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Yet it is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule.
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Government tech capacity is majorly injured. The remnant who haven't been fired are afraid to talk about real priorities like memory safety. The Trump admin is redirecting them into frivolous projects like putting LLM chat-bots into everything.
December 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Government tech capacity is majorly injured. The remnant who haven't been fired are afraid to talk about real priorities like memory safety. The Trump admin is redirecting them into frivolous projects like putting LLM chat-bots into everything.
"Permanent" is a relative concept in governing.
2025 RECAP: Trump & Republicans moved heaven and earth to make tax breaks for billionaires permanent by cutting Medicaid, SNAP & other programs families rely on.
Their pro-billionaire agenda has exploded the national debt by trillions while betraying working families.
Their pro-billionaire agenda has exploded the national debt by trillions while betraying working families.
December 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
"Permanent" is a relative concept in governing.
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Palantir, Sauron … It’s like they skimmed LOTR but didn’t understand it, particularly the warnings.
Famously Sauron is known for never allowing his home to he penetrated by intruders.
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
December 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Palantir, Sauron … It’s like they skimmed LOTR but didn’t understand it, particularly the warnings.
Watched some of the Harry Potter movies and was struck by the similarities between Trumpism and Team Voldemort.
Infiltration of school curriculum. Takeover of enforcement agencies. Racism. Horrible people using power to hurt people.
www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
Infiltration of school curriculum. Takeover of enforcement agencies. Racism. Horrible people using power to hurt people.
www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
New Study Shows Reading Harry Potter Lowers Americans’ Opinions of Donald Trump
www.asc.upenn.edu
December 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Watched some of the Harry Potter movies and was struck by the similarities between Trumpism and Team Voldemort.
Infiltration of school curriculum. Takeover of enforcement agencies. Racism. Horrible people using power to hurt people.
www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
Infiltration of school curriculum. Takeover of enforcement agencies. Racism. Horrible people using power to hurt people.
www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
Puzzle going slow. He knows what he's doing. Those are not innocent ears.
December 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Puzzle going slow. He knows what he's doing. Those are not innocent ears.
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Two weeks ago I spent the whole day at the Museum of the Moving Image to listen to New Yorkers. This is what Liam shared with me.
December 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Two weeks ago I spent the whole day at the Museum of the Moving Image to listen to New Yorkers. This is what Liam shared with me.
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The muppetcore recommendation engine continues unabated
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The muppetcore recommendation engine continues unabated
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Russia attacked Kyiv with drones overnight, injuring 22 including two children, Mayor Klitschko said. Strikes hit residential buildings across seven districts, sparking fires in homes and cars. One person may be trapped under rubble in Dniprovskyi district.
December 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Russia attacked Kyiv with drones overnight, injuring 22 including two children, Mayor Klitschko said. Strikes hit residential buildings across seven districts, sparking fires in homes and cars. One person may be trapped under rubble in Dniprovskyi district.
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Map shows Russian drone flight paths during the mass attack on Kyiv and other cities. The attack is now in its tenth hour.
December 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Map shows Russian drone flight paths during the mass attack on Kyiv and other cities. The attack is now in its tenth hour.
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How did it change you as a law school to give torture memo author and evident war criminal John Yoo a tenured professorship?
“How does it change us as a nation to witness countless acts of cruelty by our government?” asks the dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law.
A nation changed: the decline of basic human decency under Trump | Opinion
“How does it change us as a nation to witness countless acts of cruelty by our government?” asks the dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law.
bit.ly
December 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
How did it change you as a law school to give torture memo author and evident war criminal John Yoo a tenured professorship?
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I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
December 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
Accurate. He also runs an experiment to confirm his theory.
You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
December 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Accurate. He also runs an experiment to confirm his theory.
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Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
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Good discussions in these threads.
It’s like in a toxic relationship. Where folks demand you parse out intent or understand trauma , where the actual issue is
No matter the WHY
You are actively willing to hurt and slander people to achieve your goal
No matter the WHY
You are actively willing to hurt and slander people to achieve your goal
Sometimes people will claim lack of intent but their intended goals require fascism to accomplish. I think that's how white supremacy skirts accountability a lot of the time.
December 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Good discussions in these threads.
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there's probably a lot going on here but this is also what you get when a lot of the people in charge don't really distinguish governing from posting on social media
December 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
there's probably a lot going on here but this is also what you get when a lot of the people in charge don't really distinguish governing from posting on social media
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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First concerning thought: The US is giving Grok access to Pentagon systems? The exchange unavoidably goes both ways, so they’re handing an Elon Musk company tons of valuable, sensitive data.
Second concerning thought: That already happened with DOGE.
Second concerning thought: That already happened with DOGE.
Pentagon taps Musk's xAI to boost sensitive government workflows, support military operations
Pentagon partners with Elon Musk's xAI to deploy Grok AI across military systems, giving 3 million personnel advanced AI tools by 2026 for sensitive tasks.
www.foxnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
First concerning thought: The US is giving Grok access to Pentagon systems? The exchange unavoidably goes both ways, so they’re handing an Elon Musk company tons of valuable, sensitive data.
Second concerning thought: That already happened with DOGE.
Second concerning thought: That already happened with DOGE.
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Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
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Yes. The fascist politicians and billionaires who are currently ruining the country are massively mediocre thinkers and monumentally uncreative chumps. They have the advantage of a total lack of morals and a willingness to commit any crime imaginable. But they're losers and they will lose.
they are not brilliant.
the billionaires and institutions in this country are just more craven than we could have ever imagined, even in our most cynical imaginings.
(don't tell me you could imagine. I won't give you a medal.)
the billionaires and institutions in this country are just more craven than we could have ever imagined, even in our most cynical imaginings.
(don't tell me you could imagine. I won't give you a medal.)
December 22, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Yes. The fascist politicians and billionaires who are currently ruining the country are massively mediocre thinkers and monumentally uncreative chumps. They have the advantage of a total lack of morals and a willingness to commit any crime imaginable. But they're losers and they will lose.
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Bari Weiss is killing stories the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Bari Weiss is killing stories the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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60 Minutes, dead at 57. The murder weapon was Bari Weiss.
December 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
60 Minutes, dead at 57. The murder weapon was Bari Weiss.
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Google AI is wrong to refer to the QI website for a quotation I have never examined.
The AI is confused because I do have an article referring to Lord Bowen and another article referring to an umbrella
quoteinvestigator.com/2015/02/15/h...
quoteinvestigator.com/2011/04/07/b...
The AI is confused because I do have an article referring to Lord Bowen and another article referring to an umbrella
quoteinvestigator.com/2015/02/15/h...
quoteinvestigator.com/2011/04/07/b...
December 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Google AI is wrong to refer to the QI website for a quotation I have never examined.
The AI is confused because I do have an article referring to Lord Bowen and another article referring to an umbrella
quoteinvestigator.com/2015/02/15/h...
quoteinvestigator.com/2011/04/07/b...
The AI is confused because I do have an article referring to Lord Bowen and another article referring to an umbrella
quoteinvestigator.com/2015/02/15/h...
quoteinvestigator.com/2011/04/07/b...