cumrade poptart
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34 y/o Welder, blacksmith, board game geek. Autistic Michigan cryptid. he/him, hij/hem. #yesallgamers
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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I JUST HAD A DOCTOR CONSULT CANCELLED BECAUSE I WAS RUDE TO THEIR AI INTAKE SOFTWARE. (I called it a "stupid computer.") I hate EVERYTHING
February 16, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I JUST HAD A DOCTOR CONSULT CANCELLED BECAUSE I WAS RUDE TO THEIR AI INTAKE SOFTWARE. (I called it a "stupid computer.") I hate EVERYTHING
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mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
February 16, 2026 at 7:37 AM
mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
It's also worth noting that the largest ethnic contributor to American culture is German, with more Americans with German ancestry than any other ethnicity, including English.
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.
February 15, 2026 at 5:48 PM
It's also worth noting that the largest ethnic contributor to American culture is German, with more Americans with German ancestry than any other ethnicity, including English.
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Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
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Meanwhile, when allegations involve extreme harm and immense power, the process often looks slower, more opaque, more cautious. Or non-existent.
It exposes something deeper than any one case.
Our system doesn’t respond to harm. It responds to status, narrative, and power.
It exposes something deeper than any one case.
Our system doesn’t respond to harm. It responds to status, narrative, and power.
February 15, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Meanwhile, when allegations involve extreme harm and immense power, the process often looks slower, more opaque, more cautious. Or non-existent.
It exposes something deeper than any one case.
Our system doesn’t respond to harm. It responds to status, narrative, and power.
It exposes something deeper than any one case.
Our system doesn’t respond to harm. It responds to status, narrative, and power.
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I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
February 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
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Abolish ICE is the bare minimum we can accept
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records ...
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Abolish ICE is the bare minimum we can accept
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Ending this operation is not enough.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
February 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Ending this operation is not enough.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
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In an alarming development, it appears the UK Government covered up a massive spike in trans youth suicides after restrictions.
Then covered it up again when caught.
Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country.
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Then covered it up again when caught.
Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trans Youth Suicides Skyrocketed In UK After Care Drawdown; Government Covers It Up
A Freedom of Information request to the National Child Mortality Database reveals that 22 trans children under 18 died by suicide in England in 2021-22 alone.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:37 PM
In an alarming development, it appears the UK Government covered up a massive spike in trans youth suicides after restrictions.
Then covered it up again when caught.
Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country.
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Then covered it up again when caught.
Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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CoRoT-7b is a large rocky planet, 4x Earth's mass, that has an orbit of just 0.017 AU.
It's a sea of lava at 1800K, the remnant of a Neptune-like gas giant that got its atmosphere stripped away until only the exposed core remains; a "Cthonian planet".
science.nasa.gov/exoplanet-ca...
It's a sea of lava at 1800K, the remnant of a Neptune-like gas giant that got its atmosphere stripped away until only the exposed core remains; a "Cthonian planet".
science.nasa.gov/exoplanet-ca...
February 12, 2026 at 9:20 AM
CoRoT-7b is a large rocky planet, 4x Earth's mass, that has an orbit of just 0.017 AU.
It's a sea of lava at 1800K, the remnant of a Neptune-like gas giant that got its atmosphere stripped away until only the exposed core remains; a "Cthonian planet".
science.nasa.gov/exoplanet-ca...
It's a sea of lava at 1800K, the remnant of a Neptune-like gas giant that got its atmosphere stripped away until only the exposed core remains; a "Cthonian planet".
science.nasa.gov/exoplanet-ca...
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Patent for a 'self-propelled armored vehicle' with a unique configuration:
patents.google.com/patent/US453...
A segmented hull and actuated axles let it elevate, depress, lower or raise the vehicle and its gun freely without needing a turret. It must use electrically powered wheels though.
patents.google.com/patent/US453...
A segmented hull and actuated axles let it elevate, depress, lower or raise the vehicle and its gun freely without needing a turret. It must use electrically powered wheels though.
February 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Patent for a 'self-propelled armored vehicle' with a unique configuration:
patents.google.com/patent/US453...
A segmented hull and actuated axles let it elevate, depress, lower or raise the vehicle and its gun freely without needing a turret. It must use electrically powered wheels though.
patents.google.com/patent/US453...
A segmented hull and actuated axles let it elevate, depress, lower or raise the vehicle and its gun freely without needing a turret. It must use electrically powered wheels though.
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It shouldn't need to be said, but if we apportioned human rights to a demographic based on the number of them who have done mass shootings, all straight white men should be in prison, but, of course, straight white men are never judged in that way, only minorities are. It's ridiculous.
February 12, 2026 at 9:28 AM
It shouldn't need to be said, but if we apportioned human rights to a demographic based on the number of them who have done mass shootings, all straight white men should be in prison, but, of course, straight white men are never judged in that way, only minorities are. It's ridiculous.
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If we are required to show a passport in order to vote, doesn’t that make passport fees an illegal poll tax?
February 12, 2026 at 12:30 AM
If we are required to show a passport in order to vote, doesn’t that make passport fees an illegal poll tax?
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Everything the House passes is called some shit like the PROTECT Act and it makes it illegal to vote or have a bank account if you can't prove that you're genetically Christian.
February 12, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Everything the House passes is called some shit like the PROTECT Act and it makes it illegal to vote or have a bank account if you can't prove that you're genetically Christian.
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And with how many apocalyptic death cults are seizing political power lately? How "everything is gonna end soon" is just an accepted narrative? How many doomsday right-wingers are reaching a Forcing The End phase in their thinking? Like… I wake up in the night and have panic attacks sometimes.
February 12, 2026 at 10:09 AM
And with how many apocalyptic death cults are seizing political power lately? How "everything is gonna end soon" is just an accepted narrative? How many doomsday right-wingers are reaching a Forcing The End phase in their thinking? Like… I wake up in the night and have panic attacks sometimes.
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I know it's cringe to be like "we are going to win" but when you have career DOJ prosecutors flipping sides and being like "I quit two weeks ago and I'm ready to burn this bitch to the ground" I don't know what else to say
Don Lemon hires ex-U.S. prosecutor who quit amid concerns over investigation into Renee Good's killing
Joseph H. Thompson left as an assistant U.S. attorney based in Minnesota amid concerns over the Trump administration's handling of the investigation into the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE off...
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:15 AM
I know it's cringe to be like "we are going to win" but when you have career DOJ prosecutors flipping sides and being like "I quit two weeks ago and I'm ready to burn this bitch to the ground" I don't know what else to say
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my politics
February 11, 2026 at 9:39 AM
my politics
What's your harmless controversial hot take?
You shouldn't enjoy your job, it should just be tolerable and pay you well enough to do things you actually enjoy.
You shouldn't enjoy your job, it should just be tolerable and pay you well enough to do things you actually enjoy.
What’s your harmless controversial hot take?
I’ll start: I think AI is already (proto)conscious.
Of course, I’m also a pan(proto)psychist so I think that’s also true of rocks.
I’ll start: I think AI is already (proto)conscious.
Of course, I’m also a pan(proto)psychist so I think that’s also true of rocks.
February 11, 2026 at 3:20 PM
What's your harmless controversial hot take?
You shouldn't enjoy your job, it should just be tolerable and pay you well enough to do things you actually enjoy.
You shouldn't enjoy your job, it should just be tolerable and pay you well enough to do things you actually enjoy.
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Forced to observe that the chain of events 1) people not in MN yell at Stancil for OPSEC/taking video, 2) fewer videos circulate from people, 3) everyone forgets about MN
Deeply sarcastic congratulations to online NYC leftists for your excellent work
Deeply sarcastic congratulations to online NYC leftists for your excellent work
Sometimes very hard not to feel like the rest of the country has abandoned Minnesota. We STILL have ICE everywhere. Our schools, businesses, and economy are in profound crisis. But without Bovino here throwing tear gas, much of the country seems to not care at all what’s being done to us.
February 11, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Forced to observe that the chain of events 1) people not in MN yell at Stancil for OPSEC/taking video, 2) fewer videos circulate from people, 3) everyone forgets about MN
Deeply sarcastic congratulations to online NYC leftists for your excellent work
Deeply sarcastic congratulations to online NYC leftists for your excellent work
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this is basically what I thought would happen with Bovino out and Homan in charge. Less in-your-face theatrics, but just the same amount of evil and harm. Possibly even more, because they’re more focused on the “mission” rather than just tear-gassing everything in sight.
My sense of Minnesota today is that there’s less tear gas and the same amount of unlawful detention, destruction of families, loss of livelihood, people in hiding.
There is less tear gas at places like Lake and Lyndale, so it’s not making news.
There is less tear gas at places like Lake and Lyndale, so it’s not making news.
February 11, 2026 at 2:13 PM
this is basically what I thought would happen with Bovino out and Homan in charge. Less in-your-face theatrics, but just the same amount of evil and harm. Possibly even more, because they’re more focused on the “mission” rather than just tear-gassing everything in sight.
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As per the story, there were EIGHT complaints in relation to gender services in total out of 12,000 users, and none of those were "Help! I'm being transed by my homophobic parents," because, as everyone with a brain knows, that was always blithering nonsense.
February 11, 2026 at 2:27 PM
As per the story, there were EIGHT complaints in relation to gender services in total out of 12,000 users, and none of those were "Help! I'm being transed by my homophobic parents," because, as everyone with a brain knows, that was always blithering nonsense.
the same tired "stop drinking morning coffee if you want to own a home" slop that boomers dutifully drink up to blame individuals for systemic problems.
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores
A new crop of gourmet grocers has hit the city, drawing lines of trendy TikTokers, MAHA-curious health fiends and Instacart devotees who want to pop in for a treat.
on.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:40 PM
the same tired "stop drinking morning coffee if you want to own a home" slop that boomers dutifully drink up to blame individuals for systemic problems.
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
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This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 AM
This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...