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Washedupcynic

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  • My weakness? Star Trek

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  • Janeway always struck me as lowkey lesbian. I kept thinking her and 7 of 9 were going to hook up. There was so much sexual tension between the two of them as 7 became more human and less borg.

  • My weakness? Star Trek

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  • How was Troy not included in this meme?

  • Nominee for cutest artificial life form

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  • Peanut Hamper!

  • Trump gave $45,000 to Natalie Harp and other White House aides as holiday gifts

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  • This isn't abnormal. I work in an HR department for state legislature. The assembly and senate members will often give some of their staff temporary bonuses in the form on a temporary increase in salary. During the legislative term staff can sometimes work 16+ hour days depending on their role as a staffer with the member they work for. Since we are all salaried these staff are not paid overtime. They get comped time to take off extra hours for every hour they worked, but depending on office logistics, they aren't always able to use that time and it expires at the end of the legislative term.

    The elected officials all get an office budget to work with, which is passed via state budget law. It's up to the elected official how to use the funds as long as they aren't doing anything illegal.

    I don't know jack shit about how staff salary works at the national congressional level.

    The gifts were noted in the staffers’ annual financial disclosure forms that were published by the administration last week.

    Trump is garbage, but in this instance it might be a nothing burger.

  • Why the Flock Backlash Has Gotten So Intense. The sudden anger about these cameras seems to reflect more than just wariness about the surveillance system.

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  • And they also have RAM which is now hella expensive because of the race for AI.

  • Schoollife2

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  • If you are in highschool, junior high, maybe it's time to ask the teacher if you can stay late to get extra help. If you are in college, you should really go to the professor's office hours for help and check and see if your university has tutors. I managed to scrape a B- in calculus 2 even though the professor sucked as a teacher by asking for extra help. Good luck.

  • So beautiful

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  • This sort of looks like the city layout from the game frostpunk.

  • Just browsing

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  • This position is actually really good for your hips.

  • 33 Dems Help Pass House Bill That Would Strip Funds From Colleges That Boycott Israel

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  • Laura Gillen is a piece of shit DINO, this is known.

  • Hiiighway to the Neutral Zone

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  • Mr. Maneuver, make it so!

  • Hiiighway to the Neutral Zone

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  • Revvin' up your warp drive

    feel the plasma coils hum

    cruising warp factor five

    where did that ship come from?

    highway to the neutral zone

    hide inside the neutral zone

    Headin' into starlight

    going where no one has gone

    respect the prime directive

    and repping the federation

    highway to the neutral zone

    hide inside the neutral zone

  • What was the scariest “We need to leave… now” gut feeling that you’ve ever experienced?

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  • A New Yorker so dumb he doesn't even know NY wasn't part of the confederacy.

  • What was the scariest “We need to leave… now” gut feeling that you’ve ever experienced?

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  • I live in Albany, NY. It's a city of about 100K people, and it's pretty diverse. I've found lots of pro nazi shit on peoples houses within 10 miles of the city limit.

    I sort of think, people were always Nazi douche nozzles, but trump made them brave about being open and upfront with their hate.

  • What's an animal that's MUCH cuter as a baby?

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  • ferrets.

  • Sock/shoe then sock/shoe, or sock/sock then shoe/shoe? Explain yourself.

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  • Shoe then shoe. I generally don't wear socks because I am always wearing dress flats for work, and they are comfy enough for weekends too.

  • Half Off [JoeGPcom]

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  • 😂 Lim --> 0

  • Backlash After Hakeem Jeffries Holds Private Meeting With Jared Kushner Ahead of Midterms

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  • 🤣 🤣 😭

  • Backlash After Hakeem Jeffries Holds Private Meeting With Jared Kushner Ahead of Midterms

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  • Why Are Wes Moore and Cory Booker in Peter Thiel’s Secret Society?

    I assumed it was because they were also of the pedophile persuasion. But I guess it could be because they are happy to be technofascists for the right price.

  • Hakeem Jeffries meeting with Jared Kushner sparks backlash amongst Democrats ahead of midterm elections – US politics live

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  • I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you are still learning about this topic, instead of a troll. Jared Kushner does not hold a government position. He serves as an outside adviser and informal envoy, assisting with foreign policy and negotiations without holding a formal cabinet position. Jeffries talking to Kushner has nothing to do with wanting or having a functional government. Any influence Kushner has in the world is through his association with the Trump brand and his/Trump's money.

    After leaving the White House, Jared Kushner started a private equity firm named Affinity Partners. The Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia invested $2 billion into this firm. Kushner's firm has collected over $110 million in management fees from the Saudi government and other Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, even before producing major investment profits for them.

    So, if Kushner is unofficially advising Trump/The white house, this really looks like Saudi Arabia is bribing Kushner for access via a bullshit investment into Kushner's company. Furthermore, Iran is not on good terms with Saudi Arabia. So if you're thinking Jeffries is using Kushner's relationship with the Saudis to leverage ceasefire with Iran. That's the least likely outcome. The Saudi's would rather we keep up the conflict with Iran.

    Kushner, (and Trump,) are corrupt as fuck. Nothing good will come of Jeffries talking with Kushner. There are other avenues for Jeffries to speak with the president and participate in foreign policy. This just makes Jeffries look super corrupt and complicit with the trump administration.

    But Jefferies won his primary, he has the mandate of his district.

    The only reason why he won his primary is because the person running against him didn't get financial support from DSA the way other candidates did. The DSA thought it would be too costly to try and oust Jefferies, so they focused on other primaries that were more winnable. If anything, this might piss off enough democrats in his district that they vote against him for a republican, or just don't vote period. I honestly think that this will be one of the nails in the coffin of Jefferies political career.

  • Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlash | TechCrunch

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  • Your brain was reading it correctly.

  • cats @lemmy.world
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    Nap time

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What song lyrics did you mishear that completely changed the meaning of the song?

  • cats @lemmy.world
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    The mods are asleep, post feet pics

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world
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    My favorite ship; happy pride

  • cats @lemmy.world
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    What are you looking at, hyoo-man

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world
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    What did Spok say when he met Spot the cat?

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world
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    The gang goes horseback riding.

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world
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    The crew loves the ocean.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What was the most recent thing that made you cry as an adult?

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world
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    Some of them like the ocean

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world
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    What do they watch on TV in the star trek universe?

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world
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    Klingon humor

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Would you keep seeing a doctor that required to you agree to the use of AI in your treatment to continue being a patient?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Has a job ever baited and switched you? Tell me about it!

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world
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    I can't wait until money stops being a thing

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What thing at work made you rage quit your job?

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world
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    Guinan, keeping it real.

  • News @lemmy.world
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    ‘60 Minutes’ story shelved by Bari Weiss streamed in Canada — and instantly spread across the web

    www.cnn.com /2025/12/22/media/60-minutes-cecot-bari-weiss-canada-global-tv
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Which of your most fucked up exes tried to come back to your life in the most fucked up way?

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    Jury finds Judge Hannah Dugan guilty of obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal agents

    apnews.com /article/dugan-judge-wisconsin-immigrant-arrested-trial-09cd6fc722058ca2e191d66bda720ac4