~*Christine*~ Santa's Pookie
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MLIS student, BA in History. I just love to lurk lol. You can pay five doll hairs to read my patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/c/DiscourseOnHistory
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Used the Dewey Decimal System in school and the internet in college
December 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Used the Dewey Decimal System in school and the internet in college
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Yes, the US is engaged in piracy. But, American pop culture has made pirates seem so cool that it's a mistake to call Trump's actions that. Let's just stick with "warmongering."
December 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Yes, the US is engaged in piracy. But, American pop culture has made pirates seem so cool that it's a mistake to call Trump's actions that. Let's just stick with "warmongering."
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Step one: Don’t let anybody in from outside.
Step two: Don’t let anybody out from inside.
It’s the Soviet way.
Step two: Don’t let anybody out from inside.
It’s the Soviet way.
December 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Step one: Don’t let anybody in from outside.
Step two: Don’t let anybody out from inside.
It’s the Soviet way.
Step two: Don’t let anybody out from inside.
It’s the Soviet way.
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Unless you’re Russia or China, it’s not that
easy to get on the Denmark NatSec Threat list.
Congratulations, America! The Trump administration just put us on the list!
Will there be a trophy? 🙄🤬
easy to get on the Denmark NatSec Threat list.
Congratulations, America! The Trump administration just put us on the list!
Will there be a trophy? 🙄🤬
🚨 For the first time, Danish intelligence has identified the US as a potential security threat to the country under the Trump administration, amid ongoing geopolitical disputes over Greenland.
🚨 This is not normal.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/10/f...
🚨 This is not normal.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/10/f...
For first time, NATO ally lists America as security threat after Trump suggested doing what Russia did to Crimea - Euromaidan Press
For the first time, Danish intelligence has identified the US as a potential security threat to the country…
euromaidanpress.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Unless you’re Russia or China, it’s not that
easy to get on the Denmark NatSec Threat list.
Congratulations, America! The Trump administration just put us on the list!
Will there be a trophy? 🙄🤬
easy to get on the Denmark NatSec Threat list.
Congratulations, America! The Trump administration just put us on the list!
Will there be a trophy? 🙄🤬
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The US is now just the drunk crank at the end of the bar waving a gun around
Trump on the president of Colombia: "He's gonna have himself some big problems if he doesn't wise up ... he better wise up or he'll be next. I hope he's listening. He's gonna be next."
December 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The US is now just the drunk crank at the end of the bar waving a gun around
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"I recently spoke with Santa Claus, who is currently coordinating his staff of immortal blue-collar elves, about the morality of children and his friendship with a creature whom many carolers consider a war criminal: Krampus."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"I recently spoke with Santa Claus, who is currently coordinating his staff of immortal blue-collar elves, about the morality of children and his friendship with a creature whom many carolers consider a war criminal: Krampus."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
Looks at my state: (WA)
December 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Looks at my state: (WA)
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Trump and his propagandists ran a multi-year campaign to redefine “censorship” and leverage false accusations of it to regain power as they redefine history and reality. As far as I can tell, most folks on the left are either unaware, don’t care, or don’t know how to respond.
December 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Trump and his propagandists ran a multi-year campaign to redefine “censorship” and leverage false accusations of it to regain power as they redefine history and reality. As far as I can tell, most folks on the left are either unaware, don’t care, or don’t know how to respond.
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This article explains why the right's "censorship industrial complex" myth has been so successful: "The government wasn’t defending her, she was banned from defending herself, and even potential allies were staying quiet, having sensed which way the wind was blowing."
Absolutely chilling read (as a disinformation researcher):
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
The disinformation wars are here
How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.
www.theverge.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This article explains why the right's "censorship industrial complex" myth has been so successful: "The government wasn’t defending her, she was banned from defending herself, and even potential allies were staying quiet, having sensed which way the wind was blowing."
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The work also showed that legacy verified accounts received less attention (via algorithmic recommendation) than Musk’s new (at the time) paid Blue Check program.
December 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The work also showed that legacy verified accounts received less attention (via algorithmic recommendation) than Musk’s new (at the time) paid Blue Check program.
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New research on Twitter (right before rebranding to X) shows right leaning accounts got outsized visibility from the algorithm & suggests this bias stemmed from different content production techniques (more sensational, outrage-bait) and from direct interaction w/ the new king of the platform: Musk.
Recently accepted at ICWSM: arxiv.org/abs/2512.06129 (w/ @kayladuskin.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, and @emmaspiro.bsky.social)
We look at how algorithmic feeds affect Twitter account visibility. More visible accounts:
-Are agitators
-Get attention from Elon Musk
-Are not legacy verified
We look at how algorithmic feeds affect Twitter account visibility. More visible accounts:
-Are agitators
-Get attention from Elon Musk
-Are not legacy verified
Rabble-Rousers in the New King's Court: Algorithmic Effects on Account Visibility in Pre-X Twitter
Algorithmic effects on social media platforms have come under recent scrutiny, with several works reporting that right-leaning accounts tend to receive more exposure. In this paper, we expand upon thi...
arxiv.org
December 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
New research on Twitter (right before rebranding to X) shows right leaning accounts got outsized visibility from the algorithm & suggests this bias stemmed from different content production techniques (more sensational, outrage-bait) and from direct interaction w/ the new king of the platform: Musk.
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The sacred Santaur (Santa as a Centaur) has been hung. 🎄 🐴 🎅
December 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The sacred Santaur (Santa as a Centaur) has been hung. 🎄 🐴 🎅
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At least now we know the font of resistance.
December 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
At least now we know the font of resistance.
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Amazon is making money off AI copies of books - and putting the onus on authors to prove they’ve been plagiarised.
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon Is the World's Biggest Online Book Marketplace. It's Filled With AI Knockoffs
Authors say Amazon's knockoff book problem is leaving them frustrated — and making the internet worse in the process.
www.rollingstone.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Amazon is making money off AI copies of books - and putting the onus on authors to prove they’ve been plagiarised.
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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New art at Kyiv’s Ohmatdyt Children’s Hospital, the one bombed by Russia.
By Andriy Yarmolenko
By Andriy Yarmolenko
December 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
New art at Kyiv’s Ohmatdyt Children’s Hospital, the one bombed by Russia.
By Andriy Yarmolenko
By Andriy Yarmolenko
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tired: Amelia Bedilia was silly and foolish and excessively literal
wired: Amelia Bedilia was engaging in malicious compliance and class solidarity against the oligarchs
wired: Amelia Bedilia was engaging in malicious compliance and class solidarity against the oligarchs
Amelia Bedilia was RIGHT rich folks DO want things done strangely
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
tired: Amelia Bedilia was silly and foolish and excessively literal
wired: Amelia Bedilia was engaging in malicious compliance and class solidarity against the oligarchs
wired: Amelia Bedilia was engaging in malicious compliance and class solidarity against the oligarchs
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The jaw-dropping Minerva Bowl from the Hildesheim Treasure, a hoard of Roman silver unearthed in 1868 in Germany. In high relief, Athena-Minerva sits on a rock, holding a cane or pedum, wearing her magnificent helmet. Note her little owl on the left. 🦉 🏺 1/
1st c. CE, #AntikensammlungBerlin
📸 me
1st c. CE, #AntikensammlungBerlin
📸 me
December 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The jaw-dropping Minerva Bowl from the Hildesheim Treasure, a hoard of Roman silver unearthed in 1868 in Germany. In high relief, Athena-Minerva sits on a rock, holding a cane or pedum, wearing her magnificent helmet. Note her little owl on the left. 🦉 🏺 1/
1st c. CE, #AntikensammlungBerlin
📸 me
1st c. CE, #AntikensammlungBerlin
📸 me
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We will all have FUN today
A Good Time proclamation proclaimed
All sadness has been suspended
Darkness put on hold
So take a break from this life
Crank up your best frivolity device
Find a happy sanctuary
and barricade the doors behind you😃
#poetry #poem #amwriting
A Good Time proclamation proclaimed
All sadness has been suspended
Darkness put on hold
So take a break from this life
Crank up your best frivolity device
Find a happy sanctuary
and barricade the doors behind you😃
#poetry #poem #amwriting
December 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We will all have FUN today
A Good Time proclamation proclaimed
All sadness has been suspended
Darkness put on hold
So take a break from this life
Crank up your best frivolity device
Find a happy sanctuary
and barricade the doors behind you😃
#poetry #poem #amwriting
A Good Time proclamation proclaimed
All sadness has been suspended
Darkness put on hold
So take a break from this life
Crank up your best frivolity device
Find a happy sanctuary
and barricade the doors behind you😃
#poetry #poem #amwriting
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NEW investigative report: "Things will get really nasty." Hedge funds. Brokerages. Billionaires. Jeffrey Epstein’s financial ties on and off Wall Street were broader than previously known, a cache of emails @bloomberg.com obtained earlier this year reveals
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www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
How Epstein’s Wall Street Contacts Helped Him Build Wealth and Power
The disgraced financier maintained an abundance of access across the finance industry and was willing to play hardball to secure wealth and influence.
www.bloomberg.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
NEW investigative report: "Things will get really nasty." Hedge funds. Brokerages. Billionaires. Jeffrey Epstein’s financial ties on and off Wall Street were broader than previously known, a cache of emails @bloomberg.com obtained earlier this year reveals
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www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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In other news, the whole thing about Calibri v. TNR isn't about a font face, it's about the fact that Calibri is easier for people with some disabilities to read.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
December 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
In other news, the whole thing about Calibri v. TNR isn't about a font face, it's about the fact that Calibri is easier for people with some disabilities to read.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM