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So, in Canada but still jobless and unable to work until paperwork clears up so if you're rich and bored, just gonna drop this here:

ko-fi.com/crimsoncarmen

Actual question: It has been only 72 hours since the disastrous puppeteer/puppet show in Anchorage.

Has there yet been a background story on how, and by whom, this emergency intervention of *eight* big-time world leaders was pulled together, over a weekend?

ICE Is Nothing Like the Brownshirts,Because the Brownshirts Actually Identified Themselves Let’s get this out of the way: Immigration and Customs Enforcement is nothing like the Sturmabteilung, a.k.a. Hitler’s Brownshirts. Your main clue ...

Hey, remember a while back when I said that ICE was basically like Hitler's Brownshirts? Yeah, I no longer think that. You can read more about my change of mind in my SECOND McSWEENEY'S ARTICLE! Yeah, I also wish I wasn't so right about this, but here we are...

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ice...

Two men in fatigues with machine guns grabbing the shoulder and arms of a Black man in civilian clothing. Another man in fatigue with a machine gun is in the foreground of the man being restrained.

I’m always struck by the journalism that’s on Instagram that I don’t see here.

For example, this image of a protestor — a US citizen — being arrested by ICE today at a car wash in Los Angeles.

More details here:

www.instagram.com/p/DNgex-xyAX...

This is a man who literally doesn’t even know what a driver’s license is, because he’s never needed to know.

Great to know he’s never cooked a meal or cleaned a bathroom in his life, either, innit?

Can we please get every damned tree in or near Europe designated as a new member of NATO, stat?

just thinking about how sanitation workers have saved more lives in one single year than the police ever have in hundreds of years of existence and you don't hear them whining every day about not having the respect of the public

Nah, it’s Texas.

*this* is why it's so hard to find a damn job, the only companies hiring with a livable wage are fucking horrible like no i do not want to spend my days furthering this bullshit

a woman singing into a microphone with the word yes written on it ALT: a woman singing into a microphone with the word yes written on it

Excellent mashup work

I think it’s high time we take back the national narrative. For centuries Americans of all races, genders, religions, and abilities have worked to create a more perfect union, and we should shout from the rooftops that WE are America. Not these idiot white supremacist authoritarians.

I’ve never seen so many world leaders get the ick from the same damn man every time due to inappropriate comments.

Sandwich man posters next to Dupont circle metro stop

Outside Dupont north metro

new view of Mars, made from images taken by Perseverance

new view of Mars, made from images taken by Perseverance

"Amazing" is a grossly-overused word these days, but sometimes it's the only one to use, and this new view of Mars, made from images taken by Perseverance yesterday, definitely is amazing. I hope you all like it! (Please Share if you do!) Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/S Atkinson

A large Israeli crowd fills city streets and an open plaza during an outdoor protest in an urban area, surrounded by tall buildings and greenery.

A large Israeli crowd fills dozens of city streets lined with tall buildings during dusk in an urban area.

Massive protests have broken out in Israel calling for Neyanyahu to step down, a deal to return the hostages, and to end the Gaza genocide.

300,000 protested in Tel Aviv, 2.5 million gathered around the country. #3E #FreePalestine

Trumpism will not be defeated without getting our hair mussed
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As negotiations in #WashingtonDC approach, russia again show their vision of peace — in the only way they know.
#RussiaIsATerroristState

Do you have plans for physical publication of your work?

I love Terry Gross she is a top ten person

Spectacular idea

YouTube video by Jesse Welles Only Cowards Believe in Peace #nyc #subway #folk

Let’s talk about dead people:

WHY IS THAT SO HOT OH NO 🕊️

Goddamn this has been missing in any decent sound quality since Ceremony & Devotion, it’s just the best.

Mummy Dust will immediately murder us all once he’s got the good one from V cut, I know it.

Opinion: The Soldiers Are Asking Why — And So Should We - Davis Vanguard President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops and Marines in Los Angeles has resulted in low morale among the ranks and the misuse of federal power, as the troops are not being deployed to pro...

“Nearly everything he has done in his second term with respect to the military appears to have been done to ensure that no order he gives will ever be questioned again, no matter how cruel, abusive, or unconstitutional.” – Radley Balko

They did seem capable of thought, but nah. Challenge failed I guess.

164 years later, South Carolina finally occupies Washington.

When you are occupied by foreign powers and they attempt to erase your ethnic identity.

Your language, your dress, your food and even your name.

These Korean survivors tell us what they experienced as children under the horrors of war.

I’m so glad you’re still here. So many aren’t.

GEE IF ONLY COUNTLESS PEOPLE HAD SUFFERED AND DIED TERRIBLY UNTIL WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO STOP THAT BEFORE IF FUCKING ONLY SOMEONE WOULD HAVE ALREADY FUCKING DONE THIS AND NOT EVEN THAT LONG AGO

I dare you: