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rarely capitalized. i repost a lot, often about dogs, psychiatry, psychedelics but critical of the hypefest, large event medical, good books, low-key knitting, privacy

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a neil gaiman defender contests a response of 'no' to a link to a substack, and is told 'I see that like Neil Gaiman, you don't understand that no is a complete sentence'

a neil gaiman defender contests a response of 'no' to a link to a substack, and is told 'I see that like Neil Gaiman, you don't understand that no is a complete sentence'

you want to see a murder

11.03.2026 03:49 πŸ‘ 3882 πŸ” 700 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 30

*taps sign* China is a real place with actual people and policies, not somewhere for you to project your feelings about the United States onto.

11.03.2026 02:24 πŸ‘ 749 πŸ” 88 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

Judge: the challenge is, when you file something with the court that is not forthright, it makes me question everything else you say

10.03.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 884 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 16

I don't think you can understand how Epstein's lawyers were so effective without taking into account both political connections and pre-me-too rape culture.

10.03.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

There is no evidence that Epstein blackmailed American policymakers. This is getting insane.

10.03.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 381 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 16
Signage for "Excel Church"

Signage for "Excel Church"

"You know who else pivoted a table?"

09.03.2026 16:32 πŸ‘ 996 πŸ” 238 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 28

So the fact that the founder of this brand-new company which just got the first contract for the Hagerstown warehouse is someone who was apparently deep in the weeds of the Endeavors migrant contracts in 2021 (which FYI drew huge attention from Senate/House GOP) is... well, notable. And concerning.

09.03.2026 02:10 πŸ‘ 208 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Lemme save you a Google:
"Queering the Map" is a broad term used in the academic sense as a challenge to top-down authority in mapping. Which names get used for a place, which people are important enough to be included etc are culturally informed and could be done differently.

09.03.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As with many map matters, I think there's a lot of distorting projection going on.

09.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

yes

you could also ask your pediatrician’s nurse (or caseworker, if it’s a large enough group) where to route it

09.03.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Judge Brann has ejected the new leaders of the NJ U.S. attorney's office, once again finding the Trump administration is illegally attempting to circumvent Senate confirmation.

He says this could result in dismissals of indictments.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

09.03.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 2774 πŸ” 911 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 27

This is the most blasΓ© admission of a war crime by a US president in history.

Trump has just disclosed, without prompting, that the US Military committed a war crime - literally just to brag & make his Republican audience laugh about unnecessarily killing 100+ Iranians instead of capturing them.

09.03.2026 21:26 πŸ‘ 2671 πŸ” 712 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 16

This puts me at 10 people released. I filed my 1st habeas petition 29 days ago. I am an incredibly small-time, nobody lawyer who knew nothing about immigration law the day I submitted that case. I barely know any more today. I had never sued the federal government and now I've beaten them 10 times.

09.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 11285 πŸ” 2530 πŸ’¬ 308 πŸ“Œ 126
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RFK Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines (part 8): β€œMassive Epidemic of Vaccine Injury,” ACIP, and a prominent oncologist The MAHA Institute is holding an event called MEVI Roundtable: Massive Epidemic of Vaccine Injury to fear monger about vaccines. Unfortunately, Dr. Wafik El-Deiry, a prominent oncologist-scientist, wi

The MAHA Institute is currently holding an event, MEVI Roundtable: Massive Epidemic of Vaccine Injury to fear monger about vaccines. Unfortunately, @weldeiry.bsky.social, a prominent oncologist-scientist, is lending his scientific respectability to it. sciencebasedmedicine.org/rfk-jr-is-de...

09.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4

We are aware of recent reports regarding targeted phishing attacks that have resulted in account takeovers of some Signal users, including government officials and journalists. We take this very seriously. 1/7

09.03.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 1878 πŸ” 980 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 111

This might be one of the greatest shots that I have ever seen.

09.03.2026 03:11 πŸ‘ 426 πŸ” 104 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 8

i don’t do that many depositions but i’m pretty sure that β€œdon’t pout & look aggrievedβ€œ was implied (maybe even stated) in the directions i’ve received

09.03.2026 04:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

OMG they released the deposition videos where they revealed that these two DOGE bros were just feeding grants into ChatGPT and saying "tell me if this is DEI in less than 120 characters."

www.techdirt.com/2026/02/19/d...

09.03.2026 03:29 πŸ‘ 2204 πŸ” 915 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 52

I hate him so much man

09.03.2026 02:40 πŸ‘ 752 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 6

honestly can't hate bc that's the type of thing i'd tweet in february so they don't deport my immigrant ass and then delete in march so they don't conscript my immigrant ass

04.03.2026 02:57 πŸ‘ 3185 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0
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A tale of two years. March 8, 2025, versus March 8, 2026. Official snow depth was Trace last year and 30" this year.

08.03.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 102 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Senator Markwayne Mullin has no experience that would qualify him to be chief of security of the second biggest mall in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

08.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

something else to think about is this: imagine Trump's administration as a bunch of incompetent people trying to fly a plane. Every time they get close to crashing, they pull up and clear the ground. The plane itself takes on damage every time, and each near-crash gets closer and closer to disaster

08.03.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Jay Bhattacharya giving an interview to the Epoch Times chief editor

Jay Bhattacharya giving an interview to the Epoch Times chief editor

Here’s the NIH Director giving an interview to the editor of The Epoch Timesβ€”a media affiliate of the extreme anti-vaxx Falun Gong movement

The interview is hosted by RFK Jr’s extraordinarily dangerous, extreme anti-vaxx activist group Children’s Health Defense

h/t @angierasmussen.bsky.social

08.03.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 8
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Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein gave FBI agents true accounts of her time growing up in SC. Claims she made about Donald Trump remain unsubstantiated.

Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...

08.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 7928 πŸ” 3371 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 168

Reading this you can really see how she thought talking to epstein at his house was fun and cool

08.03.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 206 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 3

Note the houseplant!

Having a plant at your desk increases your efficiency!

08.03.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a picture from alaska's 511 cameras located on highway

a picture from alaska's 511 cameras located on highway

The view from Steese Highway @ Cleary Summit MP 20.9, πŸ“· from 511.alaska.gov

08.03.2026 07:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight, walk away from your mortgage, just start driving, you’re free

08.03.2026 03:12 πŸ‘ 17088 πŸ” 3390 πŸ’¬ 202 πŸ“Œ 119