His name was Alex Pretti, he was 37. He was recording ICE, directing traffic, and helping up someone agents had shoved to the ground. They murdered him for it.
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His name was Alex Pretti, he was 37. He was recording ICE, directing traffic, and helping up someone agents had shoved to the ground. They murdered him for it.
24.01.2026 19:14 β π 1114 π 483 π¬ 6 π 3a picture of the herbal celestial seasonings tea bengal spice which has a tiger on it
celestial seasonings didn't have to go this hard! but they did! and I am grateful!
23.01.2026 21:55 β π 37 π 1 π¬ 4 π 0does anyone know of any documentaries or movies that prominently feature seals?
23.01.2026 21:18 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 12 π 0laughed so hard at this blog that my throat now hurts defector.com/let-the-reco...
23.01.2026 14:23 β π 36 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0yup, that lil stinker has taken up residence in my brain! classic barry
23.01.2026 15:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Some all-time Imbler blogging here in defense of an much-maligned critter (Γtzi the Ice-Man)
23.01.2026 14:41 β π 34 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0hahaha thank you asher!
23.01.2026 15:01 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0today I set the record straight !
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"A group of grown men in tactical gear, working under the auspices of the federal government, bum-rushed a kid in a bunny hat with a Spider-Man backpack on his way home"
read @justinellis.bsky.social on ICE's ambush of Liam Conejo Ramos
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loooove when technology happens to me without my consent
22.01.2026 19:52 β π 32 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0is there any way to turn off the AI overviews on gmail they keep misgendering me lol
22.01.2026 19:52 β π 34 π 0 π¬ 6 π 1chronicled the cow of the moment
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boys are so gross!!!!!!!
21.01.2026 20:39 β π 16 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0last night where I was standing with three beautiful woman each of whom was wearing a distinct and lovely perfume and we all took turns smelling everyone's perfume and then when it was my turn I asked if anyone wanted to smell my deodorant
21.01.2026 20:39 β π 29 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0stiff by mary roach!
21.01.2026 18:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0science! the book is stiff by mary roach
21.01.2026 18:54 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0yes!
21.01.2026 18:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0yep stiff! it was very funny with the context which alas the other STI clinic-goers were lacking. the receptionist nodded at me and said "I also love true crime podcasts"
21.01.2026 18:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0my screen froze and I couldn't turn it off so everyone got to hear about cadavars being exploded
21.01.2026 15:56 β π 33 π 0 π¬ 4 π 0amazing moment this morning when my audiobook about corpses started playing loudly at the STI clinic πββοΈ
21.01.2026 15:54 β π 64 π 1 π¬ 4 π 0phew!! π«Ά
21.01.2026 13:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0all I need is a word, ONE WORD, from you!
20.01.2026 19:07 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0there comes a time in every situationship where you must choose whether or not to reveal that you were on an improv team for eight years
20.01.2026 19:06 β π 41 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0haha thank you!
17.01.2026 05:43 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I wrote about the unlikely but very sweet bond between a scientist and a 30-year-old worm
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a fantastic blog & headline, by @girinathan.bsky.social
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wrote about how RFK Jr. has come up with cool new ways for us to die :))
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it is bad lol but each time it's happened it passes after a few months. i think i just like it when someone listens to me π
16.01.2026 16:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0wow bingo, and also I had crushes on both my ex-therapist and my current therapist (but left that out for sake of readability, and this is also clearly something I need to work on in therapy)
16.01.2026 15:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0a perfect @redford.bsky.social headline & blog
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