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If we are being honest: Claude didn't do any of those things.
People USING Claude as an excuse for greed extraction are.

• Claude didn't choose to work for the military.
• Claude didn't build data centers.
• Claude didn't defund mental health.
• Claude didn't refuse security protocols.

Humans did.

06.03.2026 16:44 👍 498 🔁 134 💬 8 📌 15

someone to help us remember why we even left the house bc brain foooogggg

06.03.2026 17:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Newly Poly Plover Dad Still Figuring Out His Time Management | Defector The animal kingdom is ruled by open sexual relationships. Bats, beetles, and bonobos all have multiple partners over a season or a lifetime. Barnacles and barracudas don’t even get to pick their partn...

which publisher will give this bird a book deal to explore his experience with ENM!
defector.com/newly-poly-p...

06.03.2026 16:28 👍 34 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 2

guys who can I read to explain the Iran + oil prices + overall economy situation???

06.03.2026 16:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It is 2026 and we are not fucking doing this anymore. EIGHT WOMEN came forward and told stories of Franken GROPING AND FORCIBLY KISSING THEM. The man was a sexual abuser. He did not and does not belong in congress. Fucking period. End of conversation.

06.03.2026 00:02 👍 2365 🔁 450 💬 41 📌 18

Democrats who voted against the War Powers resolution:
-Cuellar
-golden
-Landsman
-Vargas

05.03.2026 21:51 👍 74 🔁 43 💬 8 📌 9

Hello internet friends! I am working on a feature about the people making whistles and popup leftist supply depots and looking for people to talk to; sometimes casting a wide net yields people I haven't found yet! I am in touch with Bree and Courtney, but if YOU are a whistle logistician...

05.03.2026 19:48 👍 99 🔁 63 💬 4 📌 3

People enjoy thought exercises so here’s one…

imagine the Democratic Party without Black women

05.03.2026 20:15 👍 259 🔁 57 💬 20 📌 16
Kristi Noem's "Open to Work" LinkedIn Profile

Kristi Noem's "Open to Work" LinkedIn Profile

05.03.2026 18:54 👍 7213 🔁 1131 💬 125 📌 125
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The video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. They’re tapping in to get in on the violence.
And then he bragged about it on X later.

05.03.2026 13:14 👍 12421 🔁 4010 💬 506 📌 194

I haven't said anything about this before, bc in the grand scheme of horrors this only rates as an inconvenience, but since others are experiencing it:

Just three days after CBP arrested me for filming them outside Broadview on 9/27, my TSA Pre & Global Entry were suspended—and so were my wife's.

04.03.2026 21:03 👍 2425 🔁 1191 💬 3 📌 49

Scroll past, right?

1. Hana Dehqani, eight years old

2. Fatemeh Salari, 34 years old

3. Reza Habashian, seven years old

4. Arya Bahadori, nine years old

5. Ali Asghar Zaeri, eight years old

6. Zahra Bahrami, seven years old

7. Ahmad Soltani, eight years old

04.03.2026 18:06 👍 212 🔁 157 💬 4 📌 11

transphobia is comorbid with being a fucking cunt in every other aspect of your life

04.03.2026 18:36 👍 1513 🔁 374 💬 12 📌 7
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The Grande Dame of the Epstein Files Peggy Siegal, once the most powerful publicist in New York, defends herself.

Amazing, insightful, juicy, horrifying piece. Also, we need one of these feature-treatment deep dives on every single one of the men kissing JE’s ass in his inbox as well. nymag.com/intelligence...

04.03.2026 16:58 👍 76 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 0

The only fizzy water I drink. I like a strong bubble

04.03.2026 16:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“In the last year, it’s gotten a lot worse” A Qualitative Investigation of Barriers to Disability Benefits in 2025 - DREDF This report is based on interviews with 52 benefits professionals serving over 8,000 disability claimants nationwide. The independent research finds that recent Social Security Administration administ...

In this new report, @ksavin.bsky.social, and @calliefreitag.bsky.social and I explain how Trump 2.0 and DOGE built up new barriers to the already-difficult process of getting disability benefits.

Let's talk about what we found, and what we recommend to address the issues. 🧵

03.03.2026 23:20 👍 76 🔁 57 💬 1 📌 3
Since July, more than a dozen pregnant children have been moved to a single facility in the small town of San Benito, along the south Texas border. The children kept in Texas are as young as 13, and about half are pregnant because of rape, according to a joint investigation by the Texas Newsroom and the California Newsroom. In Texas, abortion is banned in nearly all circumstances, including rape and incest.

Since July, more than a dozen pregnant children have been moved to a single facility in the small town of San Benito, along the south Texas border. The children kept in Texas are as young as 13, and about half are pregnant because of rape, according to a joint investigation by the Texas Newsroom and the California Newsroom. In Texas, abortion is banned in nearly all circumstances, including rape and incest.

the phrase “more than a dozen pregnant children” ringing in my ears www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

04.03.2026 00:09 👍 1892 🔁 822 💬 44 📌 86

Good news

04.03.2026 01:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

for the youths who werent around for the iraq installment
- dont believe anything the govt says about progress
- no the democrats dont have to say getting rid of the baddie was good and therefore they have to support the war
- the war needs to be ended
- the media is not your ally and they love war

03.03.2026 14:42 👍 1571 🔁 441 💬 24 📌 20
Colorful Mexican tiles in Puerto Vallarta.

Colorful Mexican tiles in Puerto Vallarta.

Mexican tile

03.03.2026 13:15 👍 174 🔁 27 💬 1 📌 1
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J. Salinas fw26/27 #fashionsky

03.03.2026 13:49 👍 49 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 7

A guy who would make a great Congressman.

03.03.2026 14:19 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A smiling man stands with his bicycle on a concrete pier along a grey, choppy lakefront under an overcast sky. He has dark skin, locs, and a short beard, and is wearing a black puffer jacket, a grey knit scarf, blue jeans, and tan sneakers. His bicycle is a grey bike featuring drop handlebars, disc brakes, full fenders, and a black rear cargo rack.

A smiling man stands with his bicycle on a concrete pier along a grey, choppy lakefront under an overcast sky. He has dark skin, locs, and a short beard, and is wearing a black puffer jacket, a grey knit scarf, blue jeans, and tan sneakers. His bicycle is a grey bike featuring drop handlebars, disc brakes, full fenders, and a black rear cargo rack.

A closer shot of the same man leaning over his bike and smiling wide, with the lake behind him and some seagulls blurred on the pier.

A closer shot of the same man leaning over his bike and smiling wide, with the lake behind him and some seagulls blurred on the pier.

“I have days in the summertime when I take the whole day and I just ride through Chicago. I'll start in Uptown or West Ridge and I'll go all the way out to Beverly. And those are some of my favorite rides.” 🧵

03.03.2026 13:48 👍 171 🔁 28 💬 1 📌 7
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In a recent interview, Cillian Murphy officially spoke out about the reports that he has been cast as Voldemort in HBO's #HarryPotter TV series:

“I’m categorically not. Can you make that the headline?”

Source: The Times | Learn More: bit.ly/4sjY99S

02.03.2026 16:00 👍 2571 🔁 409 💬 51 📌 214
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Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first, two people f...

we reached the “no WMDs” phase in two days.

02.03.2026 12:45 👍 7577 🔁 2225 💬 101 📌 108

Lesbian icon Cillian Murphy, our beautiful boy beloved of the dolls, he would never he would NEVER

02.03.2026 19:39 👍 166 🔁 20 💬 0 📌 0
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As Trump Bombs Iran, We Need to Reckon With the American War Machine We cannot afford to slip into despair. We must push back against militarism everywhere, at every turn.

Essential reading. "We in the U.S. need to reckon with the fact that so much of our state wealth, capacity, and technology goes toward burying children in rubble."

01.03.2026 00:09 👍 401 🔁 194 💬 7 📌 10

This is absolutely disgusting

01.03.2026 01:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
2026 CTA One Summer Chicago High School Internship Program
The Chicago Transit Authority is excited to offer a 7-week summer internship that provides high school students with valuable professional development, mentorship, and work experience.

June 15-July 31, 2026
Monday-Friday 9:00 am-2:30 pm

Benefits
$16.60/ hour with FREE CTA, Pace, and Metra transportation
Network with high school interns from across the city
Professional development, financial literacy, and career exploration workshops
Opportunity to earn real, transferable college credit at City Colleges of Chicago
Technology provided to interns for hybrid experience
                    
Opportunities & Outcomes
Participate in workshops aimed at increasing career readiness, leadership skills, and self-growth
Learn networking skills with opportunities to connect with college interns and CTA employees
Gain technology skills in Microsoft Office

Questions? Check out transitchicago.com/internships/highschool/ Or email us at OSCintern@transitchicago.com

2026 CTA One Summer Chicago High School Internship Program The Chicago Transit Authority is excited to offer a 7-week summer internship that provides high school students with valuable professional development, mentorship, and work experience. June 15-July 31, 2026 Monday-Friday 9:00 am-2:30 pm Benefits $16.60/ hour with FREE CTA, Pace, and Metra transportation Network with high school interns from across the city Professional development, financial literacy, and career exploration workshops Opportunity to earn real, transferable college credit at City Colleges of Chicago Technology provided to interns for hybrid experience                      Opportunities & Outcomes Participate in workshops aimed at increasing career readiness, leadership skills, and self-growth Learn networking skills with opportunities to connect with college interns and CTA employees Gain technology skills in Microsoft Office Questions? Check out transitchicago.com/internships/highschool/ Or email us at OSCintern@transitchicago.com

We’re working with One Summer Chicago to provide high school students with a 7-week paid internship at CTA!

Interns will participate in a robust hybrid experience that includes an innovative approach to our hallmark model of work experience, professional development, and mentorship.

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