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This has happened before. This will happen again. But even dumber.
Eugenics
To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Eugenics
I have more trouble handling the cold as I age, but I think climate change is also screwing with our internal rhythms. The summer gets so hot that our bodies adjust for warmer climes, and then winter just feels colder even though it's not. There's no gradual adjustment. It's a slingshot of extremes.
December 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I have more trouble handling the cold as I age, but I think climate change is also screwing with our internal rhythms. The summer gets so hot that our bodies adjust for warmer climes, and then winter just feels colder even though it's not. There's no gradual adjustment. It's a slingshot of extremes.
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pvp sucks shit and catering to the demographic has ruined videogames
December 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
pvp sucks shit and catering to the demographic has ruined videogames
Finally got around to watching Kokkoku and geez that is a really cool show
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Finally got around to watching Kokkoku and geez that is a really cool show
The freaks shouting at everyone to hop aboard team fash REQUIRE boosted support to be heard by wide audiences, because normal people think it's gross. Any politician or journalist who does not comprehend this or actively ignores it should not have their position.
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The freaks shouting at everyone to hop aboard team fash REQUIRE boosted support to be heard by wide audiences, because normal people think it's gross. Any politician or journalist who does not comprehend this or actively ignores it should not have their position.
This is the best marketing campaign I've seen in years
Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs
Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs
The wholesaler is the latest company to sue a federal agency over the president's signature economic policy.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is the best marketing campaign I've seen in years
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
I'm really loving the Playstation phase of the retro game design movement. I predict they'll do N64 next, which I will also love. Then we're done, right? Like, that's it? A few devs are gonna do a 360 thing and everyone's gonna be all... why? Then there's nothing left to mine after that.
December 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I'm really loving the Playstation phase of the retro game design movement. I predict they'll do N64 next, which I will also love. Then we're done, right? Like, that's it? A few devs are gonna do a 360 thing and everyone's gonna be all... why? Then there's nothing left to mine after that.
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The word "doomerism" is horribly abused on here. Some of you use it as code for "telling me what I don't want to hear" and it's childish.
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The word "doomerism" is horribly abused on here. Some of you use it as code for "telling me what I don't want to hear" and it's childish.
This is exactly my take. I love driving and I love my car. I think most people hate driving, and that's why they're bad at it. They would be happier to take a train or bus if the choice was convenient. And I'd happily park five minutes away and walk if it took ten fewer minutes to get somewhere.
i’ll never understand why public transit haters discourage use of public transit and want to defund it. if less people use cars the roads will have less traffic and you’ll get to where you want faster with your own car. stupid people
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
December 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This is exactly my take. I love driving and I love my car. I think most people hate driving, and that's why they're bad at it. They would be happier to take a train or bus if the choice was convenient. And I'd happily park five minutes away and walk if it took ten fewer minutes to get somewhere.
Wooooow I guess it's officially "fuck that guy" o'clock
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
December 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Wooooow I guess it's officially "fuck that guy" o'clock
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being canceled is not a real thing, it is a neologism describing the stigma that should come from bad behavior. the only consequences that come from it are the ones we collectively imposed, and as the last decade has shown, no one with institutional power is interested in that.
November 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
being canceled is not a real thing, it is a neologism describing the stigma that should come from bad behavior. the only consequences that come from it are the ones we collectively imposed, and as the last decade has shown, no one with institutional power is interested in that.
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600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
November 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
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The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
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And I don't know if the answer is: everyone is too traumatized to do work and we need to reinvent society. Or if it's more like: generations are losing their cognitive abilities and willpower due to destructive technologies. Or: we all have post-viral brain damage. Or: all of the above.
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
And I don't know if the answer is: everyone is too traumatized to do work and we need to reinvent society. Or if it's more like: generations are losing their cognitive abilities and willpower due to destructive technologies. Or: we all have post-viral brain damage. Or: all of the above.
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this reminds me of a friend who thought he was middle class so he donated his car to a charity that helps poor people and a month later, he saw his car at his neighbor's house
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
this reminds me of a friend who thought he was middle class so he donated his car to a charity that helps poor people and a month later, he saw his car at his neighbor's house
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It’s a fact that nobody in positions of power is willing to risk eroding their own power by doing anything meaningful to hinder the worst of their colleagues they see the system they preside over as more important than any cruelty no matter how bad and they won’t risk weakening it so much as an iota
November 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It’s a fact that nobody in positions of power is willing to risk eroding their own power by doing anything meaningful to hinder the worst of their colleagues they see the system they preside over as more important than any cruelty no matter how bad and they won’t risk weakening it so much as an iota
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the fact that dealing with rampant lying and its much worse downstream consequences involves cultivating values rather than just imposing formal frameworks or rules (legal or otherwise) is a tough pill to swallow for some. but it is indeed medicine
Pointing out that something is incorrect definitely isn't sufficient - the *culture* of "it is bad to make incorrect statements, good to promptly and clearly retract and apologize for them, and disqualifying to keep making them deliberately" is the framework needed for fact-checking to plug into.
November 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
the fact that dealing with rampant lying and its much worse downstream consequences involves cultivating values rather than just imposing formal frameworks or rules (legal or otherwise) is a tough pill to swallow for some. but it is indeed medicine
The administration did not orchestrate the National Guard shooting. Just wait. Info will come out. Fuck's sake. This blueanon bullshit is so tired.
November 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The administration did not orchestrate the National Guard shooting. Just wait. Info will come out. Fuck's sake. This blueanon bullshit is so tired.
Duffy's recent obsession with everyone being fancy flyers is indicative of everything ridiculous about Republicans' take on government. They want to control our behavior by telling us what to do instead of crafting policy and investing in infrastructure and regulation that encourage that behavior.
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Duffy's recent obsession with everyone being fancy flyers is indicative of everything ridiculous about Republicans' take on government. They want to control our behavior by telling us what to do instead of crafting policy and investing in infrastructure and regulation that encourage that behavior.
I really, really, really wish that old white men I've never met would stop interrupting my day to relate to me apropos of literally nothing. A paltry complaint, but it's very tiring. I do not have it in me to humor you or pretend that having to deal with you is anything other than a nuisance.
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I really, really, really wish that old white men I've never met would stop interrupting my day to relate to me apropos of literally nothing. A paltry complaint, but it's very tiring. I do not have it in me to humor you or pretend that having to deal with you is anything other than a nuisance.
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answer is great but also it's telling that the guy who's been saying this since day 1 has to answer about whether he's an antisemite for 5 min every interview while the same people grin vacantly at the jewish space lasers lady and call her a brave warrior
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
answer is great but also it's telling that the guy who's been saying this since day 1 has to answer about whether he's an antisemite for 5 min every interview while the same people grin vacantly at the jewish space lasers lady and call her a brave warrior
Is there a mass death to profit ratio for these people or are they just bleeding the stone dry until capitalism finally eats itself
November 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Is there a mass death to profit ratio for these people or are they just bleeding the stone dry until capitalism finally eats itself
It was always pageantry. It's kind of Trump's only real skill.
Israel has violated the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire at least 497 times in 44 days, killing at least 342 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It was always pageantry. It's kind of Trump's only real skill.