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I write code and stuff. Luddite πŸ€ #LFC #Padres

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I contend: every order given for a strike against Iran has been unambiguously an illegal order since Hegseth and Trump described it as a war since there was no authorization for war

10.03.2026 11:24 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Are we still looking for waste, fraud, and abuse? I think I found some.

10.03.2026 10:48 πŸ‘ 3554 πŸ” 1614 πŸ’¬ 240 πŸ“Œ 102

Lols. Are we fucked gang?

On a positive note there’s been some speculation this could make jet fuel so expensive my work trip might get cancelled since airlines won’t want to eat the cost to fly people around the country.

Fingers crossed.

09.03.2026 02:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

[handing my date her special home cooked meal] they snap, crackle AND pop, Denise

06.03.2026 12:57 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
Golden Age Superman stands head to thigh alone in a panel black at the top and red on the bottom where Superman stands pointing at the reader as he says, "Be wary of unscrupulous operators of gambling games--they are always on the look out for unsuspecting victims."

Golden Age Superman stands head to thigh alone in a panel black at the top and red on the bottom where Superman stands pointing at the reader as he says, "Be wary of unscrupulous operators of gambling games--they are always on the look out for unsuspecting victims."

06.03.2026 00:30 πŸ‘ 2332 πŸ” 920 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 35
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β€˜Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans’ racist group chat The chat is the subject of a Florida International University police investigation.

The secretary of Miami-Dade County’s GOP started a group chat for conservative students β€” and within 3 weeks, it was filled with over 400 instances of the N-word, Nazi rhetoric and writings of "dozens of ways of violently killing Black people"

05.03.2026 03:14 πŸ‘ 5558 πŸ” 2677 πŸ’¬ 284 πŸ“Œ 587
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CNN confirming the F-15 went down in Kuwait β€” CENTCOM says it was actually 3 of them, calling it β€œa friendly fire incident”

At ~$350,000,000 worth of planes that’s some expensive β€œfriendly fire”

02.03.2026 12:58 πŸ‘ 2114 πŸ” 888 πŸ’¬ 291 πŸ“Œ 137

You fucking suck. Leave office in shame you feckless piece of shit.

28.02.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seeing AI-ists on social media larping, β€œI gave all of my money to Claude Code this weekend. I’m joining the resistance to the war on Iran!” is really a new kind of performative virtue signaling.

28.02.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 137 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Iranian Shahed attacks US radar in Bahrain.
This is the first day of Epstein’s war.
How many of our troops will have to die to cover up the fact that the Epstein Class raped and killed children and delay the midterm elections?

#ProudBlue #EpsteinWar

28.02.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 519 πŸ” 239 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 18

Trump said it was a war, which means every Congress member who does not immediately support impeachment is unfit

28.02.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Americans no longer sympathize with Israelis over Palestinians
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Vox Americans no longer sympathize with Israelis over Palestinians Responses among Americans to the question: "In the Middle East situation, are your sympathies more with the Israelis or more with the Palestinians?" = 60% 51% 50 40 : % -Palestinians 41% β€’ % Israelis 36% 30 20 10 2002 2008 2014 2020 2026 Percentages of respondents who say both, say neither or do not have an opinion are not shown. Latest poll conducted February 2-16, 2026. Source: Gallup Vox

This recent poll seems relevant to the likely domestic response to the Trump regime not doing the bare minimum to try to justify their war mongering.

28.02.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 104 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Judge: IRS broke law β€˜approximately 42,695 times’ in giving DHS data A court on Thursday issued an opinion on a data-sharing agreement between the taxpayer agency and federal immigration authorities.

A federal judge has found that the IRS violated federal law "approximately 42,695 times" when it shared confidential taxpayer addressesΒ with immigration enforcement officials last summer.

27.02.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 2050 πŸ” 920 πŸ’¬ 97 πŸ“Œ 46

Check this out

26.02.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 1418 πŸ” 673 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 70
Donald Trump’s Feel-Good State of the Union
By mixing patriotism and partisan trolls, the president tried to reset his presidency by returning to a winning formula.
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Donald Trump’s Feel-Good State of the Union By mixing patriotism and partisan trolls, the president tried to reset his presidency by returning to a winning formula. 812 167

Why Hazing Makes Better Men
β€œYoung men today are inundated with mixed signals, asked repeatedly to act against their instincts,” writes Catherine Morrissette.
Last week, a series of police body-camera videos from a fraternity basement at the University of Iowa went viral. But the internet got it all wrong.

Why Hazing Makes Better Men β€œYoung men today are inundated with mixed signals, asked repeatedly to act against their instincts,” writes Catherine Morrissette. Last week, a series of police body-camera videos from a fraternity basement at the University of Iowa went viral. But the internet got it all wrong.

If you want to see where CBS is headed, and what fate might befall CNN, just take a look at the headlines that grace Bari Weiss's original website.

27.02.2026 05:04 πŸ‘ 392 πŸ” 119 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 8

How about a law that says a state of emergency declared by the President only lasts until Congress can call an emergency session to confirm it? 48 hours should be long enough in a real emergency. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Congress met the next day and declared war before lunch.

25.02.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 2966 πŸ” 613 πŸ’¬ 122 πŸ“Œ 16

#RSL has managed to make me feel so apathetic about MLS that i didn’t even know the season started today.

22.02.2026 05:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m often frustrated by trying to explain to people that my depression isn’t a commentary on their part in my life. I’m fucked up at a base level. Quit thinking you’re so special I got fucked up because you’re in my life.

22.02.2026 05:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump aides struggle with how to spend $500 billion more on military Some senior officials resisted the decision to approve the major military spending increase, people familiar with the matter say.

Reading this storyβ€”about how the Pentagon has been given so much extra money it's struggling to spend it allβ€”while thinking about the formerly homeless tenants I've spoken with in recent weeks whose housing vouchers are being discontinued for "lack of funds."

21.02.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 1478 πŸ” 687 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 51

I tried some older translations and struggled. I’ve landed on Robert Fagle’s translation which I think works for a modern reader.

I just don’t remember the Iliad from school at all. But I know we covered parts of The Odyssey.

21.02.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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21.02.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 227 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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🀷🏼

21.02.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 7646 πŸ” 2025 πŸ’¬ 895 πŸ“Œ 210

Adding to my list of demands for the Democrat nominee: they kill the entire β€œprediction” market. Eviscerate Kalshi and Polymarket.

I don’t use the word degenerate to describe many things, but that shit is fucking degenerate.

21.02.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They incarcerated a white, retired British grandmother with a valid visa.

For 2 months.

I'm glad this article gets into what most don't: Even if you manage to get released, that's 2 months of not paying your bills. Her credit was wrecked.

She's retired - younger folks would have lost their jobs.

21.02.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 354 πŸ” 203 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

It’s bi and tri day for the guys and dead bugs between each set. Time to die.

21.02.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The level of anger normal Minnesota people have at their elected representatives is palpable. It's not about party, but the perceived failure of local/state electeds to do anything of substance to protect residents who pay their taxes and get left facing off alone against masked, armed men.

21.02.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 2886 πŸ” 663 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 52

Is Dragon (put respect on their name with capitalization) magic a joke to you Bennet?!

21.02.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Of course

21.02.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 988 πŸ” 330 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 32

The World Cup is gonna be a shitshow.

21.02.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, β€˜If it can happen to me, i...

A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

21.02.2026 06:54 πŸ‘ 7238 πŸ” 4208 πŸ’¬ 249 πŸ“Œ 632