Zama
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I have a serious job. I’ve done and written serious things. But not here for that. Hoping I can occasionally have serious thoughts without needing to be a serious person.
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“I have never done more suicide assessments than when I’ve run credit reports with clients and found coerced debt or identity theft.”
@katieherchenroeder.bsky.social digs into a widespread and rarely talked about form of debt: coerced debt.
@katieherchenroeder.bsky.social digs into a widespread and rarely talked about form of debt: coerced debt.
She escaped her abuser. But not before he buried her in debt.
This is how coerced debt haunts survivors of domestic abuse.
www.motherjones.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“I have never done more suicide assessments than when I’ve run credit reports with clients and found coerced debt or identity theft.”
@katieherchenroeder.bsky.social digs into a widespread and rarely talked about form of debt: coerced debt.
@katieherchenroeder.bsky.social digs into a widespread and rarely talked about form of debt: coerced debt.
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This is the kid who NYU is considering withholding graduation from for speaking out against Gaza. This speech. Ask yourself why. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj5mEgHo/
NYU graduate Logan Rozos is facing criticism after condemning the atrocities committed in Palestine during his commencement speech. #gaza #palestine #israel #nyu #nyugallatin
TikTok video by Daily Mail
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May 16, 2025 at 4:02 AM
This is the kid who NYU is considering withholding graduation from for speaking out against Gaza. This speech. Ask yourself why. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj5mEgHo/
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"His photographs are often hazy, evanescent light fading like memories, the camera trying to clutch and fix the image before it is gone for ever." www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘Power and simplicity: South African photographer wins Deutsche Börse prize
Lindokuhle Sobekwa praised for work exploring the loss of his half-sister in the wider context of post-apartheid life
www.theguardian.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:34 AM
"His photographs are often hazy, evanescent light fading like memories, the camera trying to clutch and fix the image before it is gone for ever." www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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It's interesting that Paradise, Severance, and Silo are hit shows about a group of people trapped in a controlled environment by a group of rich people who are lying to them about the basic structure of their reality.
Probably says a lot about where we're at as a people!
Probably says a lot about where we're at as a people!
May 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's interesting that Paradise, Severance, and Silo are hit shows about a group of people trapped in a controlled environment by a group of rich people who are lying to them about the basic structure of their reality.
Probably says a lot about where we're at as a people!
Probably says a lot about where we're at as a people!
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Tesla stock is pumped every Friday on options expiration like clockwork. Tesla is a complexly manipulated stock there can be no doubt $tsla $tslaq
May 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Tesla stock is pumped every Friday on options expiration like clockwork. Tesla is a complexly manipulated stock there can be no doubt $tsla $tslaq
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At Pope Leo XIV's first Mass as leader on Friday, he pledged to align himself with “ordinary people” and not with the rich and powerful. Many see the first American pope as a continuation of his predecessor, Pope Francis, in his advocacy of the poor, migrants and a more open church.
Pope Leo XIV Echoes Francis in His First Mass, Aligning Himself With ‘Ordinary People’
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
At Pope Leo XIV's first Mass as leader on Friday, he pledged to align himself with “ordinary people” and not with the rich and powerful. Many see the first American pope as a continuation of his predecessor, Pope Francis, in his advocacy of the poor, migrants and a more open church.
I think a big part of the pushback against GLP-1 meds, despite the strong science, is because wellness industry folks are losing a lot of clients.
That Slender Wonder programme they sold in Joburg with the HGC injections cost way more than Ozempic.
That Slender Wonder programme they sold in Joburg with the HGC injections cost way more than Ozempic.
There are legitimate issues with the pharmaceutical industry and how it's regulated; the wellness industry is even more predatory, like it's not even close. Woo woo bullshit on par with leeches and humors
May 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I think a big part of the pushback against GLP-1 meds, despite the strong science, is because wellness industry folks are losing a lot of clients.
That Slender Wonder programme they sold in Joburg with the HGC injections cost way more than Ozempic.
That Slender Wonder programme they sold in Joburg with the HGC injections cost way more than Ozempic.
That image isn’t giving me hope.
Breaking: The FDA has approved a vaginal swab that will allow people to screen for HPV — which causes almost all cases of cervical cancer — at home instead of getting a Pap smear, which can be painful and/or traumatic for many
F.D.A. Approves First At-Home Alternative to the Pap Smear
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
That image isn’t giving me hope.
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Breaking News: An air traffic control facility at Newark Airport suffered another radar outage, the latest disruption at one of the nation’s busiest airports.
Newark Airport Has Another Radar Outage
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Breaking News: An air traffic control facility at Newark Airport suffered another radar outage, the latest disruption at one of the nation’s busiest airports.
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This administration takes antisemitism seriously. That's why we removed The Diary of Ann Frank from all federal libraries.
May 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This administration takes antisemitism seriously. That's why we removed The Diary of Ann Frank from all federal libraries.
This won’t last long but WHAT?!
May 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
This won’t last long but WHAT?!
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Can't be overstated how fucked up it is that Black folk came up with a word to express people being aware of the oppression of other people and it's now targeted by far right governments globally as something evil that must be destroyed
May 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Can't be overstated how fucked up it is that Black folk came up with a word to express people being aware of the oppression of other people and it's now targeted by far right governments globally as something evil that must be destroyed
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Worrying the extent to which Afriforum and its offshoots get treated as "representatives" of Afrikaners when they are in fact a particular ideological grouping, not even cultural. South Africa is diverse, and noone should hijack a whole ethnicity for political goals
www.news24.com/politics/glo...
www.news24.com/politics/glo...
‘Gloves were off’: PAC facilitates ‘robust’ ANC-Afrikaner exchange | News24
The hush-hush four-hour marathon meeting between the ANC and Afrikaner Leadership Network at a hotel in Sandton has been at least four weeks in the making, and the PAC finally convinced the organisati...
www.news24.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Worrying the extent to which Afriforum and its offshoots get treated as "representatives" of Afrikaners when they are in fact a particular ideological grouping, not even cultural. South Africa is diverse, and noone should hijack a whole ethnicity for political goals
www.news24.com/politics/glo...
www.news24.com/politics/glo...
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i think the biggest public relations coup AI boosters scored was calling it “AI.” people genuinely think it is an intelligence, and that when they query it, it is providing reasoned answers
it's jolting how little AI skepticism has reached the general public. i've had many acquaintances ask whether i use AI for research and seem shocked when i tell them it's completely useless for that purpose. my wife recently told her colleagues about hallucinations and it was news to all of them.
May 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
i think the biggest public relations coup AI boosters scored was calling it “AI.” people genuinely think it is an intelligence, and that when they query it, it is providing reasoned answers
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good to see, more of this from everyone please
Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
May 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
good to see, more of this from everyone please
Steve Carell has to do so much acting to hide just how hot he is, but as he gets older, his acting is increasingly not good enough to misdirect us.
May 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Steve Carell has to do so much acting to hide just how hot he is, but as he gets older, his acting is increasingly not good enough to misdirect us.
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Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
May 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
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The Guardian has an 'explainer' about the India-Pakistan conflict that manages to avoid stating that the border between the countries was originally drawn by an Englishman who had never been to India and signed off on in a hurry by Lord Mountbatten because he had to get back to Britain for a party.
May 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The Guardian has an 'explainer' about the India-Pakistan conflict that manages to avoid stating that the border between the countries was originally drawn by an Englishman who had never been to India and signed off on in a hurry by Lord Mountbatten because he had to get back to Britain for a party.
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🔒If you read between the lines of the DA's employment equity court case, it is about milking the current depressed economic environment to build the case against transformation, writes Qaanitah Hunter www.news24.com/opinions/col...
Qaanitah Hunter | The uncomfortable truth about the fight against redress | News24
If you read between the lines of the DA’s employment equity court case - which may be good for the ultimate certainty about employment quotas and their constitutionality - it is about milking the curr...
www.news24.com
May 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🔒If you read between the lines of the DA's employment equity court case, it is about milking the current depressed economic environment to build the case against transformation, writes Qaanitah Hunter www.news24.com/opinions/col...