They're trying to normalize the idea that law enforcement can kill you for any reason

Unless you're Ashli Babbitt. Then fuck what a U.S. Capitol police officer tells you to do. The legal standard is that if an officer is in fear for others or himself legitimately he can use lethal force to neutralize the threat. Fleeing or eluding has never been a standard for use of lethal force.

This is not who we are. I became an ICE agent because I truly believed in the value of getting a $50,000 signing bonus to violently assault and terrorize anyone I wanted while never getting in trouble for anything. Being held accountable conflicts strongly with my deeply-held personal beliefs

It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.

50 runaway sheep ram-paged through a German supermarket in rural Baa-varia, causing shear mania on Monday morning. After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20 minutes milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.

“We will always be there for NATO, even if they won’t be there for us", says the president of the only nation to have ever invoked Article 5 and been defended by the alliance.

If the DNC had a sophisticated and strategic digital comms/advo operation they’d be launching multi channel online and offline blitz targeting every Republican (the party of Epstein) electeds and candidates to give back their money from Musk. This shouldn’t be difficult Dems.

This is winter in #Gaza. People are facing a third winter of cold temperatures, torrential rain and heavy winds after being repeatedly forcibly displaced. Conditions have destroyed and flooded the makeshift shelters people are living in.

Daily bunny no.3192 is tampering with the past

Most people probably don't have any context for understanding how gooseshit crazy this post is, but imagine 57 giraffes high on PCP 69ing on a pleasure cruise off Staten Island during a battle of the bands featuring six mariachi troupes playing simultaneously and you have an idea

finally some fucking diplomacy

Fiercely independent journalism like this is SO important!

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

Probably facing sustained Arial bombing

Weird that I would point to a non-review review of a story of mine, but it's even weirder that "[a] feminist tale that talks about girls finding strength together in the face of male aggression in its most vicious form" is noted at Tangent without apparent malice. tangentonline.com/print-quarte...

I hope the pigfucking pieces of shit who wrote this, approved it, and posted it die alone in a ditch, disgraced and desperate www.whitehouse.gov/j6/

In 2006, roughly 30,000 saiga antelope remained across the grasslands of Central Asia. With anti-poaching patrols, cross-border coordination between governments, better law enforcement against horn trafficking by 2025, the population had climbed to nearly 4 million. buff.ly/TUIjm9R #ShareGoodNewsToo

“Why would free money make people work more? Because it takes money to make money. Basic income acts like venture capital for regular people.”

Bahrain Bans Butt Plugs On Bases www.cp24.com/local/toront...

A reminder that until recently Canada and Denmark were at war for a half century. No shots were fired, but plenty of liquor was swapped. canadiangeographic.ca/articles/can...

Capitalism. #grickledoodle #capitalism #elves #santaclaus #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #horror

trans women are real women and it's empirically proven because men keep trying to ruin our lives for fun just like they do for any other woman

There we go. That there’s a headline.

OH CANADA! 😳

The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made

im genuinely curious if this resonates with voters. this naked appeal to imperialism from a shrieking, shrill man

A Brown pelican at sunrise in Mexico. Actually a colour photo, believe it or not.

Getting so damn frustrated with people I know, family and friends, who cheerfully ignore this sort of thing as well as the environmental (and other) costs.

birds do it bees do it even educated fleas do it let's do it let's fly into a window

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

The neat thing about eating pineapple or papaya is that it's eating you back. As you digest it, IT'S DIGESTING YOU. These fruits contain proteases, enzymes that break down proteins & eating enough can actually cause tingling, bleeding & soreness. Let's talk about papain and bromelain.

None of these assholes had a plan beyond committing an act of war and strutting around about it on FoxNews “Rubio remains vague on transition plan for Venezuela - POLITICO”

One thing to know about the Venezuela thing.,.

Endless Column, by Constantin Brâncuși, 1938, 📸 by @stephenmally

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When I was 6, I died for 43 seconds before being resuscitated by paramedics. An angel appeared, and told me I was destined for greatness. Today I ate a rotisserie chicken with my hands in the grocery store parking lot

Avoiding my geopolitical anxiety by reading the Harvard Magazine obits, and damn this issue starts off with a banger

At a neighborhood park, a young boy noticed Natalie's young foster daughter using a walker. His reaction left Natalie with an unexpected feeling of hope for the future.

Americans when Reagan gets 200+ servicemen killed in Lebanon

Since Rubio’s such a spineless prick let’s remember the time Canada rolled out the red carpet square sample for him

“So the good news, sort of, is that dad actually hooked up on that dating site we showed him. Yeah, at his age! They appear, uh, to be really in love.” “The bad news? Well, she’s the subject of a Sondheim musical.” “No, no, that is the bad news. Really” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/s...

Another post from a Venezuelan friend:

uh holy SHIT?

Last night's Moon was pretty damn spectacular from here. Taken with my iPhone.

Response by the Danish Ambassador to the US “We are close allies and should continue to work together as such … And yes, we expect full respect for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark.”

I enjoy reading this account, if for nothing else to serve as a reminder you don’t have to be a politician to be a sociopathic self-serving ass.

Donald Trump is now reposting videos on Truth Social suggesting that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had Melissa Hortman assassinated. This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.

This poster is one of the best on here and I’m so sad we’re losing her because of the appalling harassment she has been subjected to. Of course she must look after herself. And the rest of us need to do whatever we can to challenge and change this cruel, sick, dangerous, culture.