Call me Trixie
@trixienorton.bsky.social
Writer and editor interested in history, health care, politics, MST3k and Rifftrax, old movies, books, more books, and all the books. This is a Terry Pratchett fan account, praise Anoia.
I block Andrew Cuomo and Al Franken apologists.
I block Andrew Cuomo and Al Franken apologists.
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The NYT claiming David Brooks was doing journalism work at an event with Epstein. Where's his journalism from it. Release all the notes.
December 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The NYT claiming David Brooks was doing journalism work at an event with Epstein. Where's his journalism from it. Release all the notes.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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The Farm Bailouts are just socialism for corporations who need to collect on the loans and obligations owed by the farmer. The farmer is just a middle man and a scapegoat for corporate welfare. The corporations that got them in this bind and they get everything they want.
December 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The Farm Bailouts are just socialism for corporations who need to collect on the loans and obligations owed by the farmer. The farmer is just a middle man and a scapegoat for corporate welfare. The corporations that got them in this bind and they get everything they want.
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I think that the things I call "machine learning" and "LLMs" are not the same and neither of them should be called AI
December 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I think that the things I call "machine learning" and "LLMs" are not the same and neither of them should be called AI
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We should operate from the assumption that anyone opposed to releasing the evidence is prominently featured in it. I am willing to be proved wrong, but they do not deserve the benefit of the doubt.
December 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We should operate from the assumption that anyone opposed to releasing the evidence is prominently featured in it. I am willing to be proved wrong, but they do not deserve the benefit of the doubt.
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David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
December 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
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🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic:
O come, all ye faithful!
It's "A Trumpian Christmas!"
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Brought to you by the joyful and triumphant Inner Hive, including long-time member Gretchen L. and new member Michael Sprinker
(Join us at bit.ly/theInnerHive)
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
O come, all ye faithful!
It's "A Trumpian Christmas!"
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Brought to you by the joyful and triumphant Inner Hive, including long-time member Gretchen L. and new member Michael Sprinker
(Join us at bit.ly/theInnerHive)
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
December 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic:
O come, all ye faithful!
It's "A Trumpian Christmas!"
-
Brought to you by the joyful and triumphant Inner Hive, including long-time member Gretchen L. and new member Michael Sprinker
(Join us at bit.ly/theInnerHive)
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
O come, all ye faithful!
It's "A Trumpian Christmas!"
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Brought to you by the joyful and triumphant Inner Hive, including long-time member Gretchen L. and new member Michael Sprinker
(Join us at bit.ly/theInnerHive)
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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We don't have appropriators anymore. Trump thinks the U.S. Treasury is his personal bank account.
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We don't have appropriators anymore. Trump thinks the U.S. Treasury is his personal bank account.
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The fact that everyone in the world called these attacks ahead of time because Friday is Epstein Day and there's still nothing to be done about it is an incrimination of .... the whole system?
December 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The fact that everyone in the world called these attacks ahead of time because Friday is Epstein Day and there's still nothing to be done about it is an incrimination of .... the whole system?
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Got yelled at this week for making statements that will supposedly alienate the average white male voter and what I want to emphasize is this: appealing to the average white male voter is not my aim and not my job.
December 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Got yelled at this week for making statements that will supposedly alienate the average white male voter and what I want to emphasize is this: appealing to the average white male voter is not my aim and not my job.
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Toby Buckle wrote an article that almost made me cry. I could quote every other sentence. Thank you.
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Toby Buckle wrote an article that almost made me cry. I could quote every other sentence. Thank you.
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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Anyone notice that Speaker Johnson subtly dismissed Congress today so that they won't be in session on Friday?
Hmmm, anything big set to happen on Friday that might upset people?
Hmmm, anything big set to happen on Friday that might upset people?
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Anyone notice that Speaker Johnson subtly dismissed Congress today so that they won't be in session on Friday?
Hmmm, anything big set to happen on Friday that might upset people?
Hmmm, anything big set to happen on Friday that might upset people?
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We are now at a very dangerous point where American military leaders ***know*** they are being given illegal orders, and now they have to decide whether they will follow them.
December 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We are now at a very dangerous point where American military leaders ***know*** they are being given illegal orders, and now they have to decide whether they will follow them.
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people who have already had sycophants in their life (important public figures, the rich) seem to be extra vulnerable to these automated ones
they're already into it and they're getting a hit of something way more powerful, like moving from opium to heroin
they're already into it and they're getting a hit of something way more powerful, like moving from opium to heroin
December 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
people who have already had sycophants in their life (important public figures, the rich) seem to be extra vulnerable to these automated ones
they're already into it and they're getting a hit of something way more powerful, like moving from opium to heroin
they're already into it and they're getting a hit of something way more powerful, like moving from opium to heroin
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It feels like the people who proclaimed themselves our betters all have the ability to have their brains turned off by a sufficiently deferential tone.
December 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It feels like the people who proclaimed themselves our betters all have the ability to have their brains turned off by a sufficiently deferential tone.
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So, what did we actually learn yesterday about the soul of the man who sits in the Oval Office?
I apologize for the trick question, because the answer is: Nothing.
We learned absolutely nothing.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
I apologize for the trick question, because the answer is: Nothing.
We learned absolutely nothing.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
What Did We Really Learn About Donald Trump Yesterday?
(Warning: It's a trick question.)
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
So, what did we actually learn yesterday about the soul of the man who sits in the Oval Office?
I apologize for the trick question, because the answer is: Nothing.
We learned absolutely nothing.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
I apologize for the trick question, because the answer is: Nothing.
We learned absolutely nothing.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
December 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
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The Bundy occupation at Malheur in early 2016 (and the lack of consequences they faced for it) was a sign of what was to come. Right wing white anti-government vigilantes cast as “patriots.”
NEW: Tina Peters is rejecting a J6er's call to storm a Colorado prison and free her.
Peters is distancing herself from the jailbreak scheme and violent actions after allies and her attorney talked about using force or violence to free her and punish those keeping her in prison.
Peters is distancing herself from the jailbreak scheme and violent actions after allies and her attorney talked about using force or violence to free her and punish those keeping her in prison.
December 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Bundy occupation at Malheur in early 2016 (and the lack of consequences they faced for it) was a sign of what was to come. Right wing white anti-government vigilantes cast as “patriots.”
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Just collecting some quotes from that Vanity Fair piece...
"I judge people by their genes"
-Donald Trump
He “operates [with] a view that there’s nothing he can’t do. Nothing, zero, nothing.”
-Wiles
"I judge people by their genes"
-Donald Trump
He “operates [with] a view that there’s nothing he can’t do. Nothing, zero, nothing.”
-Wiles
December 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Just collecting some quotes from that Vanity Fair piece...
"I judge people by their genes"
-Donald Trump
He “operates [with] a view that there’s nothing he can’t do. Nothing, zero, nothing.”
-Wiles
"I judge people by their genes"
-Donald Trump
He “operates [with] a view that there’s nothing he can’t do. Nothing, zero, nothing.”
-Wiles
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The mass, willful credulity regarding MTG's ostensible face turn reminds me a lot of Glenn Beck's own short-lived experiment in pivoting toward the center. The difference is that Greene has a more sophisticated strategy: building a post-MAGA, mainstream-friendly antisemitic/transphobic politics.
December 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The mass, willful credulity regarding MTG's ostensible face turn reminds me a lot of Glenn Beck's own short-lived experiment in pivoting toward the center. The difference is that Greene has a more sophisticated strategy: building a post-MAGA, mainstream-friendly antisemitic/transphobic politics.
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We will call it the Epstein War.
December 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
We will call it the Epstein War.
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lol - and suggested right below his substack piece..
December 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
lol - and suggested right below his substack piece..
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More people turning on Trump because of Rob Reiner than masked men putting people in camps is one of those things that reminds me politics is like TMZ to the average voter
December 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
More people turning on Trump because of Rob Reiner than masked men putting people in camps is one of those things that reminds me politics is like TMZ to the average voter