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I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles

submitted 1 day ago • 550 comments

ME: points at my "World's Greatest Dad" shirt CO-WORKER: points at his own "World's Greatest Dad" shirt ME: takes a sip from my "World's Greatest Dad" mug CO-WORKER: sips from his own "World's Greatest Dad" mug ME: [eyes narrow] draws "World's Greatest Dad" sword

submitted 3 days ago • 172 comments

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

🚨 Secretary Noem basically said that her agency is now dedicated to forcible regime change…in American cities and states. There 👏🏽 is 👏🏽 a 👏🏽 name 👏🏽 for 👏🏽 this

submitted 6 days ago • 567 comments

The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world. They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.

submitted 11 days ago • 171 comments

The other thing about the militarized teams deployed on deportations is that they are increasingly a coalition of the willing that scrambles chains of command across various dept's and agencies (DHS, ICE, FBI, CBP, BOP, etc), creating what amounts to a personalized militia loyal only to Trump. 🧵

submitted 12 days ago • 26 comments

A police state requires a strong and unaccountable surveillance state.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Urza’s Saga is the story of a man who invented robots to help him find his glasses.

submitted 14 days ago • 20 comments

Putting together a low-budget heist team: - subpar hacker with chronic anxiety who only knows Python - getaway driver who can’t parallel park - ACE honeytrap distraction unable to fake chemistry - muscle who benches 120 max - pickpocket with iffy motor control - slightly above average IQ mastermind

submitted 16 days ago • 29 comments

This no-kill animal shelter is in desperate need of kitten food, kitten milk replacement, and other supplies. If you post a screenshot in my replies showing that you donated at least $10 (even as a Chewy gift card), I'll answer a style-related question for you. Donation info in their thread.

submitted 17 days ago • 363 comments

if it takes years, has to be consequences for all these people, and even more for those who gave the orders.

submitted 18 days ago • 534 comments

technically it's a polyghoul

submitted 21 days ago • 132 comments

THREAD. When my parents' cat Bridget went missing, my dad, to try to ease his worry, painted her on a variety of historical ventures. Soon, these numbered in the dozens. After much nagging, my dad has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series: michaelcoxmoredaysthansausages.bigcartel.com

submitted 23 days ago • 181 comments

Here's how to REALLY offend a paleontologist 🦴🦕 #GameChanger / @GianmarcoSoresi.bsky.social

submitted 28 days ago • 35 comments

Oh my god the bear is espresso ice so the coffee gets stronger as he melts

submitted 29 days ago • 426 comments

Do you ever think about the great things America could do if we focused our energy on common good rather than corporate greed?

submitted 29 days ago • 804 comments

Corgis have an extremely low center of gravity and the density of a dead star. PERFECT for skateboarding! 😇

submitted 31 days ago • 218 comments

Fun fact: until I was appreciably into my 20s, I thought they were called oncologists because they were always “on call.”

submitted 31 days ago • 98 comments

I never thought the University of Calipers would measure MY skull

submitted 32 days ago • 8 comments

say it again: 4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

submitted 31 days ago • 70 comments

youtu.be/bKoppkVsNGM

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This dog politely asked for a musician's drumstick in the middle of their performance. Always excited to find a fellow stick lover. 12/10

submitted 34 days ago • 619 comments

Pope Leo's first sermon and, uh, his using the phrase "be ever more fully a city set upon a hill" and cf'ing it to Rev 21:10 instead of any of the others before saying "many baptized Christians" are "living in a state of practical atheism" is. Well. Shots fired! www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...

submitted 40 days ago • 120 comments

I'm procrastinating, Stancil is getting dragged over it, and the Rewatchables podcast guys finally covered it, so I guess it's time for what I hope is my last thread ever on Star Wars. Let's do this. 🧵

submitted 40 days ago • 41 comments

These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.

submitted 43 days ago • 274 comments

Actual hero stuff.

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

I really don’t get this crisis of masculinity. I just don’t. You can join the Army or become a paramedic or live in the woods. You can wear camo. You can go hunting or fishing. You can be a little rowdy. I’ve done all these things. Just don’t be a dick.

submitted 47 days ago • 80 comments

Good lord, just learned (form the conlawprof Listserv) about the most transparently Orbanist stunt yet. Steven Miller filed a FOIA suit against John Roberts as pretense to claim that the administrative office of the U.S. courts is really an executive agency storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 45 days ago • 32 comments

“Take and eat; this is my body.” - The Ueckarist

submitted 45 days ago • 407 comments

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3RC... "what have you sacrificed?" "Calm. Kindness. Kinship. Love. I've given up all chance at inner peace. I've made my mind a sunless space. I share my dreams with ghosts. I wake up every day to an equation I wrote 15 years ago from which there's only one conclusion ...

submitted 57 days ago • 3 comments

I made a silent puppet film about Godzilla vs. Paul Bunyan. (thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)

submitted 48 days ago • 142 comments

youtu.be/4l4gdhPqh3E

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

The AI jobs crisis is not coming—it's here right now. It just might not look the way many thought it would. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-ai-job...

submitted 47 days ago • 34 comments

yeah i am pretty much on the side of primary everyone

submitted 50 days ago • 1158 comments