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In Māori, the word for autism — takiwātanga — comes from a tender phrase meaning someone who moves “in their own time and space,” reflecting a cultural perspective that honors individuality, dignity, and each person’s unique pace in the world.
December 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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PRISM Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people, memo says A Department of Justice memo obtained by Prism says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump's. Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order by Adam Rhodes December 4th, 2025 The Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to dismantle protections for trans and intersex people in federal, state, and local prisons, jails, and youth detention facilities, according to a government memo obtained by Prism. rouchy Socialists Rides Again ATTATel mer.so, dated Dec. 2, takes aim at existing standards of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) that the department 15
December 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Black and white pic of a man holding up a sign that says "if you want to criminalize poverty - Jail the Rich" while also cop addresses him
December 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Picture of secretary of defense hegseth @PhilEhr Under the laws of war you never attack anyone who is hors de combat: shipwrecked, wounded, defenseless, or already in your power. Those two men clinging to the wreckage were exactly that. Hegseth ordering their death anyway crosses an even brighter line: the ban on no quarter - the absolute rule that you do not kill people who cannot fight back. Every commander knows this. Every oficer is trained on it. These aren't obscure legal theories. They're the bedrock of lawful command. Yet the Secretary of Defense still gave the order: "kill everybody" after the first strike, after operators saw survivors in the water, after it was clear they posed no threat. A second missile was launched just to finish the job. Hegseth didn't make a tough call. He made an unlawful one.
December 4, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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I am writing to inform you that, regretfully, I must decline the 2025 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies offered by the Modern Language Association (MLA). I can no longer consider the MLA my academic home, given its leadership's refusal, in the midst of an ongoing genocide, to pass to the Delegate Assembly for debate a resolution in support of the 2005 Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS). As a scholar of Palestine Studies and Israel Studies, whose research addresses this very region, I oppose this blatant silencing of dissent and, specifically, of Palestinian voices. I am unwilling for my book to serve as a fig leaf for the Association's leadership, to cover over its failure to address Israeli violence in the region or its attempt to foreclose any discussion of this violence.
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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@AGIasgowGirl A man once got mad bc my ma asked me for a tampon in Punjabi demanded we speak English so my ma asked him if he had a tampon + he ran away thaxted When your racism conflicts with your mis
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Picture of a marble statue of Persephone. Do not worry about your contradictions Persephone was both floral maiden and queen of death. You, too, can be both.
November 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Two pictures of Elaine Miles, one with her co-star on northern exposure, one as she is now Indigenous actress and Northern Exposure star Elaine Miles was approached by ICE. After showing her tribal ID and attempting to call the number on the card, an agent called it "fake" and tried to take her phone before leaving her alone. ICE going after Native Americans only proves bigotry isn't based on logic and can't and won't be argued away with obvious facts.
November 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Prof Zenkus @anthonyzenkus Using a device that still works is called "device hoarding" by the capitalists. These people are truly insane MC Squared @mcsquared34. 13h No CNBC, it's not device hoarding it's -MY PHONE STILL WORKS FINE AND I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND $1500 FOR A SLIGHTLY BETTER CAMERA AND AN AI FEATURE THAT I'LL EVENTUALLY DISABLE CNBC https://www.cnbc.com How device hoarding by Americans is costing economy
November 29, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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Dutch designer Jip van Leeuwenstein engineered a transparent mask that disrupts AI facial recognition from every angle, created during his Surveillance Exclusion project at Utrecht School of the Arts. By bending and distorting the face, it blocks automated tracking while preserving human expression. The striking design later surged through tech communities, academics, and media as a symbol of resistance to surveillance. Screenshot shows side profile of a person wearing the see thru face and a profile shot of how the face gets broken up
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Mike Hanin Odetalla 4h- New CBS Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss incited Refaat's murder, then after he was killed, she tweeted 'Good riddance' before deleting it.Israel Firster Larry Ellison didn't hire a journalist, he hired a Zionist influencer whose entire public profile is rooted in hardline pro-Israel advocacy. Her rise has been propelled far more by ideological networks than by newsroom merit. Refaat in Gaza C : @itranslate123 If l get killed by Israelibombs or my family is harmed,Ilblame Bari Weiss @bariweiss and her likes. Many maniacal Israeli soldiers already bombing Gaza take these lies and smears seriously and they act upon them.
November 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Gio DeBatta @GDebatta Follow 60 years of CIA history in one 270 character post Spike Cohen @RealSpikeCohen Gentle reminder that ISIS was created by the US govt to fight the Shiite militants, who were armed by the US govt to fight Saddam, who was armed by the US govt to fight Iran, who hates us because the US govt overthrew their elected leader and installed a brutal dictator.
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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@daniellehaighx False eyelashes always getting wrecked shoving them in ur bag?? Go treat urself to a kinder egg ur welcome ladies x !two pictures of a kinder egg, one held closed by a hair tie another one open showing some lashes Sarah McG @sarahmcgbeauty Ican't use a Kinder egg, they're illegal in the US. Do you think a semi-automatic iT le willwork instead? I can get those at Wallmart
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Daractenus @Daractenus Follow After it turned out that about two thirds of Twitter's MAGA and far-right accounts are ased in Russia, Nigeria and Bangladesh, Musk as now shut down the location feature.
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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NOV 23, 2025 2:59 PM GMT DOGE disbanded: Elon Musk's Cost-Cutting Project Quietly Ended Ahead of Schedule POLITICS REPUBLICANS @jesscraven101
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Teacher: You have 5 cats, and someone wants 2 of them. How many cats do you have left? Me: 5 Teacher: Ok. Let's say someone forcefully takes 2 cats. What do you have now? Me: 5 cats and a body. Picture of a tortoise cat gazing into the camera
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Hugh Thompson Jr. faced a moment in Vietnam that tested every boundary of duty, conscience, and courage. On March 16, 1968, he and his crew were flying low over the village of Mỹ Lai when they realized something was terribly wrong. There were no enemy combatants. There were only unarmed civilians—women, children, and elderly villagers—being shot by American troops advancing through the hamlet. From the air, Thompson watched bodies fall in ditches and saw survivors running for their lives. He immediately grasped the truth that others refused to confront. This was not combat. It was a massacre unfolding in real time. Thompson set his helicopter down between the U.S. soldiers and the remaining villagers. He stepped out to confront the officers on the ground, demanding they stop firing. Then he issued an order that could have ended his career or his life: he instructed his crew to open fire on American troops if they continued killing civilians. It was the only way to create a shield for the people he was trying to save. With that line drawn, Thompson and his crew began evacuating terrified villagers. They radioed for more helicopters to carry out the wounded. They rescued a small boy from a ditch filled with bodies. By the time they lifted off, dozens of lives had been spared because one pilot refused to obey the silence of complicity. Thompson was not celebrated for this decision. For years he endured hostility, threats, and isolation from those who believed he had betrayed his fellow soldiers. Only decades later did the Army award him the Soldier’s Medal, recognizing that he had upheld the highest ideals of military service. Hugh Thompson Jr. stopped the Mỹ Lai massacre not with firepower but with moral clarity. His legacy endures as a reminder that real courage sometimes means standing against your own side to protect the innocent.
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Such a cute story.... the weirdest things can be uplifting & help us cope once they are infused with love and laughter
nonamebatman .4h 35 Awards One time, about five years into our relationship, my girlfriend (now wife) and I were in separate rooms in our one bedroom apartment in early December. From the other rogm, she want for Christmas?" Qllered teme "what do you I had been working full time, taking part-time university classes to finish my degree, and had been volunteering as part of a youth mentor program...so I said "All I really want is a break.' shoebox. After getting through the mountain of duct tape and several layers of wrapping paper, I had my very own... brick. "I really didn't understand what you wanted it for, she said, "but you sounded socure of it here you go!" Cue about ten minutes of laughs, and now that brick sits proudly on my desk. Every time I am overwhelmed or feeling like l've taken on too much, 1 look at it, pick it up, have a little laugh, and put it back so I can carry on. ever.
November 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Wages are a mental health issue. I can't help a client whose anxiety comes from the fact that they are one missed shift away from not being able to make rent. Child care is a mental health issue. I can't help a client who works 80 hours per week to afford daycare, and doesn't have the time or energy left to come see me. Drug policing is a mental health issue. 1 can't help a client who ended up in prison because they got caught self-medicating with illegal substances. Police brutality is a mental health issue. I can't help a client whose 'anxiety' is a very real and justified fear of ending up as a hashtag.
November 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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How to Escape a Prayer Circle Request Prayer For Rare Hand-Rotting Skin Disease Most effective if done while violently trembling. Shout "AM I BEING DETAINED?!" May not wark in a charismatic church. Recite Necronomicon Incantation Just don't mess it up. Lob Chick-Fil-A Sandwich M lf you can part with it . Pray In Tongues With Lots of Near-Curses Guaranteed next prayer starts with, Tllclose us out." Roll-And-Throw With proper form, you can toss your fellow believer without harming them. Trigger Fire Sprinklers (Requires flame thrower.) Summon the She-Bears This solves most prablems to be honest. If All Else Fails, Sacrifice Limbs Better to lose one part af your body than for yaur whole bady to be stuck in a prayer circle.
November 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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reberrabon_bon I posted a video on YouTube shorts about how Alien is literally about men being SAed, and that's why it's scary, and I have SO MANY MEN on there BEGGING me to "leave politics out of Alien." Babes...the man who wrote the screenplay literally said that's what it was. l'm not "putting politics" into anything. The politics were already there. You just don't like knowing what they are.
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Hours of work needed per week on minimum wage to escape poverty
dotsokt 23h HOURS NEEDED TO ESCAPE POVERTY ON MINIMUM WAGE: 1. JAPAN - 11 HOURS 2. UNITED KINGDOM - 23 HOURS 3. FRANCE - 26 HOURS 4. NEW ZEALAND - 29 HOURS 5. PORTUGAL - 31 HOURS 6. AUSTRALIA - 32 HOURS 7. BELGIUM - 32 HOURS 8. SPAIN - 32 HOURS 9. IRELAND - 33 HOURS 10. GERMANY - 37 HOURS 11. LUXEMBOURG - 44 HOURS 12. CANADA - 44 HOURS 13. UNITED STATES - 90 HOURS YES, 90 HOURS. A SINGLE PERSON ON FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE ($7.25/HR) WOULD NEED TO WORK 90 HOURS A WEEK TO ESCAPE POVERTY.
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski X.com knew they blamed immigrants for everything but I didn't think they would blame immigrant ows for hamburger prices Ron Smith X.com @Ronxyz00 Scott Bessent says the reason beef prices are so high is because immigrants from South America are bringing their cattle with them as they come here and they are infected with diseases. What a weird take! EXCLUSIVE DC DC oohge Tox MAHA STEAKS CEO: BEEF SET TO COST S $1OPER POUND SCOTT BESSENT SECRETARY OF TREASUR
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Tovaritch sends solidarity and leans in for a kiss
Close up of my cat tovaritch leaning in for a kiss You can see half of his black face and one nostril (with a slight pink sheen because of the light filtering in through pink curtains cast over it all) The left eye you can see is a very light yellow-green
November 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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A common virus may be the root cause of lupus. Lupus has baffled medicine for centuries. Now, scientists think they’ve found the culprit – and it’s one of the world’s most common viruses. In a new study, researchers at Stanford University have traced nearly every case of lupus to the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) – the same virus that causes mononucleosis, or “kissing disease.” While most people infected with EBV never get seriously ill, this research suggests it may reprogram immune cells in a way that triggers systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) – a chronic, often life-threatening autoimmune condition. Among people with lupus, the percentage of immune B cells infected with EBV was found to be 25 times higher than in healthy individuals. Using advanced sequencing, scientists discovered that the virus switches memory B cells – which normally help fight infection – into a pro-inflammatory state that may drive autoimmune attacks. That could explain not just what causes lupus, but also why it flares and settles unpredictably. EBV lies dormant in the body, but when reactivated, it could push the immune system into overdrive. The finding may also help explain why lupus affects some people more than others: not all EBV infections are equal. People with lupus may have been exposed to a more virulent strain, or their immune systems may be especially vulnerable to the virus’s effects. This could also reshape how we understand other EBV-linked conditions, including multiple sclerosis and long COVID. Read the study: "Epstein-Barr virus reprograms autoreactive B cells as antigen-presenting cells in systemic lupus erythematosus." Science Translational Medicine, 2025.
November 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM