Matunos
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🧙♂️These three things, monks, are conducted in secret, not openly. What three? Affairs with women, the mantras of the brahmins, and wrong view.
(Opinions are all my own, especially the good ones.)
(Opinions are all my own, especially the good ones.)
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It's ultimately a pretext for austerity. The review will come out criticizing current access, call for more resources but instead be used to strip services and limit access. It's exactly what they did to trans youth. Young people with disabilities will be left with no options or treatment.
December 4, 2025 at 8:11 AM
It's ultimately a pretext for austerity. The review will come out criticizing current access, call for more resources but instead be used to strip services and limit access. It's exactly what they did to trans youth. Young people with disabilities will be left with no options or treatment.
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You can't separate this from the Atlantic article claiming their are too many students with disabilities. It's a moral panic meant to push out young people with disabilities from access to resources and to reify ableist bigotry. It's exactly what they did to trans people.
December 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
You can't separate this from the Atlantic article claiming their are too many students with disabilities. It's a moral panic meant to push out young people with disabilities from access to resources and to reify ableist bigotry. It's exactly what they did to trans people.
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One of the most striking things about these ICE/BP raids is not that they’re all kitted out for war while going after people who didn’t do anything wrong and don’t pose a threat, but that they always bring a camera crew.
Commander Greg Bovino led a group of Border Patrol agents on walk around the French Quarter in New Orleans this afternoon.
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
One of the most striking things about these ICE/BP raids is not that they’re all kitted out for war while going after people who didn’t do anything wrong and don’t pose a threat, but that they always bring a camera crew.
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“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
I would just like to say, for the record, that I am unhappy with my tax dollars funding strikes from the military whose purported reason for existence is to protect my country upon civilian boats under the pretext of a new drug war I'm also not comfortable with my country being in.
December 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I would just like to say, for the record, that I am unhappy with my tax dollars funding strikes from the military whose purported reason for existence is to protect my country upon civilian boats under the pretext of a new drug war I'm also not comfortable with my country being in.
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Did you know that the FBIs rules allow them to recruit children to be informants?
Me neither.
Me neither.
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Did you know that the FBIs rules allow them to recruit children to be informants?
Me neither.
Me neither.
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this is enough for me to say no one involved in this project cared about what they were doing, not one iota
at no point was quality or effort part of the process. these are notes app jumping off point paragraphs without any jumping off. she said she wrote it on her phone hiking and i believe her.
at no point was quality or effort part of the process. these are notes app jumping off point paragraphs without any jumping off. she said she wrote it on her phone hiking and i believe her.
I just want to stress that this has nothing to do with the rest of the chapter. She has an epigraph, a bizarre intro paragraph, a description of Britney Spears dancing in 2002 and then a section about Donald Trump promoting birtherism.
December 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
this is enough for me to say no one involved in this project cared about what they were doing, not one iota
at no point was quality or effort part of the process. these are notes app jumping off point paragraphs without any jumping off. she said she wrote it on her phone hiking and i believe her.
at no point was quality or effort part of the process. these are notes app jumping off point paragraphs without any jumping off. she said she wrote it on her phone hiking and i believe her.
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Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
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The anti-feminist grift going back to Phyllis Schlafly is to travel the country, run a well-funded nonprofit, and ignore their own children in order to focus on telling *other* women that they belong in the kitchen.
Erika Kirk claims liberal women don’t get married, bc they rely on the gov to provide for them.
Lady.. who told you that?
If we somehow end up with JD/Erika ticket…
Lady.. who told you that?
If we somehow end up with JD/Erika ticket…
December 4, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The anti-feminist grift going back to Phyllis Schlafly is to travel the country, run a well-funded nonprofit, and ignore their own children in order to focus on telling *other* women that they belong in the kitchen.
I don't condone violence against these people but neither will I condemn it.
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I don't condone violence against these people but neither will I condemn it.
Hillary Clinton calls half of Trump supporters were "deplorables"*: media frenzy… you can't talk about Americans like that!
Donald Trump calls Somali-Americans "garbage": oh, that Trump, such a rabble-rowser!
*"half" was being too kind.
Donald Trump calls Somali-Americans "garbage": oh, that Trump, such a rabble-rowser!
*"half" was being too kind.
here's Trump's full racist rant about MN's Somali community: "Somalians ripped off that state for billions. And they contribute nothing... Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage. These aren't people that work... They come from hell & do nothing but bitch. We don't want them"
December 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Hillary Clinton calls half of Trump supporters were "deplorables"*: media frenzy… you can't talk about Americans like that!
Donald Trump calls Somali-Americans "garbage": oh, that Trump, such a rabble-rowser!
*"half" was being too kind.
Donald Trump calls Somali-Americans "garbage": oh, that Trump, such a rabble-rowser!
*"half" was being too kind.
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i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
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Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
Cops in Riverside, California beat a guy with mental illness to death for spending too long in a McDonald's bathroom: youtu.be/MEp9eqEKHGs?...
Arrested For Being in a McDonald's Bathroom Too Long (then dies)
YouTube video by The Civil Rights Lawyer
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December 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Cops in Riverside, California beat a guy with mental illness to death for spending too long in a McDonald's bathroom: youtu.be/MEp9eqEKHGs?...
Turns out the floor wasn't so strong after all
scholars, researchers, activists, even past-their-prime stalwarts like James Carville:
”Dems have a prime opportunity to run on an anti-corruption agenda"
a congressional Dem leader:
”Dems have a prime opportunity to run on an anti-corruption agenda"
a congressional Dem leader:
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Turns out the floor wasn't so strong after all
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It may get significantly more difficult over the next three years to get vaccines in the United States.
Which is shocking and devastating.
People will die.
Which is shocking and devastating.
People will die.
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It may get significantly more difficult over the next three years to get vaccines in the United States.
Which is shocking and devastating.
People will die.
Which is shocking and devastating.
People will die.
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What to look for:
ACIP is scheduled to meet this week and the members are expected to vote to delay hepatitis B vaccination.
Hep B vaccines are currently given at birth because babies who contract the disease (which happens through fluid exchange) have bad odds with liver cirrhosis and cancer.
ACIP is scheduled to meet this week and the members are expected to vote to delay hepatitis B vaccination.
Hep B vaccines are currently given at birth because babies who contract the disease (which happens through fluid exchange) have bad odds with liver cirrhosis and cancer.
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
What to look for:
ACIP is scheduled to meet this week and the members are expected to vote to delay hepatitis B vaccination.
Hep B vaccines are currently given at birth because babies who contract the disease (which happens through fluid exchange) have bad odds with liver cirrhosis and cancer.
ACIP is scheduled to meet this week and the members are expected to vote to delay hepatitis B vaccination.
Hep B vaccines are currently given at birth because babies who contract the disease (which happens through fluid exchange) have bad odds with liver cirrhosis and cancer.
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With this week’s shakeup at the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee, an ivermectin-promoting anti-vax group is well positioned to influence vaccine policy in the U.S.
Both the new chair and the existing vice chair of ACIP have ties to the so-called Independent Medical Alliance.
Full story:
Both the new chair and the existing vice chair of ACIP have ties to the so-called Independent Medical Alliance.
Full story:
Pro-Ivermectin, Anti-Vax Group Positioned to Influence CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee
New ACIP Chair Dr. Kirk Milhoan, who attacks mRNA vaccines, is affiliated with the Independent Medical Alliance.
www.importantcontext.news
December 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
With this week’s shakeup at the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee, an ivermectin-promoting anti-vax group is well positioned to influence vaccine policy in the U.S.
Both the new chair and the existing vice chair of ACIP have ties to the so-called Independent Medical Alliance.
Full story:
Both the new chair and the existing vice chair of ACIP have ties to the so-called Independent Medical Alliance.
Full story:
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Will continue to bang this drum: this is the system university admins are cramming into every aspect of education. This is the system we are told “isn’t going anywhere” so we all have to adjust to it.
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Will continue to bang this drum: this is the system university admins are cramming into every aspect of education. This is the system we are told “isn’t going anywhere” so we all have to adjust to it.
Organizations that compromise on the principles they purport to stand for are committing a form of self-death. They stave off dissolution in exchange for a hollow, zombie-like existence.
One wonders what other women the Women's Institute and Girlguiding will sacrifice next without a fight.
One wonders what other women the Women's Institute and Girlguiding will sacrifice next without a fight.
“I spoke to one 80-year-old woman who has been in our organisation for decades, who said it was one of the greatest experiences of her life, and the only place in her 80 years where she’s been treated as a woman with respect.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Organizations that compromise on the principles they purport to stand for are committing a form of self-death. They stave off dissolution in exchange for a hollow, zombie-like existence.
One wonders what other women the Women's Institute and Girlguiding will sacrifice next without a fight.
One wonders what other women the Women's Institute and Girlguiding will sacrifice next without a fight.
Apropos of nothing, Julius Streicher, founder and publisher of the Nazi propaganda tabloid Der Stürmer, was not directly involved in the planning or implementation of the Holocaust and yet he was convicted of crimes against humanity and hanged in 1946. (It was reportedly not a quick death.)
Megyn Kelly on alleged war crimes: "I really do kind of not only wanna see them killed in the water, whether they're on the boat or in the water, but I'd really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so they lose a limb and bleed out."
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Apropos of nothing, Julius Streicher, founder and publisher of the Nazi propaganda tabloid Der Stürmer, was not directly involved in the planning or implementation of the Holocaust and yet he was convicted of crimes against humanity and hanged in 1946. (It was reportedly not a quick death.)
Easily the most corrupt presidency in American history.
You can't pardon tar and feathers.
You can't pardon tar and feathers.
1. BREAKING
President Trump says he is granting a pardon to Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife Imelda.
Federal prosecutors said they accepted around $600,000 from an oil-and-gas company wholly owned and controlled by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank in Mexico.
President Trump says he is granting a pardon to Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife Imelda.
Federal prosecutors said they accepted around $600,000 from an oil-and-gas company wholly owned and controlled by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank in Mexico.
December 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Easily the most corrupt presidency in American history.
You can't pardon tar and feathers.
You can't pardon tar and feathers.
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1. BREAKING
President Trump says he is granting a pardon to Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife Imelda.
Federal prosecutors said they accepted around $600,000 from an oil-and-gas company wholly owned and controlled by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank in Mexico.
President Trump says he is granting a pardon to Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife Imelda.
Federal prosecutors said they accepted around $600,000 from an oil-and-gas company wholly owned and controlled by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank in Mexico.
December 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
1. BREAKING
President Trump says he is granting a pardon to Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife Imelda.
Federal prosecutors said they accepted around $600,000 from an oil-and-gas company wholly owned and controlled by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank in Mexico.
President Trump says he is granting a pardon to Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife Imelda.
Federal prosecutors said they accepted around $600,000 from an oil-and-gas company wholly owned and controlled by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank in Mexico.
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"“My hope is that the message that the transgender community gets from this is not one of betrayal, but is one of our desire to continue to maintain those friendships and that support,...when that anger subsides the transgender community will know that we stand with them."
Nope, it's betrayal.
Nope, it's betrayal.
“I spoke to one 80-year-old woman who has been in our organisation for decades, who said it was one of the greatest experiences of her life, and the only place in her 80 years where she’s been treated as a woman with respect.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"“My hope is that the message that the transgender community gets from this is not one of betrayal, but is one of our desire to continue to maintain those friendships and that support,...when that anger subsides the transgender community will know that we stand with them."
Nope, it's betrayal.
Nope, it's betrayal.
Behold, the spirit of Thanksgiving
Rollins: Joe Biden increased food stamp program funding by 40%. Now… we continue to roll that back… Just gratitude and joy for this work. So, so grateful to you.
December 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Behold, the spirit of Thanksgiving