I remember some years back a young woman telling me she wanted to keep talking to this guy because she wanted to get through to him how he was making her feel, and, like, sometimes the only way people learn is by experiencing consequences.
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
www.independent.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 6:57 PM
I remember some years back a young woman telling me she wanted to keep talking to this guy because she wanted to get through to him how he was making her feel, and, like, sometimes the only way people learn is by experiencing consequences.
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Hennepin DA asks for submissions of videos and photos of the killing to her office so that they can develop independent body of evidence and ensure it's collected and preserved independent of feds. Reading between the lines, they're moving forward with an independent investigation but nervous.
January 9, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Hennepin DA asks for submissions of videos and photos of the killing to her office so that they can develop independent body of evidence and ensure it's collected and preserved independent of feds. Reading between the lines, they're moving forward with an independent investigation but nervous.
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ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Nicole Good Identified as Jonathan Ross
@theintercept.com discovered a photo captioned “Jon Ross in Iraq”
More incredible reporting by
@jsweetli.bsky.social
@jesswash.bsky.social
@noahhurowitz.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2026/01/08/i...
@theintercept.com discovered a photo captioned “Jon Ross in Iraq”
More incredible reporting by
@jsweetli.bsky.social
@jesswash.bsky.social
@noahhurowitz.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2026/01/08/i...
ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Nicole Good Identified as Jonathan Ross
Identifying the shooter in Minneapolis, The Intercept found a photo captioned “Jon Ross in Iraq” posted by a man noted in public records as his father.
theintercept.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:02 PM
ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Nicole Good Identified as Jonathan Ross
@theintercept.com discovered a photo captioned “Jon Ross in Iraq”
More incredible reporting by
@jsweetli.bsky.social
@jesswash.bsky.social
@noahhurowitz.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2026/01/08/i...
@theintercept.com discovered a photo captioned “Jon Ross in Iraq”
More incredible reporting by
@jsweetli.bsky.social
@jesswash.bsky.social
@noahhurowitz.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2026/01/08/i...
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🧊✈️ HEADS UP MINNESOTA‼️
SECOND ICE FLIGHT inbound to MSP
⚠️ GlobalX A321 – Tail: N570TA
ETA: 12:20pm 👀
SECOND ICE FLIGHT inbound to MSP
⚠️ GlobalX A321 – Tail: N570TA
ETA: 12:20pm 👀
January 8, 2026 at 5:55 PM
🧊✈️ HEADS UP MINNESOTA‼️
SECOND ICE FLIGHT inbound to MSP
⚠️ GlobalX A321 – Tail: N570TA
ETA: 12:20pm 👀
SECOND ICE FLIGHT inbound to MSP
⚠️ GlobalX A321 – Tail: N570TA
ETA: 12:20pm 👀
The thing that gets me about "nearly 50 countries" is that means like 75% of countries have not adopted it.
Sure, it probably is true that it's more widespread than any other definition, but that doesn't mean there's some sort of consensus about it.
Sure, it probably is true that it's more widespread than any other definition, but that doesn't mean there's some sort of consensus about it.
The IHRA is an antisemitism-generator that redefines antisemitism to criminalize criticism of ethnic cleansing and apartheid. This is why genocide activists are typing in all-caps today ⬇️
January 2, 2026 at 11:08 PM
The thing that gets me about "nearly 50 countries" is that means like 75% of countries have not adopted it.
Sure, it probably is true that it's more widespread than any other definition, but that doesn't mean there's some sort of consensus about it.
Sure, it probably is true that it's more widespread than any other definition, but that doesn't mean there's some sort of consensus about it.
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I just saw a video talking about the Tesla door safety problem and the number of comments that are like, "well you should read the manual" are...shocking.
No, cars should be intuitively safe. Passengers are not reading the manual. Are you doing a safety briefing every time you give someone a ride?
No, cars should be intuitively safe. Passengers are not reading the manual. Are you doing a safety briefing every time you give someone a ride?
January 2, 2026 at 6:26 PM
I just saw a video talking about the Tesla door safety problem and the number of comments that are like, "well you should read the manual" are...shocking.
No, cars should be intuitively safe. Passengers are not reading the manual. Are you doing a safety briefing every time you give someone a ride?
No, cars should be intuitively safe. Passengers are not reading the manual. Are you doing a safety briefing every time you give someone a ride?
I'm not sure it's "co-opting" when that's more or less what The Crusades were.
Far-right groups are co-opting the aesthetics of the Crusades for their own objectives, transforming an obsession with feudal justice into a campaign for a White Christian nation.
Why We Should All Be Worried About "Crusadercore"
This online trend equips young, White men with a historically bastardized visual lexicon — one that gives new credence and religious authority to far-right bigotry.
hyperallergic.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I'm not sure it's "co-opting" when that's more or less what The Crusades were.
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Elite free speech discourse has culminated in state action to compel labor
This is the logical and inevitable conclusion of the last decade of elite media "free speech" discourse.
December 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Elite free speech discourse has culminated in state action to compel labor
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I think this is true and one reason why I dislike the casual bashing of libs, wine-moms/soccer-moms, MSNBC watchers etc instead of the criticism of specific elite institutions and individuals for junkyard dog defense of indefensible government policies
December 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I think this is true and one reason why I dislike the casual bashing of libs, wine-moms/soccer-moms, MSNBC watchers etc instead of the criticism of specific elite institutions and individuals for junkyard dog defense of indefensible government policies
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"but do you recall the most famous reindeer of all?" I mean yeah that's the easy one
December 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"but do you recall the most famous reindeer of all?" I mean yeah that's the easy one
The thing is, you've been able to make a quick buck by cutting corners on quality for a long time.
Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
December 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The thing is, you've been able to make a quick buck by cutting corners on quality for a long time.
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41 years old.
ICE Detainee Dies After Being Held at a Troubled Jailhouse in Newark — one of four in a week
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
ICE Detainee Dies After Being Held at a Troubled Jailhouse in Newark — one of four in a week
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
ICE Detainee Dies After Being Held at a Troubled Jailhouse in Newark
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
41 years old.
ICE Detainee Dies After Being Held at a Troubled Jailhouse in Newark — one of four in a week
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
ICE Detainee Dies After Being Held at a Troubled Jailhouse in Newark — one of four in a week
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
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Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
ICE Says U.S. Citizen’s Birth Certificate Is Fake After Arresting Her: Attorneys
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
Probably means they found out Harris was hurt by not condemning genocide in Gaza.
BREAKING: The Democratic National Committee will NOT release its long-awaited autopsy on Trump's 2024 win. The report is completed but Dem leaders decided it could distract from their winning streak, so it will remain secret. Not good.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Dem Leaders Decide to Bury Damning Report on Why Trump Won in 2024
The Democratic National Committee has completed its long-awaited analysis on what went wrong in the 2024 campaign. But in a move that will attract intense criticism, it’s keeping the findings secret.
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Probably means they found out Harris was hurt by not condemning genocide in Gaza.
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Tapping the sign again.
December 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Tapping the sign again.
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
I do not particularly like ambiguous endings, but I feel like, like a lot of "artsy" techniques, they have legitimate uses.
December 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I do not particularly like ambiguous endings, but I feel like, like a lot of "artsy" techniques, they have legitimate uses.
First time I've looked at a news story and thought "just conduct a seance like a normal person".
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 11:42 PM
First time I've looked at a news story and thought "just conduct a seance like a normal person".
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“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
"Why don't we just do everything like we did when there was a 10% infant mortality rate?!"
After I had my daughter, one of the qualities I looked for in infant formula was existence, which was an aspect my breast milk lacked
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
"Why don't we just do everything like we did when there was a 10% infant mortality rate?!"
Since I saw Wicked part 2 last week, I've been thinking about this, and how they could have made the second movie work better. I think the first thing to realize is, the 2nd movie is trying to get through way more plot than it is character development.
I actually think the first act is a perfectly good self-contained story. My ideal solution might've been to fold "For Good" and Nessa's heel turn into the first movie and then not made a second movie at all.
December 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Since I saw Wicked part 2 last week, I've been thinking about this, and how they could have made the second movie work better. I think the first thing to realize is, the 2nd movie is trying to get through way more plot than it is character development.
"That's that me ratio!"
The White House surrenders at 138 million views. Sabrina wins.
December 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
"That's that me ratio!"
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it rules that every day now is just watching everything in your life get more expensive and worse and then also constantly being told that nothing is more expensive or worse
Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post are at it again.
December 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
it rules that every day now is just watching everything in your life get more expensive and worse and then also constantly being told that nothing is more expensive or worse
Lowkey,I think a lot of the advice for men to attract women is really bad because the best general advice (e.g. practice good hygiene, pay attention to your appearance and watch for the reactions you get, listen to the woman you're talking to) is mostly feminine coded.
I hate to break this to Galloway, but broke dudes are having sex. Without dinners. Without gifts. Because women are attracted to them. Why is he setting his sons up to pay for partnerships with women who do not want them? That's embarrassing.
December 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Lowkey,I think a lot of the advice for men to attract women is really bad because the best general advice (e.g. practice good hygiene, pay attention to your appearance and watch for the reactions you get, listen to the woman you're talking to) is mostly feminine coded.
Everything else aside, it is not Afghan refugees who have made DC more like Afghanistan by moving there, it is the US government who has made DC more like Afghanistan by sending the national guard to engage in a hostile military occupation.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Everything else aside, it is not Afghan refugees who have made DC more like Afghanistan by moving there, it is the US government who has made DC more like Afghanistan by sending the national guard to engage in a hostile military occupation.