Ashwin Rodrigues
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Steroid use is widespread—and it's increasingly dangerous
Young men feel the pressure to look jacked and they're going to extreme measures to achieve the aesthetic.
www.nationalgeographic.com
worked on this story for quite some time, and it is finally out. Steroids! in National Geographic
www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...
www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...
if they let China sell EVs in the United States, that one guy on Instagram should get a big fat commission check (or a steady stream of small commission checks)
January 21, 2026 at 2:59 PM
if they let China sell EVs in the United States, that one guy on Instagram should get a big fat commission check (or a steady stream of small commission checks)
I am very curious what compounds Trump is using to be like that. I'm sure much of it is natural, but there must be a synthetic element.
January 21, 2026 at 1:51 PM
I am very curious what compounds Trump is using to be like that. I'm sure much of it is natural, but there must be a synthetic element.
on one hand I'm happy for all the huskies in the city who get to enjoy a climate closer to their natural habitat. on the other hand, I'm not a husky, I don't have a husky, my dog hates huskies, and the ones with blue eyes are obviously harboring a deep evil. so it's a wash
January 21, 2026 at 1:48 PM
on one hand I'm happy for all the huskies in the city who get to enjoy a climate closer to their natural habitat. on the other hand, I'm not a husky, I don't have a husky, my dog hates huskies, and the ones with blue eyes are obviously harboring a deep evil. so it's a wash
You can’t joke about someone finally making partner at Dewitt Mane, LLP. People might celebrate in irreversible ways.
January 21, 2026 at 11:16 AM
You can’t joke about someone finally making partner at Dewitt Mane, LLP. People might celebrate in irreversible ways.
"I'm racist, not fucking stupid. Now let me out of here!" Meet the voter we trapped in an abandoned diner under the pretense of all-you-can-eat corned beef so we can use him for a new quote whenever we want, without trapping a whole new guy
January 20, 2026 at 11:43 PM
"I'm racist, not fucking stupid. Now let me out of here!" Meet the voter we trapped in an abandoned diner under the pretense of all-you-can-eat corned beef so we can use him for a new quote whenever we want, without trapping a whole new guy
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If Minnesota police are accusing you of racial profiling you must really be outta control
January 20, 2026 at 10:20 PM
If Minnesota police are accusing you of racial profiling you must really be outta control
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If J.D. Vance is really visiting here tomorrow to visit the church that got protested because the pastor (get this) is also running the ICE field office in town, you know that this ethnic cleansing campaign is running out of juice. Trump is making J.D. wear and own it.
January 20, 2026 at 9:23 PM
If J.D. Vance is really visiting here tomorrow to visit the church that got protested because the pastor (get this) is also running the ICE field office in town, you know that this ethnic cleansing campaign is running out of juice. Trump is making J.D. wear and own it.
The President appears to be doing a Nick Shirley impression. This is really bad, according to four out of five doctors. The fifth doctor is also doing a Nick Shirley impression
January 20, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The President appears to be doing a Nick Shirley impression. This is really bad, according to four out of five doctors. The fifth doctor is also doing a Nick Shirley impression
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lol wow theonion.com/nation-yearn...
Nation Yearns For Relative Calm Of ‘President A Giant Pedophile’ News Cycle
WASHINGTON—Expressing deep fondness for those long-gone halcyon days, the U.S. population collectively yearned Tuesday for the relative calm of the “president is a giant pedophile” news cycle. “It was...
theonion.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:19 PM
lol wow theonion.com/nation-yearn...
is this a Berenstain Bears thing?
January 20, 2026 at 11:06 PM
is this a Berenstain Bears thing?
"...and that includes for religion. you know, we're protecting a lot of people that are being killed. Christians, Jewish, people."
January 20, 2026 at 11:02 PM
"...and that includes for religion. you know, we're protecting a lot of people that are being killed. Christians, Jewish, people."
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we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)
January 20, 2026 at 9:25 PM
we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)
the new trolley problem: there's a Make-a-Wish kid who wants to ruin the entire world. he's annoying, and he's also a sex criminal
January 20, 2026 at 9:41 PM
the new trolley problem: there's a Make-a-Wish kid who wants to ruin the entire world. he's annoying, and he's also a sex criminal
Be smart: the stock market did not respond with fire emojis to the President's latest On the Radar freestyle. It threw up and started crying
January 20, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Be smart: the stock market did not respond with fire emojis to the President's latest On the Radar freestyle. It threw up and started crying
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Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
January 20, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
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it's the Trump Mindset in action bsky.app/profile/ryan...
boy that is a perfect Trump Move alright. our special boy doing what he does best
January 20, 2026 at 8:25 PM
it's the Trump Mindset in action bsky.app/profile/ryan...
it's just interesting that Zohran Mamdani can go "hey look at me, I'm the mayor of New York City" and everyone likes it. but when I do it I'm just asked to stand on the other side of the sneeze guard at Subway. I'll let you guess why there's a discrepancy
January 20, 2026 at 6:41 PM
it's just interesting that Zohran Mamdani can go "hey look at me, I'm the mayor of New York City" and everyone likes it. but when I do it I'm just asked to stand on the other side of the sneeze guard at Subway. I'll let you guess why there's a discrepancy
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An off duty local cop in MN, a woman of color, was stopped by ICE and they demanded to see her papers. When she reached to get her phone to record the interaction, an ICE agent knocked it out of her hand.
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:58 PM
An off duty local cop in MN, a woman of color, was stopped by ICE and they demanded to see her papers. When she reached to get her phone to record the interaction, an ICE agent knocked it out of her hand.
as an empath, I'm most concerned with the President of the United States having enough time on earth to spend the $1.4 billion he's banked during his presidency. how can you fit a shopping spree into a calendar filled with war crime, Greenland yearning, calling the radio station, and daily MRI
January 20, 2026 at 6:26 PM
as an empath, I'm most concerned with the President of the United States having enough time on earth to spend the $1.4 billion he's banked during his presidency. how can you fit a shopping spree into a calendar filled with war crime, Greenland yearning, calling the radio station, and daily MRI
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Notice how Mamdani, who famously ran on an affordability platform, did not have to involve grocery prices in making the moral case why ICE should be abolished
Mamdani: I am in support of abolishing ICE… I'm tired of waking up every day and seeing a new image of someone being dragged out of a car, dragged out of their home, dragged out of their life.
January 20, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Notice how Mamdani, who famously ran on an affordability platform, did not have to involve grocery prices in making the moral case why ICE should be abolished
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Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search
Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That's according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns drawn and led him outside in his underwear in freezing conditions.
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
that Nick Shirley guy sounds like he learned how to read when he was hammered drunk and he's constantly trying to figure out how many beers will unlock the literacy molecule
January 20, 2026 at 2:03 PM
that Nick Shirley guy sounds like he learned how to read when he was hammered drunk and he's constantly trying to figure out how many beers will unlock the literacy molecule
this looks like a joke prompt honeypot designed by the FBI
January 20, 2026 at 1:33 PM
this looks like a joke prompt honeypot designed by the FBI
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This is a really important story, and one that explains the place of the Hmong community in the Twin Cities and why this entire occupation is really just ethnic cleansing (my words). Also, props to Marisa for doing the work to get this story right when so many out-of-town journalists have failed.
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 1:14 AM
This is a really important story, and one that explains the place of the Hmong community in the Twin Cities and why this entire occupation is really just ethnic cleansing (my words). Also, props to Marisa for doing the work to get this story right when so many out-of-town journalists have failed.