Time to tap the lossy jpg of a vintage Tumblr post again.
Do not punish the behaviour you want to see.
If people have just come here from Bluesky. Or finally got around to closing their Airbnb account. Or leaving Meta or whatever. Don't immediately jump on them to tell them they should have done it sooner, say well done for doing it now. Or, y'know, saying nothing at all is also an option that exists.
The Onion skewers mainstream journalism once again.
“Quentin” is a 14-year-old assigned female at birth who now identifies as male against the wishes of his parents. His transition was supported by one of his unmarried teachers, who is not a virgin. He stole his parents’ car and drove to the hospital, where a doctor immediately began performing top surgery on him. Afterward, driving home drunk from the hospital, Quentin became suicidally depressed, and he wonders now, homeless and ridden with gonorrhea, if transitioning was a mistake.
We just made Quentin up, and that’s okay. It doesn’t mean stories like his aren’t potentially happening everywhere, constantly. Good journalism is about finding those stories, even when they don’t exist. It’s about asking the tough questions and ignoring the answers you don’t like, then offering misleading evidence in service of preordained editorial conclusions. https://theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997/
The task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention, knowing that our coverage will influence not only how people think, but also how they act. This responsibility is at the core of an ongoing debate over whether news coverage of transgender, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming people is unduly biased. As the world’s leading news publication with a daily readership of 4.3 trillion, The Onion is compelled to weigh in.
Large Great White Shark spotted near Santa Monica
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-08-02/large-great-white-shark-spotted-near-santa-monica?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Science @science-LATimes
A feature doc I've been cutting, about four brothers that sparked a decades-long lacrosse dynasty in a small, Canadian town, is entering the home stretch! We recently had some hometown, pre-screenings in Orangeville, Ontario and are just going to do some final tweaking/noodling before releasing "The Northmen Way: A Lacrosse Story" to the masses.
For more info, check out the website:
https://lnkd.in/gXXr2uSd
Secret Police need Secret Lawyers.
Law and Order ICE: "In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups. The secret police who throw suspects into unmarked vans, and the secret attorneys who deport them to third world concentration camps. These are their stories."
ICE Lawyers Are Hiding Their Names in Immigration Court:
https://jwz.org/b/ykrQ
Video: Amazingly brave woman stops several men presenting themselves as ICE agents from abducting someone at a car wash.
It is not clear if these are really ICE agents or just some guys posing as ICE agents. They back down once confronted.
The woman calls them bounty hunters. Is that really a thing? Are people kidnapping other people and turning them in to ICE? What is going on here?
h/t The Tennessee Hollar on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5o6k7jvowuyaquloafzn3cfw/post/3lsalddvahs2b
Many more American flags in the crowd.
Crowd seems to be disbursing.
LAPD is not wearing masks and their names and numbers are displayed prominently.
A few people are still in front of city hall, but most have backed off and are hanging out further back.
If you're at a protest with a phone, beware of modern surveillance methods.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/quick-and-dirty-guide-cell-phone-surveillance-protests
As uprisings over police brutality and institutionalized racism have swept over the country, many people are facing the full might of law enforcement weaponry and surveillance for the first time. Whenever protesters, cell phones, and police are in the same place, protesters should worry about cell...
Man accused of burning 100 library books on Jewish, African American, LGBTQ+ topics
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/14/ohio-library-book-burning/83628722007/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Top Stories @top-stories-USAToday
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