Ian R
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Ian R
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· Feb 17
You're Allowed to Feel like Garbage
Even people who experience depression and anxiety can personally subject themselves to the stigma toward depression and anxiety.
lindseyadler.substack.com
You're allowed to feel like shit, the circumstances warrant that feeling. So don't beat yourself up about it:
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I'm so tired of this shit
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I'm so tired of this shit
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I just want to say while obviously this young man is amazing, etc.
You don't have to be fucking exceptional to have a right to be an immigrant in my country.
I know these stories are intended to highlight the abuse and batshittery of this very bigoted system going on...
You don't have to be fucking exceptional to have a right to be an immigrant in my country.
I know these stories are intended to highlight the abuse and batshittery of this very bigoted system going on...
He shares the ‘wonders of the night sky’ with DC. But this young immigrant may be forced to leave the US - WTOP News
For 19-year-old Gael Gomez, the Mount Pleasant Sidewalk Astronomers has changed his life for the better. But soon, he may be forced to leave D.C. and return to Venezuela.
wtop.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I just want to say while obviously this young man is amazing, etc.
You don't have to be fucking exceptional to have a right to be an immigrant in my country.
I know these stories are intended to highlight the abuse and batshittery of this very bigoted system going on...
You don't have to be fucking exceptional to have a right to be an immigrant in my country.
I know these stories are intended to highlight the abuse and batshittery of this very bigoted system going on...
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To go after a family for no other reason than that their daughter sparked sympathy is appalling. Absolutely appalling. Beyond cruelty into outright sadism.
They are going after that college students' family now. JFC www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
Immigration Agents Target Family of Deported College Student
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
To go after a family for no other reason than that their daughter sparked sympathy is appalling. Absolutely appalling. Beyond cruelty into outright sadism.
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As Trump hosted the Kennedy Center Honors, a question went unanswered:
Who's calling the shots in the White House while he pursues his many self-indulgent distractions, playing in the world’s most powerful sandbox? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Who's calling the shots in the White House while he pursues his many self-indulgent distractions, playing in the world’s most powerful sandbox? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Trump hosts Kennedy Center Honors, prioritizing playing over governing
Who's calling the shots in the White House while Trump pursues his many self-indulgent distractions, playing in the world’s most powerful sandbox?
www.ms.now
December 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
As Trump hosted the Kennedy Center Honors, a question went unanswered:
Who's calling the shots in the White House while he pursues his many self-indulgent distractions, playing in the world’s most powerful sandbox? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Who's calling the shots in the White House while he pursues his many self-indulgent distractions, playing in the world’s most powerful sandbox? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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It was never about deporting criminals. It was always about using deportation to criminalize people they want to control.
They are now targeting people who did everything by the book and were literally at the ceremony where they were going to become citizens...
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
Immigrants Approved for Citizenship ‘Plucked Out’ of Line Moments Before Pledging Allegiance: Report
Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the ceremony. The incident comes after USCIS told employees to halt all immigrat...
people.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It was never about deporting criminals. It was always about using deportation to criminalize people they want to control.
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This is the energy we need. Love, joy, and inclusion is resistance! #wethepeople
Yesterday, I held a music festival in my district to register voters and speak directly to young people who don’t usually attend political events. 4,500 tickets. Music + advocacy go hand in hand. Madsoul Festival 2025 was a success.
December 8, 2025 at 5:07 AM
This is the energy we need. Love, joy, and inclusion is resistance! #wethepeople
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Both the "Continue" button and the "Try it now" button do *the same thing* in what is the clearest example of a dark pattern I've ever seen. Imagine someone is getting metrics about the "number of Google Docs users who are using AI" and all the numbers are total bullshit.
December 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Both the "Continue" button and the "Try it now" button do *the same thing* in what is the clearest example of a dark pattern I've ever seen. Imagine someone is getting metrics about the "number of Google Docs users who are using AI" and all the numbers are total bullshit.
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This is why Elon Musk’s X platform was fined by the EU. Elon refused to follow the regulations that every other platform has to adhere to in the EU. This is not a “free speech” issue.
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This is why Elon Musk’s X platform was fined by the EU. Elon refused to follow the regulations that every other platform has to adhere to in the EU. This is not a “free speech” issue.
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In retrospect, this is the most annoying part, lol. The committee overthought, overanalyzed, tried to artisanally craft a set of playoff teams instead of just ranking them ... and STILL gave us The Rematch Absolutely No One Wanted.
Of all the SEC rematches, why must the public be subjected to OU vs Bama again?
December 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
In retrospect, this is the most annoying part, lol. The committee overthought, overanalyzed, tried to artisanally craft a set of playoff teams instead of just ranking them ... and STILL gave us The Rematch Absolutely No One Wanted.
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Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
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This lady was the Steve Jobs of the Online Death Threat Industry for like 10 years. Not to be a dick, but fucking spare me.
Marjorie Taylor Greene claims she shared with Trump death threat she received that he incited, and his response was "extremely unkind"
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This lady was the Steve Jobs of the Online Death Threat Industry for like 10 years. Not to be a dick, but fucking spare me.
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This is an excellent and necessary use of Holocaust analogies.
Like, sometimes you should avoid Holocaust analogies. But not in this case. This is right on.
Like, sometimes you should avoid Holocaust analogies. But not in this case. This is right on.
Rep. Ilhan Omar: "When I think about Stephen Miller and his white supremacist rhetoric, it reminds me of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany."
December 8, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This is an excellent and necessary use of Holocaust analogies.
Like, sometimes you should avoid Holocaust analogies. But not in this case. This is right on.
Like, sometimes you should avoid Holocaust analogies. But not in this case. This is right on.
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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The Supreme Court is an illegitimate body.
I keep seeing posts from lawyers saying SCOTUS can’t just ignore the plain text of the constitution
Has that stopped this court before? They do whatever Trump wants and invent a rationalization later
Has that stopped this court before? They do whatever Trump wants and invent a rationalization later
“The Constitution is very clear on birthright citizenship…”
Do you think this SCOTUS GAF?
Do you think this SCOTUS GAF?
December 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The Supreme Court is an illegitimate body.
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Is a conspiracy to commit murder coming to light?
Why some Republicans are running from Pete Hegseth.
A THREAD.
Why some Republicans are running from Pete Hegseth.
A THREAD.
1. When I interviewed @sanho.bsky.social, I wanted to discuss a recent CNN report. Apparently, in 2016, when Pete Hegseth was still a Fox anchor, he said military personnel should refuse to obey unlawful orders. www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
2016 video shows Hegseth saying the military cannot carry out unlawful orders | CNN
Hegseth described the refusal of illegal commands as part of the military’s ethos — a message he now condemns Democrats for spreading.
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Is a conspiracy to commit murder coming to light?
Why some Republicans are running from Pete Hegseth.
A THREAD.
Why some Republicans are running from Pete Hegseth.
A THREAD.
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I’m gonna be honest @jay.bsky.team, banning a side account that I made after this one was suspended due to me being scared for my husband who was kidnapped by ICE and having a dev meme on this is insane PR for any site.
By that I mean BAD PR.
I’m simply asking for an apology. That’s it.
By that I mean BAD PR.
I’m simply asking for an apology. That’s it.
December 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I’m gonna be honest @jay.bsky.team, banning a side account that I made after this one was suspended due to me being scared for my husband who was kidnapped by ICE and having a dev meme on this is insane PR for any site.
By that I mean BAD PR.
I’m simply asking for an apology. That’s it.
By that I mean BAD PR.
I’m simply asking for an apology. That’s it.
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Duckworth: "It is a war crime. It's illegal. No matter how you put it, it's all illegal. I've been shot down behind enemy lines. Under the laws of war, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual ... you're not allowed to go back in and kill them."
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Duckworth: "It is a war crime. It's illegal. No matter how you put it, it's all illegal. I've been shot down behind enemy lines. Under the laws of war, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual ... you're not allowed to go back in and kill them."
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Park service staff have long joked that they’re “paid in sunsets,” sometimes relying on food banks. Supervisor told one, “seasonals are to be seen, not heard.” Staff often have to share bedrooms with co-workers, or the mice who keep infesting the housing. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
December 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Park service staff have long joked that they’re “paid in sunsets,” sometimes relying on food banks. Supervisor told one, “seasonals are to be seen, not heard.” Staff often have to share bedrooms with co-workers, or the mice who keep infesting the housing. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Very shitty people who become opposed to other very shitty people are still very shitty people
LESLEY STAHL: You contributed to the toxic culture. You were out there pounding, insulting people
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You've contributed to it as well
STAHL: I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people
MTG: I'd like for you to respond to that
December 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Very shitty people who become opposed to other very shitty people are still very shitty people
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You mean rural America can’t produce qualified doctors on their own?
Rural America relies on foreign doctors. Trump’s visa fee shuts them out. wapo.st/4rQFGlZ
Rural America relies on foreign doctors. Trump’s visa fee shuts them out.
The Trump administration’s demand for companies to pay a $100,000 fee to hire an immigrant worker using an H1B visa has created turmoil among rural health providers.
wapo.st
December 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
You mean rural America can’t produce qualified doctors on their own?
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NEW: 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 that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
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 he called “deceitful and potentially criminal.”
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: 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 that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
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California Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove suspects that Trump is on an anti-Alzheimer’s drug called Leqembi. Given that the White House refuses to tell the truth, it is fair game to speculate and speculate hard.
December 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
California Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove suspects that Trump is on an anti-Alzheimer’s drug called Leqembi. Given that the White House refuses to tell the truth, it is fair game to speculate and speculate hard.
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I have no idea how sincere MTG is here, but the idea that Trump would be bothered by his comments generating death threats misses the point that he has used terror as as a tool.
Terror is not a byproduct of Trumpism; it is a central feature of how he governs.
Terror is not a byproduct of Trumpism; it is a central feature of how he governs.
Marjorie Taylor Greene claims she shared with Trump death threat she received that he incited, and his response was "extremely unkind"
December 8, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I have no idea how sincere MTG is here, but the idea that Trump would be bothered by his comments generating death threats misses the point that he has used terror as as a tool.
Terror is not a byproduct of Trumpism; it is a central feature of how he governs.
Terror is not a byproduct of Trumpism; it is a central feature of how he governs.