Veneer of Discipline
@birdpant.bsky.social
Born to be a house hippo, forced to be outdoorsy.
“You need to compliment the pretty ones even if they don’t do well.”
“You need to compliment the pretty ones even if they don’t do well.”
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Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
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Someday, someone will do a story about why the Pulitzer jurors never nominated, and the Pulitzer board never awarded, a prize to @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, the @miamiherald.com reporter who broke the bulk of the Epstein story.
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...
Perversion of Justice: Jeffrey Epstein
In her year-long investigation of Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein, Miami Herald reporter Julie Brown tracked down more than 60 women who said they were victims of abuse and revealed the fu...
www.miamiherald.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Someday, someone will do a story about why the Pulitzer jurors never nominated, and the Pulitzer board never awarded, a prize to @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, the @miamiherald.com reporter who broke the bulk of the Epstein story.
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...
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HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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Gift link.
It's hard to imagine the fortitude of a career military officer in a culture that puts the collective first standing alone and saying to the brass, there are other solutions, sending in young men with guns will result in carnage, I will not participate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/w...
It's hard to imagine the fortitude of a career military officer in a culture that puts the collective first standing alone and saying to the brass, there are other solutions, sending in young men with guns will result in carnage, I will not participate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/w...
The Secret Trial of the General Who Refused to Attack Tiananmen Square
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Gift link.
It's hard to imagine the fortitude of a career military officer in a culture that puts the collective first standing alone and saying to the brass, there are other solutions, sending in young men with guns will result in carnage, I will not participate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/w...
It's hard to imagine the fortitude of a career military officer in a culture that puts the collective first standing alone and saying to the brass, there are other solutions, sending in young men with guns will result in carnage, I will not participate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/w...
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WHO'S WEIRDER ABOUT SEX
STEVEN PINKER VS ROSS DOUTHAT
STEVEN PINKER VS ROSS DOUTHAT
December 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
WHO'S WEIRDER ABOUT SEX
STEVEN PINKER VS ROSS DOUTHAT
STEVEN PINKER VS ROSS DOUTHAT
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This was a human being. What the fuck is wrong with you?
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This was a human being. What the fuck is wrong with you?
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All the lawlessness ... it all goes back to John Roberts.
December 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
All the lawlessness ... it all goes back to John Roberts.
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Can we at least all agree on one thing? Everything that's been made of Epstein & people he's associated with has been about everything but justice & healing for the survivors.
December 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Can we at least all agree on one thing? Everything that's been made of Epstein & people he's associated with has been about everything but justice & healing for the survivors.
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As I covered here, it's telling that they went after the hep B vaccine first. The narrative on the right is only "dirty" women have babies who get hep B. And standardized vaccines is an insult to their purity.
(FWIW: half of infant transmission is not maternal)
www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...
(FWIW: half of infant transmission is not maternal)
www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...
RFK Jr.'s war on vaccines is about shaming women, not helping kids
The MAHA movement regards all childhood ailments as a sign that moms are failing
www.salon.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
As I covered here, it's telling that they went after the hep B vaccine first. The narrative on the right is only "dirty" women have babies who get hep B. And standardized vaccines is an insult to their purity.
(FWIW: half of infant transmission is not maternal)
www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...
(FWIW: half of infant transmission is not maternal)
www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...
The advantage of having a quadruple bypass and becoming a (skinny) vegan is you can pretty easily identify when these photos were not.
December 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The advantage of having a quadruple bypass and becoming a (skinny) vegan is you can pretty easily identify when these photos were not.
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Honestly, it’s the perfect role for a VP. They’re usually the more partisan one and they usually need something to do.
Imagine the joy of Tim Walz in a hard hat, behind the wheel of a wrecking ball
Imagine the joy of Tim Walz in a hard hat, behind the wheel of a wrecking ball
There's a series of things (like the ballroom, Gulf of America) that we're going to have to *undo* the moment this guy is out of office.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
The president's name was added to the sign outside the performing arts center.
December 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Honestly, it’s the perfect role for a VP. They’re usually the more partisan one and they usually need something to do.
Imagine the joy of Tim Walz in a hard hat, behind the wheel of a wrecking ball
Imagine the joy of Tim Walz in a hard hat, behind the wheel of a wrecking ball
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I wrote this one in a hurry, right after the Justice Department moved to drop Eric Adams' case. The central thesis — that Trump was basically trying to decriminalize corruption — might've seemed like a stretch in the moment. I think it's been proven out.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
(3/x)
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump's Plan Comes Into Focus: Make America Corrupt Again
Donald Trump’s deal to drop charges against Mayor Eric Adams is part of a broader effort to legalize bribery and covert foreign influence.
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I wrote this one in a hurry, right after the Justice Department moved to drop Eric Adams' case. The central thesis — that Trump was basically trying to decriminalize corruption — might've seemed like a stretch in the moment. I think it's been proven out.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
(3/x)
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
(3/x)
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Holy crap chart from Gallup
December 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Holy crap chart from Gallup
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“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
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"Look," said David Brooks, "If we didn't keep the secret billionaires and pedophiles and ... ahem ... geniuses ... meeting secret, you would have treated it like it was some nefarious secret!"
NYT acting like it was no big deal Brooks was there, and then this final line from the Buzzfeed story: "After the event, they took the guest list and shredded it."
December 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
"Look," said David Brooks, "If we didn't keep the secret billionaires and pedophiles and ... ahem ... geniuses ... meeting secret, you would have treated it like it was some nefarious secret!"
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TikTok's chief just told employees that the company has signed its U.S. spin-off deal. Set to close next month, if the Chinese government approves it. New owners will include Oracle, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi's MGX, as we reported in September:
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Trump’s ‘all American’ TikTok deal gives big stake to Middle East investors
An Emirati state-backed investment firm that boosted the president’s crypto venture stands to win a stake in a U.S. TikTok spin-off as part of a deal negotiated by the White House.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
TikTok's chief just told employees that the company has signed its U.S. spin-off deal. Set to close next month, if the Chinese government approves it. New owners will include Oracle, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi's MGX, as we reported in September:
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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Glad Rolling Stone published this, especially given the loud silence from the rest of the media on this grim watershed moment in US political history.
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Glad Rolling Stone published this, especially given the loud silence from the rest of the media on this grim watershed moment in US political history.
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David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
December 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
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sharks what i have for you today is a moderation tool that prompts men to venmo women five dollars if their attempted social media replies pass a certain threshold of obnoxiousness
December 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
sharks what i have for you today is a moderation tool that prompts men to venmo women five dollars if their attempted social media replies pass a certain threshold of obnoxiousness
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even taken on its own pie-in-the-sky terms, wouldn’t this value the deal at just $600 million, not $6 billion?
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
even taken on its own pie-in-the-sky terms, wouldn’t this value the deal at just $600 million, not $6 billion?
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The U.S. government needs to fuck off and leave trans people alone forever but they're only capitalizing on a click-hungry furor stirred up by the NYT and Atlantic www.avclub.com/heightened-s...
The Supreme Court failed trans people, but Heightened Scrutiny reveals how the media targeted them
United States v. Skrmetti may be over, but Sam Feder's documentary Heightened Scrutiny makes another case against click-hungry publications.
www.avclub.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The U.S. government needs to fuck off and leave trans people alone forever but they're only capitalizing on a click-hungry furor stirred up by the NYT and Atlantic www.avclub.com/heightened-s...
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But in the absence of a general answer, it's useful to look at specifics. And on the specific issue of immigration, the "let's just endorse a watered down version of the right wing proposals" has failed over and over and over again. Here in the US, and also across Europe.
December 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
But in the absence of a general answer, it's useful to look at specifics. And on the specific issue of immigration, the "let's just endorse a watered down version of the right wing proposals" has failed over and over and over again. Here in the US, and also across Europe.
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Morrow, who was at the Capitol on Jan. 6, called public schools "indoctrination centers," called for Donald Trump to use the military to remain in power, and made a "joke" about executing Barack Obama. She spent campaign for state superintendent firing off homophobic rhetoric. She narrowly lost.
BREAKING: Former NC superintendent candidate Michele Morrow is running for U.S. Senate, where she'll square off against former NCGOP Chairman Michael Whatley. #ncpol
December 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Morrow, who was at the Capitol on Jan. 6, called public schools "indoctrination centers," called for Donald Trump to use the military to remain in power, and made a "joke" about executing Barack Obama. She spent campaign for state superintendent firing off homophobic rhetoric. She narrowly lost.