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The Trump DOJ has officially now pressed more charges against elected Democrats than the Biden DOJ under Garland did against Republicans. And Republicans did January 6. Think about this.

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If you're using Google (sometimes, you have to) you can add &udm=14 at the end of the search string to remove genAI crud entirely. The site udm14.org does it automatically. Bookmark and share! The life you save may be your own. Bonus. &tbs=li:1 activates verbatim search. No more word substitutes.

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if u do not have anything nice to say well sometimes u are not wrong

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duolingo recently declared they are now an AI-first company. well, here at The Museum of English Rural Life, we pride ourselves in being EI-first. EI EI O

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We used to have a country.

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7 internal autistic experiences I wish more people understood... (These are not universal but extremely common) 1. We rarely meet people with the same interests and struggle to find things to talk about with them

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wife: how was guarding the two paths today, honey? guard: [looking away] fine wife: did something happen? guard: [tearing up] no wife: would the other guard tell me something happened?

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Reposting for the afternoon crowd

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New shirt!

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1) If you experienced abuse as a child, one thing you should prepare for—if you have any social connection to your abuser at all—is that someday he’s going to die, and you’re going to hear people—sincere people, who only saw the face he presented to the world—talk about how good and loving he was.

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Not many people know this, but the song 8675309 is actually threatening people who live in the zip code 75309

submitted 4 days ago • 766 comments

Picturing some couple sadly watching that plantation burn down and deciding they have to go with their backup marriage location: Rikers

submitted 4 days ago • 131 comments

My ancestors came here with no paperwork or process, settled on land they took without paying for it, and built their fortunes by the hard labor of people they had enslaved, so if someone else wants to use birthright citizenship to give their kids a chance to peacefully live here someday idgaf

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I swear to freaking god there was a time when a lawyer who was found to have forged information to use in a court would face a punishment stronger than having to deliver an apology Why the hell aren't the people who create harmful lies using automated tools facing WORSE consequences?

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Step 1: Put all autistic people in a database Step 2: Watch as autism evaluations plummet because no one wants their kids or themselves in a database Step 3: Fewer evals equals fewer diagnoses Step 4: Claim victory. “Thanks to the efforts of this administration, autism rates are way down!”

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I’m concerned JD Vance is just going to keep killing Popes until they finally choose one who likes him.

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i will never get past this. the collapse of the global trade system because one guy does not understand what a trade deficit is.

submitted 13 days ago • 125 comments

The rats have chosen a new pope.

submitted 13 days ago • 19 comments

new pope look, same great chaste

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My only hope is that the new pope is as good as the most recent one at the important job of making JD Vance sad.

submitted 13 days ago • 9 comments

I’ll be Pope James Tiberius

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There are at least 17 people in the USA who are about to be enraged that Trump wasn’t chosen to be pope.

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I don’t want the Senate Dems to filibuster this. Make the GOP senators choose between defying Trump or passing a dumb bill 70% of Americans disapprove of. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...

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At least 12 cast members of the Les Misérables touring company are choosing not to appear at the Kennedy Center on 11 June, when Trump will be attending for a fundraiser. Trump-installed ED Richard Grenell has said the actors should be “outed” and blacklisted edition.cnn.com/2025/05/07/p...

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Les Mis is a show where the hero is an escaped convict whose life was changed by a single act of mercy, and the antagonists are a man who is determined to enforce the letter of the law with no mercy and a greedy, clownish grifter, so I don’t think Trump’s going to like it very much.

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There've been lots of Trump 2.0 protests, but major ones have had faith ties: * Budde's sermon * Six faith-led lawsuits * Pope's letter criticizing immigration policies/fight with Vance * Green's protest of Trump's speech * Booker's speech * "Sit-in" * Rotunda arrests Religious left: still a thing

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This actually is the first thing I address with students--and the majority of them think it is sentient and intelligent.

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I stand firm on this: you never need more than one exclamation point. One indicates that you are exclaiming. The job is done. If, however, you insist on multiple exclamation points, you MUST have at least three. Two is the worst possible number, used by those who lack both decorum and verve.

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According to one of my students “Socrates was executed by drinking a poisoned harlot.” That’s a vivid image.

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