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*in expectation*
That’s not how GDP works. But it is how propaganda works.
December 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
*in expectation*
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Nothing says 'Merry Christmas' like Santa in military fatigues with guns.
They should be home with their families, not being used as props to amp up the fear propaganda.
They should be home with their families, not being used as props to amp up the fear propaganda.
National Guard wearing Santa hats while patrolling in DC.
December 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Nothing says 'Merry Christmas' like Santa in military fatigues with guns.
They should be home with their families, not being used as props to amp up the fear propaganda.
They should be home with their families, not being used as props to amp up the fear propaganda.
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Today is a big win for Illinois and American democracy.
I am glad the Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump did not have the authority to deploy the federalized guard in Illinois.
I am glad the Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump did not have the authority to deploy the federalized guard in Illinois.
December 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Today is a big win for Illinois and American democracy.
I am glad the Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump did not have the authority to deploy the federalized guard in Illinois.
I am glad the Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump did not have the authority to deploy the federalized guard in Illinois.
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Gosh. I'm wondering what ruling by which Supreme Court Justice might have previously given CBP and ICE the idea that they could just detain people and throw them behind bars for an extended period of time based on the color of their skin and nothing else?
Kavanaugh in a footnote in today's opinion says "the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity."
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Gosh. I'm wondering what ruling by which Supreme Court Justice might have previously given CBP and ICE the idea that they could just detain people and throw them behind bars for an extended period of time based on the color of their skin and nothing else?
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Q: What are you going to do with the oil seized from Venezuela?
TRUMP: We're gonna keep it
TRUMP: We're gonna keep it
December 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Q: What are you going to do with the oil seized from Venezuela?
TRUMP: We're gonna keep it
TRUMP: We're gonna keep it
Go behind the scenes with the Jane Goodall Institute as it shapes the future of research and responsible innovation with AI - Ars Technica share.google/fJxfp6X85suZ...
Go behind the scenes with the Jane Goodall Institute as it shapes the future of research and responsible innovation with AI
In the conclusion of this three-part series, an ambitious idea becomes a reality, uncovering hidden patterns in decades of historical data...
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December 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Go behind the scenes with the Jane Goodall Institute as it shapes the future of research and responsible innovation with AI - Ars Technica share.google/fJxfp6X85suZ...
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WELKER: Why was this photo of a desk with a drawer open containing photos of Trump taken down?
BLANCHE: You can see in that photo there are photos of women. We learned there were concerns about them.
W: Are you saying those women are victims of Epstein?
B: No, that's not what I'm saying.
BLANCHE: You can see in that photo there are photos of women. We learned there were concerns about them.
W: Are you saying those women are victims of Epstein?
B: No, that's not what I'm saying.
December 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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ah yes that is what this administration is known for, respecting judges’ orders
Blanche: "There were a number of photos that were pulled down after being released. That's bc a judge in NY ordered us to listen to any victim if they have concerns... even though there's repeated attempts by Dems to paint President Trump as part of the Epstein saga, it's failing over & over again"
December 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
ah yes that is what this administration is known for, respecting judges’ orders
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2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
December 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
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I told my son that the Atlantic reported that the “six seven” phenomenon was over and my kid rolled his eyes and said, “respectfully, no kid is reading that magazine.”
December 20, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I told my son that the Atlantic reported that the “six seven” phenomenon was over and my kid rolled his eyes and said, “respectfully, no kid is reading that magazine.”
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See that’s the kind of talk that gets you buried in an unmarked grave on a second-rate golf course
December 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
See that’s the kind of talk that gets you buried in an unmarked grave on a second-rate golf course
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These are the people the mainstream media is constantly telling us to understand and sympathize with.
December 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
These are the people the mainstream media is constantly telling us to understand and sympathize with.
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Every single democratic senator voted to confirm Marco Rubio as Secretary of State. Every single one. Not one “no” vote.
Q: Do you stand by your statement from earlier this year that nobody has died from USAID cuts?
RUBIO: I'm very proud of the changes we've made in foreign aid
RUBIO: I'm very proud of the changes we've made in foreign aid
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Every single democratic senator voted to confirm Marco Rubio as Secretary of State. Every single one. Not one “no” vote.
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
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This was one of the most fun interviews I’ve done in a while!
I loved geeking out over sci-fi, historical fic, and my middle school One Direction phase.
I loved geeking out over sci-fi, historical fic, and my middle school One Direction phase.
Congressional candidate and staunch anti-ICE activist @katmabu.bsky.social loves sci-fi and... One Direction fan fiction.
Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh on Parable of the Sower, and Her Love of Sci-Fi
I’ve been following Kat Abughazaleh’s career for years, starting with her work as a researcher and journalist for Media Matters. Her insights on politics and the American right, and her ability to …
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December 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This was one of the most fun interviews I’ve done in a while!
I loved geeking out over sci-fi, historical fic, and my middle school One Direction phase.
I loved geeking out over sci-fi, historical fic, and my middle school One Direction phase.
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Trump's healthcare plan: Just ask insurance companies to lower their premiums by 600%.
LOL -- Trump announces that his new healthcare plan, which he says was inspired by watching the pharma CEOs kiss his ass, is simply asking the healthcare companies to lower their prices
December 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Trump's healthcare plan: Just ask insurance companies to lower their premiums by 600%.
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When you lose shitfaced middle-American teenage bros, you have lost America.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
When you lose shitfaced middle-American teenage bros, you have lost America.
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There's really interesting social science on how white people significantly overestimate the number of people of color in a room or in a picture. A room with, like, 20% POC will be perceived as majority POC.
White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
85% of CEOs are white men.
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
December 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There's really interesting social science on how white people significantly overestimate the number of people of color in a room or in a picture. A room with, like, 20% POC will be perceived as majority POC.
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one thing that is important to know is that BIRTH OF A NATION is so racist that people at the *time*, in 1915, were like, “holy shit this is racist”
When the slightest bit of research shows he was consistently racist and a daddy issues Confederate fanboy.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
December 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
one thing that is important to know is that BIRTH OF A NATION is so racist that people at the *time*, in 1915, were like, “holy shit this is racist”
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I am taking the opportunity to once again remind you of the time Naomi Wolf thought Apple invented time machines run by vaccines
December 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I am taking the opportunity to once again remind you of the time Naomi Wolf thought Apple invented time machines run by vaccines
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For no particular reason...
Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
December 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
For no particular reason...
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*sigh* it’s me again, your neighborhood simple country theoretical physicist. I cannot emphasize enough how much these companies are not going to build fusion reactors.
"The answer, of course, is grift. The answer is always grift."
Latest newsletter:
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Why Is Trump's Truth Social Merging With a Nuclear Fusion Company?
The answer, of course, is grift. The answer is always grift.
www.gravityisgone.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
*sigh* it’s me again, your neighborhood simple country theoretical physicist. I cannot emphasize enough how much these companies are not going to build fusion reactors.