Maria Rodale

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

The Importance of Doing Something Last week, I wrote about the importance of doing nothing.

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Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
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Another tragic accident.

July 24, 2024

Barbra Streisand is joining Jane Fonda and 600+ entertainment figures in re-launching the Committee for the First Amendment. Fonda announced the revival of the organization, initially founded by her father, Henry Fonda. The organization was founded in the 1940s to defend free speech against fascism.

NEW: THREAD: Just a small collection of propaganda emails sent by the regime to federal employees who have sent them to me on the condition of anonymity. First, we all saw the HUD banner from Tuesday morning. 1/

The Importance of Doing Nothing Minutes ago I learned a new term: Grey Rocking. It refers to how to respond to a narcissist to survive their abuse and, frankly, diffuse their efforts to destroy you.

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Republicans don’t need a single democratic vote to fund their regime. Here’s why. Please share widely.

Trader Joe’s and Walmart Frozen Meals May Have Listeria Linked to Outbreak

FYI IF YOU HAVE FROZEN MEALS FROM TRADER JOES AND WALMART IN YOUR FREEZER

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LinkedIn chose creators over collaboration, so we raised $10.7M to build for innovation not attention We build in fluid networks not silos. We need a platform that believes external collaboration is about more than performative content.

So we raised $10.7m to build a new professional platform oriented around high-trust networked group chats in large part because I think we're better as a species than "six business lessons I learned on my trip to Cancun".

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Dear US Military,

Please save us,

Respectfully,

The American People

🇺🇸

Passive aggressive level 100 this is how we roll in the PNW 🤣 Protesters in Portland are going ice fishing with donuts as bait on fishing polls, holding dance offs in front of ICE barricades in goofy costumes and just being incredibly annoying to ICE there's no violence from protesters whatsoever.

People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

I’m planning on releasing a new version of my accounting service where I steal all the money and move to Fiji unless my clients opt out of having their money stolen. Please give me $400b in venture capital.

As a former gamer, I cannot overstate how big of a deal this right-wing takeover of Electronic Arts is.

Are they going to create video games where they kidnap and dismember journalists like Jamal Khashoggi?

Democrats should never vote to fund a government that's waging war on its own citizens and firing officials *because* they insist on following court orders instead of breaking the law. Let Senate Republicans nuke the filibuster. None of this is normal and it shouldn't be treated as such.

If you haven’t read 107 Days, spoiler incoming
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Chapter 103 Days
If people don’t read any other part of her book, they should read this chapter & understand what she was up against.

Disney paid $16 million to Trump to settle a bogus lawsuit involving George Stephanopoulos.

Disney fired Terry Moran for calling Stephen Miller a “world-class hater.”

Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel.

That Disney has walked back one of those after immense public pressure doesn't change who they are.

Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate.

I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man.

Never change your last name.

I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.

Swalwell: There’s going to be a Democratic majority in just over a year. To the FCC chairperson and anyone in involved in these dirty deals: get a lawyer and save your records because you’re going to be in this room answering questions

The Dietzsches:
Margaretha Barbara Dietzsch, (1741-1784), Dandelion with a Death's Head moth and a smaller green moth or butterfly

An image from an illuminated manuscript, showing Hildegard von Bingen and her nuns.

On this day in 1179, the great medieval German abbess, composer and scholar Hildegard von Bingen died. Her music is still recorded and celebrated today, and her written works of theology, philosophy and natural medicine are still read. #HildegardvonBingen #💙📚 #Booksky

Ukrainian drone strikes deep in Russia have triggered major internet outages, forcing the Kremlin to suspend services.

Cash registers down, buses halted, deliveries lost — at a cost of $557M/hour across Russia and $115M in Moscow alone. (FT)

Their waists and hands were tied together, forcing them to bend down and lick water to drink. The unscreened bathrooms contained only a single sheet to cover their lower bodies. Sunlight barely penetrated through a fist-sized hole, and they were only allowed access to the small yard for two hours. Detained by US immigration authorities for eight days, the workers and their families expressed shock, describing human rights violations and absurdities they could not have imagined as ordinary Koreans living in 2025.

korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in

We have to get kids off the internet and into musical theatre where they can get told “you’re not really an ingenue” and “maybe you’ll work when you’re 40” IN PERSON

Van Hollen Criticizes Democratic Leaders for Delay in Endorsing Mamdani

I really like Van Hollen. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...

Facebook post from the Charlie Kirk assassin's mom from Christmas of 2013: "almost forgot Tyler! He can totally avoid us now that he got all of the computer accessories he's been wanting." And a picture of her son on a laptop with headphones in

you could write an entire book about this post and I will for the right price

Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...