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Teacher, latinx, cranky

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No: never saw such a book; heard of it, though.

13.03.2026 06:47 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5

man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence

04.03.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 140 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 8

I hear this but it is an ongoing issue with people needing people to win only FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. A messy win is a win. An accidental win is a win. I get wanting people to understand, uh, grid investment and aggregate demand before they want the right thing. But why?

04.03.2026 03:57 πŸ‘ 278 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

It was after work and everyone in the line was tired and hungry, but we were all determined to stick it out because by golly we deserve better representation than we have in Texas.

04.03.2026 05:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hour two and half: we met Turtleini the Turtle. His tank was a highlight of line waiting

04.03.2026 05:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In retrospect it is deeply funny that ten minutes into the three hour wait I talked the dude in front of me into guest speaking at my school and by hour two I was sharing the relationship between Macbeth and Lord of the Rings with my line cohort

04.03.2026 05:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

kind of crazy that if you have enough money and don't like what you see in the media, you can just buy up every film studio, news station, and social media app and change it

04.03.2026 02:51 πŸ‘ 16755 πŸ” 2704 πŸ’¬ 268 πŸ“Œ 135

Also, not for nothing, but I’m a Latina living in the latinx neighborhood they tried to gerrymander away. Backfired when we showed up, voted in Taylor Rehmet and flipped the district. So, yeah. Tarrant County votes now.

04.03.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Listen. I was there because we need a new judge and new county commissioners. I’m all about local races where you can make a material change.

04.03.2026 04:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We talked to each other in the line a lot (we were together for hours!) and it was interesting to hear people’s motivations for being there. One guy said that the times call for all of us to aggressively do good and I like that

04.03.2026 04:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Voter confusion plagues Texas primary in key county Republicans’ decision to shake up polling locations led to mass confusion in the Texas primary election.

Hundreds of voters showed up at the wrong polling place after the Dallas County GOP forced both parties to abandon countywide vote centers in the March primary.

www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...

04.03.2026 03:05 πŸ‘ 588 πŸ” 373 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 53

Joshua my voting line in Tarrant County was just shy of three hours. What a night

04.03.2026 04:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Yall. I voted in Fort Worth and it took just shy of three hours. For a primary!! By hour two, the R line was done, so for the last hour I waited it was just us Dems. Tiring but also convivial and nice being in community - the vibe in line was great

04.03.2026 04:49 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

01.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 21390 πŸ” 7248 πŸ’¬ 428 πŸ“Œ 269

There are no more adults in any of these rooms

28.02.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

though he can take in an undiscriminating sweep of things at one glance, it is quite impossible for him, attentively, and completely, to examine any two thingsβ€”however large or however smallβ€”at one and the same instant of time

28.02.2026 03:47 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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28.02.2026 12:47 πŸ‘ 15613 πŸ” 4749 πŸ’¬ 380 πŸ“Œ 346

I continue to be fascinated by the phenomenon whereby an expert engages with any of the LLMs on their field of expertise and is instantly horrified by the wrong answers, and then goes on to use it for things they are not experts in as though it won’t be just as bad for those.

27.02.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 3164 πŸ” 933 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 91

ice and icebergs all astern

27.02.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5

Delightful

27.02.2026 02:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.

This is such a well done piece that reports out, with hard data and interviews, something profound about what's gone wrong in this country.

www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...

26.02.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 6096 πŸ” 1837 πŸ’¬ 405 πŸ“Œ 330

what trances of torments does that man endure who is consumed with one unachieved revengeful desire

25.02.2026 23:47 πŸ‘ 102 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 12

shame is back on the menu boys

25.02.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 4146 πŸ” 575 πŸ’¬ 108 πŸ“Œ 13

The thought lodged in my head β€” intrusively, as I’d rather not connect the names of these two people, frankly β€” is that Claudine Gay is owed _such_ an apology.

25.02.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 572 πŸ” 119 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 5

it should still remain a problem

24.02.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 103 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6

Note that norms have shifted so completely that there is no expectation at all, from anyone, that the President of the United States should apologize to a gold medal Olympic team representing the US

24.02.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
screenshot of a tv user guide, showing two channels under Tue 8PM:

MSNOW - State of the union
TCM East- Gaslight

screenshot of a tv user guide, showing two channels under Tue 8PM: MSNOW - State of the union TCM East- Gaslight

Masterful Troll, TCM.

24.02.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 6761 πŸ” 1640 πŸ’¬ 69 πŸ“Œ 97

Henceforth, I will be describing the way that U.S. men’s hockey spectacularly squandered good will, brand recognition, and fan loyalty as β€œpulled a Target.”

They pulled a Target.

24.02.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 11883 πŸ” 2356 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 134

4 Minnesota guys

24.02.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 9583 πŸ” 1643 πŸ’¬ 200 πŸ“Œ 68
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Senator Durbin calls for probe into FBI chief’s alleged misuse of aircraft, including during Brown shooting - The Boston Globe Whistleblowers allege Director Kash Patel’s alleged excessive use of FBI aircraft for personal travel delayed responses to high-profile criminal investigations, including the Dec. 13 shooting at Brown...

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/24/m...

24.02.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0