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'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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Went to a screening a couple months ago. As a Denver Post alum, and die-hard fan of local news, it hits really hard. A must-watch if you want to understand what's happening to newspapers across the country and why local news matters so much.
The documentary "Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink," about how Hedge fund Alden Global Capital is gobbling up newspapers across America and gutting them, is available to watch on PBS.
Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink
A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.
www.pbs.org
October 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Went to a screening a couple months ago. As a Denver Post alum, and die-hard fan of local news, it hits really hard. A must-watch if you want to understand what's happening to newspapers across the country and why local news matters so much.
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the brain that can see a face in a wall outlet was always doomed to hear the voice of God in a markov chain
July 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
the brain that can see a face in a wall outlet was always doomed to hear the voice of God in a markov chain
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Wired is such a worthwhile subscription that it’s almost hard to believe it’s real in 2025?
Today, we're launching a new, improved subscription to give our fans more of the @wired.com they love. It includes:
- Five exclusive, subscriber-only newsletters
- Livestreams to connect with our journalists
- A new commenting experience + more
It's been a remarkable year so far. A look back: 🧵
- Five exclusive, subscriber-only newsletters
- Livestreams to connect with our journalists
- A new commenting experience + more
It's been a remarkable year so far. A look back: 🧵
July 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Wired is such a worthwhile subscription that it’s almost hard to believe it’s real in 2025?
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Relatedly to *gestures hands*, I have seen the meme 1 million times but never had actually watched this video and it is even funnier than I thought it would be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKfH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKfH...
"Jeff Epstein" - Jim Downey on Conan
YouTube video by Box Chat
www.youtube.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Relatedly to *gestures hands*, I have seen the meme 1 million times but never had actually watched this video and it is even funnier than I thought it would be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKfH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKfH...
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This has always been the GOP's strategy:
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode deficits
3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode deficits
3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
July 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This has always been the GOP's strategy:
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode deficits
3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode deficits
3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
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I told you we’d be back
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I told you we’d be back
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Yup. That’s the one.
May 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Yup. That’s the one.
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We need the best educated workforce in the world.
We need the best teachers in the world.
We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do.
No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.
We need the best teachers in the world.
We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do.
No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.
April 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We need the best educated workforce in the world.
We need the best teachers in the world.
We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do.
No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.
We need the best teachers in the world.
We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do.
No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.
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Lots of people I know that were furious about kids having to wear masks are real quiet about a two year old citizen being wrongfully deported
April 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Lots of people I know that were furious about kids having to wear masks are real quiet about a two year old citizen being wrongfully deported
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Here's a sneak peek at @jacobfeldman.bsky.social's favorite story of the week. Subscribe now to get the full SLR in your inbox tomorrow: sundaylongread.com
March 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Here's a sneak peek at @jacobfeldman.bsky.social's favorite story of the week. Subscribe now to get the full SLR in your inbox tomorrow: sundaylongread.com
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At the Deathbed, by Edvard Munch, 1895
February 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
At the Deathbed, by Edvard Munch, 1895
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Barbara Kingsolver remains a real one. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...
Barbara Kingsolver Uses ‘Demon Copperhead’ Royalties to Build Rehab Center
Barbara Kingsolver has put royalties from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to work in the region it portrayed, starting a home for women in recovery.
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Barbara Kingsolver remains a real one. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...
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This might truly end up being the most outrageously racist February of my lifetime.
The Air Force confirmed it has dropped a training video with the famed Tuskegee Airmen following Trump’s DEI crackdown
Air Force drop videos with Tuskegee Airmen after Trump’s DEI crackdown
The Tuskegee Airmen were the country’s first all-Black military airmen who fought during World War II.
www.whatimreading.net
January 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This might truly end up being the most outrageously racist February of my lifetime.
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something im a little concerned about - and i admit, a lot of this may just be that I am steadily moving towards middle age - but it seems like pretty much everyone is completely bugfuck nuts now. and it seems like that might complicate things, in the future
January 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
something im a little concerned about - and i admit, a lot of this may just be that I am steadily moving towards middle age - but it seems like pretty much everyone is completely bugfuck nuts now. and it seems like that might complicate things, in the future
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Honestly the story I want someone to break wide open is the drug epidemic among the tech elite
I hope folks realize our oligarchs - except for Musk, apparently - are devouring insane amounts of HGH
January 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Honestly the story I want someone to break wide open is the drug epidemic among the tech elite
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It is *morbidly* fascinating to see the world through Marc Andreessen’s paranoid eyes, in this Q&A
Deep inside his comments is this one
the executives at *multiple* tech firms felt they were at imminent risk of “violent riots” from their staff
I … what?
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...
Deep inside his comments is this one
the executives at *multiple* tech firms felt they were at imminent risk of “violent riots” from their staff
I … what?
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...
January 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It is *morbidly* fascinating to see the world through Marc Andreessen’s paranoid eyes, in this Q&A
Deep inside his comments is this one
the executives at *multiple* tech firms felt they were at imminent risk of “violent riots” from their staff
I … what?
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...
Deep inside his comments is this one
the executives at *multiple* tech firms felt they were at imminent risk of “violent riots” from their staff
I … what?
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...
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I've spent the past year obsessed with how police are using facial recognition. What I found: Police in 12 states have used these tools to find and arrest suspects when they have no other evidence, leading to wrongful arrests
wapo.st/4fQYlXn
🧵 what I learned from 1,000 docs & dozens of sources ->
wapo.st/4fQYlXn
🧵 what I learned from 1,000 docs & dozens of sources ->
Arrested by AI: Police ignore standards after facial recognition matches
Confident in unproven facial recognition technology, sometimes investigators skip steps; at least eight Americans have been wrongfully arrested.
wapo.st
January 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I've spent the past year obsessed with how police are using facial recognition. What I found: Police in 12 states have used these tools to find and arrest suspects when they have no other evidence, leading to wrongful arrests
wapo.st/4fQYlXn
🧵 what I learned from 1,000 docs & dozens of sources ->
wapo.st/4fQYlXn
🧵 what I learned from 1,000 docs & dozens of sources ->
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I know we all have disaster fatigue, but the reason why historic LA fires get so much coverage is because there are more people in greater LA county than in *most US states*
January 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I know we all have disaster fatigue, but the reason why historic LA fires get so much coverage is because there are more people in greater LA county than in *most US states*