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I don’t know man if capitalism has just resulted in a small network of pedophiles destroying all life on earth then perhaps we should consider that it is a complete and utter failure as a system
December 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I don’t know man if capitalism has just resulted in a small network of pedophiles destroying all life on earth then perhaps we should consider that it is a complete and utter failure as a system
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Just a reminder that Banned Books Week isn’t about selling more copies of 1984. It’s about keeping authors and teachers and librarians safe and making sure all of us have the freedom to read widely. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Children’s Authors on the Real-World Cost of Book Banning
Authors discuss how having their work targeted by censors has directly affected their livelihood and their well-being.
www.publishersweekly.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Just a reminder that Banned Books Week isn’t about selling more copies of 1984. It’s about keeping authors and teachers and librarians safe and making sure all of us have the freedom to read widely. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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One thing I'll say about DC not only canceling Red Hood, but recalling the first issue and refunding stores for buying it, is that you can still get Neil Gaiman's work through them. They still work with Otto Schmidt. Eddie Berganza worked there for years AFTER the formation of a policy that no women
September 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
One thing I'll say about DC not only canceling Red Hood, but recalling the first issue and refunding stores for buying it, is that you can still get Neil Gaiman's work through them. They still work with Otto Schmidt. Eddie Berganza worked there for years AFTER the formation of a policy that no women
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Amid these ICE raids, something folks should understand about the Chicago suburbs is that a lot of stereotypes about the era of white flight from the city do not apply. A lot of these folks were priced out of Chicago and many commute to work here. They are part of the same social fabric.
September 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Amid these ICE raids, something folks should understand about the Chicago suburbs is that a lot of stereotypes about the era of white flight from the city do not apply. A lot of these folks were priced out of Chicago and many commute to work here. They are part of the same social fabric.
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this is the scale of ice activity in/around chicago so far today.
reports of ice staging, on the prowl, or arresting people stretch from 40 miles nw of chicago in elgin, to 45 miles sw in joliet, to 20 miles s in dixmoor.
closer to home, reports of ice on the ciy's s + sw sides and near suburbs.
reports of ice staging, on the prowl, or arresting people stretch from 40 miles nw of chicago in elgin, to 45 miles sw in joliet, to 20 miles s in dixmoor.
closer to home, reports of ice on the ciy's s + sw sides and near suburbs.
September 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
this is the scale of ice activity in/around chicago so far today.
reports of ice staging, on the prowl, or arresting people stretch from 40 miles nw of chicago in elgin, to 45 miles sw in joliet, to 20 miles s in dixmoor.
closer to home, reports of ice on the ciy's s + sw sides and near suburbs.
reports of ice staging, on the prowl, or arresting people stretch from 40 miles nw of chicago in elgin, to 45 miles sw in joliet, to 20 miles s in dixmoor.
closer to home, reports of ice on the ciy's s + sw sides and near suburbs.
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mutual aid request in chicago!
there is a need for shelf-stable food staples — requests are coming in from moms, community members, crisis workers
it's imperfect as an amazon wish list, but it's something we can manage amongst our safe networks, we will distro food quickly
please share!
there is a need for shelf-stable food staples — requests are coming in from moms, community members, crisis workers
it's imperfect as an amazon wish list, but it's something we can manage amongst our safe networks, we will distro food quickly
please share!
September 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
mutual aid request in chicago!
there is a need for shelf-stable food staples — requests are coming in from moms, community members, crisis workers
it's imperfect as an amazon wish list, but it's something we can manage amongst our safe networks, we will distro food quickly
please share!
there is a need for shelf-stable food staples — requests are coming in from moms, community members, crisis workers
it's imperfect as an amazon wish list, but it's something we can manage amongst our safe networks, we will distro food quickly
please share!
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I never thought I would see this in my life, and that they’re making it immediately generic so it’s affordable is making me want to cry
Well, I'll be damned.
It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.
newatlas.com/infectious-d...
It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.
newatlas.com/infectious-d...
The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global
An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...
newatlas.com
August 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I never thought I would see this in my life, and that they’re making it immediately generic so it’s affordable is making me want to cry
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Louisiana has to build three new natural gas power plants to accommodate the "AI" data center that Meta just crammed through because said center will use *Three Times* as much electricity (and, thus, attendant resources) as the *Entire City Of New Orleans*, every year.
Y'all this isn't sustainable.
Y'all this isn't sustainable.
La. regulators approve Entergy power plants for Meta’s AI data center
Louisiana Public Service Commissioners voted four to one to approve Entergy’s three new gas plants to power Meta’s largest-ever data center.
www.kplctv.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Louisiana has to build three new natural gas power plants to accommodate the "AI" data center that Meta just crammed through because said center will use *Three Times* as much electricity (and, thus, attendant resources) as the *Entire City Of New Orleans*, every year.
Y'all this isn't sustainable.
Y'all this isn't sustainable.
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one of the things we've seen repeatedly is that there's a huge gulf between 'taught in school,' 'understood by students' and 'remembered as an adult'
August 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
one of the things we've seen repeatedly is that there's a huge gulf between 'taught in school,' 'understood by students' and 'remembered as an adult'
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This oped builds off this news from last week that I want to share because that's a boss headline
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/08/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/08/m...
August 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This oped builds off this news from last week that I want to share because that's a boss headline
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/08/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/08/m...
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Firing and demoralizing feminized jobs as enemies of the state while brazenly bribing men with violent jobs that almost instantly puts them into the middle of middle class is very basic gendered warfare. Fulfilling the manosphere’s promise.
It is insane to me that the government can find money to pay ICE agents increasingly larger sums of money, yet teachers have to buy their own pencils.
August 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Firing and demoralizing feminized jobs as enemies of the state while brazenly bribing men with violent jobs that almost instantly puts them into the middle of middle class is very basic gendered warfare. Fulfilling the manosphere’s promise.
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Yes! Vaccines are your body making its own medicine. No refill, no follow up, no “lifetime customer.” The simplistic “pharma keeps us sick to keep us hooked” MAHA narrative collapses when you actually look at political economy of vaccines. Vaccines literally end their own market except for kids.
I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible
August 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Yes! Vaccines are your body making its own medicine. No refill, no follow up, no “lifetime customer.” The simplistic “pharma keeps us sick to keep us hooked” MAHA narrative collapses when you actually look at political economy of vaccines. Vaccines literally end their own market except for kids.
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One of the few things I'm absolutely sure of is that there's nothing wrong with being trans. We're just a type of person. We deserve equality because all people deserve equality.
August 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
One of the few things I'm absolutely sure of is that there's nothing wrong with being trans. We're just a type of person. We deserve equality because all people deserve equality.
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This is some bullshit, if you’re a constituent call the governor:
Chicago 313-814-2121
Springfield 217-782-6830
online gov.illinois.gov/contact-us/v...
Might as well also call
UChicago Medicine 773-702-1000
Rush Children’s Hospital 888-352-7874
Lurie’s Children’s Hospital 312-227-400
Chicago 313-814-2121
Springfield 217-782-6830
online gov.illinois.gov/contact-us/v...
Might as well also call
UChicago Medicine 773-702-1000
Rush Children’s Hospital 888-352-7874
Lurie’s Children’s Hospital 312-227-400
Chicago hospitals are scaling back trans care for youth. A rapid response team is stepping in.
The team has a network of practitioners in Illinois who don’t rely on payments from the federal government, which threatens to cut funding to gender-affirming care providers.
www.wbez.org
August 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This is some bullshit, if you’re a constituent call the governor:
Chicago 313-814-2121
Springfield 217-782-6830
online gov.illinois.gov/contact-us/v...
Might as well also call
UChicago Medicine 773-702-1000
Rush Children’s Hospital 888-352-7874
Lurie’s Children’s Hospital 312-227-400
Chicago 313-814-2121
Springfield 217-782-6830
online gov.illinois.gov/contact-us/v...
Might as well also call
UChicago Medicine 773-702-1000
Rush Children’s Hospital 888-352-7874
Lurie’s Children’s Hospital 312-227-400
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When politicians pass laws restricting "pornography," this is what they actually restrict:
video games
romantasy
drag
sex education
healthcare
LGBTQ+ sites
young adult novels
sexual assault resources
dating apps
contraception
social media
Wikipedia
wifi access
video games
romantasy
drag
sex education
healthcare
LGBTQ+ sites
young adult novels
sexual assault resources
dating apps
contraception
social media
Wikipedia
wifi access
Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online, No Matter How Many Times UK Politicians Say So
The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so, these services must introduce age checks to prevent children from accessing such content. Online...
www.eff.org
August 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
When politicians pass laws restricting "pornography," this is what they actually restrict:
video games
romantasy
drag
sex education
healthcare
LGBTQ+ sites
young adult novels
sexual assault resources
dating apps
contraception
social media
Wikipedia
wifi access
video games
romantasy
drag
sex education
healthcare
LGBTQ+ sites
young adult novels
sexual assault resources
dating apps
contraception
social media
Wikipedia
wifi access
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tl;dr no fence sitting. solidarity now. get moving yellat.money
July 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
tl;dr no fence sitting. solidarity now. get moving yellat.money
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"I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience."
When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.
prisonjournalismproject.org
July 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience."
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“banning pornography” is bad on its own but it is imperative that everyone understand that these people consider the very existence of queer people to be pornographic
they consider the most chaste depiction of a queer relationship, or an openly trans person, to be porn and they want it banned
they consider the most chaste depiction of a queer relationship, or an openly trans person, to be porn and they want it banned
You don’t have to like, approve of, or engage with porn and nsfw work to see how right wing extremists are using fear and stigma around smut to ban queer people from public life, define “good” sex as only between married people for procreation, and otherwise further force white supremacy on everyone
July 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“banning pornography” is bad on its own but it is imperative that everyone understand that these people consider the very existence of queer people to be pornographic
they consider the most chaste depiction of a queer relationship, or an openly trans person, to be porn and they want it banned
they consider the most chaste depiction of a queer relationship, or an openly trans person, to be porn and they want it banned
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If Superman saving that squirrel made you angry I literally want nothing to do with you, like at all.
July 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
If Superman saving that squirrel made you angry I literally want nothing to do with you, like at all.
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I don't get why it's such a big deal that trans people want to play in cis people sports. We let cis people participate in speedrunning tournaments.
July 21, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I don't get why it's such a big deal that trans people want to play in cis people sports. We let cis people participate in speedrunning tournaments.
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A message to our followers.
April 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A message to our followers.
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my has wife asked me to stop my running Werner Herzog commentary during our Donkey Kong Bananza playthru
July 20, 2025 at 3:57 AM
my has wife asked me to stop my running Werner Herzog commentary during our Donkey Kong Bananza playthru
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corporations on july 1st:
July 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
corporations on july 1st:
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Prisons don’t create safety—they disappear people. And when politicians like Klobuchar fight to keep them open for jobs, what they’re really defending is a racialized economy built on warehousing human beings instead of investing state time and energy into care, housing, health, or other jobs.
NEWS: the Bureau of Prisons just decided to reverse course and keep their facility in Duluth open. I urged BOP leadership to take this step to protect these good paying jobs that are vital to the local economy.
July 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Prisons don’t create safety—they disappear people. And when politicians like Klobuchar fight to keep them open for jobs, what they’re really defending is a racialized economy built on warehousing human beings instead of investing state time and energy into care, housing, health, or other jobs.
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If you want my (entirely symbolic, as again, I live in Illinois) vote, you shouldn't propose stripping away legal rights and protections for people like me. It's really simple. I am giving people 3 whole years to make the right decision. If they don't, that's on them.
July 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
If you want my (entirely symbolic, as again, I live in Illinois) vote, you shouldn't propose stripping away legal rights and protections for people like me. It's really simple. I am giving people 3 whole years to make the right decision. If they don't, that's on them.