Neo-Athenian Empire
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Democracy and Imperialism....
But really, it's probably more likely to be sh!t posts, gripes, and poorly made slice of life jokes. This won't' be the first account to fail to live up to its ambition.
But really, it's probably more likely to be sh!t posts, gripes, and poorly made slice of life jokes. This won't' be the first account to fail to live up to its ambition.
I don't understand the doom and gloom. Netflix owning WB+HBO feels like an infinitely better configuration than under Discovery. When I heard the announcement, I was like "oh thank god." Because at least part of NetFlix cares about content.
All the hate and fear around the Netflix/Warner Bros deal is both silly and comically shortsighted.
3,000 words on the past, present, and future...
3,000 words on the past, present, and future...
Oh No, a Tech Company is Buying a Movie Studio
This is the end of Hollywood? Come on.
spyglass.org
December 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I don't understand the doom and gloom. Netflix owning WB+HBO feels like an infinitely better configuration than under Discovery. When I heard the announcement, I was like "oh thank god." Because at least part of NetFlix cares about content.
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careful what you wish for, Joe
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
careful what you wish for, Joe
Mamdani needs to do this in NYC on Day 2.
This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Mamdani needs to do this in NYC on Day 2.
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Why do we assume this is progress centrist, when the NYT has slowly, yet inexorably, turned itself into a right wing water carrying rag?
There is such a thirst in some progressive centrist circles that they will look at the Trump administration as a model to get things done. I think its worth addressing the argument. This is from Mark Dunkelman, author of the widely praised "Why Nothing Works."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
Opinion | What the Left Could Learn From Trump’s Brutal Efficiency
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Why do we assume this is progress centrist, when the NYT has slowly, yet inexorably, turned itself into a right wing water carrying rag?
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We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
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I recently flew from SF to DC without being offered even a glass of water. They treat livestock better.
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I recently flew from SF to DC without being offered even a glass of water. They treat livestock better.
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Husband: I wish you’d look at me with the same loving, longing look you give your coffee
Me: here, hold my mug
Me: here, hold my mug
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Husband: I wish you’d look at me with the same loving, longing look you give your coffee
Me: here, hold my mug
Me: here, hold my mug
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I don’t care what happens with the Texas legislative maps. Democrats should still gerrymander the shit out of blue states.
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I don’t care what happens with the Texas legislative maps. Democrats should still gerrymander the shit out of blue states.
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One benefit about Trump directing the AG to prosecute his enemies and nobody saying boo. Is that the next Dem presidential candidate can run on prosecuting these dipshit and just point at Bondi when MAGA says boo.
I cannot stress enough how hard we need to prosecute these fascists.
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino responds “roger that” to a tweet reading “big or small, deport them all.”
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
One benefit about Trump directing the AG to prosecute his enemies and nobody saying boo. Is that the next Dem presidential candidate can run on prosecuting these dipshit and just point at Bondi when MAGA says boo.
This needs to be everywhere, all the time, including their families and when they are off duty.
I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
November 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This needs to be everywhere, all the time, including their families and when they are off duty.
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YOU HAVE THAT NOW ONLY YOU HAD SUBSIDIES MAKING THEM CHEAPER
Dr Oz: "If you had a check in the mail, you could buy the insurance you thought was best for you"
November 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
YOU HAVE THAT NOW ONLY YOU HAD SUBSIDIES MAKING THEM CHEAPER
Focused like a cloudy flashlight from the 1970s.
BASH: If someone is watching now and worried they aren't going to be able to afford insurance at the end of the year, are you making a promise that the president and Congress will make sure they can?
DR OZ: I can promise you the president is laser focused on this
(Not a yes!)
DR OZ: I can promise you the president is laser focused on this
(Not a yes!)
November 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Focused like a cloudy flashlight from the 1970s.
I feel seen.
paid $1200 for the amazing camera on this phone so i could take pictures of the products at the supermarket and check with my wife if i'm buying the right thing and then keep the photo for 4 years.
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I feel seen.
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Democrats say Donald Trump molests children. As president, he's been far more likely to starve or deport them. Two Pinocchios.
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Democrats say Donald Trump molests children. As president, he's been far more likely to starve or deport them. Two Pinocchios.
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
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This is what losing the trade war looks like
November 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is what losing the trade war looks like
Finding out took 24 hours.
NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.
Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds
Democrats say that’s a nonstarter, arguing there are already limits on abortion access. The dispute could torpedo a deal, leading to higher health insurance premiums for millions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Finding out took 24 hours.
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Ppl need to understand what's happening here.
The GOP response to the shutdown was: You're gonna cave, or we're going to hurt vulnerable people by shutting off SNAP. The Dems, unwilling to let that happen, caved.
Having watched that, the GOP is now saying: "Give us what we want on abortion or ..."
The GOP response to the shutdown was: You're gonna cave, or we're going to hurt vulnerable people by shutting off SNAP. The Dems, unwilling to let that happen, caved.
Having watched that, the GOP is now saying: "Give us what we want on abortion or ..."
NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.
Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds
Democrats say that’s a nonstarter, arguing there are already limits on abortion access. The dispute could torpedo a deal, leading to higher health insurance premiums for millions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Ppl need to understand what's happening here.
The GOP response to the shutdown was: You're gonna cave, or we're going to hurt vulnerable people by shutting off SNAP. The Dems, unwilling to let that happen, caved.
Having watched that, the GOP is now saying: "Give us what we want on abortion or ..."
The GOP response to the shutdown was: You're gonna cave, or we're going to hurt vulnerable people by shutting off SNAP. The Dems, unwilling to let that happen, caved.
Having watched that, the GOP is now saying: "Give us what we want on abortion or ..."
No shit. This moment has been coming ever since the millennials decided they were not OK with people punching down.
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
No shit. This moment has been coming ever since the millennials decided they were not OK with people punching down.
The cowardliness on display here is breathtaking taking. The refusal to pay out SNAP benefits was illegal. By caving to illegal threats of arm, these cowards have guaranteed something worse in the future.
Trump is hurting people. Even more lives will be ruined when the ACA crumbles in a month.
Trump is hurting people. Even more lives will be ruined when the ACA crumbles in a month.
Trump canceling SNAP benefits ultimately broke Dems.
“It showed there was no bottom," said one Senate Dem aide.
"It became clear that by staying the course and not putting an end to Trump’s cruelty, we were hurting the people we were trying to help.” www.huffpost.com/entry/why-de...
“It showed there was no bottom," said one Senate Dem aide.
"It became clear that by staying the course and not putting an end to Trump’s cruelty, we were hurting the people we were trying to help.” www.huffpost.com/entry/why-de...
The Moment That Really Got Democrats To Cave In The Shutdown Fight
Donald Trump was willing to make millions of people suffer. Democrats didn’t have the stomach for it.
www.huffpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The cowardliness on display here is breathtaking taking. The refusal to pay out SNAP benefits was illegal. By caving to illegal threats of arm, these cowards have guaranteed something worse in the future.
Trump is hurting people. Even more lives will be ruined when the ACA crumbles in a month.
Trump is hurting people. Even more lives will be ruined when the ACA crumbles in a month.
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He fucking orchestrated this, by getting 8 politicians not up for reelection to vote for this and acting like he and none of the other people facing elections have anything to do with it.
They are all fucking complicit.
They are all fucking complicit.
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
He fucking orchestrated this, by getting 8 politicians not up for reelection to vote for this and acting like he and none of the other people facing elections have anything to do with it.
They are all fucking complicit.
They are all fucking complicit.
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