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"I am aware of all internet traditions."
“We are all living in the same world. We all deserve a life of peace and happiness. No one will convince me otherwise. Where you have inequality and injustice there will be suffering.”
“We are all living in the same world. We all deserve a life of peace and happiness. No one will convince me otherwise. Where you have inequality and injustice there will be suffering.”
Pinned
It's political malpractice to keep saying "we all just need to come together" and "elect us because we're the adults and everything will be fine" when we are *so far* past the point of normal that people are going to be pissed once Dems get control and things get *worse*. Which they absolutely will.
The American media IS "silly," at best. All the Canadians did was use the evidence provide to them to make it unquestionable.
The Atlantic suggesting, without evidence, that Canada's Global TV broadcasting the '60 Minutes' segment on CECOT that CBS distributed to it may have been an act of "treachery."
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The American media IS "silly," at best. All the Canadians did was use the evidence provide to them to make it unquestionable.
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From @parkermolloy.com at New Republic. newrepublic.com/article/2047...
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
December 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
From @parkermolloy.com at New Republic. newrepublic.com/article/2047...
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
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The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Fucking asshole
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Fucking asshole
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For those of us warning about democracy's potential disintegration, the decision by CBS to pull an exhaustively researched 60 Minutes piece, critical of Trump, is another red alert moment.
When truth disappears as the media gets coopted by the regime, there's little left.
When truth disappears as the media gets coopted by the regime, there's little left.
December 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
For those of us warning about democracy's potential disintegration, the decision by CBS to pull an exhaustively researched 60 Minutes piece, critical of Trump, is another red alert moment.
When truth disappears as the media gets coopted by the regime, there's little left.
When truth disappears as the media gets coopted by the regime, there's little left.
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Immigration salience has less to do with aggregate Immigration numbers than
- visibility of boats & asylum > visas
- general vibes about integration
- elite cues from media & political discourse in shaping public perceptions
This is more true when immigration is falling then when it is rising
- visibility of boats & asylum > visas
- general vibes about integration
- elite cues from media & political discourse in shaping public perceptions
This is more true when immigration is falling then when it is rising
December 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Immigration salience has less to do with aggregate Immigration numbers than
- visibility of boats & asylum > visas
- general vibes about integration
- elite cues from media & political discourse in shaping public perceptions
This is more true when immigration is falling then when it is rising
- visibility of boats & asylum > visas
- general vibes about integration
- elite cues from media & political discourse in shaping public perceptions
This is more true when immigration is falling then when it is rising
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All of these links went to promotion of this story earlier today. All these links are dead now — that's how thoroughly they've scrubbed this.
December 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
All of these links went to promotion of this story earlier today. All these links are dead now — that's how thoroughly they've scrubbed this.
This is the problem with "AI" as a category. LLMs do NOT identify cancer cells. Properly trained and constructed Machine Learning algorithms can speed the identification of known features of cancer cells, but even that is limited by existing knowledge.
is people are making assertions about the tech that are false, while misleading about negative externalities. It’s not useful to say “AI is a profound mistake” when people are using tech like LLMs in an informed & consensual way to do things like identify cancer cells. Let’s sharpen our critique.
December 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is the problem with "AI" as a category. LLMs do NOT identify cancer cells. Properly trained and constructed Machine Learning algorithms can speed the identification of known features of cancer cells, but even that is limited by existing knowledge.
Reminder that there *are* real Christians out there, that they aren't all authoritarians trying to beat people down.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Reminder that there *are* real Christians out there, that they aren't all authoritarians trying to beat people down.
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21. And before team Yglesias responds by saying "yeah, but it's bad politics to run on climate and energy"... I'd point out that I've won 4 elections in a very purple district running on climate and energy. Pro-tip: leadership is possible! You don't have to be stupid to win!
December 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
21. And before team Yglesias responds by saying "yeah, but it's bad politics to run on climate and energy"... I'd point out that I've won 4 elections in a very purple district running on climate and energy. Pro-tip: leadership is possible! You don't have to be stupid to win!
David Neiwert and Bob Altemeyer were on this both before and during Bush II. We've been heading this way for a long time.
those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
David Neiwert and Bob Altemeyer were on this both before and during Bush II. We've been heading this way for a long time.
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Just say women. This is taking forever.
December 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Just say women. This is taking forever.
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The same three people in power keep not listening to people with new ideas.
That's the issue. That's the whole thing.
That's the issue. That's the whole thing.
December 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The same three people in power keep not listening to people with new ideas.
That's the issue. That's the whole thing.
That's the issue. That's the whole thing.
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🚨SCOOP: Google gave lawmakers gifts up to $2,000 to attend a secret perk-filled summit touting AI & data centers as lawmakers consider AI dereg & data center subsidies, according to documents reviewed by @levernews.com.
Lawmakers got hotel rooms costing up to $500 per night & a Wrigley Field party.
Lawmakers got hotel rooms costing up to $500 per night & a Wrigley Field party.
Google Bankrolled Secret Summit For Key State Lawmakers
Disclosure documents show the tech giant treated state legislators to a perk-filled Chicago junket this fall; now those officials are considering legislation that could impact Google’s bottom line.
www.levernews.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
🚨SCOOP: Google gave lawmakers gifts up to $2,000 to attend a secret perk-filled summit touting AI & data centers as lawmakers consider AI dereg & data center subsidies, according to documents reviewed by @levernews.com.
Lawmakers got hotel rooms costing up to $500 per night & a Wrigley Field party.
Lawmakers got hotel rooms costing up to $500 per night & a Wrigley Field party.
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When you welcome her to the resistance, remember this.
December 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
When you welcome her to the resistance, remember this.
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I get what this dummy is talking about, but he's just a gatekeeping idiot.
(I 100% guarantee he's a dice roll-obsessed, min/maxing rules lawyer that drags games out forever)
(I 100% guarantee he's a dice roll-obsessed, min/maxing rules lawyer that drags games out forever)
I cannot express how pathetic you have to be to believe this happened in the TTRPG hobby in the last decade
December 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I get what this dummy is talking about, but he's just a gatekeeping idiot.
(I 100% guarantee he's a dice roll-obsessed, min/maxing rules lawyer that drags games out forever)
(I 100% guarantee he's a dice roll-obsessed, min/maxing rules lawyer that drags games out forever)
*TAPS THE SIGN*
December 14, 2025 at 12:52 AM
*TAPS THE SIGN*
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Newly Unsealed Batch Of Epstein Estate Photos Contains Rare Holographic Dershowitz
December 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Newly Unsealed Batch Of Epstein Estate Photos Contains Rare Holographic Dershowitz
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"I married somebody who recognized actual history and had a great degree, and she left me because cause I became increasingly racist over 20 years..."
Yeah, my X could write this, too. Babe, if she left you after 20 something years because you voted for Trump, that was the FINAL, not first, straw.
Yeah, my X could write this, too. Babe, if she left you after 20 something years because you voted for Trump, that was the FINAL, not first, straw.
December 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
"I married somebody who recognized actual history and had a great degree, and she left me because cause I became increasingly racist over 20 years..."
Yeah, my X could write this, too. Babe, if she left you after 20 something years because you voted for Trump, that was the FINAL, not first, straw.
Yeah, my X could write this, too. Babe, if she left you after 20 something years because you voted for Trump, that was the FINAL, not first, straw.
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lol wut. dropping from 42 percent approval to 36 percent approval seems pretty significant. apnews.com/article/trum...
December 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
lol wut. dropping from 42 percent approval to 36 percent approval seems pretty significant. apnews.com/article/trum...
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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please buy The Originalism Trap--my writing is better, my analysis is sharper, and I have never been professionally or personally involved with RFK Jr
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The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back
How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back
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December 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
please buy The Originalism Trap--my writing is better, my analysis is sharper, and I have never been professionally or personally involved with RFK Jr
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Der Trump-Effekt.
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Der Trump-Effekt.
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"Readers are not asking the Times to print propaganda or stump for Democrats. In my view, they simply want the Times to be more clear-eyed and honest about the depth of the crisis this country currently faces." — @froomkin.bsky.social
Sad but accurate, Dan.
presswatchers.org/2025/12/new-...
Sad but accurate, Dan.
presswatchers.org/2025/12/new-...
New York Times editor Joe Kahn misunderstands what the readers want | Press Watch
They want the Times to be more honest, not more partisan
presswatchers.org
December 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Readers are not asking the Times to print propaganda or stump for Democrats. In my view, they simply want the Times to be more clear-eyed and honest about the depth of the crisis this country currently faces." — @froomkin.bsky.social
Sad but accurate, Dan.
presswatchers.org/2025/12/new-...
Sad but accurate, Dan.
presswatchers.org/2025/12/new-...