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Whenever I try and raise awareness of the risk disabled people face when detained by ICE, I’m met with a chorus of voices asking “were they illegal?” Here’s the thing, it doesn’t matter if they’re here legally or not No human being should be made to suffer this way 🧵

submitted 9 hours ago • 38 comments

even though LA is a sexy news story, neighbors have been protecting neighbors across the country all year and they will continue to. You have a community right outside your door. Care for it.

submitted 9 hours ago • 5 comments

My hockey peeps, they're going a lot faster than a puck

submitted 10 minutes ago • 0 comments

I'm all about "don't ignore the beautiful location I live in with our assholes and queer kids and Black farmers", but yeah, LA is American

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The weird, often whitewashed way the civil rights movement is taught (or not taught) seemed to convince a lot of people that nonviolence was met with nonviolence, instead of you know, dogs, hoses, beatings, death, etc

submitted 19 hours ago • 270 comments

I'm sorry but this is hilarious there is a blue dinosaur bumbling around in front of the National Guard at the LA "riots." Absolutely humiliate these fuckers please. Come and play the tuba.

submitted 17 hours ago • 69 comments

Took the canoe out for a quick shake out this afternoon. I think we were on the water less than half an hour before we called it for weather, but we've broken the mental seal for the season Even tho it was windy and barely enough to remember how to paddle, it felt good

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

Eric Berne said, “The basic existential position of human beings is ‘I am blameless.’” ANY way you call people out for bad behavior will piss them off: the worse they know (or suspect) their behavior to have been, the worse being called out will piss them off. There’s no avoiding it. So PREPARE. 😓

submitted 21 hours ago • 2 comments

Hi, certified Oleoresin capsicum instructor here. Cold running water. That’s it. Everything else is a wives tale. And for fuck’s sake don’t degrease your eyeballs with dish soap.

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

This absolute icon at Canterbury Pride 🩷🤍🩵

submitted 2 days ago • 70 comments

A new large‐scale genome study of 139 Indigenous groups reveals that humans were living in southern South America by at least 14,500 years ago—far earlier than previously thought—and identifies multiple population splits that contributed to the region’s genetic diversity and subsequent losses.

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If you think you recognize or know a protester in a picture, just remember — no, you don’t. And as always: shut the fuck up. youtu.be/nWEpW6KOZDs

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Quality folks in a similar direction. Wife recommends Juran's "life behind the quality Dikes" as both a good read and this year likely to give you screaming nightmares

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the last few days has been a reminder that people really want to believe that not only is there this real thing called a “criminal,” and that if they need to, anyone can just prove they aren’t one

submitted 53 days ago • 16 comments

The most vital thing you can do right now is spread this message offline to normies. There is no "unrest", there's a protest. It has 400 people. LA does worse when the Lakers come in 3rd in a season.

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

Good thread on what to wear if you're planning to protest in terms of protective gear. Nondescript, simple, effective, make sure you can move quickly. Leave the logos at home. And trust your gut.

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Repeating my helpful little mnemonic song from Twitter: If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏 If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏 If you can't get there without him And you don't know much about him If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏

submitted 198 days ago • 68 comments

just that period reminder that content posted to Bluesky is public to anybody. if you don't want to see it used in a court of law, don't post it here. and DMs here are not E2EE, they can be subpoened. a great use for bsky DMs is to share secure comms and move the conversation there.

submitted 1 day ago • 20 comments

Not as fun as putting fuck in your search terms, but you don't have to remember to do it

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Also, Duck Duck Go does not display AI summary at the top of its search.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Rat poison sales need to drop to zero. Every owl you see is eating 1,000+ rodents a year. Every hawk you see is keeping pests in check. Quit poisoning them. 🦉🦉🦉

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Being part of the labor force is not the difference between mattering and not mattering. That is false, it is dangerous, and it is deeply offensive.

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

Texas Tech took a big swing and changed the game. #wcws www.cbssports.com/general/news...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Do not fuck with salmonella. California, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Wyoming, New Mexico, Nebraska, Indiana, and Illinois; brands include Clover, First Street, Nulaid, O Organics, Marketside, Raleys, Simple Truth, Sun Harvest, and Sunnyside

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

Ever feel hunted? Which is not typically a problem with this tater tot, but I'm behind on claw trimming

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Like ok you do you but those safety gates aren't any use unless they automatically close behind you when you go down a level

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Thirst trap? Nah, this is a hydration hazard. 🔥 With higher temps this weekend, and 1,200 miles of DNR trails to explore on National Trails Day tomorrow, the last thing you want to do is leave your water behind and fall for the classic thirst trap.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Female red winged blackbirds are so beautiful, but they do pretend to be big sparrows

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