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Reader, knitter, plant and crystal entusiast, uranium glass collector, cat mom, critter observer. Keeping an open mind and fact-checking stuff before reposting.
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Here’s last night’s story about tipping, why it’s more complicated and fraught than you might realize, and how John is – shockingly – younger than David Beckham. We know. We didn’t believe it either, but we had our research team check *several* times and it’s somehow true. youtu.be/89R9ZxKaIOw

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That’s right. 🇺🇦

submitted 2 days ago • 332 comments

“Motherfuckers, that is the broader electorate.”

submitted 3 days ago • 21 comments

Yall better be both sharing the Stand up for Science posts /and/ figuring out how to get your butt to one of them! @standupforscience.bsky.social

submitted 3 days ago • 129 comments

Landed near Brownsville, Texas, United States. Apx. flt. time 3 h.

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Bluesky has now replaced twitter as the top platform for finding out if there was an earthquake in LA

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How much WD40 do you have to drink to believe this shit?

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Notice how the king doesn’t mind the dress code

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iconic

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But we're going to touch the stove and we'll be touching it more than probably ever before. And we're not going to get burned. We're not going to get burned

submitted 3 days ago • 59 comments

a dark day for ska

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Free flu and COVID-19 vaccine clinics today, March 1: • 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Charlestown YMCA • 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. at BCYF Paris Street Please bring your insurance card with you. If you are not insured, you will still receive free vaccinations. Learn more at boston.gov/respiratory-protection.

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If you pretend that you're erasing evidence of a murder while cleaning the bathroom, you'll do a better job and it's more fun!

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this is a dril tweet

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everyone seeing how when you takeaway the DEI the planes start falling out of the sky

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No, the economic boycott planned for Friday is not perfect. Perfect is the enemy of good. I will be participating in the economic boycott on Friday February 28. Resistance is contagious. Courage is contagious.

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

In addition to the economic boycott, there should be a worldwide cultural boycott of America under it's current fascist regime. If you're an artist or entertainer, please do not tour or perform in America.

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

Put these dates in your calendar.

submitted 10 days ago • 12 comments

Here are some nice mushrooms

submitted 10 days ago • 206 comments

uh

submitted 9 days ago • 43 comments

ai wrote my son a very impressive resume, and his only work experience is moderating a subreddit about giving yourself diarrhea on purpose

submitted 10 days ago • 122 comments

The Revolution will be AI-icized

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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

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State highway officials are conducting emergency inspections of the Prudential Tunnel in Boston after chunks of concrete fell onto the highway Friday afternoon.

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The holy trinity: hydration, energy, fun

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From the Official WH X Account: If you’re wondering what the children running your government are doing with your taxpayer dollars, ponder no more. This image is out of the official White House X account, which means that this is the face that the White House presents to the world. Ha ha ha ha,…

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I'm sorry but this is the part of the hero's Journey where you discover that you are in fact the chosen one

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What we know about the secretive migrant mission at Guantanamo Bay: The migrants, the mission, the messaging and more. --Many questions are being raised; and we can provide a few answers.

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November 2024: “To achieve success in the elections, Donald Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations. And as a responsible person, he will be obliged to fulfill them.” - Nikolai Patrushev, former Secretary of the Security Council in Russian newspaper Kommersant.

submitted 15 days ago • 30 comments

Why didn’t they call it Humps N Mumps????

submitted 15 days ago • 29 comments

Americans opposed to the early actions of President Donald Trump and his allies, including ally Elon Musk, took to the streets in protest across the country. cnn.it/411hctE

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Gusts up to 40 mph + 29 degree weather = ☃️

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It's wimdy

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In my city there is one cybertruck and one DIY parody of a cybertruck and the parody truck has become a local celebrity. Meanwhile, I always wish I had some rotten eggs to throw at the tesla whenever I see it.

submitted 17 days ago • 781 comments

BANG! Musk’s DOGE Publishes Classified Information on Secret Intelligence Agency: Hard as it is to believe, it would seem that DOGE has made a very major mistake. Of course, as I have previously written, every single element of Elon Musk’s mission to bring about new efficiencies in the operation of…

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Trump has banned the Associated Press wire service from the White House and Air Force One for not using the imaginary term Gulf of America.

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US aid freeze claims first victims as oxygen supplies cut off Seventy-one-year-old woman dies after being sent home from USAID funded hospital. Others die after hospitals close in refugee camps www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

submitted 22 days ago • 382 comments

Flu activity now highest in 15 years: See which states have it worst: Influenza cases continue to mount with the virus reaching activity levels in the U.S. not seen for the last 15 years, according to the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention.

submitted 22 days ago • 5 comments

Democrats 🤝 Ineptitude

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What the actual *?! The White House has designated Mr. Musk’s office, the United States DOGE Service, as an entity protected from public records requests and most judicial intervention until at least 2034, by classifying its documents as presidential records.

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