Man attacked on NYC subway for kissing trans woman partner
https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/man-attacked-kissing-transgender-partner
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Man attacked on NYC subway for kissing trans partner
Police are still searching for the suspect who slashed the man's face.Trudy Ring (Advocate.com)
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Why is it that the most vocal Jack Smith critics are also the worst Americans?
Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) | DEMOCRACY SCORECARD https://accountability.gop/profile/rep-barry-moore/
#BarryMoore #Alabama #GOPTraitor #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
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So in the US police are not responsible for the protection of citizens
"Adrian Gonzales had faced 29 charges for his actions in the 2022 shooting, in which 19 children were killed by a gunman at Robb Elementary School in Texas"; not guilty
And US police are never responsible for killing citizens
They almost always get paid vacation whenever they kill or permanently injure someone
Only way to improve this system is maybe another 20-30 police agencies with the funding of a national military
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https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/01/22/the-scale-of-ice-protests-in-minnesota
The Scale of ICE Protests in Minnesota
Link to: https://bsky.app/profile/margaret.bsky.social/post/3mcyca2l2wk2jDaring Fireball
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Japan Suspends World’s Largest Nuclear Plant Hours After Restart
In a dramatic turn of events, Japan has suspended operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant just hours after it was restarted, raising urgentBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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a friendly reminder that y'all bit off more than you can chew.
ya gotta be remarkably stupid to pick a fight with a third of a billion people, as a teensy fraction of those people.
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Going back to stupid, fascists never seem to understand the concept of not opening new fronts in war.
At least until they pull Hitler-in-a-bunker and do us all a favor. Turns out self-administered lead is an effective cure for Naziism.
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Watch this guy try and justify their #KavanaughStops. Call them what they are: #ICEstapo
Homan: ICE Agents Can Make 'Kavanaugh Stops' Whenever They Want
The rule of law is out the window, thanks to Brett Kavanaugh, Tom Homan, and his gang of thugsJohn Amato (Crooks and Liars)
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#NIRS - The Global #NuclearWaste Crisis
"Clean air and drinking water and healthy food are the very foundation of a just and livable world. They are already more precious than ever due to the climate crisis.
#NuclearPower and #NuclearWeapons are poisoning our water, air, and lands with vast amounts of #RadioactiveWaste. Much of the harm is inflicted on #Black, #Indigenous, #PeopleOfColor and #LowIncome white communities, due to #StructuralRacism and #injustice.
Radioactive waste poses a global #EnvironmentalCrisis, in tandem with #ClimateChange. The sheer amount of nuclear waste is enough to threaten clean drinking water and healthy food for the whole world.
We are on the frontlines of this problem.
- Nearly one-third of the worldwide total of radioactive waste is in the United States.
- Some communities in the US are already losing their drinking water sources to radioactive contamination.
- Just one part of the radioactive waste in the US – irradiated nuclear fuel – contains enough radioactivity to make every drop of drinking water on Earth unsafe to consume.
We must solve the twin global crises of climate change and nuclear waste. Global warming amplifies the dangers of nuclear energy. Increasingly #SevereStorms, #flooding, #SeaLevelRise, #wildfires and other extreme events increase the risks of nuclear disasters and #RadioactiveLeaks and spills. And, in turn, the impacts of nuclear energy magnify the dangers of climate change:
- Poisoning drinking water and agricultural land on top of more frequent and severe droughts and crop failures.
- Compounding hurricane and flooding evacuations with #RadiologicalDisasters.
- And causing people to lose their homes and communities permanently due to radiation.
It’s clear: we can’t afford the dangers of climate change or nuclear waste. And we certainly can’t afford them together.
The solutions to both are at hand. We must act now.
1. To start, we must stop the problems from worsening: no more greenhouse gas emissions, and no more nuclear waste.
2. We need to protect people and the water, air, and food we rely on from the dangers that are upon us. The climate is changing, and we need to protect people for extreme weather, drought, sea-level rise, and food supply disruptions. And we must safeguard our water, air, and land by securing and storing nuclear waste and toxic materials as safely as possible.
3. And, we need to repair the damage and make our world healthy and vibrant again: restoring communities that have been dislocated or polluted, and cleaning up the air, land, and water so we can all thrive, for generations to come."
Learn more: (includes https://www.nirs.org/the-global-nuclear-waste-crisis/
#NuclearWaste #NuclearWasteDumping #RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #NoNuclearWeapons #NuclearWeapons #WaterIsLife #FoodIsLife #EnvironmentalRacism
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There’s been a movement in Canadian academia to get rid of the research funding agencies and return to letting the boys clubs within institutions to decide who gets funding. Why have transparency and merit when you can have secret hand signals and a network to protect your failings?
Paternalistic, colonial, whatever you want to call it, it is not how the best decisions are considered or decided.
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Shingles Vaccine Linked to Slower Biological Aging, Study Finds
Vaccines may do far more than prevent infections. The way that some inoculations train your immune system could also reduce the risk of cancer, …ScienceAlert - Carly Cassella
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Warming fire at #homeless encampment damages Red Robin restaurant in Lloyd District
Portland Fire & Rescue put out a fire at a Lloyd District Red Robin early Sunday after flames from a warming fire spread to the building's exterior.
Jan. 18, 2026
#Portland #PDX #English
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Warming fire at homeless encampment damages Red Robin restaurant in Lloyd District
Portland Fire & Rescue put out a fire at a Lloyd District Red Robin early Sunday after flames from a warming fire spread to the building's exterior.Sabinna Pierre (KGW)
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204 schools have announced they will be closing tomorrow.
CURRENT CLOSINGS
Last updated: 2026-01-22 14:14:38
https://kstp.com/school-alert/
School Alert & Closings - KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News
When severe weather strikes, count on School Alert on 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS. We give you up-to-the-minute school delays, school closings and winter weather warnings.Lucas Tordsen (KSTP-TV LLC)
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Immigration activists urge Maryland lawmakers to end local law enforcement partnerships with ICE - EUROPE SAYS
Immigration activists rallied in Annapolis Thursday to urge Maryland lawmakers to support a bill that would end local law enforcement partnerships with U.S.EUROPE SAYS
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@jimmac/115939240583677352
when people are talking about how #GNOME needs an office suite, I'm thinking something more like this.
wysiwyg is a huge time waster.
dump the proprietary file formats.
let's have a suite of simple but powerful "Luxury Markdown" apps that are compatible with anything and are so good that nobody wants to use bloated office apps ever again.
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try doing forecasting or a taxes processing spreadsheet with Luxury Markdown™ 😏
I raise you:
https://theredline.versionstory.com/p/on-the-immortality-of-microsoft-word
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/04/07/20020407/
On the Immortality of Microsoft Word
And why tech people wont accept itJordan Bryan (The Redline by Version Story)
'Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55, became unresponsive while he was physically restrained by law enforcement on Jan. 3 at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility called Camp East Montana, the report said. Emergency medical workers tried to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The autopsy listed the cause of death as “asphyxia due to neck and torso compression.”’
"Federal officials described his death as a suicide.”
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The reason for this is because otherwise the battery holder on the backside would not fit.
The missing stability will lead to problems whenever mechanical stress occurs. In the end all soldered connections broke off.
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So fing es bei mir auch an, der Antennenanschluss ist gar nicht richtig verlötet gewesen.
Und als nächstes hat sich dann der USB Anschluss verabschiedet.
Dann habe ich alles brauchbare abgebaut und den Rest in die Tonne getreten.
RE: https://mstdn.social/@spaf/115938793960978867
If people in your life belittle your affection for #Tolkien's work, keep this quote in mind. He was facing a very similar, growing fascism, and had lived through a world war.
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@Virginicus @spaf embarrassing, it's not from the book.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8024862-some-believe-it-is-only-great-power-that-can-hold
I'll delete my post tomorrow, after people have a chance to see this correction.
A quote by J.R.R. Tolkien
Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that ...www.goodreads.com
Republicans must NEVER hold power again—in any office. Republicans are traitors.
The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html
#TrumpMustGo #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results
Republican lawmakers raised objections to the official certification of electoral votes in a joint session of Congress that went into the wee hours of Thursday morning, in a futile effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.Karen Yourish (The New York Times)
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#trans #transgender #transfem #makeup
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Jim Jordan's performative meltdown is a masterclass in bad faith, as a man who sought a january 6th pardon now whines about the prosecutor who nailed the insurrectionist-in-chief.
'Jim Jordan needs to shut up':...
'Jim Jordan needs to shut up': Republican gets buried over Jack Smith meltdown
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) wasted no time twisting the facts in the Jan. 6 case against President Donald Trump as former special counsel Jack Smith testified.Travis Gettys (Raw Story)
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freedom does not promise safety but agency
the reason you really want freedom is that people are much smarter in groups, despite that quote. the real advances come from a mostly cooperating human civilization at increasing scales.
a system that favors taking away agency from the masses risks rolling the die badly and getting a loser in charge.
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U.S. makes exit from the WHO complete
✍️ Helen Branswell
The United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organization became official Thursday
Health experts fear the move comes with enormous risks
https://www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/usa-divorce-world-health-organization-puts-america-at-risk/
As U.S. withdraws from World Health Organization, health experts see big risks
Insiders look to keep channels open, information flowing as U.S. divorce from World Health Organization leaves countries less prepared for emergencies.Helen Branswell (STAT)
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The Guardian: Prosecutors stunned as ICE lets suspect in $100m jewelry heist leave US
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/22/ice-jewelry-heist-suspect-self-deport
Prosecutors stunned as ICE lets suspect in $100m jewelry heist leave US
Jeson Nelon Presilla Flores, charged with stalking armored truck in 2022, allowed to self-deport to South AmericaGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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wait, WHAT?! 🤣
im in the wrong line of work, im switching careers pronto
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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/republic-democracy-mike-lee-astra-taylor.html
The Real Reason Why Republicans Keep Saying “We’re a Republic, Not a Democracy”
The author of Democracy May Not Exist on a sinister new talking point.Joshua Keating (Slate)
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Ellen DeGeneres breaks silence on Renee Good shooting in rare political message
https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/tv/news/ellen-degeneres-renee-good-shooting-b2905667.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Ellen DeGeneres makes rare political message about Renee Good shooting
Former TV host says she’s proud of everyone ‘protesting peacefully’ after Good’s deathAmber Raiken (The Independent)
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“Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.”
― Howard Zinn
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Tear gas — currently being deployed in Minneapolis — can cause long-term health consequences by making people more susceptible to contracting respiratory illnesses.
The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods.
2020 investigation: https://propub.li/4pGVJQL
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On — Especially During the Coronavirus Pandemic
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surfaces, and can cause long-term lung damage.Lisa Song (ProPublica)
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I’m envious of those people who have no idea that America is in deep trouble.
It’d be like waltzing in the Titanic ballroom and not knowing that the ship is sinking.
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On any given day, millions of Europeans use Microsoft software, heat their homes with American natural gas and buy U.S. stocks. Many Americans work with German software, drink French wine and take European-made medicines.
More than $5.4 billion worth of goods and services are traded between the United States and European Union each day,
backed by extensive cross-border investments that support millions of jobs.
Although Trump walked back a threat to impose extra tariffs on several European nations to force the sale of Greenland,
the turmoil was a clarifying moment for European officials.
They are looking at this enormous flow of goods, services and investments across the Atlantic as a potential source of leverage over the United States.
On Thursday, leaders from the European Union say they will meet in Brussels to “coordinate on the way forward.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/business/europe-trade-trump-bonds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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she hacked you
in reply to she hacked you • • •"VP heads to Minnesota as tensions rise after school says children detained by ICE"
Hit my limit of news before I finished my tea
time to program