Mastodawn

After the killing of Alex Pretti, white America is realizing what Black gun owners have always known — rights are conditional. https://theintercept.com/2026/01/28/alex-pretti-shooting-minneapolis-second-ammendment

The Second Amendment Was Never Meant for Everyone

The killing of Alex Pretti, a licensed gun owner, in Minneapolis is waking white Americans up to the reality that rights are conditional.

The Intercept

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RE: https://mastodon.com.br/@xkcd/115895226040021484

the opposite of this is the easy medium hardener.

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Ailantd Sikowsky🔻Nov 11

Delivering to the frozen moon.

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Ailantd Sikowsky🔻Nov 12

The last comet exploration of Jack and Pam.
While no one ever figured out what went wrong, for a hobby built on such risk, the final outcome was not really unexpected.

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Molly White Oct 22

oh no... i regret to inform you another Maine Democratic Senate candidate has revealed his tattoo

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Evan Urquhart Sep 16, 2025

Ta-Nehasi Coates is doing a lot of things with this essay, but one of the most important is fearlessly using examples of anti-trans hate to describe Charlie Kirk's politics. The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Poli...

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed by Ezra Klein, Gavin Newsom, and the Political Class

By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

Vanity Fair

Hue StL Sep 16, 2025

Ailantd Sikowsky🔻Sep 16, 2025

So the list of humanitarian institutions who accuse #Israel of genocide now includes:

1. The UN
2. International Association of Genocide Scholars
3. B'Tselem (Israeli)
4. Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (Israeli)
5. Amnesty International
6. Doctors Without Borders
7. European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
8. Human Rights Watch
9. International Federation for Human Rights
10. Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention

Original post by Caitlin Johnstone:
https://x.com/caitoz/status/1967886455935815914

Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) on X

So the list of humanitarian institutions who accuse Israel of genocide now includes: 1. The UN 2. International Association of Genocide Scholars 3. B'Tselem (Israeli) 4. Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (Israeli) 5. Amnesty International 6. Doctors Without Borders 7. European

X (formerly Twitter)

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Dan Gillmor Sep 12, 2025

If this is what it seems, it's absolutely contemptible behavior by UC Berkeley -- contemptuous of freedom of speech and academic freedom, for starters.

https://www.dailycal.org/news/campus/uc-berkeley-turns-over-personal-information-of-more-than-150-students-and-staff-to-federal/article_a4aad3e1-bbba-42cc-92d7-a7964d9641c5.html

UC Berkeley turns over personal information of more than 150 students and staff to federal government

UC Berkeley has provided the personal information of roughly 160 students, staff and faculty to the federal government in a directive from the UC Office of the President.

www.dailycal.org

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XKCD Bot Aug 28, 2025

#3134 - Wavefunction Collapse

Hue StL Aug 24, 2025

The New Republic Aug 24, 2025

Tellingly, the moment the dynamic flips—as occurred with Mamdani's surprise victory in NYC, where he faces a contested election against at least one candidate essentially a puppet of Donald Trump—the establishment proves its loyalty not to Democrats, but to its own ironclad control.

https://trib.al/Tv5oBir

Centrist Democrats Are the Actual Traitors to Their Party

While progressives often get accused of undermining the Democratic Party, the evidence shows that it’s the moderate wing that most often violates the “Vote Blue No Matter Who” principle.

The New Republic