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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 12h

Eat your vegetables, kids.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 13h

This dude is always unwell, in many ways.

www.newsweek.com/jordan-peter...

Jordan Peterson's daughter issues tearful health update

Mikhaila Peterson said her father spent nearly a month in ICU suffering from pneumonia, calling it, "Heartbreaking and brutal."

www.newsweek.com

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 13h

She's currently at an ICE detention facility in Louisiana.

CNN @cnn.com · 15h

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

www.cnn.com

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I look around in disbelief that campaigning with Liz Cheney couldn't prevent all this.

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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 1d

Weiss isn’t a journalist. The FP clearly has a conservative viewpoint. Ellison is simply lying about why he bought the FP and put CBS News in Weiss’ hands. We do not have to take any of this at face value since we all have our own eyes and brains and the ability to evaluate what’s in front of us.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING— David Ellison, CEO of Paramount Skydance, just sent out this email to Paramount employees re: The Free Press acquisition/Bari Weiss. Says she has passion for "rigorous, fact-based reporting & a relentless commitment to amplifying voices from all corners of the spectrum."

Text shared w me:

Dear Team Paramount:

I think we can all agree that the temperature of our nation's social discourse feels higher than ever. Too often, the space once reserved for thoughtful dialogue has been consumed by partisan division and hostile disputes. If we are to move forward, we must find our way back to the ideals that shaped both our country and civilization itself: open exchange of ideas, vigorous yet respectful debate, and a genuine regard for the beliefs and traditions of others.

This challenge extends to the media. While it was founded with the mission of informing the public and fostering discussion on the issues of the day, too often it has become a platform that amplifies the very partisanship tearing our society apart. George Washington warned that the primary danger in politics is partisanship. Today, that danger extends far beyond politics - threatening the fabric of our communities. When we reduce every issue to "us vs. them" or "my way vs. the wrong way," we close ourselves off from listening, learning, and ultimately growing, both as individuals and as a society.

I don't pretend to have a solution to this challenge. But I do believe we each have a responsibility to do our part. At Paramount, we have both a unique opportunity and an obligation as stewards of one of the most iconic and respected news organizations in the world. We are challenging ourselves to do better - recognizing that we have the ability to reach a broad audience and demonstrate constructive, respectful, and bipartisan dialogue in our own work.
Our mission is clear: to ensure that this global platform remains a place where people can seek the truth, gain understanding, and engage with the facts. That is our purpose.

With this in mind, I am excited to share that The Free Press is joining our Company. Since its launch just five years ago, The Free Press, under cofounder Bari Weiss' leadership,

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 2d

Rest in Power, imposter syndrome

NPR @npr.org · 2d

CBS' parent company will buy The Free Press and install Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News. n.pr/4o634cr

CBS' next top editor to be Bari Weiss of The Free Press

CBS' parent company will buy The Free Press and install Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News.

n.pr

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 2d

Yea I can't deal with shit like this. My stock reply is, "Do you understand Shakespeare when you read it?" The reply is "No." I say, "What language was it written in?"

Language changes. Get over it.

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 2d

One side is ordering national guard troops to invade other states and assist in the kidnapping of black and brown children. But with the other side putting pronouns in their email signatures, the political moderate has no home.

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 2d

Heard my youngest tell his buddy he wishes kids would stop saying "six/seven" and "go back to the good old days of saying chicken jockey."

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 3d

This man is going to bulldoze the youth center and built a parking lot and there's nothing you breakdancing teens can do about it.

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 3d

Stephen Miller looks like the villain in a movie about tax audits.

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 3d

I had a brief moment alone in a quiet house where I was like, "Why am I doing this? I need to go to bed. After this drive tho..."

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 3d

"There's actually zero difference between real people and pretend people. You imbecile. You fucking moron"

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 3d

*takes massive bong rip*

hailey
@hailey.at • 6h
an unfortunate irony about this post - and even if you are the staunchest anti-ai critic out there, i think you'd agree - is that some of the most bigoted things are being said to respond to this. copy/pasting phrasing and terminology used by bigots but replacing "dna" with "bits" doesn't make it ok
4J @dystopiabreaker.xyz • 3d
i'm completely serious when i say that much of the dismissive ai discourse on here fires the bigotry neuron
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hailey
@hailey.at • 6h
if you're writing a sentence that sounds like eugenics but you go "oh that's fine to say because it's not a real person" (whatever that means) you may want to consider what made you okay with saying that

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 3d

Pshaw. I watched Western Kentucky vs. Delaware Friday night. You're fine.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 3d

It’s been quite an experience to see so many people who consider themselves to be bigwigs just fizzle in the face of frankly a bunch of dweebs.

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legal cat 🐾👻 @legalcat.bsky.social · 3d

this tool lets you report ice and other law enforcement when you see them. it also displays a heat map of where law enforcement currently is, with fairly granular detail.

even better, no app for install tracking. use a vpn. stay safe and smart.

ICE Tea Watch

Report and track ICE and law enforcement presence anonymously.

watch.alwaysreadytools.org

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 3d

If you want to see a diminished authoritarian get his comeuppance in the United States, you have to follow North Carolina football.

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 3d

If I were widely considered the greatest football coach of all time and had more championship rings than could fit on one hand, at which point of Dabo Swinney completely owning me would I begin to seriously reconsider every single life choice?

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 3d

what a whiny line lol

Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 4d

The first time I heard The Details I had to catch my breath a little at the end.

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 4d

I read that they had to do that in an interview with her. Agreed.

Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 4d

The Shires-Isbell divorce has provided 2 great albums indicative of the respective artist and their art. Isbell's direct references to the split are few, preferring the artistic veils of metaphor, illusion, and subtext. Shires ain't got time for that shit. The theme is, "Fuck you, I'm mad."

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 4d

Conservative alternative halftime show starring Christian rock sensation Good Rabbit

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 5d

Teach your kids they'll never make it in life unless they work hard, learn a lot, and treat people how they themselves would like to be treated. This lesson will hold if you reinforce it regularly and never let them google "Bari Weiss."

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 5d

i have personally despised bari weiss for a long time, her book was incoherent garbage, and to see her rewarded with the plum of the profession while the smartest people i know are scraping for dollars is gross as hell

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 5d

the whole thread but this especially

Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 6d

As long as the loudest folks on the left insist tone-policing, compromise on human rights, and acquiescence are our only options for a unified country, they will continue to lose the faith of the marginalized. And even when they win, they’ll just be waiting to lose the same way again.

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 5d

I'm hungover, my knees are killing me, and if you're gonna pull this shit at least say you're from the Yankees.

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