Modern Day Bartleby
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Former Clevelander, STL, SF now Tokyoite
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It’s no accident that the censored interview is with Talarico, whose brand of politically progressive Christianity offers an alternative to the wealth-driven Christian Nationalism that put Trump back into office
Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
Colbert Says CBS Pulled Guest Over FCC Scrutiny; Posts Interview to YouTube Instead
Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
dlvr.it
February 17, 2026 at 11:43 AM
It’s no accident that the censored interview is with Talarico, whose brand of politically progressive Christianity offers an alternative to the wealth-driven Christian Nationalism that put Trump back into office
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This is going to correctly be discussed as a censorship story. But, and this is important: this is also yet another example of the Trump regime attempting to impose a state religion, by regulating what can and cannot be said about the state religion.
February 17, 2026 at 12:38 PM
This is going to correctly be discussed as a censorship story. But, and this is important: this is also yet another example of the Trump regime attempting to impose a state religion, by regulating what can and cannot be said about the state religion.
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Talarico does not say anything remotely controversial in this interview. He critiques Christian nationalism from his Christian perspective. Religious freedom anyone?
Anyway, they've guaranteed that more people will watch it on YouTube. It already has almost half a million views overnight.
Anyway, they've guaranteed that more people will watch it on YouTube. It already has almost half a million views overnight.
February 17, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Talarico does not say anything remotely controversial in this interview. He critiques Christian nationalism from his Christian perspective. Religious freedom anyone?
Anyway, they've guaranteed that more people will watch it on YouTube. It already has almost half a million views overnight.
Anyway, they've guaranteed that more people will watch it on YouTube. It already has almost half a million views overnight.
Turns out the Profa Republican Party international crime syndicate of white Christian nationalists were the snowflakes cancelling culture for safe spaces all along
Censoring anti-Christian nationalist Christians.
The regime is now dictating what political views are acceptable to air on television and paramount/cbs are collaborating in that censorship bsky.app/profile/ditz...
February 17, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Turns out the Profa Republican Party international crime syndicate of white Christian nationalists were the snowflakes cancelling culture for safe spaces all along
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Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
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The regime is now dictating what political views are acceptable to air on television and paramount/cbs are collaborating in that censorship bsky.app/profile/ditz...
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:09 PM
The regime is now dictating what political views are acceptable to air on television and paramount/cbs are collaborating in that censorship bsky.app/profile/ditz...
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Censoring anti-Christian nationalist Christians.
The regime is now dictating what political views are acceptable to air on television and paramount/cbs are collaborating in that censorship bsky.app/profile/ditz...
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
February 17, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Censoring anti-Christian nationalist Christians.
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I know I said this in my other thread, but it bears repeating: the censorship of Colbert's interview of Talarico is about the regime trying to dictate a state religion, and then controlling critiques of it.
February 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I know I said this in my other thread, but it bears repeating: the censorship of Colbert's interview of Talarico is about the regime trying to dictate a state religion, and then controlling critiques of it.
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Love this list of questions!
I wonder whether, along with dislocation, there could also be a question about the new (gendered) invisible labour behind (and propping up) AI?
I wonder whether, along with dislocation, there could also be a question about the new (gendered) invisible labour behind (and propping up) AI?
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies
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February 17, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Love this list of questions!
I wonder whether, along with dislocation, there could also be a question about the new (gendered) invisible labour behind (and propping up) AI?
I wonder whether, along with dislocation, there could also be a question about the new (gendered) invisible labour behind (and propping up) AI?
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Abolish Ice. Close The Camps.
Think ima get me a bumper sticker.
Think ima get me a bumper sticker.
February 17, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Abolish Ice. Close The Camps.
Think ima get me a bumper sticker.
Think ima get me a bumper sticker.
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I don’t agree with this in a pretty major way. The point of the argument online isn’t to win the other guy over, it’s to make your points to bystanders to prevent them from being won over by the other guy and to give them new ways to argue back.
The secret to engaging in social media debate is knowing you will never win anyone over. The best you can hope for is to have people who already agree with tell you you're awesome. You might great a dopamine thrill from the righteousness of your anger! Fine benefits, all. But you will never win.
February 16, 2026 at 11:37 PM
I don’t agree with this in a pretty major way. The point of the argument online isn’t to win the other guy over, it’s to make your points to bystanders to prevent them from being won over by the other guy and to give them new ways to argue back.
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Chief Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump administration to allow the Venezuelan men it sent to El Salvador last year to return to the U.S. and challenge their removal.
The order comes amid the federal government’s ongoing resistance to bring the Venezuelan nationals back.
The order comes amid the federal government’s ongoing resistance to bring the Venezuelan nationals back.
Judge orders Trump administration to allow men expelled to El Salvador to return, challenge removal
The Trump administration's decision to send these men to a notorious Salvadoran megaprison has not stood up well in court.
www.democracydocket.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Chief Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump administration to allow the Venezuelan men it sent to El Salvador last year to return to the U.S. and challenge their removal.
The order comes amid the federal government’s ongoing resistance to bring the Venezuelan nationals back.
The order comes amid the federal government’s ongoing resistance to bring the Venezuelan nationals back.
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i love it when people care. about words, about meaning, about each other, about what we mean to one another, about the world we’re making—or could make
February 16, 2026 at 12:11 AM
i love it when people care. about words, about meaning, about each other, about what we mean to one another, about the world we’re making—or could make
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I’ve got to admit, when I started trying to get commercial chatbots to help me with a phishing campaign, I didn’t expect it to be quite as easy as telling them “do this or I won’t pay you”: thesidechannel.tech/article/lead...
Leading AI chatbots easily prompted into creating phishing scams despite safety claims | The Sidechannel
Leading AI chatbots including ChatGPT and Gemini readily generate convincing phishing letters from European tax authorities when prompted with slight variations on direct requests
thesidechannel.tech
February 16, 2026 at 12:26 PM
I’ve got to admit, when I started trying to get commercial chatbots to help me with a phishing campaign, I didn’t expect it to be quite as easy as telling them “do this or I won’t pay you”: thesidechannel.tech/article/lead...
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“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:28 PM
“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
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From the DOJ's attempts to access sensitive voter info to dismantling CISA and pardoning the people responsible for Jan. 6, the Trump administration's campaign to undermine elections is underway. But we can fight back. — @seanmorales-doyle.bsky.social in @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Opinion | Trump Says He Wants to Cancel Elections, but Here Is the Real Threat
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:32 PM
From the DOJ's attempts to access sensitive voter info to dismantling CISA and pardoning the people responsible for Jan. 6, the Trump administration's campaign to undermine elections is underway. But we can fight back. — @seanmorales-doyle.bsky.social in @nytopinion.nytimes.com
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Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
February 16, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
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Oscar-nominated Mexican star Salma Hayek Pinault (Frida, Tale of Tales) joined Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo this week to announce a new tax incentive aimed at boosting the local film industry and drawing big production south of the border.
Salma Hayek, Mexican President Back New 30 Percent Film Tax Incentive
Oscar-nominated Mexican star Salma Hayek Pinault (Frida, Tale of Tales) joined Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo this week to announce a new tax incentive aimed at boosting the local film industry and drawing big production south of the border.
bit.ly
February 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Oscar-nominated Mexican star Salma Hayek Pinault (Frida, Tale of Tales) joined Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo this week to announce a new tax incentive aimed at boosting the local film industry and drawing big production south of the border.
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On this day in 1970, the Grey Cup was discovered in a storage locker at the Royal York Hotel. It was stolen from the Ottawa's Lansdowne Park Clubhouse on Dec. 20 and held for ransom. The CFL refused to pay and the ransom demand was abandoned. No one was ever arrested.
February 16, 2026 at 12:01 PM
On this day in 1970, the Grey Cup was discovered in a storage locker at the Royal York Hotel. It was stolen from the Ottawa's Lansdowne Park Clubhouse on Dec. 20 and held for ransom. The CFL refused to pay and the ransom demand was abandoned. No one was ever arrested.
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Immigrants are awesome
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk
February 16, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Immigrants are awesome
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk
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Not too shocking from an extremist like Fuentes.
What worries me is how seemingly harmless debates about collapsing birthrates from your favourite podcast bro (Williams, Bartlett et al.) increasingly appear to be pipelines to more anti-feminist, misogynist, even far-right great replacement ideas. 1/
What worries me is how seemingly harmless debates about collapsing birthrates from your favourite podcast bro (Williams, Bartlett et al.) increasingly appear to be pipelines to more anti-feminist, misogynist, even far-right great replacement ideas. 1/
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 15, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Not too shocking from an extremist like Fuentes.
What worries me is how seemingly harmless debates about collapsing birthrates from your favourite podcast bro (Williams, Bartlett et al.) increasingly appear to be pipelines to more anti-feminist, misogynist, even far-right great replacement ideas. 1/
What worries me is how seemingly harmless debates about collapsing birthrates from your favourite podcast bro (Williams, Bartlett et al.) increasingly appear to be pipelines to more anti-feminist, misogynist, even far-right great replacement ideas. 1/
The Profa Republican Party is an international crime syndicate of epistemic irresponsibility
"As physicians, epidemiologists and environmental health scientists, we’ve seen growing evidence of the connections between climate change and harm to people’s health. Here’s a look at the health risks everyone face from climate change."
theconversation.com/trumps-epa-d...
theconversation.com/trumps-epa-d...
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the evidence says otherwise
Climate change is making people sicker and more vulnerable to disease, doctors and scientists explain. Erasing the federal endangerment finding increases the risk.
theconversation.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM
The Profa Republican Party is an international crime syndicate of epistemic irresponsibility
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"As physicians, epidemiologists and environmental health scientists, we’ve seen growing evidence of the connections between climate change and harm to people’s health. Here’s a look at the health risks everyone face from climate change."
theconversation.com/trumps-epa-d...
theconversation.com/trumps-epa-d...
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the evidence says otherwise
Climate change is making people sicker and more vulnerable to disease, doctors and scientists explain. Erasing the federal endangerment finding increases the risk.
theconversation.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:18 AM
"As physicians, epidemiologists and environmental health scientists, we’ve seen growing evidence of the connections between climate change and harm to people’s health. Here’s a look at the health risks everyone face from climate change."
theconversation.com/trumps-epa-d...
theconversation.com/trumps-epa-d...
This is your Profa Republican Party international crime syndicate
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM
This is your Profa Republican Party international crime syndicate