Hank-n-Tank
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“Its just debasing yourself with bigotry to score points with people who don’t even like you to begin with," said a transgender woman in Austin: https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/transgender-texans-hinojosa-pronoun-ad/
September 14, 2026 at 7:15 PM
“Its just debasing yourself with bigotry to score points with people who don’t even like you to begin with," said a transgender woman in Austin: https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/transgender-texans-hinojosa-pronoun-ad/
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🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨
While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
September 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨
While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
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Any answer other than “who gives a shit, republicans are using a dozen kids playing JV volleyball as a distraction from looting the county and covering for elite pedophiles” is cowardly horseshit
Talarico: "I oppose trans athletes playing in girls' sports if it endangers safety or fairness"
September 9, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Any answer other than “who gives a shit, republicans are using a dozen kids playing JV volleyball as a distraction from looting the county and covering for elite pedophiles” is cowardly horseshit
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83,000 Flock cameras were used by Texas police to track down a woman they suspected of getting an abortion, but tell us again how they are being used to make our communities safer.
August 30, 2026 at 10:59 PM
83,000 Flock cameras were used by Texas police to track down a woman they suspected of getting an abortion, but tell us again how they are being used to make our communities safer.
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From @dylanbaddour.bsky.social at @insideclimatenews.org: On a single day last week, the city council in drought-stricken Corpus Christi voted to lift restrictions on watering lawns, and to suspend policies designed to protect local wetlands.
Corpus Christi Withholds Water to Wetlands While Lifting Restrictions on Lawns
Reservoirs have rebounded from critical levels, but an emergency order absolves the city of requirements to resume releasing water for the Nueces River Delta.
www.texasobserver.org
August 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
From @dylanbaddour.bsky.social at @insideclimatenews.org: On a single day last week, the city council in drought-stricken Corpus Christi voted to lift restrictions on watering lawns, and to suspend policies designed to protect local wetlands.
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Love a direct, to the point queen. Say it plainly and leave no space for bad-faith bullshit.
August 30, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Love a direct, to the point queen. Say it plainly and leave no space for bad-faith bullshit.
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Immigration authorities arrested Luis Manuel Aviles, a handyman with a work permit whose son was serving as a sailor on the carrier at the time.
When Luis Manuel Aviles was arrested by immigration authorities, (cont.)
www.huffpost.com/entry/uss-li...
When Luis Manuel Aviles was arrested by immigration authorities, (cont.)
www.huffpost.com/entry/uss-li...
He Waited For His Son To Return From The USS Lincoln. Then Border Patrol Arrested Him.
Immigration authorities arrested Luis Manuel Aviles, a handyman with a work permit whose son was serving as a sailor on the carrier at the time.
www.huffpost.com
August 23, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Immigration authorities arrested Luis Manuel Aviles, a handyman with a work permit whose son was serving as a sailor on the carrier at the time.
When Luis Manuel Aviles was arrested by immigration authorities, (cont.)
www.huffpost.com/entry/uss-li...
When Luis Manuel Aviles was arrested by immigration authorities, (cont.)
www.huffpost.com/entry/uss-li...
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“I fear for the day when a visitor's National Park experience is interrupted by being pulled over and held at gunpoint because a license plate reader misread their plate.”
The National Park Service Is Using Flock. Rangers Are Pissed
“I fear for the day when a visitor's National Park experience is interrupted by being pulled over and held at gunpoint because a license plate reader misread their plate.”
www.404media.co
August 18, 2026 at 1:30 PM
“I fear for the day when a visitor's National Park experience is interrupted by being pulled over and held at gunpoint because a license plate reader misread their plate.”
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We put a tracking device in a shipment of rare books acquired by an anonymous buyer. It ended up at an Amazon facility where the company scans books for training data and destroys them in the process: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
www.404media.co
August 17, 2026 at 1:18 PM
We put a tracking device in a shipment of rare books acquired by an anonymous buyer. It ended up at an Amazon facility where the company scans books for training data and destroys them in the process: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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It's honestly so crazy to me that we're facing a technological revolution that could displace millions of jobs in the middle of a housing affordability crisis and every day we talk about whether a trans woman is playing sports or if someone has a non-Anglo name.
August 13, 2026 at 6:11 AM
It's honestly so crazy to me that we're facing a technological revolution that could displace millions of jobs in the middle of a housing affordability crisis and every day we talk about whether a trans woman is playing sports or if someone has a non-Anglo name.
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It’s murder.
Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
(Published Dec. 2025)
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
(Published Dec. 2025)
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
August 13, 2026 at 10:10 AM
It’s murder.
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This summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City.
This was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night.
July 17, 2026 at 9:50 PM
This summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City.
This was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night.
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Oh no, France has the Trump curse on them now www.politico.com/live-updates...
French soccer team arrives in Dallas on an ICE deportation jet
Less than an hour after dropping off Les Bleus in Dallas, the plane departed for Texas to conduct another deportation flight to Mexico.
www.politico.com
July 14, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Oh no, France has the Trump curse on them now www.politico.com/live-updates...
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I am not very religious, but the idea of each person as "endowed with infinite worth" moves me to tears. So many people are being knocked out under this regime whom we can never get back.
James Talarico: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by ICE.
He wasn't their intended target. But he looked like their intended target.
Lorenzo was a child of God, endowed with infinite worth. His life was invaluable. His death was senseless. Our neighbor, our fellow Texan, deserves justice.
He wasn't their intended target. But he looked like their intended target.
Lorenzo was a child of God, endowed with infinite worth. His life was invaluable. His death was senseless. Our neighbor, our fellow Texan, deserves justice.
July 14, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I am not very religious, but the idea of each person as "endowed with infinite worth" moves me to tears. So many people are being knocked out under this regime whom we can never get back.
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Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, according to a new lawsuit.
Twenty-six former Meta employees are suing, accusing the company of using AI that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or workers who took medical leave in selecting people for layoffs.
Twenty-six former Meta employees are suing, accusing the company of using AI that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or workers who took medical leave in selecting people for layoffs.
Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, lawsuit claims
Twenty-six former employees of Meta Platforms have filed a lawsuit against the tech company, accusing it of using AI-powered software that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or who...
www.reuters.com
July 14, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, according to a new lawsuit.
Twenty-six former Meta employees are suing, accusing the company of using AI that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or workers who took medical leave in selecting people for layoffs.
Twenty-six former Meta employees are suing, accusing the company of using AI that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or workers who took medical leave in selecting people for layoffs.
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In Minnesota, girls sell lemonade on the street to help their sisters arrested by ICE. Stephen Miller’s goons are very much still here. Sign reads, “Please help us raise money for my sisters because they were arrested by ICE” & this has been confirmed by trusted community members.
July 11, 2026 at 8:26 PM
In Minnesota, girls sell lemonade on the street to help their sisters arrested by ICE. Stephen Miller’s goons are very much still here. Sign reads, “Please help us raise money for my sisters because they were arrested by ICE” & this has been confirmed by trusted community members.
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"'This is a tragedy,' Rep. Garcia said at the press conference. 'A family led by a man here thirty-five years with absolutely no criminal history. Remember Renée Good? Has ICE learned nothing from that experience?'" Nope.
He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was picking up a crew for a construction project when ICE shot him. It now claims he was the aggressor.
lnk.thebulwark.com
July 9, 2026 at 6:00 AM
"'This is a tragedy,' Rep. Garcia said at the press conference. 'A family led by a man here thirty-five years with absolutely no criminal history. Remember Renée Good? Has ICE learned nothing from that experience?'" Nope.
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Layoffs are a failure of leadership.
Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees
Most of the job losses are in Microsoft’s Xbox and commercial sales organizations.
www.theverge.com
July 6, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Layoffs are a failure of leadership.
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It’s important on Juneteenth to remain aware that we live in a country driven by various degrees of unjust human exploitation & our economy that we call American capitalism relies on legal loopholes that permit slavery & the threat of homelessness, which can be punished with enslavement, to function
A new Louisiana law could subject unhoused people to fines, jail time, or even unpaid labor if they are found sleeping outdoors.
The National Homelessness Law Center says it is “one of the cruelest anti-homeless bills in the country.” https://bit.ly/4ed9gNN
The National Homelessness Law Center says it is “one of the cruelest anti-homeless bills in the country.” https://bit.ly/4ed9gNN
In America’s Poorest State, Unhoused People May Soon Be Jailed
Unhoused residents warn a Louisiana bill punishes survival in a state already leading the nation in poverty and incarceration.
capitalbnews.org
June 19, 2026 at 5:10 PM
It’s important on Juneteenth to remain aware that we live in a country driven by various degrees of unjust human exploitation & our economy that we call American capitalism relies on legal loopholes that permit slavery & the threat of homelessness, which can be punished with enslavement, to function
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Hard for this team to be good vibes when this keeps happening
June 19, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Hard for this team to be good vibes when this keeps happening
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The footballer who scored for Iraq, Aymen Hussein, was detained for several hours by the US and almost denied entry
June 16, 2026 at 11:02 PM
The footballer who scored for Iraq, Aymen Hussein, was detained for several hours by the US and almost denied entry
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Some have argued that Elon Musk is a mass murderer for having terminated USAID. I examine this claim and conclude that if Hitler—who never personally killed anyone in his life—is a mass murderer, then so is Musk. Indeed, Musk is a mass murderer of world-historical proportions.
Is Elon Musk a Mass Murderer On Par with the Worst Dictators in History?
Yes, and this shouldn’t be controversial. He intentionally cut aid to the world’s poorest people. 1.6 million have already died and 14 million will die by 2030. (1,000 words)
www.realtimetechpocalypse.com
June 16, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Some have argued that Elon Musk is a mass murderer for having terminated USAID. I examine this claim and conclude that if Hitler—who never personally killed anyone in his life—is a mass murderer, then so is Musk. Indeed, Musk is a mass murderer of world-historical proportions.