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Shenanigans from the cold, cold North.

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19.06.2025 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So, there's a Discworld book for everything (sorry, special interest) and if you've not read Pratchett's The Night Watch, in which a small group of people in a city where a corrupt tyrant is attempting to overthrow and cause, well, civil unrest, it's actually a good time to read that, now.

12.06.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 173    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 2
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How Should You Live Your Life: Marie Howe’s Spare, Stunning Poem β€œThe Maples” β€œJudging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy,” Albert Camus wrote in one of the most sobering opening pages in literature.…

How should you live your life – I'll take Marie Howe's spare, stunning poem "The Maples" over all the world's philosophy for an answer

17.05.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shingles vaccine reduces risk of heart disease by 23%, study of one million people finds Getting the shingles vaccine could do more than just prevent a painful red rash β€” it may also lower the risk of heart disease and stroke, according to a new South Korean study of more than one million...

www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

12.05.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3

The GOP wanted to impeach Biden for a fake $5M bribe from Ukraine that was made up by a guy sitting in prison for lying about it, but they’re cool with a $400M plane from Qatar. Do I have that right?

11.05.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 20452    πŸ” 6094    πŸ’¬ 623    πŸ“Œ 256

It is not lost on me that a man who attended the funeral of Pope Francis also deported a child with metastatic cancer, innocent people to a gulag, and feels not one shred of remorse about either.

26.04.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 878    πŸ” 223    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 6
20.04.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower: Rilke’s Timeless Spell for Living Through Difficult Times β€œWhat is it like, such intensity of pain?”

Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower – Rilke's timeless spell for living through difficult times

14.04.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OF A RACIST FASCIST YOU GOTTA BE FOR CLARENCE THOMAS TO VOTE AGAINST YOU IN A 9-0 DECISION? THAT’S LIKE TWO OF HIS THREE FAVORITE THINGS!

11.04.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 973    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1
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William Finn, Tony-Winning Composer for β€˜Falsettos,’ Dies at 73 An acclaimed musical theater writer, he won for both his score and his book and later had a huge hit with β€œThe 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”

William Finn, the witty musical theater writer behind β€œFalsettos” and β€œPutnam County Spelling Bee,” has died at 73.

08.04.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 13
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The Walmart boycott starts today!

#boycottwalmart

07.04.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 786    πŸ” 375    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 33

to all of the Democratic senators who voted yes, on Bondi, how are you sleeping at night knowing that our government is kidnapping, torturing, and imprisoning innocent people?

07.04.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4965    πŸ” 1106    πŸ’¬ 142    πŸ“Œ 52
07.04.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 156    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3

Keep in mind:

If speaking out feels dangerous now, imagine how much worse it will get if we stay silent. πŸ—£οΈ

08.04.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 438    πŸ” 96    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 6
The image is a screenshot of a tweet from David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt
), accompanied by dice, game controller, and pirate hat emojis. The tweet reads: "Dead ". Below the tweet, there is a nested tweet from penguinsagainsttrump, posted 2 hours ago, which says: "What are you gonna do, deport us? We’ve been dealing with ICE for centuries." The nested tweet includes a profile picture of a penguin on the left.

The image is a screenshot of a tweet from David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt ), accompanied by dice, game controller, and pirate hat emojis. The tweet reads: "Dead ". Below the tweet, there is a nested tweet from penguinsagainsttrump, posted 2 hours ago, which says: "What are you gonna do, deport us? We’ve been dealing with ICE for centuries." The nested tweet includes a profile picture of a penguin on the left.

For them, it’s all there in black and white.

06.04.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7100    πŸ” 1012    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 70

if we want to rebuild american institutions and earn back the world’s trust after this we cannot settle for half-measures. lots of people need to go prison. lots more need to be permanently stripped of wealth and power.

07.04.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 16436    πŸ” 3315    πŸ’¬ 482    πŸ“Œ 248
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Yes.

07.04.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2550    πŸ” 422    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 14
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GRAY PANTHERS

06.04.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2523    πŸ” 460    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 29
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#HandsOffProtests

06.04.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 26670    πŸ” 7647    πŸ’¬ 450    πŸ“Œ 363
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Yeah. You really don't want to mess with a mob of feathery ninjas with anger issues.

07.04.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4951    πŸ” 747    πŸ’¬ 142    πŸ“Œ 39

β€œThere is only one thing worse than fighting with your allies, and that’s fighting without them.”

β€”Victor Hugo

We’re entering the β€œworse” phase.

06.04.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 24588    πŸ” 3957    πŸ’¬ 136    πŸ“Œ 121
A very displeased llama saying β€œno touchy”

A very displeased llama saying β€œno touchy”

This is my favorite sign so far

06.04.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5072    πŸ” 514    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 20
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So proud of Denver today! @maddow.msnbc.com
@pbsnews.org
@apnews.com
@reuters.com

06.04.2025 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1591    πŸ” 177    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 6

The White House admits they sent an innocent father of three to the prison in El Salvador but they are still fighting to make sure he doesn’t come home.

The definition of evil.

05.04.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 23535    πŸ” 5441    πŸ’¬ 475    πŸ“Œ 211
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No notes needed.

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06.04.2025 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 21049    πŸ” 3710    πŸ’¬ 284    πŸ“Œ 170

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