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Shamus McGillicuddy

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Speculative fiction author, tech industry analyst, crisis counselor for 988 affiliate, gardener, cat herder, diehard Celtics fan. https://www.shamusmcgillicuddy.com/

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It’s a tie. Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein. What a year for Gene Wilder!

07.03.2026 02:33 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll buy that

07.03.2026 02:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seems like a favor for Sturm. β€œI coached this kid for Germany. I think I can make him into something.”

06.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A minor league hockey team had a wiener dog race. Zero thoughts, just vibes and absolute chaos. A thing of beauty

03.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 3887 πŸ” 1231 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 161

His brain is so addled that he only has a few topics that he feels confident talking about extemporaneously. Windmills is one of them. His confidence is obviously misplaced, but he clings to it like he clings to his love for gold accents.

03.03.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screen cap of CBS Sports Celtics injury report shows Jayson Tatum as a gametime decision as opposed to out.

Screen cap of CBS Sports Celtics injury report shows Jayson Tatum as a gametime decision as opposed to out.

Celtics injury report on CBS Sports lists Jayson Tatum as a game time decision. Next game is tomorrow night in Boston.

03.03.2026 18:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He has improved significantly since the beginning of the season.

02.03.2026 05:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie says she could be an asset in a batman cartoon Alt: a man in a suit and tie says she could be an asset in a batman cartoon
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Casey Means, our next surgeon general, is the platonic ideal of a Trump nominee. She strives for a job that has surgeon in its title, but she literally dropped out of her surgical residency. She also presents herself as a medical doctor, but she hasn’t had an active medical license in three years.

25.02.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This was a pleasant surprise.

21.02.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Fatal ICE Shooting Occurred in Texas Months Before Renee Good’s Killing

This case is insane:

ICE shot and killed a citizen last March then *hid it for a year.*

The young man they killed had no criminal history.

All we know about shooting is from internal ICE docs.

We don't know officers' names.

We don't have footage.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

21.02.2026 00:33 πŸ‘ 4096 πŸ” 1830 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 69
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Counterpoint: budget are broken because the billionaire class evades taxation.

19.02.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The drunk uncle theory.

You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there

16.02.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 15819 πŸ” 3626 πŸ’¬ 126 πŸ“Œ 142

Turkeys in my neighborhood are totally chill.

15.02.2026 03:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Some idiot has been feeding these turkeys, which makes them recognize humans as a food source. This makes them aggressive and dangerous.

15.02.2026 03:40 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are you aware that some working
Politicians aspire to be β€œleaders?”

These leaders tried to lead, and they do this by influencing public opinion. It’s the latest thing.

15.02.2026 03:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

US Troops killed all the guards at Dachau for this kind of shit.

13.02.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 4730 πŸ” 1400 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 28

β€œThey were hellbent on not allowing anybody to help him until he was dead,” she said. β€œI was right there, and they β€” all of them β€” made the decision to deny me access to give him the best possible chance of survival.”

13.02.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 1862 πŸ” 871 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 12

Totally agree. I don’t understand why the crowds aren’t bigger in the arena.

13.02.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.

13.02.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 5969 πŸ” 2677 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 54
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally β€” almost certainly incomplete β€” includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned because agents will β€œpromptly let the individual go.”

For these Americans, that wasn’t true.

(Published Oct. 2025)

13.02.2026 04:00 πŸ‘ 2336 πŸ” 1169 πŸ’¬ 97 πŸ“Œ 78

At least once a week, you post something that gets put you on some kind of government watchlist. Keep rocking.

12.02.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The person photographed here who is in their bathrobe filming armed, masked federal agents in St. Paul is MPR News journalist @samstroozas.bsky.social @mprnews.org . She is an incredible journalist and person. We do not deserve her.

11.02.2026 21:26 πŸ‘ 4836 πŸ” 1263 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 72

BREAKING: The House passed the so-called SAVE America Act which threatens to upend our freedom to vote.

The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.

11.02.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 10998 πŸ” 5409 πŸ’¬ 508 πŸ“Œ 576

Fuck yes!

11.02.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In new documentary, former Ohio State wrestlers say U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan knew about Strauss abuse β€’ Ohio Capital Journal Survivors of Dr. Richard Strauss say Ohio Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan known about the sexual abuse the student-athletes experienced, according to HBO’s new documentary Surviving Ohio State.

That the Bondi hearing is being chaired by Jim I-Let-A-Doctor-Rape-College-Wrestlers-When-I-Was-Their-Assistant-Coach Jordan is... really fucking painful.

"'To say that (Jordan) knew nothing, that nothing ever happened, it’s a flat out lie',” former Ohio State Wrestler Dan Ritchie said."

11.02.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 233 πŸ” 99 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 7
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paulβ€”an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

11.02.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 11391 πŸ” 6556 πŸ’¬ 274 πŸ“Œ 625
photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

11.02.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 40536 πŸ” 13811 πŸ’¬ 1373 πŸ“Œ 890

My response would be to look at the OOPSY projections on fangraphs. :p

OOPSY has three players at 20+. (Abreu, Story, Contreras) with Anthony at 19.

11.02.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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FDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccine The decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals.

So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist.

Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

11.02.2026 02:24 πŸ‘ 8057 πŸ” 3036 πŸ’¬ 357 πŸ“Œ 244