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"Whatcha doin'?" "Oh, you know... duck stuff." 🦆

Knowing queer people exist won't turn your kid queer. Knowing trans people exist won't turn your kid trans. But if your queer or trans kid gets to see and learn about other queer and trans people in the world, it may very well keep them alive.

I know. It's the same here at the cancer hospital that I work in. And because the staff aren't wearing masks , too few patients and family members wear them as they're guided by our actions.

US Weekly COVID update: Oct 26, 2026 🔸1 in 60 Actively Infectious 🔸822,000 Daily Infections 🔸5,890,000 Infections In The Past Week 🔸160,000,000 Infections in 2026 🔸295,000 to 1,180,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases 🔸1,400 to 2,500 Weekly Excess Deaths Source: pmc19.com

Lula won. Hide the ketchup.

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Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

@petebuttigieg.bsky.social sits down with Former Sen. Claire McCaskill for a heart to heart about our future…

Joyce Joseph

Though you may sincerely believe it, not voting is not a bold statement of virtue. It is not a brave ethical stance. It is not a strong message to a corrupt system... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...

Woman cares for wild albino porcupine suffering from poor vision and lack of camoflauge. [📹 pricklywhiteporcupines] Original post

“Our old horse is blind. He walked into the creek and couldn't find his way back out... He kept turning toward the deep water. His donkey waded in, leaned up against him and walked him to the bank one step at a time. They've been best friends for eleven years.”

Why Pope Leo has not excommunicated the Leonard Leo MAGA anti Vatican II, Latin Mass schismatic Catholics in DC…yet!

Little girl bows to thank every driver who waited as she crossed the street with her dad in a wheelchair Original post

This is what really stands out about the current situation: Any chance of successfully subverting the election relies not only on the complicity of MAGA supporters, but also on the widespread acquiescence of those who oppose the regime.

I heard the murder of a 1 year old by a cop is considered "justified?" I mean it's not unusual for cops to 'fear for their lives' in response to a dog wagging its tail, or a vehicle driving away,or a person of another race holding a cellphone. But a 1 year-old?

The literal metaphor

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A new preprint suggests SARS-CoV-2 has evolved to become harder for our immune systems to recognise. Researchers found that newer variants, including XBB.1.5 and KP.2, are less easily recognised by immune cells that detect new threats. KP.2 was recognised 3 times less often than the original strain.

«Teachers who make physics boring are criminals» Original post

Does reverse psychology work? Nawh 😂😌💁🏽‍♀️🙂‍↔️ #USDemocracy

Dolly Parton's sister claims voting machines in Tennessee changed her vote to the Republican candidate.

Well said.

Snake catcher in India calmly handles two “Naja naja” or spectacled cobras to relocate them www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckin...

🧵A Chinese study of 428 hospitalised COVID-19 patients found 333 (77.8%) developed additional infections. In-hospital mortality rates: • No additional infection: 22.1% • Sensitive bacterial infection: 55.1% • Fungal infection: 60.9% • Resistant bacterial infection: 64.9%

Imagine if, in 1939, FDR backed Hitler and Nazi Germany. That's the equivalent of what Trump is doing now.

Growing up I kept asking my Grandmother how it could happen, why she didn’t fight it. In the beginning she didn’t believe it would get that bad and when she knew how bad it was, the Gestapo and SS eliminated everyone who spoke up. She stayed quiet. It’s that simple.

Schumer and Jeffries should be embarrassed that they did not come out with statements like this.

Barack Obama just delivered a blistering rebuke of Trump's actions against Ilhan Omar. This is worth reading in full.

the second el-sayed chose to treat tommy as an equal and not a nuisance, tommy was cooked

NORTH CAROLINA A&T STUDENTS MARCH TO VOTE AFTER CAMPUS POLLING LOCATION REMOVED Students at North Carolina A&T State University took to the streets in Greensboro on Thursday, marching to cast their ballots on the first day of early voting in North Carolina.

Donald Trump is amazing. My grocery cart used to hold $100 worth of food, and now it holds $250 worth of food. I don't know how he does it, but the man is a genius.

At 16, Corion Evans jumped into the Pascagoula River after a car carrying three teenage girls plunged into the water. He rescued all three, then swam back out to save a police officer who was also struggling. In one night, he helped save four lives.

Thanks mister. 😍🥹❤️🐕🐾

I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.

Undocumented immigrants do NOT get benefits. They DO pay taxes. Anyone who says differently has LIED. The idea that they take jobs from other people is nonsense. They take jobs other people don’t want. And they are really good at them. We have literally expelled valuable people. ICE is about racism.