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gottem [damned for eternity in a lake of fire edition]
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
gottem [damned for eternity in a lake of fire edition]
Stasi-as-a-Service
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Stasi-as-a-Service
When they say “AI dominates our world” what they mean is that their world is assembled of equity values.
My clients are almost exclusively AI companies and I don't interact with AI enough to say it "dominates our world"
Only Republicans have a plan for A.I., David Byler writes. “Democrats, at best, have concepts of a plan. And if they want to stay relevant in 2028, they need to plan carefully now,” he says.
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
When they say “AI dominates our world” what they mean is that their world is assembled of equity values.
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This conference seems really in touch with the general population. We will all benefit from the wisdom and practices of the likes of Russel Brand and the weird eternal guy and his constant diet of plasma.
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This conference seems really in touch with the general population. We will all benefit from the wisdom and practices of the likes of Russel Brand and the weird eternal guy and his constant diet of plasma.
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ICYMI, this is great stuff. both better designed and more comprehensive than Biden's child tax credit boost www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
Rep. Tlaib’s Economic Dignity for All Agenda Would Bring Economic Security for Millions
The agenda would lower poverty by 42% and child poverty by two-thirds.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
ICYMI, this is great stuff. both better designed and more comprehensive than Biden's child tax credit boost www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
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First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
I thought we wouldn’t be able to take advantage of this since we’ll be away for Thanksgiving but apparently they’ll let me cash it in for a roasting chicken as well, so we’ll have a dinner party with the simplest and best roast chicken
in my city almost every supermarket is offering deals for free turkeys
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I thought we wouldn’t be able to take advantage of this since we’ll be away for Thanksgiving but apparently they’ll let me cash it in for a roasting chicken as well, so we’ll have a dinner party with the simplest and best roast chicken
The Trump of faith vs the Donald of history
Greene is betting that the cult of personality that has dominated the GOP for a decade will fade and that, in the not too distant future, she can claim that Trump failed MAGA in several key ways and that she has held firm to its principles. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Playing the Long Game
The resigning Georgia congresswoman understands something that other Republicans don’t.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Trump of faith vs the Donald of history
they’re figuring out how to say “politique d’abord” in Pali
The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’
The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’
The long read: Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponised to serve nationalist goals
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
they’re figuring out how to say “politique d’abord” in Pali
Just had a vision of an Abundance Democrat running on her record of service in the Venezuelan War
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Just had a vision of an Abundance Democrat running on her record of service in the Venezuelan War
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If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
and Peter Thiel says it would be “Antichrist” *not* to do this
"the president has directed the Department of Energy to launch an AI project called the genesis mission" sounds like something out of a technothriller
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
and Peter Thiel says it would be “Antichrist” *not* to do this
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One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
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You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
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Shoutout to the utterly baffling Blake Masters campaign
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Shoutout to the utterly baffling Blake Masters campaign
Hail St Nick!
SOUTHCOM is restricting / limiting leave over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, in preparation for possible land strikes in the next 10 days to two weeks, per Newsnation source.
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Hail St Nick!
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Jeffrey Goldberg's editorial leadership has been a disaster for the human race
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Jeffrey Goldberg's editorial leadership has been a disaster for the human race
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The second 19th century is fully underway
When asked about an Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez presidency, Thiel says that he worries about there being a “woke American pope” — Leo XIV — and a “woke American president,” creating a dystopian “Caesar-Papist fusion”.
He even told JD Vance that he should keep his allegiance to Rome purely perfunctory.
He even told JD Vance that he should keep his allegiance to Rome purely perfunctory.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The second 19th century is fully underway
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I appreciate the desire to erase all trace of the cuomo family hudsonvalleypost.com/fire-stops-t...
Fire Erupts On Cuomo Bridge, Causes Delays In New York
A fire suddenly erupted on the Gov. Cuomo Bridge. Police and firefighters rushed to the scene.
hudsonvalleypost.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I appreciate the desire to erase all trace of the cuomo family hudsonvalleypost.com/fire-stops-t...
I can never forget the time some Israeli lady was interviewed about Gaza in English, mixed up the translation, and said “Their children grow up to be Arabs.”
The important context left out of most western reporting on the region is that in Israel, "terrorist" is a racial slur
60%+ of Israelis surveyed don't thing the abuses of Palestinian prisoners should be investigated.
84% say the IDF should get an excellent or very good grade for *moral conduct*.
62.5% say a 'terrorist' should be murdered even if they don't pose a threat.
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
84% say the IDF should get an excellent or very good grade for *moral conduct*.
62.5% say a 'terrorist' should be murdered even if they don't pose a threat.
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I can never forget the time some Israeli lady was interviewed about Gaza in English, mixed up the translation, and said “Their children grow up to be Arabs.”
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Students aren’t showing up for No Kings because the last time they showed up to a protest their college yanked their degree credits and forwarded their emails to DHS. Why would they think this is any different?
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Students aren’t showing up for No Kings because the last time they showed up to a protest their college yanked their degree credits and forwarded their emails to DHS. Why would they think this is any different?
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I think @brendannyhan.bsky.social is exactly right in this piece, but I’d go one step further here. Elites very explicitly told young people to sit down and shut up. Society punished them for standing up for their beliefs, and targeted and vilified the organizers. Now we need need them.
November 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I think @brendannyhan.bsky.social is exactly right in this piece, but I’d go one step further here. Elites very explicitly told young people to sit down and shut up. Society punished them for standing up for their beliefs, and targeted and vilified the organizers. Now we need need them.
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I was trying to figure out what to do about the mass murderer who cut off USAID and I read this smart tweet
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I was trying to figure out what to do about the mass murderer who cut off USAID and I read this smart tweet
this is just the normal term in our house now
the two-year-old refers to Reese’s cups as “muffin candy”
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
this is just the normal term in our house now
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i'm gonna start combing thrift stores for anything with the DOGE logo because nobody is gonna want to admit it actually happened soon enough
It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
i'm gonna start combing thrift stores for anything with the DOGE logo because nobody is gonna want to admit it actually happened soon enough