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Writer & Librarian. Should know better by now. https://portfire.org/author/rvljones/

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a man in a carolina shirt is holding a microphone and talking to a crowd . ALT: a man in a carolina shirt is holding a microphone and talking to a crowd .

Tonight's UNC-Duke game has nothing but upside for the Tar Heels.

If we beat them, we sweep the series this year.

If we lose, meh, we didn't topple the top-ranked team at home but still split the series.

Bring it on.

07.03.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Blames Iran for Deadly Strike on Girls’ School President Trump on Saturday blamed Iran for the bombing of a girls’ school in southern Iran, which Iranian officials say killed more than 160 people. β€œMy opinion, based on what I’ve seenβ€”that was done...

Well that settles that

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

07.03.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2

Fucking burn it down

07.03.2026 21:03 πŸ‘ 589 πŸ” 191 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 6
A longtime Interior Department official is on leave after he warned that the agency that oversees oil rigs in the waters off Alaska was dangerously understaffed, according to two people familiar with the situation.
Justin Miller, who has headed the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement's
Alaska office since 2022, went on leave just days after POLITICO reported he had publicly warned agency counterparts that his office lacked the staffing to oversee existing oil operations in Alaska - let alone a massive expansion being pushed by the Trump administration.

A longtime Interior Department official is on leave after he warned that the agency that oversees oil rigs in the waters off Alaska was dangerously understaffed, according to two people familiar with the situation. Justin Miller, who has headed the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement's Alaska office since 2022, went on leave just days after POLITICO reported he had publicly warned agency counterparts that his office lacked the staffing to oversee existing oil operations in Alaska - let alone a massive expansion being pushed by the Trump administration.

days away from the anniversary of exxon valdez, trump is ousting the guy warning everyone that oil rig safety efforts in alaska are dangerously understaffed

06.03.2026 01:37 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

He keeps talking about how he won't get into heaven. This has to have an impact on his decisions. Has anyone written about this?

06.03.2026 03:52 πŸ‘ 378 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 0

maybe the one thing he is honest about?

06.03.2026 04:08 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

May all the harm she has inflicted on the world return to her seven fold.

05.03.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

yep. sounds about white.

05.03.2026 01:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The white folks sexually exploited those they enslaved. So we're related more than people think!

05.03.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I can imagine. I'm very sorry. I've thought about trying to do that work (outreach to the descendants of those who my ancestors enslaved in Putnam County). The past isn't past, to paraphrase Faulkner, is it?

05.03.2026 01:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if any of the descendants of their enslavers have reckoned with that horrible history.

05.03.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

just looked it up. Muscogee territory? And mineral springs?

05.03.2026 01:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

they were in Georgia? πŸ’”

05.03.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Too bad there aren't any rich people who could run ads with this information on every social media and regular media channel.

04.03.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 541 πŸ” 168 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study finds A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot or about 30 centimeters.

Good news everyone!

04.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 154 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5

a ha ha ha HA ha

04.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

An administration of lawless violence at home and abroad

04.03.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say | CNN Politics The CIA is working to arm Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran and the Trump administration has been in active discussions with Iranian opposition groups and Kurdish lea...

2/ What could possibly go wrong?

"Another US official said the Kurds could help sow chaos in the region and stretch the Iranian regime’s military resources thin."

www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/p...

03.03.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 227 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 6

Tonight’s #SmallGoodThing: my anti-AI zine is finally available! I hope folks check it out!

04.03.2026 03:04 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wyoming lawmakers' proposal to ban 'explicit' books from libraries falters as clock runs out The Legislature was advancing a bill that backers saw as a common sense way to keep "sexually explicit" books out of kids hands. Critics saw it as a book ban, and Teton County librarians have lined up...

THE HORRIFIC BOOK BANNING BILL IN WYOMING WAS KILLED.

IT'S DEAD!!!!!!

If your knee-jerk right now is "yeah but so many other ones," cool. *Not right here or right now.*

Celebrating advocacy and hard work matters.

www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/state/w...

04.03.2026 13:20 πŸ‘ 236 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6

AI-AIPAC took me smooth out.

03.03.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tillis to Noem: "A 14 month old dog is basically a teenager in dog years. You decided to kill that dog bc you hadn't invested the appropriate training, then you have the audacity to write a book & say it's a leadership lesson! ... Those are bad decisions not unlike what happened in Minneapolis"

03.03.2026 17:55 πŸ‘ 15336 πŸ” 3845 πŸ’¬ 630 πŸ“Œ 566
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Thomson Reuters criticized by some Minnesota employees over its ICE contract Workers at the company’s Eagan campus pressed their concerns to executives, including over potential misuse of license plate data, during Twin Cities immigration surge.

Thomson Reuters criticized by some Minnesota employees over its ICE contract

03.03.2026 13:14 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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A Secret Survey From Inside a Women’s Prison Tells Stories of Domestic Abuse Untold in Court From inside a women’s prison in Oklahoma, a domestic violence survivor began collecting other prisoners’ stories of abuse. Their accounts helped shape a new Oklahoma law intended to reduce their sente...

www.propublica.org/article/okla...

03.03.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Ensh*ttification of the Institute of Museum and Library Services Trucks On: What's Happening and What You Can Do Nearly a year after the Institute of Museum and Library Services was dismantled, what's happening at the agency? What can we do to help out?

Yesterday, I highlighted all of the ways that the Institute of Museum and Library Services has been enshittified with the installment of the new regime.

One of those updates was a new AI slop homepage that went up late last week:

Guess what's been reverted?

bookriot.com/the-enshitti...

03.03.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Stable genius.

03.03.2026 22:47 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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You know it’s a rough news cycle when the headline begins with β€œTrump Admits”

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

03.03.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 731 πŸ” 192 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 18
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America’s Long War on Iran Didn’t Start This Weekend - Dame Magazine From the 1953 CIA-backed coup to Trump’s latest strikes, America’s attempts to reshape Iran have fueled instability, sanctions, and endless escalation.

In case you’re unfamiliar with our decades of interference in Iran, I wrote up a primer on it for @damemagazine.bsky.social. When Hegseth says that Iran’s been at war with us for decades, he’s got it totally backwards. At the end of the day, that’s us.

02.03.2026 22:48 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Testify on March 12 to Support NY Public Libraries Preliminary Budget Hearing for NYC Committee on Libraries The NYC City Council’s Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and International Relations is holding a hearing on March 12, 2026 to discus...

WANT TO SUPPORT NYC LIBRARIES?

Testify over zoom, in person, or simply submit written testimony for next week's preliminary budget city council meeting. Here's how you can do that!

@nycplan.org

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

03.03.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

or maybe it’s because bibi orchestrated this and he doesn’t give a shit about americans

03.03.2026 17:42 πŸ‘ 339 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 2