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Fascism is not an opinion it is a death threat. It's like letting a fox talk its way into your hen house by accusing you of fox intolerance. Don't fall for it. The fox isn't trying to be included, it wants to kill, and is willing to manipulate us into giving an opportunity.
I'm trying to call all the of my congress ppl every day until they impeach him. I leave a message saying that nothing they do matters while he's still in office because he will just ignore it. I'm on day 3. Even if I'm not perfect, it's important. 5 calls makes it easy.
If you're inexperienced with this, 5calls.org has scripts and will set you up with the numbers of all your people. I don't usually use 5calls, I just wing it. If you're leaving a voicemail, don't forget to include your address so they know you're really a constituent!
January 11, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I'm trying to call all the of my congress ppl every day until they impeach him. I leave a message saying that nothing they do matters while he's still in office because he will just ignore it. I'm on day 3. Even if I'm not perfect, it's important. 5 calls makes it easy.
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If you're inexperienced with this, 5calls.org has scripts and will set you up with the numbers of all your people. I don't usually use 5calls, I just wing it. If you're leaving a voicemail, don't forget to include your address so they know you're really a constituent!
January 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM
If you're inexperienced with this, 5calls.org has scripts and will set you up with the numbers of all your people. I don't usually use 5calls, I just wing it. If you're leaving a voicemail, don't forget to include your address so they know you're really a constituent!
I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
January 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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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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If you’re chronically ill and flaring, consider the news as a possible source.
Our nervous systems were not designed to see people being murdered in cold blood.
They weren’t designed to cope with the constant stream of threats, bad news and suffering.
It’s ok to take a break & protect your spoons
Our nervous systems were not designed to see people being murdered in cold blood.
They weren’t designed to cope with the constant stream of threats, bad news and suffering.
It’s ok to take a break & protect your spoons
January 10, 2026 at 5:13 AM
If you’re chronically ill and flaring, consider the news as a possible source.
Our nervous systems were not designed to see people being murdered in cold blood.
They weren’t designed to cope with the constant stream of threats, bad news and suffering.
It’s ok to take a break & protect your spoons
Our nervous systems were not designed to see people being murdered in cold blood.
They weren’t designed to cope with the constant stream of threats, bad news and suffering.
It’s ok to take a break & protect your spoons
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Okay time for fun.
Go into your photo roll or whatever, and post the first image that makes you laugh literally out loud.
Here's mine.
Go into your photo roll or whatever, and post the first image that makes you laugh literally out loud.
Here's mine.
July 1, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Okay time for fun.
Go into your photo roll or whatever, and post the first image that makes you laugh literally out loud.
Here's mine.
Go into your photo roll or whatever, and post the first image that makes you laugh literally out loud.
Here's mine.
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This is normal for Black Americans. Our deaths are recorded for public consumption, the perpetrators get off, and the media commiserates that the victim brought it on themselves
The shooting is shocking enough but the government's response is off the charts when you consider that this incident is forensically documented on video.
January 8, 2026 at 2:41 PM
This is normal for Black Americans. Our deaths are recorded for public consumption, the perpetrators get off, and the media commiserates that the victim brought it on themselves
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The purpose of stickers is to Never Use Them so that when you die your friends can put them on your coffin
June 13, 2024 at 9:13 PM
The purpose of stickers is to Never Use Them so that when you die your friends can put them on your coffin
My kids and I went to Disneyland last June. We masked everywhere for two days. Had an amazing time. The only challenge was finding quiet places to eat outside, but we managed it. No one got sick.
This is one of the best replies to this Disneyland post.
By Carol @carolclouds1:
"There is nowhere to begin. All you were hear is excuses, denial and misinformation. There is no thought there. There is no concern there. It’s just a dark hole of nothingness."
Source: x.com/FullLaneFemm...
By Carol @carolclouds1:
"There is nowhere to begin. All you were hear is excuses, denial and misinformation. There is no thought there. There is no concern there. It’s just a dark hole of nothingness."
Source: x.com/FullLaneFemm...
January 6, 2026 at 3:15 AM
My kids and I went to Disneyland last June. We masked everywhere for two days. Had an amazing time. The only challenge was finding quiet places to eat outside, but we managed it. No one got sick.
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Hamlet, hear: whilst sleeping in my orchard, thy uncle stole with juice of cursèd hebona and in the porches of my ears did pour the leprous distilment. But! Within mine ears were mine Loop Earplugs. Thus, I dith not die! Hamlet, my son, useth code KINGOFDENMARK at checkout to secure a 10% discount,
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Hamlet, hear: whilst sleeping in my orchard, thy uncle stole with juice of cursèd hebona and in the porches of my ears did pour the leprous distilment. But! Within mine ears were mine Loop Earplugs. Thus, I dith not die! Hamlet, my son, useth code KINGOFDENMARK at checkout to secure a 10% discount,
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A poem for this evening. Not a new one, but one I come back to, and something to remind myself of in the new year.
January 5, 2026 at 1:01 AM
A poem for this evening. Not a new one, but one I come back to, and something to remind myself of in the new year.
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ALOT going on in the world, so here’s an adorable yet majestic owl for your TL. Hang in there, friends! 🦉 🗃️
January 5, 2026 at 2:00 AM
ALOT going on in the world, so here’s an adorable yet majestic owl for your TL. Hang in there, friends! 🦉 🗃️
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Want to reduce risk for dementia? Get vaccinated! 🩺
I will explain how this works...
I will explain how this works...
Oh, just get vaccinated (part 5,000)
"Many shots seem to have “off-target” benefits, such as lowering the risk of dementia, studies have found." (gift article)
"Many shots seem to have “off-target” benefits, such as lowering the risk of dementia, studies have found." (gift article)
Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Want to reduce risk for dementia? Get vaccinated! 🩺
I will explain how this works...
I will explain how this works...
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Emergency kitten- Retro Jimmie
January 3, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Emergency kitten- Retro Jimmie
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Well, it was either all this or another black person in a Star Wars movie
January 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Well, it was either all this or another black person in a Star Wars movie
Enemies to lovers?
Does the artist have US relatives? We have this near the library.
December 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Enemies to lovers?
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the esophagus is a sort of chimney
December 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
the esophagus is a sort of chimney
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i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
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Electrifying development on EelTok @erinbiba.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Electrifying development on EelTok @erinbiba.bsky.social
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There are people doing the long, hard, unglamorous work of trying to shift things for the better in male sports cultures, particularly in hockey. It is a disservice to their efforts to pretend that real systemic problems can/have been solved by a six-episode TV show.
December 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
There are people doing the long, hard, unglamorous work of trying to shift things for the better in male sports cultures, particularly in hockey. It is a disservice to their efforts to pretend that real systemic problems can/have been solved by a six-episode TV show.
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"christmas is in 5 days" don't say that. why say that? that's the fakest shit i ever heard
December 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"christmas is in 5 days" don't say that. why say that? that's the fakest shit i ever heard
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As told by the late dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille.
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
As told by the late dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille.
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when mary’s water broke, jesus just walked right out
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
when mary’s water broke, jesus just walked right out
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It’s barbarism that our country puts anyone, regardless of their talent, in this position. but @diplomatofnight.com in particular is a brilliant and humane thinker who deserves a nice sinecure from which to write. she’s contributed massively to the intellectual development of this site
December 14, 2025 at 5:44 AM
It’s barbarism that our country puts anyone, regardless of their talent, in this position. but @diplomatofnight.com in particular is a brilliant and humane thinker who deserves a nice sinecure from which to write. she’s contributed massively to the intellectual development of this site