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Marco Rubio greets Chuck Schumer in January 2026 at the Capitol Visitor Center

Marco Rubio greets Chuck Schumer in January 2026 at the Capitol Visitor Center

A close-up of his foot shows his shoes are too big

A close-up of his foot shows his shoes are too big

hmm

11.03.2026 09:02 πŸ‘ 12262 πŸ” 1609 πŸ’¬ 847 πŸ“Œ 695

The Buddha

11.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Re: Timothy Chalmet

10.03.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Manifesting Dior Book Tote of Frankenstein. Please JWA do me a solid.

08.03.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This guy didn’t suffer daylight savings time

08.03.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The front page of The National. The headline reads: THIS IS THE HUMAN COST. The photo stretches across the front and back pages of the paper and is the aerial view of 100 freshly dug graves for the murdered schoolgirls of Minab, Iran

The front page of The National. The headline reads: THIS IS THE HUMAN COST. The photo stretches across the front and back pages of the paper and is the aerial view of 100 freshly dug graves for the murdered schoolgirls of Minab, Iran

NEW: US & Israeli have bombed a 4th school.

Shahid Hamedane School in Tehran was hit today, following schools hit in Minab and Parand, Iran.

And The National in Scotland seems to be the only newspaper in the Western world giving these war crimes appropriate coverage.

Tomorrow’s front pageπŸ‘‡

06.03.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 364 πŸ” 263 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 21
Almond trees w flowerd

Almond trees w flowerd

"Jorge" works in the Arvin CA area as a irrigator. The work is very tiring, but I enjoy it. I feel lucky to walk through the trees under the flowers. It is beautiful out here during this time of year." #WeFeedYou

07.03.2026 00:00 πŸ‘ 229 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

Going from maralago face to cauliflower ear. Why we always gotta face the ugliest people

05.03.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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which one of you from-atlanta-georgia's is the merch artist for t*cker c?

05.03.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Iran Has No Structured Program to Build Nuclear Weapons, IAEA Says Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Iran has an β€œambitious” nuclear program but doesn’t have a program for building nuclear weapons currently. β€œIt is an evaluation that...

Rafael Grossi, head of the IAEA, on Iran:

"we don’t see a structured program to manufacture nuclear weapons" www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

03.03.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hahaha

01.03.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There should be a new university league called the Jeffrey League. MIT, ASU, UCLA, Duke… all part of this illustrious league. What other unis are in the league?

01.03.2026 01:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Exoticism? Orientalism?

25.02.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Harvard Youth Poll is so fascinating. 45-50% of Gen Z see the Republican Party, Mainstream Media, and Healthcare CEOs as threats to the US.

25.02.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Teaching my students Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat this week as a reminder of the violence that ensues bc of uranium (commodity) fetishism

25.02.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reading Benjamin Labatut’s _The MANIAC_ as a good archival confabulation about how the math and logic that undergirds these computational systems is deeply anti-human. Von Neumann desired the sublimity of math at the cost of humanity.

25.02.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Opera at the Olympics! It’s the spectacle of spectacles!!!!

23.02.2026 00:55 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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North Carolina Congressional Race Shows Perils of Big-Money Support - The American Prospect Rep. Valerie Foushee benefited from millions in super PAC dollars in 2022. Now she’s being massively outspent by a progressive primary challenger.

From me: The most fascinating money in politics race in America is happening in North Carolina. The incumbent, Valerie Foushee, benefited from millions in dark money 4 years ago; now her opponent has a 10:1 in Super PAC spending. Lots of scoops in here. 🧡
prospect.org/2026/02/20/n...

20.02.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Oppenheimer (2023) was the last good MCU film

18.02.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone know of anyone who went through the TT to novelist pipeline?

18.02.2026 12:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Protect Academic Freedom, Vote No to Revising The Code The UNC System Board of Governors will vote to amend the UNC System Code with new restrictions on academic freedom at its February 26 meeting. The Board of Governors plans to rewrite the very definiti...

URGENT PETITION: As students, parents, alumni, staff, faculty, and community members, we call on the UNC System Board of Governors to protect academic freedom as defined by the 1940 @aaup.org Statement.
BOG: Vote against revisions to Chapter VI of The Code.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pr...

13.02.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

I love Chicago. The hometown of only the truest heroes

14.02.2026 00:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Would have been nice to receive this fortune *before* the day I had

14.02.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My little bro was always this sleeping kid at big family gatherings. Something very beautiful about the details of transcolonial culture

09.02.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
halftime show fromt eh supebowl showing a set on the field featuring a nyc bodega

halftime show fromt eh supebowl showing a set on the field featuring a nyc bodega

This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.

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AI Is Here to Replace Nuclear Treaties. Scared Yet? The last major nuclear arms treaty between the US and Russia just expired. Some experts believe a combination of satellite surveillance, AI, and human reviewers can take its place. Others, not so much...

My colleague @mattkorda.bsky.social in Wired discussing his recent study (with Igor Morić) - Inspections Without Inspectors fas.org/publication/... - about use of OSINT for arms control. www.wired.com/story/satell...

09.02.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not typically one for school spirit, but I was def feeling it for the first and second court storms

08.02.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Friendly reminder to Billy B that UNC is a basketball school

08.02.2026 13:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman with a #schittscreek logo on the bottom right Alt: Moira Rose (Catherine O'Hara) in a scene from Schitt's Creek saying "Okay, that's enough news for today"

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30.01.2026 18:19 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah ok so it’s not just university presses, it’s any musical organization. And you can pay a yearly due of $475 to be eligible to win *checks notes* $1000. AMS what are you doing?

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