it is not shameful to wear a respirator. frankly, it should be far more shameful to not take simple steps to prevent needless infection to community members. is keeping each other safe not the point?
30.01.2026 17:23 β π 122 π 28 π¬ 3 π 0
Bilbo asking ChatGPT whether he should keep the ring.
After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it?
You're absolutely right - you found it, it's been with you a long while, and it's only natural to feel fond of something that's served you so well, especially when someone like Gandalf suddenly seems to want it for himself.
donβt let chatgpt in the shire
30.01.2026 02:30 β π 288 π 55 π¬ 4 π 4
26.01.2026 07:47 β π 4081 π 1031 π¬ 18 π 24
we should take all their money. not joking. these guys are completely incompatible with democracy. thereβs no reason we have to tolerate them with any kind of power. take their money and give them a garbage route so they can be useful to society for the first time in their life. otherwise, prison
26.01.2026 02:05 β π 1294 π 214 π¬ 49 π 3
Because they are invested in the armed management of inequality, which policing was designed to do, and which continues to benefit them materially.
26.01.2026 04:02 β π 609 π 153 π¬ 9 π 1
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noemβs impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
25.01.2026 21:59 β π 41820 π 10741 π¬ 736 π 328
It doesnβt matter if Alex Pretti had a gun
Nonviolence is a double standard
I don't think it matters whether or not Alex Pretti had a gun www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
25.01.2026 17:02 β π 2868 π 480 π¬ 44 π 45
Liam Ramos. Five years old. Just starting to understand temporality, to read, to tell stories about the world around him.
The world should come to a screeching halt.
22.01.2026 17:01 β π 105 π 26 π¬ 2 π 8
There is going to come a time in your life when you are chatting with a guy, at a barbecue or something, a new coworker maybe, a dad at school drop off, and he tells you he used to be in ICE. Youβre going to need to spit on that guy
22.01.2026 02:27 β π 12967 π 3619 π¬ 255 π 112
If you're in central Texas & you have room to house a shelter dog in a spare room Friday - Mon/Tues, area shelters would love your help getting dogs out of outdoor kennels and into homes for a brief break. You don't have to do a lot with them, just let them decompress while we wait out the weather.
21.01.2026 07:21 β π 1957 π 1053 π¬ 4 π 0
βThe truth always lies somewhere in the middleβ has to be one of my least favorite phrases. Sometimes, one side is actually truthful and one side is actually malicious and lying!
19.01.2026 20:34 β π 6817 π 1147 π¬ 157 π 78
people will call you an ideological purist for saying this guy shouldn't be the next democratic presidential candidate
16.01.2026 19:46 β π 778 π 91 π¬ 22 π 4
Frame of comic by Alex Norris that says "oh no"
Democrats: we can't do anything about the gestapo, we need to stay focused on affordability.
Voters: OK, let's talk about your plan to tackle affordability.
Democrats:
16.01.2026 18:20 β π 17 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
this is very much not the core of the issue. we tolerate all sorts of biological advantages and disadvantages in sports. the real fundamental question here is: why is this one different than the others?
16.01.2026 18:06 β π 1780 π 276 π¬ 57 π 15
Blaming vaccines is easier because it feels like itβs something controllable. Covid is airborne and this is a much more concerning reality. There is no need to panic, we have the science to prevent. Problems can only be fixed however, when we are able to talk about them.
#TalkAboutCovid
16.01.2026 10:23 β π 77 π 24 π¬ 4 π 0
Please remember that if youβre too sick to protest, boycott or get engaged in the resistanceβ¦ itβs ok.
Everyone contributes in their own way.
Many disabled people canβt be boots on the ground but want to help any way they can.
Make events inclusive. Focus on accessibility.
Donβt leave us behind
16.01.2026 00:03 β π 216 π 63 π¬ 6 π 3
Itβs unmistakable how much the way institutions treat lying federal officials is the same way they treat lying abusers and predators. Even when they contradict themselves, admit to wrongdoing, and repeatedly undermine their own credibility, institutions support their side over their victims.
15.01.2026 05:14 β π 812 π 147 π¬ 11 π 2
I keep seeing people asking why the police aren't arresting ICE or protecting people from ICE and I desperately need you to understand that the police aren't protecting you from ICE because protecting YOU is not and never has been their function and that's why we need to defund them.
12.01.2026 16:34 β π 2949 π 925 π¬ 32 π 52
MTG on the Epstein scandalβ"elites doing horrible things and getting away with it"βmay have an egalitarian air about it, but only if you fail to read it alongside the rest of her conspiracism. She's talking about the Jews. She's always talking about the Jews. flaminghydra.com/marjorie-tay...
07.01.2026 03:26 β π 277 π 66 π¬ 3 π 1
HA HA WHOOPS WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE DEMS STRATEGY OF 'IF WE'RE ALWAYS IN POWER THE ROT IS OKAY' BACKFIRED
10.01.2026 16:24 β π 193 π 38 π¬ 2 π 0
norman rockwell speech meme
i think if we abolish ICE for murdering innocent people we should do the same for police
10.01.2026 19:25 β π 2392 π 369 π¬ 84 π 19
HBO documentary sheds light on Border Patrolβs now-defunct βshadow unitsβ
βAnastasio was tragically tortured, beaten, kicked, stomped, and killed by border agents,β said Guerrero. βUnfortunately, that was only the first part of the story, the second parβ¦
Apropos of absolutely nothing to do with the masked men with no visible agency insignia carrying crates of who knows what out of the shooter's house, but HBO just released an amazing documentary into DHS "shadow units" whose job was to destroy evidence of Border Patrol's crimes
09.01.2026 21:34 β π 4031 π 1583 π¬ 29 π 37
ICE, not content with murdering refugees and activists, is now doing their best to get utility workers killed.
09.01.2026 03:34 β π 332 π 108 π¬ 6 π 2
Abolish ICE and claw back their pension fund to pay some reparations.
09.01.2026 04:01 β π 640 π 87 π¬ 18 π 2
β¨ It's perfecty legal to refuse to hire forner CBP and ICE employees. Throw those resumes in the trash. β¨
09.01.2026 03:39 β π 2389 π 469 π¬ 23 π 11
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
07.01.2026 17:47 β π 15390 π 4600 π¬ 97 π 142
The FEDS drugged and shot Fred Hampton in bed.
Philly cops blew up a building in the 1980s and most people don't even know the MOVE bombing happened.
I think you're downplaying how normalized US death is.
06.01.2026 19:26 β π 3694 π 874 π¬ 70 π 32
With RFK Jr again further reducing access to vaccines, your regular reminder that now would be a good time to restart wearing a high quality mask regularly again for an added layer of protection from airborne diseases.
06.01.2026 06:07 β π 663 π 237 π¬ 10 π 6
Jon Merrill wears a blue suit and stands with a group of fans who are wearing various Pride-colored and Minnesota Wild shirts and jerseys. Merrill arranged for the fans to attend a game and met with them afterwards to celebrate a Pride event.
LGBTQ ally and current UFA Jon Merrill
06.01.2026 20:36 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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