I'll say it: I think its rly annoying and frankly amateurish that writers are constantly told their villains must be understandable or have sympathetic motivation to be interesting or realistic when all our big villains irl are in fact rich, stupid, selfish, trickster dillweeds and always have been

This is the best. We should sing this at No Kings Day. Really. It's short enough to learn quickly. What a show of solidarity to have this sung all over the country! What a joy. #NoKingsDay #PeacefulProtest #Indivisible #FrogPower www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw5z...

Separation of church and state is dead in Missouri! Nearly all state funding for Missouri school vouchers used for religious schools In the first month of direct state aid for Missouri’s K-12 scholarship program, 98% of funds went to religious institutions missouriindependent.com/2025/10/13/n...

The US right-wing used to flip out over stuff like gay wedding cakes or people saying "happy holidays", because they said it was a war on Christianity . Now, there are masked goons camping outside of churches to try and kidnap parishioners. An actual war, on actual Christians. And they love it.

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..." www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

You gotta give ‘em hop.

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it. The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait. At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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It will be ironic if because of the "cloud" (that is to say, data centers) the earth turns into Venus. Then it will be wicked cloudy.

Trunk or treat: car-centric, occurs in a sweltering parking lot (an ecological dead zone), invented a decade ago, Protestant Trick or treat: requires walking (healthy), get to know your neighbors (proscocial), opportunities for vandalism if denied candy (economic justice), traditional, Catholic

Their goal is to turn the United States into a "Wealthy Whites and Christians Only" country. They literally don't give a shit about anyone else. Which is why they're going to fail. HUGELY.

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

Wellness influencers are killing people. Paloma Shemirani was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which 80% of people survive, at age 22. She was dead within 7 months because dietary changes and coffee enemas didn’t work. Her airway collapsed under pressure from a tumor and she died at age 23.

Not today Satan 👻🎃💀🐶🐾😂😂💙

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

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"...including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole." religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Thank you Chicago,💪🏽 thank you 🙏🏽 thank you,💪🏽

Ardea alba This is one of the great egrets of my life. #birds #ontario #photography #nature #outdoors #toronto #wildlife #nativespecies #marsh #waterfowl #wetlands #heron #torontoIslands #lake #lakeOntario #noegrets #noragrets

The only previous October Needletail in Europe was recorded in Denmark on 2012-10-21 www.netfugl.dk/fotos/89802

The Kestrel has been selected for #birdoftheday by Rob. Here’s a male who just got himself a ‘takeaway’ lunch. Kestrel / Turmfalke (Biblis, Germany) #kestrel #turmfalke #falcon #birds #birdsofprey #raptors

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat. For the crime of … complaining about government policy. Core 1A speech. With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Here's a cute video discussing the LSST aka Vera Rubin Observatory. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TUQ...

3 MAGA extremists have introduced a bill in South Carolina that would allow the state to execute women who get an abortion. South Carolina govt lists their cell phone numbers, in case you want to call them directly & let them know what you think. Details here: www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Even more true today. The right wing calls themselves conservatives. But they now oppose everything they once proposed. So exactly what is conservative about them?

Exactly

So, they won’t wear masks to save lives, but they will to destroy them? Do we have that right? 😑😒👎🏼

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Krista Lynne Smith is a member of the AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division, and she is spending the day advocating for science funding. Amplify our #SaveNASAScience voices by sending a message to your congressional office today: aas.org/action-alert...

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

John Oliver: "If ICE can bother some guys at a roofing job, bystanders can bother ICE at their state-sanctioned kidnapping job."

Fed agents again violating First Amendment rights. Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest | The Daily Chronicle share.google/HOddL4WfUNSS...

🥳 Happy Geodiversity Day! ⭐ As we celebrate with the theme 'One Earth, Many Stories', read this message from the new UNESCO Chair in Geodiversity and Geoconservation: 🌐 www.geodiversityday.org/post/unesco-...

SCARY TRUTH!

Lolz. Truth! 😹

Make sure your high schools are getting The Atlantic...

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Dr Oz said people must “prove they matter” to get Medicaid. RFK Jr has said “only sick kids should die of measles” and repeatedly laments how disabled people won’t pay taxes or serve in the military. These are the people trying to cut healthcare. The shutdown is an attempt to stop them.

Rodney Taylor still needs our help! He’s still locked in an ICE camp. He’s still going without his new prosthetic legs. He’s still facing deportation to Liberia. He’s still having necessary disability accommodations ignored. Please keep sharing his story. Public pressure works!

Look how much they enjoy it. This is a Chicago Alderperson, being illegally detained in a hospital. They released Ald. Fuentes immediately outside but threatened her with charges if she went back inside the hospital again to advocate for her constituents. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...