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“It’s tiring, and I would love a day off, but the work continues and it’s crazy,” he said. “It’s like we’re back in pandemic times, except the virus wasn’t knocking on your door and kidnapping you.”
Residents deliver food to those affected by DHS raids
Community food distribution and immigrant rights advocacy groups have organized grocery deliveries to immigrants in response to the arrival last week of hundreds of federal immigration agents in New O...
veritenews.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“It’s tiring, and I would love a day off, but the work continues and it’s crazy,” he said. “It’s like we’re back in pandemic times, except the virus wasn’t knocking on your door and kidnapping you.”
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Regret to report…cruising around on a fat bike in a snowstorm is a fkn blast
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Regret to report…cruising around on a fat bike in a snowstorm is a fkn blast
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"I just wanted to get out of there. I asked about crutches for the walk home, but he gave me a bunch of weight loss pamphlets and a prescription for an appetite suppressant."
Fat Lady Attempts to Get Health Care: An Oral History
MEGAN TRASK (Front Desk Assistant, Sunshine Primary Care): I could tell from the minute she checked in that she was fat. Like, real fat. The crazie...
buff.ly
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"I just wanted to get out of there. I asked about crutches for the walk home, but he gave me a bunch of weight loss pamphlets and a prescription for an appetite suppressant."
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In the video two of the robotaxis are wedged together with fenders touching and emergency blinkers flashing, obstructing traffic in both directions. A third Waymo is unable to get past the other...
Waymo traffic jam goes viral: Robotaxis butt heads on dead-end S.F. street
In the video two of the robotaxis are wedged together with fenders touching and emergency blinkers flashing, obstructing traffic in both directions. A third Waymo is unable to get past the other...
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
In the video two of the robotaxis are wedged together with fenders touching and emergency blinkers flashing, obstructing traffic in both directions. A third Waymo is unable to get past the other...
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"HOW DARE YOU MAKE ME EXIST IN THE SAME SPACE AS A DOG."
Cayenne is really unhappy with his morning socialisation lessons.
But! My lap was deemed safe. So that's progress.
Cayenne is really unhappy with his morning socialisation lessons.
But! My lap was deemed safe. So that's progress.
December 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"HOW DARE YOU MAKE ME EXIST IN THE SAME SPACE AS A DOG."
Cayenne is really unhappy with his morning socialisation lessons.
But! My lap was deemed safe. So that's progress.
Cayenne is really unhappy with his morning socialisation lessons.
But! My lap was deemed safe. So that's progress.
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It gets better. He bounced on his family to do this & they ended up with a GoFundMe so they didn’t end up with their personal belongings outside the crib after the Marshall’s came through.
A piece of shit fresh out the hole.
A piece of shit fresh out the hole.
At least in Rittenhouse’s case, he ended up broke teaching classes on gun safety for $50 an hr. Conservative consultants and lawyers milked him dry, then he fled to Florida. Many such cases.
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
It gets better. He bounced on his family to do this & they ended up with a GoFundMe so they didn’t end up with their personal belongings outside the crib after the Marshall’s came through.
A piece of shit fresh out the hole.
A piece of shit fresh out the hole.
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Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
Nicole Foy
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
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i might tend to over-use this verb but it really is *astonishing* how people with Alex P. Keaton syndrome managed to hijack the entire world bc the whole vibe wears like a flashing red "kick me" sign
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
i might tend to over-use this verb but it really is *astonishing* how people with Alex P. Keaton syndrome managed to hijack the entire world bc the whole vibe wears like a flashing red "kick me" sign
And it's farmed from prisoners
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/arka...
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/arka...
70% of the world‘s plasma comes from 3 million Americans—because it’s legal for poor people to sell their blood here.
December 9, 2025 at 4:04 AM
And it's farmed from prisoners
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/arka...
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/arka...
Clear skies and an aurora would be a goddam miracle
There are FOUR CMEs that could impact Earth in the next few days!
M1.1 from AR 4299: 2025-12-10 8 UT (grazing impact)
M8.1 from AR 4299: 2025-12-09 5 UT (direct hit)
M2.4 from AR 4299: 2025-12-10 13 UT (direct hit)
X1.1 from AR 4298: Dec 11 at 10 UT (grazing impact)
M1.1 from AR 4299: 2025-12-10 8 UT (grazing impact)
M8.1 from AR 4299: 2025-12-09 5 UT (direct hit)
M2.4 from AR 4299: 2025-12-10 13 UT (direct hit)
X1.1 from AR 4298: Dec 11 at 10 UT (grazing impact)
December 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Clear skies and an aurora would be a goddam miracle
Rockford Files too
🧵
I'm re-watching Magnum P.I. and I can't believe how vastly superior the 1980s ideal of masculinity is, vs today's whining, lying misogynist edgelord ideal that we see in culture all the way up to the Presidency.
December 9, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Rockford Files too
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also always deeply funny that every sci-fi video game from 1999-2014 was trying to be Aliens, and copied everything except the...working class woman protagonist
Everyone imitates Tolkien all the time except when it comes to the one way it would really matter: making the protagonist of your novel for children a short, fat, 50-year-old man who doesn't want to do anything.
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
also always deeply funny that every sci-fi video game from 1999-2014 was trying to be Aliens, and copied everything except the...working class woman protagonist
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I’d like to share a recommendation on a very simple lighting upgrade to your bike. Especially those with Cargo Bikes the large frames!
These lights rule. The upgraded version of what’s on my bike.
Durable IP65 LED light strip a.co/d/97TDRkr
&
Two hour rechargeable battery a.co/d/g1mwKrx
These lights rule. The upgraded version of what’s on my bike.
Durable IP65 LED light strip a.co/d/97TDRkr
&
Two hour rechargeable battery a.co/d/g1mwKrx
December 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I’d like to share a recommendation on a very simple lighting upgrade to your bike. Especially those with Cargo Bikes the large frames!
These lights rule. The upgraded version of what’s on my bike.
Durable IP65 LED light strip a.co/d/97TDRkr
&
Two hour rechargeable battery a.co/d/g1mwKrx
These lights rule. The upgraded version of what’s on my bike.
Durable IP65 LED light strip a.co/d/97TDRkr
&
Two hour rechargeable battery a.co/d/g1mwKrx
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I'm proud to be a board member of The Retrograde and I am deeply concerned about how UT Dallas is seeking to punish one of its editors for doing what any good editor does.
www.dallasobserver.com/opinion/ut-d...
www.dallasobserver.com/opinion/ut-d...
UT Dallas is Trying to Punish a Student Editor for Editing
UT Dallas has consistently been accused of free speech violations in recent years.
www.dallasobserver.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I'm proud to be a board member of The Retrograde and I am deeply concerned about how UT Dallas is seeking to punish one of its editors for doing what any good editor does.
www.dallasobserver.com/opinion/ut-d...
www.dallasobserver.com/opinion/ut-d...
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Anyone telling you to comply with ice or DHS is going to get people killed and should not be listened to
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Anyone telling you to comply with ice or DHS is going to get people killed and should not be listened to
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“Comply with ice and fight them in the courts” is not a strategy it’s pacification and will get people hurt or worse.
December 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
“Comply with ice and fight them in the courts” is not a strategy it’s pacification and will get people hurt or worse.
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Turning Point USA's seems to be finally phasing out Candace Owens and her organization Blexit after *everything* that's been going on between them.
Within the last couple days, Owens has been removed from their Executive Staff page and Blexit is now redirecting to a project called TPUSA RISE.
Within the last couple days, Owens has been removed from their Executive Staff page and Blexit is now redirecting to a project called TPUSA RISE.
December 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Turning Point USA's seems to be finally phasing out Candace Owens and her organization Blexit after *everything* that's been going on between them.
Within the last couple days, Owens has been removed from their Executive Staff page and Blexit is now redirecting to a project called TPUSA RISE.
Within the last couple days, Owens has been removed from their Executive Staff page and Blexit is now redirecting to a project called TPUSA RISE.
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Thread on students' response/protest to ICE stalking schools in Oregon suburban area school districts:
Good morning! I’m currently at Beaverton High School in OR where a mass student walk out has just started to demand a proactive ICE protocol for their school and district.
Students say that similar walkouts were planned at multiple other high schools, including Aloha, Sunset, Southridge & more.
Students say that similar walkouts were planned at multiple other high schools, including Aloha, Sunset, Southridge & more.
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Thread on students' response/protest to ICE stalking schools in Oregon suburban area school districts:
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Five more tents arrived today! We’ll be getting those out ASAP.
Truly can’t express how grateful we are for y’all. We can only do what we do because of your continued support.
Truly can’t express how grateful we are for y’all. We can only do what we do because of your continued support.
All 9 tents we received from y’all went out today, along with a camping kit for each & three carts!
Thank you everyone who ordered off our wishlist! These are life-saving supplies!
Love & solidarity 🖤🏴
Thank you everyone who ordered off our wishlist! These are life-saving supplies!
Love & solidarity 🖤🏴
December 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Five more tents arrived today! We’ll be getting those out ASAP.
Truly can’t express how grateful we are for y’all. We can only do what we do because of your continued support.
Truly can’t express how grateful we are for y’all. We can only do what we do because of your continued support.
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Look at that news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Look at that news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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A few eps ago I joked about Erika Kirk’s pants: ‘what about the TPUSA freedom shirt but it says femdom on it instead.’
Anyway, Ray Gun made it, 100% for charity (going to unhoused women).
Very surreal Xmas gift! www.rayguncustom.com/products/pos...
Anyway, Ray Gun made it, 100% for charity (going to unhoused women).
Very surreal Xmas gift! www.rayguncustom.com/products/pos...
December 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
A few eps ago I joked about Erika Kirk’s pants: ‘what about the TPUSA freedom shirt but it says femdom on it instead.’
Anyway, Ray Gun made it, 100% for charity (going to unhoused women).
Very surreal Xmas gift! www.rayguncustom.com/products/pos...
Anyway, Ray Gun made it, 100% for charity (going to unhoused women).
Very surreal Xmas gift! www.rayguncustom.com/products/pos...