Willow 8 months ago

⚠️ 🇪🇺 European Union is once again proposing a new mass digital surveillance law. It is North Korea-level of extreme.

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Willow 8 months ago

Is Rite Aid going out of business, or was the company sold to a vulture capital?

Willow 8 months ago

habemus cattum.

Willow 8 months ago

Losing one's plot, a desperate man can make himself even more dangerous.

Willow 8 months ago

St. Augustine of Hippo famously said, "I believe in order to understand." This is often said to be the fundamental of the theology. But in this age of misinformation and alternative truths, often it's been demonstrated that a faith in a wrong place can be dangerous. #theology #faith #beliefs

Willow 8 months ago

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Willow 8 months ago

Someone failed her high school civics class. 💩 Original post:

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Kristi Noem incorrectly defined habeas corpus as the president’s right to deport people. Huh? That’s… not even close.

Willow 8 months ago

This isn't a "Big Beautiful" reconciliation bill, this is an Enabling Act. Original post:

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Willow 8 months ago

I'm not surprised by this. #GenerativeAI is quite good at organizing thoughts and talking points while editing out wasted words and weak arguments. I've used #ChatGPT to edit letters to editors to stay within word limits and to make them more convincing. https://www.verity.news/story/2025/ai-chatbots-outperform-humans-in-personalized-persuasion

Willow 8 months ago

Did you feed your cats yet? 😺

Willow 8 months ago

One may be surprised to know that ICE has no traditional uniforms unlike the Border Patrol. Recently several cases of imposters committing crimes while pretending to be "enforcing immigration." Anyone can look like them with clothes anyone can buy from 5.11.

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Dem told Kristi Noem that ICE agents can be impersonated with $20 Etsy jackets. She had no response. - LGBTQ Nation

Out Rep. Julie Johnson slammed Noem for ICE's "reprehensible" behavior. Noem didn't seem to care.

Willow 8 months ago

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We're so grateful for the small businesses that share their abundance with our community. Bakeries, farmers, co-ops & more 🩷🙏 Big corps thro...

Willow 8 months ago

"People who mask themselves before street confrontations ordinarily do so to avoid legal and public accountability, especially when they are up to no good." https://www.cato.org/blog/ice-agents-seizing-people-now-routinely-wear-masks-thats-wrong

Willow 8 months ago

Cat?

Willow 8 months ago

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Willow 8 months ago

This is too cute 🎻

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Willow 8 months ago

I genuinely hate how # aporophobia is once again driving public policy discussions, but with the great #Oregon BottleDrop system OBRC has built, there's no reason why small individual retailers should be required to handle returns. https://www.opb.org/article/2025/05/17/oregon-bottle-return-overhaul/

Willow 8 months ago

Rule of law and a constitutional order are the cornerstones of a free, thriving, prosperous nation. I think they're actually more crucial than a "democracy," as there are plenty of "democratic" countries that are unfree, stagnant, and in an economic decline. Original post:

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Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social)

Those on the high court often exercise caution in their choice of words. That is why it was striking when she used an audience of lawyers to delive...

Willow 8 months ago

It's Caturday, did you spoiled your cats yet? 😺

Willow 8 months ago

I've been 86'ed by a few places in my life, but inexplicably, I'm still alive. 😂