Michael Lapinski
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People on board the boat were said to have survived an initial strike and were killed in a follow-up attack. Officials said the boat appeared to have turned back toward shore. Three sources, including Sen. Rand Paul said the boat was attacked by one or more drones.
theintercept.com/2025/09/10/u...
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September 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
People on board the boat were said to have survived an initial strike and were killed in a follow-up attack. Officials said the boat appeared to have turned back toward shore. Three sources, including Sen. Rand Paul said the boat was attacked by one or more drones.
theintercept.com/2025/09/10/u...
theintercept.com/2025/09/10/u...
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Felix Gonzalez-Torres's "Untitled," 1991, originally appeared on a series of billboards throughout NYC. Gonzalez-Torres, a wildly inventive and influential artist, died of AIDS in 1996, age 38. #WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Felix Gonzalez-Torres's "Untitled," 1991, originally appeared on a series of billboards throughout NYC. Gonzalez-Torres, a wildly inventive and influential artist, died of AIDS in 1996, age 38. #WorldAIDSDay
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ICE is horrific...and also an extension of how policing has always worked, not a radical break from it.
December 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
ICE is horrific...and also an extension of how policing has always worked, not a radical break from it.
I named my fists “The” and “Cantos” cause they gonna Pound you
I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
I named my fists Blood and Meridian because I’m fixing to Judge your ass.
December 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I named my fists “The” and “Cantos” cause they gonna Pound you
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There is absolutely no bottom. They will kill and murder and steal and break the law and laugh at every rule and institution until they are stopped. They think they are all-powerful and all conventional rules of morality and legality do not apply to them.
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 AM
There is absolutely no bottom. They will kill and murder and steal and break the law and laugh at every rule and institution until they are stopped. They think they are all-powerful and all conventional rules of morality and legality do not apply to them.
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In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." n.pr/4pFYoun
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime."
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." n.pr/4pFYoun
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This is less like appeasement and more like two mob families deciding how to divide up a rival's territory.
"Gentry Beach, a college friend of Donald Trump Jr. and campaign donor to his father, has been in talks to acquire a stake in a Russian Arctic gas project if it is released from sanctions.”
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This is less like appeasement and more like two mob families deciding how to divide up a rival's territory.
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Also they're just sick. They're killing people and whether you think it's justified or not (obviously it's not) that should mean something. Instead they're running around laughing like an axe murderer in some terrible horror movie. Completely broken people
There is absolutely no bottom. They will kill and murder and steal and break the law and laugh at every rule and institution until they are stopped. They think they are all-powerful and all conventional rules of morality and legality do not apply to them.
December 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Also they're just sick. They're killing people and whether you think it's justified or not (obviously it's not) that should mean something. Instead they're running around laughing like an axe murderer in some terrible horror movie. Completely broken people
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“But the Trump administration cut the money, claiming it fell under DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion.”
Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing
To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
“But the Trump administration cut the money, claiming it fell under DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion.”
What a treasure - and a masterclass in story editing along with the world building available in the transcript of the Lucas/ Spielberg/ Kasden Raiders phone calls
Cool google doc comparing the Jeffrey Boam and Tom Stoppard versions of the Indians Jones and the Last Crusade script.
I knew Stoppard was a script doctor, but hadn’t realized how much of that movie was the result of very smart editorial decisions he made: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I knew Stoppard was a script doctor, but hadn’t realized how much of that movie was the result of very smart editorial decisions he made: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Last Crusade Script Differences PUBLIC
docs.google.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
What a treasure - and a masterclass in story editing along with the world building available in the transcript of the Lucas/ Spielberg/ Kasden Raiders phone calls
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He’s losing the crypto bros. Who is even left
December 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
He’s losing the crypto bros. Who is even left
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Because there's ~20 odd years of precedent for calling people terrorists and then drone striking them. But there's no precedent for double-tapping them instead of picking up the survivors for questioning in open water, like fuckin' psychopaths.
December 1, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Because there's ~20 odd years of precedent for calling people terrorists and then drone striking them. But there's no precedent for double-tapping them instead of picking up the survivors for questioning in open water, like fuckin' psychopaths.
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It’s not just MAGA, we’ve seen many people explain their support for Trump or some of his policies who otherwise wouldn’t because of this dynamic.
This doesn’t work against the “law & order” ideal in the mind of MAGA. That’s reserved for a certain kind of “criminal.”
November 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It’s not just MAGA, we’ve seen many people explain their support for Trump or some of his policies who otherwise wouldn’t because of this dynamic.
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When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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The Howard Dean thing just fucking haunts me. Sometimes I go back and watch that clip just to make sure it was innocuous as I remember it being, and it always is.
Though it IS pretty fucking funny how an entire society can turn on a person just because they said "YEEE-AHHH!" weird once.
Though it IS pretty fucking funny how an entire society can turn on a person just because they said "YEEE-AHHH!" weird once.
When Howard Dean was the Democratic frontrunner for President, he was disqualified, by the media, for yelling "Yeah!" once.
At some point we just have to admit that mainstream media sources are biased.
At some point we just have to admit that mainstream media sources are biased.
Remember in 2000 when Al Gore was repeatedly misquoted as having said he invented the internet and that was seen the eyes of many as disqualifying him from office? Simpler times. Today, Trump makes up lies equivalent to "I invented the internet" 30 times a week and no one bats an eye. Good job media
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
The Howard Dean thing just fucking haunts me. Sometimes I go back and watch that clip just to make sure it was innocuous as I remember it being, and it always is.
Though it IS pretty fucking funny how an entire society can turn on a person just because they said "YEEE-AHHH!" weird once.
Though it IS pretty fucking funny how an entire society can turn on a person just because they said "YEEE-AHHH!" weird once.
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Reminder that the Gkids release of Tokyo Godfathers has an English dub where Hana is played by a trans actress (who also helped with the dub script, too!) and she is FANTASTIC.
Reminder to add TOKYO GODFATHERS to your Christmas movie watchlist this season! Grateful to have given (English, dubbed) voice to the trans anime icon, our beloved Hana, in this Satoshi Kon holiday classic from @gkids.com! Watch it for free on Tubi or rent it on AppleTV!
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Reminder that the Gkids release of Tokyo Godfathers has an English dub where Hana is played by a trans actress (who also helped with the dub script, too!) and she is FANTASTIC.
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When he’s gone, I know there will be a lot to do, but can we make sure the living rose garden gets restored?
Started. Going.
Started. Going.
November 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
When he’s gone, I know there will be a lot to do, but can we make sure the living rose garden gets restored?
Started. Going.
Started. Going.
“The Ex-President of Honduras Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine”
Trump: “They gave him 45 years because he was the President of the Country — you could do this to any President.”
Right, the ones who do crime.
You should only worry if you’re a crimin- oh!
Trump: “They gave him 45 years because he was the President of the Country — you could do this to any President.”
Right, the ones who do crime.
You should only worry if you’re a crimin- oh!
Trump: “They gave him 45 years because he was the President of the Country — you could do this to any President.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
“The Ex-President of Honduras Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine”
Trump: “They gave him 45 years because he was the President of the Country — you could do this to any President.”
Right, the ones who do crime.
You should only worry if you’re a crimin- oh!
Trump: “They gave him 45 years because he was the President of the Country — you could do this to any President.”
Right, the ones who do crime.
You should only worry if you’re a crimin- oh!
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Trump: “They gave him 45 years because he was the President of the Country — you could do this to any President.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Trump: “They gave him 45 years because he was the President of the Country — you could do this to any President.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
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Sec of war confesses to war crimes while trying to dunk on the MSM
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Sec of war confesses to war crimes while trying to dunk on the MSM
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My close friend has been a comedian in California for 17 years. She said EVERYBODY knew Louis CK was sexually harassing and assaulting women. He was so powerful he just was shutting everyone up and blacklisting people at whim.
He should be shunned from public life
He should be shunned from public life
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
My close friend has been a comedian in California for 17 years. She said EVERYBODY knew Louis CK was sexually harassing and assaulting women. He was so powerful he just was shutting everyone up and blacklisting people at whim.
He should be shunned from public life
He should be shunned from public life
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places: