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"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." -- Jack Layton
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I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more

github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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From the court’s opinion today blocking Hegseth’s attempt to discipline Mark Kelly: “As Bob Dylan once famously said, ‘You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.’ Our retired vets deserve more respect from our govt, and our Constitution demands they receive it!”
February 12, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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Look!

"News of a potential immigrant detention center in Kansas City sparked fierce public backlash over the past month. At rallies and protests, many people called on Platform Ventures to not sell the building to the federal government..."

And now:

www.kcur.org/news/2026-02...
Kansas City developers halt sale of warehouse for ICE detention center as public pressure mounts
Federal officials first toured the building in January, sparking speculation over whether the owners had sold the building to the U.S. government. Media reports suggested the sale was part of a push t...
www.kcur.org
February 12, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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AOC on Susan Collins. Oof. #MEpolitics via @dabbs346.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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“If all the names in the Epstein files are released then our entire system will collapse.”

Works for me.
February 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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fascinated by the adults on tiktok who have convinced themselves they were part of an 80s CIA program for gifted kids. one lady was like “don’t you remember how the rooms were painted light brown and they smelled like stale coffee and cigarettes?” like…babe? that’s every room in the 1980s
February 9, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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The book, Byzantine Law: The Law of the Eastern Roman Empire, by Daphne Penna, can be freely downloaded until February 14th - get it at www.cambridge.org/core/element... #Byzantine #LegalHistory
Byzantine Law
Cambridge Core - European Studies - Byzantine Law
www.cambridge.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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The FBI actively threatening Republicans in Congress saying that it will criminalize their staffers seems like something that should be front page news.
February 9, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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The Puerto-Rican-specific details in this thread about Bad Bunny’s performance are worth reading:
Iconic moment as he says "God Bless América" and then names every country in South, Central, and North america in order

For the rest of the hemisphere, América doesn't mean the U.S.

It means evveeerrybody
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM
🧵🧠🥰👇🏻
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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God will not be mocked. Seattle wins and Trump's friend's team loses (teehee!) The Bad Bunny halftime show was iconic, and the only English spoken was by Lady Gaga. As Ice Cube used to say in the before times, today was a good day.
February 9, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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New York has a Muslim mayor; the Patriots are losing the Super Bowl. The Long 9/11 is finally coming to an end.
Feel bad for my patriot fan friends but this is a good omen for society
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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the bushes were people 😂
February 9, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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Sports reporter with NBC News reporting that the couple in Bad Bunny’s halftime show got married for real
February 9, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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Bad Bunny understood the assignment…
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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This photo. 🥹
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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I maintain the Seattle Punter deserves MVP
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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Using Mr. Rogers in a Super Bowl commercial for mortgages should result in prison time
February 9, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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I love that once a year we get one of our national poets to usher a stirring tribute to the pain and ecstasy of being American
February 9, 2026 at 1:55 AM
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February 9, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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February 9, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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That halftime show is what people mean when they say "joy is an act of resistance."
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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Amber Glenn, a queer Texan who started ice skating at the stonebriar mall in frisco at age 5, who plays magic the gathering, is an olympic gold medalist
February 8, 2026 at 10:45 PM