Trump administration to slash fee to renounce US citizenship from $2,350 to $450 White House will take a financial loss to make it easier for Americans to walk away from citizenship starting in April

This is a trap, right? Feels like a trap...

Trump administration to slash fee to renounce US citizenship from $2,350 to $450 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This may be the oldest ‘butthole’ imprint on Earth Fossils show exceptionally rare evidence of a cloacal vent—the slit that most vertebrates use to excrete, have sex and lay egg—which could shed light on the evolution of the orifice

Fossils show exceptionally rare evidence of a cloacal vent—the slit that most vertebrates use to excrete, have sex and lay egg—which could shed light on the evolution of the orifice

Probably the most beautiful archaeological store you have ever seen. Rows of boxes on shelves receding into the distance with a tantalizing light at the end.

Check out our artefact archive!! 🤩

(serious face...)
Archives like ours are filling up fast. Soon there will be no space in Britain to store newly-excavated artefacts and this will be catastrophic for research in archaeology as well as innovation, society, growth and the renewal of nature 😢

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Kash Patel Faces Backlash After Partying With Nancy Guthrie’s Captors WASHINGTON—As shocking footage surfaced of his participation in the rowdy celebration, FBI director Kash Patel faced backlash Thursday after he was seen partying with the captors of Nancy Guthrie. “I ...

Kash Patel Faces Backlash After Partying With Nancy Guthrie’s Captors

Murdering civilians overseas is not a distraction, it's not about money or airtime or domestic policy or the crimes of individuals. It's war crimes. It matters enough of its own to say stop without refocusing on anything else.

Coral background with faint heart illustrations. A glossy male Blackbird with a bright yellow bill faces left. Large title reads: “Birds as bad exes*” Smaller text reads: “*Yes, you read that right.”

Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox

Now more than ever you must believe your own eyes.

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

Grunge gang gang

@bamf.de Kriege ich extra Punkte weil ich gemerkt habe, warum der Fragenkatalog zum Einbürgerungstest 310 Fragen hat?😉

a medieval fresco of a rabbit vomiting milk into a bucket

Rabbit, Sweden, 15th century

Reports and videos show ICE agents asking American citizens whether they’ve “learned their lesson over the last few days” are deeply troubling. Language like this implies intent and raises serious questions about premeditation and mindset on the scene.

Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It’s Complicated. | ACLU We’ve been getting a lot of questions about when border agents can legally conduct searches of travelers’ electronic devices at international airports and other ports of entry. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t simple.

Traveling this holiday season? There are steps you can take to safeguard your privacy if your phone or laptop is searched by immigration agents at the airport or other port of entry.

Know your rights and protect your information.

CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Year

CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Year
theonion.com/cia-realizes...

*chef's kiss*

'AI is coming' I tell the museum stakeholders as I proudly cut the ribbon of our new Artificial Insemination exhibition

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

A map of part of Britiain and northern europe showing loads and loads of roman roads, picked out in red.

Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓

itiner-e.org

We might have to have a lie-down.

We’re hiring!

Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.

Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply

This thread is great! Tag yourself! I might be the shrike...or nightjar.

A black background decorated with gold illustrations of branches, stars, swords, ravens, and tiny ghost shapes. In the centre, bold text reads: “BIRDS BUT THEY GET SPOOKIER EACH TIME.” Two ravens perch on bare branches at the bottom, with candles glowing beside them.

Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻

Enter if you dare...🚪

Uns fehlt ein Bild: Sammelaufruf Deportationen Berlin | Gedenk- und Bildungsstätte Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz Die Gedenkstätte dokumentiert die Wannsee-Konferenz und setzt sich mit Ausstellungen, Bildungsangeboten und einer Bibliothek mit dem Holocaust auseinander.

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Uns fehlt ein Bild!
"...ruft die Gedenk- und Bildungsstätte Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz deshalb alle Berliner*innen auf, zu Hause in ihren Fotoalben und Fotosammlungen zu schauen."
www.ghwk.de/de/blog/samm...

F'in unconscionable and infuriating!

Wisdom from Schoolhouse Rock.

Next from the US Mint: Dollar coins with trophy/captive Antifa frogs.

Burgundy graphic with text "Military troops shouldn’t be policing civilians." Above the text is an image of the boots of federal forces walking through a street.

President Trump is trying to normalize the use of the military for domestic law enforcement. But as the Constitution makes abundantly clear — turning troops on civilians is an intolerable threat to our liberties.

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Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

So if you’re against anti fascism, doesn’t that make you… pro fascism?? 🤔