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An abundance of corn, luxury, plague, and doom. (Plus art, museums, history, and books.) Ex-expat. I'm just here for the food.
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if i saw this out in the wild i would 100% assume it was from south park
‘It’s sick’: Trump administration uses mascot called ‘Coalie’ to push dirtiest fossil fuel
‘It’s sick’: Trump administration uses mascot called ‘Coalie’ to push dirtiest fossil fuel
Cartoon lump of coal with giant eyes was spotlighted by US interior secretary in X post saying: ‘Mine, Baby, Mine!’
Donald Trump’s administration has turned to an unusual weapon in its attempt to resurrect coal mining – a cartoon lump of coal, complete with giant eyes and yellow mining garb, called ‘Coalie.’
The administration’s new mascot, kitted out with a helmet, boots and gloves, was introduced in a seemingly artificial intelligence-generated picture posted online by Doug Burgum, Trump’s interior secretary. “Mine, Baby, Mine!” Burgum wrote on X, adding that Coalie will act as a “spokesperson” for Trump’s “American Energy Dominance Agenda.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:35 PM
if i saw this out in the wild i would 100% assume it was from south park
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
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my boomer mom is quitting Facebook and Insta and Whatsapp and Amazon Prime out of billionaire rage, you guys, shit’s getting serious
January 31, 2026 at 4:39 PM
my boomer mom is quitting Facebook and Insta and Whatsapp and Amazon Prime out of billionaire rage, you guys, shit’s getting serious
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for over 3 weeks, I've spoken to ICE watchers and organizers across the country: first right after Renee Good's killing — then 2 weeks into my reporting, Alex Pretti was killed.
ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them
ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them
‘Backing down isn’t an option’: Minnesota ICE shootings mobilize Americans to join ICE observer groups
The killings of Minneapolis residents Renee Good and Alex Pretti have inspired people across the US to document federal agents’ activities in their communities
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:18 PM
for over 3 weeks, I've spoken to ICE watchers and organizers across the country: first right after Renee Good's killing — then 2 weeks into my reporting, Alex Pretti was killed.
ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them
ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them
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"Our endless parking lot will earn outside revenue from many sources. We can rent it to post-apocalyptic television shows as an easy visual for the destroyed, soulless husk of society, and that’s about it. Fingers crossed for Mad Max: Rochester, New York."
Don’t Worry, Our New Stadium Will Have an Endless, Gigantic Parking Lot
When you’re going to a concert or a sporting event, you’re worried about one thing: Will the stadium have an endless parking lot packed with thousa...
buff.ly
January 31, 2026 at 5:32 PM
"Our endless parking lot will earn outside revenue from many sources. We can rent it to post-apocalyptic television shows as an easy visual for the destroyed, soulless husk of society, and that’s about it. Fingers crossed for Mad Max: Rochester, New York."
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We are now 43 days beyond the statutory deadline for the FULL release of the Epstein files
Yesterday, the Justice Dept released approximately HALF of the potentially responsive pages
Hundreds of thousands of those pages are redacted
Yesterday, the Justice Dept released approximately HALF of the potentially responsive pages
Hundreds of thousands of those pages are redacted
January 31, 2026 at 2:37 PM
We are now 43 days beyond the statutory deadline for the FULL release of the Epstein files
Yesterday, the Justice Dept released approximately HALF of the potentially responsive pages
Hundreds of thousands of those pages are redacted
Yesterday, the Justice Dept released approximately HALF of the potentially responsive pages
Hundreds of thousands of those pages are redacted
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A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community. n.pr/4thWiUr
A red hat, inspired by a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation, gains traction in Minnesota
A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community.
n.pr
January 31, 2026 at 10:14 AM
A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community. n.pr/4thWiUr
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they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:06 AM
they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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"He was keenly aware that certain men wanted him dead, simply because his job was protecting local birds whose plumage had become more valuable than gold in the Gilded Age lust for exotic millinery." —Mike Kane for @bittersouth.bsky.social
bittersoutherner.com/issue-no12/p...
bittersoutherner.com/issue-no12/p...
Plume — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
A Tale of Murder & Martyrdom in the Everglades
bittersoutherner.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:34 PM
"He was keenly aware that certain men wanted him dead, simply because his job was protecting local birds whose plumage had become more valuable than gold in the Gilded Age lust for exotic millinery." —Mike Kane for @bittersouth.bsky.social
bittersoutherner.com/issue-no12/p...
bittersoutherner.com/issue-no12/p...
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Just updated our linktree with our evening totals. The Rogue Coven Of Whistle Avengers (I just change the name daily) is ready for your request!
If you want to help, hit the GFM or wishlists. I'm trying to rotate the wishlists that most need filament to the top every day! 💓
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
If you want to help, hit the GFM or wishlists. I'm trying to rotate the wishlists that most need filament to the top every day! 💓
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
January 24, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Just updated our linktree with our evening totals. The Rogue Coven Of Whistle Avengers (I just change the name daily) is ready for your request!
If you want to help, hit the GFM or wishlists. I'm trying to rotate the wishlists that most need filament to the top every day! 💓
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
If you want to help, hit the GFM or wishlists. I'm trying to rotate the wishlists that most need filament to the top every day! 💓
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
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Kalaallit Nunaat belongs to its people. 🇬🇱
If a 'framework' for Greenland’s future emerges from international discussions in the coming days, it must be a plan that Greenlanders want.
If a 'framework' for Greenland’s future emerges from international discussions in the coming days, it must be a plan that Greenlanders want.
'Greenland belongs to its people': The US scientists speaking out against Trump's imperial aggression
At least 225 US scientists who conduct research in Greenland have signed a Statement in Solidarity with Greenland this month.
thebulletin.org
January 24, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Kalaallit Nunaat belongs to its people. 🇬🇱
If a 'framework' for Greenland’s future emerges from international discussions in the coming days, it must be a plan that Greenlanders want.
If a 'framework' for Greenland’s future emerges from international discussions in the coming days, it must be a plan that Greenlanders want.
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Do it. I beg you. This madness ends a lot faster if billionaires lose money.
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
bit.ly
January 24, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Do it. I beg you. This madness ends a lot faster if billionaires lose money.
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California joins UN health network following US departure from WHO reut.rs/4bR0bZX
California joins UN health network following US departure from WHO
California said on Friday it will become the first U.S. state to join the World Health Organization's global outbreak response network following the Trump administration's decision to pull Washington out of the WHO.
reut.rs
January 24, 2026 at 2:30 AM
California joins UN health network following US departure from WHO reut.rs/4bR0bZX
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genuinely stunning image
January 24, 2026 at 1:37 AM
genuinely stunning image
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To put 200 active measles infections in one state in context, the Disneyland measles outbreak a decade ago - which I did some work on in grad school - was 131 total cases in California. That was a notable outbreak. That's an outbreak with its own Wikipedia page. And it's just like this now
'Staring over the edge': South Carolina measles outbreak doubles in a week www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
'Staring over the edge': South Carolina measles outbreak doubles in a week
More than 500 people are in a 21-day quarantine and about 200 are "actively infected." The largest outbreak currently in the U.S. has spread to at least three other states.
www.nbcnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:29 PM
To put 200 active measles infections in one state in context, the Disneyland measles outbreak a decade ago - which I did some work on in grad school - was 131 total cases in California. That was a notable outbreak. That's an outbreak with its own Wikipedia page. And it's just like this now
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It’s ironic that they’re like “if we do ethnic cleansing we’ll have a high trust neighborly society” and then Minneapolis is literally doing high trust neighborly society and they’re like nooooo
Many Americans are terrible neighbors to each other, and that is why MN is striking everyone as extraordinary activism... when they are telling us that it is not. They're good neighbors!
It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.
It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.
January 18, 2026 at 6:24 PM
It’s ironic that they’re like “if we do ethnic cleansing we’ll have a high trust neighborly society” and then Minneapolis is literally doing high trust neighborly society and they’re like nooooo
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Thousands of people protesting throughout Denmark showing solidarity with Greenland and standing against the fascist MAGA regime. Couldn’t be prouder seeing this.
January 18, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Thousands of people protesting throughout Denmark showing solidarity with Greenland and standing against the fascist MAGA regime. Couldn’t be prouder seeing this.
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Background paintings by Sylvia Liu for The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show (2015–2017), DreamWorks Animation Television
January 17, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Background paintings by Sylvia Liu for The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show (2015–2017), DreamWorks Animation Television
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“How to Talk Minnesotan” is intended to be comedic but I recommend it for every autistic transplant, because no one will explain any of this to you, they’ll just get mad at you and you won’t know why. This outright just tells you the unspoken rules and everything makes so much more sense after that
This is light-hearted and doesn't touch on cases of fuckaroundits, but maybe it'll spark joy. Mid 90s local PBS.
youtu.be/oiSzwoJr4-0
youtu.be/oiSzwoJr4-0
How To Talk Minnesotan | Full Length Film
YouTube video by Twin Cities PBS
youtu.be
January 18, 2026 at 12:42 AM
“How to Talk Minnesotan” is intended to be comedic but I recommend it for every autistic transplant, because no one will explain any of this to you, they’ll just get mad at you and you won’t know why. This outright just tells you the unspoken rules and everything makes so much more sense after that
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U.S. Southern Command is unable to cope with the volume of civilian casualty reports stemming from the military mission to abduct Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
U.S. Military Command That Attacked Venezuela Gutted Its Civilian Harm Team
Complaints about civilians killed or injured in the U.S. attack on Venezuela are instead being handled by the Pentagon directly.
interc.pt
January 18, 2026 at 1:24 AM
U.S. Southern Command is unable to cope with the volume of civilian casualty reports stemming from the military mission to abduct Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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it’s one of those fundamentally cursed hospitality violations that you read about in ancient texts
The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
January 18, 2026 at 12:51 AM
it’s one of those fundamentally cursed hospitality violations that you read about in ancient texts
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Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder.
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
Alabama uses Japanese American Internment era law to charge immigrants who don’t self-register
Alabama is finding new ways to criminally charge undocumented immigrants
www.al.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder.
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...