Let us be clear: there is no emergency in Chicago that warrants the President of the United States deploying the military. I joined Senators Duckworth and Durbin and 10 Members of Congress from IL to demand that Trump & the Pentagon suspend plans for the deployment of military personnel to Chicago.
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Graham Greene has passed away at 73. A proud Oneida from Six Nations, he was more than an actor — he was a Canadian icon who brought truth and depth to every role. From Dances with Wolves to The Green Mile to The Last of Us, he carried Indigenous voices worldwide. 🌍
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Wasnt meddling and intefering by a state with business called socialist by exactly the same persons? ;)
„Wir leben seit Jahren über unsere Verhältnisse."
Russia basically believes it has a carte blanche for anything in Europe. The U.S. has given a silent nod, the Europeans are considered lame.
🇬🇧 EU Parliament blackmail: They will only extend the current voluntary system if the Council agrees to move #ChatControl 2.0 forward. An irresponsible game with our privacy and security. Call your MEPs and tell them to stop! 👉 https://fightchatcontrol.eu #StopScanningMe
🇩🇪 Das EU-Parlament erpresst den Rat, sich zur #Chatkontrolle 2.0 zu einigen, sonst werde die bisher freiwillige Chatkontrolle 1.0 nicht verlängert. Ruf jetzt deine Abgeordneten an und fordere sie auf dieses fatale Spiel mit dem Feuer zu stoppen: 👉 https://fightchatcontrol.eu
Studies do show that citronella, geranium, peppermint and other fragrant plants can indeed help deter mosquitoes, but the bottom line is that just having those scents around probably won’t stop the pesky insects from biting you.
The mysterious case of disappearing Trump continues to leave more questions than answers with each “proof of life” post put out by him. Get the latest updates in this weekend's bulletin.
Perfection.
So awkward to be living through a dystopian novel about techno-fascist billionaires who have banded together with white supremacists, Christian nationalists, and international dictators in an attempt to overthrow democracy and commit genocide, all to establish tech-enabled fiefdoms in their wake.
I saw this yesterday driving to Costco and though it was one of the best stickers I've ever seen.
Freshwater microbial loop, for a new book, "STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide," coming from Yale University Press in 2026. 🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #rivers #microbialLoop
Chatbots killing their users suggests that big tech has transitioned from simple parasite to parasitoid, indicating that keeping the host alive is no longer essential for their evolutionary strategy
M-orons A-re G-overning A-merica shorturl.at/Y5yPL
If we have to become an authoritarian state, can we at least get eco-cities, bullet trains, and renewable energy?
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Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed www.ghacks.net/2025/08/26/g... www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBEK...
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Man könnte ja schon massig Geld einfahren, wenn man die entsprechenden Staatsanwaltschaften etwas besser unterstützen würde. Die Schmarotzer sind weniger die Bürgergeldempfänger als die im Beitrag: www.ardmediathek.de/video/panora...
Trump is militarizing our streets to cover up his failing legitimacy: the tanking economy, the Epstein files, and his wildly unpopular ICE kidnappings. Read our Resistance Toolkit now at bit.ly/resistancetoolkit, and share it widely. LFG rebel alliance! #WeKeepUsSafe
What in the ever loving fuck is going on here
. Whatever it is, we were warned...decades ago. Meanwhile, i have a tent and two cans of baked beans. I think i'll head out to the back yard. #gameoverman
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Ja, er wars www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
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Die wahren Schmarotzer sind woanders, aber das anzugehen wäre ja Nestbeschmutzung. Es gab da einen Minister (glaub Lobby Lindner, der die Aufbewahrungsfristen für Belege etc auf die Häfte drücken wollte, was z.G gerade noch rückgängig gemacht werden konnte) www.ardmediathek.de/video/panora...
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sources?
Television legend Stephen Colbert has just signed a $13.5 million deal with Netflix for a 7-episode series.
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somethings messed up there :)
CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @mluckovichajc)
Mail In voting is how Swiss people vote- almost every vote is a mail in vote.
As Trump misuses the military and RFK Jr. spreads deadly vaccine lies, America faces growing mistrust, preventable deaths, and political collapse. I break down these dangers and explains why the 2025 midterms are a critical check on power. Watch: youtu.be/muHhLqrxBqQ
Making music — even if you aren’t especially good at it — can still be good for you. Music has the power to soothe the mind, promote brain health and bring people closer together, research has shown.
This was the whole internet after realizing Trump had been MIA for days.
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in case
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Definitely worldwide
So good
Switch to decentralized, privacy forward platforms. Other great platforms to try: - Flashes instead of Instagram. - Skylight Social instead of TikTok.
Meta is an unethical company run by Peter Thiel’s techno-fascist billionaire protégé—Mark Zuckerberg—and is part of the Trump regime’s surveillance state. It’s time to leave Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp—and while you’re at it, drop Amazon, Google, and OpenAI as well. Learn how in this thread:
Today, this chapter of the Weimar Republic’s history should be revisited. At a moment in which democracy is backsliding in places as varied as Hungary, India, Turkey, and the United States, it is a reminder that democracy often erodes slowly at first, via the gradual surrender of those entrusted..
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that left pic seems to show a typical incel
A Social Security Administration official responsible for overseeing the agency’s data access resigned from his role on Friday, days after submitting a whistleblower complaint.
BREAKING: Federal Circuit, 7-4, rejects Trump’s tariffs under the IEEPA, affirming the lower court’s decision against Trump. www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions-ord...
The Trump administration has fired at least seven Environmental Protection Agency employees for signing a letter nearly two months ago criticizing the agency’s leadership, according to union officials.
While Trump goes backward on clean energy development, California pushes forward in building an affordable, clean energy future. I signed a new executive order to maintain our progress in adding clean electricity to our power grid while protecting thousands of good-paying jobs.
Meta is building and giving users tools that will only exacerbate enforcement issues. This feels inevitable. www.reuters.com/business/met...
To save you a click— “Showrunner” is the name of the AI company. The person behind it is Edward Saatchi, whose last job was making content for Oculus for Meta. Which is not a job that exists anymore. Anyway this looks horrific
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no china ties at all.. ofc .. the level of corruption, nepotism and hypocrisy > 9000
They’re detaining wildfire fighters while on the job. Insanity.
Astronomers studying the distant reaches of our Solar System have identified an unusual trans-Neptunian object locked in a rare orbital configuration with Neptune. The object is the first to be securely classified in a 10:1 mean-motion resonance with the ice giant. 🧪 👩🔬 Learn more:
The damage this man has done is incalculable.
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makes sense.
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but but .. its 'he' takes (they take, he/she/it takes) (regardless if he takes multiple items or a single item) - but i guess i miss something :)
Barbie called it.
With his takeover of U.S. companies like Intel, this Labor Day America is praising CHAIRMAN TRUMP, our nation’s leading Socialist!!
For the third time in slightly more than a week, grand jurors in Washington have rejected efforts by federal prosecutors to indict a resident accused of a felony assault against a federal agent. The extraordinary pushback comes as President Trump has flooded the streets with National Guard troops.
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ot, just curious: why 'take' and not 'takes' ?
Okay, we don't have anything on there yet, but wanted to share this again - I'm teaming up with another government writer/strategist for C&C Save Democracy (And Other Things Too). He's not on Bluesky. candcsavedemocracy.substack.com
As a long-time Lego fan: there was something nice knowing that if the expensive set you bought was somehow missing a piece, Lego would immediately send you the right piece. It was brand dependability and reliability.
Art depicting “Sandwich Guy” now at the scene of the alleged misdemeanor.
After a Tesla driver using Autopilot plowed into a couple in 2019, crucial data detailing how the fatal wreck unfolded was missing. Then a hacker found it. Tesla later said it had the data on its own servers all along.
Just the facts
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That will target everyone, not just EU ppl on the long run. "Kill Privacy Forever! They Will Mandate an App to Watch You! Client Side Scanning" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koqi...
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looks nice! where is that?
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as well educated person working under a borderline idiotic goon whos immune to any facts .. thats just one: pure Hell.
An interpretive and explanatory sign for a stormwater control project. 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #stormwater #raingardens
Trump regime operatives exposed in plot to undermine Denmark and overthrow the government in Greenland. Regime operatives attempted to disrupt democracy through misinformation and disruption operations aimed at recruiting traitors and collaborators to help sway public consensus towards the US.
Now there is an FBI that protects criminals, a CIA that attacks allies, and a Department of Homeland Security that fights the homeland.
Gavin Newsom, the Art of the Troll master is burning Trump at every turn.
Who did this?
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opinions aside, - cancer is also natural. so that argumentation doesnt work that well ;)
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for anyone of those “if you aren’t doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about" idiots: www.amazon.de/-/en/Three-F...
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"I need privacy, not because my actions are questionable, but because your judgement and intentions are." www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RM0...
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! www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4vL...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9X6...
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'Copyright abuse should have the same punishment as a copyright strike.' and i agree! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUnR...
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wasnt there already a proof that the data was accessed by russian IPs?
Petulant, low-achievement criminal whines for praise—and gets it. From incompetent folks like Witkoff.
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IF Nobel would be either a) about how destuctive a human can be to a society and environment (would fit since hes the inventor of dynamite) or b) its rewarded for being top at a hypothetical dunning-krueger scale. THEN and only THEN!
Except that he was never a hillbilly. He just coopted it to make money. He grew up middle class in Middleton, Ohio which isn't even in the Appalachians.
James Bowman aka JD Vance knows his audience well.
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so thats where you learn to be a spineless turncoat? thought hillbillys have more pride.
This guy, I swear.
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yep, totally a skill issue
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Hillbilly stays hillbilly
I’ve heard military law experts advise, if you are given an illegal command as a soldier, do not blindly obey. Call your attorney. Obeying an illegal command can result in a court martial.
late stage capitalism
Walz says Harris "would have been a fantastic president... we wouldn't wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV. We would wake up to an adult w/ compassion & dignity doing the work, not a manchild crying about whatever is wrong with him. May his fat ankles find something today. Petty as hell."
Second-order authoritarianism. Stop researching our actions or we will sic our thug allies in the White House on you. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
“This is about the President of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.” – Gov. J.B. Pritzker
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misread your former answer (and agree) but that aside a) you dodged my answer (strawman argument) b) what democracy? its only a paperconstruct there, its been an oligarchy all the way, no money, no rich 'supporters' to influence the too dumb / uneducated for democracy masses, no president.
That's how you do it! Signed by a real leftyhand leader who serves "the people," & not their self interest. Bravo! 👏👏
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That not how it works. You state some B/S => its You who has to add the evidence for it. Simple as that Not vice versa. Thats elementary school 1x1.
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Tbh. the White House is an Asylum r/n and the lunatics are running it.
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indeed needed www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D8V...
Oooh, don’t tell them about gloves! Or night time!
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how dumb .. are they? is there a limit?