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US Federal Agents, exercising official powers, who are totally indistinguishable from militia members or random criminals. Ridiculous system.

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in case you're wondering it's a 4% surtax on income over $1m

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

Shit, he's on to us.

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this is the funniest way to describe brian fucking eno

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The replies to this are full of people yelling at Kat, a Palestinian-American politician, for not supporting the shooting of low-level staffers in DC, which has only had the effect of drawing coverage away from the genocide in Gaza & provided a pretext for future suppression of peaceful protests.

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We are profoundly saddened by the killing of Israeli embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum last night. May their memories be a blessing. 🧵

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ACT are celebrating a significant funding cut for public media In a time where public media is needed more than ever. If you're in a position to do so, consider subscribing to media outlets or individual journalists whos work you value

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This is absolutely terrible news. With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately. h/t @merz.bsky.social

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Neoliberal Principles Bill to be rammed through under urgency. #RSB #nzpol

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Charlie Bit My Finger (the video) turns old enough to vote today.

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Young people will never see another movie star like Jim Carrey; growing up in the 1990s there was nothing like him. I don’t care what u think of him now, there was just nothing like the Jim Carrey phenomenon when i was a kid and there’s never been anything like it since

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They understand perfectly well. Their audience doesn't.

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Vicious otter attack

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There's something they reeeeally don't want people to know. RNZ issued gag order by Attorney-General over education story www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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the white nationalists in the white house are doing their best to convince the world the only racism is against white people and to call it a “white genocide” to muddy the water on what genocide is, and where it’s happening

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"You read books, eh?" A 1949 red scare Herblock cartoon about pressures on teachers that hits hard once again.

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lmfao

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Just watched @mihiforbes.bsky.social "crackpot conspiracy" doco on Seymour. It's nice to see the Atlas Network "conspiracy" brought into the mainstream. Vindication! The doco seemed like only the beginning of something bigger though... Is there more cooking behind the curtain, Mihi? #nzpol #bhn

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He gave us the iconic Windows 95 chime and so much more. Now Brian Eno — artist, activist and DiEM25 founding member — returns with a new sound: a call for Microsoft to stop enabling surveillance and violence in Gaza. Read the open letter🔗