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submitted 13 hours ago • 29 comments

This is so upsetting. Don’t come here for any reason. I am so sorry. I didn’t vote for this hate.

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner. nymag.com/intelligence...

submitted 11 hours ago • 121 comments

I looked this guy up on linkedin and he's been at the SSA for 26 years. worked his way up from IT grunt to associate commissioner

submitted 5 hours ago • 26 comments

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

1. A Florida teacher has been fired because she used a transgender student's name. But now, her community is rallying around her and fighting for her to keep her job. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our reporting.

submitted 20 hours ago • 19 comments

reset the clock

submitted 20 hours ago • 75 comments

A commenter told me not to refer to CECOT as "America's Auschwitz" bc it "minimizes the atrocity of that death camp" to do so. They clearly don't know what CECOT is. Auschwitz didn't start out as a death camp. It started out like CECOT. I chose the comparison bc they follow the same trajectory.

submitted 1 day ago • 17 comments

Here's the reality: they've backed themselves into a corner. If they bring him home there will be hell to pay. It's clear that they believe that the lesser hell is not bringing him home. So we need to make that hell the worse hell. Start calling and screaming at all of your representatives now! 1/2

submitted 1 day ago • 939 comments

'Professor Gina Neff of Queen Mary University London told the BBC ChatGPT is "burning through energy" and the data centres used to power it consume more electricity in a year than 117 countries.' Tech bros are sociopathic exintinction events aided by demented power-needy govs bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

they are busy insider trading

submitted 1 day ago • 189 comments

"rich people went insane because their own kids couldn't cut it in even in the half-assed version of 'meritocracy' where rich kids are merely handed dozens of advantages rather than guaranteed success" explains a lot of how we got here

submitted 1 day ago • 48 comments

My 10 year old sister and I got Social Security payments after my father died from exposure to Agent Orange. It helped my widowed mom when the family lost his income. He paid into it his whole life. They even took it from his check while he was serving in Vietnam. Jeanine can go fuck herself.

submitted 2 days ago • 1151 comments

Are you a married woman with your spouse's last name? Under this law, because your legal name does not match your birth certificate, you will not be able to vote. We can stop it in the Senate, though. You just have to get loud starting NOW. Call your Senators here: 5calls.org/issue/save-a...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

why is *every* newspaper/programme running with the headline "tariffs are paused" when they haven't been. What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.

submitted 3 days ago • 524 comments

Authoritarian leader cult alert

submitted 2 days ago • 129 comments

Classic abuser move: create a crisis and then position yourself as its solution. After the abuser “solves” the crisis, he will expect gratitude and adoration.

submitted 3 days ago • 77 comments

We have received many questions about Trump potentially invoking the Insurrection Act, which gives the president broad power to deploy the military within our country. Lawmakers, organizers and everyday Americans should be ready to respond quickly and effectively if Trump takes this dangerous step.

submitted 3 days ago • 40 comments

Let's get the word out that the #generalstrikeus is coming. Generalstrikeus.com has a huge collection of resources and ways to get involved (even without a commitment to strike). #resist #handsoff #stockmarket #Tennessee #nashville #Appalachia #vols #gbo #rockytop #dollyparton #bluecrew #bluewave

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment