Veneer of Discipline
@birdpant.bsky.social
Born to be a house hippo, forced to be outdoorsy.
“You need to compliment the pretty ones even if they don’t do well.”
“You need to compliment the pretty ones even if they don’t do well.”
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Gift shopping for loved ones can be demoralizing because it's oh, you love them? Name literally anything they would like.
December 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Gift shopping for loved ones can be demoralizing because it's oh, you love them? Name literally anything they would like.
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"Each dot here represents the movement of someone arrested or deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement this year."
• 67,000 transfers per month
• 23,000 removals per month
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
• 67,000 transfers per month
• 23,000 removals per month
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"Each dot here represents the movement of someone arrested or deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement this year."
• 67,000 transfers per month
• 23,000 removals per month
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
• 67,000 transfers per month
• 23,000 removals per month
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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If anyone is feeling particularly generous and itching to support independent journalism, I will personally send you a hat and tote
We’re 82% of the way to our end-of-year fundraising goal and we thought people should know that we have goodies ready to mail to folks who give enough to be listed on our site
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autonomy-news.monkeypod.io/give/support...
December 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If anyone is feeling particularly generous and itching to support independent journalism, I will personally send you a hat and tote
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ah i see where the confusion's coming rom here. none of this has ever been about saving money. it's about racism. hope that helps
December 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
ah i see where the confusion's coming rom here. none of this has ever been about saving money. it's about racism. hope that helps
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The Christmas bath has traumatized us but we are very fluffy
December 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The Christmas bath has traumatized us but we are very fluffy
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Mayor Brandon Johnson clarified that Chicago already reaches out to people who owe debt and encourages payment.
He said the alternate alder bloc wants to sell that debt to another entity “to use practices that we know, historically, have been detrimental and harmful"
thetriibe.com/2025/12/mayo...
He said the alternate alder bloc wants to sell that debt to another entity “to use practices that we know, historically, have been detrimental and harmful"
thetriibe.com/2025/12/mayo...
Allies stand with Mayor Johnson as he signs executive order to protect Chicagoans from predatory debt collection • The TRiiBE
“If those city council members are not looking out for working people then I'm happy to do it,” Johnson said.
thetriibe.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Mayor Brandon Johnson clarified that Chicago already reaches out to people who owe debt and encourages payment.
He said the alternate alder bloc wants to sell that debt to another entity “to use practices that we know, historically, have been detrimental and harmful"
thetriibe.com/2025/12/mayo...
He said the alternate alder bloc wants to sell that debt to another entity “to use practices that we know, historically, have been detrimental and harmful"
thetriibe.com/2025/12/mayo...
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jesus christ again "Donald Trump travelled on Epstein’s private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware), including during the period we would expect to charge in a Maxwell case."
Trump flew alone on jet with Epstein and unnamed 20-year-old, new files suggest
Claim by a senior US attorney about US president appears in latest batch of justice department documents
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
jesus christ again "Donald Trump travelled on Epstein’s private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware), including during the period we would expect to charge in a Maxwell case."
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jesus christ: “Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls."
Jeffrey Epstein apparently wrote letter to Larry Nassar referencing Trump
Letter to former US gymnastics team doctor postmarked three days after Epstein’s death
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
jesus christ: “Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls."
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Hageman held a town hall in March, where about 500 people showed up, and told them, “It’s so bizarre to me how obsessed you are with the federal government,” and “You guys are going to have a heart attack if you don’t calm down ... I’m sorry, you’re hysterical.”
Wyoming's Rep. Harriet Hageman announces run for U.S. Senate - WyoFile
The congresswoman will vie for the seat held by Sen. Lummis, who announced last week she is not seeking reelection.
wyofile.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Hageman held a town hall in March, where about 500 people showed up, and told them, “It’s so bizarre to me how obsessed you are with the federal government,” and “You guys are going to have a heart attack if you don’t calm down ... I’m sorry, you’re hysterical.”
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College journalism strikes again www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Summers Named Successor Executor in 2014 Draft of Epstein’s Will | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was designated as a successor executor in convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein’s last will and testament, positioning him to oversee Epstein’s estate ...
www.thecrimson.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
College journalism strikes again www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Holy shit!
On the morning of the Delaney Hall confrontation, an ICE thug who would shove @replamonica.bsky.social later in the day used a racial slur.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
On the morning of the Delaney Hall confrontation, an ICE thug who would shove @replamonica.bsky.social later in the day used a racial slur.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Holy shit!
On the morning of the Delaney Hall confrontation, an ICE thug who would shove @replamonica.bsky.social later in the day used a racial slur.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
On the morning of the Delaney Hall confrontation, an ICE thug who would shove @replamonica.bsky.social later in the day used a racial slur.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Just want to point out that this man was leading the whole Turning Point USA crowd in prayer last week.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Russell Brand charged with further counts of rape and sexual assault
The alleged offences took place in 2009, the Crown Protection Service said
www.independent.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Just want to point out that this man was leading the whole Turning Point USA crowd in prayer last week.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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the least shocking thing in the epstein files that wont get enough attention. police regularly arrest and charge victims to coerce them into participating, often jailing them in conditions that are worse.
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
![. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges.
Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct?
A Exactly.
Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]?
A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted].
Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here?
A Yes.
Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury?
A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order?
A Yes.
Q And what did he ask for?
A He asked for immunity for [redacted].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiariijffjjrgfh26o22jjr76pwprinvnbpkcho5lyi2sucfbqlooy@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
the least shocking thing in the epstein files that wont get enough attention. police regularly arrest and charge victims to coerce them into participating, often jailing them in conditions that are worse.
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Gymnastics coach Al Fong suspended five years for physical and emotional misconduct: defector.com/gymnastics-c...
Gymnastics Coach Al Fong Suspended Five Years For Physical And Emotional Misconduct | Defector
Longtime elite gymnastics coach Al Fong has been suspended for physical and emotional misconduct by the U.S. Center for SafeSport, the organization created by Congress to investigate reports of sexual...
defector.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Gymnastics coach Al Fong suspended five years for physical and emotional misconduct: defector.com/gymnastics-c...
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It's funny how us parochial Americans generally seem to perceive that the EV revolution is stalling or reversing when in fact it's accelerating rapidly worldwide. 25% of cars sold globally in 2025 were EVs!
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
December 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It's funny how us parochial Americans generally seem to perceive that the EV revolution is stalling or reversing when in fact it's accelerating rapidly worldwide. 25% of cars sold globally in 2025 were EVs!
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
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"Kavanaugh Stop" went from a skeet on here to Bluesky meme to crosspollinating over on X to Brett Kavanaugh's burner account seeing it there to a whiny defensive footnote about it in a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Juice.
Juice.
Check out the Kavanaugh FN 4; I think it's pretty clear that the Kavanaugh Stop thing has gotten to him:
December 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"Kavanaugh Stop" went from a skeet on here to Bluesky meme to crosspollinating over on X to Brett Kavanaugh's burner account seeing it there to a whiny defensive footnote about it in a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Juice.
Juice.
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Check out the Kavanaugh FN 4; I think it's pretty clear that the Kavanaugh Stop thing has gotten to him:
December 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Check out the Kavanaugh FN 4; I think it's pretty clear that the Kavanaugh Stop thing has gotten to him:
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NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court's order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties' initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term "regular forces" in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Government argues that the term refers to civilian law enforcement officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service.
Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary.
We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress."
18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiftbhzwvn3vgwhqsi7k2paizvdw4t26ailljvovso3chqupnmj364@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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In case people tell you that public criticism of the court doesn’t matter, here’s Brett Kavanaugh trying to walk back what he said in the ICE roving patrol case - when he blessed racial profiling & called the stops prompt.
He was lambasted; @akalhan.bsky.social coined the term “Kavanaugh stops”
He was lambasted; @akalhan.bsky.social coined the term “Kavanaugh stops”
December 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
In case people tell you that public criticism of the court doesn’t matter, here’s Brett Kavanaugh trying to walk back what he said in the ICE roving patrol case - when he blessed racial profiling & called the stops prompt.
He was lambasted; @akalhan.bsky.social coined the term “Kavanaugh stops”
He was lambasted; @akalhan.bsky.social coined the term “Kavanaugh stops”
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i have been dealing with an unbelievably shitty situation on Marvel Snap, wherein Marvel Snap's reporting system is being hijacked by bigots who report any LGBTQiA+ usernames and the system AUTOMATICALLY removes the person's username whether or not its actually violated any TOS
(1/x)
i have been dealing with an unbelievably shitty situation on Marvel Snap, wherein Marvel Snap's reporting system is being hijacked by bigots who report any LGBTQiA+ usernames and the system AUTOMATICALLY removes the person's username whether or not its actually violated any TOS
(1/x)
December 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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i have been dealing with an unbelievably shitty situation on Marvel Snap, wherein Marvel Snap's reporting system is being hijacked by bigots who report any LGBTQiA+ usernames and the system AUTOMATICALLY removes the person's username whether or not its actually violated any TOS
(1/x)
i have been dealing with an unbelievably shitty situation on Marvel Snap, wherein Marvel Snap's reporting system is being hijacked by bigots who report any LGBTQiA+ usernames and the system AUTOMATICALLY removes the person's username whether or not its actually violated any TOS
(1/x)
There needs to be serious reputational effects for being such a lazy asshole
Another clip from that interview: she said that when she got the bad grade, two of the people she emailed included THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE and that Ryan Walters creep
December 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
There needs to be serious reputational effects for being such a lazy asshole
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“Honestly I’m not ready, having to take care of all of these responsibilities,” Escalante told the Associated Press. “But I’m willing to take them on if I have to. And I’m just praying that I get my mom back.”
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Immigration crackdown leaves teens to care for siblings after parents get detained
An immigration crackdown in Louisiana has forced some teenagers to grow up fast after their parents were arrested by federal agents.
www.latimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
“Honestly I’m not ready, having to take care of all of these responsibilities,” Escalante told the Associated Press. “But I’m willing to take them on if I have to. And I’m just praying that I get my mom back.”
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
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So we may have found the single most unpopular thing Trump has done in 2025 - the vainglorious renaming of the Kennedy Center after himself (via Economist/YouGov):
18% approve, 66% disapprove
18% approve, 66% disapprove
December 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
So we may have found the single most unpopular thing Trump has done in 2025 - the vainglorious renaming of the Kennedy Center after himself (via Economist/YouGov):
18% approve, 66% disapprove
18% approve, 66% disapprove
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Odette is wondering why I didn’t take off more vacation days
December 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Odette is wondering why I didn’t take off more vacation days
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74% of voters want Trump to get Congressional approval to invade Venezuela. Only 11% OK with him going alone. 11%!!!!!!!!
December 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
74% of voters want Trump to get Congressional approval to invade Venezuela. Only 11% OK with him going alone. 11%!!!!!!!!