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PaprikaPink
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Inscrutable melange of compassion and what were we talking about

I live on the Oregon coast now

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My phone is an aquarium and I'm just a plecostomus sucking up dopamine
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"Let me be very clear: nothing that the DHS is doing is making us any safer. In this moment under Noem and Trump, DHS has become the single greatest threat to public safety." - Rep.
@ramirez.house.gov
December 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Yes, this holiday book list is unusual, so today's selection is BLUE, a brilliant analysis and examination of the imposition of UN peacekeeper spaces on cultures and countries. Longer description in the alt text. Fascinating on the face of it but also of vital interest to fiction writers. 8/?
December 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Happy Holidays! Every day until Christmas, I'll use this thread to rec a book to help you with your gift list. Let's start with THE TWENTY DAYS OF TURIN by Giorgio De Maria, translated by Ramon Glazov, and republished with a foreword by moi. Buy from your fav indie. (Alt text = more detail.) 1/?
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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🚨 My first SCOOP for @ms.now: Mike Johnson has secretly been working to tank a provision to mandate IVF coverage for active duty service members from the Defense Reauthorization Bill—even as Trump has pledged to expand access.

Here's what to know 👇
Mike Johnson works in secret to strip IVF health coverage from defense bill
The speaker is working behind closed-doors to remove a provision from the National Defense Authorization Act that would mandate health coverage for in vitro fertilization for all active duty military.
www.ms.now
December 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Powerful Friends: Sympathetic Officials and “Cultural Power” Help Ranchers Dodge Oversight, by @jamesctobias.bsky.social and Mark Olalde w/ @highcountrynews.org
Powerful Friends: Sympathetic Officials and “Cultural Power” Help Ranchers Dodge Oversight
Elected officials are quick to support public lands ranchers who are accused of breaking rules. As a result, federal agencies pull punches when enforcing regulations.
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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A new investigation from @propublica.org & @highcountrynews.org finds that government programs for grazing on public lands help the wealthiest of ranchers while harming the environment. www.propublica.org/article/graz...
December 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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No for real, I'm guilty of wasting too much breath on the broad myself, every time you mention Olivia Nuzzi you need to respost an actual good writer's work to support them instead.
December 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Warner: "An objective, evidence-based investigation by the Pentagon’s internal watchdog leaves no doubt: Secretary Hegseth endangered the lives of American pilots based aboard the USS Harry S. Truman as they prepared to launch a mission against terrorist targets."
December 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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I just want to note how deeply scary it is that we're learning about murdered survivors only because of a Washington Post article. Congress has been asleep at the wheel.
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Well here's a fine and lovely topic!
WELCOME TO THE DRACULA PAPRIKA DISCOURSE!!

(meme from tumblr, not my own, original link seems to be dead now)
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Texas what the fuck is wrong with y'all. Find another person with an R next to their name. A bag of Tex-Mex queso sitting in the sun for 6 hours registered as a Republican would be preferable to this slimy motherfucker.
December 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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A surprise closure of a hospital in Humacao has left 150 employees unemployed, raising serious concerns about public health services in Puerto Rico.
1.pasqu.in/sJSstx
Sorpresivo cierre de hospital en Humacao deja 150 empleados en la calle
Hope Medical Center, que había recibido una inversión por parte del criptoinversionista Brock Pierce, cesó operaciones este miércoles sin seguir el debido proceso, denuncia el Departamento de Salud
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December 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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This is how you work for The People.

Not by enabling a demented wannabe king and taking away healthcare.

#VoteBlueSaveAmerica

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AOC pushes explosive new bill forcing companies to prove tariff-linked price increases are real | Newsinterpretation
Three U.S. lawmakers — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), Rosa DeLauro, and Angie Craig — have introduced the No GOUGE Act, a bill created to stop companies from
newsinterpretation.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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MORE Breaking on MS NOW: Pete Hegseth refused an interview request for the Pentagon Inspector General's investigation into Signalgate, according to two sources who read and were briefed on report.

Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.
Breaking on MS NOW: The Signalgate report contradicts Pete Hegseth's claims he did nothing wrong. It shows he "violated policy by using a non-approved device," a source who read the report says.

Hegseth failed to preserve records. The report says he put the operations and service people at risk.
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Hey all,

The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.

Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.

You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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porn on its own doesn't cause harm or abuse

white, patriarchal capitalism — and its treatment of personal expression, including sexuality, as an exploitable industry rather than a natural aspect of the human condition — is what does it
December 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Can someone who understands summoning circles help with this? My country is killing people
A President Pritzker or whoever signs an executive order making the US a party to the ICC (yeah, it theoretically requires Congressional approval, but the President is king now), rounds up Hegseth et al, and jets them off before their lawyers can intercede.
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Rep. Ilhan Omar: "I hope he gets the help he needs. It sounds like he's trying to deflect from the failures that he's had as president ... he's fought to be the head of the pedophile protection party."
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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The FDA is urging customers to toss certain brands of grated Pecorino Romano; at the same time, it escalated an existing recall of numerous shredded cheeses. n.pr/48yohW6
Check your cheese: Shredded and grated varieties are recalled nationwide
The FDA is urging customers to toss certain brands of grated Pecorino Romano; at the same time, it escalated an existing recall of numerous shredded cheeses.
n.pr
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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And to celebrate the release of the new CBG tincture, here's a coupon: Buy more than one Limited Edition and get 20% off! Just use the code CBGYAY at checkout or click the link below to add the discount to your order.
milkbarn.farm/discount/CBG...
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Seed to bottle, full-spectrum, grown in the Oregon sun with zero pesticides or unnatural inputs.
milkbarn.farm
December 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM