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How is anyone supposed to know these are federal agents and not robbers or kidnappers? No uniforms. No badges. No name tags. And no signs of training. #FuckICE #AbolishICE

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Good morning #Hedgewatch Team. On Day 17 of #30DaysWild Brock is looking for wildlife clues and seems very interested in some poop! He is making good progress completing his chart. We would love to hear your adventures today. Have fun whatever you do!💚😻

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Forcing park personnel to hang those signs at Manzanar is fucking grotesque. www.sfgate.com/california-p...

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Now that we’ve seen the full Senate text, we can say for certain: either the House or the Senate version would be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history. Each have the largest Medicaid and largest SNAP cuts ever. And each give huge tax cuts to the rich.

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i know a lot else is going on, but US folks PLEASE call your senators - they are actively set on trying to ban trans healthcare on Medicaid entirely which trans people like me who are on Medicaid actively depend on for life-saving healthcare

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As usual, @tkingfisher.com focuses on the important stuff Epic thread!

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The Salty Human met Kathy Kinney (Mimi on the Drew Carey Show) at jury duty

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I did not know the pacarana was a creature that existed until today... I am delighted to say the least...

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Also, it's amazing but not at all surprising how much of the media has uncritically parroted Noem's line that Senator Padilla "lunged" at her. Again, without noting that THERE IS CLEAR VIDEO EVIDENCE HE DID NO SUCH THING. This isn't only bad journalism; its a racist trope that KILLS men of colour.

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Fun fact: in the 1960s, Civil Rights protestors were given literal classes on nonviolent protest; they didn't all just spontaneously know what to do. So, if you're planning on showing up, this weekend: read this comic. And if you're staying home, signal-boost it/link it around.

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Anyone who thinks LA is full of socialists has never taken a meeting at a studio

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New indie horror bookstore in Brooklyn? Uhh heck yeah! TWISTED SPINE Kickstarter is live, live, live: www.kickstarter.com/projects/twi...

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Cops are shooting impact munitions madly. They're shooting at people who are simply moving along on sidewalks and leaving the area as they were ordered to do. No one in this video is throwing anything at police. Mounted cops are coming up behind people and hitting them with extra long riot batons.

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The lack of total outrage at the indictment of Congresswoman McIvey is truly frightening. Hakeem Jeffries ought to be causing high holy hell over this. She is indicted because she is Black. Half of the GOP caucus engaged in sedition and Garland felt arresting a member of congress went too far.

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"the team used benzene measurements from gas stoves in 87 homes, analyzing the health risks for the highest-emitting 5% of stoves" So... Based on 4 stoves An average seems useful here

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This sort of "here is how we know" article, in which the evidence is thoroughly summarized and clearly explained and common counter-arguments are calmly debunked with evidence, is probably something we should be doing a lot more of. Some people are not persuadable. Many are. #SciComm 🧪

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

It’s so unfathomly bizarre and tragic that the federal government has been straight up kidnapping people off the streets for months, and when we finally gather en peaceful masse to protect our community, the headlines are about a few cars on fire.

submitted 8 days ago • 13 comments

Can someone explain how "ICE agents" are allowed to do their supposed official duties in mismatched LARPer gear. Shouldn't they have uniforms? Yes, I know they're probably Proud Boys. No, they're not undercover cops

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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

submitted 7 days ago • 312 comments

The deep-sea sponge Monorhaphis chuni has silica spicules taller than you. It sits in silence. But it's been building that resistance structure for 11,000 years. Protest is patience. #ProtestIsPower

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Posting this 1967 Birmingham News editorial cartoon for all the people who don't realize that this is how MLK was viewed by a big chunk of white America.

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"It can be difficult to laugh at riot cops. But we should all try. Because they’re so fucking ridiculous. Hey, nice huge helmet and body armor and fake ass gun and shield to oppose a bunch of skater kids waving around flags. You all are the most terrified group of human beings in the [USA]"

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Internet ‘trolling’ most likely comes from fishing rather than bridge-guarding creatures. 'Trolling' refers to fishing by trailing a lure or baited hook from a moving boat. So when people ‘troll,’ they are fishing for responses.

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Dear USA Deploying troops against civilians will not go well. Yours Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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WTAF

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Still waiting for the article that’s like “these right wing militia members are in a bubble and it would be healthier if they exposed themselves to left wing ideas”

submitted 10 days ago • 162 comments

Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

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Notice that the cops are in no danger here. They have a clear view of the reporter who is clearly on air, AND THEY SHOT ANYWAY #ACAB

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Somehow attracted a bunch of new followers, which freaks me out. So: Trans women are women; trans men are men LGBTQ rights are civil rights Trump is corrupt and stupid All workers deserve unions ACAB Anti-DEI means segregation and white supremacy

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if people had voted for the nice Black lady, the gays would be dancing with the First Gentleman on the white house lawn today while President Harris worked to get Medicare to cover home Healthcare aides for our aging parents. but this is fun, too, i guess.

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