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There are a couple of kids in my nephews's class who weren't born in the US, and the class has decided (w/o teacher input) that if ICE shows up in they're all going to pretend not to speak English. 10yos reinventing "I am Spartacus" because they don't want their friends to get disappeared.

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[Exit King.]

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Well past time for big city mayors to call for the arrest of anyone who claims to be law enforcement but wears a mask and/or won’t identify themselves

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FBI Warns Second California Senator Still At Large theonion.com/fbi-war...

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every time i watch it again i'm amazed at just how quickly Dr. Strangelove gets going at full stride. they send out Attack Plan R within like first few minutes. keeps up a crazy pace for a movie that's almost entirely composed of guys sitting down having conversations

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I told you we’d be back

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Trapped on the Tarmac: a Memoir

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Shitler and his goons are losing their minds over this post from ABC's Terry Moran. Like, they are threatening all kinds of retribution, and he was forced to take this post down. Thing is, he's right, and maybe we can Streisand Effect this to support him and the truth.

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I really think people with excessively perfumed lotion should reconsider their life choices before boarding a plane. Also: I now have a headache.

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This is rebellion? Did we fire at Fort Sumter or something? Keep it up though and you might just get one. So so stupid.

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Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.

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It really says something about this administration that I find myself rooting for the people of Los Angeles and for Harvard. A very strange and alien government we have at the moment.

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In the middle of all the zaniness today, here’s a brief breath of beauty. This is a particularly nice arrangement, imo. Yay!

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OMG! lolololololol

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Simply magnificent - wow!

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🔴 Brand new comic now up on @boingboing.net - "A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport" after Richard Scarry - boingboing.net/2025/06/04/t...

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There are a couple of kids in my nephews's class who weren't born in the US, and the class has decided (w/o teacher input) that if ICE shows up in they're all going to pretend not to speak English. 10yos reinventing "I am Spartacus" because they don't want their friends to get disappeared.

[Exit King.]

Well past time for big city mayors to call for the arrest of anyone who claims to be law enforcement but wears a mask and/or won’t identify themselves

FBI Warns Second California Senator Still At Large theonion.com/fbi-war...

every time i watch it again i'm amazed at just how quickly Dr. Strangelove gets going at full stride. they send out Attack Plan R within like first few minutes. keeps up a crazy pace for a movie that's almost entirely composed of guys sitting down having conversations

I told you we’d be back

Trapped on the Tarmac: a Memoir

Shitler and his goons are losing their minds over this post from ABC's Terry Moran. Like, they are threatening all kinds of retribution, and he was forced to take this post down. Thing is, he's right, and maybe we can Streisand Effect this to support him and the truth.

I really think people with excessively perfumed lotion should reconsider their life choices before boarding a plane. Also: I now have a headache.

This is rebellion? Did we fire at Fort Sumter or something? Keep it up though and you might just get one. So so stupid.

Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.

It really says something about this administration that I find myself rooting for the people of Los Angeles and for Harvard. A very strange and alien government we have at the moment.

In the middle of all the zaniness today, here’s a brief breath of beauty. This is a particularly nice arrangement, imo. Yay!

OMG! lolololololol

Simply magnificent - wow!

🔴 Brand new comic now up on @boingboing.net - "A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport" after Richard Scarry - boingboing.net/2025/06/04/t...

very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867

lol

I have a laser for that

Oooof