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· Nov 19
Grieving online
I love you, dear friend
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I hate to be *that* person, who rarely posts, and then to share what they wrote on a different platform, but here I go regardless.
My beautiful friend Tejas AP died last week. And it made me reconsider my dislike of Instagram, of all things.
shobhna.substack.com/p/grieving-o...
My beautiful friend Tejas AP died last week. And it made me reconsider my dislike of Instagram, of all things.
shobhna.substack.com/p/grieving-o...
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I spent the last year writing a book about the ridiculous demands of what it means to be masculine. But a guy who takes care of people who served our country, asks a woman “are you ok?” When she is in distress and looks out for his vulnerable neighbors seems like a pretty good role model for a man.
January 25, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I spent the last year writing a book about the ridiculous demands of what it means to be masculine. But a guy who takes care of people who served our country, asks a woman “are you ok?” When she is in distress and looks out for his vulnerable neighbors seems like a pretty good role model for a man.
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ICE actually needs less training because ICE shouldn’t exist
January 25, 2026 at 4:33 AM
ICE actually needs less training because ICE shouldn’t exist
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You actually don't have to expose yourself to content of people being murdered. We know that it happened. Protect your mental health and log off for a bit if you have to.
January 24, 2026 at 4:32 PM
You actually don't have to expose yourself to content of people being murdered. We know that it happened. Protect your mental health and log off for a bit if you have to.
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One day this great violent abomination upon the earth will be ended. Why shouldn't we see that day? What greater tribute could we pay to those weve lost then to live even one day in the light of true freedom and liberation?
January 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM
One day this great violent abomination upon the earth will be ended. Why shouldn't we see that day? What greater tribute could we pay to those weve lost then to live even one day in the light of true freedom and liberation?
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One day will be the last that they commit an execution in the streets and we can and must bring that day closer however we can
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
One day will be the last that they commit an execution in the streets and we can and must bring that day closer however we can
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I don’t believe in hell but these people really make me wish I did.
January 22, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I don’t believe in hell but these people really make me wish I did.
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There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.
January 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.
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feels both depressing and inevitable, and the thing i find most fascinating about it is the decision and then commitment to performing wild enthusiasm anyhow. you hate this, and yet you understand the very real monetary benefit of championing it
www.outsports.com/2026/1/22/24...
www.outsports.com/2026/1/22/24...
Empty Netters host called Heated Rivalry 'trash,' producers 'losers' - Outsports
As he publicly praised 'Heated Rivalry,' one 'Empty Netters' host privately trashed the show. Outsports has seen the texts.
www.outsports.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:47 PM
feels both depressing and inevitable, and the thing i find most fascinating about it is the decision and then commitment to performing wild enthusiasm anyhow. you hate this, and yet you understand the very real monetary benefit of championing it
www.outsports.com/2026/1/22/24...
www.outsports.com/2026/1/22/24...
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The Wall Street Journal reports the US is seeking regime change in Cuba by the end of the year.
Exclusive | The U.S. Is Actively Seeking Regime Change in Cuba by the End of the Year
After ousting Venezuela’s leader, the Trump administration is hunting for Havana insiders who could cut a deal to end Communist rule.
www.wsj.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:03 AM
The Wall Street Journal reports the US is seeking regime change in Cuba by the end of the year.
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There you have it, the Board of Peace is nothing more than a corrupt real estate deal dressed up as diplomacy with the sole purpose of enriching Trump and his favoured cronies.
Trump makes concluding remarks. He says Gaza ceasefire push began because he is “a real estate person at heart, and it’s all about location, and I said, ‘look at this location, on the sea, look at this beautiful piece of property’”.
January 22, 2026 at 11:16 AM
There you have it, the Board of Peace is nothing more than a corrupt real estate deal dressed up as diplomacy with the sole purpose of enriching Trump and his favoured cronies.
Timeline cleanse:
The whole wet leg album from last year is perfect for Heated Rivalry. Case in point: music.apple.com/in/song/liqu...
The whole wet leg album from last year is perfect for Heated Rivalry. Case in point: music.apple.com/in/song/liqu...
liquidize by Wet Leg on Apple Music
Song · 2025 · Duration 2:27
music.apple.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Timeline cleanse:
The whole wet leg album from last year is perfect for Heated Rivalry. Case in point: music.apple.com/in/song/liqu...
The whole wet leg album from last year is perfect for Heated Rivalry. Case in point: music.apple.com/in/song/liqu...
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Unclear to me if this fucking five year old kid getting kidnapped is breaking through outside of the Twin Cities and I don’t want to speak for anyone else but this has really steeled my resolve. This shit cannot be allowed to stand.
January 22, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Unclear to me if this fucking five year old kid getting kidnapped is breaking through outside of the Twin Cities and I don’t want to speak for anyone else but this has really steeled my resolve. This shit cannot be allowed to stand.
Considering becoming a ✨book person ✨again after 20 years. The only thing I buy: books. The only thing I talk about: books. The only podcasts I listen to: book podcasts.
I'm going to be so incredibly annoying, but hiding among books is one of the better ways to survive these times, imo.
I'm going to be so incredibly annoying, but hiding among books is one of the better ways to survive these times, imo.
January 22, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Considering becoming a ✨book person ✨again after 20 years. The only thing I buy: books. The only thing I talk about: books. The only podcasts I listen to: book podcasts.
I'm going to be so incredibly annoying, but hiding among books is one of the better ways to survive these times, imo.
I'm going to be so incredibly annoying, but hiding among books is one of the better ways to survive these times, imo.
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"get rid of these baby-snatchimg freaks" is so simple and so universally appealing, and our ossified so-called representatives can't even bring themselves to say it
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 AM
"get rid of these baby-snatchimg freaks" is so simple and so universally appealing, and our ossified so-called representatives can't even bring themselves to say it
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Zohran CLAIMS to be a socialist, and yet he keeps doing things that I can only categorise as 'king shit'. INTERESTING.
January 20, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Zohran CLAIMS to be a socialist, and yet he keeps doing things that I can only categorise as 'king shit'. INTERESTING.
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i once read "the rights you think criminals should have are the rights you think everyone should have because the state can criminalize anyone" and it changed how i think about everything
January 19, 2026 at 5:52 AM
i once read "the rights you think criminals should have are the rights you think everyone should have because the state can criminalize anyone" and it changed how i think about everything
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And I fucking hate the caveats especially "NO CRIMINAL RECORD."
People who have criminal records ALSO deserve dignity. OK.
People who have criminal records ALSO deserve dignity. OK.
January 19, 2026 at 5:50 AM
And I fucking hate the caveats especially "NO CRIMINAL RECORD."
People who have criminal records ALSO deserve dignity. OK.
People who have criminal records ALSO deserve dignity. OK.
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Honestly boycotting the World Cup would be the most effective and probably the least disruptive of all of the options available to Europe. I’m not sure how you can send teams and fans to contribute to a spectacle designed entirely to celebrate a guy trying to invade your territory.
January 19, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Honestly boycotting the World Cup would be the most effective and probably the least disruptive of all of the options available to Europe. I’m not sure how you can send teams and fans to contribute to a spectacle designed entirely to celebrate a guy trying to invade your territory.
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Just wanna make it clear for folks:
The same way Civil Rights protestors has hoses and dogs set on them? They're causing these life-changing injuries on purpose. They want to scare you off the streets.
The same way Civil Rights protestors has hoses and dogs set on them? They're causing these life-changing injuries on purpose. They want to scare you off the streets.
US federal forces blind two protesters shot in face with ‘less-lethal’ munitions
Kaden Rummler and Britain Rodriguez tell KTLA and LA Times of being shot at close range during California protest
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Kaden Rummler and Britain Rodriguez tell KTLA and LA Times of being shot at close range during California protest
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US federal forces blind two protesters shot in face with ‘less-lethal’ munitions
Kaden Rummler and Britain Rodriguez tell KTLA and LA Times of being shot at close range during California protest
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Just wanna make it clear for folks:
The same way Civil Rights protestors has hoses and dogs set on them? They're causing these life-changing injuries on purpose. They want to scare you off the streets.
The same way Civil Rights protestors has hoses and dogs set on them? They're causing these life-changing injuries on purpose. They want to scare you off the streets.
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I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
January 17, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
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Molly's being characteristically thoughtful. I'll be more of an asshole: THE AI COMPANIES HAVE USED WIKIPEDIA'S SHIT FOR YEARS. It costs millions of fucking dollars in infrastructure to serve up content to these companies. Should Wikipedia subsidize them? No? Then it's *good* they're getting paid!
I think people are erroneously interpreting the headline to mean that the Wikimedia Foundation is embracing AI for purposes like generating encyclopedia content, or are providing AI companies with more training data than they were already scraping.
January 15, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Molly's being characteristically thoughtful. I'll be more of an asshole: THE AI COMPANIES HAVE USED WIKIPEDIA'S SHIT FOR YEARS. It costs millions of fucking dollars in infrastructure to serve up content to these companies. Should Wikipedia subsidize them? No? Then it's *good* they're getting paid!
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If anyone was still pretending this isn’t just about excluding trans kids from public life, the Trump administration just opened a Title IX investigation into a Maine school district because a trans student is on a *co-ed* cheerleading squad.
Newport co-ed cheerleading team is at center of Trump transgender athlete crackdownTrump admin focuses on swimming, cheerleading in Maine transgender athlete probes
The U.S. Department of Education announced a slew of Title IX-related investigations this week that include 2 school districts in Maine.
www.pressherald.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:09 AM
If anyone was still pretending this isn’t just about excluding trans kids from public life, the Trump administration just opened a Title IX investigation into a Maine school district because a trans student is on a *co-ed* cheerleading squad.
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in general, a lot of doomerism on this website boils down to, "they are going to start treating us like black people, and i believe the marginalization of black people is immutable destiny"
January 15, 2026 at 6:38 PM
in general, a lot of doomerism on this website boils down to, "they are going to start treating us like black people, and i believe the marginalization of black people is immutable destiny"
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"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car"
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
January 15, 2026 at 8:22 PM
"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car"
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
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Every example of ai being useful begins with "okay imagine you're in a situation, and you are very dumb"
January 15, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Every example of ai being useful begins with "okay imagine you're in a situation, and you are very dumb"