Lycopersicon Esculentum
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Slave owners faced no significant repercussions for buying and selling people, physical torturing them, taping them, separating their families etc. they didn’t even have to forfeit their wealth! Of course their descendants want to do it again
February 16, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Slave owners faced no significant repercussions for buying and selling people, physical torturing them, taping them, separating their families etc. they didn’t even have to forfeit their wealth! Of course their descendants want to do it again
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A small-town Kansas mayor is in trouble for voting illegally as a noncitizen—but the town of Coldwater, almost entirely Republican, is rallying around their mayor, who voted for Donald Trump in the last three elections and has lived in the town since he was a teenager. trib.al/K1au5Ny
February 16, 2026 at 11:51 PM
A small-town Kansas mayor is in trouble for voting illegally as a noncitizen—but the town of Coldwater, almost entirely Republican, is rallying around their mayor, who voted for Donald Trump in the last three elections and has lived in the town since he was a teenager. trib.al/K1au5Ny
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Oh neat. We let 700,000 people die so we could take the money and pay for this tool's security. That sure is swell.
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Oh neat. We let 700,000 people die so we could take the money and pay for this tool's security. That sure is swell.
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Ever wonder why we aren't hearing as much out of Gaza?
It's because Israel has killed hundreds of journalists and refused entry to aid workers.
They want to commit genocide in private.
It's because Israel has killed hundreds of journalists and refused entry to aid workers.
They want to commit genocide in private.
February 17, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Ever wonder why we aren't hearing as much out of Gaza?
It's because Israel has killed hundreds of journalists and refused entry to aid workers.
They want to commit genocide in private.
It's because Israel has killed hundreds of journalists and refused entry to aid workers.
They want to commit genocide in private.
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‘“In 1900, there were only 250,000 American Indians left in North America, and we were expected to become extinct by 1913. But we’ve continued to survive. We’ve continued to grow.” Today, there’s somewhere between 3.1 million and 8.7 million Native Americans, a more than tenfold increase.’
February 16, 2026 at 7:07 AM
‘“In 1900, there were only 250,000 American Indians left in North America, and we were expected to become extinct by 1913. But we’ve continued to survive. We’ve continued to grow.” Today, there’s somewhere between 3.1 million and 8.7 million Native Americans, a more than tenfold increase.’
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“Neither George Bush nor Dick Cheney were ever held liable for their lies that led to carnage in Iraq. Perhaps that is the biggest lesson that Washington policymakers take from the Iraq War.”
Never Forget Bush’s Bait-and-Switch Iraq War
www.counterpunch.org
Never Forget Bush’s Bait-and-Switch Iraq War
twp.ai
February 16, 2026 at 7:11 AM
“Neither George Bush nor Dick Cheney were ever held liable for their lies that led to carnage in Iraq. Perhaps that is the biggest lesson that Washington policymakers take from the Iraq War.”
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"a wellness industry seeking profit would naturally undermine the government’s responsibility for safeguarding health...It would sabotage efforts to...access to healthcare...& future advances in medical science."
Excellent article about this
snyder.substack.com/p/consumptiv...
Excellent article about this
snyder.substack.com/p/consumptiv...
Consumptive Capitalism
On MAHA and Expensive Suffering -- A Guest Post by Sara Silverstein
snyder.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
"a wellness industry seeking profit would naturally undermine the government’s responsibility for safeguarding health...It would sabotage efforts to...access to healthcare...& future advances in medical science."
Excellent article about this
snyder.substack.com/p/consumptiv...
Excellent article about this
snyder.substack.com/p/consumptiv...
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the more you learn about the antebellum south the more you transform into this
every plantation owner should have been put to death
every plantation owner should have been put to death
February 15, 2026 at 12:01 AM
the more you learn about the antebellum south the more you transform into this
every plantation owner should have been put to death
every plantation owner should have been put to death
There is a reason "The" Ohio State University is not on this list.
It it DeWine's reward for living on his knees hoovering trump's spittle.
It it DeWine's reward for living on his knees hoovering trump's spittle.
Hegseth to US military: if you get into MIT, we won't let you attend because of the risk that you will be exposed to ideas hostile to MAGA when you study there.
February 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM
There is a reason "The" Ohio State University is not on this list.
It it DeWine's reward for living on his knees hoovering trump's spittle.
It it DeWine's reward for living on his knees hoovering trump's spittle.
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February 13, 2026
February 13, 2026
At midnight tonight, most of the agencies and services in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will run out of funding, as popular fury over the violence and lawlessness of federal agents from Im...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:41 AM
February 13, 2026
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'Rep. Raskin (D-MD) made an unannounced oversight visit to the ICE field facility in Baltimore, Maryland, yesterday. He saw “60 men packed into a room shoulder-to-shoulder, 24-hrs-a-day, w/a single toilet in the room and no shower facilities. They sleep like sardines with aluminum foil blankets.”'
"That the Defense Department is loaning a military weapon to CBP is itself concerning, but that a weapon powerful enough to cause the closure of El Paso’s airspace was in the hands of someone who mistook balloons for cartel drones is also a problem."
February 13, 2026
February 14, 2026 at 5:55 AM
'Rep. Raskin (D-MD) made an unannounced oversight visit to the ICE field facility in Baltimore, Maryland, yesterday. He saw “60 men packed into a room shoulder-to-shoulder, 24-hrs-a-day, w/a single toilet in the room and no shower facilities. They sleep like sardines with aluminum foil blankets.”'
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I was on a bus in the 1980s and the guy sitting next to me said "I'm adopting a wait-and-see policy on the melting of the polar caps." I thought it was hysterical, and I got a lot of laughs in the retelling. It haunts me now to think that this is where we'd be, 4 decades later.
Can we please never forget this. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
February 12, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I was on a bus in the 1980s and the guy sitting next to me said "I'm adopting a wait-and-see policy on the melting of the polar caps." I thought it was hysterical, and I got a lot of laughs in the retelling. It haunts me now to think that this is where we'd be, 4 decades later.
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The Rise of the Authoritarian-Curious
YouTube video by Then & Now
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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I once again feel compelled to remind folks that you feel science news/new scientific developments are bad and destructive because you are not reading science news: You are reading techbro press releases, regurgitated uncritically by outlets that long ago fired all their science/tech beat reporters.
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I once again feel compelled to remind folks that you feel science news/new scientific developments are bad and destructive because you are not reading science news: You are reading techbro press releases, regurgitated uncritically by outlets that long ago fired all their science/tech beat reporters.
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this absolutely sucks.
Black Women Are Losing Jobs At Three Times The Rate Of Other Women www.essence.com/news/money-c...
Black Women Are Losing Jobs At Three Times The Rate Of Other Women | Essence
New labor data shows Black women accounted for a disproportionate share of job losses across 2025, especially in federal, education, and care-sector roles.
www.essence.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
this absolutely sucks.
I regret that I wasn't ruder to the acquisitive class.
When they said 'We're going on a cruse!" I didn't say, "massive polluter of the oceans"
When crowed "marble countertops!" I didn't say "massive rates of industrial silicosis" and
When they said "ecotourism!" I didn't say "colonialism".
When they said 'We're going on a cruse!" I didn't say, "massive polluter of the oceans"
When crowed "marble countertops!" I didn't say "massive rates of industrial silicosis" and
When they said "ecotourism!" I didn't say "colonialism".
February 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I regret that I wasn't ruder to the acquisitive class.
When they said 'We're going on a cruse!" I didn't say, "massive polluter of the oceans"
When crowed "marble countertops!" I didn't say "massive rates of industrial silicosis" and
When they said "ecotourism!" I didn't say "colonialism".
When they said 'We're going on a cruse!" I didn't say, "massive polluter of the oceans"
When crowed "marble countertops!" I didn't say "massive rates of industrial silicosis" and
When they said "ecotourism!" I didn't say "colonialism".
Then the rich said
"Ok, but what if it had propaganda and a private army"
and the gilded age was born.
Now corporations are "people" and 10 men own the world.
But there are more of us.
"L'État, c'est nous"
Quote from:
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-1...
"Ok, but what if it had propaganda and a private army"
and the gilded age was born.
Now corporations are "people" and 10 men own the world.
But there are more of us.
"L'État, c'est nous"
Quote from:
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-1...
February 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Then the rich said
"Ok, but what if it had propaganda and a private army"
and the gilded age was born.
Now corporations are "people" and 10 men own the world.
But there are more of us.
"L'État, c'est nous"
Quote from:
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-1...
"Ok, but what if it had propaganda and a private army"
and the gilded age was born.
Now corporations are "people" and 10 men own the world.
But there are more of us.
"L'État, c'est nous"
Quote from:
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-1...
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We're basically in an asteroid shower right now getting hit by fiery rocks from space each leaving their own crater, you can't pay attention to all at the same time, & I don't know if any are really a distraction from the others.
February 11, 2026 at 10:06 PM
We're basically in an asteroid shower right now getting hit by fiery rocks from space each leaving their own crater, you can't pay attention to all at the same time, & I don't know if any are really a distraction from the others.
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I've heard that Gallup has millions in government contracts.
February 11, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I've heard that Gallup has millions in government contracts.
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This is true but you never see the media look at it through that lens.
Even though it's staring them right in the face, and there are plenty of people they could interview.
Even though it's staring them right in the face, and there are plenty of people they could interview.
RFKjr, Donald Trump, et. al., are trying their damnedest to cull Americans, en masse.
“They are refusing to review a new vaccine with a more flexible technology, while creating a real risk we will not have traditional vaccines for next year," @doritreiss.bsky.social said.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
February 11, 2026 at 5:38 AM
This is true but you never see the media look at it through that lens.
Even though it's staring them right in the face, and there are plenty of people they could interview.
Even though it's staring them right in the face, and there are plenty of people they could interview.
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Wasn’t “civil discourse” supposed to be one of the big points of the right-wing Chase Center on campus? www.rooster.info/p/ohio-state...
Angry assistant professor assaults curious cameraman at Ohio State's “intellectual diversity center”
Ohio State Assistant Professor Luke Perez assaulted a local documentarian for having the audacity to ask Vice President E. Gordon Gee a single question. Things only got more bizarre from there.
www.rooster.info
February 11, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Wasn’t “civil discourse” supposed to be one of the big points of the right-wing Chase Center on campus? www.rooster.info/p/ohio-state...
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99% of millennial wealth is Mark Zuckerberg. The rest of us are passing the same $20 back & forth because the boomers decided they needed to destroy the planet in their quest to realize the capitalist American dream.
February 11, 2026 at 3:27 AM
99% of millennial wealth is Mark Zuckerberg. The rest of us are passing the same $20 back & forth because the boomers decided they needed to destroy the planet in their quest to realize the capitalist American dream.