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Whether Netflix or Paramount buys Warner Bros., entertainment oligopolies are back – bigger and more anticompetitive than ever
Hollywood has seen this movie before.
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December 13, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Source: The Conversation
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#Eurovision content creators boycott contest amid decision to allow Israel to compete: 'Goodbye for now'
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Eurovision content creators to cease coverage of 2026 contest amid boycott
A number of popular Eurovision content creators have announced that they will cease producing content related to the competition.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:20 AM
#Eurovision content creators boycott contest amid decision to allow Israel to compete: 'Goodbye for now'
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The facts are stark: Europe must open the door to migrants, or face its own extinction | George Monbiot
The facts are stark: Europe must open the door to migrants, or face its own extinction | George Monbiot
These are the facts: plummeting birth rates mean that without attracting immigration, many countries are sliding towards collapse, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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December 12, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The facts are stark: Europe must open the door to migrants, or face its own extinction | George Monbiot
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A lot to unpack here about class, gender, and caring work 19thnews.org/2025/12/ice-...
ICE arrests are forcing American moms to leave their jobs
A new analysis shows that increased immigration enforcement is reducing labor in the child care workforce. The ripple effect is impacting mothers with young children.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Democrats are like your abusive aunt/ mom/sister
That claims everything she does is trying to help … but it’s more about managing you and proving they have access to you than doing anything fucking useful
And when you point out their harmful they start crying
That claims everything she does is trying to help … but it’s more about managing you and proving they have access to you than doing anything fucking useful
And when you point out their harmful they start crying
December 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Democrats are like your abusive aunt/ mom/sister
That claims everything she does is trying to help … but it’s more about managing you and proving they have access to you than doing anything fucking useful
And when you point out their harmful they start crying
That claims everything she does is trying to help … but it’s more about managing you and proving they have access to you than doing anything fucking useful
And when you point out their harmful they start crying
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And what is worse even than someone making such a thing, is that they then tell us all we *must* want this thing, we *must* accept that this thing is our future, we *must* hail it as a miracle and them as geniuses. If we don’t, if we are repelled, *we* are somehow the ones at fault.
December 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
And what is worse even than someone making such a thing, is that they then tell us all we *must* want this thing, we *must* accept that this thing is our future, we *must* hail it as a miracle and them as geniuses. If we don’t, if we are repelled, *we* are somehow the ones at fault.
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This is why people hate AI. This is why people viscerally, emotionally reject it.
Would I love to talk to my grandmother again? With all my heart. But this *thing* is not my grandmother, it will *never* be anything like her in any of the ways that mattered, and pretending otherwise is *violation*.
Would I love to talk to my grandmother again? With all my heart. But this *thing* is not my grandmother, it will *never* be anything like her in any of the ways that mattered, and pretending otherwise is *violation*.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
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December 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This is why people hate AI. This is why people viscerally, emotionally reject it.
Would I love to talk to my grandmother again? With all my heart. But this *thing* is not my grandmother, it will *never* be anything like her in any of the ways that mattered, and pretending otherwise is *violation*.
Would I love to talk to my grandmother again? With all my heart. But this *thing* is not my grandmother, it will *never* be anything like her in any of the ways that mattered, and pretending otherwise is *violation*.
Source: ESPN
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Jason Collins, on his cancer diagnosis: It's Stage 4 glioblastoma and I'm fighting
In an exclusive with ESPN, the 13-year NBA veteran and pioneer reveals that he is fighting for his life.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Source: The Guardian
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Eurovision winner Nemo to return trophy in protest at Israel taking part in 2026
‘Clear conflict’ between Eurovision ideals of ‘inclusion and dignity for all’ and decision to let Israel compete, says 2024 winner
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December 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Source: The Guardian
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Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
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Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
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December 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
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Eurovision used to be a campy joy – but it has become a cynical way to whitewash war | Arwa Mahdawi
Eurovision used to be a campy joy – but it has become a cynical way to whitewash war | Arwa Mahdawi
The song contest continues with its mission of ‘unity and cultural exchange’ by rolling out the red carpet for Israel, even though at least four countries have pulled out in protest, writes Arwa Mahdawi
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December 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Eurovision used to be a campy joy – but it has become a cynical way to whitewash war | Arwa Mahdawi
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13 years later, the IKEA monkey is all grown up — and his sanctuary is at capacity | CBC News
Thirteen years after an attempted escape from an IKEA parking lot, Darwin the monkey has been living out his life at Storybook Primate Sanctuary, the only one of its kind in Canada. He may be shy, but...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Hi hot people, I have a baby girl who just lost an ear had some cancer removed from her with some serious expensive surgery here’s a link if ya wanna donate she’s the love of my life. She’s till perfect! EVERY SINGLE LUMP NEEDS TO BE CHECKED EVERY TIME www.gofundme.com/f/help-angel...
December 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Hi hot people, I have a baby girl who just lost an ear had some cancer removed from her with some serious expensive surgery here’s a link if ya wanna donate she’s the love of my life. She’s till perfect! EVERY SINGLE LUMP NEEDS TO BE CHECKED EVERY TIME www.gofundme.com/f/help-angel...
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
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December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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THREAD. There are alarming developments in Canada recently. Some politicians are apparently doing their best impression of Trump's Executive Orders on cash bail--they want to determine who is in a cage and who is free with their family based on who pays up-front cash.
December 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
THREAD. There are alarming developments in Canada recently. Some politicians are apparently doing their best impression of Trump's Executive Orders on cash bail--they want to determine who is in a cage and who is free with their family based on who pays up-front cash.
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The love of rich people is only surpassed by the hatred of the poor. Two sides of the same coin.
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The love of rich people is only surpassed by the hatred of the poor. Two sides of the same coin.
Source: Literary Hub
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On the Infinite Lives of the Library
One might say that a library’s most abundant resource—what it lends most freely—is not books and information but time. Time to think, breathe, be, and become. Last spring, in exchange for my servic…
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December 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Such hateful, petty, bigoted trash bags. Their hate will never erase the history she made.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Such hateful, petty, bigoted trash bags. Their hate will never erase the history she made.
Source: The Conversation
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It’s not you – some typefaces feel different
The different personalities of typefaces and how it affects our psychology.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Source: The Conversation
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Citing Trump's anti-DEI orders, a University of Alabama official told students "you can understand why as a public institution we might not be able to support magazines that are based on demographics like these two magazines are" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance
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December 3, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Citing Trump's anti-DEI orders, a University of Alabama official told students "you can understand why as a public institution we might not be able to support magazines that are based on demographics like these two magazines are" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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I got to ask Jeopardy! super-champ Harrison Whitaker all my nerdiest questions. (He’s a delight.)
Jeopardy! Super-Champ Harrison Whitaker Never Stopped Being Nervous
“I think if my heart rate ever got below 150, that was a win.”
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December 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I got to ask Jeopardy! super-champ Harrison Whitaker all my nerdiest questions. (He’s a delight.)
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a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
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Zero reckoning from any of the elites who credulously parroted the absurd idea that the right wing was in favor of free speech.
Public libraries in Tennessee have begun to shut down as they carry out an order from state officials to remove children’s books containing LGBTQ+ themes or characters.
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Alarm as Tennessee libraries shut down for Republican 'book purge'
Public libraries in Tennessee have begun to shut down as they carry out an order from state officials to remove children’s books containing LGBTQ+ themes or characters.For Popular Information, Rebecca...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Zero reckoning from any of the elites who credulously parroted the absurd idea that the right wing was in favor of free speech.
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Jesus Christ. JESUS Christ. Jesus CHRIST. Yes, this person is correct, remigration is a white supremacy term for ethnic cleansing, basically. And the Department of Homeland Security, WHICH SHOULDN'T EVEN EXIST, just used the term. An official government account. That is...that is beyond fucked.
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Jesus Christ. JESUS Christ. Jesus CHRIST. Yes, this person is correct, remigration is a white supremacy term for ethnic cleansing, basically. And the Department of Homeland Security, WHICH SHOULDN'T EVEN EXIST, just used the term. An official government account. That is...that is beyond fucked.