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Reminds me of this classic

Still relevant.

I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played. CINEMATIC

ol mr nobody came to my birthday party ass

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The #NoKings march in Dallas, Texas is HUGE!

It’s bleak out there, but it’s heartening to know millions of people from all walks of life took the time to ruin one specific persons birthday, America’s hater spirit remains strong

these are our brothers and we should be building a better world together

@msnbc.com reporter at the 1:15 mark. “The chaos you’re seeing is not the result of peaceful protestors, it’s the result of actions of law enforcement, specifically the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.” #nokings

PHILADELPHIA: The Federal Detention Center at 7th & Arch has been boarded up for several days amidst ongoing popular confrontations against ICE deportation efforts across the USA.

This is 25 year old Parnia Abassi. She was an English teacher and a poet. She was killed alongside her younger brother and parents in Israel's attacks on residential areas in Iran last night. Say their names. Share their stories. Don't let them erase the legacy of their aggression.

So many Work From Home people during the pandemic got a Peleton and so they go for next to nothing now. The issue is they charge $95 bucks to reactivate *prior* to subscription. Alternately, there’s a “Data Fitness Connector” someone sells that’s janky but lets you connect an iPad.

18/19 yo Euro backpackers were detained in Honolulu. “It was a real jail. Metal doors, locked cells, cold air. And they made us do a full strip search. It was really cold. We had to undress completely, including bra and underwear, and even had to squat and spread… it was humiliating and scary.“

Checking in on “Yes Kings”

Everyone in New York is always mad at oblivious white transplants who walk around totally unaware of their surroundings with their heads buried in their phones. We need to make this work for us and start doing it in front of ice vehicles

A new bird came by the feeder early this morning ;-)

My man literally tagged Trump in his videos. “Not me in the coyote van” took me out. I died. I am dead.

Republicans won’t answer for this and the media won’t force them to. But if a single piece of property gets damaged today, Dems will be sure to run to the press to denounce and condemn

Fox News guy in the universe where they talk about all music the way they talk about hip-hop: This David Byrne thug is singing about how he's burning down a house and we're supposed to think this is okay? We're supposed to celebrate this?

BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband killed in shooting, Governor Walz says

Children’s Hospital LA shuts down trans youth clinic, leaving families scrambling. As the clinic closes under federal pressure from the Trump administration, devastated parents say “it feels like hate is winning.”

Surprised more people haven’t impersonated police officers now that all you need is to be a white guy in a crappy face mask who says “I’m the police”

L.A. TACO has confirmed with Brian Gavidia who filmed this troubling footage, that federal agents abducted his U.S.-born Mexican American friend, Javier Ramirez yesterday at 4 PM in Montebello. ~ @theglutster.bsky.social

if you kept track of every single person pushing the "you should just sit down" thing you would have a near-perfect list of gormless clout demons wasting your time (ABSOLUTELY DO NOT SIT DOWN. YOU WILL GET YOUR HEAD BASHED IN BY A COP. YOU WILL GET A GAS GRENADE TO THE FACE. YOU WILL BE TRAMPLED.)

Good point here from Stanley: lack of GOP representation occurs in fields beyond humanities and social science. It's not about universities abandoning the GOP, but the GOP divorcing itself from science.

You guys im a Girl Genius 💅

Me as a kid reading Dune: I don’t get why their whole society is built around the eradication of A.I., seems like they’re wasting a lot of tech Me as an adult: oh that’s why

Current status.

I'm increasingly worried that we're spiraling into an AI-fueled mental health crisis -- tons of evidence coming out that AI is picking up on signs of psychosis/delusion in users and ENCOURAGING it futurism.com/chatgpt-ment...

No Kings except Short Kings™️.

There's a link between this and white women who swore they and their children were about to be snatched and trafficked from parking lots because a man looked at them. Now that its happening in real life it doesn't count because the main victims aren't the right demographic

Obviously the cops can instigate violence at any protest and everyone should remain cautious, but if you just want to go to a big protest like the ones in most cities today and stand on the outskirts and observe and add your body to the numbers you can and should and you will be fine.

My “you’re over 30” advice is hold onto the bannister. Stairs will kill you and not even look back

Regular Gestapo activity.

BORDER PATROL: “Are you an 🇺🇸 citizen?” 🔥 NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN: “FIRST ONES. We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us… what are you? You’re not first born. You’re not from this f*ckin’ land. Punk-as* b*tches.”

Sick to death of the “Israel is a dog off a leash and the US simply can’t do anything about it” narrative as if Israel isn’t a vassal state whose weapons & military funding come almost entirely from us.

Essential reading (by @jasonstanley.bsky.social) for every American. The media, aided by a handful of reactionary academics and compliant university administrations, has sold the public a huge lie about wokeness on college campuses, enabling the extreme right. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It's hard for me to square the phrase "posing as ICE agents" when it appears that any meathead can throw on self-bought body armor and ziptie someone and it's completely sanctioned by the state

federal immigration agent arrived at World Cup party attended by Miami-Dade County’s mayor, who is calling the incident “deeply troubling” and a potential warning sign that international soccer fans won’t feel safe traveling to Miami next year for World Cup www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

“mass deportations” are an unworkable, racist fever dream that the press played along with and the dem party was too spineless to offer a humane alternative to

PSA for everyone going to protests