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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
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Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
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CNN Finds Israel Killed Palestinian Aid Seekers and Bulldozed Bodies into Shallow, Unmarked Graves
CNN Finds Israel Killed Palestinian Aid Seekers and Bulldozed Bodies into Shallow, Unmarked Graves
Israel’s military is continuing to pound the Gaza Strip in violation of the October 10 ceasefire agreement. Al Jazeera reports Israeli ships opened fire toward the coast of Khan Younis, while air raid...
www.democracynow.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:26 AM
CNN Finds Israel Killed Palestinian Aid Seekers and Bulldozed Bodies into Shallow, Unmarked Graves
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ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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having to dissect an elderly presidents media diet to see why he had the army invade oregon
ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
having to dissect an elderly presidents media diet to see why he had the army invade oregon
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pop quiz
If someone says that they like something and your response is "Really? Because it's actually awful," what precisely do you think is going to happen next?
If someone says that they like something and your response is "Really? Because it's actually awful," what precisely do you think is going to happen next?
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
pop quiz
If someone says that they like something and your response is "Really? Because it's actually awful," what precisely do you think is going to happen next?
If someone says that they like something and your response is "Really? Because it's actually awful," what precisely do you think is going to happen next?
Olives. Cannot even get myself to swallow them without gagging.
Does anyone else have a food they hate beyond reason and just won't eat no matter how well someone prepares it? I don't necessarily mean a whole dish, it can be a single ingredient. For some people it's the thing where cilantro tastes like soap to them.
December 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Olives. Cannot even get myself to swallow them without gagging.
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"Whether it takes him going to a Sunday School class or familiarizing himself with our country’s foundational documents, I hope the president soon learns that God doesn’t make garbage. God only makes beautiful things.
And my Somali neighbors are beautiful"
And my Somali neighbors are beautiful"
I wrote a piece about my beautiful Somali neighbors. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | I'm a pastor in Minneapolis who sees God in my Somali neighbors
G. Travis Norvell: My Somali neighbors are beautiful
www.ms.now
December 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"Whether it takes him going to a Sunday School class or familiarizing himself with our country’s foundational documents, I hope the president soon learns that God doesn’t make garbage. God only makes beautiful things.
And my Somali neighbors are beautiful"
And my Somali neighbors are beautiful"
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it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
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 6:17 PM
it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
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Find yourself someone who loves you the way unearned social hierarchy loves defending itself through moral panics & means testing.
The NYTimes, The Atlantic, and the WSJ have piled on in the past week. Time for WaPo to get on the too-many-kids-have-diagnoses beat.
Opinion | ADHD Is Exploding. Are the Kids All Right?
‘It’s impossible to ignore the school system’s role in overdiagnosis and prescription.’
www.wsj.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Find yourself someone who loves you the way unearned social hierarchy loves defending itself through moral panics & means testing.
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The Free Black Women’s Library is a social art project that features a collection of over 5000 books written by Black women & Black non-binary writers, a free store, a period pantry, a Reading Club, and more
Read more on how to support literacy power
www.thefreeblackwomenslibrary.com/new-page
Read more on how to support literacy power
www.thefreeblackwomenslibrary.com/new-page
The Free Black Women's Library
www.thefreeblackwomenslibrary.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The Free Black Women’s Library is a social art project that features a collection of over 5000 books written by Black women & Black non-binary writers, a free store, a period pantry, a Reading Club, and more
Read more on how to support literacy power
www.thefreeblackwomenslibrary.com/new-page
Read more on how to support literacy power
www.thefreeblackwomenslibrary.com/new-page
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Neighbors - you do not need anyone's permission to sound your whistle when you spot ICE. Nor do you need to attend a whistle training first. Here's everything you need to know.
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Neighbors - you do not need anyone's permission to sound your whistle when you spot ICE. Nor do you need to attend a whistle training first. Here's everything you need to know.
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Wanted to share my thoughts on the announcement that ICE is coming to the Twin Cities.
December 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Wanted to share my thoughts on the announcement that ICE is coming to the Twin Cities.
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‘You boy! How do I unsubscribe from all these Black Friday emails?’
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
‘You boy! How do I unsubscribe from all these Black Friday emails?’
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It’s really fun to be a historian. We are fun at parties. We will absolutely not ruin your traditions by explaining the history of them.
Them: You know the Olympic torch relay just began.
Me: Yeah, the flame is ancient but the relay itself was invented by Hitler to connect Ancient Greece to Germany for the Berlin Olympics
Them: Always a ray of sunshine
Me:
www.forbes.com/sites/drsara...
Me: Yeah, the flame is ancient but the relay itself was invented by Hitler to connect Ancient Greece to Germany for the Berlin Olympics
Them: Always a ray of sunshine
Me:
www.forbes.com/sites/drsara...
A Short History Of Torches And Intimidation
The carrying of torches to suggest power and project intimidation has a long and sordid history.
www.forbes.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It’s really fun to be a historian. We are fun at parties. We will absolutely not ruin your traditions by explaining the history of them.
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I love whenever articles like this are all “SEE THE UNREASONABLE ANGRY DEMANDS OF THIS SJW TEACHER” and the teacher’s comment are always “please actually cite sources and try not to call your classmates demonic”
November 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I love whenever articles like this are all “SEE THE UNREASONABLE ANGRY DEMANDS OF THIS SJW TEACHER” and the teacher’s comment are always “please actually cite sources and try not to call your classmates demonic”
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I made a real effort in soon-to-be-announced 2026 book to distinguish my five narrators by the freedom and generosity with which they strewed the fucks, but none of them refrained entirely. everyone gets a few fucks. as a treat.
Some fuck complained about the wonderful fucks in your book? Ignore them and go write some more fucks. You fucking got this.
November 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I made a real effort in soon-to-be-announced 2026 book to distinguish my five narrators by the freedom and generosity with which they strewed the fucks, but none of them refrained entirely. everyone gets a few fucks. as a treat.
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At first you're like, why does this have a wiki page
Then you find out it might be the best wiki page ever
Then you find out it might be the best wiki page ever
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
At first you're like, why does this have a wiki page
Then you find out it might be the best wiki page ever
Then you find out it might be the best wiki page ever
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
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Oh hey does anyone want lesbian space pirates?
Also sex scene with one of the participants is a sentient spaceship (lemme tell you it was a *project* to write)
Also sex scene with one of the participants is a sentient spaceship (lemme tell you it was a *project* to write)
THE RED SCHOLAR'S WAKE by @aliettedebodard.com is on sale today in the US and Canada! The eBook is only $4.99...
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Published by @awfulagent.bsky.social.
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Published by @awfulagent.bsky.social.
The Red Scholar’s Wake ebook by Aliette de Bodard - Rakuten Kobo
Read "The Red Scholar’s Wake A Xuya Universe Romance" by Aliette de Bodard available from Rakuten Kobo. When tech scavenger Xích Si is captured and imprisoned by the infamous pirates of the Red Banner...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Oh hey does anyone want lesbian space pirates?
Also sex scene with one of the participants is a sentient spaceship (lemme tell you it was a *project* to write)
Also sex scene with one of the participants is a sentient spaceship (lemme tell you it was a *project* to write)
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Out now in Oxford Bibliographies in Classics: My biblio on "Jews in the Roman empire." My goal was to invite classicists/ancient historians into the rich world of rabbinic literature, which can transform (if we let it) how we talk about the Roman empire
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
www.oxfordbibliographies.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Out now in Oxford Bibliographies in Classics: My biblio on "Jews in the Roman empire." My goal was to invite classicists/ancient historians into the rich world of rabbinic literature, which can transform (if we let it) how we talk about the Roman empire
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
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After all these years, Detroit finally got a Detroit halftime show for Thanksgiving. I hope that becomes a new tradition.
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
After all these years, Detroit finally got a Detroit halftime show for Thanksgiving. I hope that becomes a new tradition.
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as a Big Reader i cannot emphasize enough that i am not seeing most of your book promo. i’m not even seeing Big Name books (new tana french in <6 months??? who knew???) so you should never feel bad about doing promo. sell your books babes.
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
Because @lollardfish.bsky.social says we should promote our books: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477313138/
November 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
as a Big Reader i cannot emphasize enough that i am not seeing most of your book promo. i’m not even seeing Big Name books (new tana french in <6 months??? who knew???) so you should never feel bad about doing promo. sell your books babes.
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In the US, Catholic sisters return Wisconsin land to Ojibwe tribe in a historic first. The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have transferred a lakefront property to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for the same $30,000 they paid in 1966.
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For the first time, Catholic sisters return land to a Tribal nation
"This return represents more than the restoration of land — it is the restoration of balance, dignity, and our sacred connection to the places our ancestors once walked."
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November 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In the US, Catholic sisters return Wisconsin land to Ojibwe tribe in a historic first. The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have transferred a lakefront property to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for the same $30,000 they paid in 1966.
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I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.