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Subsisting off the coconut mono-culture of this tiny island. Random posts. Allergies. Cats. Science. Plants. All to balance the Politics; it affects everything. Twitter: Renee@Varmint_Vittles
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AOC: How can anyone possibly make an objective vote on healthcare, energy, or war when their personal wealth is tied up in pharmaceutical, oil and gas, or defense company stock?

submitted 11 hours ago • 176 comments

I was thinking about this Joe and Tracy anecdote from the supply chain crisis on gummy bears. Things are probably going to get really weird in a few weeks in unexpected ways:

submitted 22 hours ago • 110 comments

I know people have said this 1000x but this is truly just to disenfranchise people

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

They called the targeting of brown people of another faith and erosion of civil liberties the “patriot” act so you would feel guilty or fearful for being against it. So you would adopt an us versus them mindset. You were being groomed for autocratic rule all along.

submitted 19 hours ago • 28 comments

Don't tell me Mahmoud Khalil standing with Jewish people for justice for Palestine is antisemitic when you pardoned the Nazi terrorist wearing a "Camp Auschwitz" shirt as he violently stormed the Capitol to hang Mike Pence & kill Nancy Pelosi. Shame on the MAGA regime & every silent politician.

submitted 17 hours ago • 13 comments

🚨NEW: The NC Supreme Court's GOP majority will retroactively nullify 2,000 to 7,000 ballots from military and overseas voters unless they quickly prove their identity—but only those who voted in a few Democratic counties. Could overturn Justice Riggs' victory. appellate.nccourts.org/orders.php?t...

submitted 1 day ago • 406 comments

This seems right, and all of this is WRONG.

submitted 1 day ago • 1128 comments

Dark times call for reckless purchases. store.theonion.com/c...

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

The courts *should* put an immediate and unequivocal halt to all use of the CECOT prison in El Salvador, with or without due process. They may not do that. But the *people* of the US still can. Don't lose of sight of this atrocity amidst the other outrages. Make this a key focus of resistance.

submitted 4 days ago • 118 comments

Important for all of us but especially journalists.

submitted 4 days ago • 63 comments

Every time I look at the line the last few days all I can think is “we slidin”

submitted 4 days ago • 46 comments

For Invertefest (don’t know that I’ll join) Eyed Elator beetle Not the greatest pic but here you go!

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

I’m not doomscrolling I’m just crashing my emotional stock market

submitted 5 days ago • 24 comments

It’s not a “free” country when people fear speaking their truths.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

David Brooks, who holds no advance degrees but has nevertheless served as a visiting professor at both Duke and Yale -- solely on the basis of his conservative ideas -- thinks that universities are deeply unfair to conservative thinkers.

submitted 5 days ago • 230 comments

i am fascinated by the outright refusal of people in the professional political commentary class to just consider the possibility that there is no plan and that trump really is a braying idiot with the more acute case of narcissistic personality disorder on record

submitted 6 days ago • 712 comments