Abigail Gardner
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UPMC has decided to stop serving 400 Pittsburgh-area families with trans kids. Families turning to expensive alternatives, including private care and traveling further for care. Can you join me and donate to help alleviate some of the financial burden for these families?
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"I made two really, really good decisions in my life," New Yorker editor David Remnick tells Semafor's Mixed Signals podcast.
"I married the right person ... and I didn't go on Twitter."
Watch the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUM5...
"I married the right person ... and I didn't go on Twitter."
Watch the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUM5...
December 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"I made two really, really good decisions in my life," New Yorker editor David Remnick tells Semafor's Mixed Signals podcast.
"I married the right person ... and I didn't go on Twitter."
Watch the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUM5...
"I married the right person ... and I didn't go on Twitter."
Watch the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUM5...
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
Watched the New Yorker documentary. David Remnick seems like such a decent man which makes the Ryan Lizza recap of "I had some unpleasantness at the New Yorker, I always appreciated Olivia yelling at David Remnick for me" even more ludicrous. May he sleep well.
December 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Watched the New Yorker documentary. David Remnick seems like such a decent man which makes the Ryan Lizza recap of "I had some unpleasantness at the New Yorker, I always appreciated Olivia yelling at David Remnick for me" even more ludicrous. May he sleep well.
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Every R whose district was R+15 or less in 2024:
December 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Every R whose district was R+15 or less in 2024:
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For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
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I love goalie fights. Imagine having beef with someone 200 ft away. It’s truly inspiring.
December 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I love goalie fights. Imagine having beef with someone 200 ft away. It’s truly inspiring.
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Aaron Rodgers under pressure, last 3 games:
BUF: 0/4 for 0 yds
CIN: 1/3 for 5 yds
LAC: 0/5 for 0 yds
BUF: 0/4 for 0 yds
CIN: 1/3 for 5 yds
LAC: 0/5 for 0 yds
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Aaron Rodgers under pressure, last 3 games:
BUF: 0/4 for 0 yds
CIN: 1/3 for 5 yds
LAC: 0/5 for 0 yds
BUF: 0/4 for 0 yds
CIN: 1/3 for 5 yds
LAC: 0/5 for 0 yds
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The Ryan Lizza installments will continue until morale improves
December 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The Ryan Lizza installments will continue until morale improves
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Trump Approval Among Men:
Disapprove: 51% (+12)
Approve: 46% (-7)
YouGov / Nov 24, 2025
(% Change With Feb 2025)
Disapprove: 51% (+12)
Approve: 46% (-7)
YouGov / Nov 24, 2025
(% Change With Feb 2025)
November 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Trump Approval Among Men:
Disapprove: 51% (+12)
Approve: 46% (-7)
YouGov / Nov 24, 2025
(% Change With Feb 2025)
Disapprove: 51% (+12)
Approve: 46% (-7)
YouGov / Nov 24, 2025
(% Change With Feb 2025)
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don't really think drugs, as a concept, will ever be able to recover from the reputational hit they're about to take
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
don't really think drugs, as a concept, will ever be able to recover from the reputational hit they're about to take
Also someone walk me through Guy's burn rate like I'm in 2nd grade. If you had a primary next year, wouldn't you be trying to hold on to something?
Baby there is only one fiscal conservative that I can see on this list, and her name is Summer L. Lee.
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Also someone walk me through Guy's burn rate like I'm in 2nd grade. If you had a primary next year, wouldn't you be trying to hold on to something?
Baby there is only one fiscal conservative that I can see on this list, and her name is Summer L. Lee.
November 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Baby there is only one fiscal conservative that I can see on this list, and her name is Summer L. Lee.
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
This is incredibly depressing and frustrating. Screwing over creators and home cooks to push AI garbage, for what benefit? We'll have to go back to cookbooks while the internet chokes itself to death
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This is incredibly depressing and frustrating. Screwing over creators and home cooks to push AI garbage, for what benefit? We'll have to go back to cookbooks while the internet chokes itself to death
This is a crazy thing to say out loud but my friend's house burned down last night in Oakmont. They lost everything. If you can spare some money they'd appreciate it.
gofund.me/58337f745
gofund.me/58337f745
Donate to Support for the Schwieger family following devastating fire, organized by Lauren Lorenz
Starting this page in support of the Schwieger family— our de… Lauren Lorenz needs your support for Support for the Schwieger family following devastating fire
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November 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This is a crazy thing to say out loud but my friend's house burned down last night in Oakmont. They lost everything. If you can spare some money they'd appreciate it.
gofund.me/58337f745
gofund.me/58337f745
November 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Awake too early on a Saturday, found a pirated version, wondering how fast Vanity Fair will cut ties
diabolical to drop part two while most of nyc people are asleep
west coast supremacy reigns
west coast supremacy reigns
November 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Awake too early on a Saturday, found a pirated version, wondering how fast Vanity Fair will cut ties
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Find someone who looks at you the way Donald Trump looks at Zohran Mamdani.
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Find someone who looks at you the way Donald Trump looks at Zohran Mamdani.
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the funniest thing about all of this is that jd vance grovels like a worm to get even a quarter of this kind of public support from trump and he barely manages that
Q: Stefanik has called Mamdani a 'jihadist.' Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist right now?
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
the funniest thing about all of this is that jd vance grovels like a worm to get even a quarter of this kind of public support from trump and he barely manages that
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A fascinating aspect of this is how much the anti-trans panic is about displacing fears that are far more real: of male coaches who abuse female athletes.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A fascinating aspect of this is how much the anti-trans panic is about displacing fears that are far more real: of male coaches who abuse female athletes.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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if I'm dating a 21-year-old woman when I'm 55 I think I have surrounded myself with enough good people that at least one of them will hit me with a shovel
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
if I'm dating a 21-year-old woman when I'm 55 I think I have surrounded myself with enough good people that at least one of them will hit me with a shovel