chort
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Skills/interests: Listening, understanding, privacy, DFIR, guitars, motorcycles, working out, whisky, anti-fascist action. Opinions NOT those of my employer.
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The person charged with enforcing the laws is an open lawbreaker, assisted by a team of open lawbreakers, backed by a Congressional majority indifferent to lawbreaking, supported by a Supreme Court that privileges them to break the law.
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
The person charged with enforcing the laws is himself a law breaker. In such a state, do laws even have any legitimacy?
December 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The person charged with enforcing the laws is an open lawbreaker, assisted by a team of open lawbreakers, backed by a Congressional majority indifferent to lawbreaking, supported by a Supreme Court that privileges them to break the law.
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
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trump kill kid
December 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
trump kill kid
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New: 404 Media is making a zine! Risograph-printed zine all about the surveillance tech ICE has deployed. Facial recognition app; Palantir; much more. Will be available in January but you can pre-order now. The art is amazing, printed by local LA business. Details:
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
404 Media Is Making a Zine
We are publishing a risograph-printed zine about the surveillance technologies used by ICE.
www.404media.co
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
New: 404 Media is making a zine! Risograph-printed zine all about the surveillance tech ICE has deployed. Facial recognition app; Palantir; much more. Will be available in January but you can pre-order now. The art is amazing, printed by local LA business. Details:
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
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I honestly think the reason GenAI has been so successful at getting orgs to pump money into a furnace is because it’s executive porn. It’s a mirror. People love mirrors.
It accepts any idea, loves to be told it is wrong, and spits out infinite bullshit summaries about things people don’t understand
It accepts any idea, loves to be told it is wrong, and spits out infinite bullshit summaries about things people don’t understand
“It’s a system that just takes a bunch of real original human thoughts and repeats them but in a stupidly imperceptible summary for lazy idiots who don’t want to do any work to understand”
LLM AI’s and most CEO’s, defined
LLM AI’s and most CEO’s, defined
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I honestly think the reason GenAI has been so successful at getting orgs to pump money into a furnace is because it’s executive porn. It’s a mirror. People love mirrors.
It accepts any idea, loves to be told it is wrong, and spits out infinite bullshit summaries about things people don’t understand
It accepts any idea, loves to be told it is wrong, and spits out infinite bullshit summaries about things people don’t understand
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Boomers: It just sucks so much that everyone gets participation trophies now, you used to have to show real merit to get an award
Also Boomers:
Also Boomers:
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Boomers: It just sucks so much that everyone gets participation trophies now, you used to have to show real merit to get an award
Also Boomers:
Also Boomers:
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Trump is gutting Wall Street safeguards and firing the examiners that make sure megabanks aren’t scamming you or putting our economy at risk.
Trump will own the next financial crisis, but we’re all going to pay for it.
Trump will own the next financial crisis, but we’re all going to pay for it.
December 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Trump is gutting Wall Street safeguards and firing the examiners that make sure megabanks aren’t scamming you or putting our economy at risk.
Trump will own the next financial crisis, but we’re all going to pay for it.
Trump will own the next financial crisis, but we’re all going to pay for it.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The techies are doing some of the best political reporting right now (ikr??). Support them if you're able.
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Trump’s pardon for Henry Cuellar is part of a truly ridiculous pro-corruption pattern, spanning both of his terms.
The message to politicians convicted or accused of corruption couldn’t be clearer: You have a friend in the Oval Office. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
The message to politicians convicted or accused of corruption couldn’t be clearer: You have a friend in the Oval Office. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Trump’s pardon for Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar fits a pro-corruption pattern
Trump appears to have a soft spot for politicians accused or convicted of corruption charges, regardless of party.
www.ms.now
December 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Trump’s pardon for Henry Cuellar is part of a truly ridiculous pro-corruption pattern, spanning both of his terms.
The message to politicians convicted or accused of corruption couldn’t be clearer: You have a friend in the Oval Office. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
The message to politicians convicted or accused of corruption couldn’t be clearer: You have a friend in the Oval Office. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Every dollar JK Rowling makes from Harry Potter is going into bankrolling an extortion racket issuing legal threats to organizations across the UK to purge themselves of trans people or face ruinous lawfare.
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Every dollar JK Rowling makes from Harry Potter is going into bankrolling an extortion racket issuing legal threats to organizations across the UK to purge themselves of trans people or face ruinous lawfare.
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Trump: I'm going to pardon massive drug kingpin Juan Orlando Hernández, bc I don't think former leaders should be held accountable for their crimes.
Also Trump: But I'm going to make thinly sourced claims that Maduro is a drug kingpin so I can rationalize an illegal war based on that claim.
Also Trump: But I'm going to make thinly sourced claims that Maduro is a drug kingpin so I can rationalize an illegal war based on that claim.
December 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Trump: I'm going to pardon massive drug kingpin Juan Orlando Hernández, bc I don't think former leaders should be held accountable for their crimes.
Also Trump: But I'm going to make thinly sourced claims that Maduro is a drug kingpin so I can rationalize an illegal war based on that claim.
Also Trump: But I'm going to make thinly sourced claims that Maduro is a drug kingpin so I can rationalize an illegal war based on that claim.
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"Afraid of appearing partisan, the Obama administration looked the other way when it came to prosecuting war criminals and torturers. The lack of confrontation is coming back to haunt us."
True in 2018, even more true in 2025 after a second Dem admin took office, slow-rolled prosecution, lost
True in 2018, even more true in 2025 after a second Dem admin took office, slow-rolled prosecution, lost
November 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Afraid of appearing partisan, the Obama administration looked the other way when it came to prosecuting war criminals and torturers. The lack of confrontation is coming back to haunt us."
True in 2018, even more true in 2025 after a second Dem admin took office, slow-rolled prosecution, lost
True in 2018, even more true in 2025 after a second Dem admin took office, slow-rolled prosecution, lost
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WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
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Venezuelan Bacon (2025)
September 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Venezuelan Bacon (2025)
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Black Friday sale. Everything 20% off in my shop, including my new Serigraph of Itka the Bundist breaking windows www.mollycrabapple.com/shop/p/itkat...
Itka the Bundist Serigraph — Molly Crabapple
Molly Crabapple created a serigraph of a young woman revolutionary smashing windows for the Jewish Labor Bund. In lime green and shocking fuschia, she rendered Itka and her nameless boyfriend (played...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Black Friday sale. Everything 20% off in my shop, including my new Serigraph of Itka the Bundist breaking windows www.mollycrabapple.com/shop/p/itkat...
Big first in the gym today!
Saw a woman walk away without racking her weights.
Saw a woman walk away without racking her weights.
November 28, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Big first in the gym today!
Saw a woman walk away without racking her weights.
Saw a woman walk away without racking her weights.
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ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
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siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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MI5 snooping on phone data to identify BBC journalist’s sources
MI5 repeatedly tried to obtain a BBC journalist’s phone records unlawfully, a London tribunal has heard
By Barry White
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
MI5 repeatedly tried to obtain a BBC journalist’s phone records unlawfully, a London tribunal has heard
By Barry White
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
MI5 snooping on phone data to identify BBC journalist’s sources
MI5 repeatedly tried to obtain a BBC journalist’s phone records unlawfully, a London tribunal has heard
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
MI5 snooping on phone data to identify BBC journalist’s sources
MI5 repeatedly tried to obtain a BBC journalist’s phone records unlawfully, a London tribunal has heard
By Barry White
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
MI5 repeatedly tried to obtain a BBC journalist’s phone records unlawfully, a London tribunal has heard
By Barry White
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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RFK Jr has so much blood om his gnarled hands, and not just from roadkill he manhandled into his car
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 AM
RFK Jr has so much blood om his gnarled hands, and not just from roadkill he manhandled into his car
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pretty clear a big part of the mainstream media-led backlash to #metoo is the number of people in media who take advantage of and abuse others.
they made it seem like it's about fairness, but they just didn't want to face any real consequences for their behavior.
they made it seem like it's about fairness, but they just didn't want to face any real consequences for their behavior.
So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
Btw about this from Lizza's reply: Olivia and I lived together for 4+ years (4 b'days, 4 Xmases, 4 anniversaries). That's like $1250 of jewelry per celebration. And her apartment was a writing studio. And I made an f-ton then. What was I supposed to do? Get her a lot of Gift Certificates from Kmart?
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
pretty clear a big part of the mainstream media-led backlash to #metoo is the number of people in media who take advantage of and abuse others.
they made it seem like it's about fairness, but they just didn't want to face any real consequences for their behavior.
they made it seem like it's about fairness, but they just didn't want to face any real consequences for their behavior.
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Nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from the Broadview ICE Detention Center has been "irretrievably destroyed" and cannot be produced as evidence in a lawsuit against the government over abhorrent conditions there:
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
Two Weeks of Surveillance Footage From ICE Detention Center ‘Irretrievably Destroyed’
"Defendants have indicated that some video between October 19, 2025 and October 31, 2025 has been irretrievably destroyed and therefore cannot be produced on an expedited basis or at all."
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from the Broadview ICE Detention Center has been "irretrievably destroyed" and cannot be produced as evidence in a lawsuit against the government over abhorrent conditions there:
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...