Virgil ⚡ Hawkins
@crymsondawn.bsky.social
Orcanizer • 28 • Lapsed Political Scientist • Bunny Butler 🐇 • 📸 • 🌙
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Texts from my mom
December 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Texts from my mom
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This is Kaia. She takes road safety very seriously. Encourages you to do the same. 13/10 please buckle pup (TW: lyss121 & leleleems)
December 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This is Kaia. She takes road safety very seriously. Encourages you to do the same. 13/10 please buckle pup (TW: lyss121 & leleleems)
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Regular Israelis think this is just great
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Regular Israelis think this is just great
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UN experts shocked by conviction of human rights lawyer Ayachi Hammami in Tunisia: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Tunisia: UN experts shocked by conviction of human rights lawyer Ayachi Hammami
GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed their absolute shock at the conviction of Ayachi Hammami in Tunisia, solely for his work defending those accused in the case known as the “conspiracy against state...
www.ohchr.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
UN experts shocked by conviction of human rights lawyer Ayachi Hammami in Tunisia: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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Well, between Omar and Grijalva, at least the Democratic party is doing as much to protect its actual members as it is to protects its voters (nothing)
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Well, between Omar and Grijalva, at least the Democratic party is doing as much to protect its actual members as it is to protects its voters (nothing)
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Modern Christmas music: "The snow is falling and I'm gonna kiss my wife and wait for Santa Claus and Jesus Christ to arrive"
Traditional Christmas music: "H⌀rtnåth the snow troll has slain nine children in the town so far this year, and he'll make it 10 if you don't light the yule log properly"
Traditional Christmas music: "H⌀rtnåth the snow troll has slain nine children in the town so far this year, and he'll make it 10 if you don't light the yule log properly"
December 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Modern Christmas music: "The snow is falling and I'm gonna kiss my wife and wait for Santa Claus and Jesus Christ to arrive"
Traditional Christmas music: "H⌀rtnåth the snow troll has slain nine children in the town so far this year, and he'll make it 10 if you don't light the yule log properly"
Traditional Christmas music: "H⌀rtnåth the snow troll has slain nine children in the town so far this year, and he'll make it 10 if you don't light the yule log properly"
The moral of the story is that Oprah was the real monster all along
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The moral of the story is that Oprah was the real monster all along
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Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/
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a bunch of white Americans argued that you shouldn’t wash your rice because it “washes off the vitamins” and my response to that is, what if you ate more vegetables and/or took a multivitamin so you didn’t have to eat gummy mushy rice?
December 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
a bunch of white Americans argued that you shouldn’t wash your rice because it “washes off the vitamins” and my response to that is, what if you ate more vegetables and/or took a multivitamin so you didn’t have to eat gummy mushy rice?
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Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
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"Among the crowd was a 17-year-old high school student from Astoria who attended P.S. 166.
'Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped,' he said. 'I used to go to 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country'...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...
'Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped,' he said. 'I used to go to 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country'...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...
Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Among the crowd was a 17-year-old high school student from Astoria who attended P.S. 166.
'Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped,' he said. 'I used to go to 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country'...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...
'Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped,' he said. 'I used to go to 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country'...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...
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for those who do still use Spotify (or get free access from someone unwilling to cancel), maybe at least refrain from providing free advertisements for the AI- ICE advertising platform!
No one needs to see your wrapped.
@workingfamilies.org graphic
No one needs to see your wrapped.
@workingfamilies.org graphic
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
for those who do still use Spotify (or get free access from someone unwilling to cancel), maybe at least refrain from providing free advertisements for the AI- ICE advertising platform!
No one needs to see your wrapped.
@workingfamilies.org graphic
No one needs to see your wrapped.
@workingfamilies.org graphic
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chuck schumer quoting bill maher saying "palestinians should just accept that they lost the war, the way the serbs accepted that they lost kosovo" is a sentence custom-designed to turn me into the joker
My apologies I forgot he was actually just positively quoting Bill Maher, who says that the Serbs and Muslims got over it
December 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
chuck schumer quoting bill maher saying "palestinians should just accept that they lost the war, the way the serbs accepted that they lost kosovo" is a sentence custom-designed to turn me into the joker
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Chuck Schumer quoting HBO historian Bill Maher.
"They fought a war about it. But stopped"
A staggeringly rich text
"They fought a war about it. But stopped"
A staggeringly rich text
My apologies I forgot he was actually just positively quoting Bill Maher, who says that the Serbs and Muslims got over it
December 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Chuck Schumer quoting HBO historian Bill Maher.
"They fought a war about it. But stopped"
A staggeringly rich text
"They fought a war about it. But stopped"
A staggeringly rich text
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More than that, his crew threatened to open fire on the murderers. He rescued civilians, returned to base to refuel, flew back, and rescued more civilians. Then he denounced the crimes to his HQ.
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
December 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
More than that, his crew threatened to open fire on the murderers. He rescued civilians, returned to base to refuel, flew back, and rescued more civilians. Then he denounced the crimes to his HQ.
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
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NEW: Last year we found the acceptable level of exposure to formaldehyde set by the EPA left people at risk for cancer.
Now the Trump administration has roughly doubled it
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Now the Trump administration has roughly doubled it
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
NEW: Last year we found the acceptable level of exposure to formaldehyde set by the EPA left people at risk for cancer.
Now the Trump administration has roughly doubled it
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Now the Trump administration has roughly doubled it
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
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'Record high' number of Palestinians died in Israeli prison as a result of Ben Gvir's policies - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/record-high-number-palestinians-die-israeli-detention-ben-gvir-policies
'Record high' number of Palestinians died in Israeli prison as a result of Ben Gvir's policies
At least 110 Palestinian detainees have died since far-right Israeli national security minister took office, local media says
www.middleeasteye.net
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
'Record high' number of Palestinians died in Israeli prison as a result of Ben Gvir's policies - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/record-high-number-palestinians-die-israeli-detention-ben-gvir-policies
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washington post reporter code-switching on twitter and bluesky like a key & peele sketch
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
washington post reporter code-switching on twitter and bluesky like a key & peele sketch
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Ron Paul, the doctor who delivered Selena Quintanilla?
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Ron Paul, the doctor who delivered Selena Quintanilla?
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American tax dollars well spent. I mean...who even wants free healthcare
💥 #BREAKING | Israel will spend 2.35 BILLION shekels (~$700,000,000) out of its 2026 budget on "Hasbara", Israeli far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich announced
Ayman Odeh, leader of far-left party Hadash-Ta’al said in response:
"The issue is not with Hasbara, but with Israel occupying Palestine"
Ayman Odeh, leader of far-left party Hadash-Ta’al said in response:
"The issue is not with Hasbara, but with Israel occupying Palestine"
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
American tax dollars well spent. I mean...who even wants free healthcare
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This is 2024, so Romney is referring to President Biden. Pretty remarkable. All the relevant powers that be, Democrats & Republicans, acknowledged, explicitly or otherwise, that this was about silencing Palestinians and their supporters.
And now we will watch Tik Tok turn into another version of X.
And now we will watch Tik Tok turn into another version of X.
September 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This is 2024, so Romney is referring to President Biden. Pretty remarkable. All the relevant powers that be, Democrats & Republicans, acknowledged, explicitly or otherwise, that this was about silencing Palestinians and their supporters.
And now we will watch Tik Tok turn into another version of X.
And now we will watch Tik Tok turn into another version of X.
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Ellison was key in the TikTok deal, which multiple members of Congress admitted—openly!—was about Israel. Wish we had some sort of free press that would investigate the impetus for the rest of Ellison’s recent acquisitions.
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Ellison was key in the TikTok deal, which multiple members of Congress admitted—openly!—was about Israel. Wish we had some sort of free press that would investigate the impetus for the rest of Ellison’s recent acquisitions.
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NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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theyre the same person
December 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
theyre the same person
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Literally a week ago Musk said that falsely labeling people as Nazis "should be treated as incitement to murder." And here he is (falsely) labeling the EU as Nazis.
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Literally a week ago Musk said that falsely labeling people as Nazis "should be treated as incitement to murder." And here he is (falsely) labeling the EU as Nazis.