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Customs & Border Patrol is the Meme Police™ now.

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You know those sci-fi and post-apocalyptic stories where villains are destroying information to enforce control, and heroes called “knowledge keepers” or something valiantly preserve humanity’s wisdom?

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Funny how we're suddenly scared of "Iranian sleeper cells" while front page news is about a Republican who just murdered U.S. politicians, had a hit list, and shares the exact same cult religious ideology with half of Congress and the Supreme Court… But, I digress.

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The problem for Trump now is, his governing strategy depends on creating an escalating series of novel dramatic shitshows. But he's running out of novelty now, all he can do is escalate and/or create variations on existing shitshows. That does not lend itself as well to control of the newscycle

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comptroller actually comes from the roots “com,” “pter,” and “holler.” it translates literally to “wings hollering together.” how that applies to modern government has been lost to time in a disturbing trend of cargo culting government titles down the generations

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South #Korea’s students hire ‘digital undertakers’ amid #Trump admin US visa scrutiny of online activity https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3315633/south-korean-students-hire-digital-undertakers-bury-past-amid-us-visa-scrutiny?utm_source=rss_feed

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Great Gatsby of Nothing http://inaniludibrio.com/2025/06/24/great-gatsby-of-nothing/

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It’s not shocking that this ceasefire didn’t last, it’s shocking that we have a country full of people who simultaneously have zero memory and zero foresight.

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In my first job out of college, I learned that SENDING OUT COMMUNICATIONS IN ALL-CAPS DID NOT REINFORCE MY CREDIBILITY, EFFECTIVELY PERSUADE, NOR RESULT IN DESIREABLE OUTCOMES. YMMV

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The rise of litigation financing comes with plenty of downsides, but taxing it solves nothing. https://news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights-and-commentary/litigation-funding-tax-proposal-solves-nothing-besides-optics

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#history

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#GreatMen #NoamChomsky #history

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Ahhhhh #Shreveport. 90min wait for a rental car because National’s shit was fractally not together. Ended up with a Nissan Rogue. My hotel is situated between a railroad and Biff’s Pleasure Palace. The night clerk looks like she’s seen some shit go down at a Waffle House. There are multiple […]

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Requiring CW for all politics only works for people who have life that is not marked as "political"

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I’m just sayin’ https://inaniludibrio.com/2024/05/06/history-rhymes/

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#MAGA wants to turn all of “blue” America into #Gaza. Hear me now, believe me later.

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#DanielPink on #ViktorFrankl via #LinkedIn: Viktor Frankl survived Auschwitz. Then he wrote one of the most powerful books ever written: Man’s Search for Meaning. Here’s what he discovered—and why it still matters today. Frankl’s core idea: “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how […]

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🎯 The housing crisis will not be solved with money alone. 🎯 It’s not a numbers problem — it’s a systems problem. 🎯 And pouring money into a broken system just breaks it faster. We’ve built a system that makes it hard to create the kind of modest, incremental, people-scaled housing our […]

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❤️‍🔥

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Where is the lie?

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this is horrific.

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Here's a crowdsourced list from the #CrustianDaily of #ICE agents, which #google have been removing from search results. Just in case you're wondering who's behind the masks. (And remember to search with #DuckDuckGo instead, as they don't suppress stuff like this.) https://icelist.info/

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Was Soleimani the equivalent of Ferdinand? #history

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The fact that people in the media treat DJT as if he is rational, thoughtful and reasoned — after 20 years of crazy is mind blowing. He is a man-baby, probably demented, & a pathological liar. He has thought NOTHING through. Stop pretending he has a plan. @msnbc.com @cnn.com @nytimes.com

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Perfectly expressed.

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Following the outrageous and violent detainment of Senator Alex Padilla by FBI agents at Kristi Noem's presser, House Speaker Johnson calls for the Senate to "censure" him for "wildly inappropriate behavior." Trump 101: Accuse your opponent of what you are actually doing.

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Never deleting Twitter

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1984 by #GeorgeOrwell

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Disgusting. What a way to reward those who put their own lives & families’ futures on the line for our country. Does Stephen Miller hate veterans & the military as much as he hates brown people?

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Nippon Steel acquires US Steel for $14.9bn finally after giving a ‘golden share’ vote on board to #Trump US Steel is now delisted from US stockmarket as it is now 100% owned by #Japan. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/18/nippon-steel-acquires-us-steel

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Meditation on Triggers for Civil Religion Surreal Experience As an American “military age male”, there have been 3 times in my adult life during which headline news and civil circumstances have left me to feel uncomfortable inside my own skin: 9/11 Election Night 2016 Jan 6th My dad read a lot […]

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Oil futures up about 4%. You may want to fill your tank more sooner than later

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1984 by #GeorgeOrwell

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#Atlanta

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"all cops are bastards...except the cops I like" is a depressing but prevalent view among folks who should know better.

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Russia is complaining that bombing a Sovereign state is illegal. Irony just died. Source: https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2029109/

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Cómo van las cosas, creo que debo de imprimir páginas de Mapquest…

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Economic Impact of a U.S. Internet Blackout Immediate Effects (First Few Days): - A total internet shutdown in the U.S. would instantly halt much of the economy, costing about $11 billion per day. - Sectors most affected include finance, manufacturing, logistics, and retail, as most […]

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