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APA’s Stress in America survey finds more than 3/4 of adults stressed about the future of the country. “Nearly two-thirds of those ages 18–34 (63%) and more than half of parents (53%) said they have considered relocating to another country due to the state of the nation”

www.apa.org/pubs/reports...
Stress in America 2025's significant stressors % WHO RATE AS A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF STRESS Future of the nation 76% Economy 75% Spread of misinformation 69% Money 66% U.S. politics 65% Housing costs 65% Mass shootings 65% Rise of Al 57% Relationships 48%
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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“okay now post the satire one” 57.9K likes
October 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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From the American Psychological Association: “The evidence against ‘conversion therapy’
Insights from psychological research”
www.apa.org/topics/lgbtq...
American Psychological Associa... ... 12m • G Extensive research shows that "conversion therapy" is associated with significant long-term harm, including higher rates of depression, suicidality, and reduced life satisfaction. Research underscores that conversion therapy is not supported by science and can cause lasting distress. In August 2025, APA filed an amicus brief in support of the law at the center of this week's Supreme Court case. Learn more in our fact sheet: https://at.apa.org/67519f #therapy #scotus #science
October 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Makes sense
#SoundersFC
Happy Seattle Sounders fans trading in Messi jerseys from a Paul Rothrock jersey. About 100 jerseys were given out for the exchange. Fans exchanging their Messi jerseys for a Paul Rothrock one.
September 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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someone wrote a book just for me
“Lessons from cats for surviving fascism” by Stewart “Brittlestar” Reynolds
August 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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A U.S president warmly holding and patting the hand of a fascist dictator and war criminal. Grotesque.
August 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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So, like, they took the front of a monorail car and stuck it on top of a caterpillar undercarriage? 🥴
July 31, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Best of luck to them 🤷🏻‍♀️
2024 Headline: Conservative who moved to RUSSIA with family to escape LGBT ideology now says she hates it because locals don't speak English... then begs for forgiveness after Kremlin hears insults 2024 headline: Conservative Family 'Disappointed' After Moving To Russia To Escape LGBTQ Ideology
July 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Musk finds Medvedev’s post very amusing. At least those two monsters are still on good terms.
Dmitry Medvedev & @MedvedevRussiaE Follow We are ready to facilitate the conclusion of a peace deal between D and E for a reasonable fee and to accept Starlink shares as payment. Don't fight, guys 1:36 AM • 6/6/25 Most relevant replies v Elon Musk & X @elonmusk • 13m (Laugh emoji)
June 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Bart: This is the most batshit crazy time in history Homer: The most batshit crazy time so far
June 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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I mean, Trump does have reason to deport him 🤷🏻‍♀️
Washington Post reports Elon Musk briefly worked illegally in US in 1990s By Reuters October 27, 2024 8:19 AM PDT
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Good to know that without the financial backing and manipulation of the richest man in the world, the U.S. elections (and the fate of the world) would have gone in the opposite direction.
Elon Musk 0 X • @elonmusk • 1h Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate. Elon Musk 0 X @elonmusk Such ingratitude 9:46 AM • 6/5/25 • 703K Views
June 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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So you agree? You bought the 2024 election?
June 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Giving away your Nobel Prize winning scientists to other countries for free to own the libs…
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...
“He arrived in Los Angeles in 1986 at age 18 after fleeing war-torn Lebanon. He spent a year writing for an Armenian newspaper and delivering Domino's at night to become eligible for the University of California, where he earned his undergraduate degree and a postdoctoral fellowship in neuroscience. He started a lab at Scripps Research in San Diego with a grant from the National Institutes of Health, discovered the way humans sense touch, and in 2021 won the Nobel Prize. But with the Trump administration slashing spending on science, Dr. Patapoutian's federal grant to develop new approaches to treating pain has been frozen. In late February, he posted on Bluesky that such cuts would damage biomedical research and prompt an exodus of talent from the United States. Within hours, he had an email from China, offering to move his lab to "any city, any university I want," he said, with a guarantee of funding for the next 20 years.”
June 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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In other words, as Kaja Kallas summarized, they’re “negotiating” the way they’ve always done - trying to get (steal) something for nothing
June 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Trump’s attacks/threats/policies have caused a chilling effect on land crossings between U.S. and Canada. Down 30% at BC/WA crossings from this time last year. At this rate the border towns whose businesses rely on crossing traffic are likely to go bankrupt.

(data source - cascadegatewaydata.com)
Total Crossing Volume at 4 BC/WA Land Ports-of-entry (Lynden/Aldergrove, Pacific Highway, Peace Arch, & Suman/Huntingdon) March 2024 - 734,258 March 2025 - 537,254 April 2024 - 752,023 April 2025 - 508,332 May 2024 - 791,119 May 2025 - 549,085
June 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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May 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Justice Jackson sums it up:
Justice Jackson characterizes the Trump administration's position as a "catch-me-if-you-can regime" from the standpoint of the executive branch, where everyone has to hire a lawyer if the government is violating people's rights. Sauer's argument, she says, is that the government gets to keep doing an illegal thing until everyone who is potentially harmed by it figures out how to hire a lawyer. How is that "remotely consistent with the rule of law?" she asks.
May 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Ok @nytimes.com #spellingbee would you please explain why a perfectly good word like “piratical” is disallowed by your arbitrary rules but you allow words like “ogee” or “riparian”, which, like, maybe 5 people have ever heard of.
#nytspellingbee
The pangram piratical @ has appeared in no solution sets, according to data going back to May 9, 2018. In fact, it has been explicitly disallowed from exactly one puzzle: RACILPT May 8, 2025 current
May 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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trump: “Never say never!”

Carney (mouthing): “Never. Never. Never. Never. Never.”

LMAO
May 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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TFW you hear one of the stupidest lies you’ve ever heard
May 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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How exactly is the U.S. “losing nothing” by not trading??
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May 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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So there’s both a sharp decrease in U.S. imports AND exports now with U.S. “top farm products including soybeans, corn and beef taking the hardest hit”. How exactly is this supposed to “save” the U.S. economy?

www.cnbc.com/2025/05/06/t...
U.S. exports to China by ocean carrier in 2025 March - 22.32K April - 5.17K U.S. exports by ocean carrier in 2025 Worldwide exports in TEUs March 265.5K April 57.3K
May 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Posted around the same time by two very different North American heads of state.
Mark Carney • @mark-carney.bsky.social Thad a productive call with Ursula von der Leyen this morning. We're ready to build on our free trade relationship, bolster economic security, and work side-by-side on shared defence and security challenges. When Canada and the European Union build together, our futures are stronger. May 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM The White House & @WhiteHouse 1h g Happy May the 4th to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting so hard to to bring Sith Lords, Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, & well known MS-13 Gang Members, back into our Galaxy. You're not the Rebellion-you're the Empire. May the 4th be with you. (Plus deluded AI image of trump with light saber)
May 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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“Anti-Christian bias”?
I wonder how the Catholic SCOTUS Justices feel about this.
NYS Catholic Conference& @NYSC...4h There is nothing clever or funny about this image, Mr. President. We just buried our beloved Pope Francis and the cardinals are about to enter a solemn conclave to elect a new successor of St. Peter. Do not mock us. (With the White House’s post of Trump dressed up as the Pope)
May 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM