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Teacher. Music Lover. Animal Enthusiast. Mom. Book Nerd. Atheist. Texan. Pro-Democracy.

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"What have they done to our male pattern baldness? Immigrants denuded me!"

08.07.2025 00:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 189    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

07.07.2025 05:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

3. Corporations that publicly endorsed Trump's megabill:

3M
Altria
AT&T
Charter Communications
Chevron
Cisco
Comcast
Delta Airlines
Door Dash
Great Clips
Hair Cuttery
T-Mobile
Uber
United Airlines
UPS
Verizon

03.07.2025 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2379    ๐Ÿ” 1596    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 184    ๐Ÿ“Œ 229
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2. These are not companies that supported the bill by donating to the politicians that voted for it (although most did that too).

These are companies that endorsed the bill publicly and were featured on a White House webpage.

People should know the companies that made this choice.

03.07.2025 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 697    ๐Ÿ” 226    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

โ€œCry havoc, and let slip the dogs of warโ€.

-William Shakespeare

03.07.2025 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œResist much, obey little.
Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved,
Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever afterward resumes its liberty.โ€

~Walt Whitman

03.07.2025 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2910    ๐Ÿ” 1009    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 57    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38

I donโ€™t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make whatโ€™s happening now look like childโ€™s play. And people are disappearing.

03.07.2025 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 98540    ๐Ÿ” 38475    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4572    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2731

Thatโ€™s how you know theyโ€™re weak. Theyโ€™re a bunch of submissives with daddy issues. ๐Ÿคฃ

01.07.2025 06:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For a group of zealots obsessed with the birth rate, they sure are trying to kill everyone off in a hurry.

30.06.2025 02:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is this.. real? If so, our fucking empire deserves to fall.

29.06.2025 18:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Opinion | The progressive left means well, but they come across as painfully out of touch with reality. Here are some prescriptions for them that I jotted down in the charter gondola on the way to the Bezos wedding.

29.06.2025 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 842    ๐Ÿ” 101    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump is dismantling the systems that help us track hurricanes in about nine different ways right now

He's putting millions of people in danger for absolutely no good reason

29.06.2025 03:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 96    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a tweet from Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) stating: "The age of consent laws have become controversial, sparking debates on societal norms and legality. Visit the link below to watch the full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=igclSg...". Below the tweet text is a video still showing hands typing on a vintage typewriter, with an overlaid text reading: "The age of consent for sex is way too high." The timestamp at the bottom shows 9:09 PM ยท Jun 27, 2025, and 15K views.

Screenshot of a tweet from Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) stating: "The age of consent laws have become controversial, sparking debates on societal norms and legality. Visit the link below to watch the full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=igclSg...". Below the tweet text is a video still showing hands typing on a vintage typewriter, with an overlaid text reading: "The age of consent for sex is way too high." The timestamp at the bottom shows 9:09 PM ยท Jun 27, 2025, and 15K views.

Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer and close associate, Alan Dershowitz has thoughts on the age of consent.

28.06.2025 02:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1209    ๐Ÿ” 181    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 75    ๐Ÿ“Œ 41

I think we could all use a big distractionโ€”like an asteroid hurtling towards the planet

28.06.2025 04:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 102    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Every single picture of Peter Thiel makes him look like the guy in a zombie film who's hiding that he was bitten.

26.06.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12143    ๐Ÿ” 1734    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 589    ๐Ÿ“Œ 66
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The Death of the Student Essayโ€”and the Future of Cognition One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognitionโ€”and how to save ourselves.

Very worth reading. Bravo, @brianklaas.bsky.social.

"One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognitionโ€”and how to save ourselves."

25.06.2025 23:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

hey look on the bright side: maybe after the housing market collapses because fannie mae was handing out mortgages based on a person's $fartcoin holdings you'll be able to afford a house

25.06.2025 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 768    ๐Ÿ” 106    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

Take this as your sign to primary every appeasement-obsessed do-nothing motherfucker who looked at you sideways, gang.

25.06.2025 03:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2769    ๐Ÿ” 586    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What infuriates me most about *all of this* is the world they are creating my kids have to grow up in. This effed up dystopian, technocratic religious death cult surveillance state.

24.06.2025 23:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ Natural consequences.
Hey, if we have to live in this shit at least we can laugh at them. A well-deserved humiliation, LOL.

24.06.2025 23:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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METRO expands free neighborhood shuttle service to Houston’s Near Northside The "Community Connector" initiative launched as a pilot program in the Third Ward in 2023. It has since expanded to the Second Ward and the Heights along with the downtown area.

METRO's free, on-demand electric shuttle service has expanded to Houston's Near Northside neighborhood, with service there launching Monday.ย 

23.06.2025 22:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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That mealy mouthed, smarmy cockgoblin does nothing for the people of this state. Beto should have won, and probably would have if Texas didnโ€™t have voter suppression down to a science.

11.06.2025 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Itโ€™s going to be a shit show, especially where I am. Weโ€™ve had *countless โ€œ500 yearโ€ floods here in the last 10 years, and itโ€™s only getting worse. Abbott dgaf about anyone except oil billionaires, christian nationalists, and trumpโ€™s balls.

11.06.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump's America: we police the names of the drinks in small coffee shops and prosecute the owner if we don't like them.

11.06.2025 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 350    ๐Ÿ” 82    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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a man in a blue shirt sitting in front of a purple door ALT: a man in a blue shirt sitting in front of a purple door

She can gargle my metaphorical balls.

11.06.2025 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
 New York Times headline:

Democrats Enter Risky Political Terrain as Protests Grip California

New York Times headline: Democrats Enter Risky Political Terrain as Protests Grip California

As opposed to, for example, the motherfuckers that everyone are protesting.

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social

11.06.2025 07:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 291    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Heโ€™s obviously getting ready for Oktoberfest. Duh. ๐Ÿคฃ

11.06.2025 06:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What to expect next:

โ€“ Escalation framed as โ€œrestoring orderโ€
โ€“ Mass arrests under vague pretexts
โ€“ Targeting of protest organisers and journalists
โ€“ Expansion of emergency powers
โ€“ Demonisation of dissent as โ€œterrorismโ€

09.06.2025 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2509    ๐Ÿ” 858    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27
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Trump wants 20,000 troops to hunt, transport immigrants. Cost estimate: $3.6 billion The moves would shift the military from its mission of defending the nation against foreign adversaries toward policing its streets.

This is pure fascism and if people don't rise up to go stop this, democracy will be lost permanently.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

11.06.2025 01:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 856    ๐Ÿ” 255    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

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