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Um ok I went to check my privilege and it's gone. Everyone empty your pockets.

Trump Asked EPA Employees to Snitch on Colleagues Working on DEI Initiatives. They Declined. EPA staff didn’t use a tip line set up by the Trump administration to identify and assist in slashing programs focused on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.

“I’m not surprised that nobody turned in their colleagues,” a retired EPA worker said.

His former co-workers understood the importance of addressing pollution that disproportionately impacted communities of color, he added. “That’s part of the mission — it has been for decades."

When our daughter was 7, she invented the 'Kicktopus' and it is better than every single creature shown in this video.

A Reddit post from r/lgbt: Title, Why is "be gay, do crime" a thing? Body: Honestly I don't understand anything about this. Of all things why choose crime? That's like the one thing that is universally considered illegal. That's...

"the one thing universally considered to be illegal", fucking incredible

it's sunday night. devil those eggs

sinto que todos os problemas da minha saúde mental seriam resolvidos se eu pudesse tirar o cérebro da cabeça pra lavar com cif cremoso

SLC issues Record Event Report (RER) at May 9, 6:32 PM MDT ...RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR MAY 9TH... via IEMbot
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“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”

one thing the alcatraz tour does remarkably well is impress even on the mind of a 10 year old just how stupid reopening alcatraz would be

completely understand the distaste and lack of interest in the met gala, but I think it’s worthwhile to consider what statements the wealthy are comfortable making or not making, what they choose to do and who they collaborate with when given such a rare and ostentatious opportunity

My friends were talking about fighting and one says: I'd choke you til the life left you. You'd be gone in sixty seconds.

Me: Actually that's been vastly misrepresented in media. After someone is knocked out, it takes a good 3-4 minutes MORE strangulation for death...

But I'M the strange one?

"women arent interested in me" oh boo hoo that must be so hard for you. when i go outside roving packs of women try to rip me to pieces in a lustful frenzy. but yeah your thing sounds rough buddy

I don’t think enough men realize that “I want someone to clean up after me and cook for me and make my appointments and remember everything I need” isn’t just unappealing bc woke, it’s also deeply deeply unsexy to have to parent the person you’re having sex with.

Mexico City's tuition-free university to expand nationwide under new decree The president signed a decree to elevate the Rosario Castellanos University in Mexico City to a nationwide higher education institution starting next year.

America won’t even vote to make food a basic human right, yet Claudia Sheinbaum has declared that (higher) Education is a basic right for Mexicans. I love this for them.

When the Beastie Boys said "phone is ringing...oh my god"

I felt that

an under discussed aspect of the “birth rate decline panic” is that young people keep voting for politicians and agendas that never win in america and feel like the world is doomed, while older generations keep reiterating that doom cycle and forcing agendas on younger generations that fuck us

USA TODAY ••• Temu halts shipments from China to US, shifts to selling from American warehouses AMARIS ENCINAS, USA TODAY 4:15 pm EDT May. 5, 2025 Days after a key trade loophole closed, e-commerce platform Temu has overhauled its business model by halting shipments of Chinese-made goods to U.S. customers.

Temu has fallen

after extensive testing i can confirm the split into the Bad Timeline happened when we lost physical keyboards on our phones

yum

DEVASTATING: sleeping for ten hours is Good, Actually

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

a chart showing power generation data and price data for Spain's grid

a chart showing power generation data and price data for Spain's grid

a chart showing power generation data and price data for Spain's grid

a chart showing power generation data and price data for Spain's grid

One week on from Spain's blackout - and media outlets can talk about is solar power. So I decided to look into Spain's nuclear fleet, and discovered that in April, it was operating at its lowest levels in ten years

Why? Here's a hefty piece digging into that, for you:

ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/05/w...

im listening to the classical music radio station on my new mp3 player

Another State Restricts Life Sentences for Young Adults - Bolts Michigan’s supreme court created new protections against life sentences for people up to 20, pushing the line for who gets second chances beyond age 18.

NEW: In a landmark ruling, Michigan's supreme court has struck down mandatory life without parole sentences for youth up to age 21.

What this means: Nearly 600 Michiganders who expected to die in prison will now get a shot at a different outcome.

I took a few days to write about what's next:

True facts are true

Trump swings budget ax at USGS biology research Plan to eliminate $307 million ecosystem program could face obstacles in Congress

For nearly 15 years the US Dept of Interior's Climate Adaptation* Science Centers have supported hundreds of scientists studying how ecosystems respond to climate change & pollution, invasive species, sustainable wildlife & wild lands management, and more.

Now the admin wants to cancel them all.

important lesson in talking to fox news ass bitches: when they say "let me finish" you can just say no. interrupt them. we are past the point of rudeness mattering and people believe the first thing they hear unless it is immediately corrected