Today in news that are so cliché that it hurts:
In a move that has been lauded by the mining sector but blasted by most environmental and social organizations as a disaster, Madagascar’s government has unblocked a major American-owned mining project in southern Madagascar.
18.12.2024 15:44 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
is it any worse than "i tried to find middle ground on denying people basic dignity as humans"?
01.11.2025 17:10 — 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
hillary should make the hard choice of enjoying permanent retirement
01.11.2025 17:07 — 👍 32 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
wow, are they ever mad in the comments. remembering that schadenfreude is sometimes still joy.
01.11.2025 16:19 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
at least indirectly. and we will continue to pay.
01.11.2025 16:08 — 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
the very opposite of not prohibiting the free exercise of religion.
thoughts with the captives and their families.
01.11.2025 16:06 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
would love a selfie, but my wife would kill me
01.11.2025 16:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
ty. in this case, the English word seems to serve better
01.11.2025 15:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering Lillie Harden, the woman who served Clinton for his photo op, then died at 59 of a stroke, unable to get healthcare
01.11.2025 15:39 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
LMAO 🤣 no, haven't heard that one. Как сказать "freak"?
01.11.2025 15:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
which?
01.11.2025 15:27 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
pretty sure if i wear the double headed romanov goose, it will burn through my flesh
01.11.2025 15:25 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
have never seen any school in US where float wouldn't have been carefully scrutinized by at least a teacher, probably an administrator
01.11.2025 15:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I just don’t understand a culture professional or otherwise that refuses to intervene when little green men are brutalizing people in an idyllic town on a beautiful fall day
01.11.2025 14:58 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
"Treehouse of Horror V"
Season 6 / Episode 6 (8:58)
OFF is frozen in the Colorado snow. Vague outlines of pine trees in the back
would post the quote here as a joke, but don't want to get banned for alt text
01.11.2025 14:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Everyone is yelling at Paul this morning since social media engineering is, uh. fraught. I encourage Bluesky devs to listen to the feedback but more importantly, please hire a communication lead so we can all get along better. So we don't have to yell at Paul.
01.11.2025 14:37 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
unban Link, and much torment will be gone. too bad you won't see this bit of good advice because of your algorithm.
has it even been a year since you promised five years before enshitification?
01.11.2025 14:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
If EPD had not blocked off the street to traffic Oakton at Ridge we would have been able to go to the scene and record/witness
They supported ICE/CBP
they prevented Evanston residents from responding to the scene
Evanstonians should be able to respond en masse without interference from EPD.
01.11.2025 14:46 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
now you've done it! i'm having one with my morning coffee. is this the bottom? screw it, i'll keep renting
01.11.2025 14:34 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
would be interesting to find what Beverly Hills residents give to right wing causes vs to actual charity
01.11.2025 14:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
General Chang: All we ask for is space... breathing room!
Kirk: Earth, Trump, 2025
Spock: I believe that quote was Hitler, Captain.
Kirk: I always get those two confused.
01.11.2025 13:39 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
the important thing is SOMEBODY made it!
01.11.2025 14:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
ah, explains it. gave up drinking but am still in financial distress because of chocoholism
01.11.2025 14:09 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
have stopped drinking that swill for my own French press long ago. where is my house, please? and why do i still have student loans?
01.11.2025 13:53 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
am also blaming the Ivies for the weird perception that college is Animal House
for most of us it was work at low wages because class schedules, living in poverty exhausted, but occasionally having a good time 'cause in my 20s
being a student should be paid work, like in Denmark
01.11.2025 13:28 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Substack’s “Nazi problem” won’t go away after push notification apology
Substack may be legitimizing neo-Nazis as “thought leaders,” researcher warns.
kind of ironic it's on a platform that promotes and profits from Nazis.
certainly, there are many reasons you have for using it, but hope you understand those of us that just can't.
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HE DID NOTHING WRONG!
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the only thing we know is from the few who have returned: they are being treated cruelly in facilities that should never have been used to hold humans.
01.11.2025 11:57 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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