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Hi, I'm Van! Miniature sculptor, 2d/3d artist, crafter, gamer. (he/him)
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Imagine the white heads exploding if Obama had said he wasn’t sure that following the Constitution was important

But don’t you dare imply racism is at play in any of this, this is one of those colorblind Confederate venerations.

The sheer fucking arrogance here is just something else...

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mahdi. Mahdi is 57 and was a construction worker who labored in Israel before the war. He saved his whole life to build a home in Deir al Ballah for his family of 6. He lost everything. Him and his wife both have chronic health conditions.

These people are such weird creeps, just absolute freaks, and we should never stop talking about them that way

I have really good news to announce to everyone. Because of our reporting and many readers contacting Planned Parenthood of Arizona, the organization will NOT over comply with Trump, and is restarting its trans adult care. Good work everyone.

The DOJ lawyer who made the mistake of answering the court's questions about Abrego-Garcia candidly (eg yes he was mistakenly deported, a fact the Administration already has acknowledged), which got him put on administrative leave, has now been fired, ending his 15-year DOJ career..

One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind. An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one." The other said, "Take him anyway." So they did.

Andrew Cuomo's policy paper on affordable housing, released this weekend, was written with the help of ChatGPT and was released rife with typos, in some parts devolving into unintelligible gibberish. hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo...

happy ten year anniversary to this post

Figured I'd make a little thread with things people may not know about the cruelty of U.S. jails and prisons. 1. In California, guards force detainees into "gladiator fights" for their own amusement. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

18 months later “I’m done begging people to care about Palestinians now. I’m writing this not because I hope to change any minds, but because the only power I have – the only power that many of us have – is to continually raise our voices and say that we do not consent to this.”

80 mins into my 4 hour Switch 2 hands on session. Metroid Prime 4 lets you turn mouse sensitivity silly high, and that's great. 120 FPS handheld Mario Kart looks stunning. Lack of OLED really not a huge deal. Great viewing angle range. Mouse mode works on your legs, with plain black leggings.

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

The only way to interpret this is that the Trump administration is trying to close public schools. Which has been an open goal of conservatives for decades. They want to privatize education to resegregate on race and gender. And to ensure some people can’t access education at all.

My cancer treatments are paid for by Medicaid. It’s good insurance, it covers all my labs, procedures, and the copious amount of meds I have to take each day. Without it I will die a slow excruciatingly painful death. Gather your reps and give them a call tomorrow, not one moment of peace.

they gambled everything we had on the mythical suburban moderate who loves Liz Cheney and lost

Anachronym Challenge xkcd.com/3075

Glad to see that they've taken the iconography grift overseas. Excellent business model. For those unaware: Greek churches are always asking for donations to complete the painting of icon murals. Somehow, they always come up short of the required funds. Even after decades of donations. Such mystery

Are you a Canadian researcher who depends on NOAA or NASA climate data? Please get in touch with Marc Fawcett-Atkinson: marc[at]nationalobserver.com.

HAPPENING NOW: Following the Supreme Court's decision requiring the government to "facilitate" the release of Abrego Garcia, a hearing before Judge Paula Xinis is about to begin. I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social Follow along for updates

Gee, I wonder if the centrists will allow us to call MAGAs Nazis yet.

Years ago, one of my professors cut off a fellow student who was waxing poetic about people being "of" their time with respect to chattel slavery. He said: 'do you know who knew that enslavement was evil and morally disgusting? ENSLAVED AFRICANS.' Were they not of their time too? At 18, that stuck.

"But I only helped the Nazis because what if the Nazis are telling the truth and maybe we all need to listen to the Nazis. The Nazis don't lie, you know. The Nazis are our friends. The Nazis love us and just want to protect us."

I want someone to do a video where they go around and ask MAGAs to point Greenland on a map. Mind you, the map has to be a satellite image, so that you can see the green vegetation. Watch and see how many of them point to Brazil. Laugh.

oh you mean like every other time they've tried this? everywhere else in the world?