An aunt
@somebodysaunt.bsky.social
Proud aunt. Only speaking for myself.
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"how's your non violence working Mr Gandhi?"
"pretty good, we got the country back and exported the concept to about 150 other freedom movements"
"pretty good, we got the country back and exported the concept to about 150 other freedom movements"
I don't want to amplify this account but I do want to point out that actually Gandhi's nonviolence worked out pretty well
January 25, 2026 at 2:35 PM
"how's your non violence working Mr Gandhi?"
"pretty good, we got the country back and exported the concept to about 150 other freedom movements"
"pretty good, we got the country back and exported the concept to about 150 other freedom movements"
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Seems unfair that you only get to use the bouncy slide to get off a plane when things have gone wrong. The bouncy slide should be a treat they give to the best passengers who did the flight correctly.
January 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Seems unfair that you only get to use the bouncy slide to get off a plane when things have gone wrong. The bouncy slide should be a treat they give to the best passengers who did the flight correctly.
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Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 14, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
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An advent calendar for every month besides December, where you get a little treat each day because life is hard
December 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
An advent calendar for every month besides December, where you get a little treat each day because life is hard
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"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a freshman at Brown, had a condition as a child that required brain surgery. The experience created an unshakable ambition to become a brain surgeon, his sister said.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
Brown shooting victim was pursuing dream of becoming brain surgeon
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, 18, was one of two people killed at Brown University on Saturday.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."
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Teachers in school: you can’t trust Wikipedia
Me today: you can only trust Wikipedia
Me today: you can only trust Wikipedia
December 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Teachers in school: you can’t trust Wikipedia
Me today: you can only trust Wikipedia
Me today: you can only trust Wikipedia
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i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
December 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
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“And let me be clear, I don’t care what all you do in your fancy suit in your off-hours, I’ll tell ya, what ISNT in the shadows is your tax returns.”
This headline got me all exited that Elizabeth Warren was going to fight The Batman.
December 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“And let me be clear, I don’t care what all you do in your fancy suit in your off-hours, I’ll tell ya, what ISNT in the shadows is your tax returns.”
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I Think Her Party Should Be Making Statements In Her Defense And The Greater Somali Community
December 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I Think Her Party Should Be Making Statements In Her Defense And The Greater Somali Community
There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea
And yooooouuu became the light on the dark side of me
And yooooouuu became the light on the dark side of me
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea
And yooooouuu became the light on the dark side of me
And yooooouuu became the light on the dark side of me
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Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
October 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
October 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
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every single person claiming to yearn for this would kill themselves if they were subjected to the tyranny of the 56k modem for one hour
September 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
every single person claiming to yearn for this would kill themselves if they were subjected to the tyranny of the 56k modem for one hour
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wow lot of wrong answers to this one. the response we were looking for was Kentucky Route Zero. better luck next time folks
September 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
wow lot of wrong answers to this one. the response we were looking for was Kentucky Route Zero. better luck next time folks
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it is interesting to me... that we have observed in the span of two weeks the remembrances of two lives
and the response to those two lives is very different ... what has been left behind polar opposites
It's almost as if ... what you do matters
and the response to those two lives is very different ... what has been left behind polar opposites
It's almost as if ... what you do matters
“What struck me about Robert Redford is he was so wonderful. He met everyone as a human being at any level. He was a beautiful human.”
'A beautiful human': A toast and salute to actor Robert Redford
The overcast, rainy weather was indicative of the reminiscent mood at The Grand Hotel and Restaurant, where a handful of residents toasted the legendary actor, movie director and environmentalist Robe...
www.livingstonenterprise.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
it is interesting to me... that we have observed in the span of two weeks the remembrances of two lives
and the response to those two lives is very different ... what has been left behind polar opposites
It's almost as if ... what you do matters
and the response to those two lives is very different ... what has been left behind polar opposites
It's almost as if ... what you do matters
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It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.
September 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.
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One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall.
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
September 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall.
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
September 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Kavanaugh faced harsh questionkng exactly once in his life and all he had to do was cry and yell through it and get put on the Supreme Court for his trouble so of course the idea of a traffic stop that upends a life is totally alien to him.
This is a paragraph Brett Kavanaugh wrote on his little computer and then sent out into the world:
September 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Kavanaugh faced harsh questionkng exactly once in his life and all he had to do was cry and yell through it and get put on the Supreme Court for his trouble so of course the idea of a traffic stop that upends a life is totally alien to him.
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Me too Tim Cook. Me too.
September 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Me too Tim Cook. Me too.