snarkbite
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Just a regular Old who enjoys a varied smattering of things: dogs, cats, BTS, Star Trek, history, the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge, trying to keep democracy going, and thinking Nazis are actually a bad thing.
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"While Dems are likely to retake the House, they’ll need everything to go right to win both chambers. But if it happens, a year from now we’ll be talking about Trump's full lame-duckification & what it means for 2028. That’s a nice note on which to end a year in which hope was in such short supply."
How Dems can win the Senate in 2026
So you're saying there's a chance ...
www.publicnotice.co
December 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"While Dems are likely to retake the House, they’ll need everything to go right to win both chambers. But if it happens, a year from now we’ll be talking about Trump's full lame-duckification & what it means for 2028. That’s a nice note on which to end a year in which hope was in such short supply."
I was today years old when I learned that Holly Hobbie is actually a real person, not just a doll & book character's name.
(Wasn't into dolls as a kid, obviously -- but still, seems like I'd have come across that piece of information somewhere in the past ::coughcough:: number of years... 😉)
(Wasn't into dolls as a kid, obviously -- but still, seems like I'd have come across that piece of information somewhere in the past ::coughcough:: number of years... 😉)
December 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I was today years old when I learned that Holly Hobbie is actually a real person, not just a doll & book character's name.
(Wasn't into dolls as a kid, obviously -- but still, seems like I'd have come across that piece of information somewhere in the past ::coughcough:: number of years... 😉)
(Wasn't into dolls as a kid, obviously -- but still, seems like I'd have come across that piece of information somewhere in the past ::coughcough:: number of years... 😉)
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In 249 years, this country has yet to outlaw slavery. We change its form, we change its name, but slavery has been constant. Powerful people and businesses just really love slave labor, and a chunk of our economy is built on that.
Private prison company GEO Group allegedly made immigration detainees work for no pay. Now it's at the Supreme Court trying to prevent the detainees from suing. bit.ly/4pfafj2
Supreme Court Considers Private Prison Case
A private prison company seeks a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability.
www.brennancenter.org
December 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
In 249 years, this country has yet to outlaw slavery. We change its form, we change its name, but slavery has been constant. Powerful people and businesses just really love slave labor, and a chunk of our economy is built on that.
Yep.
Zuckerburg is paying only $190M to settle an $8B lawsuit by FB shareholders for the Cambridge Analytica crime.
$8B would’ve been 3% of his net worth, and $190M is .08%. ~$75 for ordinary working people.
“If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”
$8B would’ve been 3% of his net worth, and $190M is .08%. ~$75 for ordinary working people.
“If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”
December 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Yep.
Sturgis, SD in the late 90's for the rally, Dennis Rodman (with the orange hair) rides down Main Street -- he glanced over in my direction, I tipped my head up to acknowledge, he did the same.
100% believe he was generally just doing that gesture his whole ride down the street, but still.
100% believe he was generally just doing that gesture his whole ride down the street, but still.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Sturgis, SD in the late 90's for the rally, Dennis Rodman (with the orange hair) rides down Main Street -- he glanced over in my direction, I tipped my head up to acknowledge, he did the same.
100% believe he was generally just doing that gesture his whole ride down the street, but still.
100% believe he was generally just doing that gesture his whole ride down the street, but still.
::ded::
Oh my god oh my god oh my goddddd the local aquarium has three new born otters and they CHIRP
December 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
::ded::
I didn't even know who Anthony Joshua was before today, but definitely already hated Jake Paul, so yep -- I'd be all "omg, I love you!!!" if I saw Mr. Joshua today and would totally be "let me buy you a meal/drink to say thank you."
Anthony Joshua walking around today while random people run up to him on the street thanking him for punching Jake Paul like that
a man in a suit and tie is dancing on a stage in front of a wwe logo .
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is dancing on a stage in front of a wwe logo .
media.tenor.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I didn't even know who Anthony Joshua was before today, but definitely already hated Jake Paul, so yep -- I'd be all "omg, I love you!!!" if I saw Mr. Joshua today and would totally be "let me buy you a meal/drink to say thank you."
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SNAP benefits should be universal, with zero means testing, and generous.
Even from a purely capitalist perspective this would benefit the economy massively.
The only reason to be against this is because you're pro-suffering.
Even from a purely capitalist perspective this would benefit the economy massively.
The only reason to be against this is because you're pro-suffering.
December 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
SNAP benefits should be universal, with zero means testing, and generous.
Even from a purely capitalist perspective this would benefit the economy massively.
The only reason to be against this is because you're pro-suffering.
Even from a purely capitalist perspective this would benefit the economy massively.
The only reason to be against this is because you're pro-suffering.
I think that speech will end up going down as a major inflection point -- where enough regular Americans got to see the president as he actually IS (how he looks, sounds, talks, snorts, acts crazy) and now how they've seen from filtered sources...
It's gonna do down as a massive mistake.
It's gonna do down as a massive mistake.
December 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I think that speech will end up going down as a major inflection point -- where enough regular Americans got to see the president as he actually IS (how he looks, sounds, talks, snorts, acts crazy) and now how they've seen from filtered sources...
It's gonna do down as a massive mistake.
It's gonna do down as a massive mistake.
Yep.
"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
December 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Yep.
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when you find out your saturday night plans haven’t been canceled
December 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
when you find out your saturday night plans haven’t been canceled
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I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
December 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
lolololol.
December 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
lolololol.
Every one of these ICE motherfuckers has to face judgement, is all I'm sayin'.
Every. Single. One.
To say nothing of the fuckers above them ordering/approving all of this.
Every. Single. One.
To say nothing of the fuckers above them ordering/approving all of this.
December 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Every one of these ICE motherfuckers has to face judgement, is all I'm sayin'.
Every. Single. One.
To say nothing of the fuckers above them ordering/approving all of this.
Every. Single. One.
To say nothing of the fuckers above them ordering/approving all of this.
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Friends, vikings, countrymen: lend me your eyes. May I present what just happened an hour ago in Iceland?
It was an early, short substorm, but it was a good one. Literal space weather!
#northernlights #aurora
It was an early, short substorm, but it was a good one. Literal space weather!
#northernlights #aurora
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Friends, vikings, countrymen: lend me your eyes. May I present what just happened an hour ago in Iceland?
It was an early, short substorm, but it was a good one. Literal space weather!
#northernlights #aurora
It was an early, short substorm, but it was a good one. Literal space weather!
#northernlights #aurora
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He shouldn’t just be pushed out as the House Democrats’ leader; he needs to be primaried out of his seat entirely. Just a complete waste of a deep blue seat.
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
He shouldn’t just be pushed out as the House Democrats’ leader; he needs to be primaried out of his seat entirely. Just a complete waste of a deep blue seat.
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if you’re cold they’re cold
let your demons in
let your demons in
November 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
if you’re cold they’re cold
let your demons in
let your demons in
Exactly my thoughts when I read the news at first. This is definitely a "reason" being manufactured for the extension.
Fuck all these people.
Fuck all these people.
Something about the shooting yesterday doesn't feel right.
It feels too convenient. A vetted Afgan national that was granted asylum, randomly shoots a National Guardsman near the WH for no reason right when the NG was set to leave DC because there was no violence.
Now the NG is not leaving DC.
It feels too convenient. A vetted Afgan national that was granted asylum, randomly shoots a National Guardsman near the WH for no reason right when the NG was set to leave DC because there was no violence.
Now the NG is not leaving DC.
Trump vows to 'permanently pause' migration from 'third world countries' after National Guard shooting
The president called for "reverse migration" in a lengthy social media post late on Thanksgiving and said that he wanted to deport anyone "non-compatible with Western Civilization."
www.nbcnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Exactly my thoughts when I read the news at first. This is definitely a "reason" being manufactured for the extension.
Fuck all these people.
Fuck all these people.
::applause::
I approve this.
I approve this.
Hagueseth
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
::applause::
I approve this.
I approve this.
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IMPORTANT: When transporting a giant puffball mushroom you have recently foraged, it is absolutely crucial that you ensure the mushroom is firmly strapped into the passenger seat of your car to guard against sharp braking and potential whiplash
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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Made a little bread chef. 🍞 🧶
He’s got little bread hands. 🙌🏾
He’s got little bread hands. 🙌🏾
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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