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I did know DARE doesn't work and does make more kids do more drugs, and I think I knew Daryl Gates was involved, but I definitely didn't know that Daryl Gates and the other pushers of DARE did know it doesn't work and does make more kids do more drugs before they started doing it and kept doing it

My memory of the DARE program in grade school was a cop coming in to talk to our 4th grade class, and got stumped writing the word “alcohol” on the blackboard. Like started writing it, paused to think, and then still spelled it wrong.

NY’s @GovKathyHochul: “All of a sudden this happens when they refuse to release the Epstein files. No one’s buying this… Texas, knock it off, and we ll knock it off. But we’re not gonna sit on the sidelines.”

I've had plenty of complaints about Hochul but whew dropping Epstein's name on Fox News is absolutely 100% something Democrats should be doing as often as possible.

CEO: AI has made your job obsolete

me: oh no, is your job is safe?

CEO: yes i make hard decisions that optimize the company’s productivity and profit

me: like firing me?

CEO: well, AI decided that

me: for free?

CEO: hm

the same administration screaming at universities about “merit” is also elevating unqualified hacks to critical positions, which makes you wonder about what they mean by “merit”

We literally don't know what humans are actually capable of doing with science, medicine & tech bc everything has to be an imperialist capitalism scam instead of IDK SHARING AND GROWING AND HEALING AND PLAYING TOGETHER AS A WHOLE FUCKING WORLD OR SOMETHING

True: @zohranmamdani lives in 1 unit of rent-stabilized housing.

Also true: Andrew Cuomo oversaw the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stabilized housing. And killed NYC’s program helping people move out of shelter.

Leaders must show moral clarity. Andrew, time to move out. 🧵
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Didn’t realize the Constitution was written on an Etch-A-Sketch.

Emiliano's: Agents left behind 'trail of destruction' | 16 people detained by ICE The restaurant posted on their social media platforms that federal agents "stormed our restaurant in a show of force that went far beyond anything reasonable or humane.

Emiliano’s restaurant posted that federal agents "stormed our restaurant…tore through our spaces, & left behind a trail of fear, confusion & destruction. Our kitchens were flipped. Our walk-ins emptied. Food trashed. Doors broken. Lives shattered."

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Al Jazeera says its correspondent Anas al-Sharif has been killed in Gaza, and Israel confirms it Broadcaster Al Jazeera says its correspondent Anas al-Sharif has been killed in Gaza City, and Israel’s military confirms it.

Broadcaster Al Jazeera says its correspondent Anas al-Sharif has been killed in Gaza City, and Israel’s military confirms it.

now i can post this video directly on here

Can someone please shed some light on which crimes lead to deportation and which ones pave the way for the presidency? I’m curious to understand the complexities of these processes. Thanks a bunch! 🤣🔄

OK, a few things on this absurdity:
1. The 2020 Census was conducted by the Trump administration.
2. The only systematic results of undercounts that the Census has acknowledged were undercounting communities of color in almost all states.

As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers.

Has your power bill gone up?

ChatGPT might be part of why.

apnews.com/article/elec...

why are OUR electric bills rising up for something fucking ChatGPT is doing.

Fuck AI, Fuck it right in the sun, i hate this fucking technology, it has been nothing but a detriment to nearly everyone for the past 3 years.

The bibliomancy exercise goes like this: Take a notebook and pen and go to a library, to the fiction stacks, poetry, autobiography, literary criticism, literary journals... maybe even choose a different genre for each selection. Ask, "What should I be writing about?" And for 60 minutes—set a timer even—wander the stacks, flipping open books at random. Pause before the shelf, and if you want it to be more like a Tarot card reading, close your eyes, reach out with your non-dominant hand and see if there’s a book that feels like it is pulling at you, maybe even warmer than the others. Flip it open and if you like, run your finger down the page, or, just read the two facing pages for a passage that speaks to you. Write it down along with the title and author, even the page number if you want to find it again. Do this 6 more times. Read the list of quotes and look for a common theme or themes. Write them down. Are there any images or ideas that repeat or images or ideas that speak to your own ideas? Is there even just a line you like particularly?

I love @alexanderchee.bsky.social's Bibliomancy assignment — such a great way to encourage exploration of the library, to help students appreciate the value of curiosity and magic of serendipity. I cld see this being ⭐ for first-year composition classes.

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What happens if you don’t do background checks or training for thousands of people and you give them all total authority?

ICE has been caught looting and destroying property at Pittsburgh restaurants. They even tried to break into the safes. They loaded food, supplies and equipment into vehicles

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You’re also allowed to live there if you’re a C.H.U.D.

As a Ham Tyler fan from back in the days of yore, I can fully relate to this sentiment.

It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday
The unholy thing shambles in
He’s too big for the chair sitting next to me
And he makes an unbearable din

Sing us a song, you’re the piano man
Your skin is a wooden facade
You’ve brass pedals for hands
And your hair’s copper strands
Give unbearable insult to god

I got a flu booster today and it made me reflect on the sense of national accomplishment I felt when I drove to a public facility, waited in my car until my number was called on an app, and got my first covid jab. It's fucked the right gets to erase what a moment of technological liberation that was

"Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened."

– Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945

Trump and his twisted crony Loomer hate our veterans and especially heroes. Anyone with courage or integrity is a threat to their power and they know it

mamdani: we should improve society somewhat cuomo: yet i am a hypocrite sex pest! curious!

cuomo's campaign strategy, from what i can tell

An update from us here at PBS 💙

Online Scams and Attacks in America Today 73% of U.S. adults have experienced some kind of online scam or attack, and these are common across age groups. Most get scam calls, texts and emails at least weekly.

Still, more than 7-in-10 U.S. adults have been a victim of an online scam or attack like credit card fraud, ransomware or online shopping scams. www.pewresearch.org/...

I think Democrats should offer voters a broadly defined anti-fraud platform. Yes, obviously, start with Trump’s influence peddling, but don’t stop there. Online fraud is massive, almost every phone call you get is a scam, and the solution has to be federal or it just won’t work.

Trump Is Building a Maximalist Government In a series of actions this week, the president sought to expand the government’s reach.

The New York Times uses the word “maximalist” because it’s afraid to use the word “dictatorship.”

How John Durham Buried Evidence He Had Been Doing the Work of Russian Spies ... and then Tulsi Gabbard Buried More - emptywheel There are a lot of pieces of evidence that Durham not only chased a Russian conspiracy theory to frame Hillary Clinton, but did so knowingly. Most telling is the way Durham obscured the timeline showi...

How John Durham Buried Evidence He Had Been Doing the Work of Russian Spies ... and then Tulsi Gabbard Buried More

www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/09/h...