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in 2012 i said i wasn't sure what was going to happen when GOP bullshit with guns and climate change kept running into the hard wall of reality, and i was 22 so i didn't realize the answer was "fascism", but it was. so thank god they're also almost unbelievably stupid, worst anyone's ever done it
Republicans have been gleefully marching directly toward this woodchipper for many years now, and they've been happy to do it because the woodchipper has always been kind of far away. Now it's actually just a few weeks away and everyone's having mixed feelings about it lol
September 23, 2026 at 3:16 PM
in 2012 i said i wasn't sure what was going to happen when GOP bullshit with guns and climate change kept running into the hard wall of reality, and i was 22 so i didn't realize the answer was "fascism", but it was. so thank god they're also almost unbelievably stupid, worst anyone's ever done it
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For the 1039 at Camp As Sayliyah, and the others stuck in Afghanistan who believed the promises made by our government, I'd like you to send your Congressfolk a message that we are still a nation of immigrants. You can message them through this Afghan Evac page.
Count Them In — #AfghanEvac
afghanevac.org
September 23, 2026 at 12:53 AM
For the 1039 at Camp As Sayliyah, and the others stuck in Afghanistan who believed the promises made by our government, I'd like you to send your Congressfolk a message that we are still a nation of immigrants. You can message them through this Afghan Evac page.
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I work with Afghan immigrants in Virginia. Thousands were promised visa, vetted, and ready to come to America after our military pulled out and the Taliban retook the country. The Trump administration ended this last year. This includes the 1039 Afghans stuck at Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar.
September 23, 2026 at 12:37 AM
I work with Afghan immigrants in Virginia. Thousands were promised visa, vetted, and ready to come to America after our military pulled out and the Taliban retook the country. The Trump administration ended this last year. This includes the 1039 Afghans stuck at Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar.
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This is how we did it in 2005 baybee
Until then, a hot tip from the 90's:
Build a bookmark list called "webcomics"
Order them by when they update in the week (drag and drop)
Read down the list thru week. Add to the list as you find new comics.
Can confirm, as a person who struggles with exective disfunction, this is easiest way XD
Build a bookmark list called "webcomics"
Order them by when they update in the week (drag and drop)
Read down the list thru week. Add to the list as you find new comics.
Can confirm, as a person who struggles with exective disfunction, this is easiest way XD
September 23, 2026 at 2:15 AM
This is how we did it in 2005 baybee
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There's a certain sort of abuser who figures out quickly that they can relentlessly attack other generally well-meaning leftist/punk/DIY folks, because they not only won't hit back, they'll think it's their responsibility to keep taking it. Extremely destructive to a community if left unchecked
hilarious and insane article. full of the sorts of people you meet all the time in left activism, who combine neuroticism and narcissism to bring down any institution they're allowed into.
A Western Mass. lesbian bar required KN-95 masks. When it changed the rules, all hell broke loose. - The Boston Globe
Last Ditch Bar in Greenfield wanted to build community. They got a firestorm instead.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 23, 2026 at 2:21 AM
There's a certain sort of abuser who figures out quickly that they can relentlessly attack other generally well-meaning leftist/punk/DIY folks, because they not only won't hit back, they'll think it's their responsibility to keep taking it. Extremely destructive to a community if left unchecked
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Monopoly is crazy like what do you mean my landlord is a thimble?
September 23, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Monopoly is crazy like what do you mean my landlord is a thimble?
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DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history.
This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
September 22, 2026 at 6:46 PM
DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history.
This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
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Any momentum on this would be appreciated! Help get a butch trans woman to safety and stability!
Hey all, I didn't want it to come to this, but I unfortunately had to leave Seattle and move back in with my parents, which is overall not a safe or welcoming place for me, and there are even fewer opportunities here. There is a safer place I can get to, but I need help.
gofund.me/d02f2dada
gofund.me/d02f2dada
Donate to Help Morgan Leave an Unsafe Home and Find Stability, organized by Morgan Knight
Hi. My name is Morgan, and I'm a trans woman facing a hostile home… Morgan Knight needs your support for Help Morgan Leave an Unsafe Home and Find Stability
gofund.me
September 22, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Any momentum on this would be appreciated! Help get a butch trans woman to safety and stability!
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god this is the most consultant-brained shit I can imagine it's so unnecessarily hurtful
Blake Gendebien, who is running for Elise Stefanik's seat in #NY21, runs an ad saying "Boys shouldn't play on girl's sports teams. The thing is, in 20 years raising a family here, I haven't heard this issue come up, not once."
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Keeping Kids Safe
Gendebien for NY CD-21 started airing this Contrast ad about Constantino for NY CD-21 on 09/15/26 in the NY CD-21 2026 General election.
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September 22, 2026 at 3:47 PM
god this is the most consultant-brained shit I can imagine it's so unnecessarily hurtful
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vacant lot remediation is one of the most robust evidence-based interventions for community violence and neighborhood wellbeing that we know of. like UBI, it works literally everywhere it's implemented
one thing worth saying about the disorder Mandani discourse is that it matters what you're using "disorder" as evidence of. here's some public health research using "broken windows" as an indication of "need for public investment" i.e. fixing the windows
penntoday.upenn.edu/news/Penn-Co...
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Abandoned house repairs reduced nearby gun violence | Penn Today
Installing working windows and doors, cleaning trash, and weeding at abandoned houses led to safety improvements and should be considered in efforts to create healthy communities, according to researc...
penntoday.upenn.edu
September 22, 2026 at 3:06 PM
vacant lot remediation is one of the most robust evidence-based interventions for community violence and neighborhood wellbeing that we know of. like UBI, it works literally everywhere it's implemented
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Watch this, white and nonblack, nonwhite people alike:
Joshua Doss on the absurdity of the being Black in America
IG @doss.discourse
IG @doss.discourse
September 22, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Watch this, white and nonblack, nonwhite people alike:
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anecdotally, a sign that our culture is fucking regressing on gender is that multiple nonbinary people I've interviewed are telling me to misgender them because they're on the job market and they fear discrimination
September 22, 2026 at 12:20 PM
anecdotally, a sign that our culture is fucking regressing on gender is that multiple nonbinary people I've interviewed are telling me to misgender them because they're on the job market and they fear discrimination
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Apparently episode one was first broadcast on the BBC 50 years ago today.
Still one of the most remarkable television dramas ever. I Claudius
Still one of the most remarkable television dramas ever. I Claudius
September 22, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Apparently episode one was first broadcast on the BBC 50 years ago today.
Still one of the most remarkable television dramas ever. I Claudius
Still one of the most remarkable television dramas ever. I Claudius
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gearing up to get another book ready to send into the world right now and i just wanted to take a second to say that you should get your hands on a copy of SIMPLICITY if you like anything i've ever made. i'm still so immensely proud of it.
and while I'm on the subject of books that deserved to be a massive sensation, I still think @mattielubchansky.com's Simplicity is the great book of the regrettably ongoing moment we're living through and besides that it's beautiful and funny and somehow genuinely hopeful
September 22, 2026 at 1:52 PM
gearing up to get another book ready to send into the world right now and i just wanted to take a second to say that you should get your hands on a copy of SIMPLICITY if you like anything i've ever made. i'm still so immensely proud of it.
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It'd be great if Bluesky posted a monthly count of the number of law enforcement requests it receives to unmask accounts.
A federal grand jury indicted a Tennessee Bluesky user for allegedly threatening ICE agents. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 22, 2026 at 2:13 PM
It'd be great if Bluesky posted a monthly count of the number of law enforcement requests it receives to unmask accounts.
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The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount
The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.
www.wsj.com
September 21, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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The rogue Waymo that drove through a farmers market in Denver is a reminder that Colorado has no laws to issue citations for driverless vehicles and their actions.
September 22, 2026 at 1:19 AM
The rogue Waymo that drove through a farmers market in Denver is a reminder that Colorado has no laws to issue citations for driverless vehicles and their actions.
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the TL:DR version of the big medical news:
The brain you think with has nothing to do with the organ that makes your heart and lungs go, it is just sitting next to the guy that does.
The brain you think with has nothing to do with the organ that makes your heart and lungs go, it is just sitting next to the guy that does.
September 22, 2026 at 12:44 AM
the TL:DR version of the big medical news:
The brain you think with has nothing to do with the organ that makes your heart and lungs go, it is just sitting next to the guy that does.
The brain you think with has nothing to do with the organ that makes your heart and lungs go, it is just sitting next to the guy that does.
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REPUBLICANS: We will kill you and your children
DEMOCRATS: We don't know how to run against this
REPUBLICANS: We will kill five specific children for being gay at sports. This is the biggest problem we face today
DEMS: They make good points, we must kill these children
BOTH: And Gaza obviously
DEMOCRATS: We don't know how to run against this
REPUBLICANS: We will kill five specific children for being gay at sports. This is the biggest problem we face today
DEMS: They make good points, we must kill these children
BOTH: And Gaza obviously
September 20, 2026 at 11:53 PM
REPUBLICANS: We will kill you and your children
DEMOCRATS: We don't know how to run against this
REPUBLICANS: We will kill five specific children for being gay at sports. This is the biggest problem we face today
DEMS: They make good points, we must kill these children
BOTH: And Gaza obviously
DEMOCRATS: We don't know how to run against this
REPUBLICANS: We will kill five specific children for being gay at sports. This is the biggest problem we face today
DEMS: They make good points, we must kill these children
BOTH: And Gaza obviously
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Erika Ishii has committed the unthinkable crimes of being unflinchingly and joyously themselves and of having success in the video game space. These crimes against humanity are why every righteous online chode chud ceaselessly harasses them.
September 21, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Erika Ishii has committed the unthinkable crimes of being unflinchingly and joyously themselves and of having success in the video game space. These crimes against humanity are why every righteous online chode chud ceaselessly harasses them.
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I say this as someone who for years got into ridiculous fights on the internet, sought out pointless conflict, and got into trouble for it: mass harassment only makes the target's behavior and health worse. It achieves literally nothing else.
September 21, 2026 at 9:47 PM
I say this as someone who for years got into ridiculous fights on the internet, sought out pointless conflict, and got into trouble for it: mass harassment only makes the target's behavior and health worse. It achieves literally nothing else.
Almost none of the people claiming to be “native” New Yorkers are themselves Native and as a transplant from the mountain west it is shocking how surprised people born here are when you remind them that Broadway was once a Native trade route.
September 21, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Almost none of the people claiming to be “native” New Yorkers are themselves Native and as a transplant from the mountain west it is shocking how surprised people born here are when you remind them that Broadway was once a Native trade route.
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ngl I was stunned by this article's cite to a study showing that 5.4 million children & teens in the US have family caregiving responsibilities
@jessicacalarco.com has done lotsa interesting work on how the US uses women in lieu of a social safety net but I had no idea how much labor falls on..kids
@jessicacalarco.com has done lotsa interesting work on how the US uses women in lieu of a social safety net but I had no idea how much labor falls on..kids
“Although Black and Hispanic teen girls are disproportionately providing family care compared to white youth, Black boys and young men are also becoming the main caregivers in their families. During COVID-19, Black and brown youth caregivers filled gaps in a broken healthcare system.”
Young Black Men and Boys Are Quietly Taking On a Caregiving Crisis Few People See
5.4 million children and adolescents in the U.S. are caregivers. For Black male youth, the picture is even more complicated.
capitalbnews.org
September 21, 2026 at 5:17 PM
ngl I was stunned by this article's cite to a study showing that 5.4 million children & teens in the US have family caregiving responsibilities
@jessicacalarco.com has done lotsa interesting work on how the US uses women in lieu of a social safety net but I had no idea how much labor falls on..kids
@jessicacalarco.com has done lotsa interesting work on how the US uses women in lieu of a social safety net but I had no idea how much labor falls on..kids
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great news! | patreon.com/lubchansky
September 21, 2026 at 1:59 PM
great news! | patreon.com/lubchansky