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"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." -- Jack Layton

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My least favorite part of being married is that because my spouse woke up too warm I’m now freezing because half the blankets are off the bed

16.02.2026 06:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Google with AI buttons

Google with AI buttons

Google without AI buttons

Google without AI buttons

I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more

github.com/Stevoisiak/S...

03.02.2026 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 18723    πŸ” 9333    πŸ’¬ 248    πŸ“Œ 166

From the court’s opinion today blocking Hegseth’s attempt to discipline Mark Kelly: β€œAs Bob Dylan once famously said, β€˜You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.’ Our retired vets deserve more respect from our govt, and our Constitution demands they receive it!”

12.02.2026 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3586    πŸ” 802    πŸ’¬ 87    πŸ“Œ 33
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Kansas City developers halt sale of warehouse for ICE detention center as public pressure mounts Federal officials first toured the building in January, sparking speculation over whether the owners had sold the building to the U.S. government. Media reports suggested the sale was part of a push t...

Look!

"News of a potential immigrant detention center in Kansas City sparked fierce public backlash over the past month. At rallies and protests, many people called on Platform Ventures to not sell the building to the federal government..."

And now:

www.kcur.org/news/2026-02...

12.02.2026 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4376    πŸ” 1362    πŸ’¬ 120    πŸ“Œ 92
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AOC on Susan Collins. Oof. #MEpolitics via @dabbs346.bsky.social

12.02.2026 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
A photo of gallup

A photo of gallup

Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...

11.02.2026 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3764    πŸ” 1394    πŸ’¬ 734    πŸ“Œ 1681

β€œIf all the names in the Epstein files are released then our entire system will collapse.”

Works for me.

10.02.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 20050    πŸ” 3722    πŸ’¬ 971    πŸ“Œ 565

fascinated by the adults on tiktok who have convinced themselves they were part of an 80s CIA program for gifted kids. one lady was like β€œdon’t you remember how the rooms were painted light brown and they smelled like stale coffee and cigarettes?” like…babe? that’s every room in the 1980s

09.02.2026 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4
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Byzantine Law Cambridge Core - European Studies - Byzantine Law

The book, Byzantine Law: The Law of the Eastern Roman Empire, by Daphne Penna, can be freely downloaded until February 14th - get it at www.cambridge.org/core/element... #Byzantine #LegalHistory

09.02.2026 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The FBI actively threatening Republicans in Congress saying that it will criminalize their staffers seems like something that should be front page news.

09.02.2026 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 845    πŸ” 219    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0

The Puerto-Rican-specific details in this thread about Bad Bunny’s performance are worth reading:

09.02.2026 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 470    πŸ” 119    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

🧡🧠πŸ₯°πŸ‘‡πŸ»

09.02.2026 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

God will not be mocked. Seattle wins and Trump's friend's team loses (teehee!) The Bad Bunny halftime show was iconic, and the only English spoken was by Lady Gaga. As Ice Cube used to say in the before times, today was a good day.

09.02.2026 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1879    πŸ” 167    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 7

america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be

09.02.2026 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 6646    πŸ” 1131    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 38

New York has a Muslim mayor; the Patriots are losing the Super Bowl. The Long 9/11 is finally coming to an end.

09.02.2026 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2496    πŸ” 458    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3
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the bushes were people πŸ˜‚

09.02.2026 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 15877    πŸ” 2810    πŸ’¬ 663    πŸ“Œ 1419

Rohan Nadkarni
@RohanNadkarni
This is incredibly cool β€” A source familiar with Bad Bunny’s performance tonight tells me that the couple in the halftime show got married for real.

They invited Bad Bunny to their wedding and in turn he invited them to get married during his performance.

Rohan Nadkarni @RohanNadkarni This is incredibly cool β€” A source familiar with Bad Bunny’s performance tonight tells me that the couple in the halftime show got married for real. They invited Bad Bunny to their wedding and in turn he invited them to get married during his performance.

Sports reporter with NBC News reporting that the couple in Bad Bunny’s halftime show got married for real

09.02.2026 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 8248    πŸ” 1325    πŸ’¬ 87    πŸ“Œ 139
A picture of bad bunny with the word love

A picture of bad bunny with the word love

Bad Bunny understood the assignment…

09.02.2026 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 40520    πŸ” 7456    πŸ’¬ 509    πŸ“Œ 268
Ricky Martin, Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, posing in halftime outfits outside a trailer.

Ricky Martin, Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, posing in halftime outfits outside a trailer.

This photo. πŸ₯Ή

09.02.2026 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2381    πŸ” 295    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 24

I maintain the Seattle Punter deserves MVP

09.02.2026 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1249    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 4

Using Mr. Rogers in a Super Bowl commercial for mortgages should result in prison time

09.02.2026 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 6825    πŸ” 993    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 46

I love that once a year we get one of our national poets to usher a stirring tribute to the pain and ecstasy of being American

09.02.2026 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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That halftime show is what people mean when they say "joy is an act of resistance."

09.02.2026 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5160    πŸ” 948    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 22

Amber Glenn, a queer Texan who started ice skating at the stonebriar mall in frisco at age 5, who plays magic the gathering, is an olympic gold medalist

08.02.2026 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6286    πŸ” 1437    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 61
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Dr. Mehmet Oz urges public to take the measles vaccine as U.S. cases rise β€œTake the vaccine, please,” saidΒ Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator. β€œWe have a solution for our problem.”

"Take the vaccine, please," said Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator whose boss has raised suspicion about the safety and importance of vaccines. "We have a solution for our problem."
https://to.pbs.org/4rYdvkn

08.02.2026 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 219    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 37
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Whistle Up 2: Rise of the Whistle Goblins | dansinker.com

Today the crew of weirdo printers that I call the whistle goblins passed A HALF MILLION whistles printed and shipped. I wrote about how we got there and how you can start printing whistles yourself. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...

08.02.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 900    πŸ” 286    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 27
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Why would you cut away from this, NBC

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Thus, rather than require such adjudications, the Department is changing its regulations to provide the Board more flexibility in reviewing appeals. Instead, for appeals taken from decisions issued after this IF becomes effective, as explained in
Section IV.A of this preamble, the default will be summary dismissal unless a majority of current Board members vote to consider the appeal on the merits. And such dismissals
will occur quicklyβ€”within 15 days of filing the appealβ€”allowing aliens to seek Federal court review expeditiously, rather than potentially waiting for years for a Board decision that in the vast majority of cases would affirm the underlying Immigration Judge
decision.

Thus, rather than require such adjudications, the Department is changing its regulations to provide the Board more flexibility in reviewing appeals. Instead, for appeals taken from decisions issued after this IF becomes effective, as explained in Section IV.A of this preamble, the default will be summary dismissal unless a majority of current Board members vote to consider the appeal on the merits. And such dismissals will occur quicklyβ€”within 15 days of filing the appealβ€”allowing aliens to seek Federal court review expeditiously, rather than potentially waiting for years for a Board decision that in the vast majority of cases would affirm the underlying Immigration Judge decision.

🚨HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after tomorrow unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case.

05.02.2026 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3014    πŸ” 1794    πŸ’¬ 101    πŸ“Œ 168

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