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Citizen, nearabouts #rochesterny
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gonna start calling myself a relative newcomer with a vibe of someone who has been around a lot longer

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Consider how much of a problem you have being online and then ask yourself how often you’ve actually done this

submitted 13 hours ago • 68 comments

An interesting hypothetical if you’re wondering if Elon Musk is a genius or not is to compare his behaviour in any situation to what a complete moron would do in the same situation

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Kirsten Gillibrand just announced that she is "WORKING ACROSS THE AISLE WITH REPUBLICANS". For the love of all that's holy how can she still believe that Republicans are honest actors? How pitifully tepid can Democrat leadership be!? Break down doors and fight as if this were the war that it is!

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Day two results are in, and if you're a 🐎 #CorcelesSIS or 🥛 #LecherosBAY fan, you're probably pretty annoyed at how things are shaping up now. But you know what? There's a remedy to the situation—WHIP 👏 THOSE 👏 VOTES! 👏 Still two days to turn it around! Link: www.polltab.com/bracket-poll...

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The way we do high school sports is ridiculous and we could wipe away 90% of transgender sports panic if school districts just said “hey, this isn’t part of our educational mission, wtf are we doing, trying to field teams to beat young people at other schools?”

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It is mind-boggling to me that people say "but I had to comply with the fascists because otherwise there would be some cost—" NO FUCKING KIDDING. Did you think you'd never have to make a hard choice in Fascist America? That you wouldn't be asked to sacrifice someone and be rewarded for it?? JFC

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Hey, Morelle is having a telephone town hall next Wednesday! RSVP and ask questions here! morelleforms.house.gov/forms/form/?...

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While it's true that Democrats in Congress -- and especially the House -- have relatively little power right now, what they can do is use their local offices to find people suffering from Trump's policies, like this caller, and lift up their voices and tell their stories

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My son is in Colombia teaching English this year, and the professor he's working with asked him to share how his "cultural heritage" influences his daily life. I thought what he wrote was lovely and worth sharing 🥹

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National Republicans want people to die. That is the only way to read this position. They do not believe that poor people should receive healthcare

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Where the F is our congressional representative this week?

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

As is my right, I will not read past this headline, but only laugh at how twee this whole post appears to be

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I love the mascot bowl so much. The creativity of this couple is off the charts. You should vote!

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Opinion | The last 80 years have brought unprecedented peace and prosperity to the US, Canada, and Western Europe. It's time that we ended it.

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Everyone knows what NJ license plates look like? Good? Good. www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/infra...

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Lovely to see some new subscribers signing up on the back of this story. If you subscribe, you won't miss these going forward! They go straight to your inbox at the moment of publication.

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Today in jaw-dropping figures (population.un.org/wpp/graphs?l...)

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Last year I was frustrated with the frame that if you "don't like" AI in higher ed you must just "not understand it" this frame very conveniently drew attention away from how many of its proponents do not understand how it works.

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I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths

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This is a social media video edited to highlight the sounds of chains. Real Nazi shit from the White House

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“It’s a disgraceful reversal of 80 years of American foreign policy,” said Kori Schake, who is the director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute and was a national security aide to President George W. Bush.

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Wow, I was just writing about this today!

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What would a TV ad promoting alternatives to driving look like? What if people who love cycling and progressive transportation reclaimed ideas like freedom, independence and even patriotism? We decided to give it a shot. Check out our new video, "America, It's Just Like Riding a Bike."

submitted 4 days ago • 24 comments

...like standing in front of an approaching train...yeah, that how it feels (espec when talking to family and friends who you feel need protecting). www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Mistreating and mocking poor, vulnerable people to own the libs

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Aligning with an enemy of peace, freedom, and a safe and healthy future to own the libs, I guess

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments