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· Nov 21
Picture is worth a thousand words and you couldn't pay for copy as good as this
Frame it and put it in the fucking Louvre.
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News is not a “daily conversation.”
News is news.
If you want a daily conversation, go to your local coffee shop.
News is news.
If you want a daily conversation, go to your local coffee shop.
January 2, 2026 at 9:14 PM
News is not a “daily conversation.”
News is news.
If you want a daily conversation, go to your local coffee shop.
News is news.
If you want a daily conversation, go to your local coffee shop.
French ministers report Grok's sex-related content on the X platform to prosecutors reut.rs/3YPLBu6
French ministers report Grok's sex-related content on the X platform to prosecutors
French ministers have reported to prosecutors sexually explicit content generated by Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok on the X platform, saying in a statement on Friday the "sexual and sexist" content was "manifestly illegal".
reut.rs
January 2, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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You don’t get repeated cognitive tests unless doctors are tracking your decline. Now that it will surprise anyone here.
Trump again says his health is “PERFECT” and claims he “ACED” his third straight cognitive exam, a test given by doctors to detect signs of dementia
January 2, 2026 at 1:32 PM
You don’t get repeated cognitive tests unless doctors are tracking your decline. Now that it will surprise anyone here.
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like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
uhhh yeah I can see why these childcare properties weren't eager to let in some rando dudes asking "where are the kids?"
January 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
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Oh my goodness, this Wall Street Journal piece about Trump's ailing health that includes an interview with him (gift link). There are a number of ridiculous details in it and I'll put a few of them in this thread. (1/6)
Exclusive | As Signs of Aging Emerge, Trump Responds With Defiance
In an interview, President Trump—the oldest man to assume the office—said he has eschewed some advice from his doctors and regrets getting advanced imaging.
www.wsj.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Oh my goodness, this Wall Street Journal piece about Trump's ailing health that includes an interview with him (gift link). There are a number of ridiculous details in it and I'll put a few of them in this thread. (1/6)
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Other countries have safety nets. The US has women.
Their labor creates the illusion of a DIY society, making it seem like we don't need a net.
Writing HOLDING IT TOGETHER was a labor of love and fury and I'm so grateful to share it with you all #PubDay
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
Their labor creates the illusion of a DIY society, making it seem like we don't need a net.
Writing HOLDING IT TOGETHER was a labor of love and fury and I'm so grateful to share it with you all #PubDay
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
June 4, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Other countries have safety nets. The US has women.
Their labor creates the illusion of a DIY society, making it seem like we don't need a net.
Writing HOLDING IT TOGETHER was a labor of love and fury and I'm so grateful to share it with you all #PubDay
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
Their labor creates the illusion of a DIY society, making it seem like we don't need a net.
Writing HOLDING IT TOGETHER was a labor of love and fury and I'm so grateful to share it with you all #PubDay
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
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THE DAY CARES ARE LOCKED BECAUSE YOU MADE A GENERATION-LONG EFFORT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO KILL THE CHILDREN INSIDE THEM YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING GHOULS
these fucking people. they pass laws to make sure every person with a screw loose who wants an Armalite can show up to the day care armed & ready to kill, then complain that the day cares are locked to protect the children inside
CNN: “Surely you don’t think a daycare should be unlocked.”
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
THE DAY CARES ARE LOCKED BECAUSE YOU MADE A GENERATION-LONG EFFORT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO KILL THE CHILDREN INSIDE THEM YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING GHOULS
We live in the dumbest fucking timeline
GOP Rep Lauren Boebert is OK with Trump punishing Colorado over immigration, climate research, or Tina Peters. Just not her district's project.
"These are people who overwhelmingly voted for President Trump," Boebert told me. "These are not the people who should be attacked"
"These are people who overwhelmingly voted for President Trump," Boebert told me. "These are not the people who should be attacked"
December 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We live in the dumbest fucking timeline
The kids are alright. They're different, but alright.
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
Majority of Gen Z swipe left on dating people with opposite political views
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
n.pr
December 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The kids are alright. They're different, but alright.
At a certain point, clinging to and demanding ignorance from the world around you is just straight-up evil. Bari Weiss' motley crew of hacks are going to find that point sooner rather than later.
December 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
At a certain point, clinging to and demanding ignorance from the world around you is just straight-up evil. Bari Weiss' motley crew of hacks are going to find that point sooner rather than later.
This is why I stick to international and collegiate sports. Less emotional investment, more entertainment.
Not to be disrespectful. But being a Falcons fan, must be absolutely brutal
December 30, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This is why I stick to international and collegiate sports. Less emotional investment, more entertainment.
otto von bismarck, still undefeated
December 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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The popular view of Adam Smith is that he celebrated self-interest. But if you read his work more closely, the caricature melts away
Adam Smith is misinterpreted and his influence overstated
The most famous book in economics is less revolutionary than you think
econ.st
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The popular view of Adam Smith is that he celebrated self-interest. But if you read his work more closely, the caricature melts away
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I hope everyone finds some kind of comfort today. It’s a hard time. I pray today isn’t.
December 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I hope everyone finds some kind of comfort today. It’s a hard time. I pray today isn’t.
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An enraging trend right now, from CBS to the CDC, of people actively undermining institutions, then taking the reins of those institutions and claiming they need to rebuild the trust they helped destroy. (Also, people already trusted 60 Minutes.) bsky.app/profile/just...
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
An enraging trend right now, from CBS to the CDC, of people actively undermining institutions, then taking the reins of those institutions and claiming they need to rebuild the trust they helped destroy. (Also, people already trusted 60 Minutes.) bsky.app/profile/just...
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There's a lot of people I respect who cannot come to terms with the fact that this is what the American people voted for, they're getting it good and hard, and there is little to nothing a minority party can do to stop it.
Republicans ran on a platform of mass deportation and they're delivering.
Republicans ran on a platform of mass deportation and they're delivering.
This is outright Nazi stuff, and Democrats in Congress aren’t doing enough to try and stop it.
WaPo reports that ICE is planning 7 massive human warehouses holding 5,000 to 10,000 people.
Recalls the acting ICE director 2015 statement that he wanted to see a “business”-oriented approach to deportations, “like [Amazon] Prime, but with human beings”.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Recalls the acting ICE director 2015 statement that he wanted to see a “business”-oriented approach to deportations, “like [Amazon] Prime, but with human beings”.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
There's a lot of people I respect who cannot come to terms with the fact that this is what the American people voted for, they're getting it good and hard, and there is little to nothing a minority party can do to stop it.
Republicans ran on a platform of mass deportation and they're delivering.
Republicans ran on a platform of mass deportation and they're delivering.
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You don't understand the essence of the Netanyahu-Hamas symbiosis unless you understand this. And few Americans get it.
December 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
You don't understand the essence of the Netanyahu-Hamas symbiosis unless you understand this. And few Americans get it.
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The end of soot-laden windows. The arrival of broadband internet. Cheaper and more reliable electricity. Rhode Island’s first electricity co-op. The return of birdsong.
Here are the myriad benefits the first US offshore wind farm has brought to Block Island, from @catrineinhorn.bsky.social.
Here are the myriad benefits the first US offshore wind farm has brought to Block Island, from @catrineinhorn.bsky.social.
A Rhode Island Wind Farm Changed Their View. And Their Lives, for the Better.
www.nytimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The end of soot-laden windows. The arrival of broadband internet. Cheaper and more reliable electricity. Rhode Island’s first electricity co-op. The return of birdsong.
Here are the myriad benefits the first US offshore wind farm has brought to Block Island, from @catrineinhorn.bsky.social.
Here are the myriad benefits the first US offshore wind farm has brought to Block Island, from @catrineinhorn.bsky.social.
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This quote by @joshtpm.bsky.social of @talkingpointsmemo.com is 🔥
“has a feeling of drift, spectacle and fragmentation. Trump's ballroom epitomizes it
—crass, stupid, vulgar, unacceptable and yet ultimately meaningless.”
Via @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Read here:
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
“has a feeling of drift, spectacle and fragmentation. Trump's ballroom epitomizes it
—crass, stupid, vulgar, unacceptable and yet ultimately meaningless.”
Via @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Read here:
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This quote by @joshtpm.bsky.social of @talkingpointsmemo.com is 🔥
“has a feeling of drift, spectacle and fragmentation. Trump's ballroom epitomizes it
—crass, stupid, vulgar, unacceptable and yet ultimately meaningless.”
Via @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Read here:
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
“has a feeling of drift, spectacle and fragmentation. Trump's ballroom epitomizes it
—crass, stupid, vulgar, unacceptable and yet ultimately meaningless.”
Via @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Read here:
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
The student is on record admitting that she intentionally wrote a shit essay and she's being rewarded for it. Because the far right saw an opportunity to bully a trans person.
As an alumnus of OU, this is infuriating and embarrassing.
As an alumnus of OU, this is infuriating and embarrassing.
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university
Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.
www.koco.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The student is on record admitting that she intentionally wrote a shit essay and she's being rewarded for it. Because the far right saw an opportunity to bully a trans person.
As an alumnus of OU, this is infuriating and embarrassing.
As an alumnus of OU, this is infuriating and embarrassing.
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(Reuters) - China imported no soybeans from the United States for a third straight month in November, as buyers turned to South American supplies amid fears of a shortfall if the trade war with Washington dragged on.
@reuters.com
www.producer.com/daily/china-...
@reuters.com
www.producer.com/daily/china-...
China imports no US soybeans for third month; Argentine arrivals up 634 per cent | The Western Producer
China imported no soybeans from the United States for a third straight month in November, as buyers turned to South American supplies amid fears of a shortfall if the trade war with Washington dragged...
www.producer.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
(Reuters) - China imported no soybeans from the United States for a third straight month in November, as buyers turned to South American supplies amid fears of a shortfall if the trade war with Washington dragged on.
@reuters.com
www.producer.com/daily/china-...
@reuters.com
www.producer.com/daily/china-...
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Charlie Sykes: It feels like a fitting bookend to the year of groveling: CBS’s Bari Weiss spikes a 60 Minutes story about Trump’s Salvadoran gulag. The Epstein cover-up continues, as redactions and retractions continue. And, in Phoenix, we’ve seen the future of MAGA, and it is nasty, brutish, weird,
The Baby Alligators Grew Up. Who Knew?
Plus: Bari spikes 60 Minutes, Shapiro's Choice
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Charlie Sykes: It feels like a fitting bookend to the year of groveling: CBS’s Bari Weiss spikes a 60 Minutes story about Trump’s Salvadoran gulag. The Epstein cover-up continues, as redactions and retractions continue. And, in Phoenix, we’ve seen the future of MAGA, and it is nasty, brutish, weird,
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This is what Bari Weiss et al think "censorship" actually is; when subordinates criticize their superiors. That has been the bedrock of the entire "cancel culture" discourse in elite media; rage at the idea that students, women, journalists, interns, etc might be able to speak against the boss.
The CBS reporter who led the story calls pulling it a "political" decision.
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This is what Bari Weiss et al think "censorship" actually is; when subordinates criticize their superiors. That has been the bedrock of the entire "cancel culture" discourse in elite media; rage at the idea that students, women, journalists, interns, etc might be able to speak against the boss.