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Oktoberfest at the Public Market is this Friday!

Join us 5-9 p.m. at the City of Rochester Public Market for the 3rd-annual Oktoberfest — a free, family-friendly celebration of autumn, German culture, food, music & more!

Learn more: cityofrochester.gov/oktoberfest

Anecdotally, I know someone who has been instructed to leave their buildings flag down until Sunday now, when originally it was just supposed to be today

20, but I finally have a decoration in each spot!

Neutral Good

50 Years of the Pride Picnic: Why Rochester celebrates Pride in July In Rochester, Pride events don't start happening until July. The reason goes back to the gay liberation movement's origins in the city.

Rochester Pride has always been July. I’m not totally sure why, found a D&C article but it’s behind a paywall www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/n...

pls tell me you have a secret alt with some rujinu fics, I promise I’ll gatekeep it so hard

Dang I will be out of town. Are there more of these throughout the year?

a chain of smaller, convenience store sized wegmans called Wegboys

I think they know full well that they’re to blame, and that this was the goal all along, to privatize it once it “fails”

well my heart rate is over 100 now but I did it 😬

The Washington Post and LA Times editorial pages have gone full MAGA, MSNBC has purged all of its anti-Trump anchors, and Twitter is owned by a literal Nazi. Here's why liberal media bias is still a problem.

'No Amazon, no Walmart, no fast food': What's behind the 'Feb. 28 economic blackout' The People's Union USA, a self-described “grassroots movement” founded by John Schwarz, is encouraging Americans to refrain from making non-essential purchases on Friday.

Let’s go www.yahoo.com/news/no-amaz...

Can’t in good conscience keep following @washingtonpost.com at this point 😞

A goose, it says "I think I will cause problems on purpose."

The Project for Awesome is a very fun and silly but also important event that raises millions of dollars for global health and other charities voted on by YOU. It has just begun. Please join us at ProjectforAwesome.com/live

Happy Valentine's Day, Rochester!

Today, we celebrate the love that makes our city special — love for our neighbors, our communities, and the vibrant spirit of the Flower City.

Thank you!!🙏

The 2025 Project for Awesome, which doesn't actually start until tomorrow, has already raised nearly $500,000 for organizations like Partners in Health and Save the Children. Pretty awesome! projectforawesome.com

I actually hate the "lol the giant asteroid will deliver us from this suffering" jokes.

Are there any other people in the progressive movement who think that humans are actually fucking amazing?

Feels like there’s more world suck to decrease rn 😔

Lily James saying “b-a-b-y baby” is a common earworm for me

Judge orders restoration of federal health websites The pages that are set to be revived include information for patients about HIV testing and HIV prevention medication, guidance on contraceptives and data on adolescent and youth mental health.

The pages that are set to be revived include information for patients about HIV testing and HIV prevention medication, guidance on contraceptives and data on adolescent and youth mental health.

I don’t think it’s a good stance either, but people’s responses were so extreme I wondered if I was missing something about Jelly Roll himself

ITT people straight up calling JR a fascist. all I can find is that he was happy to meet Trump, and gave the cop out “I’m not political”. is there more to this than that?

Democratic senators say they have 'grave concerns' over RFK Jr.'s potential financial conflicts Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden called on the HHS nominee to vow to recuse himself from certain decisions and promise not to profit from health litigation after leaving the post.

NEW via @nbcnews.com: RFK Jr. is refusing to divest his family's interest in an anti-vaccine lawsuit. Ranking Member Wyden is calling on RFK Jr. to recuse himself from vaccine lawsuits as long as those conflicts remain www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.

The actual number is less than 1%.

Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.

We have reached new levels of madness when an unelected, non senate-confirmed private citizen is overseeing an effort to overhaul or possibly end a congresionally mandated arm of our government.
This is real trouble for the separation of powers, and with it, our basic democratic institutions.

USAID security officials on leave after refusing access to Musk allies Billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk has been denigrating USAID, which is the world’s largest provider of food assistance.

Breaking news: The White House has removed two top security officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development, the world’s largest provider of food assistance, after they refused to let representatives of Elon Musk access restricted spaces.

We’re worried about an unelected billionaire essentially staging a coup as we type…