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Senator Chris Van Hollen
about 8 hours ago
$12 million. That's how much taxpayer money the Trump Administration spent to rehire the same federal workers they'd previously fired. Talk about waste, fraud, and abuse – this Administration commits all three on a daily basis.
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KCUR (Kansas City's best news source)
2 days ago
Photographers are swarming to the Kauffman Foundation pond for a chance to see a brown booby — a tropical seabird usually found in the Caribbean. Some Kansas City birders speculated that it followed the Curaçao team for their World Cup match this coming weekend.
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Amid World Cup frenzy, Kansas City delights over a surprise visitor: a Caribbean seabird
Photographers are swarming to the Kauffman Foundation pond for a chance to see a brown booby — a tropical seabird usually found in the Caribbean. Some Kansas City birders speculated that it followed the Curaçao team for their World Cup match this coming weekend.
https://www.kcur.org/environment-agriculture/2026-06-15/kansas-city-brown-booby-world-cup-bird-sighting
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www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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‘A point of resistance’: the Normandy village that said ‘non’ to Pete Hegseth
US defence secretary cancelled appearance at D-day event in Langrune-sur-Mer after protest by residents
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/14/normandy-village-legrune-sur-mer-protest-d-day-pete-hegseth?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
4 days ago
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Electronic signature is just a fancy type of auto-pen
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#pridemonth
#musicsky
#music
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Alana Balagot - You Can't Erase Us (feat. Trans Chorus of Los Angeles) (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by alana314
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JKhVlJsBqms&is=xiNq_G0RZlOdn3Ac
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Charles Keener
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Hannah Graham
5 days ago
A wee group of angry balaclava and mask-wearing anti-immigration guys tried to stop the good people of Glasgow showing solidarity with migrants and standing up to racism and fascism. Well, the far right are far outnumbered...
#RefugeesWelcome
#MigrantsWelcome
#NeighboursNotStrangers
#Glasgow
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Wolfgang Blau
5 days ago
Edward Luce in the Financial Times about Musk:
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PBS News
6 days ago
The war in Ukraine has now officially lasted longer than World War I. As of Thursday, it's been more than four years and three months since Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine.
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Waldo
7 days ago
"Iran just blew up a month worth of healthcare, so now we are unloading 4 months of healthcare on them, and Israel is also unleashing 3 months of health on Lebanon. Which is why we can't have any healthcare at home."
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Not just in Great Britain. Musk and X are existential threats. (See MAGA, Trump)
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7 days ago
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ICE roundups are off the front page, out of the news, getting fewer clicks. This does not mean ICE is off the streets or out of business. Don't let passing news cycles and short attention spans allow ICE to win.
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alwaysthetomboy
8 days ago
The anticipated influx of World Cup fans was often cited as motivation for a temporary jail facility in Kansas City NO PAYWALL 👌
www.nytimes.com/athletic/730...
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The $25.8m Kansas City 'World Cup jail' that isn't ready for the World Cup
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7309921/2026/06/09/world-cup-argentina-kansas-city-jail/?unlocked_article_code=1.o1A.g8-6.W3CadPoUk_GJ&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀
10 days ago
“Reality has a well-known liberal bias.” -Stephen Colbert
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦
11 days ago
Close up of eyes! Some of the eyelashes are amazing. I knew all but one the 7th image of the white bird with big black eyes any ideas on that one?
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JD APPRECIATION DAY
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"Bile and Lies" - Marsh Family parody of The Eagles "Lyin' Eyes" about JD Vance views on Henry Nowak
YouTube video by Marsh Family
https://youtu.be/2J95CTmZUUM?si=CB8WTPxHS18RZult
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#pridemonth
#musicsky
youtu.be/pCL1z_wRCKU?...
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The Cowgays - Kids Like Us (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by The Cowgays
https://youtu.be/pCL1z_wRCKU?si=rV7P4J0l1NjXQpGb
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Well we warned you.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Fans 'devastated' as last minute US visa cancellations
People travelling to the World Cup have had their ESTA applications changed from approved to "travel not authorised".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy2yleex87o
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#musicsky
#pridemonth
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Henry Moodie - dear drew (official lyric video)
YouTube video by HenryMoodieVEVO
https://youtu.be/NJlkkoSe_N4?si=SMp99Dzej3KbF3XX
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️🌈
16 days ago
Agreed. We wouldn't be dealing with all the nonsense had the press properly covered Trump from day one.
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Joseph Cox
16 days ago
This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue
www.404media.co/hackers-simp...
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Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked
The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.
https://www.404media.co/hackers-simply-asked-meta-ai-to-give-them-access-to-high-profile-instagram-accounts-it-worked/
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Mediaite
17 days ago
Trump Economic Advisor Claims People Spending More On Groceries is a Sign They’re ‘Optimistic About The Future’
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Trump Economic Advisor Claims People Spending More On Groceries is a Sign They’re ‘Optimistic About The Future’
Kevin Hassett told Fox News that consumers may be spending more on gas and groceries, but that's a sign that Americans are "optimistic about the future." The post Trump Economic Advisor Claims People Spending More On Groceries is a Sign They’re ‘Optimistic About The Future’ first appeared on Mediaite.
http://dlvr.it/TSpS4Z
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Joyous Vagaries L²
18 days ago
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Alberduh is free to be dumb
18 days ago
We have to stop data centres from being built.
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Paul Eric
18 days ago
Human activity has turned all of the planet’s 3 main rainforest regions – the South American Amazon, south-east Asia and Africa – from a carbon sink into a carbon source Humanity is a failed species headed for the dustbin of history😪
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Africa’s forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds
Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/28/africa-forests-transformed-carbon-sink-carbon-source-study?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Gillian Brockell
19 days ago
For every post complaining (laudatory) about the MSM ignoring a story, you have to share an independent journalist who is doing the goddam work. For me, that’s
@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social
. This story masterfully connects the human suffering with corporate interests.
prospect.org/2026/05/28/d...
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Delaney Hall ICE Detainees Take Aim at GEO Group’s Bottom Line - The American Prospect
Immigrants held at GEO Group’s Delaney Hall in Newark are on a labor strike and a hunger strike, refusing to perform the jobs that keep the place running.
https://prospect.org/2026/05/28/delaney-hall-ice-detainees-take-aim-at-geo-groups-bottom-line/
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸
19 days ago
Jimmy Kimmel infiltrates Trump’s cabinet meeting to help heap praise on him and his work with extraterrestrials, or however that word's pronounced.
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I get sick and tired of being told I can watch some movie or tv show on Prime when I actually have to subscribe to some other service to watch it there.
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TizzyWoman
20 days ago
Georgia Power is using eminent domain on 330+ properties for power lines linked to Project Sail, a massive 829-acre data center campus. They claim it’s for grid strength, but we must unite to stop these mass surveillance centers & save our future.
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Distill Social
20 days ago
The adtech industry’s obsession with harvesting and selling personal data is no longer just creepy and destructive to common citizens. It is a matter of life and death. U.S. troops deployed in active war zones are being exposed through location data, and the Pentagon has confirmed it.
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Adam Kinzinger
21 days ago
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
23 days ago
The best way to honor fallen soldiers is to avoid careless reasons to create more of them.
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I Can’t Unsee It Now | A Protest Song About What We Are Willing to Tolerate
YouTube video by The Resistance
https://youtu.be/ymvcyF72vC4?si=8g_GCS4hLBNdgcdm
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Underdog KC
23 days ago
I. Love. This.
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To monkeys, humans are AI
25 days ago
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A Kansas memorial lists 15 Black soldiers killed during the Civil War. Their lives are a mystery.
kansasreflector.com/2026/05/24/a...
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A Kansas memorial lists 15 Black soldiers killed during the Civil War. Their lives are a mystery. • Kansas Reflector
There are 15 names on a stone monument in a shoulder of the cemetery that stand as a testament to the struggle for a living equality.
https://kansasreflector.com/2026/05/24/a-kansas-memorial-lists-15-black-soldiers-killed-during-the-civil-war-their-lives-are-a-mystery/
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The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian
27 days ago
call me crazy, but i think forcing the adoption of tech that intentionally hollows out the human labor market and accelerates climate destruction in order to concentrate wealth is just mass-murder with extra steps
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Mark Jacob
28 days ago
You know the U.S. is most of the way to a dictatorship right now, and heading further in that direction, right? Can you please let the mainstream media know about it? They seem to be actively trying to downplay the biggest story of their careers.
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I fear Britain and France are soon to discover how many trumpers are in their midst
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Every day I read at least 3 posts on different topics that all claim "this should end the trump presidency". It's gonna take at least an army. Politicians (either party) just ain't gonna do it. Hell of a way to celebrate 250 years! .
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Your reminder that cyanide kills people too
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Anti-Fascist Translator Monkey
29 days ago
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A long but worthy read. But will any democrats pick up on it?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly | Jonathan Watts
China is dominating the energy transition with astonishing result, while fossil fuel fascists in the US try to turn back the clock
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/may/17/america-china-energy-oil-renewables?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
about 1 month ago
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Yet another reason trump and the republicans have got to go
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about 1 month ago
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Regrets, but I’m sitting this one out until everyone’s welcome at America’s birthday party • Kansas Reflector
Trump's message seeks to fabricate an American founding that never was in order to justify an imperial presidency that was never intended.
https://kansasreflector.com/2026/05/17/regrets-but-im-sitting-this-one-out-until-everyones-welcome-at-americas-birthday-party/?utm_source=newsletters.kansasreflector.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=america-s-birthday-party-attitudes-on-menopause&_bhlid=611ede94f7a39b70dc8fb645ad2a905c5171731f
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀
about 1 month ago
Mike Johnson says those in Congress can’t survive on 174k a year. Here's an idea then: Let's CUT their salary to the median income for all Americans and find people who survive on that much, so we can have representation that accurately reflects the way the electorate lives.
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Raider
about 1 month ago
Civil rights activists have returned to Alabama today in the wake of SCOTUS gutting the Voting Rights Act and Confederate states rapidly gerrymandering to erase Black-majority districts.
#FreedomSummer2026
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Australia probes more illegal forest clearing by Alcoa
Alcoa acknowledged it destroyed the known habitat of protected species, including black cockatoos, quokkas and numbats.
https://www.boilingcold.com.au/feds-probe-more-illegal-clearing-by-alcoa-after-deliberate-repeat-destruction-of-jarrah-forest/
about 1 month ago
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Paul Eric
about 1 month ago
69 cities, counties, and towns have imposed bans or moratoriums on new Al data centers driven by community resistance to surging energy and water use, higher utility bills, and lost land for farming and housing. Don’t let up. The fight is far from over. The people, not corrupt politicians in the
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