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Today the Supreme Court cleared the way for the federal government to transfer thousands of acres of national forestland including a Native American sacred site, to Resolution Copper a mining company owned by Rio Tinto and BHP. The land holds deep spiritual significance for the Western Apache tribe.

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Bailey Canyon Debris Basin 1, LosAngeles County, CA 🗺34.1722, -118.0624 🧭69° ⛰1145 ft https://ops.alertcalifornia.org/cam-console/16194

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Antivaxx and libertarianism are the same--they can exist only when the majority of the population buys in to what it takes to live in a society, allowing the minority to think they are outsiders thriving on their own exceptionalism.

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lol I just got momentarily hysterical thinking about the fact that the New York Times got its managing director for communications to confirm on a Saturday that it is standing by its reporting that young women in China have tiny hands and this is why Apple has its factories there

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Please do not mistake my discussion of the weather for empty small talk. I'm genuinely thinking about the weather all the time. Why wouldn't I be? Why wouldn't we talk about it? It's the literal state of the earth

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Bob Dylan turns 84 today.

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If you like what Elon Musk has done for cars, trucks and rockets (make them catch on fire and explode with astonishing regularity), you're going to love what he does with nuclear reactors.

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Hard not to notice that ICE isn't breaking up drug rings or gangs (because we would ABSOLUTELY hear about it if they were), but instead are dressing up like bank robbers and doing the laziest shit possible, like hanging out at immigration court or grabbing people for busted taillights. Worthless

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2653 West Potomac Avenue

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I got on a conference call first thing this morning with my boss and he asked me what my shirt said, so I had to explain that it was a cute dog sailor with the text TOTAL INFORMATION COLLAPSE & THE END OF ALL CONSENSUS REALITY, THE DAMAGE CANNOT BE UNDONE

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this is the president of the united states repeating unhinged racist propaganda ginned up by the worst white supremacist ideologues on earth

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Hayes: Every provision in this program is cruel and they know it. That's why none of them spoke on it in committee. That's why they have no response. That's why they don't hold town halls. That's why they don't answer questions. All they do is tweet, repeat, and hide in the back until they vote yes

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Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.

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2643 West Hirsch Street

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"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." -Hannah Arendt

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Went to Mike Miner's memorial at the Newberry and then a get-together at the Hideout after, and beyond remembering the man it was also good to be reminded of the importance and value of everything he stood for: journalism, speaking truth to power, poetry, and human kindness.

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President Declines Gift (1925)

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We were never supposed to have this much access to stupid people’s thoughts

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If you sat down a random panel of Americans and told them what Republicans are currently doing, my guess is that the vast majority simply wouldn't believe you. It comes off like you're describing a Bond villain. The reality sounds wildly different & more extreme than what they hear organically.

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I have long criticized Jacobin for being terrible, and then I've ignored it for years for being utterly irrelevant. That said, this interview absolutely nails it. jacobin.com/2025/05/trum...

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A Saudi prince asking an indentured servant if the emotional support McDonald's will be finished before the visit from the American president

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when people get like "where is the American left?" I remind them whenever an effective leftist movement coalesces the state starts murdering people

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this kind of day today

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The president has covered the Oval Office in gold, is planning a massive military parade for his birthday, and is now accepting $400,000,000 luxury planes from foreign powers as personal presents. What the fuck are we doing here?

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George Lucas’ handwritten notes before starting the rough draft of Star Wars in 1974. Alt text provided. From The Making of Star Wars by JW Rinzler.

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The late artist Ruth Asawa regularly drew the bouquets people gave her. Years later, some of the sketches made it back to those who gave flowers.

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i’ve got a bird list of all the birds caught yelling in my garden it is 39 birds long so far pick a number and i’ll give you a bird name

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Andor is a story about how a thousand nameless and unremembered people will have to sacrifice everything so a gay kid who left his home in Space Idaho four days ago can close his eyes and Fuck It We Ball the most important shot in galactic history on the advice of a ghost

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insurance exec out on the porch tossing donated organs to his dogs

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