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𓅜 doug henning 𒄇
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math👨‍🏫 linguist 🐝kpr, @deatherhixon's worse ½ ~ oqe/ghaH/𓇓𓅱/ⲛⲧⲁϥ/𒀀𒉈/𒋗𒌑/bí/ēme/tic/yè/yená/hã/à/re/are’/paluṟu/eh/𑀘𑁆𑀧𑀺/𐤡𐤦𐤳/𐬵𐬋/ᜐᜒᜌ/ia/ཁོ་ན/இவன்
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They'll build a statue to the first reporter who tells this old dumbass to eat shit on camera
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Massachusett (Wôpanâak) Word of the Day:

mauem∞onk /mawimwãk/ “mourning”

< extension of Proto-Algonquian *mawiwa “ to weep” and the nominalizing suffix -onk /-ãk/

Despite at attempt to ban it, you can watch the 2025 National Day of Mourning at Plymouth Rock here:

www.youtube.com/live/6u-jF6p...
[LIVE] National Day of Mourning 2025
YouTube video by hate5six
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Here’s a list of people that should be in jail.
November 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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God this is so depressing given the political response to it
"the economic response to the pandemic really worked. Indeed, there is a good case that it was the most successful example of countercyclical policy in US history." jwmason.org/slackwire/at...
At Groundwork: Lessons from the September Jobs Report – J. W. Mason
jwmason.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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March 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“At what point does the Probability (More Angels Than Non-Angels on Head of Pin) exceed 50%?”

Using the language of probability doesn’t make sophistry and category error any better.
You have to admit that "LLMs are conscious but nothing else is" is a great bit
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This feels Sumerian:
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November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The title of this incredible film is also a great example of the attributive rather than possessive use of the particle の no.

七人の侍
shichi nin no samurai
seven people ATTR samurai
“seven people who are samurai”
In today's exciting episode of I Am Learning Japanese Or So Help Me, I glanced up from my computer & realised I could read* my Seven Samurai** print.

*OK I did look up 侍 but I assumed it meant samurai, which it does. Such detective work!

**I mean YES it does say Seven Samurai BUT see alt text...
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Hi, question for Mrs. Shelley. In Walton’s letters at the beginning of Frankenstein, dated to 17--, he alludes to the “Ancient Mariner”. But Coleridge’s 1798 edition spelled it “Ancyent Marinere”, not revised until 1800. Are we to believe that there is some kind of Arctic time travel going on?
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Why yes, I would like a 14 hour adaptation of Dune by a mentally unstable surrealist who hasn't read the book
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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The man is on the cutting edge of 20-50 year old comedy.

Take my wife’s airline food, PLEASE!
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.
Matt Stoller: “..Trump & Mamdani defeated establishment in their own way, representing hunger of voters on the right & left who want something different. If those sides cd come together.. that would be a sea change in how we organize our political economy”.

www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Monopoly Round-Up: Why the Establishment Freaked Out Over a Mamdani-Trump Press Conference
Meta wins its antitrust case, there are now two fire truck antitrust claims, the stock market got wobbly, and Larry Summers was exiled from the establishment, at least for now.
www.thebignewsletter.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“One-seven-three-four-six-seven-three-two-one-four-seven-six-Charlie-three-two-seven-eight-nine-seven-six-four-three-Brown-seven-three-two-seven-three-one-one-seven-eight-eight-Pigpen-eight-seven-three-two-four-seven-six-seven-eight-nine-seven-six-four-three-seven-six. Lock.”
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Good morning. In the past 24 hours, more Americans have Googled “felching” than have searched for “turkey recipes”
November 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Was there any coverage of the recent record warmth in both the Arctic and Antarctic? Multiple global datasets now confirm these records, and I think it's really quite striking.

Here's some very quick plots showing NOAAGlobalTempv6 data from October too. And see my earlier posts.
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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There are people who aren't going to like to hear this, but if a somewhat charismatic DSA guy can casually talk to one of the worst human beings on earth about their beliefs and why they're important in a normal way, we can talk to median voters that way too! They are not going to educate themselves
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?

We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“Our wise President has correctly labeled this reporter as a ‘Piggy’, because of her stubborn refusal to accept that America should be propitiating the Beast with our sacrifices — and the fact she even questioned whether the Beast exists at all. Which, of course, is blasphemy punishable by death.”
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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the Appalachian mountains are so ancient they predate the evolution of bones.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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private equity buys a company and immediately starts torturing their employees and the money
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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It’s fascinating to wonder how it’d go over if armed thugs tried to stop Da Pope from entering an ICE facility.
Pope Leo you must return to Chicago and demand access to an ICE facility now that you have secured the Khan's allegiance
November 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Chancellor Hails A.I. at Library Closure Ceremony
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM