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High aerial shot of the Oct 18 No Kings protest in Pittsburgh. A crowd of thousands can be seen filling the street and parking lotoutside the City-County Building in downtown Pittsburgh.

Not bad for a city of 300K. I was glad to be there, and glad that one of my teens wanted to come. No matter how this ugly chapter of US history gets, I want my children to know that I stood up for what is right. #Pittsburgh #NoKings #TrumpIsAJagoff

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia may have been charged because of Trump administration’s vindictiveness, judge finds | CNN Politics A federal judge says he believes the immigrant defendant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom the administration wrongly sent to El Salvador, may have been targeted with a criminal charge by the Justice Departm...

No fucking shit...

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Treasury weighs minting $1 coin with Trump's face for U.S. 250th anniversary U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach confirmed in a social media post that the draft coin depicting Trump is real. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shared Beach's post.

Can you imagine the outrage from Republicans if Obama had done this in 2013? I'd bet that even the Dems would have been scratching their heads thinking this is dumb. For Trump it's just another insane headline normalized by all the other even more insane headlines. 🙄

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Simply put, LGBTQ kids are not safe in the church, and it's about to get worse.

Oh boy, and now that Nelson is dead, his replacement (the guy who has repeatedly given horrible anti-lgbt talks, who presided over electroshock torture of gay people, who spearheaded anti-lgbt rights legislation like prop 8) will be awful and will undoubtedly do even more of this shit.

The brief in question in case you want to vomit a little: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

The #Mormon church just filed a transphobic amicus brief arguing that making transgender a protected class would chill religious freedom. My thoughts? If you don't want to be thought of as bigots, don't be so fucking bigoted. Shit like this is exactly why I'm proud to be #exmormon.

YouTube video by Good Morning America President Trump and RFK Jr. make announcement on autism, Tylenol, and vaccines

What the actual fuck? I'm so embarrassed for my country.

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In Gaza, money is falling apart : Planet Money Israel has been blocking the flow of physical money into Gaza since the start of the war. So whatever paper cash was in Gaza before the war, that’s all that’s been circulating. It's falling apart from...

I was not prepared for this episode on my commute this morning. This is so fucked up. I for one will be finding a way to donate.

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YouTube video by Sony Pictures Animation “Takedown” Official Lyric Video feat. Jeongyeon, Jihyo and Chaeyoung from TWICE | KPop Demon Hunters

It's annoying how good the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack is. Someone at work noticed my foot tapping to the beat, asked what I was listening to, and I had to fess up. 😂

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When I die, I hope that when people describe what I did and said, other folks won't jump in and say they're speaking ill of the dead. Let it be stuff like "weirdly obsessed with birds" or "had an odd sense of humor" and not "espoused views so vile they can't be quoted in print media."

I just heard someone unironically refer to a non-ebike as an "acoustic bike" and I'm not okay. 🥴

We Must Not Posthumously Sanitize Charlie Kirk's Hateful Life Influential anti-LGBTQ+ activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday. While condemning violence is something most can get behind, sanitization of his hate has gone too far.

There has been a rush among centrists like Gavin Newsom and Ezra Klein to brush over the hateful life of Charlie Kirk and valorize the man.

Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.

We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.

My latest piece.

Brazil's Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years after landmark coup plot conviction Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced on Thursday to 27 years and three months in prison hours after being convicted of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, dealing a powerful rebuke to one of the world's most prominent far-right populist leaders.

Oh! Now do the same for America!

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Spotify's AI DJ just told me it was "proud" of my listening preferences. What does that even mean??

A tufted titmouse perched on a branch, partially obscured behind a large green leaf. The titmouse has a cream colored belly, with rusty highlights on its flanks, with grey wings and tail, with a black patch above its short black bill.

A tufted titmouse playing peekaboo. Very cute. #birds 🪶

Because of travel and other stuff I haven't been on the bike in a month and a half. It's astounding how much atrophies in such a short time. My legs are jello! 😵

Tesla offers mammoth $1 trillion pay package to Musk, sets lofty targets Tesla's board has proposed a $1 trillion compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk in what would be the largest corporate pay package in history, underscoring the hold Musk has over the carmaker as it attempts to transform into an AI and robotics powerhouse.

If this guy can ask for $1 trillion, can the rest of us get something that just keeps up with inflation? Probably not, because we're in the second gilded age. 🙄

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RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check.

In 1965:

-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.

-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.

-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.

YouTube video by UAW Solidarity is the weapon bosses fear the most

Solidarity is the weapon bosses fear the most

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Comfort those that stand in need of comfort? Naw, that's some liberal bullshit there. At BYU we further victimize the victim! It's what Jesus would do, right? 🤡

The CEO of my company made 100x more in a year than I hope to save up over my entire career, and yet he treats us (the people who made him rich) like we're expendable commodities rather than like people. This is why we need unions. #SolidarityForever #UnionStrong #LaborDay

A Common Kingfisher perched on the exposed roots of a tree overlooking the banks of a lake. The kingfisher is a small bird with vibrant teal upperparts and bright orange underparts.

This isn't the greatest shot of a kingfisher ever, but I love kingfishers, and this was my one chance to see one and I got the shot! Taken two weeks ago on the shore of Lac Inferieur while exploring the Bois de Boulogne in Paris #birds 🪶

Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.

This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.

Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.

Here, fixed it.

CWA President Claude Cummings Jr. addressed the 80th CWA Convention this week!

When we fight, we win!

Watch the full speech at: cwa.org/80conventionremarks

Absolutely amazing shot!

Union vote at battery plant is a fight for all Kentucky workers • Kentucky Lantern A union vote this month at the Ford Blue Oval SK plant is an opportunity for every working-class Kentuckian across the state.

"Blue Oval SK workers' campaign to join the UAW is about winning safe working conditions, a voice on the job, and affordable health care. But the vote is also a huge opportunity for every working-class Kentuckian across the state." @kentuckylantern.com

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This is in fact, 100% completely factually true. It's a wonder how far technology has come.

What. The. Fuck.