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I suppose there are worse initial postings I could make on a new social media platform than my dog experiencing the most snow she’s ever seen.

Early this year, I visited Ingram, a TX town of ~1,900, to check out a tip. The area was starting to recover from its worst flood in a century. But as Latino workers drove to jobsites to help rebuild, the tipster said, a cop in a black Dodge Charger kept stopping them ... 🧵

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

I was trying to get a picture of a butterfly and was interrupted

Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.

We all complain about the media’s failures but organizations like @propublica.org and @texastribune.org are doing the work and deserve our financial support

Stop calling it “lesbian Christopher Walken,” when it’s clearly just regular Christopher Walken

🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.

pay living wages for all workers. tax the shit out of billionaires. happy labor day.

I just donated to help SPIDER-MAN, who took on nazi scumbags trying to invade Minneapolis again. Arrested by our local cops (boooo) who were diligently defending their racist turd pals. Let’s help good ol’ Webhead with his defense! (PS I can vouch for the GoFundMe creator) gofund.me/6f36a1ac1

Gary, Indiana residents have been without power for ten days. Here’s how you can help.

This site lets you scan barcodes to see if they’re part of Taylor Farms: www.taylordetector.com

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

every gardener i follow is going absolutely hogwild flexing that they eat lettuce from behind their house. i've never seen gardeners act like this in my life. this is our super bowl. this is our olympics. gold medal in shitting normally

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Hey, if you're in Houston and want to go yell about ICE murdering people, this is tonight

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s son on Wednesday said that his father would not have tried to flee a law enforcement stop: “Had my father seen an emblem of ICE, or an emblem that says anything about law enforcement agency, my father would have complied."

Today Jeremy has a special holiday salad. 🇺🇸 🎇

this legitimately made me tear up. a tremendous public servant!

Okay this is the kind of World Cup content I’ve been waiting for.

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

If you're worried about the November election, there's something important you can do to help: sign up to work at a voting location near you. You don't need experience; you'll get trained. Elections happen because thousands of ordinary people step up and help: www.eac.gov/help-america...

I lived, bitch.

Organic dairy farmer, conventional dairy farmer, raw milk enthusiast

I'm going to a fancy dinner tonight to help raise funds to buy health care for Houston's un/underinsured food and beverage workers. If you'd like to join the cause without spending a fortune, why not donate a lab test or two? Here are our negotiated prices. Donate at www.illhavewhatsheshaving.org

In a week, I'm attempting my first half marathon, and the thought of finishing a marathon in less than two hours....breaks my brain 😳

It's important to remember that, yes, sometimes good things still happen. www.dailymail.com/news/article...

Lovely footage of the first bear born in Aragon in more than 50 years, shortly after emerging from hibernation. Part of the slow recovery of brown bears in the Pyrenees. Via Aragón TV.

He posed! He usually looks away when I try to take his picture.

I don't respect megachurches. the greed and corruption are issues but even worse they don't have anything like a massive emerald in a vault with esoteric wisdom etched into it, no bones encased in jewels and gold, no scroll containing the true face of the devil, things of this nature

Big salute to anyone sweating in one of these today 🫡

Incredible scene: Travelers wait on hours-long security line at George Bush International Airport in Houston while Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” blasts through the speakers. (video shared directly with me)

Watch party in Caracas reacting to Team Venezuela winning the World Baseball Classic

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for Democracy's A-Team!! Shifts available from 1 hour to all day, your choice! Volunteers make this event happen. No one is paid and no national funding is provided. 🇺🇸Freedom isn't a spectator sport, so come down out of the bleachers & off the sidelines right on to the field!🇺🇸

WILDFLOWER SEASON!!!

sand in every MFing gear

europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of hormuz

Afghan who fought for US forces dies in ICE custody as Trump on track for grim record www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out: www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...

Kristi Noem operated without regard for the rule of law or basic decency as DHS Secretary. She denied reality, including the fact that U.S. citizens have been arrested and detained.