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"We're terrible animals. I think that the Earth's immune system is trying to get rid of us, as well it should."
Kurt Vonnegut
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You're damn right I can blame the faceless, feckless, racist, ignorant masses.
I grew up with them. They raised me. I live amongst them now..
You'll never sway intentional ignorance coupled with intrinsic stupidity with "better messaging". Particularly when they believe they are superior.
I grew up with them. They raised me. I live amongst them now..
You'll never sway intentional ignorance coupled with intrinsic stupidity with "better messaging". Particularly when they believe they are superior.
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This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
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It will never stop being infuriating that Trump is held to no objective standards -- even standards he himself claimed he would succeed in!
We've continued to shed manufacturing jobs since Inauguration Day -- despite (or, given the April timing, because of?) tariffs! It's objective reality!
We've continued to shed manufacturing jobs since Inauguration Day -- despite (or, given the April timing, because of?) tariffs! It's objective reality!
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It will never stop being infuriating that Trump is held to no objective standards -- even standards he himself claimed he would succeed in!
We've continued to shed manufacturing jobs since Inauguration Day -- despite (or, given the April timing, because of?) tariffs! It's objective reality!
We've continued to shed manufacturing jobs since Inauguration Day -- despite (or, given the April timing, because of?) tariffs! It's objective reality!
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This is incredible.
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This is incredible.
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Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
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"Do you know how long it takes a working man to save $5000? Just remember this, Mr. Potter, that this rabble you're talking about-they do most of the working, paying, living & dying in this community. Well is it too much to have them work, pay, live & die in a couple of decent rooms & a bath?"
a man in a suit and tie is holding a child .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding a child .
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"Do you know how long it takes a working man to save $5000? Just remember this, Mr. Potter, that this rabble you're talking about-they do most of the working, paying, living & dying in this community. Well is it too much to have them work, pay, live & die in a couple of decent rooms & a bath?"
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Another major hit on rural Americans' health:
"What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians? Immigrants make up about a 1/4 of all the country’s doctors, and the U.S. health care system depends heavily on them."
#medsky
"What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians? Immigrants make up about a 1/4 of all the country’s doctors, and the U.S. health care system depends heavily on them."
#medsky
New reporting in the Washington Post, CBS News and NPR capture how rural Americans... are among those who will pay the price for the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant crackdown and efforts to restrict legal immigration channels.
americasvoice.org/press_releas...
americasvoice.org/press_releas...
December 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Another major hit on rural Americans' health:
"What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians? Immigrants make up about a 1/4 of all the country’s doctors, and the U.S. health care system depends heavily on them."
#medsky
"What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians? Immigrants make up about a 1/4 of all the country’s doctors, and the U.S. health care system depends heavily on them."
#medsky
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Do I hear the first murmurs of a 2028 Los Angeles Olympics boycott? The calls for FIFA to move 2026 World Cup games out of the USA grow louder.
Masked ICE goons with quotas of foreigners to round up don't go well with international sports events.
Masked ICE goons with quotas of foreigners to round up don't go well with international sports events.
August 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Do I hear the first murmurs of a 2028 Los Angeles Olympics boycott? The calls for FIFA to move 2026 World Cup games out of the USA grow louder.
Masked ICE goons with quotas of foreigners to round up don't go well with international sports events.
Masked ICE goons with quotas of foreigners to round up don't go well with international sports events.
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can we skip to the part where the union dissolves or there’s a new constitutional convention or something this is exhausting
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
can we skip to the part where the union dissolves or there’s a new constitutional convention or something this is exhausting
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“The law of armed conflict does not apply to these strikes. They are premeditated killings outside of the context of armed conflict, and we have a legal concept for that conduct. It’s murder.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Advocacy groups sue Trump administration seeking release of legal memo justifying boat strikes
The complaint argues that the deadly strikes on alleged drug boats, which have killed at least 87 people since early September, are illegal.
www.nbcnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
“The law of armed conflict does not apply to these strikes. They are premeditated killings outside of the context of armed conflict, and we have a legal concept for that conduct. It’s murder.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Feels like an eternity ago now, but we caught an agent doing this (seemingly recording people, at least momentarily) outside Broadview in September. He was adjusting/ turning the glasses on and off as he heckled protesters:
December 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Feels like an eternity ago now, but we caught an agent doing this (seemingly recording people, at least momentarily) outside Broadview in September. He was adjusting/ turning the glasses on and off as he heckled protesters:
This man needs to be shunned
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This man needs to be shunned
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Let’s check in with The Atlantic…
December 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Let’s check in with The Atlantic…
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Jerry Garcia from a lot tee, circa 1989. (h/t 4CPcomics)
December 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Jerry Garcia from a lot tee, circa 1989. (h/t 4CPcomics)
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One theme here is the speed of American institutional collapse.
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Activists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
One theme here is the speed of American institutional collapse.
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
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Trump and Co. haven’t been dismantling US institutions just this year, they’ve been doing it since 2017.
America has been democratic backsliding into authoritarianism for nearly a decade. Much of what we see now builds on what they did in term 1 and advanced in the interim.
But too many denied it.
America has been democratic backsliding into authoritarianism for nearly a decade. Much of what we see now builds on what they did in term 1 and advanced in the interim.
But too many denied it.
One theme here is the speed of American institutional collapse.
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
December 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Trump and Co. haven’t been dismantling US institutions just this year, they’ve been doing it since 2017.
America has been democratic backsliding into authoritarianism for nearly a decade. Much of what we see now builds on what they did in term 1 and advanced in the interim.
But too many denied it.
America has been democratic backsliding into authoritarianism for nearly a decade. Much of what we see now builds on what they did in term 1 and advanced in the interim.
But too many denied it.
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secretary of transportation announced airplanes will go back to wicker seats and smoking will be allowed
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
secretary of transportation announced airplanes will go back to wicker seats and smoking will be allowed
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Turns out Trump was helping to bring about a golden age - the Golden Age of China.
December 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Turns out Trump was helping to bring about a golden age - the Golden Age of China.
These fuckers are insane.
Wild that the Secretary of Transportation is out here pretending pull-ups are policy while the rest of us are just trying to make sure bridges don’t collapse and planes don’t fall out of the sky.
December 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
These fuckers are insane.
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If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it’s not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power. - Dwight Eisenhower
December 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it’s not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power. - Dwight Eisenhower
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“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
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America’s Nero
December 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
America’s Nero
I don't read the Times anymore, but I spent a lot of time in Carbondale, so..
This is seriously what journalism is now? I've never seen a more blatant both-sides, lazy attempt on this issue. And to interject the neighboring mayor's opinion for a national article? The guy got 300 votes. Ridiculous
This is seriously what journalism is now? I've never seen a more blatant both-sides, lazy attempt on this issue. And to interject the neighboring mayor's opinion for a national article? The guy got 300 votes. Ridiculous
“Carbondale is an example of how the Supreme Court’s decision, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, to end a woman’s constitutional right to abortion has made geography an all-important factor in access to the procedure.”
Paywall-free gift article: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
Paywall-free gift article: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
A Small Illinois City at the Center of a Seismic Shift in Abortion Access
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I don't read the Times anymore, but I spent a lot of time in Carbondale, so..
This is seriously what journalism is now? I've never seen a more blatant both-sides, lazy attempt on this issue. And to interject the neighboring mayor's opinion for a national article? The guy got 300 votes. Ridiculous
This is seriously what journalism is now? I've never seen a more blatant both-sides, lazy attempt on this issue. And to interject the neighboring mayor's opinion for a national article? The guy got 300 votes. Ridiculous