instead: laws of thermodynamics are being broken.
January 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It's not me drinking coffee this fast, that would be an unhealthy speed. I propose instead: laws of thermodynamics are being broken.
Elon musk is a Nazi.
Trying to write something pithy to expand on that but credit where it's due, he really lets you sum it up quickly.
Trying to write something pithy to expand on that but credit where it's due, he really lets you sum it up quickly.
January 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Elon musk is a Nazi.
Trying to write something pithy to expand on that but credit where it's due, he really lets you sum it up quickly.
Trying to write something pithy to expand on that but credit where it's due, he really lets you sum it up quickly.
Books of the Bible that I know: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
January 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Books of the Bible that I know: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
"Just farted next to a major air intake, now everyone in this complex will be eating my farts" - texts from briam
December 21, 2024 at 4:58 AM
"Just farted next to a major air intake, now everyone in this complex will be eating my farts" - texts from briam