Crimson Dragon Swordsman
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Every representative who voted yes voted for more brutalization of our neighbors, more kidnapping of our children, more trampling of our rights, and more murder from this government.
January 22, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Every representative who voted yes voted for more brutalization of our neighbors, more kidnapping of our children, more trampling of our rights, and more murder from this government.
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The total number of measles cases has surged to over 600 in South Carolina.
Last April, our reporting found that national rates for four major vaccines fell significantly in recent years. In fact, measles vaccination rates were below herd immunity in most states in 2023: https://propub.li/4a61hjh
Last April, our reporting found that national rates for four major vaccines fell significantly in recent years. In fact, measles vaccination rates were below herd immunity in most states in 2023: https://propub.li/4a61hjh
January 22, 2026 at 4:00 AM
The total number of measles cases has surged to over 600 in South Carolina.
Last April, our reporting found that national rates for four major vaccines fell significantly in recent years. In fact, measles vaccination rates were below herd immunity in most states in 2023: https://propub.li/4a61hjh
Last April, our reporting found that national rates for four major vaccines fell significantly in recent years. In fact, measles vaccination rates were below herd immunity in most states in 2023: https://propub.li/4a61hjh
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Important perspective from Greenland.
January 20, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Important perspective from Greenland.
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Reminder: it would be trivially easy for a mere handful of Republicans to stop all of this.
January 21, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Reminder: it would be trivially easy for a mere handful of Republicans to stop all of this.
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This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM
This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.
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MUST READ thread before Monday night's forecasted G4 / SEVERE geomagnetic storm. Auroras could be seen as far south as the U.S.-Mexico border at times. Widespread mid-latitude displays are possible. Here's what you need to know to have a successful aurora chase tonight! 🧵
#heliophysics #aurora
#heliophysics #aurora
January 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM
MUST READ thread before Monday night's forecasted G4 / SEVERE geomagnetic storm. Auroras could be seen as far south as the U.S.-Mexico border at times. Widespread mid-latitude displays are possible. Here's what you need to know to have a successful aurora chase tonight! 🧵
#heliophysics #aurora
#heliophysics #aurora
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I'm like barely short of the Internet bill and some med expenses for the month so I'm running another one of these, probably until the end of February, sharing helps!
#Art #Commission
#Art #Commission
January 18, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I'm like barely short of the Internet bill and some med expenses for the month so I'm running another one of these, probably until the end of February, sharing helps!
#Art #Commission
#Art #Commission
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📌 Hi, I'm Tokori! 🍂 I am a full-time digital artist painting cozy stories inspired by nature and fantasy✨ I love drawing animals, furries, and mythical creatures wandering the woods 🍄🟫🦌
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January 18, 2026 at 11:52 PM
📌 Hi, I'm Tokori! 🍂 I am a full-time digital artist painting cozy stories inspired by nature and fantasy✨ I love drawing animals, furries, and mythical creatures wandering the woods 🍄🟫🦌
✦ About me tokoriart.carrd.co
✦ VGen vgen.co/Tokori
✦ Ko-fi ko-fi.com/tokori
✅ My commissions are OPEN ✅
#art
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✅ My commissions are OPEN ✅
#art
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[RTs❤️] hi hi i just have some urgent payments to make so ill be opening emergency comms!! please see my carrd link in replies for more info :)
sorry i dont have a lot of samples atm, its been a while 😭
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sorry i dont have a lot of samples atm, its been a while 😭
ntkl.carrd.co#commissions
January 17, 2026 at 5:44 AM
[RTs❤️] hi hi i just have some urgent payments to make so ill be opening emergency comms!! please see my carrd link in replies for more info :)
sorry i dont have a lot of samples atm, its been a while 😭
ntkl.carrd.co#commissions
sorry i dont have a lot of samples atm, its been a while 😭
ntkl.carrd.co#commissions
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A new measles case has been identified in Clackamas County, according to the Oregon Health Authority. It’s the third case of measles reported so far this year in the state.
New measles case confirmed in Clackamas County
A new measles case has been identified in Clackamas County, according to the Oregon Health Authority.
www.opb.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:24 AM
A new measles case has been identified in Clackamas County, according to the Oregon Health Authority. It’s the third case of measles reported so far this year in the state.
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Let’s talk about abolishing ICE.
Very few people who say “abolish ICE” mean “abandon all immigration enforcement.” Rather, they mean “the structure of immigration enforcement is irretrievably broken and needs to be reorganized, just like we did 23 years ago when we created ICE.”
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Very few people who say “abolish ICE” mean “abandon all immigration enforcement.” Rather, they mean “the structure of immigration enforcement is irretrievably broken and needs to be reorganized, just like we did 23 years ago when we created ICE.”
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January 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Let’s talk about abolishing ICE.
Very few people who say “abolish ICE” mean “abandon all immigration enforcement.” Rather, they mean “the structure of immigration enforcement is irretrievably broken and needs to be reorganized, just like we did 23 years ago when we created ICE.”
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Very few people who say “abolish ICE” mean “abandon all immigration enforcement.” Rather, they mean “the structure of immigration enforcement is irretrievably broken and needs to be reorganized, just like we did 23 years ago when we created ICE.”
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🌙 Hello #PortfolioDay!
I’m a freelance fantasy artist who loves drawing all kinds of animals, characters and creatures. I specialize in drawing dragons✨🐲
✦ Contact: [email protected]
✦ Commission info:
drive.google.com/file/d/1sLsD...
I’m a freelance fantasy artist who loves drawing all kinds of animals, characters and creatures. I specialize in drawing dragons✨🐲
✦ Contact: [email protected]
✦ Commission info:
drive.google.com/file/d/1sLsD...
January 13, 2026 at 10:40 AM
🌙 Hello #PortfolioDay!
I’m a freelance fantasy artist who loves drawing all kinds of animals, characters and creatures. I specialize in drawing dragons✨🐲
✦ Contact: [email protected]
✦ Commission info:
drive.google.com/file/d/1sLsD...
I’m a freelance fantasy artist who loves drawing all kinds of animals, characters and creatures. I specialize in drawing dragons✨🐲
✦ Contact: [email protected]
✦ Commission info:
drive.google.com/file/d/1sLsD...
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The official explanation they’re apparently going with here is that they aren’t 100% convinced that breathing soot and ozone is actually bad for you.
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
nyti.ms
January 12, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The official explanation they’re apparently going with here is that they aren’t 100% convinced that breathing soot and ozone is actually bad for you.
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This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
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Let's pump the brakes on ICE and investigate these bad apples. 😉
i think the public-facing message re: ICE needs to be something like “let’s pump the brakes and investigate these bad apples” and then you take power and wipe the whole thing out
January 12, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Let's pump the brakes on ICE and investigate these bad apples. 😉
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Terri Lee Brown, who the Oregon Supreme Court found was wrongly returned to prison after an earlier release, has sued Gov. Tina Kotek, Washington County District Attorney Kevin Barton, clemency coordinator Nicole Townsend and other officials for $10,000,000 in damages.
Josephine County woman sues Oregon governor for $10M after wrongful imprisonment
A Grants Pass woman who was wrongly sent back to prison is suing Gov. Tina Kotek and other top officials.
www.opb.org
January 11, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Terri Lee Brown, who the Oregon Supreme Court found was wrongly returned to prison after an earlier release, has sued Gov. Tina Kotek, Washington County District Attorney Kevin Barton, clemency coordinator Nicole Townsend and other officials for $10,000,000 in damages.
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Oregon health officials are investigating two cases of measles in Linn County, and are warning people who might have been exposed to the virus to contact their health provider.
Oregon health officials confirm first measles cases of 2026
Both cases are in Linn County. Symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose and red eyes, followed by a rash.
www.opb.org
January 10, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Oregon health officials are investigating two cases of measles in Linn County, and are warning people who might have been exposed to the virus to contact their health provider.
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This thread is the best refutation of social-media doomerism that I have seen.
This kind of thing does point out a real ethical dilemma: block or mute?
January 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
This thread is the best refutation of social-media doomerism that I have seen.
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zoomies.exe has crashed and needs to restart
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
zoomies.exe has crashed and needs to restart
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Local assisted living facilities are taking additional security measures because the residents don’t want their care to be interrupted when ICE abducts their staff. Schools are closed for the safety of students, faculty, and staff. There is no facet of society or stage of life unaffected.
Not an exaggeration at all to say that the feeling in Minneapolis is that the entire metro area is being treated as occupied territory by federal agents. Impossible to overstate how overwhelmingly people here do not like it. This does not feel sustainable.
January 10, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Local assisted living facilities are taking additional security measures because the residents don’t want their care to be interrupted when ICE abducts their staff. Schools are closed for the safety of students, faculty, and staff. There is no facet of society or stage of life unaffected.
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to turn off autoplaying video on the bluesky mobile app
select the icon in the top left corner
go to settings
go to content and media
make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off
select the icon in the top left corner
go to settings
go to content and media
make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off
April 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
to turn off autoplaying video on the bluesky mobile app
select the icon in the top left corner
go to settings
go to content and media
make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off
select the icon in the top left corner
go to settings
go to content and media
make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off
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The creators of these apps make choices. Grok was created with the production of deep-fake abuse imagery as an option and that was a choice. The fact that the app is still producing these images, for free, with no restrictions, for anyone who wants them, is also an ongoing choice by its creators.
I've been testing Grok vs. ChatGPT and how they compare when generating deepfakes.
- ask the chatbot to search the web for photos of me and then regenerate me in a bikini: Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- upload a photo of myself (not id'ing as a public figure): Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- ask the chatbot to search the web for photos of me and then regenerate me in a bikini: Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- upload a photo of myself (not id'ing as a public figure): Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
January 9, 2026 at 9:56 PM
The creators of these apps make choices. Grok was created with the production of deep-fake abuse imagery as an option and that was a choice. The fact that the app is still producing these images, for free, with no restrictions, for anyone who wants them, is also an ongoing choice by its creators.
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NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.
January 9, 2026 at 12:55 AM
NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.
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Always a good idea to turn off auto-play videos; choose what you see and what you don't.
if you do not want to watch the video, go to settings > content and media and uncheck the "autoplay videos and gifs" box right now
January 7, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Always a good idea to turn off auto-play videos; choose what you see and what you don't.
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Several organizations in Oregon will collect discarded Christmas trees to help build habitat for salmon and steelhead.
Oregon Christmas trees can get a second life as habitat for salmon
If you’re thinking about what you’re going to do with your Christmas tree, have you ever thought about turning it into a home… for fish?
www.opb.org
December 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Several organizations in Oregon will collect discarded Christmas trees to help build habitat for salmon and steelhead.