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Scrolling Getty and couldn't help but notice this photo of a huge bruise on Trump's hand today

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It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there

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Elon scrolling the IMDb page for Furiosa, looking for names for his next kid...

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An interesting hypothetical if you’re wondering if Elon Musk is a genius or not is to compare his behaviour in any situation to what a complete moron would do in the same situation

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You have died of procedural norms.

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Up in the Air 2: Anna Kendrick joins DOGE to lay off civil servants critical to the survival of the United States.

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A person on Reddit claiming to be a former worker at the National Parks says "irreversible damage" is being done, especially after Trump decided to fire a huge amount of staff: "The wildlife is suffering, the plants are suffering, and the experts who are there to mitigate the destruction are gone."

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If you want to help these kids, this is a good place to start: supportkind.org

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They screwed this all up.

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Oh damn Prime actually published their failed chatgpt prompt in the description

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The #2 official at the United States Department of Justice literally gave the Stringer Bell "is you taking notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy?" warning to the Manhattan prosecutors pursuing the Eric Adams case.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who killed so many children in Samoa they ran out of child-sized coffins, has been confirmed to lead Health and Human Services. The vote was 52-48. All Dems and Mitch McConnell, whose fault this is, voted no. All other Republicans voted yes. The blood will be on their hands.

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Musk killed these people.

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Super Bowl commercials: "Just because you don't agree with them doesn't mean you can't wave hello"

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The creators of Emília Pérez watching Mrs. Doubtfire: "I wish this ended with Sally Field shooting Pierce Brosnan while Robin Williams was in the trunk of a car."

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NOT NOW, MELVILLE. READ THE ROOM.

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Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work

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“How many people need to leave Gaza?” Trump (with Netanyahu): “All of them.”

submitted 20 days ago • 231 comments

thread with @aoc.bsky.social’s advice for this moment, and it involves calling your reps. not sure how? use 5calls.org (they have an app too).

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ProPublica is the good guys. Read. Donate. Share tips.

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"Get my son's face out your damn house!"

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The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin

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Worried about a fascist takeover? This sheet-pan paella will make you feel like you’re in 1930s Spain.

submitted 23 days ago • 88 comments

turning a gallon of raw sewage into a gallon of clean water that's safe for the environment takes less than 24 hours and costs 2 cents.

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The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.

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This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

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Ask yourself what you’d think about another country if a new regime quickly prohibited all government agencies from communicating with the public, then began deleting data from government websites that it deemed unacceptable.

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After the next 6 plane crashes: "It may have seemed hasty to replace all the air traffic controllers with clergy, but if prayers can't keep our planes in the sky, we can only conclude God does not want humans in the air."

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From this morning

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Today, the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board set the #DoomsdayClock at 89 seconds to midnight. Read the full statement explaining their reasons, concerns, and recommendations: bit.ly/3Eg8S1r

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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock one second closer to catastrophe, citing the threat of climate change, nuclear war and the misuse of artificial intelligence.

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If you're so stupid you believed him, I suppose you need a stupid headline like this to drive it home.

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Dems in 2024: "There's a wolf coming to eat you." Voters in 2024: "Nah." --- Voters in 2025: "There's a wolf eating me!"

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First they came for 72 million people...

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I asked DeepSeek three questions: - How does China treat the Uyghur Muslims? - Is Taiwan part of China? - What happened in Tiananmen Square in the 1980s? Here are DeepSeek's answers:

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Reminder: The Rocketeer is a very good movie about punching Nazis.

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Clicking "accept" to the terms and conditions like I didn't just agree that a goblin gets to claim my firstborn child one day.

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"God is on the throne" is what I tell my boss when I don't feel like doing my job.

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