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Re: 60 Minutes et al
A few lines from “Defying Hitler,” a memoir of 1933 Germany by Sebastian Haffner
A few lines from “Defying Hitler,” a memoir of 1933 Germany by Sebastian Haffner
December 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Re: 60 Minutes et al
A few lines from “Defying Hitler,” a memoir of 1933 Germany by Sebastian Haffner
A few lines from “Defying Hitler,” a memoir of 1933 Germany by Sebastian Haffner
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prescient www.theverge.com/business/793...
Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed
Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?
www.theverge.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
prescient www.theverge.com/business/793...
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as foretold by the prophesy
![Managing requires certain kinds of soft skills, ones I am not confident you possess. They weren’t necessary in your cushy Wall Street Journal op-ed job, or your cushier New York Times op-ed job. They were barely required at the publication you invented, The Free Press. So now you’re the head honcho at CBS News. [highlighted text] Let’s say you decide to skip levels to directly edit a 60 Minutes story. It doesn’t even have to be a controversial story to make all hell break loose — because you have neither the credibility nor the relationships required to take this kind of work on. And what’s more, you’ve got a news division composed exclusively of ambitious piranhas below you — not your handpicked cronies, like Tyler “I wish to see Hollywood virgins” Cowen. These people have decades in television, and you have a newsletter and a history of throwing your colleagues under the bus. [end of highlight]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j3tpb4iabrq3ukfaui6eymwf/bafkreiblgfxjkl4p7yos56wttujnqclubnwegqcdc7g74pdovoe24kzonu@jpeg)
December 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
as foretold by the prophesy
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"Results indicated that LLMs often proposed inferior treatments when patient race was explicitly or implicitly indicated, though diagnostic decisions demonstrated minimal bias."
Racial bias in AI-mediated psychiatric diagnosis and treatment: a qualitative comparison of four large language models - npj Digital Medicine
npj Digital Medicine - Racial bias in AI-mediated psychiatric diagnosis and treatment: a qualitative comparison of four large language models
www.nature.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"Results indicated that LLMs often proposed inferior treatments when patient race was explicitly or implicitly indicated, though diagnostic decisions demonstrated minimal bias."
Fubo wasn't worried about me losing access to every game on NBC, but now for some reason they're super worried that I might not be able to watch Miami at Texas A&M
December 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Fubo wasn't worried about me losing access to every game on NBC, but now for some reason they're super worried that I might not be able to watch Miami at Texas A&M
Google doing the trump thing of losing a court case and then doing something else that's also bad and will probably lose in court but hasn't been blocked yet
Want to link from Google’s app store to your app? That’ll be $2–4 per install
Want to link from Google’s app store to your app? That’ll be $2–4 per install
Epic claims it’ll fight the fees.
buff.ly
December 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Google doing the trump thing of losing a court case and then doing something else that's also bad and will probably lose in court but hasn't been blocked yet
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Sat in a Mexican restaurant on Lake Street. The door was locked to keep ICE out; someone was posted by the door looking outside and letting customers in. Whistles went off outside. Everyone went on high alert. People scattered.
Went to another Latino business up the road. Their door was locked too.
Went to another Latino business up the road. Their door was locked too.
December 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Sat in a Mexican restaurant on Lake Street. The door was locked to keep ICE out; someone was posted by the door looking outside and letting customers in. Whistles went off outside. Everyone went on high alert. People scattered.
Went to another Latino business up the road. Their door was locked too.
Went to another Latino business up the road. Their door was locked too.
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Asking Americans if they prefer suburbia over dense, urban, walkable places is like asking them if they prefer cats over unicorns.
Have You Ever Seen A City?
When we talk about urbanism, most of us don't know what we're talking about
www.thedeletedscenes.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Asking Americans if they prefer suburbia over dense, urban, walkable places is like asking them if they prefer cats over unicorns.
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Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
December 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
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My favorite instacarter (not part of that crew), a super nice guy, always hustling. Last time I saw him, about four days ago, told me they’d taken their son out of school; his wife and the son almost never leave the house. He goes out to instacart and they worry. But, yeah, haven’t seen him since.
December 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
My favorite instacarter (not part of that crew), a super nice guy, always hustling. Last time I saw him, about four days ago, told me they’d taken their son out of school; his wife and the son almost never leave the house. He goes out to instacart and they worry. But, yeah, haven’t seen him since.
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Matt Campbell met with Penn State players as a group & individually. He even asked those out of eligibility what was done well here and what could be improved?
"He made it very clear like if you don’t wanna be here, the door is open."
"He made it very clear like if you don’t wanna be here, the door is open."
Matt Campbell’s first order of business? Learning what went right, wrong at Penn State this season
‘If you don’t wanna be here, the door is open’
insidethelions.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Matt Campbell met with Penn State players as a group & individually. He even asked those out of eligibility what was done well here and what could be improved?
"He made it very clear like if you don’t wanna be here, the door is open."
"He made it very clear like if you don’t wanna be here, the door is open."
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Climate denialism, empowered by nihilists and know-nothings, undermining science & destroying the evidence that they previously just rejected. Meanwhile, out here in WA, roads are sliding into rivers (an unprecedented weather event) b/c it’s too damn warm to be raining this hard for this long.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Climate denialism, empowered by nihilists and know-nothings, undermining science & destroying the evidence that they previously just rejected. Meanwhile, out here in WA, roads are sliding into rivers (an unprecedented weather event) b/c it’s too damn warm to be raining this hard for this long.
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If kids knew who these two characters were, they’d think this image was hilarious.
I don’t know why.
I don’t know why.
December 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
If kids knew who these two characters were, they’d think this image was hilarious.
I don’t know why.
I don’t know why.
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The future is no longer a better place.
December 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The future is no longer a better place.
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“Wallowing in freakish misery forever.”
This is what a repulsive social media post by the emotionally defective President of the United States brought to mind.
youtu.be/wUJccK4lV74?...
This is what a repulsive social media post by the emotionally defective President of the United States brought to mind.
youtu.be/wUJccK4lV74?...
The Princess Bride (12/12) Movie CLIP - To the Pain! (1987) HD
YouTube video by Movieclips
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December 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“Wallowing in freakish misery forever.”
This is what a repulsive social media post by the emotionally defective President of the United States brought to mind.
youtu.be/wUJccK4lV74?...
This is what a repulsive social media post by the emotionally defective President of the United States brought to mind.
youtu.be/wUJccK4lV74?...
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A beautuful thread about Rob Reiner.
I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
A beautuful thread about Rob Reiner.
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This is college in the United States. Video from inside a Brown University building shows the moment that police found a group of students who were sheltering after the shooting on campus. This isn't freedom.
December 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This is college in the United States. Video from inside a Brown University building shows the moment that police found a group of students who were sheltering after the shooting on campus. This isn't freedom.
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“mixed tape”
*sniffs deeply* i smell a youth
*sniffs deeply* i smell a youth
December 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
“mixed tape”
*sniffs deeply* i smell a youth
*sniffs deeply* i smell a youth
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So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
Football should give a 10 yard penalty for challenging a call and being wrong. Replay reviews are so boring. They need to realize that bored is worse than being mad about a bad call.
December 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Football should give a 10 yard penalty for challenging a call and being wrong. Replay reviews are so boring. They need to realize that bored is worse than being mad about a bad call.
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When will World Cup fans learn about NJ Transit's plan to get them to and from MetLife Stadium? And how is that "Transitway" progressing? www.nj.com/news/2025/12...
The World Cup is coming to MetLife Stadium. Here’s the latest on how to take NJ Transit to get there.
Soccer fans will learn details next month about how NJ Transit will move masses of fans to and from World Cup matches and fan festivals in 2026.
www.nj.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
When will World Cup fans learn about NJ Transit's plan to get them to and from MetLife Stadium? And how is that "Transitway" progressing? www.nj.com/news/2025/12...
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torn between being too tired to spend an hour on the train amd shelling out 70 bucks (madness) on a 20 min uber
December 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
torn between being too tired to spend an hour on the train amd shelling out 70 bucks (madness) on a 20 min uber
Commissioner: We'll do everything we can to keep Trinity Rodman here
Spirit owner: Cool, let's do this
13 other owners tired of seeing their players get cooked: Don't let the door hit you on the way out!
Spirit owner: Cool, let's do this
13 other owners tired of seeing their players get cooked: Don't let the door hit you on the way out!
As things stand now, the NWSL isn’t fighting for Trinity Rodman. It’s fighting against her, and shadowboxing with its own potential in the process.
A column, at @theathletic.com:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
A column, at @theathletic.com:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
NWSL said it would fight for Trinity Rodman. It’s only fighting with itself
One way or the other, the league will set a precedent with Rodman. The NWSL has the power to choose what that looks like.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Commissioner: We'll do everything we can to keep Trinity Rodman here
Spirit owner: Cool, let's do this
13 other owners tired of seeing their players get cooked: Don't let the door hit you on the way out!
Spirit owner: Cool, let's do this
13 other owners tired of seeing their players get cooked: Don't let the door hit you on the way out!
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I think it's INCREDIBLY stupid for the NWSL to do this to itself. These players only have one body, and they only get to play the sport they, and we, love for as long as that body is healthy. They should be able to make enough money for the rest of their lives while they play...
December 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I think it's INCREDIBLY stupid for the NWSL to do this to itself. These players only have one body, and they only get to play the sport they, and we, love for as long as that body is healthy. They should be able to make enough money for the rest of their lives while they play...