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To see people as individual organisms in a moving body of life is wholly terrifying, I think this triggers my sense of the safety of personal space www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/s...

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“There's a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.” Dorothy Parker

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jellyfish dare to ask the question: what if no bones

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NEW — 19-year-old DOGE engineer Edward Coristine turns out to be the grandson of former KGB spy Valery Martynov, who played a role in a sprawling 1980s espionage saga. www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...

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Yeah, totally normal stuff, the head of national defense criticizing "the media" like that's what the defense department is supposed to worry about

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Is it ok that I want to read this book because of the cover? Look at this big soft shouldery cat www.thriftbooks.com/w/north-wood...

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For the people I know who like D&D, I've gotten hooked on the latest Exandria Unlimited series on @criticalrole.bsky.social

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Gonna be honest with you, if I'm the general counsel for a news organization, I have my First Amendment lawsuit ready to go. Wouldn't have to wait an hour to see me file it. I'd have a few different versions.

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Apple is livestreaming a techno music playlist inspired by Severence. Brilliant youtu.be/JRnDYB28bL8?... @benstiller.redhour.com

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A South Florida sheriff delivered a blistering rebuke of his own deputies this week, saying his department “failed” in its handling of a lengthy domestic violence case that he says culminated in a triple homicide.

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LA, this looks amazing

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According to ProPublica, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since abortion bans were implemented, compared with maternal deaths in the state immediately before the pandemic.

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Rep. Ford Carr: “I know that side of the aisle, and they constantly vote for gun rights. also know that some of them carry guns. I have one in my office. There’s a strong possibility that that gun will be on my person unless something is done.” #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/02/20/e...

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Happy Black History Month

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Oh yes, Homer’s famous “Tes Thdpssssps.” 👍🏻

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BREAKING — I've confirmed the DOGE staffers at SSA. They are Marko Elez (who was previously fired for racist posts and then reinstated), Ethan Shaotran, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gautier Cole-Killian. This is per Social Security Works, a non-profit working to protect/expand Social Security.

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When bootlicking is a bust for a billionaire: A Pew Research Center survey shows Mark Zuckerberg's approval ratings not just underwater but under an oil rig on fire.

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"James 'Jim' Joseph Rodden, a 44-year-old who works as an assistant chief counsel for ICE in the Dallas area..." www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...

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We are on the eve of a military purge donmoynihan.substack.com/p/you-should...

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This is a horrific tragedy. This poor mother and family. www.cnn.com/2025/02/15/u...

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Pulls cigarette it's because we have taste deadline.com/2025/02/seve...

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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that Trump is living in a Russian-made “disinformation space” as a result of his administration’s discussions with Kremlin officials. Zelenskyy said he “would like Trump’s team to be more truthful.”

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After publishing this story, which features a picture of the protest at Children's National in DC, I have been informed that moments ago, Childrens National in DC has resumed transgender care. The hospital protests worked! Keep doing them!

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Yesterday when HHS staff arrived at the Mary Switzer building in DC, there was a long security line that forced them to wait in the freezing weather for more than an hour. They thought it was because of RFK Jr's visit—then learned this is now the norm. Text from copy of email shared with me:

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Duffy’s letter essentially says that New York City streets are highways for drivers just passing through, everyone else be damned.

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Wow: City of Clarksdale, Mississippi got a court order yesterday directing a newspaper to delete an editorial criticizing city officials -- without a hearing. Here's the TRO issuing the prior restraint:

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Probably there's a smart piece to be done on Trump effectively being mayor of New York.

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There is no semantic way to deny this, and voters and the press should acknowledge it: The GOP is now officially pro-Russia, anti-Ukraine, if you respect that President Trump is the leader of the Republican Party. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...

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Absolutely devastating piece by @jeremystahl.bsky.social detailing the brutal harms inflicted on Americans by Trump/Musk's illegal shutdown of the CFPB. Including an 83-year-old woman with terminal cancer who may now die saddled with unfair debt. slate.com/news-and-pol...

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