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Senior at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I love TTRPGS, Music, Podcasts, Esports, and other various things! He/They

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kennedy is going to kill a lot of people

05.08.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 22380    πŸ” 5823    πŸ’¬ 722    πŸ“Œ 351
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When you strip away humanity

26.07.2025 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 19139    πŸ” 8030    πŸ’¬ 549    πŸ“Œ 957
Should ICE Agents Be Allowed to Wear Masks? It Depends Whom You Ask.
Los Angeles’s mayor said Sunday that masked immigration agents helped create a β€œreign of terror.” ICE’s director said agents could wear masks to β€œkeep them and their families safe.”

Should ICE Agents Be Allowed to Wear Masks? It Depends Whom You Ask. Los Angeles’s mayor said Sunday that masked immigration agents helped create a β€œreign of terror.” ICE’s director said agents could wear masks to β€œkeep them and their families safe.”

NY Times showing how to both sides the secret police abduction squads story

21.07.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 8580    πŸ” 1834    πŸ’¬ 416    πŸ“Œ 323

Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. β™₯️

Happy Independence Day πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

04.07.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 60003    πŸ” 9241    πŸ’¬ 1056    πŸ“Œ 241

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

03.07.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 102036    πŸ” 22315    πŸ’¬ 3667    πŸ“Œ 957
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Lisa Murkowski Slammed After Criticizing Massive Budget Bill She Just Voted For A coward and sell out.

Both a coward and sell out.

02.07.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 25407    πŸ” 5655    πŸ’¬ 1593    πŸ“Œ 434
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Ohio just passed it's budget that bans funding for MENTAL HEALTH therapy for all trans people in medicaid.

This is what eradication policies look like.

02.07.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1426    πŸ” 397    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 40
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Been saying this for years. Abolish the supreme court. Not reform it, abolish it. Lifetime appointments and a history of almost exclusively being used as a tool for radically curtailing the rights of people demonstrate it shouldnt exist.

29.06.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 12071    πŸ” 2134    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 49

Zohran Mamdani is saying things like β€œpoverty is a policy choice and politicians have a duty to their constituents to make their lives affordable” and it is making a lot of politicians very very scared that they may actually have to start doing some actual service in their public service jobs.

27.06.2025 10:27 β€” πŸ‘ 16793    πŸ” 4164    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 154

andrew cuomo is emblematic of everything people despise about the democratic party and zohran is everything people want in politics, he represents hope for a better world

25.06.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 9373    πŸ” 1190    πŸ’¬ 83    πŸ“Œ 25

They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.

If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.

24.06.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 41052    πŸ” 15126    πŸ’¬ 1661    πŸ“Œ 608

Truly horrified by this order in way that is deeper and darker than I have felt over many truly awful merits decisions.

24.06.2025 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4514    πŸ” 1218    πŸ’¬ 172    πŸ“Œ 58

More than 3 times as many Americans believe the Chupacabra either definitely or probably exists than wants war with Iran

23.06.2025 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2103    πŸ” 443    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 25
Screenshot of a tweet by J.K. Rowling replying to Mark Adam Harold. Mark's tweet asks, "How are you planning to police public toilets?" J.K. Rowling responds: "Quite easily, really. Decent men will stay out, as they always have, so we can assume all who don't are a threat, given their disregard for women's and girls' safety, privacy and dignity. Photographing, reporting and disseminating such men's images online will be a piece of cake." The tweet was posted at 10:51 PM on June 21, 2025, and has 216.9K views, 298 comments, 1.2K retweets, 10K likes, and 152 bookmarks.

Screenshot of a tweet by J.K. Rowling replying to Mark Adam Harold. Mark's tweet asks, "How are you planning to police public toilets?" J.K. Rowling responds: "Quite easily, really. Decent men will stay out, as they always have, so we can assume all who don't are a threat, given their disregard for women's and girls' safety, privacy and dignity. Photographing, reporting and disseminating such men's images online will be a piece of cake." The tweet was posted at 10:51 PM on June 21, 2025, and has 216.9K views, 298 comments, 1.2K retweets, 10K likes, and 152 bookmarks.

JK Rowling explicitly calls on her followers to engage in vigilante actions against people they suspect are trans in bathrooms.

This is incredibly dangerous and far more likely to result in violence against gender nonconforming cis women.

23.06.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4212    πŸ” 1037    πŸ’¬ 197    πŸ“Œ 170
meme-style image:

Top Text (over an explosion):
"CURRENTLY: LIFE IS A LOT"

Image Description:
A silly looking startled orange tabby cat with wide eyes, wearing a blue harness and green bow, stands in a field of crops. Behind the cat is a massive fiery explosion in the distance, symbolizing chaos or overwhelm.

Bottom Text (next to the cat):
β€œMe trying to keep it together while the world feels like it's falling apart, my personal life is a rollercoaster, and I’m also supposed to be practicing mindfulness and gratitude at the same time.”

meme-style image: Top Text (over an explosion): "CURRENTLY: LIFE IS A LOT" Image Description: A silly looking startled orange tabby cat with wide eyes, wearing a blue harness and green bow, stands in a field of crops. Behind the cat is a massive fiery explosion in the distance, symbolizing chaos or overwhelm. Bottom Text (next to the cat): β€œMe trying to keep it together while the world feels like it's falling apart, my personal life is a rollercoaster, and I’m also supposed to be practicing mindfulness and gratitude at the same time.”

22.06.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 230    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😑

22.06.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 54335    πŸ” 7709    πŸ’¬ 1611    πŸ“Œ 280

Without making any endorsements, it does seem like in a city of 8.5 million residents, it’s not too much to ask for the mayor to actually live in New York City.

21.06.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 15091    πŸ” 1969    πŸ’¬ 278    πŸ“Œ 67
a still of mahmoud khalil as he exited ice detention. he’s wearing a long sleeve khaki button up and a white and black keffiyeh wrapped around his neck. he’s got a big smile on his face and his fist raise in the air, defiant and proud.

a still of mahmoud khalil as he exited ice detention. he’s wearing a long sleeve khaki button up and a white and black keffiyeh wrapped around his neck. he’s got a big smile on his face and his fist raise in the air, defiant and proud.

Mahmoud Khalil is free.

21.06.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 29248    πŸ” 4402    πŸ’¬ 268    πŸ“Œ 241
Worlds Beyond Number: The Man in Black
YouTube video by Worlds Beyond Number Worlds Beyond Number: The Man in Black

Happy Friday!

We're so honored to present yet another incredible animatic by Danica Dickison: the introduction of the Man in Black!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVdq...

20.06.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 235    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 12
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One of the most beautiful pictures of Jupiter ever taken.

Credits: NASA

19.06.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 14973    πŸ” 2037    πŸ’¬ 252    πŸ“Œ 107

Juneteenth went uncelebrated by the White House. That alone says everything you need to know about this regime.

20.06.2025 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 35672    πŸ” 7647    πŸ’¬ 1033    πŸ“Œ 354
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LA DODGERS just now:

β€œThis morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled.”

Right on, Dodgers!
More of this, please.

19.06.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 36697    πŸ” 8125    πŸ’¬ 1181    πŸ“Œ 731
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me as soon as it goes above 78 degrees fahrenheit

18.06.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Federal agents handcuff and detain New York City mayoral candidate Brad Lander was taken into custody at an immigration court in Lower Manhattan.

Zohran Mamdani, who recently cross-endorsed with Lander, called for the comptroller’s immediate release. β€œThis is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice,” said Mamdani.

17.06.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 19990    πŸ” 5965    πŸ’¬ 651    πŸ“Œ 269
Juvenile Justice: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight Juvenile Justice: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Bravo to John Oliver and his team for this important segment. Let’s follow the research (and fund it) and the lived experiences of children who have been negatively impacted by the system to foster change. Children should be treated like children.

youtu.be/Pya-kt5M7uY

17.06.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A wombat undermined our house to build his burrow.

Nearly $50k in foundation repairs, plus $200 in chicken wire to keep him out.

Now he’s done the same thing to the shed, so $5k to build a new shed on the other side of the property.

Here he is, old Fat Bastard himself..

Edit: it’s wild how many people are suggesting we β€œget rid” him... Apart from it being very much illegal, the idea would just never even cross my mind. It’s his home too.

He’s now settled in his new burrow, and our house is wombat-proofed. The worst he does now is dig up my potatoes.

A wombat undermined our house to build his burrow. Nearly $50k in foundation repairs, plus $200 in chicken wire to keep him out. Now he’s done the same thing to the shed, so $5k to build a new shed on the other side of the property. Here he is, old Fat Bastard himself.. Edit: it’s wild how many people are suggesting we β€œget rid” him... Apart from it being very much illegal, the idea would just never even cross my mind. It’s his home too. He’s now settled in his new burrow, and our house is wombat-proofed. The worst he does now is dig up my potatoes.

There's a thread on AskReddit asking, "People who have had to drain their life’s savings on a single event, what happened?"

99% of the answers are depressing American stories about medical bills, 1% is an Australian who found a wombat burrowing under their house.

16.06.2025 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 12224    πŸ” 2538    πŸ’¬ 171    πŸ“Œ 125

A Democratic Mayor arrested.

A Democratic Congresswoman indicted.

A Democratic Senator tackled and detained.

A Democratic State Representative killed.

A Democratic State Representative in critical condition.

We can all see where this is going.

14.06.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 25310    πŸ” 9025    πŸ’¬ 674    πŸ“Œ 511

We’re deeply disappointed in much of the U.S. media. Grateful, however, to international journalists who are telling the truth.

09.06.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 30182    πŸ” 6151    πŸ’¬ 488    πŸ“Œ 201
Tweet from @RNCResearch that says:

IL Democrat Candidate for Congress @KatAbughazaleh says criminal illegal aliens should be on Medicaid.

This is the madness President Trump is trying to stop with the One, Big, Beautiful Bill.

Medicaid is for AMERICANS!

Tweet from @RNCResearch that says: IL Democrat Candidate for Congress @KatAbughazaleh says criminal illegal aliens should be on Medicaid. This is the madness President Trump is trying to stop with the One, Big, Beautiful Bill. Medicaid is for AMERICANS!

Your bill is going to cut coverage for 11 million Americans and it’ll still cost more than universal healthcare.

Healthcare is a human right, you absolute ghouls.

06.06.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 19315    πŸ” 3583    πŸ’¬ 549    πŸ“Œ 156

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