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"The girls begged for help, first from a school guidance counselor and then from a sheriff’s deputy assigned to their school...The principal had doubts they even existed." 1/
And now one girl is expelled for fighting back.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
And now one girl is expelled for fighting back.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. She was the one expelled
A 13-year-old girl at a Louisiana middle school got into a fight with classmates who were sharing AI-generated nude images of her
abcnews.go.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"The girls begged for help, first from a school guidance counselor and then from a sheriff’s deputy assigned to their school...The principal had doubts they even existed." 1/
And now one girl is expelled for fighting back.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
And now one girl is expelled for fighting back.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
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The people running the actual United States of America will commit a war crime or torture a few hundred immigrants and IMMEDIATELY run to Twitter to do some “based” meme post about it and yet we still refuse to recognize that social media incentives are pretty much the poison killing modern society.
It’s so fucking obvious that the incentives here and on Twitter are what’s causing the Asshole Pride political moment the U.S. is living through.
But these people are so addicted to their microblogging dopamine habit that they refuse to confront the uncomfortable truth.
But these people are so addicted to their microblogging dopamine habit that they refuse to confront the uncomfortable truth.
December 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The people running the actual United States of America will commit a war crime or torture a few hundred immigrants and IMMEDIATELY run to Twitter to do some “based” meme post about it and yet we still refuse to recognize that social media incentives are pretty much the poison killing modern society.
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Hard to express how much I love this.
Twitter is the Nazi site for Nazis. Delete it, ESPECIALLY if you're a famous person or political leader.
Abughazaleh does a great job explaining that it's also TRASH and doesn't even let you reach your audience.
Get the hell off.
Twitter is the Nazi site for Nazis. Delete it, ESPECIALLY if you're a famous person or political leader.
Abughazaleh does a great job explaining that it's also TRASH and doesn't even let you reach your audience.
Get the hell off.
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
December 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hard to express how much I love this.
Twitter is the Nazi site for Nazis. Delete it, ESPECIALLY if you're a famous person or political leader.
Abughazaleh does a great job explaining that it's also TRASH and doesn't even let you reach your audience.
Get the hell off.
Twitter is the Nazi site for Nazis. Delete it, ESPECIALLY if you're a famous person or political leader.
Abughazaleh does a great job explaining that it's also TRASH and doesn't even let you reach your audience.
Get the hell off.
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Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
![I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor or degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes" When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:egd33s7iuqsmwlwab6mbtrqi/bafkreiaaicjid4jg3oongeah73ukqvwsqv4vwbp75q4f755nldtcfermhi@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
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"Strong floor, no ceiling" is very literally the basis of like every Gilded Age political cartoon
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Strong floor, no ceiling" is very literally the basis of like every Gilded Age political cartoon
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…Oh. Oh no. Oh no nonono. …And yet: of course.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
…Oh. Oh no. Oh no nonono. …And yet: of course.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
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Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."
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Pantone ‘Stained Glass’ door by Italian designer Armin Blasbichler
December 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Pantone ‘Stained Glass’ door by Italian designer Armin Blasbichler
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"Cosmic filaments are the largest known structures in the universe: vast, thread-like formations of galaxies and dark matter that form a cosmic scaffolding. They also act as "highways" along which matter and momentum flow into galaxies."
Astronomers find vast spinning filament of galaxies 140 million light-years away
An international team led by the University of Oxford has identified one of the largest rotating structures ever reported: a "razor-thin" string of galaxies embedded in a giant spinning cosmic filamen...
phys.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
"Cosmic filaments are the largest known structures in the universe: vast, thread-like formations of galaxies and dark matter that form a cosmic scaffolding. They also act as "highways" along which matter and momentum flow into galaxies."
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Today on the PREVAIL podcast, one of my all-time favorite interviews: @ebharrington.bsky.social, professor of economic sociology & author of "Offshore: Stealth Wealth & the New Colonialism."
Watch the clip on my Substack; listen to the full episode here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Watch the clip on my Substack; listen to the full episode here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Ultimate Transgression: Kompromat Culture & the Competitive Depravity Olympics
A discussion with economic sociology professor Brooke Harrington, author of "Capital Without Borders" and "Offshore: Stealth Wealth & The New Colonialism"
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today on the PREVAIL podcast, one of my all-time favorite interviews: @ebharrington.bsky.social, professor of economic sociology & author of "Offshore: Stealth Wealth & the New Colonialism."
Watch the clip on my Substack; listen to the full episode here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Watch the clip on my Substack; listen to the full episode here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
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"all these little courts, they want to throw up little blockages"
--Andrew, Gen Z "conservative," downvotes the Framers' separation of powers
--Andrew, Gen Z "conservative," downvotes the Framers' separation of powers
From the right-wing Manhattan Institute's focus group of Gen Z conservatives -- just jaw-dropping stuff. We have a very sick society. www.city-journal.org/article/manh...
December 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"all these little courts, they want to throw up little blockages"
--Andrew, Gen Z "conservative," downvotes the Framers' separation of powers
--Andrew, Gen Z "conservative," downvotes the Framers' separation of powers
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From the right-wing Manhattan Institute's focus group of Gen Z conservatives -- just jaw-dropping stuff. We have a very sick society. www.city-journal.org/article/manh...
December 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
From the right-wing Manhattan Institute's focus group of Gen Z conservatives -- just jaw-dropping stuff. We have a very sick society. www.city-journal.org/article/manh...
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2 things abt Trump's motivations for defiling the Kennedy Center with his name are defining characteristics of the rich & powerful:
1. above all, they want to be liked & respected
2. they are terrified of death
They want $ & power mainly to buy likes & escape mortality for as long as possible.
1. above all, they want to be liked & respected
2. they are terrified of death
They want $ & power mainly to buy likes & escape mortality for as long as possible.
When Trump visited Mount Vernon in 2018, he couldn't understand why George Washington didn't name it after himself. “You’ve got to put your name on stuff or no one remembers you.” Reupping this prescient piece from @politico.com which seems pretty relevant today. www.politico.com/story/2019/0...
Trump’s ‘truly bizarre’ visit to Mt. Vernon
The 45th president — no student of history — marveled at the first president's failure to name his historic compound after himself.
www.politico.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
2 things abt Trump's motivations for defiling the Kennedy Center with his name are defining characteristics of the rich & powerful:
1. above all, they want to be liked & respected
2. they are terrified of death
They want $ & power mainly to buy likes & escape mortality for as long as possible.
1. above all, they want to be liked & respected
2. they are terrified of death
They want $ & power mainly to buy likes & escape mortality for as long as possible.
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I found out my doctor moved around his whole schedule and came in today solely to give me a complicated injection that may bring me meaningful pain relief. Taking a moment to share a positive story, so I remember there still are rare people in our medical system who always go above and beyond. 🥺
December 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I found out my doctor moved around his whole schedule and came in today solely to give me a complicated injection that may bring me meaningful pain relief. Taking a moment to share a positive story, so I remember there still are rare people in our medical system who always go above and beyond. 🥺
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This reminds me it is time for my annual re-watch of the 30 Rock Christmas episodes…
December 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This reminds me it is time for my annual re-watch of the 30 Rock Christmas episodes…
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What an astonishingly dishonest piece of propaganda for the fossil fuel industry, including its citing of Obama's extremely outdated energy policies and its misrepresentation of Norwegian public opinion.
“The mind-set shift needed here is to acknowledge that while climate change is real and harmful, the utility of fossil fuels is not something the oil and gas industry tricked the public into,” Matthew Yglesias writes.
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Do. Why Don’t Democrats?
Liberals should reconcile with America’s oil and gas industry.
nyti.ms
December 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
What an astonishingly dishonest piece of propaganda for the fossil fuel industry, including its citing of Obama's extremely outdated energy policies and its misrepresentation of Norwegian public opinion.
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NEW: 6th Cir upholds the fed law barring undocumented immigrants from having guns.
What's shocking, though, is Judge Thapar's separate opinion arguing that noncitizens lack not only 2nd Am rights, but likely 1st, 4th & other const'l rights! 🧵
www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...
What's shocking, though, is Judge Thapar's separate opinion arguing that noncitizens lack not only 2nd Am rights, but likely 1st, 4th & other const'l rights! 🧵
www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...
www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov
December 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
NEW: 6th Cir upholds the fed law barring undocumented immigrants from having guns.
What's shocking, though, is Judge Thapar's separate opinion arguing that noncitizens lack not only 2nd Am rights, but likely 1st, 4th & other const'l rights! 🧵
www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...
What's shocking, though, is Judge Thapar's separate opinion arguing that noncitizens lack not only 2nd Am rights, but likely 1st, 4th & other const'l rights! 🧵
www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...
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A 2016 interview with Scott Simon, in which Rob Reiner and his son Nick talk about a film they made together based on Nick's struggles with addiction.
www.npr.org/2016/04/30/4...
www.npr.org/2016/04/30/4...
Rob And Nick Reiner Say 'Being Charlie' Is 'Drawn From Our Lives'
Being Charlie is a new film about addiction in a Hollywood family. It's a story director Rob Reiner and his son, writer Nick Reiner, say they know well because of their own family's struggles.
www.npr.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A 2016 interview with Scott Simon, in which Rob Reiner and his son Nick talk about a film they made together based on Nick's struggles with addiction.
www.npr.org/2016/04/30/4...
www.npr.org/2016/04/30/4...
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Rob Reiner directed my favorite movie in the world, and then made all my dreams come true by, with Cary Elwes, organizing a cast reunion table read Zoom fundraiser for WisDems. A heart, spirit, and talent bigger than the whole world. May his and Michele's memory be a blessing.
December 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Rob Reiner directed my favorite movie in the world, and then made all my dreams come true by, with Cary Elwes, organizing a cast reunion table read Zoom fundraiser for WisDems. A heart, spirit, and talent bigger than the whole world. May his and Michele's memory be a blessing.
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People keep sharing Rob Reiner’s incredible run of movies. Back in 2014 we pitched him the idea of just going through them all, trying to find a through line, and he was all for it. Anyway if interested here’s Rob Reiner on all his movies up through then screencrush.com/rob-reiner-c...
Rob Reiner Explains Why There's No Such Thing as a 'Rob Reiner Movie'
It's a product of a very, very confuse, twisted mind, jokes Rob Reiner when he's asked why it's so hard to peg him down as a filmmaker. When you hear the name Martin Scorsese associated with a film (w...
screencrush.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
People keep sharing Rob Reiner’s incredible run of movies. Back in 2014 we pitched him the idea of just going through them all, trying to find a through line, and he was all for it. Anyway if interested here’s Rob Reiner on all his movies up through then screencrush.com/rob-reiner-c...
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"According to the…annual Harris Poll, for the 1st time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71% believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"According to the…annual Harris Poll, for the 1st time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71% believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
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The journey to Middle-earth and understanding J. R. R. Tolkien begins inside Marquette University's archives, which has more than 11,000 pages of drafts for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
The archivist in charge of 11,000 pages of original Lord of the Rings drafts at Marquette University
The journey to Middle-earth and understanding J. R. R. Tolkien begins inside Marquette University's archives, which has more than 11,000 pages of drafts for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
www.tmj4.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The journey to Middle-earth and understanding J. R. R. Tolkien begins inside Marquette University's archives, which has more than 11,000 pages of drafts for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.