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Nazi punks fuck off!

Crowd at 'Punk Rock Bowling' concert kicks out guy wearing Nazi shirt πŸ–•

28.05.2025 04:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1205    πŸ” 305    πŸ’¬ 142    πŸ“Œ 72
Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first.

One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish.

Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points.

We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are.

Anelise Feldman
Freshman, Yarmouth High School
Yarmouth

Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first. One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish. Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points. We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are. Anelise Feldman Freshman, Yarmouth High School Yarmouth

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

16.05.2025 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 31735    πŸ” 10028    πŸ’¬ 360    πŸ“Œ 1014

Please share this with people in your life who care about social security!

06.03.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2492    πŸ” 1138    πŸ’¬ 131    πŸ“Œ 43
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Along with managing 2 million federal employees, making unilateral decisions about trillions in federal spending, running Tesla, running SpaceX, running X, running Xai, running Neurolink, and spending with his 14 kids, Musk will also provide "near instant" responses to the concerns of GOP Senators

06.03.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 928    πŸ” 225    πŸ’¬ 101    πŸ“Œ 40

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

05.03.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 97093    πŸ” 26838    πŸ’¬ 1547    πŸ“Œ 1264

My outie worked all weekend on my grant proposal.

24.02.2025 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here we go again.

19.02.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is what a cap on β€œindirect costs” through NIH grants will do. Going from >50% of grant total to 15% will change how your local university healthcare systems function everyday.

08.02.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 239    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3
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Left Organizing Is in Crisis. Philanthropy Is a Major Reason Why. Progressive philanthropy lacks good strategy, so too many of our organizations are hollowβ€”and that left us unable to prevent a second Trump term.

"We must grapple with the reality that the current models we have for philanthropy are not up to the task of incubating, developing and supporting strategy on the left."

on the list of serious election post-mortems, highly worth your time to read

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

23.01.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 910    πŸ” 243    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 41
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I am not too cool to say this made me laugh out loud when I parked here tonight.

15.01.2025 05:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1865    πŸ” 120    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 2
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Chair Stop-Motion πŸͺ‘πŸ’¨ Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days

10.01.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 32333    πŸ” 8530    πŸ’¬ 451    πŸ“Œ 409
Poster advertising a 2017 doctoral defense in the graduate group in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics:

Chris Bialas vs. The Committee
For the title of Ph.D.

At right, a masked wrestler holds a rolled degree and wears an academic mortar with tassle.

To his left it reads "Live! No holds barred."

The Design and Engineering of an Artificial Protein Magnetosensor.

University of Pennsylvania
Johnson Foundation Library
248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building
...12 & under get in free!

Admission includes the entire seat....but you'll only need the edge!

Poster advertising a 2017 doctoral defense in the graduate group in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics: Chris Bialas vs. The Committee For the title of Ph.D. At right, a masked wrestler holds a rolled degree and wears an academic mortar with tassle. To his left it reads "Live! No holds barred." The Design and Engineering of an Artificial Protein Magnetosensor. University of Pennsylvania Johnson Foundation Library 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building ...12 & under get in free! Admission includes the entire seat....but you'll only need the edge!

Sharing for the first time on here one of the greatest things ever created at the University of Pennsylvania

23.01.2024 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

Awesome to come down to a FG after the way the season went

10.01.2025 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

good time for this tweet

10.01.2025 03:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Relative to the other ND playoff / BCS games, this is the first time ND has been tied in the 2nd half.

10.01.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow nice drive. #irish #ND

10.01.2025 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Angeli

10.01.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Angelo might be a better option against PSU D

10.01.2025 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Irish getting pushed around both sides of the ball so far.

10.01.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
29.12.2024 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

It is remarkable that there are still people who believe that the reason hundreds of thousands of people have nowhere to live is that we haven’t made having nowhere to live unpleasant enough.

27.12.2024 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5556    πŸ” 1521    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 46
Adam Driver from Marriage Story saying β€œSleigh bells *ring* ARE YOU LISTENING”

Adam Driver from Marriage Story saying β€œSleigh bells *ring* ARE YOU LISTENING”

This popped up in my photo memories & I haven’t stopped laughing. Tremendous job to whoever originally made it.

13.12.2024 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Developed countries: healthcare expenditure vs. life expectancy

06.12.2024 05:32 β€” πŸ‘ 559    πŸ” 255    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 31
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02.12.2024 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5
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losing my mind

01.12.2024 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 17987    πŸ” 1628    πŸ’¬ 468    πŸ“Œ 207
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If you stop to watch one thing today, let this be it.

Sound on

29.11.2024 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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26.11.2024 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 723    πŸ” 201    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 23

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