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Politics, technology (especially WordPress, homelabs), economics, and memes. Probably in that order but also meme dumps from time to time.
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Get Ready For Delayed Tax Refunds, Long Hold Times After Mass IRS Firings But wealthy tax evaders will enjoy “a feast” as the strained federal agency lacks the resources to hold them accountable, said one tax policy expert.

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A traitorous meme pairing

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Ahem

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Three weeks in we now know the playbook of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE): 1. DOGE walks in looking for 'fraud' 2. "Wow, look at all the fraud we found!!" 3. Shut down the department either Musk or Trump wanted to get rid of 4. Rinse & repeat

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Crypto scams are back on the menu boys! *everyone groans* *except the scammers*

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Things Trump's aligned with Russia against: 1. Ukraine 2. US intelligence 3. America at every turn I'm not saying he's a Russian asset, but he makes sure never to oppose his primary creditors.

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👇🏻

submitted 2 days ago • 1369 comments

Airbnb supports Elon Musk. Support the alternatives: Vrbo, Homestay, FlipKey, Sonder, Hipcamp, HomeToGo, and Blueground.

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Want to run or train your own AI model? Let the VPS pricing wars begin:

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Them: So Spark, how are things over in the US? Me: the White House just posted an image of Trump as a f*cking king on Facebook. Them: I am so sorry.

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JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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JFC indeed.

submitted 5 days ago • 742 comments

A trans positive meme pairing

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Are you really a slut or do you derive your self-worth through romantic attention from the other sex?

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Elon Musk’s DOGE Wants to Be Notified About Any Requests for Oversight The government efficiency group also wants to be notified when there’s any attempt at oversight from Congress, inspectors general, even the Government Accountability Office.

submitted 7 days ago • 149 comments

"Mama always said Kristi Noem is like a box of chocolates; they'll both kill your dog."

submitted 7 days ago • 155 comments

*Lawrence O’Donnell smugly declares something will never happen* *it happens* You'd think at some point there would be self-reflection or better yet, retractions. But no.

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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

submitted 9 days ago • 523 comments

A time honored tradition.

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A MAGA meme pairing

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But plastic straws are back…

submitted 9 days ago • 1126 comments

🎉 🎉 🎉

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The cost is extremely high 🫠

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I'll be tracking Elon's fuckery, how it effects (harms) the economy, and Trump's inevitable broken promises as they pertain to prices. In short: the economy + Elon's bullshit.

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Dems can't afford to lose another one. 😬

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Can you imagine making a meager living picking cauliflower for people's crudité then YOINK you're suddenly in a Guantanamo camp?

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A vaccine-free meme pairing 🎉

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Curruption's back on the menu boys!

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One of my goals this year: to learn more about Podman and, depending on how things go, switch to it.

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