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Jon Bershad
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Handsome man with many friends. Writer and animator at many places.
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sex criminals stick together
🚨 New York Times reports more details than we've had before on how Donald Trump's administration pulled strings to pressure Romania to allow Andrew Tate to travel while he was charged with crimes including trafficking minors and violently beating and raping a 15-year-old girl.
December 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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the defensiveness and incredulity of a good chunk of the commentary class toward arguments about trump’s racism is, imho, downstream of the same impulse behind the endless trump voter safaris and self-flagellation about being out of touch with the heartland
Thinking back to how people were "hysterical" for calling trump white supremacist and now he's doing nordic theory on the campaign trail
December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
If you use Gen AI for any purpose, this is whose side you’re on.
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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It's truly wild to me that this just keeps happening. Coca-Cola runs an AI ad and people overwhelmingly react with disgust. They do it again, and people are disgusted again. Now McDonald's makes an AI ad that's so bad that so many people are furious about it they pull it down.

People hate AI slop!
McDonald's Pulls Down AI-Generated Holiday Ad After Deluge of Mockery
McDonald's Netherlands is catching flak for a stupefying AI-generated video, which was roundly condemned on social media.
futurism.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Remember this as Trump and Big Tech lobbyists try to block AI regulation at both the state and federal level.
EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.

It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.

Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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December 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
Holy shit.

Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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More than that, his crew threatened to open fire on the murderers. He rescued civilians, returned to base to refuel, flew back, and rescued more civilians. Then he denounced the crimes to his HQ.

For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
December 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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lol
CNBC: Do you sense that the president is in your corner here?

DAVID ELLISON: What I would say is I'm incredibly grateful for the relations with the president, and I also believe he believes in competition
December 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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when you realize you're looking at ai
December 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.

Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.

This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I heard the devil's grass even makes you dance with loose women too.
December 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I genuinely cannot imagine watching this shit.

Not to sound all 2004-era Jon Stewart, but what the fuck is the point of watching this “debate” nonsense where conservatives lie for an hour straight and liberals go “Not fair! You’re lying!”

This is professional wrestling for people with trust funds.
Mockler: Donald Trump's tariffs are disproportionately harming low income families.

Lambert: No, they’re not. You’re wrong.

Phillip: I don’t think he’s wrong
December 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
What if we made a country where no one can afford to see a doctor because we gave all our money to tech grifters to make a lying/surveillance machine?

It should work great, right???
ICYMI: I spoke with more than a dozen people who have uploaded medical records to ChatGPT, seeking health analysis and interpretation of their labwork with mixed results, and significant inaccuracy and privacy risks.
People Are Uploading Their Medical Records to A.I. Chatbots
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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A big deal (or it should be):
December 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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TRYING TO FLIP” THE BOAT MEANS THE BOAT WAS CAPSIZED AND THEY WERE SHIPWRECKED IN THE WATER.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?

Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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If you're wondering why this act of murder seems to be gaining more traction than others it's because politicians and the media decided to make it a big deal. You have to do that from time to time instead of always going "lol fml freal though" 24/7.
Pete Hegseth bears responsibility for THIS

(hat tip @natashabertrand.bsky.social)
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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if all the people who thought this way disappeared the world would be unequivocally better in every way
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Damn girl, you look great for your listening age!
December 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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👍
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Hopes and prayers.
JAKE TAPPER: You called on Hegseth to release the full tapes of the attack. What sort of action are Democrats prepared to take to make this happen?

CHUCK SCHUMER: We hope that they will release the tapes.
December 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM