Drugstore Sushi
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"The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.” —Lawrence of Arabia
“Words—find out their meaning.” —Marilyn Monroe
(((🏳️🌈Loki✡️)))
“Words—find out their meaning.” —Marilyn Monroe
(((🏳️🌈Loki✡️)))
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One of the things I want folks to understand about the billionaires who forced the Penn pres to resign is they started all this before Oct 7 and among their complaints is that Penn “prioritizes DEI” is “too social justice focused” and is “unrecognizable” to what it looked like when they attended.
December 12, 2023 at 12:09 PM
One of the things I want folks to understand about the billionaires who forced the Penn pres to resign is they started all this before Oct 7 and among their complaints is that Penn “prioritizes DEI” is “too social justice focused” and is “unrecognizable” to what it looked like when they attended.
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December 12, 2023 at 12:14 PM
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This is something very dangerous for him to say as the president of the country with the second largest Jewish population. Jewish safety in the US does not depend on other countries; it depends on democracy and fighting back the creep of fascism and religious fundamentalism.
December 12, 2023 at 4:59 AM
This is something very dangerous for him to say as the president of the country with the second largest Jewish population. Jewish safety in the US does not depend on other countries; it depends on democracy and fighting back the creep of fascism and religious fundamentalism.
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today congress — a group of people overwhelmingly lacking in actual jewish representation — voted to codify parameters around what beliefs and ideals are valid expressions of my religious and ethnic identity.
December 5, 2023 at 10:34 PM
today congress — a group of people overwhelmingly lacking in actual jewish representation — voted to codify parameters around what beliefs and ideals are valid expressions of my religious and ethnic identity.
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Liberal-leaning professors are leaving coveted tenured jobs in Florida. And there are signs that recruiting scholars in the state is becoming harder. We interviewed a dozen academics who have left the public universities or given their notice.
In Florida’s Hot Political Climate, Some Faculty Have Had Enough
Liberal-leaning professors are leaving coveted jobs with tenure. And there are signs that recruiting scholars has become harder.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2023 at 3:09 PM
Liberal-leaning professors are leaving coveted tenured jobs in Florida. And there are signs that recruiting scholars in the state is becoming harder. We interviewed a dozen academics who have left the public universities or given their notice.
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“Leaders of the Republican Party of Texas voted against barring the party from associating with Nazi sympathizers and Holocaust deniers”
Texas GOP executive committee rejects proposed ban on associating wit…
Some members of the committee said such a ban, proposed two months after a prominent conservative activist was caught meeting with a famous white supremacist, might be a “slippery slope” or too va...
www.texastribune.org
December 2, 2023 at 10:08 PM
“Leaders of the Republican Party of Texas voted against barring the party from associating with Nazi sympathizers and Holocaust deniers”
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Bracing myself for the inevitable biographical opera. #ohFFSmustwe
December 1, 2023 at 6:48 PM
Bracing myself for the inevitable biographical opera. #ohFFSmustwe
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"International law experts would call them war crimes. And that’s why I don’t think that what Blinken is saying is true, honestly."
- Yuval Abraham, author of this piece in 972 Magazine, speaking to Democracy Now (I'm now going make donations to both outlets; please join me if you can).
- Yuval Abraham, author of this piece in 972 Magazine, speaking to Democracy Now (I'm now going make donations to both outlets; please join me if you can).
‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
Permissive airstrikes on non-military targets and the use of an artificial intelligence system have enabled the Israeli army to carry out its deadliest war on Gaza, a +972 and Local Call investigation...
www.972mag.com
December 3, 2023 at 1:14 AM
"International law experts would call them war crimes. And that’s why I don’t think that what Blinken is saying is true, honestly."
- Yuval Abraham, author of this piece in 972 Magazine, speaking to Democracy Now (I'm now going make donations to both outlets; please join me if you can).
- Yuval Abraham, author of this piece in 972 Magazine, speaking to Democracy Now (I'm now going make donations to both outlets; please join me if you can).
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@MiddleEastEye: Israeli warplanes launched a series of bombings on Hamad towers in Khan Younis, southern Gaza today, destroying at least six of them https://t.co/Fz4yWbvJgF
December 2, 2023 at 7:13 PM
@MiddleEastEye: Israeli warplanes launched a series of bombings on Hamad towers in Khan Younis, southern Gaza today, destroying at least six of them https://t.co/Fz4yWbvJgF
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@NBCNews: Gaza residents used the fragile truce to find aid, search for loved ones under the rubble, and head home to survey the destruction.
But a particularly disturbing scene emerged. https://t.co/akBqaAUYXF
But a particularly disturbing scene emerged. https://t.co/akBqaAUYXF
December 2, 2023 at 9:03 PM
@NBCNews: Gaza residents used the fragile truce to find aid, search for loved ones under the rubble, and head home to survey the destruction.
But a particularly disturbing scene emerged. https://t.co/akBqaAUYXF
But a particularly disturbing scene emerged. https://t.co/akBqaAUYXF
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Jews calling for a cease fire have taken over Grand Central ✊
Tell me again how they’re marginal. Absolute nonsense.
Tell me again how they’re marginal. Absolute nonsense.
October 27, 2023 at 10:16 PM
Jews calling for a cease fire have taken over Grand Central ✊
Tell me again how they’re marginal. Absolute nonsense.
Tell me again how they’re marginal. Absolute nonsense.
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This is good to know.
patreon.com/lowqualityfa...
patreon.com/lowqualityfa...
October 23, 2023 at 9:33 PM
This is good to know.
patreon.com/lowqualityfa...
patreon.com/lowqualityfa...
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The Supreme Court will soon hear oral argument about whether the Constitution allows racial gerrymandering if you call it partisan gerrymandering
Brace yourself for tomorrow's racism rebrand discourse with my latest piece in Balls and Strikes
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alexa...
Brace yourself for tomorrow's racism rebrand discourse with my latest piece in Balls and Strikes
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alexa...
Republican Lawmakers Ask Republican Justices to Help Republicans Win Elections
A new voting rights case out of South Carolina gives the conservative supermajority a chance to give racial gerrymandering a rebrand.
ballsandstrikes.org
October 10, 2023 at 6:56 PM
The Supreme Court will soon hear oral argument about whether the Constitution allows racial gerrymandering if you call it partisan gerrymandering
Brace yourself for tomorrow's racism rebrand discourse with my latest piece in Balls and Strikes
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alexa...
Brace yourself for tomorrow's racism rebrand discourse with my latest piece in Balls and Strikes
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alexa...
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A Lab Test That Experts Liken to a Witch Trial Is Helping Send Women to Prison for Murder
The “lung float” test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable. Yet it is still being used to bring murder charges — and get convictions.
The “lung float” test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable. Yet it is still being used to bring murder charges — and get convictions.
A Lab Test That Experts Liken to a Witch Trial Is Helping Send Women to Prison for Murder
The “lung float” test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable. Yet the test is still being used to bring murder charges — ...
www.propublica.org
October 7, 2023 at 10:21 AM
A Lab Test That Experts Liken to a Witch Trial Is Helping Send Women to Prison for Murder
The “lung float” test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable. Yet it is still being used to bring murder charges — and get convictions.
The “lung float” test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable. Yet it is still being used to bring murder charges — and get convictions.
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in the 90’s, computers would scream every time you went online. that‘s called foreshadowing
September 7, 2023 at 9:40 PM
in the 90’s, computers would scream every time you went online. that‘s called foreshadowing
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Here it is, gang, the article I've been full-on rage-boiling to write for years now.
For @nytimes.com, against "content."
(Gift article, no paywall.)
tinyurl.com/nyt-content
For @nytimes.com, against "content."
(Gift article, no paywall.)
tinyurl.com/nyt-content
Emma Thompson Is Right: The Word ‘Content’ Is Rude
The term may be popular in an age of blurring lines between platforms, but the Hollywood strikes have shown how the phrase can devalue creative work.
tinyurl.com
September 27, 2023 at 4:00 PM
Here it is, gang, the article I've been full-on rage-boiling to write for years now.
For @nytimes.com, against "content."
(Gift article, no paywall.)
tinyurl.com/nyt-content
For @nytimes.com, against "content."
(Gift article, no paywall.)
tinyurl.com/nyt-content
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If you're not getting emotional about the state of the labor movement right now, I need you to allow yourself to be.
It's OK to believe in the power of the working class 💖
It's OK to believe in the power of the working class 💖
September 27, 2023 at 3:02 AM
If you're not getting emotional about the state of the labor movement right now, I need you to allow yourself to be.
It's OK to believe in the power of the working class 💖
It's OK to believe in the power of the working class 💖
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Thanks Obama?
September 27, 2023 at 4:33 AM
Thanks Obama?
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I own a 1950s Howdy Doody Clarabell doll. It is perfectly normal and not at all sinister. 
September 27, 2023 at 5:07 AM
I own a 1950s Howdy Doody Clarabell doll. It is perfectly normal and not at all sinister. 
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Just finished watching Beetlejuice in loving memory of Lauren Boebert's right hand.
September 24, 2023 at 5:07 AM
Just finished watching Beetlejuice in loving memory of Lauren Boebert's right hand.
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Do you think the Republican freaks behind this series of MAGA children’s books know just how incredibly horny this furry art is, or nah?
September 24, 2023 at 1:33 AM
Do you think the Republican freaks behind this series of MAGA children’s books know just how incredibly horny this furry art is, or nah?
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nice work, fellas
September 20, 2023 at 12:15 AM
nice work, fellas
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it can and will happen
September 11, 2023 at 5:04 PM
it can and will happen