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it probably shouldn't make it worse that Renee Nicole Good was a pretty fine poet but it does
2020 Academy of American Poets Prize
On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin
poets.org
January 8, 2026 at 4:23 AM
it probably shouldn't make it worse that Renee Nicole Good was a pretty fine poet but it does
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Read theory www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
January 6, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Read theory www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
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Read the whole thread. Gregg is right. It’s NOT a question of “experts disagree.” I’ve been working in medicine, medical journalism or global health for 32 years & know a LOT of health professionals—I do not know a *single one* who supports RFK Jr’s dangerous dismantling of the US vaccine system.
Children will die with RFK Jr.'s new vaccine recommendations. We're NOT doing the "experts disagree" game. The US vaccine schedule was painstakingly constructed through a deep & thorough process by experts with unquestionable expertise. This is policy by fiat. It is pre-meditated murder. 1/
January 5, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Read the whole thread. Gregg is right. It’s NOT a question of “experts disagree.” I’ve been working in medicine, medical journalism or global health for 32 years & know a LOT of health professionals—I do not know a *single one* who supports RFK Jr’s dangerous dismantling of the US vaccine system.
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Grok is not a human representative of X, therefore should not be quoted as if they are a human representative of the company. The company’s AI chatbot generated CSAM of users bc human beings programmed the AI to allow such things
What are we doing here
What are we doing here
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X reut.rs/498SoUk
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this.
reut.rs
January 2, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Grok is not a human representative of X, therefore should not be quoted as if they are a human representative of the company. The company’s AI chatbot generated CSAM of users bc human beings programmed the AI to allow such things
What are we doing here
What are we doing here
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Oof, okay. This one's a weird, uncomfortable ask. December was an extremely lean month, with half my shit on going on Flex loans, and I'm staring down the barrel of not being able to pay my rent this month. If you dug my work this year and are feeling generous, I could use a leg up.
Mel Buer is creating independent journalism
LA-based independent multimedia journalist. Union member.Covering labor, media, and movements at my newsletter, Words About Work
buymeacoffee.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Oof, okay. This one's a weird, uncomfortable ask. December was an extremely lean month, with half my shit on going on Flex loans, and I'm staring down the barrel of not being able to pay my rent this month. If you dug my work this year and are feeling generous, I could use a leg up.
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i suspect that for a bunch of the men in this group it will be a short step from this to whining that they aren't attractive to women
‘For the Reinvention of Man’: How a Conservative Debating Society at Harvard Pushed Women From Its Ranks | News | The Harvard Crimson
The John Adams Society began quietly excluding women from membership this semester, former and prospective affiliates told The Crimson. It is now effectively functioning as a single-sex organization.
www.thecrimson.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
i suspect that for a bunch of the men in this group it will be a short step from this to whining that they aren't attractive to women
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1/3Most remarkable thing abt SCOTUS majority is its combined arrogance & intellectual dishonesty. They are overturning constitutional understandings dating to 1800s & destroying modern US gov't in service of a THEORY - unitary executive - THEY invented & which by virtue of its very novelty is...
In the hearing on the Slaughter case, Justice Sotomayor noted that “Neither King, not parliament, not prime ministers ever had an unqualified removal power” but that is what unitary executive would grant.
Bears repeating how novel and radical this theory is:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/at-will-wh...
Bears repeating how novel and radical this theory is:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/at-will-wh...
December 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
1/3Most remarkable thing abt SCOTUS majority is its combined arrogance & intellectual dishonesty. They are overturning constitutional understandings dating to 1800s & destroying modern US gov't in service of a THEORY - unitary executive - THEY invented & which by virtue of its very novelty is...
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This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year
Almost a quarter of a million more children around the world are projected to die in 2025 than in 2024.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
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I suspect that this will lead the BOR to consider commiting to the Trump Higher Ed Compact; especially once the legislative session starts in January.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact...
December 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I suspect that this will lead the BOR to consider commiting to the Trump Higher Ed Compact; especially once the legislative session starts in January.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact...
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It’s becoming increasingly clear that the best thing a parent can do for their son is to enroll him in co-ed activities and facilitate friendships with girls from the youngest age possible.
Patriarchy hurts boys. And nothing runs counter to patriarchy like teaching boys to genuinely value girls.
Patriarchy hurts boys. And nothing runs counter to patriarchy like teaching boys to genuinely value girls.
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It’s becoming increasingly clear that the best thing a parent can do for their son is to enroll him in co-ed activities and facilitate friendships with girls from the youngest age possible.
Patriarchy hurts boys. And nothing runs counter to patriarchy like teaching boys to genuinely value girls.
Patriarchy hurts boys. And nothing runs counter to patriarchy like teaching boys to genuinely value girls.
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Nvidia’s ‘I’m Not Enron’ memo has people asking a lot of questions already answered by that memo
Nvidia’s ‘I’m Not Enron’ memo has people asking a lot of questions already answered by that memo
The Streisand Effect strikes again
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Nvidia’s ‘I’m Not Enron’ memo has people asking a lot of questions already answered by that memo
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I am quite confident that to the sadistic sadists who are our current senior federal officials, this is a hoped-for feature, the exact opposite of a bug.
ADX is inhuman and inhumane. As the article notes, even former wardens call it “worse than death.”
ADX is inhuman and inhumane. As the article notes, even former wardens call it “worse than death.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I am quite confident that to the sadistic sadists who are our current senior federal officials, this is a hoped-for feature, the exact opposite of a bug.
ADX is inhuman and inhumane. As the article notes, even former wardens call it “worse than death.”
ADX is inhuman and inhumane. As the article notes, even former wardens call it “worse than death.”
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NEW: President Biden commuted the death sentences of most people on the federal death row before exiting office.
President Trump is now effectively looking to retaliate, and to detain those people in the most brutal conditions in the federal system. Bolts reports:
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
President Trump is now effectively looking to retaliate, and to detain those people in the most brutal conditions in the federal system. Bolts reports:
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
This story was produced by Bolts and published in partnership with The Nation. Inside the federal supermax tucked away in Colorado’s high desert, prisoners spend 22 to 24 hours a day... Read More
boltsmag.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
NEW: President Biden commuted the death sentences of most people on the federal death row before exiting office.
President Trump is now effectively looking to retaliate, and to detain those people in the most brutal conditions in the federal system. Bolts reports:
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
President Trump is now effectively looking to retaliate, and to detain those people in the most brutal conditions in the federal system. Bolts reports:
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
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Surprisingly, this post got traction last night. So now I want to tell you about Clay Shaw, and Jim Garrison's horrific homophobic prosecution of him, a nightmare of Les Miserables-like proportions.
This thread may be long, but there are lessons for us today in knowing what happened. Here goes...
This thread may be long, but there are lessons for us today in knowing what happened. Here goes...
That Oliver Stone made a movie lionizing Jim Garrison's ludicrous prosecution of an innocent man (Clay Shaw) is one of the most egregious historical transmogrifications in cinema. Imagine in 20 yrs a Stephen Miller hagiography starring Chalamet, that's the artistic crime level we're talking.
We do know who killed JFK. The Warren Commission was an incredibly thorough and good-faith effort to prove and document what had happened, which they did. The conspiracy theories arose in spite of best efforts to avoid them, but there really isn't anything they could have reasonably done better.
November 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Surprisingly, this post got traction last night. So now I want to tell you about Clay Shaw, and Jim Garrison's horrific homophobic prosecution of him, a nightmare of Les Miserables-like proportions.
This thread may be long, but there are lessons for us today in knowing what happened. Here goes...
This thread may be long, but there are lessons for us today in knowing what happened. Here goes...
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What Rand Paul is doing is what Jim Jordan did to Stanford Internet Observatory. Under the pretext of “oversight“ he can make sweeping requests —w/the intent to harass & chill.
The universities can fight. But most are afraid of broader attacks so they quickly comply.
www.wired.com/story/senato...
The universities can fight. But most are afraid of broader attacks so they quickly comply.
www.wired.com/story/senato...
Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges
The Senate homeland security committee's chair has asked researchers to turn over troves of documents related to the January 6 attack, vaccines, and more, according to a letter reviewed by WIRED.
www.wired.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
What Rand Paul is doing is what Jim Jordan did to Stanford Internet Observatory. Under the pretext of “oversight“ he can make sweeping requests —w/the intent to harass & chill.
The universities can fight. But most are afraid of broader attacks so they quickly comply.
www.wired.com/story/senato...
The universities can fight. But most are afraid of broader attacks so they quickly comply.
www.wired.com/story/senato...
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
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Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.
Trump on Ilhan Omar: "I look at somebody who comes from Somalia...and she comes in and tells us how to run our country. 'The Constitution says this, the Constitution says that.' The whole thing is crazy."
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.
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USAID is still gone, no other country has shown either the will or the ability to fill in the services whose disappearance is going to kill millions of people, and no one in the media or political class cares that we are going to kill more people than the Holocaust before this is over 👍
November 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
USAID is still gone, no other country has shown either the will or the ability to fill in the services whose disappearance is going to kill millions of people, and no one in the media or political class cares that we are going to kill more people than the Holocaust before this is over 👍
I think this is overlooked in the discussion I'm seeing, whether or not it is intentional on the part of the compromising D senators. The extension of the CRs expiration date is a possible fracture point in Johnson's caucus, let alone the language on RIFs. Not sure he can get this thru with Rs only.
Pretty sure this is an effort to force the House to re-open by the senate crafting its own solution (the merits of the solution are a sep discussion). Which would be interesting given it hasn’t been in session since September and any new bill would have to go through the house as well.
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I think this is overlooked in the discussion I'm seeing, whether or not it is intentional on the part of the compromising D senators. The extension of the CRs expiration date is a possible fracture point in Johnson's caucus, let alone the language on RIFs. Not sure he can get this thru with Rs only.
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And I never saw one video on the Skyline. Another W for Blueskyism
Videos of the Charlie Kirk shooting rapidly spread across TikTok, Instagram, and X. Researchers say that major social platforms are falling short in enforcing their own content moderation rules.
Charlie Kirk Was Shot and Killed in a Post-Content-Moderation World
Videos of the shooting spread across TikTok, Instagram, and X. Researchers say that in some cases the platforms are falling short on enforcing their own content moderation rules.
wrd.cm
September 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
And I never saw one video on the Skyline. Another W for Blueskyism
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I left Ireland and moved to New York in 1997. Decades on, what the US has become has broken my immigrant heart.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
June 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I left Ireland and moved to New York in 1997. Decades on, what the US has become has broken my immigrant heart.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.