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As Sara notes, this is just not limited to Idaho. Here in Massachusetts things are not quite as bad, but we are already preparing for a very lean budget with regard to services for disabled residents.

a baby harbor seal on the sand, their mother is hovering above them looking at them adorably

no this is what i want on my internet not all that other stuff 🦭 🦑

You should have chastised it for not having a bright enough paint job

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

Figure from Roosevelt high school

Have a very happy birthday

Even more insane is that most of them just get away with it.

Part of functional literacy is being able to understand, on your own, the concept that the writer is writing for a specific audience. That the thing has a specific context.

Like, an article about dog grooming is addressed to dog owners. It does not need to include cat grooming.

Few things make me sadder than coming across a school that has been closed. Once, kids were there starting their lives.

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14/10 #TransitDog too!

Down With USA

statue of liberty with a skeleton face

a couple of the murals outside the former US embassy in tehran

From the movie "the incredible melting man."

"Hail to the Chief" plays

There's a ton going on, but make time for this. It gets to the corruption behind all of this.

I will laugh so hard if, during the next rambling, spittle-soaked, nonsensical speeches, one of his arms falls off.

It's not a defense of Prohibition which of course failed spectacularly, but an important thing to contextualize historically for why the temperance movement was such a big deal was that people used to drink *insane* amounts of booze compared to what we'd regard as normal today.

for those of you who werent adults during iraq, its hard to overstate how much the media loves war porn. they salivate over pentagon spin briefings. they love stories about all the bombs and how supposedly infallible they are. they love the notion of the commander in chief, in the situation room etc

I can't say anything that won't get me kicked off of this site for a while, but damn this sucks.

who made this

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of February!

I know this question is far too innocent for this current world that we live in, but what the fuck? Why isn't this person in jail after posting all this evidence against himself?

What if there was a mindful way to steal people’s art, pollute Black neighborhoods, and raise everyone’s electric bill?

This is what makes the opposition to traffic calming so infuriating.

If we're going to force everyone to drive, it should at least be safe.

“Secretary Noem’s response to our letter claims that 241 of the 261 #DACA recipients arrested had ‘criminal histories,’” but “DACA recipients go through strict background checks every time they renew this protection,” senators said: www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

2024-2025 Literacy Statistics | National Literacy Institute Literacy Statisitics

Fun fact: 54% of US adults read below a 6th grade level.

You have to actively remember literally over half the US adult population is *unable to perceive subtext*

www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-li...

Nobody ever said a popular front would be fun

Meltdown in Gorton puts wind in the sails of Labour’s imm... Feeling vindicated by the Greens’ byelection win, MPs hope to force the home secretary to rethink her plans

now 80 labour mps are considering voting against the government's needlessly cruel immigration reforms

if you live in the uk, please contact your mp and ask them to do the same

observer.co.uk/news/politic...

Almost every single suburb is this.

Extremely this. And the leap from a having no domain knowledge to having some foundational concepts is so immense.