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Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen.
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The real value for Disney is that now they probably have an easier time in court against others
deadline.com/2025/12/disn...
deadline.com/2025/12/disn...
Disney Fires Off Cease-And-Desist Letter To Google Claiming Its AI Services Infringe On Copyright On A “Massive Scale”
Disney has fired off a cease-and-desist letter to Google, claiming that its AI training models and services infringe on its copyrights on a "massive scale."
deadline.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The real value for Disney is that now they probably have an easier time in court against others
deadline.com/2025/12/disn...
deadline.com/2025/12/disn...
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Convinced we’re going to look back on the current age as one of elite bubbles. Tech CEOs pushing AI products people don’t want, publishers signing deals with authors no regular person has even heard of… the common thread is powerful people existing in isolation from the world around them
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
Olivia Nuzzi’s ‘Canto’ Sells Just 1,200 Print Copies In First Week
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Convinced we’re going to look back on the current age as one of elite bubbles. Tech CEOs pushing AI products people don’t want, publishers signing deals with authors no regular person has even heard of… the common thread is powerful people existing in isolation from the world around them
the amount of friendly, gossip-y coordination behind the scenes between news people is the overwhelming takeaway for me here. They clearly all LIVE for this stuff.
I cannot help but feel that even the *most normal* people in the background of this story are completely alien to me
I cannot help but feel that even the *most normal* people in the background of this story are completely alien to me
Apart from everything else (and there's a lot going on here) this is a great confirmatory example of what I've been saying about how news coverage of certain public figures is shaped by a network of powerful PR people and corrupt journalists. www.telos.news/p/part-5-loy...
Part 5: Loyalty Test
If you are new to this series, please read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, and Part 4 here.
www.telos.news
December 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
the amount of friendly, gossip-y coordination behind the scenes between news people is the overwhelming takeaway for me here. They clearly all LIVE for this stuff.
I cannot help but feel that even the *most normal* people in the background of this story are completely alien to me
I cannot help but feel that even the *most normal* people in the background of this story are completely alien to me
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immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
Stephen Miller: "If you subtract immigration out of test scores, all of the sudden our test scores skyrocket"
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
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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
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
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i like how the most recent @ifbookspod.bsky.social about elon musk's biography started with @michaelhobbes.bsky.social saying he had no zinger and then he immediately belted out "be straight, do grimes" which is hands down one of the best zingers they've ever cranked out
December 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
i like how the most recent @ifbookspod.bsky.social about elon musk's biography started with @michaelhobbes.bsky.social saying he had no zinger and then he immediately belted out "be straight, do grimes" which is hands down one of the best zingers they've ever cranked out
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the thing about this is that it is not actually true that liberal arts degrees are bad at preparing you for the job market. history or English majors who can read and write good are basically prepared for many types of email jobs
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
the thing about this is that it is not actually true that liberal arts degrees are bad at preparing you for the job market. history or English majors who can read and write good are basically prepared for many types of email jobs
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You're not gonna believe this but the entire game of basketball is made up
December 9, 2025 at 3:03 AM
You're not gonna believe this but the entire game of basketball is made up
I see what she did there
this is *insanely* compelling. you, in the first person, engage in reasoning. you submit yourself to the idea of reason. you *realize you were wrong.* the terror of this leads you to want to correct. and the instrumentalization of reason offers a way to do so--
a way to be less wrong.
a way to be less wrong.
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I see what she did there
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Some of you may be like “what about people who can’t breastfeed or babies who can’t latch” and the answer is that he wants your babies to die
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Some of you may be like “what about people who can’t breastfeed or babies who can’t latch” and the answer is that he wants your babies to die
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From Amnesty International:
December 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
From Amnesty International:
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He's extremely good, there's no two ways about it.
(this is what you'd like to see! an actual bench!)
(this is what you'd like to see! an actual bench!)
Biss, who is a better fit for the district and actually lives there, is probably going to beat Abughazaleh—who has admittedly won me over with her scrapping—but that’s going to be fine because he’s also good!
Evanston Mayor and congressional candidate Daniel Biss is calling on the Trump administration to explain how its recent agreement with Northwestern University could affect protests, community partnerships and immigration enforcement in the city.
December 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
He's extremely good, there's no two ways about it.
(this is what you'd like to see! an actual bench!)
(this is what you'd like to see! an actual bench!)
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Oh, it does. That's the political questions doctrine.
MQD is "we are killing this policy unless congress steps up (lol)"
PQD is "we are leaving this policy unless congress steps up (lol)"
MQD is "we are killing this policy unless congress steps up (lol)"
PQD is "we are leaving this policy unless congress steps up (lol)"
December 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Oh, it does. That's the political questions doctrine.
MQD is "we are killing this policy unless congress steps up (lol)"
PQD is "we are leaving this policy unless congress steps up (lol)"
MQD is "we are killing this policy unless congress steps up (lol)"
PQD is "we are leaving this policy unless congress steps up (lol)"
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Is it a bad post? Very well then it is a bad post. (I am large, I contain multitudes of them.)
December 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Is it a bad post? Very well then it is a bad post. (I am large, I contain multitudes of them.)
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"War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend:
December 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
"War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend:
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absolutely monday pilled. i’m toil-maxxing. going drudgery mode. stumblecore. hitting my slog goals.
December 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
absolutely monday pilled. i’m toil-maxxing. going drudgery mode. stumblecore. hitting my slog goals.
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I have questions about one of the flavors
December 8, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I have questions about one of the flavors
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Birthright citizenship is probably not integral to liberal democracy, but it is integral to *American* liberal democracy. Our vision of what we are as a country, as a nation beyond an ethnicity, requires it.
December 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Birthright citizenship is probably not integral to liberal democracy, but it is integral to *American* liberal democracy. Our vision of what we are as a country, as a nation beyond an ethnicity, requires it.
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all a bit esoteric and it's not exactly a messaging winner, but: america is a religion, and a proselytizing one. that's what being a creedal nation means. come to america, endorse the principles of the declaration and the constitution: congrats, you are an american.
www.patreon.com/posts/109838...
www.patreon.com/posts/109838...
December 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
all a bit esoteric and it's not exactly a messaging winner, but: america is a religion, and a proselytizing one. that's what being a creedal nation means. come to america, endorse the principles of the declaration and the constitution: congrats, you are an american.
www.patreon.com/posts/109838...
www.patreon.com/posts/109838...
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just a reminder as you read this very lovely thread of Charles Sumner-posting: Casten’s reputation is that of a business-friendly moderate.
the caucus may or may not be able to do anything about this, which may or may not be a real threat.
but they are *pissed*
the caucus may or may not be able to do anything about this, which may or may not be a real threat.
but they are *pissed*
That this SCOTUS used it to justify striking affirmative action bc it discriminated against WHITE people and now thinks their might be a colorable argument about the birthright part shows only that they are confused about whether the good team won the Civil War. (2/3)
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
just a reminder as you read this very lovely thread of Charles Sumner-posting: Casten’s reputation is that of a business-friendly moderate.
the caucus may or may not be able to do anything about this, which may or may not be a real threat.
but they are *pissed*
the caucus may or may not be able to do anything about this, which may or may not be a real threat.
but they are *pissed*
im sympathetic to the vibe, but there is some tension here between "wanting to govern like you have an undeniable, righteous mandate" and "not actually having the numbers that prove that mandate exists."
I cant help but think 70/30 land is an absolute prerequisite condition for "reconstruction 2"
I cant help but think 70/30 land is an absolute prerequisite condition for "reconstruction 2"
i don't want to win a unifying 70-30.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
December 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
im sympathetic to the vibe, but there is some tension here between "wanting to govern like you have an undeniable, righteous mandate" and "not actually having the numbers that prove that mandate exists."
I cant help but think 70/30 land is an absolute prerequisite condition for "reconstruction 2"
I cant help but think 70/30 land is an absolute prerequisite condition for "reconstruction 2"
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Remember folks, during winter every ten degree temperature drop lowers your tire’s PSI by 1 so it’s very important to go to the gas station and notice that the air thing doesn’t work and then do that five more times at five different gas stations
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Remember folks, during winter every ten degree temperature drop lowers your tire’s PSI by 1 so it’s very important to go to the gas station and notice that the air thing doesn’t work and then do that five more times at five different gas stations