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Calculus vigilante, union man, proud father. Public education is a pillar of democracy. "We are hope despite the times." -R.E.M.

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Celtics, you must avenge Jaylen Brown

11.03.2026 01:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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John Oliver on right wing grifter, "brain" behind the "censorship industrial complex" and USAID destroyer, Mike Benz:

"a chronically online lunatic"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU8S...

09.03.2026 12:53 πŸ‘ 230 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

As Oliver says, when you're tallying the dead and the devastated from the destruction of USAID, remember the
critical contributions of

Elon Musk
Pete Marocco
Mike Benz
Jeremy Lewin
Marco Rubio

Because they're probably going to be lying about it in the future.

09.03.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's War Against Iran (w/ Matt Duss) Podcast Episode Β· Know Your Enemy Β· March 6 Β· 1h 17m

Listen up!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...

10.03.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The risk for babies who get measles under the age of 6 months to develop this within 10 years is 1 in 600.

10.03.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 1118 πŸ” 536 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 10
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It’s Monday and Trump Is Already Losing: Texas Dems Break Turnout Records, Court Blocks Mass Deportations, Kari Lake’s Actions Erased, and Virginia Schools Set To Ban Jan 6 Lies They tried to rewrite historyβ€”so we bolted the truth to the Capitol wall

It's only Monday and Trump's regime is crumbling: record Dem turnout, blocked mass deportations, erased Kari Lake chaos, Jan 6 lies banned in VA schools.

09.03.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 927 πŸ” 285 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 16

This is what they've done.

10.03.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Long-lost page of Archimedes’ writings rediscovered in France The discovery adds to the Archimedes Palimpsest, an important medieval manuscript containing texts from the Greek mathematician Archimedes

Long-lost page of Archimedes’ writings rediscovered in France www.scientificamerican.com/article/long...

10.03.2026 11:55 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Felt similarly in 92 after twelve years of Reagan Bush

10.03.2026 12:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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USA March 2026 - An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar tools.

09.03.2026 23:37 πŸ‘ 232 πŸ” 173 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 13
John Oliver (on right) gestures with his hands as he speaks. On left, a ProPublica headline from December 15, 2025 reads: β€œTrump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.” An article excerpt below says: "... turning rows red, yellow or green every few seconds, never asking a single question.”

John Oliver (on right) gestures with his hands as he speaks. On left, a ProPublica headline from December 15, 2025 reads: β€œTrump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.” An article excerpt below says: "... turning rows red, yellow or green every few seconds, never asking a single question.”

1/ On yesterday’s @lastweektonight.com about USAID, John Oliver cited several of our investigations.

First up was our reporting about how DOGE operatives had arbitrarily cut aid programs, in some cases by literally clicking through a spreadsheet: propub.li/4cCsSKP

10.03.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 2247 πŸ” 726 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 23

US oligarchs want it this way. They want America to be dependent on oil. It's why one of the first things Trump did after he came back into office was to shut down various green energy projects

10.03.2026 00:26 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Depraved. As private prisons make billions off this.

www.instagram.com/p/DVol4ftFCV...

09.03.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 1057 πŸ” 503 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 37
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Trump spent years screaming about gas prices. Blaming Democrats. Then he started a war in the Middle East. And he clearly doesn’t give a sh*t.

His voters got plaid.
#TrumpsGasProblem

09.03.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 777 πŸ” 270 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 16

Between Epstein and Iran the casual antisemitism in the discourse is off the charts. It has become almost completely normalized.

09.03.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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"Roman Abramovich was arrested for stealing the train's load of diesel" - this is how BBC Panorama reports about the Chelsea owner's scandal Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has been arrested for stealing a trainload of oil, according to BBC Panorama. The Russian oligarch has seen his assets seized by the UK government - including Chelsea Fo...

The Russian way.

telegrafi.com/en/roman-abr...

09.03.2026 11:45 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

2/ Last month, it emerged that gigabytes of messages spanning 2022-2024 had been obtained by Ukrainian sources from the phone of Major General Roman Demurchiev, most likely as the result of a successful hack.
bsky.app/profile/chri...

09.03.2026 11:18 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

No wonder Russian army can not conquer Ukraine

09.03.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
In a hotel room, a brick wall that has obviously had a huge hole repaired

In a hotel room, a brick wall that has obviously had a huge hole repaired

Pretty sure the Kool-Aid man stayed in this hotel room once

09.03.2026 02:26 πŸ‘ 10753 πŸ” 880 πŸ’¬ 361 πŸ“Œ 188

If that ain’t a hint,

09.03.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And these people are paid big bucks to be that wrong!!!

09.03.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

Fair!

09.03.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m honestly really sad for all the close-to-retirement people whose lives will be extremely screwed up by the coming correction/crash. They didn’t really have much choice about this and were doing the best/only thing they could to save for retirement.

09.03.2026 11:09 πŸ‘ 352 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 6
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Lindsey’s diplomacy working wonders in UAE.

09.03.2026 12:13 πŸ‘ 19672 πŸ” 6730 πŸ’¬ 805 πŸ“Œ 435

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09.03.2026 05:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Close-up of a scallop with its shell partially open, revealing bright orange inside. The scallop's shell is ridged with a line of tiny, vivid blue eyes along the edge. It rests on a sandy seabed.

Close-up of a scallop with its shell partially open, revealing bright orange inside. The scallop's shell is ridged with a line of tiny, vivid blue eyes along the edge. It rests on a sandy seabed.

Did you know that bay scallops have up to 200 eyes? 🀯

Made of guanine crystals, these small, mirror-like eyes behave like reflecting telescopes or concave mirrorsβ€”allowing scallops to see clearly close up and far away at the same time!

08.03.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 201 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 11
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Israel unlawfully used white phosphorus in Lebanon: HRW Images verified by Human Rights Watch show Israel fired white phosphorus in populated areas of southern Lebanon.

Images verified by Human Rights Watch show Israel fired white phosphorus in populated areas of southern Lebanon.

09.03.2026 07:30 πŸ‘ 1057 πŸ” 736 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 97

Dems really struggle with the fact that you should never agree with this admin *on anything*, and that that has nothing to do with partisanship.

Whatever you had in mind about a topic--even if it's stupid or evil or w/e--it's not as stupid or evil as this admin was thinking.

09.03.2026 06:50 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Moderates run left before they experience the fate of the armadillo.

09.03.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As the U.S. economy begins to collapse, never forget that both J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio wholeheartedly supported Trump’s disastrous Iran war fiasco.
#IranWar #Trump

09.03.2026 12:27 πŸ‘ 1096 πŸ” 323 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 7