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I sometimes wonder where the left would be if James Baldwin had been the one who got another 30 years rather than Chomsky.
December 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I sometimes wonder where the left would be if James Baldwin had been the one who got another 30 years rather than Chomsky.
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global adoption of linux gets pushed back by 6 years every time a Linux Guy starts talking at me like max headroom
December 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
global adoption of linux gets pushed back by 6 years every time a Linux Guy starts talking at me like max headroom
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This is my friend's cat. Its name is Cookie Swirl, and it disappeared in the American section of Charlotte airport on 11/10. We're asking for your help. She doesn't have any other socials, so if you can post it widely to see if anyone knows where it is. It's a little thing, but matters a lot to her.
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is my friend's cat. Its name is Cookie Swirl, and it disappeared in the American section of Charlotte airport on 11/10. We're asking for your help. She doesn't have any other socials, so if you can post it widely to see if anyone knows where it is. It's a little thing, but matters a lot to her.
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Banging this sign from now until I stand before the gates of Sto’vo’kor
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Banging this sign from now until I stand before the gates of Sto’vo’kor
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I'm searching Getty Images and found some photos credited to the Boston Herald that redact the faces of ICE/federal agents. They don't redact the face of the guy they're arresting.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I'm searching Getty Images and found some photos credited to the Boston Herald that redact the faces of ICE/federal agents. They don't redact the face of the guy they're arresting.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
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Henry Ford HATED Jazz because too many Jewish & Black Folks were a part of it. He pushed the Department of Education to make square dance part of the curriculum to counter Jazz.
December 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Henry Ford HATED Jazz because too many Jewish & Black Folks were a part of it. He pushed the Department of Education to make square dance part of the curriculum to counter Jazz.
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it's extremely funny that the dopes writing these op-eds about the future of the military don't *just* want the military to run like a business, they want it run like a *tech* business, companies that are run like absolutely no other type of business
December 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
it's extremely funny that the dopes writing these op-eds about the future of the military don't *just* want the military to run like a business, they want it run like a *tech* business, companies that are run like absolutely no other type of business
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Bari Weiss asks questions like “carrots are supposed to be good for your eyesight, but what if your eyes see something they don’t want to see?” and then Bugs Bunny is like that’s pretty profound
December 13, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Bari Weiss asks questions like “carrots are supposed to be good for your eyesight, but what if your eyes see something they don’t want to see?” and then Bugs Bunny is like that’s pretty profound
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Ms. Rachel is an absolute hero. She’s gotten so much abuse for her extremely compassionate, humane - and in my opinion, common sense - views on children being hurt and killed in Gaza. But she’s not letting that silence her. Bless you Ms. R. 
@msrachelforlittles.bsky.social
@msrachelforlittles.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Ms. Rachel is an absolute hero. She’s gotten so much abuse for her extremely compassionate, humane - and in my opinion, common sense - views on children being hurt and killed in Gaza. But she’s not letting that silence her. Bless you Ms. R. 
@msrachelforlittles.bsky.social
@msrachelforlittles.bsky.social
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"look, you need to recognise the value of our labour or we're going to withdraw it"
YOU CAN'T DO THAT, YOUR LABOUR IS TOO VALUABLE!
YOU CAN'T DO THAT, YOUR LABOUR IS TOO VALUABLE!
Wes Streeting blaming doctors for the chaos from rising flu cases #C4News
Wes Streeting did not offer covid or flu boosters to everyone who wanted one
Wes Streeting did not care enough to ensure clean indoor air in schools, workplaces, hospitality
Both would have brought down cases significantly
Wes Streeting did not offer covid or flu boosters to everyone who wanted one
Wes Streeting did not care enough to ensure clean indoor air in schools, workplaces, hospitality
Both would have brought down cases significantly
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
"look, you need to recognise the value of our labour or we're going to withdraw it"
YOU CAN'T DO THAT, YOUR LABOUR IS TOO VALUABLE!
YOU CAN'T DO THAT, YOUR LABOUR IS TOO VALUABLE!
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Did you know those over 55 can sell their house, buy a bigger, more expensive house, and use the ‘downsizer’ scheme to put $300k extra into their super
its called the ‘downsizer scheme’ but…you don’t have to actually downsize…FFS
Not sure that passes ‘the pub test’
thepoint.com.au/news/251213
its called the ‘downsizer scheme’ but…you don’t have to actually downsize…FFS
Not sure that passes ‘the pub test’
thepoint.com.au/news/251213
The rich get tax advice; the poor get lectures: super tax saga lays bare a skewed system
A new report on the amount of revenue expected to be raised by the changes to superannuation tax on balances over $3m highlights yet again how the tax system is weighted in favour of the rich and that...
thepoint.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Did you know those over 55 can sell their house, buy a bigger, more expensive house, and use the ‘downsizer’ scheme to put $300k extra into their super
its called the ‘downsizer scheme’ but…you don’t have to actually downsize…FFS
Not sure that passes ‘the pub test’
thepoint.com.au/news/251213
its called the ‘downsizer scheme’ but…you don’t have to actually downsize…FFS
Not sure that passes ‘the pub test’
thepoint.com.au/news/251213
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not far off his publicly stated politics on fascists and free speech tbf
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
not far off his publicly stated politics on fascists and free speech tbf
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Print means serendipity. Print means chance. Print means stumbling onto something decades later. Print means teh circumvention of censorship. Print means marginalia and pressed flowers and love notes written on the title page. Print means defiance of the algorithm. Print means human.
404 Media zine has apparently outsold American Canto. Help continue that trend here:
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December 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Print means serendipity. Print means chance. Print means stumbling onto something decades later. Print means teh circumvention of censorship. Print means marginalia and pressed flowers and love notes written on the title page. Print means defiance of the algorithm. Print means human.
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YAAAAAASSSSS
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
YAAAAAASSSSS
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If giving tax breaks to people to buy multiple houses was likely to push house prices down, then buying houses would be a pretty crap investment and no one would do it.
Who wants to buy an asset that government policy is going to lower the value of?
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Who wants to buy an asset that government policy is going to lower the value of?
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Fixing the housing crisis isn’t complicated, governments just don’t want to do it
The easiest way to boost the supply of housing in Australia would be for governments to build new houses. And the easiest way to provide affordable rental accommodation would be to rent the new govern...
thepoint.com.au
December 13, 2025 at 4:02 AM
If giving tax breaks to people to buy multiple houses was likely to push house prices down, then buying houses would be a pretty crap investment and no one would do it.
Who wants to buy an asset that government policy is going to lower the value of?
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Who wants to buy an asset that government policy is going to lower the value of?
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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+ keep jamming it into education
Keep an eye out!
As AI winds down while VC money runs out, they're going to continue following the same failed playbook Web3 used. They'll redirect the focus from big money (companies, entrepreneurs) to marginalized communities.
Prepare to see AI re-spun as a tool to empower women/POC/LGBT.
As AI winds down while VC money runs out, they're going to continue following the same failed playbook Web3 used. They'll redirect the focus from big money (companies, entrepreneurs) to marginalized communities.
Prepare to see AI re-spun as a tool to empower women/POC/LGBT.
December 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
+ keep jamming it into education
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Imagine trying to claim, as a university, that you're at the "end of your rope" financially when you gave your provost a $170,000 raise last year and could settle a contract with faculty for only about $50,000.
December 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Imagine trying to claim, as a university, that you're at the "end of your rope" financially when you gave your provost a $170,000 raise last year and could settle a contract with faculty for only about $50,000.
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When they say "competency," but they mean "obedience."
I'll say it again, when we offload our critical and creative capacities to a "co-intelligence" for the sake of convenience, all we have left to offer the prevailing social order is our obedience.
I'll say it again, when we offload our critical and creative capacities to a "co-intelligence" for the sake of convenience, all we have left to offer the prevailing social order is our obedience.
In related news, the Canadian Sociological Association is instructing its members to be open to working "in collaboration" with AI and to cultivate "the ability to use it as a complementary 'co-intelligence' rather than view it solely as a threat."
So that's how things are going in higher ed.
So that's how things are going in higher ed.
December 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
When they say "competency," but they mean "obedience."
I'll say it again, when we offload our critical and creative capacities to a "co-intelligence" for the sake of convenience, all we have left to offer the prevailing social order is our obedience.
I'll say it again, when we offload our critical and creative capacities to a "co-intelligence" for the sake of convenience, all we have left to offer the prevailing social order is our obedience.
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The proper question is if a tech bro stole your dead grandmother’s voice and made her say shit she didn’t say because she’s like, still dead, would you pay for it?
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The proper question is if a tech bro stole your dead grandmother’s voice and made her say shit she didn’t say because she’s like, still dead, would you pay for it?
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This is about the median voter theorem, but we could also talk about economics' embrace of the rational man.
So many cool things that turn out not to be useful
December 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is about the median voter theorem, but we could also talk about economics' embrace of the rational man.
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This piece by @cgmaisano.bsky.social on left conservatism is really excellent. He is nicer than I might be, but he is absolutely right on why "anti-woke" socialism is an intellectual and political dead end. newlaborforum.cuny.edu/2025/09/11/d...
December 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This piece by @cgmaisano.bsky.social on left conservatism is really excellent. He is nicer than I might be, but he is absolutely right on why "anti-woke" socialism is an intellectual and political dead end. newlaborforum.cuny.edu/2025/09/11/d...
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I’m sorry, you think a Tory would disagree with Farage?
On Tory-Reform pact chat, US meddling in European democracy and the difference between opposition and resistance www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A braver Tory leader than Badenoch would dare to call out Farage's bogus patriotism | Rafael Behr
Across western democracies, established conservatives are yielding to radical nationalism. There’s no sign that Britain will be the exception, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I’m sorry, you think a Tory would disagree with Farage?
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"f the cost for this workaday commitment to ritual ennoblement of civic participation was occasional ponderousness+pomposity, the cost of r*mp’s alternative is the mental landscape+emotional regulation of the asshole teenager lurking in everyone." www.truthdig.com/articles/the...
The Sheriff of Sundown City - Truthdig
As the final regulators burn out of the machine, Trump's mental retrogression has no limit but his expiration date.
www.truthdig.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"f the cost for this workaday commitment to ritual ennoblement of civic participation was occasional ponderousness+pomposity, the cost of r*mp’s alternative is the mental landscape+emotional regulation of the asshole teenager lurking in everyone." www.truthdig.com/articles/the...
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One of the reasons I detest so many of these gAI companies and services is how much they erase and dehumanize actual human labor. It’s honestly terrifying and reason enough to shun them entirely.
Now imagine sharing your private fantasies with what you believe is a bot that cannot judge or remember. Just that, on the other side, is a man in a one-room home in Nairobi, pretending to be an AI companion.
That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/
That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/
The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy, by Michael Geoffrey Asia.
Imagine confiding your most private fantasies to what you believe is an unfeeling algorithm that cannot judge or remember. Now imagine that on the other side of that conversation is a man sitting in a...
data-workers.org
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
One of the reasons I detest so many of these gAI companies and services is how much they erase and dehumanize actual human labor. It’s honestly terrifying and reason enough to shun them entirely.
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The manual cites firing upon shipwreck survivors as an example of a “clearly illegal” order that should be refused.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Hegseth and Rubio expected to brief ‘Gang of Eight’ as Trump refuses to rule out sending troops to Venezuela – US politics live
Group that includes congressional leaders and leading intelligence committee members is traditionally briefed on major national security actions
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The manual cites firing upon shipwreck survivors as an example of a “clearly illegal” order that should be refused.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...