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Remember internment camps? The US has done this before and is doing it again. This is nothing more than a sanctioned governmental effort to eliminate by any means necessary people on the basis of race. Fuck you and fuck anyone supporting any of this
“Gantchev suffered from type 2 diabetes and told his wife no diet accommodations were made for him. She and Anna said the small amount of food that is given to people detained at North Lake was not enough for maintaining Gantchev's blood sugar levels.”
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
December 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Remember internment camps? The US has done this before and is doing it again. This is nothing more than a sanctioned governmental effort to eliminate by any means necessary people on the basis of race. Fuck you and fuck anyone supporting any of this
AI as done by open AI is such a scam. It’s a scam that will kill us all.
Altman is such a fucking fraud that he's just openly admitting now it's a data collection exercise. These companies just want your data. It's always been about getting your data. They're not profitable so all the can do is consume. Consume energy. Consume memory, consume data. Frauds.
December 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
AI as done by open AI is such a scam. It’s a scam that will kill us all.
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Incredible words from real boxer Anthony Joshua after he knocked Jake Paul the fuck out lol
December 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Incredible words from real boxer Anthony Joshua after he knocked Jake Paul the fuck out lol
This is why my boxing trainer now makes me do 10 pushups or 10 cals on the bike every time I drop my hands.
December 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This is why my boxing trainer now makes me do 10 pushups or 10 cals on the bike every time I drop my hands.
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My new Arsenal long-read is out. On Madueke, Gyökeres, Hincapié, and building chemistry under pressure.
Connections
On building chemistry under pressure, Madueke’s fresh legs, Gyökeres and the Pinnock Test, Hincapié’s trial by fire, and the ripple effects of Saliba’s absence
billycarpenter.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
My new Arsenal long-read is out. On Madueke, Gyökeres, Hincapié, and building chemistry under pressure.
Maybe Bama wasn’t the team we needed to be talking about from the SEC not deserving of a playoff birth
December 20, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Maybe Bama wasn’t the team we needed to be talking about from the SEC not deserving of a playoff birth
There is nothing more fun than watching an unblocked edge rusher chase down the QB and realize “oh he’s about to get thumped”
December 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
There is nothing more fun than watching an unblocked edge rusher chase down the QB and realize “oh he’s about to get thumped”
Someone get ready to track flights out of Norman to Ann Arbor tonight, not sure you wanna go back to Tuscaloosa if this doesn’t improve.
December 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Someone get ready to track flights out of Norman to Ann Arbor tonight, not sure you wanna go back to Tuscaloosa if this doesn’t improve.
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Pirates, Astros, Rays trade is pending medicals, per source. Infielder Brandon Lowe, outfielder Jake Mangum and LHP Mason Montgomery would come to Pittsburgh, Mike Burrows to Houston.
@ken-rosenthal.bsky.social was on it
@ken-rosenthal.bsky.social was on it
December 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Pirates, Astros, Rays trade is pending medicals, per source. Infielder Brandon Lowe, outfielder Jake Mangum and LHP Mason Montgomery would come to Pittsburgh, Mike Burrows to Houston.
@ken-rosenthal.bsky.social was on it
@ken-rosenthal.bsky.social was on it
Look I love Burrows as much as the next guy but that is an insane haul.
Per Chandler Rome and Ken Rosenthal, the Pirates-Astros-Rays trade as of right now is:
Pittsburgh acquires 2B Brandon Lowe, OF Jake Mangum and LHP Mason Montgomery.
Houston acquires Mike Burrows.
Tampa Bay acquires OF Jacob Melton and RHP Anderson Brito.
Pittsburgh acquires 2B Brandon Lowe, OF Jake Mangum and LHP Mason Montgomery.
Houston acquires Mike Burrows.
Tampa Bay acquires OF Jacob Melton and RHP Anderson Brito.
December 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Look I love Burrows as much as the next guy but that is an insane haul.
People are really high on Burrows, and I think he can be a good arm with some time. But for as often as he shone bright, he had some real clunkers and still needs a third pitch. Houston is the perfect spot to get the best out of him, and Lowe is exactly the bat the Pirates need.
Astros, Pirates, Rays Discussing Three-Team Trade Potentially Sending Brandon Lowe To Pittsburgh, Mike Burrows To Houston
Astros, Pirates, Rays Discussing Three-Team Trade Potentially Sending Brandon Lowe To Pittsburgh, Mike Burrows To Houston
The Astros, Pirates and Rays are “in serious discussions” on a big three-team trade, according to a report from Chandler Rome and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. If completed, the deal would send second baseman Brandon Lowe to Pittsburgh and right-hander Mike Burrows to Houston. Per Rosenthal, outfielder Jacob Melton and right-hander Anderson Brito would…
www.mlbtraderumors.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
People are really high on Burrows, and I think he can be a good arm with some time. But for as often as he shone bright, he had some real clunkers and still needs a third pitch. Houston is the perfect spot to get the best out of him, and Lowe is exactly the bat the Pirates need.
It appears as if the Pirates have made a trade I don't hate!
December 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It appears as if the Pirates have made a trade I don't hate!
Wrote a semi-depressing substack about how we don’t sit with our thoughts anymore, we let YouTube win the media wars, and how screwed the young men are with all of this shit. Not fun to read, but cathartic to write.
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open.substack.com/pub/acpregle...
Young men are being brainwashed and we let it happen
The modern media machine has failed and the "victims" are a generation of young men who think they're victims everywhere else
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December 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Wrote a semi-depressing substack about how we don’t sit with our thoughts anymore, we let YouTube win the media wars, and how screwed the young men are with all of this shit. Not fun to read, but cathartic to write.
open.substack.com/pub/acpregle...
open.substack.com/pub/acpregle...
when Ed sounds the alarm, it's not wrong just early. would absolutely *hate* to see bad things happen to such a morally upstanding company like Meta. absolutely *haaaaaaaate* it
Time to escalate my calls: I think something is rotten at Meta, and they are in trouble
Facebook is testing a monthly $14.99 subscription, and telling users they need to subscribe if they want to post more than 2 links a month.
techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
December 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
when Ed sounds the alarm, it's not wrong just early. would absolutely *hate* to see bad things happen to such a morally upstanding company like Meta. absolutely *haaaaaaaate* it
One of the biggest challenges I'm genuinely excited to tackle now that I am in the digital media space full time is creating a sustainable brand that doesn't rely on organic social traffic from one or two providers in order to hit pageviews. b/c this is bleak techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages | TechCrunch
Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.
techcrunch.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
One of the biggest challenges I'm genuinely excited to tackle now that I am in the digital media space full time is creating a sustainable brand that doesn't rely on organic social traffic from one or two providers in order to hit pageviews. b/c this is bleak techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
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the fact that the sentiment index no longer provides useful economic data is one of those things I think about in the Vibes Vs Material Conditions debate
and I'm still more on team material conditions. but we have to admit there's real evidence the vibes are fucked up in new and confusing ways
and I'm still more on team material conditions. but we have to admit there's real evidence the vibes are fucked up in new and confusing ways
Consumer confidence data is basically useless for markets/econ forecasting at this point. There is just no universe where periods when inflation was 5x as high, real income growth was deeply negative, or unemployment was more than 2x current were better than the current backdrop.
December 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
the fact that the sentiment index no longer provides useful economic data is one of those things I think about in the Vibes Vs Material Conditions debate
and I'm still more on team material conditions. but we have to admit there's real evidence the vibes are fucked up in new and confusing ways
and I'm still more on team material conditions. but we have to admit there's real evidence the vibes are fucked up in new and confusing ways
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White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
85% of CEOs are white men.
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
December 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
While most political headlines are dominated by what crazy man and his crazy friends are doing in DC, this is the kind of reporting that I try and find often because it grounds my brain in "hey, things still matter, these roles are important, your vote has consequences"
"Inside the Fight to Keep Mamdani’s Promise of 200,000 Affordable Homes: As Zohran Mamdani prepares to take over as mayor of New York, his team and allies have been pushing back against proposals that could make it more difficult to build new homes in the city." -- www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/n...
Inside the Fight to Keep Mamdani’s Promise of 200,000 Affordable Homes
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
While most political headlines are dominated by what crazy man and his crazy friends are doing in DC, this is the kind of reporting that I try and find often because it grounds my brain in "hey, things still matter, these roles are important, your vote has consequences"
"Young dudes need good old dudes around" is how we're gonna beat this thing. One of my favorite things this year has been connecting with the older gents of my local, who while not perfect, look at this manosphere stuff with utter repulsion.
Spot on. And I think Cooper leaving the receiver room did more damage than McVay anticipated when it came to Puka. Big brother that loved to work and set an example of professionalism. Invited him to the QB breakfasts with Stafford so they could build rapport. Young dudes need good old dudes around
December 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"Young dudes need good old dudes around" is how we're gonna beat this thing. One of my favorite things this year has been connecting with the older gents of my local, who while not perfect, look at this manosphere stuff with utter repulsion.
This is the number one problem I see facing the collective society we live moving into 2026 and beyond.
The radicalization of young men isn't a strictly American phenomenon. Young guys across the world support far-right politicians and causes while Gen-Z women almost universally back progressive causes. It's a gap that doesn't exist in other generations.
badfaithtimes.com/nothing-stan...
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December 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This is the number one problem I see facing the collective society we live moving into 2026 and beyond.
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he also kind of gets everyone's asses again in this follow up with the washington post
December 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
he also kind of gets everyone's asses again in this follow up with the washington post
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This story Carl Nassib told on RC's pod about coming out in the NFL cracked me up. His delivery is so good!
December 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This story Carl Nassib told on RC's pod about coming out in the NFL cracked me up. His delivery is so good!