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Regardless of how one feels about the Catholic Church or about Pope Francis, now is a time to come together to claim that JD Vance killed him

submitted 7 days ago • 140 comments

"Empathy is a weakness" crowd is so funny. That's the meaning of life dawg. That's the one great and universal sense of joy. Playboy

submitted 29 days ago • 14 comments

Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.

submitted 41 days ago • 108 comments

This video kicks ass: youtu.be/o2jzKo1RqWU?...

submitted 69 days ago • 120 comments

Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private email server or Elon Musk giving full access to all government information to a nineteen-year old named Big Balls with ties to a child pornography collective known for its extortion techniques, both sides have played loose with security.

submitted 76 days ago • 122 comments

for your consideration: getting little treats locally instead of prioritizing one day shipping or buying from a massive chain.

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

I realized today that I am more powerful than Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. I can say Fuck You Donald Trump. They may be richer but I am more powerful. And that is a trade I would make every single day.

submitted 110 days ago • 848 comments

I would truly appreciate it if famous and semi-famous people could be decent people. I just think that would be nice. Instead they keep ruining shit for me. Selfish? I guess I am.

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

not to be a whiny bitch or anything but could everything stop going to shit for like 5 minutes so i can have a moment to give a pep talk to my brain? i‘m kind of on the edge here.

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submitted 83 days ago • 15 comments

every day i find out what cartoonishly evil thing they did, like uh oh! tesla intern octavius fiddlehorne has deleted the database at the research institute for cancer in kids. and all i can do is post until i find the words that activate one of my followers to go manchurian candidate on elon musk

submitted 83 days ago • 36 comments

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

submitted 87 days ago • 4355 comments

People who hate diversity know that on an even playing field they can’t compete. It’s really that simple

submitted 89 days ago • 28 comments

Trans rights but in these times more than ever, trans wrongs

submitted 89 days ago • 17 comments

Getting a library card is punk as fuck and free!

submitted 94 days ago • 194 comments

Depressed me: “I must write vividly about the darkness that inhabits my soul so I may revisit it with clear eyes should the cloud of dread someday dissipate.” Me finding the writing 3 months later: “Woah, spooky.”

submitted 162 days ago • 31 comments

It is vital that we give big ai trillions of dollars and let them burn through billions of cubic feet of natural gas per day so that students are able to get a passing grade without having to learn anything

submitted 96 days ago • 38 comments

Here’s an idea — if you work for the media and you’re saying it wasn’t necessarily a nazi salute, you gotta say what you think it actually was and then find one other non-nazi example of someone doing that

submitted 97 days ago • 66 comments

you don't need a phd in right wing extremism to recognize a nazi salute. what the fuck are we doing here.

submitted 98 days ago • 84 comments

If I could hand one directive to the Democratic Party for the next four years, it would be this: People will vote for you if you fight, even if you lose. People will not vote for you if you do not fight.

submitted 98 days ago • 38 comments

The professional novelist must constantly struggle with the most profound questions of existence, such as: 'have I just spent 6 months writing a pile of shit?'

submitted 132 days ago • 95 comments

I’m gonna get my degree. I’m gonna get my degree. I’m gonna get my degree. I’m gonna get my degree. I’m gonna get my degree. I’m gonna get my degree.

submitted 148 days ago • 65 comments

Updated Registered Sex Offenders Map: January 20, 2025.

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submitted 149 days ago • 190 comments

DO NOT give your money to Jeff Bezos. He has plenty. Make a list of the books you want to buy as gifts and buy or order from a local bookstore...if you want those stores to continue to exist.

submitted 148 days ago • 318 comments

Will never deadname my homies Will always deadname Twitter

submitted 147 days ago • 4 comments

the greatest christmas story ever told uses the threat of dying alone and unmourned to scare a wealthy man straight and i think that’s just really nice