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Nerd, music lover, startup veteran. Also- childless cat lady.

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12.03.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 14392 πŸ” 4459 πŸ’¬ 1622 πŸ“Œ 502

Utah authorities arrested a man because he had dried pinto beans. They thought it was drugs. By the time they realized it was beans, they dropped charges, but it was too late: ICE had found and detained him.

12.03.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 934 πŸ” 395 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 10

Donate to help these lovely ladies get out of Florida to somewhere safer to be trans!

04.03.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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No Help and Few Options for Travelers Stranded by Mideast Conflict

One woman who called the State Department helpline looking for help said they told her to "stop ranting and raving" and hung up on her.

Another woman said they asked her how to spell Oman.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/t...

04.03.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 5584 πŸ” 2186 πŸ’¬ 197 πŸ“Œ 225

One of the main reasons I don't use AI is that you have to fact-check every single thing it gives you and by the time I do that, I could have just done the research myself.

03.03.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 899 πŸ” 104 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 5

Every single day, the President or a member of his administration does something that would have ended the career of politicians in the past, but nothing happens to them because they aren’t politicians.

They’re performers.

23.02.2026 13:57 πŸ‘ 4473 πŸ” 1018 πŸ’¬ 257 πŸ“Œ 47

Well this story blew up. Went to the front page of reddit, hacker news, Gizmodo. People donated thousands of dollars to the legal fund of Jeff Sovern, who dismantled 13 Flock surveillance cameras. The response was near-universal enthusiasm for the project of smashing invasive, exploitative tech.

23.02.2026 18:08 πŸ‘ 592 πŸ” 214 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 3
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β€˜The photo gods were on my side.’ How that astonishing image of Andrew was captured | CNN Most days, the country’s top newspapers have a wide range of photos gracing their front pages. But on Friday, every image topping the British front pages was identical.

Most days, the UK's top newspapers have a wide range of photos gracing their front pages. But on Friday, every image topping the British front pages was identical.

20.02.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2
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19.02.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The chaotic life of an immigration lawyer in Trump’s America: β€˜Some days you break down in tears’ The Guardian followed immigration attorney Milli Atkinson as she pivoted from case to case – and tried to keep herself sane. This is what her typical day looks like

read this www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

17.02.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.

10.02.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 15392 πŸ” 5884 πŸ’¬ 236 πŸ“Œ 161
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Song of the Cerebellum Is thought just motion in the mind?

Highly rec. radiolab.org/podcast/song...

10.02.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ilia Malinin's Olympic backflip made history. But he's not the first to do it U.S. figure skating phenom Ilia Malinin did a backflip in his Olympic debut, and another the next day. The controversial move was banned from competition for decades until 2024.

U.S. figure skating phenom Ilia Malinin did a backflip in his Olympic debut, and another the next day. The controversial move was banned from competition for decades until 2024. n.pr/3Oc9N7R

09.02.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 221 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 19
05.02.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 2085 πŸ” 342 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 10

this is truly some mad king shit. god fucking damn it I am so sick of this

05.02.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 1368 πŸ” 267 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 8
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Doctors who refuse to engage with administrative work are abandoning their poorest and sickest patients - The Sick Times Having a Long COVID or ME doctor who is willing and available to engage with survival admin makes the difference between being able to access necessities and going without, and can be the only lifelin...

thesicktimes.org/2025/12/09/d...

05.02.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Blind Into Caracas’ Less than 24 hours in, members of the Trump team are celebrating victory. None of them seem to have wondered what happens a day, a month, a decade from now.

James Fallows calls the press conference announcing Maduro's capture the most disturbing one he has ever seen and Fallows has seen a lot of craziness in American politics.

04.01.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 164 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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I remember when they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty.

03.01.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 6565 πŸ” 1757 πŸ’¬ 116 πŸ“Œ 61
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Thousands of mail-in ballots could be discounted under new post office policy The Postal Service is no longer guaranteeing when it will postmark mail, which could jeopardize some ballots that arrive after Election Day.

Gift link

wapo.st/4jssOyH

04.01.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump’s focus on Venezuelan oil reinforces claim action was never about β€˜war on drugs’ US president claims US will take back β€˜stolen’ oil, but experts say no legal claim to natural reserves exists

I can't find US outlets referring to Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources, the basic intl law & UN precept that one nation can't grab another's resources. That would be... a timely explainer, right about now.

The Guardian seems to be the only place that's bothered to specifically note it.

04.01.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I always really loved Jimmy Cliff’s cover of Cat Stevens’ Wild World, which I found on a cassette of a 1976 live album (In Concert) that in college was one of my favorites to come home and chill out to after a night out youtu.be/wDmSZr9FPO4?...

24.11.2025 13:03 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

RIP Jimmy Cliff

24.11.2025 21:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
I Am the Resurrection (Remastered 2009)
I Am the Resurrection (Remastered 2009) YouTube video by The Stone Roses - Topic

RIP Mani.

21.11.2025 23:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This made me look up the interview and omg. Here's a gift link

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...

21.11.2025 20:27 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.

21.11.2025 19:43 πŸ‘ 3742 πŸ” 868 πŸ’¬ 88 πŸ“Œ 15
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Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.

Gmail users!!

They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.

Pass it on!!

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

21.11.2025 09:10 πŸ‘ 3294 πŸ” 2983 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 99
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Trump faces criticism for referring to female Bloomberg reporter as β€˜piggy’ Critics accuse the US president of trying to β€˜shut women journalists up’ with β€˜demeaning language’

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

18.11.2025 18:29 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy' Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files

When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'

people.com/donald-trump...

18.11.2025 00:55 πŸ‘ 4007 πŸ” 1630 πŸ’¬ 576 πŸ“Œ 990

May her memory be for a revolution that lights all of our way home. ❀️‍πŸ”₯

16.11.2025 21:13 πŸ‘ 795 πŸ” 156 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

RIP Alice Wong

16.11.2025 23:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0