Ursus Arctos
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The imaginary "protect Bill Clinton at all costs" wing of the Democratic Party remains imaginary.
December 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The imaginary "protect Bill Clinton at all costs" wing of the Democratic Party remains imaginary.
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Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
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Republicans are scared shitless after the TN-07 special election showed a 13-point shift against them. What would that look like nationwide? Democrats flipping about 600 state legislative seats, winning 6 new state trifectas and breaking a lot of supermajorities heartlandsignal.com/2025/12/10/h...
How Tennessee 7th’s 13-point Democratic shift would look across the nation for 2026
Last week, Republicans won the special election for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District by 9%, and it has them scared shitless. That’s because the margin was 13% worse than the previous representat...
heartlandsignal.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Republicans are scared shitless after the TN-07 special election showed a 13-point shift against them. What would that look like nationwide? Democrats flipping about 600 state legislative seats, winning 6 new state trifectas and breaking a lot of supermajorities heartlandsignal.com/2025/12/10/h...
@michaelcaley.bsky.social @themlg.bsky.social Gents, do you have any insight into their methodology? Do they exclude European competition?
Following their late win over Arsenal on Saturday, Aston Villa are now sixth in Opta's Global Power Rankings, ahead of Chelsea, Liverpool and Real Madrid. 📈
#AVFC
#AVFC
December 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
@michaelcaley.bsky.social @themlg.bsky.social Gents, do you have any insight into their methodology? Do they exclude European competition?
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The Guy Teams Were Willing To Face After Intentionally Walking Barry Bonds has now been elected to the Hall of Fame over Barry Bonds
Hall of Fame Contemporary Baseball Era veterans committee elects Jeff Kent
December 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The Guy Teams Were Willing To Face After Intentionally Walking Barry Bonds has now been elected to the Hall of Fame over Barry Bonds
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What's most galling is Wurman and Barnett aren't stupid. They both know exactly how dishonest this is. Whatever their motives, and I don't really care, they're not doing scholarship in any of this. They're willful liars abusing their credentials in an aid of a lawless attack on fundamental rights.
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
What's most galling is Wurman and Barnett aren't stupid. They both know exactly how dishonest this is. Whatever their motives, and I don't really care, they're not doing scholarship in any of this. They're willful liars abusing their credentials in an aid of a lawless attack on fundamental rights.
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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That book is Steve Bannon’s inspiration, a fascist novel. Just openly laughing at everyone they hate
December 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
That book is Steve Bannon’s inspiration, a fascist novel. Just openly laughing at everyone they hate
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“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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The 777 Partners saga is not over, far from it. New for @josimarfootball.bsky.social by @pbsportswriter.bsky.social and myself: what of A-CAP, the "wizard of Oz" which seized their football assets, also said to be in serious financial trouble?
josimarfootball.com/2025/12/04/t...
josimarfootball.com/2025/12/04/t...
The A-CAP mystery - josimarfootball.com
Josh Wander of 777 Partners has been indicted by the DOJ, but what does this mean for A-CAP, their biggest creditor, which has seized most of their assets, football clubs included, and remains accused...
josimarfootball.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The 777 Partners saga is not over, far from it. New for @josimarfootball.bsky.social by @pbsportswriter.bsky.social and myself: what of A-CAP, the "wizard of Oz" which seized their football assets, also said to be in serious financial trouble?
josimarfootball.com/2025/12/04/t...
josimarfootball.com/2025/12/04/t...
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my complete, map-filled, analysis of the 2025 election in New York City
-How Zohran won the primary
-How Zohran won the general (different story!)
-How this election, beneath the surface, actually offers some of the best evidence of a developing blue wave www.expectinggoals.com/p/how-zohran...
-How Zohran won the primary
-How Zohran won the general (different story!)
-How this election, beneath the surface, actually offers some of the best evidence of a developing blue wave www.expectinggoals.com/p/how-zohran...
How Zohran Mamdani Won, and What the 2025 Election in New York Can Teach Us About the National Political Environment
More than you think, but not in the way you’re thinking.
www.expectinggoals.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
my complete, map-filled, analysis of the 2025 election in New York City
-How Zohran won the primary
-How Zohran won the general (different story!)
-How this election, beneath the surface, actually offers some of the best evidence of a developing blue wave www.expectinggoals.com/p/how-zohran...
-How Zohran won the primary
-How Zohran won the general (different story!)
-How this election, beneath the surface, actually offers some of the best evidence of a developing blue wave www.expectinggoals.com/p/how-zohran...
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The US government is now targeting anyone applying for a H-1b visa that have worked on "activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others."
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The US government is now targeting anyone applying for a H-1b visa that have worked on "activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others."
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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One thing I always want to ask these masculinity entrepreneurs is why men can’t look to women as role models, and can’t see in women models of human virtue and thriving that are worth emulating. After all, women look to men for these all the time.
Sure, Galloway is better than Peterson
But he still believes the natural order of things requires men to be supreme. Men must protect, provide and procreate. It's dressed in progressive language, but it's fundamentally a patriarchal box to trap men in
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
But he still believes the natural order of things requires men to be supreme. Men must protect, provide and procreate. It's dressed in progressive language, but it's fundamentally a patriarchal box to trap men in
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
When his book Notes on Being a Man was released last month, it raced to the top of the bestseller lists. The US author, tech entrepreneur and podcaster explains his theories on dating, crying – and th...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
One thing I always want to ask these masculinity entrepreneurs is why men can’t look to women as role models, and can’t see in women models of human virtue and thriving that are worth emulating. After all, women look to men for these all the time.
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“Final Hillsborough report ends investigation with no consequences:
Failings of legal system mean 97 people were unlawfully killed, but no one will be held accountable.” www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Failings of legal system mean 97 people were unlawfully killed, but no one will be held accountable.” www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Hillsborough families decry ‘bitter injustice’ that no officers will face disciplinary proceedings
None of the former officers named by the IOPC will face disciplinary proceedings because they have all retired
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
“Final Hillsborough report ends investigation with no consequences:
Failings of legal system mean 97 people were unlawfully killed, but no one will be held accountable.” www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Failings of legal system mean 97 people were unlawfully killed, but no one will be held accountable.” www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Awful, awful news from Algeria. The French government must act now, and we journalists must put pressure to ensure it does. @liberation.fr @lemonde.fr @lefigaro.fr @franceinter.fr @leparisien.fr
www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
Algerian court increases jail time for French journalist convicted of 'terrorism'
A court in Tizi Ouzou, in eastern Algeria, on Wednesday announced a ten-year sentence in the appeal trial of French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes, accused among other things of "glorifying terr...
www.rfi.fr
December 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Awful, awful news from Algeria. The French government must act now, and we journalists must put pressure to ensure it does. @liberation.fr @lemonde.fr @lefigaro.fr @franceinter.fr @leparisien.fr
www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
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@russbengtson.bsky.social @bakerdphd.bsky.social I can’t reply to the post I was tagged in but I have an answer, which is in a piece I have coming—rich shoppers accumulated so much cash during the early pandemic that they’d buy basically anything at any price bc they were bored, so brands raised
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
@russbengtson.bsky.social @bakerdphd.bsky.social I can’t reply to the post I was tagged in but I have an answer, which is in a piece I have coming—rich shoppers accumulated so much cash during the early pandemic that they’d buy basically anything at any price bc they were bored, so brands raised
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If there's any justice in this world, this post will end up as evidence in The Hague.
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
If there's any justice in this world, this post will end up as evidence in The Hague.
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
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“Murder, war crimes, or both.”
A working group of former JAG attorneys says the Hegseth/Trump Caribbean boat bombings are precisely the kind of illegal orders the military has a duty to disobey and can be prosecuted for following. www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
A working group of former JAG attorneys says the Hegseth/Trump Caribbean boat bombings are precisely the kind of illegal orders the military has a duty to disobey and can be prosecuted for following. www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“Murder, war crimes, or both.”
A working group of former JAG attorneys says the Hegseth/Trump Caribbean boat bombings are precisely the kind of illegal orders the military has a duty to disobey and can be prosecuted for following. www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
A working group of former JAG attorneys says the Hegseth/Trump Caribbean boat bombings are precisely the kind of illegal orders the military has a duty to disobey and can be prosecuted for following. www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
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It's great to see @uglygame.bsky.social being given his due by @financialtimes.com for his terrific work on football clubs accepting money from companies such as ZKP; and it's awful to see FC Barcelona, already the No.1 partner of 1XBet, being one of those football clubs. www.ft.com/content/9fb4...
FC Barcelona’s tie-up with Samoa-based crypto start-up sparks backlash
Heavily indebted club faces accusations of desperation over sponsorship deal with little-known firm Zero-Knowledge Proof
www.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It's great to see @uglygame.bsky.social being given his due by @financialtimes.com for his terrific work on football clubs accepting money from companies such as ZKP; and it's awful to see FC Barcelona, already the No.1 partner of 1XBet, being one of those football clubs. www.ft.com/content/9fb4...
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Now bring this problem of AI generated content to *newsletters,* where there is no pitch process, no editing, no fact-checking.
This is the only area where the low ROI of newsletters is a benefit: it might keep AI entrepreneurs out of the system. But if you’re generating niche content at scale…
This is the only area where the low ROI of newsletters is a benefit: it might keep AI entrepreneurs out of the system. But if you’re generating niche content at scale…
Since publishing our investigation into "Victoria Goldiee" at @thelocal.to, I've heard from editors from around the world who've had their own run-ins. A quick follow-up, plus a conversation with @cstarnino.bsky.social about journalism in a world of AI fakery. thelocal.to/fallout-from...
The Fallout From Our AI Freelancer Investigation | The Local
A conversation about the future of journalism in a world of “Victoria Goldiees.”
thelocal.to
November 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Now bring this problem of AI generated content to *newsletters,* where there is no pitch process, no editing, no fact-checking.
This is the only area where the low ROI of newsletters is a benefit: it might keep AI entrepreneurs out of the system. But if you’re generating niche content at scale…
This is the only area where the low ROI of newsletters is a benefit: it might keep AI entrepreneurs out of the system. But if you’re generating niche content at scale…