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History nerd researching LGBTQ rights in Oregon. Movie obsessive, sci-fi geek. Future cat dad. (he/him) No Constitution, No Union!

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I love the idea that *this* US government, which has been nabbing landscapers and five year olds knows where Iranian sleeper cells are but just hasn’t gotten around to doing anything about it yet.

12.03.2026 01:21 πŸ‘ 7796 πŸ” 2113 πŸ’¬ 243 πŸ“Œ 51
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Mark Zuckerberg Decides Meta Needs More Slop, Buys the Social Network for AI Agents Because Facbook and Instagram don't have enough bots, apparently.

Because Facebook isn't unusable enough:

gizmodo.com/mark-zuckerb...

11.03.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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i bet this shit sounds magical if you're fucking stupid

11.03.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 9976 πŸ” 2534 πŸ’¬ 407 πŸ“Œ 789

If you view the Christian Church solely as a God-ordained vessel for European domination, acknowledging Christ as someone who came from and advocated for the marginalized is insane.

11.03.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 258 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

omw to a national security briefing

11.03.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 581 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 2
James Talarico saying he loves trans kids

James Talarico saying he loves trans kids

UNEARTHED: Texas Democrat admits to feeling LOVE, an emotion that is WOKE and GAY

09.03.2026 15:28 πŸ‘ 2086 πŸ” 265 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 46

Now more than ever I’m convinced losing Anthony Bourdain meant we lost probably the biggest person on tv who advocated for the wonders of meeting new people and calling anyone online who hated learning new cultures the children they were, ruthlessly to the camera.

07.03.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 9565 πŸ” 1561 πŸ’¬ 132 πŸ“Œ 55

i don't care about any arguments against this. right now the sum total of my political advocacy is: crush the Republicans and make them pay. i don't care what comes after because until we do that nothing better is possible.

07.03.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 6407 πŸ” 1249 πŸ’¬ 88 πŸ“Œ 39

Love to see anti-papism making a comeback.

07.03.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The asymmetry of the value placed on human life is so striking. Israel has a goal to recover 40-year-old remains; to do so, it invades a sovereign country, and the lives of 26 Lebanese are an afterthought. Their names not even worth printing in the New York Times.

07.03.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 5736 πŸ” 1950 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 71

"Challenge for those who are very confident that Clippy isn't conscious: Explain how human consciousness works."

07.03.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nope. I don't need to dissect one of the greatest magic tricks of existence to know that your plagiarizing auto-correct isn't alive. You are not a serious person, and this is not a serious argument.

07.03.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

06.03.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 13684 πŸ” 2975 πŸ’¬ 325 πŸ“Œ 185
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Let’s talk about Graham Platner’s Big Lie, finally. In 2009, at the height of the Gulf War, the Marines barred him from active duty. Platner claims it was his forearm tattoos. But his one forbidden tattoo was the Nazi symbol on his chest. He knew - and he left the Marines rather than give it up. 1/

06.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 4207 πŸ” 1756 πŸ’¬ 133 πŸ“Œ 574

Last night I dreamed that John Fetterman bullied me into donating blood for the war with Iran, then left me to get sucked dry. My dad doesn't want me playing with him anymore.

06.03.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Markwayne Mullin is one of the dumbest people in a government of true idiots. Just a real dipshit among dipshits. A grade-a nimrod.

05.03.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dude sounds like a dipshit elementary kid trying to explain to the teacher why he didn't do his book report.

05.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Next time someone asks you to sum up MAGA in 30 seconds or less, show them this clip of Andrew Tate explaining why he doesn't read books.

07.02.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 1252 πŸ” 310 πŸ’¬ 162 πŸ“Œ 256

If the government gets to decide if you have them, they're not human rights.

05.03.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 3657 πŸ” 880 πŸ’¬ 114 πŸ“Œ 35

They killed 180 children and their teachers in a double-tap strike on a school. The girls were 7 to 12 years old.

05.03.2026 04:33 πŸ‘ 4396 πŸ” 1812 πŸ’¬ 102 πŸ“Œ 30

Iran has choked off 90% of the world's chili reserves by closing the Straights of Hormel

04.03.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 580 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 14

Also, Trump has a history of not paying for shit, so why would anyone believe him?

03.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wish Dem leadership showed this much emotion. Any emotion, really.

03.03.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'd raise you another $100 that they have a CSAM thread.

03.03.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Only in an Op/Ed can a person make whatever claim they want without presenting any evidence or citations, and be hailed as a bold truth-teller.

02.03.2026 06:25 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Live in Maine. Not a fan, but I know why people like him.

1.) He's very accessible -- shows up at all flavor of public events, protests, etc. He's shown up to University of Maine twice, Bangor (smaller urban town), Portland (larger urban town), etc. Chances are if you're...

02.03.2026 03:45 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6

I'm exhausted by all the efforts to rewrite the history of the 2022 US Senate primary in Pennsylvania, with folks insisting "we told you so!" as to Fetterman, that Conor Lamb was always the better choice, and generally ignoring Malcolm Kenyatta's historic candidacy.

So let me say a few things. 🧡1/

01.03.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 632 πŸ” 185 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 58

When I was building my high school history curriculum, I was super stoked to expose kids to the women who were anti-suffrage. A whole story there that is never discussed. Alas, I never had the opportunity, but I have it all saved just in case.

01.03.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I DID NOT HIT HER! I DID NOT!

01.03.2026 06:09 πŸ‘ 301 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

Perfect.

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