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a woman wearing a black and white striped shirt is standing in front of a closet ALT: a woman wearing a black and white striped shirt is standing in front of a closet

When a family member asks for proof to make sure you’re “not taking something out of context,” you send an introductory 10 videos of the exact quotes and articles with more quotes. The response: “well, I don’t agree with everything he says.” The cognitive dissonance is infuriating and painful.

There's no excuse for the Vice President of the United States to use a heinous killing as an occasion to baselessly frame political opponents as accomplices to murder while threatening to use the power of the government to attack them.

This dangerous rhetoric will only fan the flames.

All this fascism has been making me think about Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Lottery’ and how survival under fascism is merely a matter of not being picked, and contrary to what many believe, there is no way to game your life so that you are not in the running, and how prescient she was, and insightful.

(Reuters) - Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources ..

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The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--

Actually, yes, this and a fantastic set of encyclopedias

Finally have that terminal degree. Just in time for the NEA to be eliminated. Trump takeover of the Kennedy Center, and the strangulation of IDR plans as we jump neck-deep into fascism. 🎉🙃

Salt Lake City and Boise Adopt Official Pride Flags in Response to State Laws

Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho, adopted official Pride flags on Tuesday in response to state laws barring the display of any nonofficial flags at schools and government buildings.

HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.

The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.

The stock market is tanking so badly it almost feels like we are being governed by someone who went bankrupt six tim—

Oh.

This was wonderful. Thank you for sharing.

“Let them grow and raise the ingredients for cake in their own backyards”

can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.

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Little love

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“say drake,” 😁

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Kendrick Lamar has 22 Grammies and a damn Pulitzer if you don’t know who he is that’s a You problem

It makes my heart so happy when colleagues reach out for help in making their rehearsal spaces safer and more trauma-informed 😍

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You voted for Bondi. You’re going to make this more common and more dangerous.

When people complain that others “can’t take a joke,” I immediately know nothing they have ever said or will say could actually be considered funny.

Deep down I knew this, but in my head’s version of the utopia restroom, they felt inspired towards hygiene.