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Next week: Nuclear Physicist Barbie and Tech Support Barbie

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In one week

— a journalist has been shot with a rubber bullet while reporting in LA

— Trump has called for the arrest of governor Gavin Newsom

— US Senator Padilla has been handcuffed for asking a question of Kristi Noem

— Tanks are rolling in the streets of Washington DC

— And a murderer has attacked the homes of two Democratic politicians in Minnesota, killing two people and wounding several others.

I recall Trump claiming America under Biden was "going to hell"…

Where is it going now?

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@Nonilex

Let's put it like that:

If I was a judge and had to decide who to believe:

a) the Trump admin/GOP
b) anyone else

b!

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"Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! *We willna be fooled again!*"

Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men

#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld

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omg

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/new-york-times-style-guide-substitutions-for-the-president-violated-the-constitution

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"Illegale Migration ist ein Problem" - Warum? "Weil sie illegal ist" - Warum? "Weil wir das Gesetz geändert haben, damit es illegal ist" - Warum? "Weil Leute legale Migration nicht mochten" - Warum? "Weil ihnen eingeredet wurde, dass illegale Migration ein Problem ist"

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@newsopinionsandviews

Elect a liar, expect to be lied to.

#TrumpLies

Simple as that!

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Und das, liebe Kinder, nennt man Faschismus.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/12/los-angeles-protests-alex-padilla-kristi-noem

Wenn ein Senator, Frau Noem keine Fragen stellen soll und deswegen verhaftet wird.

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The finished tree piece. Oil and acrylic on canvas.

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Man muss sich das deutsche #Bildungssystem wie ein Feld vorstellen auf dem „#Humanressourchen“🤮 angebaut werden. Große Monokulturen, möglichst wenig Vielfalt, viel Roundup. Und dann über die fade „Ernte“ jammern.

Genau mein Humor.

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#3101 - Good Science

A comic with five panels.

Panel 1: A woman stands in front of a board with writing on it. She says: "I'm supposed to give you the tools to do good science."

Panel 2: She gestures while two students sit at desks facing her. She says: "But what ARE those tools? Methodology is hard and there are so many ways to get incorrect results. What is the magic ingredient that makes for good science?"

Panel 3:
She is now standing beside the board, which is showing bullet points. She says: "To figure it out, I ran a regression with all the factors people say are important:"

Written on the board is the following:

Outcome variable
- Correct scientific results

Predictors:
- Collaboration
- Skepticism of others’ claims
- Questioning your own beliefs
- Trying to falsify hypotheses
- Checking citations
- Statistical rigor
- Blinded analysis
- Financial disclosure
- Open data

Panel 4: She continues explaining: "The regression says two ingredients are the most crucial: 1) Genuine curiosity about the answer to a question, and 2) Ammonium hydroxide"

Panel 5: A student at a desk responds: "Wait, why did ammonia score so high? How did it even get on the list?" The woman enthusiastically replies, arms raised: "...And now you're doing good science!"

Hidden text: "If you think curiosity without rigor is bad, you should see rigor without curiosity."

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I went to a talk lately that was mostly about something else, but the speaker came out with:

“If you only remember one thing from this talk, remember this. Everyone in this room who likes helping people, raise your hand.”

Every hand, or nearly every hand, went up.

“If you like asking other people for help, keep your hand up.”

Almost every hand went back down.

“As you can see, people like helping you. When you ask for help, you’re making them feel good, even if you don’t like asking.”

I’ve genuinely forgotten the rest of the presentation but I won’t forget that.

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Occupy Democrats

It would be a shame if this went viral!

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Building on what @GeePawHill mentioned yesterday. I don’t think I’ve seen a “riot” with the trailer tractor portable stage driving the mariachi band down Olvera Street.

Don’t let them shift the narrative; don’t let the “anarchists” (armchair or otherwise) or the antagonists make it seem as if the people as a whole are violent. #LosAngeles will be fine.

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Diese privaten Grenzkontrollen durch Bürgerwehren inspirieren mich.

Wer hat Lust, mit mir morgen ein paar Konzernzentralen und Villen aufzusuchen, um eine Steuerprüfung durchzuführen?

Am besten wäre, wenn sich Leute melden, die Fackeln und Mistgabeln besitzen und Bilanzen lesen können.

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Was passiert da gerade in den USA?
👉 Donald Trump hat über 4.000 Nationalgardisten + 700 aktive Marines nach Los Angeles geschickt – offiziell zur Unterstützung bei ICE-Razzien gegen Migrant:innen.
Unser ausführlicher Faktencheck ist ausnahmsweise KOMPLETT FREI LESBAR – keine Paywall:
👉 https://www.mimikama.org/trump-laesst-marines-in-la-aufmarschieren/

Warum? ➡️ Weil es hier um Demokratie, Grundrechte und internationale Stabilität geht. Alle sollen verstehen, was passiert.

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#Trump Suddenly Cares About 'Insurrectionists' & Protecting Cops

#Insurrectionists beat #cops w/flag poles, crushed them w/riot shields, tased them in the neck, & spat on them during the deadly attack on the US Capitol on #Jan6, 2021. But when Trump claimed on Monday that he has no tolerance for "insurrectionists" who clash w/ #police officers, he wasn't talking about the 1,500 rioters he pardoned upon assuming office earlier this year;

#law #hypocrisy #propaganda
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-insurrectionists-protecting-cops-1235359943/

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