Amethyst Moon
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Forward-Thinking CEO Hoping Company Can Capture New Audience By Making Product Worse In Every Conceivable Way
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February 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Forward-Thinking CEO Hoping Company Can Capture New Audience By Making Product Worse In Every Conceivable Way
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these people are segregationists and their position is that no one who isn’t a white man is qualified to do skilled work of any kind
January 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
these people are segregationists and their position is that no one who isn’t a white man is qualified to do skilled work of any kind
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The Democratic party has spent years working overtime to make sure everyone knows that they’re the fucking hall monitor nerds that raise their hand to tell the teacher that they forgot to give us homework because in the long run it’s good for us and they wonder why they always fucking lose.
The genius TikTok ban legislation also shut down Marvel Snap, a mobile game with thousands maybe millions of users. The Democratic Party allowing this to become law was insane. And many of us said so at the time.
January 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The Democratic party has spent years working overtime to make sure everyone knows that they’re the fucking hall monitor nerds that raise their hand to tell the teacher that they forgot to give us homework because in the long run it’s good for us and they wonder why they always fucking lose.
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Yup, @jamellebouie.net has this exactly right. What these guys are celebrating/pursuing/yearning for is not masculine energy, it's *adolescent* energy. Drinking Red Bull, crushing Call of Duty, refusing to clean your room. It is indescribably pathetic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
January 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Yup, @jamellebouie.net has this exactly right. What these guys are celebrating/pursuing/yearning for is not masculine energy, it's *adolescent* energy. Drinking Red Bull, crushing Call of Duty, refusing to clean your room. It is indescribably pathetic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
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Ann Telnaes resigned after the Washington Post editorial page killed her cartoon. It’s worth a share.
Big Tech executives are bending the knee to Donald Trump and it’s no surprise why: Billionaires like Jeff Bezos like paying a lower tax rate than a public school teacher.
Big Tech executives are bending the knee to Donald Trump and it’s no surprise why: Billionaires like Jeff Bezos like paying a lower tax rate than a public school teacher.
January 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Ann Telnaes resigned after the Washington Post editorial page killed her cartoon. It’s worth a share.
Big Tech executives are bending the knee to Donald Trump and it’s no surprise why: Billionaires like Jeff Bezos like paying a lower tax rate than a public school teacher.
Big Tech executives are bending the knee to Donald Trump and it’s no surprise why: Billionaires like Jeff Bezos like paying a lower tax rate than a public school teacher.
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Still the best take I’ve seen on the story.
January 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Still the best take I’ve seen on the story.
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“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that job. So I have decided to leave the Washington Post”
— Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos
— Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos
January 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that job. So I have decided to leave the Washington Post”
— Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos
— Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos
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Some unalloyed good news. A fast, reliable blood test will make life easier for so many women, who currently have to have a diagnosis confirmed surgically and can wait as long as 8-10 years to get to the point where a doctor refers them for it.
December 30, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Some unalloyed good news. A fast, reliable blood test will make life easier for so many women, who currently have to have a diagnosis confirmed surgically and can wait as long as 8-10 years to get to the point where a doctor refers them for it.
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An amusing little short story thread. Read to the end 🧵
ADVENTURER: Dragon! We are here for your gold! Prepare to die!
DRAGON: My gold?
ADVENTURER: Yes! We climbed this great mountain, swam it's flooded caverns and-
DRAGON: Fair enough
ADVENTURER: Wait, what?
DRAGON: It's yours
ADVENTURER:
DRAGON: How are you carrying it out of here?
ADVENTURER: Um... /1
DRAGON: My gold?
ADVENTURER: Yes! We climbed this great mountain, swam it's flooded caverns and-
DRAGON: Fair enough
ADVENTURER: Wait, what?
DRAGON: It's yours
ADVENTURER:
DRAGON: How are you carrying it out of here?
ADVENTURER: Um... /1
December 30, 2024 at 2:33 PM
An amusing little short story thread. Read to the end 🧵
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Very sad. Our national goodness average just took a measurable hit.
BREAKING: Former President Jimmy Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the longest-living chief executive in U.S. history, has died. He was 100. apnews.com/article/jimm...
December 29, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Very sad. Our national goodness average just took a measurable hit.
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From the Carter Center, an article about Jimmy Carter and the Carter Center's long campaign to eradicate guinea worm disease. I believe there was only one known human case in 2024, down from 3.5 million cases/year in the 1980s.
A better world is possible.
www.cartercenter.org/health/guine...
A better world is possible.
www.cartercenter.org/health/guine...
Guinea Worm Eradication Program
www.cartercenter.org
December 29, 2024 at 9:21 PM
From the Carter Center, an article about Jimmy Carter and the Carter Center's long campaign to eradicate guinea worm disease. I believe there was only one known human case in 2024, down from 3.5 million cases/year in the 1980s.
A better world is possible.
www.cartercenter.org/health/guine...
A better world is possible.
www.cartercenter.org/health/guine...
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Deep condolences and sincere sympathies to the Carter family. President Carter will be remembered as a great humanitarian.
December 29, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Deep condolences and sincere sympathies to the Carter family. President Carter will be remembered as a great humanitarian.
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Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince,
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!
December 29, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince,
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!
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Jimmy Carter was a true public servant and peacemaker. Our country is a better place because of him. My thoughts are with his family.
December 29, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Jimmy Carter was a true public servant and peacemaker. Our country is a better place because of him. My thoughts are with his family.
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Rest in peace to Submariner LT James Earl Carter Jr, USN (Ret). Carter, the only U.S. President to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy, leaves a legacy of service. The USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), a Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine, carries his name in honor of his dedication to our nation.
December 29, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Rest in peace to Submariner LT James Earl Carter Jr, USN (Ret). Carter, the only U.S. President to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy, leaves a legacy of service. The USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), a Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine, carries his name in honor of his dedication to our nation.
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New year, new ways to save money.
Starting in 2025, people across the country no longer have to hand their money over to TurboTax to file their taxes.
Instead, you can file your taxes online, for free with the IRS.
See if you're eligible at directfile.irs.gov
Starting in 2025, people across the country no longer have to hand their money over to TurboTax to file their taxes.
Instead, you can file your taxes online, for free with the IRS.
See if you're eligible at directfile.irs.gov
directfile.irs.gov
December 28, 2024 at 2:46 PM
New year, new ways to save money.
Starting in 2025, people across the country no longer have to hand their money over to TurboTax to file their taxes.
Instead, you can file your taxes online, for free with the IRS.
See if you're eligible at directfile.irs.gov
Starting in 2025, people across the country no longer have to hand their money over to TurboTax to file their taxes.
Instead, you can file your taxes online, for free with the IRS.
See if you're eligible at directfile.irs.gov
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On one hand, we were told that Nazis were uniquely bad. Nothing had ever been that bad, and nothing could ever be that bad again. Anyone comparing something to Nazi Germany was admonished.
This produced a sort of "Nazis aren't real life" sentiment which left us vulnerable to . . . fascists.
This produced a sort of "Nazis aren't real life" sentiment which left us vulnerable to . . . fascists.
December 24, 2024 at 8:34 PM
On one hand, we were told that Nazis were uniquely bad. Nothing had ever been that bad, and nothing could ever be that bad again. Anyone comparing something to Nazi Germany was admonished.
This produced a sort of "Nazis aren't real life" sentiment which left us vulnerable to . . . fascists.
This produced a sort of "Nazis aren't real life" sentiment which left us vulnerable to . . . fascists.
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“Madison agreed, and the painting of a man voluntarily giving up power rather than becoming a dictator hangs today in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.”
Letters from an American by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Letters from an American by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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December 22, 2024
On December 23, 1783, General George Washington stood in front of the Confederation Congress, meeting in the senate chamber of the Maryland State House, to resign his wartime commission.
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December 23, 2024 at 2:37 PM
“Madison agreed, and the painting of a man voluntarily giving up power rather than becoming a dictator hangs today in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.”
Letters from an American by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Letters from an American by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Over in the other place, the billionaire owner is threatening to fund ‘moderate’ (rightwing) candidates in heavily Democratic districts too.
This is what oligarchy looks like. It’s the biggest threat to democracy today. Not ‘cancel culture.’ Not trans kids. Not college protesters.
Oligarchy.
This is what oligarchy looks like. It’s the biggest threat to democracy today. Not ‘cancel culture.’ Not trans kids. Not college protesters.
Oligarchy.
December 22, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Over in the other place, the billionaire owner is threatening to fund ‘moderate’ (rightwing) candidates in heavily Democratic districts too.
This is what oligarchy looks like. It’s the biggest threat to democracy today. Not ‘cancel culture.’ Not trans kids. Not college protesters.
Oligarchy.
This is what oligarchy looks like. It’s the biggest threat to democracy today. Not ‘cancel culture.’ Not trans kids. Not college protesters.
Oligarchy.
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20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.
The law only ever serves capital.
The law only ever serves capital.
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their productsBusiness live – latest updatesThe developer OpenAI has said it would be impossible to create tools like its groundbreaking chatbot ChatGPT without access to copyrighted material, as pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products.Chatbots such as ChatGPT and image generators like Stable Diffusion are “trained” on a vast trove of data taken from the internet, with much of it covered by copyright – a legal protection against someone’s work being used without permission. Continue reading...
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January 8, 2024 at 4:34 PM
20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.
The law only ever serves capital.
The law only ever serves capital.
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Just a reminder that in 2019, RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine misinformation campaign helped cause a measles outbreak in Samoa that killed 83 people, mostly kids.
Do you really want him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services?
Do you really want him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services?
December 17, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Just a reminder that in 2019, RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine misinformation campaign helped cause a measles outbreak in Samoa that killed 83 people, mostly kids.
Do you really want him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services?
Do you really want him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services?
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When we talk about infrastructure, we talk about things that help people get to work—like roads, bridges, & transit.
I want to make a plug for something else that helps people get to work: child care.
Child care is basic infrastructure. And we should invest in it accordingly.
I want to make a plug for something else that helps people get to work: child care.
Child care is basic infrastructure. And we should invest in it accordingly.
December 17, 2024 at 11:22 PM
When we talk about infrastructure, we talk about things that help people get to work—like roads, bridges, & transit.
I want to make a plug for something else that helps people get to work: child care.
Child care is basic infrastructure. And we should invest in it accordingly.
I want to make a plug for something else that helps people get to work: child care.
Child care is basic infrastructure. And we should invest in it accordingly.
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We are asking Ukrainians to defeat the armies of Putin and Kim Jong Un. In their efforts to do so, Ukrainians helped bring down Assad. Ukrainian resistance is one of the most stunning military achievements in modern history.
December 16, 2024 at 7:25 PM
We are asking Ukrainians to defeat the armies of Putin and Kim Jong Un. In their efforts to do so, Ukrainians helped bring down Assad. Ukrainian resistance is one of the most stunning military achievements in modern history.