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So, folks, there are now measles cases in a whole bunch of states, not just Texas. Measles is the most contagious virus there is, people are contagious before they have symptoms, and you can get measles by being in a room they were in up to 2 hours ago. What can you do? Wear a mask.

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Cost of extending the expiring Trump tax cuts for the rich: $4.6 trillion Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion Both Trump proposals will explode the deficit and be used as an excuse to gut programs that millions rely on. It's reverse Robin Hood.

submitted 16 days ago • 164 comments

This is why they're attacking science and education: if you can only win with disinformation, data become a threat.

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Collins: He said that Canada is going to be implementing a $1.3 billion border plan, where they talk about reinforcing the border. I should note that's actually something that was announced back in December

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Apologies, my friend, I cannot tell you how you should feel in this moment, it is understandable for you to feel rage and grief despair and anxiety fear and disbelief, I cannot tell you how you should feel in this moment but please, my friend, feel something other than numb.

submitted 38 days ago • 3 comments

SIRIUS BLACK: Hello, I’d like to audition for the role of Shirley Temple. LESLIE NIELSEN: Sirius, you can’t be Shirley.

submitted 39 days ago • 2 comments

ain't that a mood

submitted 39 days ago • 25 comments

Your last saved celebrity pic is your therapist.

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

the people who want to forcibly take over Canada are moving an event indoors because it is -6C outside. lol. lmao, even.

submitted 42 days ago • 107 comments

Who did this

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Opting out of Gmail's Gemini AI summaries is a mess. Here's how to do it, we think: 🔗 www.404media.co/opting-out-o...

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"Fix Your Hearts or Die" What a line. What a career! religionnews.com/2025/01/16/f...

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David Lynch died.

submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments

If Derrida were reporting our regional weather today, he'd say "Il n'y a rien à part le vortex."

submitted 42 days ago • 6 comments

Any dictionary can be a pocket dictionary with big enough pants.

submitted 43 days ago • 72 comments

Yesterday I wrote that disabled people are canaries in the coal mine for pandemics & climate change. Today legendary director David Lynch has died after spending the last year in isolation trying to avoid Covid AND being evacuated from his home due to LA wildfires. 🧵

submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments

David Lynch spent the last years of his life homebound because nobody would bother to wear a mask to protect him, but all the fluffy obituaries aren't going to talk about that.

submitted 42 days ago • 3 comments

…and a large order of those mood stabilizers. Ma’am, those are onion rings.

submitted 44 days ago • 8 comments

Talking to people right now is so wild. “You okay?” “Nope. You?” “Nope.”

submitted 46 days ago • 15 comments

1027 signatures now! PETITION needs 10,000(International/across Canada welcome!). It encapsulates my 45yr #longviral fight for survival bit.ly/Marcia_petit... #disability #longviral #myalgicencephalomyelitis #disability #MyalgicE #canpoli #bcpoli #meaction #Canada #Canadian #mecfs #medicalbias

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i am smarter than everyone who tries to argue with me in my replies because everyone who is smarter than me doesnt bother arguing in my replies

submitted 47 days ago • 5 comments

misinformation on this site has gone too far

submitted 49 days ago • 20 comments

My friend with a family tells me that they do not make resolutions instead they ask each other: “what can I do, this year, to love you better?” So, my human family, if you are wondering what we can do this year to love each other better we can all try to take care of each other.

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me when any program's AI assistant asks me if I want help writing:

submitted 48 days ago • 25 comments

400,000 more people rode the NYC subways in a single day and it was barely noticeable. the equivalent population of Tampa piled into transit and it was a blip. almost like transit is a more efficient mode of conveyance than automobiles

submitted 49 days ago • 60 comments

Never trust any politician who preemptively uses the notwithstanding clause of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to pass legislation. That goes for Pierre Poilievre, Doug Ford, François Legault, Danielle Smith, and other authoritarian dipshits.

submitted 55 days ago • 19 comments

"I know people are tired of COVID, I know how badly we all want to forget how awful things were at their worst, how many millions died, how many more were left with long-term health consequences. Like a modern-day memento mori, my masked face reminds people of horrors they’d rather deny"

submitted 56 days ago • 19 comments

How Did This Beloved Thing Get So Bad? a guy wanted to get richer What Happened To All Thos— let me stop you there. a guy wanted to get richer Why Is Th— a guy wanted to get richer Have You Noticed Th— a guy wanted to get richer Where Did— a guy wanted to get richer

submitted 57 days ago • 81 comments

If you have resolved to try your best to be kinder in this new year, and are looking for something to do, for something small to do, for something tangible to do, consider wearing a mask, there is still more you can do there is still more you must do but a mask is a start.

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