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Shaun Manning
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Co-founder and former owner of Booksweet, your community bookstore in Ann Arbor. Writer of things, mostly comics. Open for work. He/Him. shaunmanning.com
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You still have to work admin, though, which would be another kind of soul-death.
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Also as I understand it the Reagan ad was run by Ontario Province, not by Canada’s federal government or privy council or whatever. Imagine if countries cut off trade with us because of shit Alabama or Vermont did.
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people chant "we stand with you!" as Letitia James tries to speak outside a courthouse in Virginia
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”

youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
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Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.
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Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
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dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience
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women are about 78% of the healthcare workforce in america. i know people know this but it’s always worthwhile to state it outright. not only is it gendered to underpay healthcare workers but men who get “caught up” in it are undervalued for doing female-coded work. same with teachers.
It will never not bother me how often when you’re talking to someone — in life, for work, w/e — who is struggling that that person works in healthcare. Nurses, orderlies, home health aids, people who draw blood, etc
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It takes 30 days to grow a radish. Also 2/3 of the country is already in or entering winter.
On Threads, the usual suspects are telling ppl about to lose SNAP benefits to just start a garden. As a gardener, I had to laugh. You need at LEAST an acre of land to feed a family of 4. Start-up costs are enormous. But yes, subsistence farming on the balcony of your rental apartment is the answer
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Putting your watermark on a bunch of slop commentary/imagery you generated AND having "dispelling intentional disinformation" in your bio is doing three much.
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im sorry but if you think “normies” dont care about the white house being demolished for a half billion dollar golden vanity ballroom as the economy implodes then you just arent as plugged in as you think you are
of course
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
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Steve Bannon has confirmed that there is a secret plot afoot to end our democracy and install Trump as a permanent dictator.

If this were untrue, he’d be getting a visit from the FBI, as what he’s describing is a criminal conspiracy.

He won’t get an FBI visit.
Steve Bannon says ‘there is a plan’ for Trump to be president in 2028
Former Trump advisor claims winning a third term could be easier than Trump’s previous electoral victories
www.independent.co.uk
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YES YES YES
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

10/10 response, no notes
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“Merger after merger in the media industry has harmed workers, diminished competition and free speech, and wasted hundreds of billions of dollars better invested in organic growth. Combining [them] or another major studio or streamer would be a disaster for writers, for consumers & for competition"
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you know what it's been long enough. let's post the whole #bowuigi zine to the public

#bowser #luigi
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I would like to encourage you all to take this quote out of context and bang it like a damn drum as SNAP benefits run out, ICE terrorizes our communities, and boats are bombed for no particular reason. Playing pedantic when someone hands you “let them eat cake” on a gilded platter is stupid as hell.
Don't take this quote out of context. The question was specifically about it Trump had additional priorities for redoing parts of the White House grounds.

Think whatever you want about what Trump is doing or not doing.

But understand the context of this quote, not just this selective snippet.
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
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Listen: covert supply chain intervention concerns regarding implantation of listening devices in, say, new buildings in US military bases in Guam are considered really serious. And this is the WHITE HOUSE. Has there been vetting of vendors? Contractors and subcontractors? All labor? We don’t know!
Isn’t the presidential bunker on that side? Because I can’t even imagine the potential CI issues
The East Wing is totally gone. I can’t believe it
Odd question related to something I’m writing: which current musician is most like Natalie Imbruglia? Looking for the context/vibes more than physical or musical similarity.
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I wish Joystiq still existed, this thread would have been a fun post over there
AAA single-player games should cost $1000 but if you actually finish the game you get a full refund
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The City of Los Angeles and @mayor.lacity.gov are getting more international pressure to reign in LAPD's use of force on journalists.

The world will be watching when the Olympics, World Cup and Super Bowl are here. If LA wants to continue to be a global city, we need to put an end to this madness.
rsf.org RSF @rsf.org · 2d
RSF condemns the unjust and continued violence of federal officers towards journalists covering the No Kings protest in Los Angeles. We call on the LA mayor and city council to hold the Chief of Police accountable for the stifling of press freedoms and the blatant violation of the First Amendment.
USA: RSF calls for LAPD discipline following violence, obstruction of journalists during No Kings protest
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers committed at least 15 press freedom violations, including violent attacks, against journalists covering the No Kings protest on October 18, 2025, in Los A...
rsf.org
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Did you know, it’s 30 years to the day since the Financial Times killed one of Britain’s finest poets? They didn’t mean to. It’s just that Gavin Ewart was 79, and – according to legend – the day before they’d bought him a lunch that involved enough booze to fell an ox 🧵