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submitted 6 days ago • 143 comments

The word 'clue' was originally a variant spelling of 'clew,' meaning “ball of thread or yarn.” Our modern sense of clue, “guide to the solution of a mystery,” grows out of a motif in myth and folklore, the ball of thread that helps in finding one’s way out of a maze.

submitted 5 days ago • 25 comments

IMPEACH. CONVICT. REMOVE. NOW! time.com/7266334/us-h..

submitted 6 days ago • 74 comments

Opinion | I was addicted to heroin for 20 years. Here's why I am eliminating federal funding for Narcan so that an extra 10,000 people can die each year from opiate overdoses. by RFK Jr.

submitted 5 days ago • 78 comments

ICE has begun raiding the homes of American citizens. A widely shared story out of Oklahoma describes a disturbing incident where a woman and her children were dragged into their yard half-naked. Reports are mounting across multiple states of agents targeting the wrong properties.

submitted 5 days ago • 739 comments

"His Burlington courtroom was packed on Wednesday with supporters of Mr. Mahdawi, who remained hushed as the judge issued his order..." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/n...

submitted 5 days ago • 128 comments

He’s got a point

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months

submitted 5 days ago • 1038 comments

coming off mute in zoom meeting to scream ag the top of my lungs

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

If you’re a millennial woman, you should listen to the princess diaries soundtrack and disassociate today - as a little treat

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I love when my cats all go work independently on their little activities

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.

submitted 20 days ago • 1803 comments

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

submitted 20 days ago • 813 comments

In 2004, freedom of expression was improving in 29 countries. In 2024? Only 8. 📊⚖️ Meanwhile, it’s deteriorating in 44 countries today—up from just 7 in 2004. 🚨📢 (Source: V-Dem) #HumanRights

submitted 20 days ago • 5 comments

This was my classmate. He was a student in my ethics class, and we used to sit next to each other. Most dedicated person in the class to legitimate justice for all people. He legitimately cared. I am so horribly heartbroken

submitted 21 days ago • 91 comments

AOC: We saw Majorie Taylor Greene buy that dip. How much did you make? How much did you make off of people’s despair? How much did you make off of that panic? How much did you make off of that suffering? No more. We can’t accept it

submitted 21 days ago • 540 comments

If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring all removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.

submitted 21 days ago • 1326 comments

At this point. I think it’s safe to say we’re firmly in the timeline where Biff has the Grays Sports Almanac, Complete Sport Statistics 1950-2000.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Bukele is an incel looser

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Would men need to provide a marriage certificate to vote? No? Just women? Got it.

submitted 22 days ago • 916 comments

Tomorrow’s going to be a good stress test of the press. El Salvadoran President Bukele will visit the White House. At the press availability, every Q ought to be about Abrego Garcia: where is he now? Did US ask you to return him? etc. WH will hate, maybe try to prevent, so all should band together.

submitted 22 days ago • 1320 comments

Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.

submitted 23 days ago • 651 comments

After all, im just an overly caffeinated adhd girl standing in front of a hoochie daddy at the thrift store asking him to love her

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Kurt Vonnegut man

submitted 26 days ago • 256 comments

You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.

submitted 26 days ago • 3185 comments

Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador

submitted 27 days ago • 2185 comments

It’s an ideal time to enter a whimsical career path. As traditional business and industry is no longer profitable, and there is a serve deficit of mirth #tradewar

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 If you’re continuously stunned by the behavior of gerrymandered GOP representatives in the world of Citizens United, don’t be. Here’s how to think of them: They are no longer public servants. Improving public outcomes is not their goal. Nor do they do better in life… 1/

submitted 31 days ago • 86 comments

“Millions of Americans took to the streets yesterday in protest and solidarity against the tyrannical fascist oligarchs trying to destroy their way of life” Bluesky: oh nice! We should 5 days of rabid infighting to celebrate

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Yes, TUCSON! I created a video of the entire three mile long line of protesters! Sound on 🔊

submitted 30 days ago • 17 comments

It felt really good to with others on the streets and scream

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

🎵 that’s me in the corner that’s me drinkin’ hot sprite trying to catch a pigeon

submitted 33 days ago • 6 comments

Holy shit--the tariffs are working. High-paying manufacturing firms are sprouting all over town. There's a little sapling industrial fabricator blooming in my backyard, offering $95k starting with a high school diploma. It looks so precious, glittering amongst the dew. The madman actually did it.

submitted 33 days ago • 235 comments

“I’ll be 10 min late sorry!!!” -ashamed -fragile -unreliable “A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.” -powerful -commanding -honest

submitted 33 days ago • 107 comments

After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be.

submitted 33 days ago • 4417 comments

I refer to growing up in the acid rain/ quicksand/impending nuclear conflict era as being "classically trained" in generalized anxiety

submitted 34 days ago • 270 comments

Get me to gods country (Wisconsin)

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

@booker.senate.gov just demonstrated that empathy is in fact strength - NOT weakness

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

I'm not a programming guy but MSNBC and CNN should be airing this Cory Booker thing in the same way you take over programming if there's a no-hitter or a basketball player with 60 points in three quarters. It's a physical feat! Cut in for this kind of thing. Costs nothing, gooses ratings, good TV.

submitted 34 days ago • 1088 comments

The Trump administration called it an “administrative error.” But that error led to a nightmare for Maryland Resident Abrego Garcia.

submitted 35 days ago • 775 comments

Shit, we’re in the notes app portion of fasc*sm. Kristi Noem is a war criminal. The Trump admin belongs in The Hague. #poetry #resist #witness #activism

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you, Texas, for regulating dildos before guns. 🫡

submitted 41 days ago • 12 comments

They’re not going to get out of this by playing semantics. Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.

submitted 40 days ago • 2404 comments

As more information is revealed, it is clear that the cover-up is even worse than the crime. Every single person involved has no business being involved in our government. At minimum, there should be resignations. And prosecutions.

submitted 40 days ago • 1429 comments