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Known in Taiwan as The Tom. Immigrant, Pākehā, he/him. Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.
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Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

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Watching Silo right now and this reminds me of Salvador Quinn’s book burning, except I don’t think Trump’s trying to save us.

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I still haven't stopped laughing about the fact that he posted this over a year ago on the platform that he literally bought, and paid $44 billion for.

submitted 1 hour ago • 11 comments

Funny how England had a civil war but we don’t feel the need to reference it constantly.

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Elon Musk is the antithesis of one of those books about being a better manager and improving productivity.

submitted 2 hours ago • 1 comment

He must taste really good.

submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

coming this holiday season

submitted 11 hours ago • 64 comments

A few weeks ago but this is not a good look for United Healthcare. gizmodo.com/unitedhealth...

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Current status: we're smuggling eggs in from Mexico now. So let's talk about WHY Mexico's egg industry has been stable- while US egg prices are through the roof! 1. Mexico puts people in jail for price-fixing. 2. Mexico lets farmers vaccinate their chickens against bird flu.

submitted 15 hours ago • 25 comments

"Too mired in diversity issues" translates to "too many negroes," if you were wondering

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

What’s your sign?

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WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

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Lost all respect for him because I hate people not wearing socks with shoes.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Taste the freedom.

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“The U.S. Navy has relieved Captain Dave Snowden of his command of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) following a loss of confidence in his ability to lead.” Yet they’re leaving the command in chief?

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An unethical government might see this as a win. 🫠 fortune.com/2025/02/19/a...

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"It is said that in 1511, the Venetian government changed the law to allow female prostitutes to publicly display their breasts from balconies, in order to better compete with homosexuals" may be the best sentence ever written.

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I have lodged a formal complaint with the charities regulator asking that Destiny Church’s charities be struck off because of serious wrongdoing last weekend in my Te Atatu electorate. 1/3

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NZ Post is absolutely fucking useless. Why do you have tocollect the same package twice 18 hours apart? Did you manage to leave it behind the first time? This morning you said the package was due to be delivered today. What happened?

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