James Baldwin Was A Genius.
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Keeping it light over here. More serious takes are still found on Twitter.
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"People Are Starving to Death": Oxfam Warns Israel's Blockade on Gaza Is Catastrophic
“People Are Starving to Death”: Oxfam Warns Israel’s Blockade on Gaza Is Catastrophic
“People are starving to death, and this is a fact that we are witnessing and experiencing nowadays,” says Oxfam’s food security coordinator in Gaza, Mahmoud Alsaqqa. More than 10 weeks after Israel...
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May 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"People Are Starving to Death": Oxfam Warns Israel's Blockade on Gaza Is Catastrophic
"...Shots were fired by three volunteers who are prison employees at a distance of about 15 feet..."
Volunteered for it.
Volunteered for it.
Man who killed convenience store clerk in Winston-Salem executed for 2nd murder in South Carolina
Man who killed convenience store clerk in Winston-Salem executed for 2nd murder in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A firing squad executed a South Carolina man Friday who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method has been used by the state in the past fiv…
myfox8.com
April 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"...Shots were fired by three volunteers who are prison employees at a distance of about 15 feet..."
Volunteered for it.
Volunteered for it.
Highly doubt that his true believers will ever be swayed.
"Eventually, the facts of his incompetence will overwhelm even the vast propaganda network that defends him. I just hope the economy doesn’t have to collapse for that to happen."
The Right-Wing Media Machine Is What’s Saving Donald Trump—for Now
The president isn’t governing as if he wants to be popular, but he’s getting help sweeping his wreckage under the rug.
newrepublic.com
April 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Highly doubt that his true believers will ever be swayed.
"...Williams was taken before a Catawba County Magistrate, who placed Williams under a $1,300 secured bond..."
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Two North Carolina preschool teachers charged after one was accused of assaulting 16 toddlers
Two North Carolina preschool teachers charged after one was accused of assaulting 16 toddlers
After reviewing many hours of video, police say they have identified 16 children as victims. The parents and guardians of the affected students have been contacted.
myfox8.com
April 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"...Williams was taken before a Catawba County Magistrate, who placed Williams under a $1,300 secured bond..."
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'We are witnessing the complete collapse of the relationship between government and truth, and action and consequence.'
'How far we've fallen', remarks @mrjamesob.bsky.social, as the 'cornucopia of crackpots and sycophants' continue to support Trump even after his tariff U-turns.
'How far we've fallen', remarks @mrjamesob.bsky.social, as the 'cornucopia of crackpots and sycophants' continue to support Trump even after his tariff U-turns.
April 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
'We are witnessing the complete collapse of the relationship between government and truth, and action and consequence.'
'How far we've fallen', remarks @mrjamesob.bsky.social, as the 'cornucopia of crackpots and sycophants' continue to support Trump even after his tariff U-turns.
'How far we've fallen', remarks @mrjamesob.bsky.social, as the 'cornucopia of crackpots and sycophants' continue to support Trump even after his tariff U-turns.
The people who are actually in charge started complaining.
BREAKING: Trump said he will put a 90-day pause on all tariffs and lower reciprocal tariffs to 10% after several days of market selling that threatened to send the US into a recession. The stock market has sharply rebounded on the news, with major averages up more than 6% reut.rs/3Ehv63p
Trump Tariffs Live: Trump declares partial 90-day pause on some tariffs, except China
Wall Street's main indexes turned sharply higher on Wednesday after Trump said he had authorized a 90-day pause on "reciprocal" and 10% tariffs, effective immediately.
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April 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The people who are actually in charge started complaining.
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It’s always been about money for Private schools.
April 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It’s always been about money for Private schools.
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Beloved im here to tell you now 1. I can make butter I learned how to in catholic school in Kindergarten 2. Its not sustainable to make everything from scratch for everyone. People shouldn’t be forced to have to do this!!!
There are some good recipes on YouTube on how to make your own butter.
It’s easier than you think as long as you can buy the milk fat.
It’s easier than you think as long as you can buy the milk fat.
April 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Beloved im here to tell you now 1. I can make butter I learned how to in catholic school in Kindergarten 2. Its not sustainable to make everything from scratch for everyone. People shouldn’t be forced to have to do this!!!
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Right because the money was there. The only checks he writes from that account are quarterly taxes owed. So it’s never overdrawn etc.
April 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Right because the money was there. The only checks he writes from that account are quarterly taxes owed. So it’s never overdrawn etc.
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Hold on, I speak techbro...*ahem*
"We're in a hiring freeze so we're cutting all asks for new job reqs. Uh, AIs will save the universe. Yeah, so use an AI for it. Security? Quality? What? I don't...Oooo, time for my corporate sponsored luncheon. Ciao."
"We're in a hiring freeze so we're cutting all asks for new job reqs. Uh, AIs will save the universe. Yeah, so use an AI for it. Security? Quality? What? I don't...Oooo, time for my corporate sponsored luncheon. Ciao."
Shopify CEO says no new hires without proof AI can’t do the job - https://www.theverge.com/news/644943/shopify-ceo-memo-ai-hires-job
Shopify CEO says no new hires without proof AI can’t do the job
Tobi Lütke shared a memo outlining the expectation.
www.theverge.com
April 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Hold on, I speak techbro...*ahem*
"We're in a hiring freeze so we're cutting all asks for new job reqs. Uh, AIs will save the universe. Yeah, so use an AI for it. Security? Quality? What? I don't...Oooo, time for my corporate sponsored luncheon. Ciao."
"We're in a hiring freeze so we're cutting all asks for new job reqs. Uh, AIs will save the universe. Yeah, so use an AI for it. Security? Quality? What? I don't...Oooo, time for my corporate sponsored luncheon. Ciao."
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Yep a friend has a business. He tried to write a check to the IRS to PAY his taxes and the bank would not honor the check said he couldn’t remove more that 10 grand per day from the account he opened specifically to PAY his taxes. Had to write different checks and space them out. WTF. It’s his money
April 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Yep a friend has a business. He tried to write a check to the IRS to PAY his taxes and the bank would not honor the check said he couldn’t remove more that 10 grand per day from the account he opened specifically to PAY his taxes. Had to write different checks and space them out. WTF. It’s his money
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Yup exactly. I found that out as I got older. That made me sad but a truth I just had to accept
April 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Yup exactly. I found that out as I got older. That made me sad but a truth I just had to accept
My dad was at the bank today and noticed a lot of people in the bank. Overhead a teller tell the person in front of him that he can only take $5,000 out at a time.
He asked if he can come back tomorrow to take out the rest.
Anyone else seeing this?
He asked if he can come back tomorrow to take out the rest.
Anyone else seeing this?
April 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My dad was at the bank today and noticed a lot of people in the bank. Overhead a teller tell the person in front of him that he can only take $5,000 out at a time.
He asked if he can come back tomorrow to take out the rest.
Anyone else seeing this?
He asked if he can come back tomorrow to take out the rest.
Anyone else seeing this?
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Especially because Trump has sworn in people who are literally profiting from meme coin pump and dumps and scams. He put Bill Pulte as the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the same guy who was on YouTube livestreams with $BBBY cultists pumping a dead stock & stealing donations
I can't stop thinking about the policy regime this all leads to after Trump is dispatched either by Wall Street coup or resurgent Democrats. Basically we'll get about 30 to 50 percent of the DOGE cuts, and an "abundance" package of Reaganite deregulation. And that completes this turn of the ratchet
April 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Especially because Trump has sworn in people who are literally profiting from meme coin pump and dumps and scams. He put Bill Pulte as the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the same guy who was on YouTube livestreams with $BBBY cultists pumping a dead stock & stealing donations
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Will U.S. consumers pay the price for Trump’s new tariffs? Economist @profwolff.bsky.social breaks it down.
April 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Will U.S. consumers pay the price for Trump’s new tariffs? Economist @profwolff.bsky.social breaks it down.
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The people that need to hear this aren't listening.
April 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The people that need to hear this aren't listening.
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The S&P 500 fell 3.4% in early trading and the Nasdaq Composite tumbled 4.6%, dragged down by an 8% fall for index heavyweight Apple. Meanwhile, the dollar was down 2.4% against a basket of rivals, on course for its biggest daily decline since 2015. www.ft.com/content/f820...
April 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The S&P 500 fell 3.4% in early trading and the Nasdaq Composite tumbled 4.6%, dragged down by an 8% fall for index heavyweight Apple. Meanwhile, the dollar was down 2.4% against a basket of rivals, on course for its biggest daily decline since 2015. www.ft.com/content/f820...
The Woman in the Yard is good. Recommend.
April 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Woman in the Yard is good. Recommend.
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Oh yes, true! Forgot about that one! I started it but didn’t continue. Not bc it wasn’t good, I just didn’t have the time!
I think that one worked bc they literally took a fresh perspective on the OG show & made it even better. I think changing it from a sitcom helped as well!
I think that one worked bc they literally took a fresh perspective on the OG show & made it even better. I think changing it from a sitcom helped as well!
March 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Oh yes, true! Forgot about that one! I started it but didn’t continue. Not bc it wasn’t good, I just didn’t have the time!
I think that one worked bc they literally took a fresh perspective on the OG show & made it even better. I think changing it from a sitcom helped as well!
I think that one worked bc they literally took a fresh perspective on the OG show & made it even better. I think changing it from a sitcom helped as well!
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"Quiet" is doing some heavy lifting here.
Y’all mad over Marvin Sapp asking for $20, but quiet on Trump rolling back 60 years of civil rights protections.
March 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Quiet" is doing some heavy lifting here.
February 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Yo. Yooooooooo. WTF.
February 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Yo. Yooooooooo. WTF.
"...Along with Columbia and Berkeley, the department is now investigating the University of Minnesota, Northwestern University and Portland State University. The cases were opened using the department's power to launch its own civil rights reviews,..."
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Trump administration opens antisemitism inquiries at 5 colleges including Columbia and Berkeley
The Trump administration is opening new investigations into allegations of antisemitism at five U.S. universities including Columbia and the University of California, Berkeley
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February 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
"...Along with Columbia and Berkeley, the department is now investigating the University of Minnesota, Northwestern University and Portland State University. The cases were opened using the department's power to launch its own civil rights reviews,..."
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