BluntForceLlama
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Your teacher in 2005: don't use Wikipedia as a source! People can change it! Use dot gov sites!
Teacher in 2025: don't use dot gov sites, they say Tylenol causes autism. Wikipedia is curated by honest and trustworthy nerds who require real citations. 1
Teacher in 2025: don't use dot gov sites, they say Tylenol causes autism. Wikipedia is curated by honest and trustworthy nerds who require real citations. 1
December 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Your teacher in 2005: don't use Wikipedia as a source! People can change it! Use dot gov sites!
Teacher in 2025: don't use dot gov sites, they say Tylenol causes autism. Wikipedia is curated by honest and trustworthy nerds who require real citations. 1
Teacher in 2025: don't use dot gov sites, they say Tylenol causes autism. Wikipedia is curated by honest and trustworthy nerds who require real citations. 1
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Congrats to Jello Biafra today youtu.be/nyvj_V7RgMw?...
M.T.V. Get Off the Air
YouTube video by Dead Kennedys - Topic
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December 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Congrats to Jello Biafra today youtu.be/nyvj_V7RgMw?...
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which political views? which ones specifically
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
Majority of Gen Z swipe left on dating people with opposite political views
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
n.pr
December 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
which political views? which ones specifically
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Recall that in July, Trump's justification for banning Epstein from Mar-a-Lago was that he "stole" his spa employees.
Now WSJ reports that MAL staff knew Epstein was exposing himself on the house calls they set up, which sounds like sex trafficking
archive.is/QilmC
apnews.com/article/jeff...
Now WSJ reports that MAL staff knew Epstein was exposing himself on the house calls they set up, which sounds like sex trafficking
archive.is/QilmC
apnews.com/article/jeff...
ladies and gentlemen the president of the United States www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
December 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Recall that in July, Trump's justification for banning Epstein from Mar-a-Lago was that he "stole" his spa employees.
Now WSJ reports that MAL staff knew Epstein was exposing himself on the house calls they set up, which sounds like sex trafficking
archive.is/QilmC
apnews.com/article/jeff...
Now WSJ reports that MAL staff knew Epstein was exposing himself on the house calls they set up, which sounds like sex trafficking
archive.is/QilmC
apnews.com/article/jeff...
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What was Epstein's "inappropriate" behavior that spurred Trump to ban him? Not the grooming and assault, but hiring away teenage spa employees. Damning stuff.
archive.is/QilmC
archive.is/QilmC
December 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
What was Epstein's "inappropriate" behavior that spurred Trump to ban him? Not the grooming and assault, but hiring away teenage spa employees. Damning stuff.
archive.is/QilmC
archive.is/QilmC
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Sure Mar-a-Lago kicked out Epstein after an 18-year-old said he pressured her for sex, per WSJ story. But spa managers had been sending girls to his house for years, even as employees warned each other about him and Martha Maples raised concerns. Trafficking.
archive.is/QilmC
archive.is/QilmC
Just so we're clear: this piece details how teens were routinely sent from Mar-a-Lago to Jeffrey Epstein's private home for "massages."
That right there is sex trafficking through the President's own residence.
www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
That right there is sex trafficking through the President's own residence.
www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
Exclusive | The Incident That Prompted Trump to Ban Epstein From Mar-a-Lago’s Spa
Mar-a-Lago sent an 18-year-old spa worker on a house call to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. She complained to her bosses that Epstein pressured her for sex.
www.wsj.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Sure Mar-a-Lago kicked out Epstein after an 18-year-old said he pressured her for sex, per WSJ story. But spa managers had been sending girls to his house for years, even as employees warned each other about him and Martha Maples raised concerns. Trafficking.
archive.is/QilmC
archive.is/QilmC
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WSJ breaks significant news reporting that Mar-a-Lago’s spa *for years* regularly sent young staffers to Epstein’s home purportedly to give him massages, contorts its scoop to find a more flattering angle for Trump, and still gets an icy blast of a comment from Leavitt. www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
Exclusive | The Incident That Prompted Trump to Ban Epstein From Mar-a-Lago’s Spa
Mar-a-Lago sent an 18-year-old spa worker on a house call to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. She complained to her bosses that Epstein pressured her for sex.
www.wsj.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:24 AM
WSJ breaks significant news reporting that Mar-a-Lago’s spa *for years* regularly sent young staffers to Epstein’s home purportedly to give him massages, contorts its scoop to find a more flattering angle for Trump, and still gets an icy blast of a comment from Leavitt. www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
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The takeaway is not that journalists make absurd predictions. This was a blunt, but reasonable headline in 1996. It's that outcomes that seem highly unlikely/wildly optimistic do happen occasionally due to agency. Bulgarians and Europeans took forks in the road over the yrs that made today reality.
An article from December 1996 warns that Bulgaria has no chance of joining Europe and the euro would replace the lev only after the second coming of Christ. Brace yourselves, the euro replaces the lev tonight at midnight! 🤣(and, of course, Bulgaria did join the EU in 2007).
December 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The takeaway is not that journalists make absurd predictions. This was a blunt, but reasonable headline in 1996. It's that outcomes that seem highly unlikely/wildly optimistic do happen occasionally due to agency. Bulgarians and Europeans took forks in the road over the yrs that made today reality.
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Israel’s current leadership has made clear it is “perfectly happy if everybody in Gaza dies,” Dr. Feroze Sidhwa told Drop Site, citing constant genocidal rhetoric from senior officials & policies that treat the destruction of Gaza’s health system as a benefit.
If the killings and the collapse...
If the killings and the collapse...
December 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Israel’s current leadership has made clear it is “perfectly happy if everybody in Gaza dies,” Dr. Feroze Sidhwa told Drop Site, citing constant genocidal rhetoric from senior officials & policies that treat the destruction of Gaza’s health system as a benefit.
If the killings and the collapse...
If the killings and the collapse...
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Israel to Ban International Aid Groups From Gaza
Israel’s decision to bar a number of international humanitarian organizations—among them Doctors Without Borders (MSF)—from operating in Gaza is anticipated to severely impact civilians already enduring a protracted humanitarian crisis.
Israel’s decision to bar a number of international humanitarian organizations—among them Doctors Without Borders (MSF)—from operating in Gaza is anticipated to severely impact civilians already enduring a protracted humanitarian crisis.
December 31, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Israel to Ban International Aid Groups From Gaza
Israel’s decision to bar a number of international humanitarian organizations—among them Doctors Without Borders (MSF)—from operating in Gaza is anticipated to severely impact civilians already enduring a protracted humanitarian crisis.
Israel’s decision to bar a number of international humanitarian organizations—among them Doctors Without Borders (MSF)—from operating in Gaza is anticipated to severely impact civilians already enduring a protracted humanitarian crisis.
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Not only a perfect denouement, it was the end of an era. Thirty years ago today, this strip was published.
December 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Not only a perfect denouement, it was the end of an era. Thirty years ago today, this strip was published.
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New Past Lives: Crixus, the Spartacus Rebellion, and Resistance to Slavery. The Spartacus Rebellion of 73-71 BC is one of the most famous events in human history, but what can we know about the participants? And why would people risk everything for a shot at freedom? www.pod.link/1852618120/e...
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December 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
New Past Lives: Crixus, the Spartacus Rebellion, and Resistance to Slavery. The Spartacus Rebellion of 73-71 BC is one of the most famous events in human history, but what can we know about the participants? And why would people risk everything for a shot at freedom? www.pod.link/1852618120/e...
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“Ben Gvir is weak against criminals, and strong only against children.”
— Israel’s Knesset member Ayman Odeh writes. Read below.
— Israel’s Knesset member Ayman Odeh writes. Read below.
December 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“Ben Gvir is weak against criminals, and strong only against children.”
— Israel’s Knesset member Ayman Odeh writes. Read below.
— Israel’s Knesset member Ayman Odeh writes. Read below.
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The Luddites created & practiced what was called "collective bargaining through riot" which is probably one of the coolest phrases ever coined about any movement ever
December 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The Luddites created & practiced what was called "collective bargaining through riot" which is probably one of the coolest phrases ever coined about any movement ever
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aliens invading earth because that tesla elon shot into space ran over a kid
December 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
aliens invading earth because that tesla elon shot into space ran over a kid
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THIS. Did you know sickle cell is curable, now? FULLY curable.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
December 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
THIS. Did you know sickle cell is curable, now? FULLY curable.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
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Perhaps an obvious point, but beyond a certain level of wealth, these numbers become meaningless. Those eight billionaires are mostly wielding political capital at this point; the bank balances are irrelevant. What this is a record of is therefore only what they *took* from everyone else.
"What a year for the ultra wealthy. The world’s 500 richest people added a record $2.2 trillion to their collective fortunes in 2025’s… booming markets, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. And about a quarter of this year’s gains went to just eight billionaires.” — Bloomberg Morning Brief
December 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Perhaps an obvious point, but beyond a certain level of wealth, these numbers become meaningless. Those eight billionaires are mostly wielding political capital at this point; the bank balances are irrelevant. What this is a record of is therefore only what they *took* from everyone else.
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"Die einzige Demokratie im Nahen Osten" verbietet die Arbeit von 37 renommierten Internationalen Hilfsorganisationen (die meisten aus der EU) in #Gaza.
#Staatsräson
#Staatsräson
December 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"Die einzige Demokratie im Nahen Osten" verbietet die Arbeit von 37 renommierten Internationalen Hilfsorganisationen (die meisten aus der EU) in #Gaza.
#Staatsräson
#Staatsräson
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Creatures in the ecommerce world - a pissed off Amazon shopper. If I wanted to sell stuff on Amazon, I’d have asked to set up an Amazon shop. I didn’t. The fact that Amazon feels like it has a right to our products without our input feels so violating.
December 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Creatures in the ecommerce world - a pissed off Amazon shopper. If I wanted to sell stuff on Amazon, I’d have asked to set up an Amazon shop. I didn’t. The fact that Amazon feels like it has a right to our products without our input feels so violating.
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Why is this a problem? You’d think we’d want wider distribution, right? Sure. But we want to control where our stuff is for sale. We sell a lot of limited edition art. What if Amazon’s search didn’t reflect that it’s a Ltd edition and oversells? Then I have to deal with one of the worst
December 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Why is this a problem? You’d think we’d want wider distribution, right? Sure. But we want to control where our stuff is for sale. We sell a lot of limited edition art. What if Amazon’s search didn’t reflect that it’s a Ltd edition and oversells? Then I have to deal with one of the worst