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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ in NJ. Cyclist, skier, cat dad, lapsed chemist

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white people need to become more familiar with molokhia. they’re calling 2026 β€œthe year of molokhia”

28.02.2026 00:15 πŸ‘ 294 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 4
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Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.

I wrote about how the US and Israel carried out an attack on an Iranian girls school on par with the OKC bombing and US media relegated it to a back page story. No stand alone evening news segments, no front page stories, it made A11 in the NYT then everyone moved on.

04.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 4183 πŸ” 1451 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 47

Here's a full write-up on the judge tossing out Columbia's unprecedentedly harsh disciplinary actions against students accused of occupying Hamilton Hall in 2024:

hellgatenyc.com/columbia-exp...

02.03.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 232 πŸ” 84 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A judge just tossed out Columbia University's disciplinary actions against 22 students over the 2024 Hamilton Hall occupation, finding the school relied on sealed arrest records and held individuals responsible for group actions, violating its own rules.

iapps.courts.state.ny.us/fbem/Documen...

28.02.2026 03:00 πŸ‘ 2526 πŸ” 578 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 34

Thanks, see it now!

01.03.2026 05:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That didn't stay up long...can't find it!

01.03.2026 04:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

if you believe in any form of free enterprise at all, the idea that the Pentagon can not only cut off your contract but designate you a supply chain risk and prevent other companies from buying from you just because you won't build killbots for the government should be terrifying

27.02.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 9888 πŸ” 2803 πŸ’¬ 203 πŸ“Œ 129

This is the FBI 302 in which a woman recounts her accusation that Epstein lulled her with the promise of a babysitting job only to drug and rape her. She says he tried to get her to recruit other girls her age. (She was 13 or 14).

www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

26.02.2026 00:38 πŸ‘ 2192 πŸ” 814 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 35
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It’s Called the β€˜Fitbit for Farts’—and It’s No Joke Scientists developing a new underwear-able hope to do for gastroenterology what the Apple Watch did for cardiology.

Well if everyone is gonna act like they're twelve years old, I'm gonna post this!

24.02.2026 02:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The ICC held hearings today to confirm the charges against Rodrigo Duterte for killing suspected drug dealers.

24.02.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

thinking about how Savannah Guthrie had to cancel her trip to work the Olympics because of her mom’s kidnapping but the guy who heads up the investigative body handling the case was posting pictures of himself in the US hockey locker room today lol

23.02.2026 01:36 πŸ‘ 12931 πŸ” 3346 πŸ’¬ 188 πŸ“Œ 127

all things considered it is kind of funny to pick your least competent guy to run your domestic security service

23.02.2026 01:23 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Kash Patel says he now has a lead that Savannah Guthrie's mom is being held at either the NCAA Final Four or the Masters golf tournament, plans to personally investigate.

22.02.2026 23:43 πŸ‘ 3169 πŸ” 660 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 34
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ICE is terrorizing our communities, and Congress has the power to take action right now!

Republicans gutted Medicaid and SNAP to bankroll ICE.

It’s time to claw back ICE’s funding, ban its use of private data, and end qualified immunity for its agents.

23.02.2026 00:24 πŸ‘ 199 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

<1/3 seriously> what about all those Norwegian oil exports.

22.02.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Side-by-side portrait of civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin. On the left is a black-and-white photo of Colvin as a teenager wearing glasses. On the right is a later-life color portrait of her wearing a gray jacket with a red collar. A black band at the bottom contains the quote: β€œI knew then and I know now that when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it.” - Claudette Colvin.

Side-by-side portrait of civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin. On the left is a black-and-white photo of Colvin as a teenager wearing glasses. On the right is a later-life color portrait of her wearing a gray jacket with a red collar. A black band at the bottom contains the quote: β€œI knew then and I know now that when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it.” - Claudette Colvin.

Claudette Colvin was 15 when she refused to give up her seat. A child was asked to accept injustice. She refused.

History didn’t spotlight her the way it should have. Courage came first.

Civil rights pioneer who helped ignite the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Black History. Always. πŸ–€

#SheShed #V4V

22.02.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 746 πŸ” 307 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 5
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Activists hang photo of UK's Andrew in Paris' Louvre after arrest Activists from anti-billionaire campaign group "Everyone Hates Elon" on Sunday (February 22) went to the Louvre museum in Paris where they hung a framed photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, taken...

Thy literally put it in the Louvre
www.reuters.com/video/watch/...

22.02.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 4395 πŸ” 1072 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 85

The DA has launched an investigation into the chief and the PD response.

21.02.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 259 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

DISCO INFERNO

20.02.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: DOJ to investigate Supreme Court for mortgage fraud.

20.02.2026 15:33 πŸ‘ 6484 πŸ” 930 πŸ’¬ 310 πŸ“Œ 153
So, just to recap, we have two random DOGE bros with basically no knowledge or experience in the humanities (and at least one of whom is a college dropout), who just went around terminating grants that had gone through a full grant application process by feeding in a list of culture war grievance terms, selecting out the grant titles based on the appearance of seemingly β€œwoke” words, then asking ChatGPT β€œyo, tell me this is DEI” and then sending termination emails the next day from a private server and forging the director’s signature.

This is what β€œgovernment efficiency” looks like in practice: two guys with zero relevant experience, a keyword list built on culture war grievances, and a chatbot confidently spitting out 120-character verdicts on federal grants that went through actual review processes. The experts who might have explained what these grants actually do? Locked out. The director whose signature appeared on termination letters? Couldn’t tell you which grants got cut or w

So, just to recap, we have two random DOGE bros with basically no knowledge or experience in the humanities (and at least one of whom is a college dropout), who just went around terminating grants that had gone through a full grant application process by feeding in a list of culture war grievance terms, selecting out the grant titles based on the appearance of seemingly β€œwoke” words, then asking ChatGPT β€œyo, tell me this is DEI” and then sending termination emails the next day from a private server and forging the director’s signature. This is what β€œgovernment efficiency” looks like in practice: two guys with zero relevant experience, a keyword list built on culture war grievances, and a chatbot confidently spitting out 120-character verdicts on federal grants that went through actual review processes. The experts who might have explained what these grants actually do? Locked out. The director whose signature appeared on termination letters? Couldn’t tell you which grants got cut or w

Ever wondered how your grant got cancelled? No we know. Some college dropout asked ChatGPT "is it DEI/woke"?

www.techdirt.com/202...

20.02.2026 12:37 πŸ‘ 1341 πŸ” 524 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 35
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Independent Journalism Atlas A comprehensive directory of independent journalists and creators, mapping the new landscape of independent journalism worldwide.

Saw this project posted on LinkedIn, feel like a lot of folks here would find this useful. A database of independent journalists, searchable by topic/platform, and looks like there’s also a form to submit nominations. Cool stuff journalismatlas.com

19.02.2026 03:04 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.

19.02.2026 02:20 πŸ‘ 5540 πŸ” 3038 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 55
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BREAKING NEWS: U.S. District Court Judge Laura Provinzino has just found a government atty in CIVIL CONTEMPT of COURT for violations of her orders in a habeas case. Attorney cited is Matthew Isihara, a JAG atty from Dept. of War assisting in local US Attorney office 
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Judge Provinzino had ordered a detained immigrant held by ICE in El Paso, TX  be released in Minnesota with all of his identification papers. ICE released the man in TX with none of his papers, forcing his attorney to find him a shelter for the night & flight back to MN (2/)

Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 Β· 1h BREAKING NEWS: U.S. District Court Judge Laura Provinzino has just found a government atty in CIVIL CONTEMPT of COURT for violations of her orders in a habeas case. Attorney cited is Matthew Isihara, a JAG atty from Dept. of War assisting in local US Attorney office @FOX9 (1/) Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 Β· 1h Judge Provinzino had ordered a detained immigrant held by ICE in El Paso, TX be released in Minnesota with all of his identification papers. ICE released the man in TX with none of his papers, forcing his attorney to find him a shelter for the night & flight back to MN (2/)

Paul Blume
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Judge said she is imposing CIVIL CONTEMPT "to force the government to comply with her court order" to immediately return immigrant's papers. Gov't attorney Matthew Isihara is responsible for $500 daily fine, every day the man does not have his papers starting tomorrow. (3/3)
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CONTEMPT FINDING: Matthew Isihara apologized for allowing the order in this habeas case to "fall through the cracks." Blamed situation on case overload & significant understaffing in US Attorney's office. Says he has picked up nearly 130 habeas cases in just last month. 
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Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 Β· 57m Judge said she is imposing CIVIL CONTEMPT "to force the government to comply with her court order" to immediately return immigrant's papers. Gov't attorney Matthew Isihara is responsible for $500 daily fine, every day the man does not have his papers starting tomorrow. (3/3) Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 Β· 47m CONTEMPT FINDING: Matthew Isihara apologized for allowing the order in this habeas case to "fall through the cracks." Blamed situation on case overload & significant understaffing in US Attorney's office. Says he has picked up nearly 130 habeas cases in just last month. @FOX9

1. DHS surges 3,000 officers to Minneapolis without doing anywhere near enough prep first.
2. Hundreds of habeas cases overwhelm local courts.
3. Dozens of DOJ lawyers quit in disgust/anger.
4. The DOJ brings in JAGs to cover.
5. A JAG was just held in contempt and fined $500/day for ICE's failures.

18.02.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 10727 πŸ” 3789 πŸ’¬ 274 πŸ“Œ 243
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Quebecers believe the US would likely use economic, political, and military means to compel Quebec to join the US

18.02.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 7
A group of people gathered in an office stairway all wearing bathrobes and holding up their phones.

A group of people gathered in an office stairway all wearing bathrobes and holding up their phones.

Amazing!

14.02.2026 02:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New drone footage from @floodlightnews.org - the fossil methane power plant Musk built specifically to create abusive and racist material on his social media website is still wildly breaching EPA regulations even after a ruling against using them -->>>

floodlightnews.org/thermal-dron...

13.02.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 697 πŸ” 334 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 31
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New Trump administration rule will bar green-card holders from applying for SBA loans The new rule, which goes into effect March 1, says only firms owned by citizens or U.S. nationals will qualify for Small Business Administration loans.

What the hell are we doing here? What possible benefit is this to the economy? Immigrants start new businesses in much higher proportions!

www.startribune.com/sba-minnesot...

11.02.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 130 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2
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New York veut lΓ©galiser ses Β«bodega catsΒ», petits compagnons de dΓ©panneurs

Un Γ©lu new-yorkais propose de protΓ©ger les propriΓ©taires des sanctions encourues, techniquement, par la prΓ©sence d'un chat dans leur commerce.

11.02.2026 03:03 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

respect to Lady Gaga, I too have been way over my head at a salsa club

09.02.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 561 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0