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Of all the competitive authoritarian developments of the past year I think the fall of CBS News is among the most chilling. That this can happen to easily and so quickly freaks me the fuck out.
Nightmarish. CBS News is now running straight state propaganda. They handed Hegseth all three segments and are now tweeting flattering sound bites.
January 4, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Of all the competitive authoritarian developments of the past year I think the fall of CBS News is among the most chilling. That this can happen to easily and so quickly freaks me the fuck out.
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Eagles
December 9, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Eagles
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Gonna need Hunter Yurachek to (fail to) explain why BYU's loss yesterday affected their ranking, but Alabama's loss yesterday didn't.
December 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Gonna need Hunter Yurachek to (fail to) explain why BYU's loss yesterday affected their ranking, but Alabama's loss yesterday didn't.
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If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
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I think I find the idea of watching the ESPN playoff selection show even grosser than the World Cup draw. At least the latter has a pile of unintentional comedy. The former is just a pile of overly serious people trying to impose a patina of logic on a political process.
December 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I think I find the idea of watching the ESPN playoff selection show even grosser than the World Cup draw. At least the latter has a pile of unintentional comedy. The former is just a pile of overly serious people trying to impose a patina of logic on a political process.
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> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
October 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
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OBEY
September 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
OBEY
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Southern Cal blew up the pac-12 so they could lose to Illinois at 9am pacific time
September 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Southern Cal blew up the pac-12 so they could lose to Illinois at 9am pacific time
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KURT KITTNER AND MICRONPC.COM BOWL MENTIONED
September 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
KURT KITTNER AND MICRONPC.COM BOWL MENTIONED
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The thing regular people don’t often grasp about ‘academic freedom’ is that if you don’t allow experts to research & teach in their fields of expertise, guided by their professional judgment & decades of training, you have effectively given up on the concept of knowledge & shut down your university
Universities are moving rapidly to comply with laws that don't exist.
“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.” The professor spoke by phone from the inside of a car to avoid being overheard by colleagues.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
September 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The thing regular people don’t often grasp about ‘academic freedom’ is that if you don’t allow experts to research & teach in their fields of expertise, guided by their professional judgment & decades of training, you have effectively given up on the concept of knowledge & shut down your university
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noah: no one is ever going to use the term “bluesky-ization” except your sad little clique of rich, dissipated nerds with totally inscrutable politics
The Bluesky-ization of the American left
The Bluesky-ization of the American left
Progressives discovered a seemingly invincible weapon. One day it stopped working.
www.noahpinion.blog
September 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
noah: no one is ever going to use the term “bluesky-ization” except your sad little clique of rich, dissipated nerds with totally inscrutable politics
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this is so funny to me, Clemson got a 6'8 guy from the basketball team to play tight end and he literally doesn't even run routes, he doesn't try to get open, he just runs into the end zone, gets post position, boxes out, and calls for the ball
September 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
this is so funny to me, Clemson got a 6'8 guy from the basketball team to play tight end and he literally doesn't even run routes, he doesn't try to get open, he just runs into the end zone, gets post position, boxes out, and calls for the ball
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I see the Right, in a combination of stupidity and dishonesty and self-blindness, is leaning heavily into “this happened because the Marxist subhuman terrorist scum of Left keeps escalating the rhetoric!”
September 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I see the Right, in a combination of stupidity and dishonesty and self-blindness, is leaning heavily into “this happened because the Marxist subhuman terrorist scum of Left keeps escalating the rhetoric!”
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this game has gone from “oh wow, da bears” (laudatory) to “oh wow, da bears” (derogatory) which is just about the most bears thing possible
September 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
this game has gone from “oh wow, da bears” (laudatory) to “oh wow, da bears” (derogatory) which is just about the most bears thing possible
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Bears had a 94% win probability and are now losing by two scores
September 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Bears had a 94% win probability and are now losing by two scores
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CNN has a panel talking about Epstein and the host just mentioned (almost as an aside!) that one of the guys is a lawyer defending Ghislaine Maxwell. And rather than being a guest who's grilled about the case, he's treated like any other panelist who just happens to be minimizing the crimes.
September 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM
CNN has a panel talking about Epstein and the host just mentioned (almost as an aside!) that one of the guys is a lawyer defending Ghislaine Maxwell. And rather than being a guest who's grilled about the case, he's treated like any other panelist who just happens to be minimizing the crimes.
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The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
September 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
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Stuart Stevens, currently to the left of most democratic leaders on the Hill
August 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Stuart Stevens, currently to the left of most democratic leaders on the Hill
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On the left is a post today from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. On the right is literal Nazi propaganda from the 1930s.
![@DHSgov on X: Remember your Homeland’s Heritage.
New Life in a New Land - Morgan Weistling
[Painting of a family]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreifufhjor4i5ijjyh2cuswhmtmoybnr7rzjg3pdi6ow3udhtbuxhnu@jpeg)
![Nazi propaganda: "The Nazi Party secures the national community"
[Painting of a German family]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreidjr6b3w65abp2xtc5qax7rxhupvocfkvdvh23gfwlrnr7f555nmu@jpeg)
July 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
On the left is a post today from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. On the right is literal Nazi propaganda from the 1930s.
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one of the stranger phenomena in American life is that hate is supposed to flow in one direction (rural people get to hate urban people, Republicans get to hate Democrats) and if the hate goes the other way people pretend as if this is very upsetting.
The media made a HUGE deal out of "basket of deplorables" and "cling to their guns or religion."
But, of course, it will totally ignore Trump saying he hates Democrats: "I hate them. I believe they hate their country."
But, of course, it will totally ignore Trump saying he hates Democrats: "I hate them. I believe they hate their country."
in addition to his "shylocks" comment, i can't imagine the media backlash if Biden said anything like from this screenshot - that he "hates Republicans" - and i'm also tired of having this "IMAGINE IF BIDEN!" thought experiment but it's just a constant reminder of the double standards
July 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
one of the stranger phenomena in American life is that hate is supposed to flow in one direction (rural people get to hate urban people, Republicans get to hate Democrats) and if the hate goes the other way people pretend as if this is very upsetting.
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I’ve warned about the nativist mind virus for many years. They’d destroy the economy, bankrupt the government, shred the Constitution, trample our freedoms, and imprison their own people to get what they want: not just mass deportation, but something more like ethnic cleansing
July 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I’ve warned about the nativist mind virus for many years. They’d destroy the economy, bankrupt the government, shred the Constitution, trample our freedoms, and imprison their own people to get what they want: not just mass deportation, but something more like ethnic cleansing
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When JD Vance says he’d eagerly make the United States poorer, weaker, unhealthier, and less free if it means he’ll see fewer brown people around and get to enjoy image of cruelty against them, I believe him.
If anything, it’s weird and disturbing that so many still do not.
If anything, it’s weird and disturbing that so many still do not.
I’ve warned about the nativist mind virus for many years. They’d destroy the economy, bankrupt the government, shred the Constitution, trample our freedoms, and imprison their own people to get what they want: not just mass deportation, but something more like ethnic cleansing
July 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
When JD Vance says he’d eagerly make the United States poorer, weaker, unhealthier, and less free if it means he’ll see fewer brown people around and get to enjoy image of cruelty against them, I believe him.
If anything, it’s weird and disturbing that so many still do not.
If anything, it’s weird and disturbing that so many still do not.
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The Joint Committee on Taxation is up late and busts out this striking distributional analysis of the Senate bill on taxes:
July 1, 2025 at 5:59 AM
The Joint Committee on Taxation is up late and busts out this striking distributional analysis of the Senate bill on taxes: