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The atlas-eater with a jaw for news :: si at arrr dot net
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one of the most dishonest things people in my profession do is pretend as if “the story” and “the narrative” isn’t something they have direct control over
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What I keep trying to emphasize to Palestine activists is that Zionism was once a national liberation movement for an oppressed people The problem isn’t that Zionism is Jewish, the problem is that it’s NATIONALIST Name me one nationalist militant group that won and DIDN’T curdle into brutality
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Just in case the guillotines go up I’m learning to crochet
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there is such a rich text of evil in how Obama had to be followed up with not just a white man, but a mediocre white man, a lazy white man who can barely focus. how unimpressive he is feels like part of the point
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This is the justification for “business lunch” applied to crimes against democracy
i keep re-reading this to make sure i didn't hallucinate
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right now a lot of guys who have led lives of trouble writing dementedly punctuated Missives to the Admiralty Court of their HOA and numbering papier-mâché DIY license plates with their own blood are realizing they could have instead just made friends with Harlan Crow
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Homeless people can be arrested for sleeping, Presidents cannot be arrested for rampant graft and corruption done while in office. There is no clearer a summary of "conservative 'law and order'" than this.
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Ok guys how are we going to survive this
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In that case, I join thousands in calling on Biden to assassinate Trump
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They’re going to do that anyway
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So “let’s just do it and be legends” is the official way the presidency works now
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So if he strangles his wife he’s prosecuted, but if he gets the CIA to do it, it’s fine?
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Just a reminder in advance that the Supreme Court is illegitimate and Thomas and Alito should have been kicked out of office months if not years ago.
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Probably zero, intersex kids usually have nonconsensual genital surgery as infants or toddlers, not in their teens, and don’t get counted as trans health care
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There are around 50 million children age 6-17 in this country. I'm not particularly good at math but does a couple hundred surgeries and maybe a few thousand kids on hormone therapy a year strike you as a particularly large percentage of 50 million? www.welcometohellworld.com/they-want-to...
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I am actually desperate for something unexpected to happen because what is expected is catastrophic
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I mutter "Hitler's Swiss Chalet" to myself on at least a bi-weekly basis now
Posting this screenshot from the NYT archives for no particular reason
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Serious suggestion: ProPublica is doing great investigative work. They also partner with local outlets. For day-to-day coverage Mother Jones is another not-for-profit newsroom. Contributions to either are tax deductible.
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oh my god Bowie is wearing Kurt's sweater
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@josie.zone and I are the gamma and delta males respectively
they keep inventing new guys
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l-r, Shaun of the Dead, Peter Parker, more casual Peter Parker, Bowie, Harry Potter, Crowley
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wait the second Peter Parker might be Scott Pilgrim
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Emma! I'm so sorry. May their memories be for a blessing. How absolutely terrible.
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a sweetie in a bonnet
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the Gifs of the Magi
My bald, non-jewelry-wearing partner did a lot of research to get me a surprise engagement ring and then a surprise fancy hair tool for my birthday, and boy are his targeted ads FUCKED up now