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· Feb 15
The only video game I've ever played was Hong Kong Mahjong by Nine Dragons Software: the only computer version of the actual game I've ever seen, and played with Cantonese Old-Style rules. Not into horror at all because we actually live in an American Horror Story (Myrtle Snow still rules).
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Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.
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Trump and Republicans claim they want to "protect children."
But they've rolled back child labor laws and environmental protections, blocked gun safety reform, and spread lies about vaccines that save children from deadly diseases.
Hello?
But they've rolled back child labor laws and environmental protections, blocked gun safety reform, and spread lies about vaccines that save children from deadly diseases.
Hello?
December 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Trump and Republicans claim they want to "protect children."
But they've rolled back child labor laws and environmental protections, blocked gun safety reform, and spread lies about vaccines that save children from deadly diseases.
Hello?
But they've rolled back child labor laws and environmental protections, blocked gun safety reform, and spread lies about vaccines that save children from deadly diseases.
Hello?
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Ahhhh… So Trump took billions from troop housing and gave it to them as “bonuses” - Got it. A con artist to the end.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
December 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Ahhhh… So Trump took billions from troop housing and gave it to them as “bonuses” - Got it. A con artist to the end.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
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AI data centers are straining electrical grids across the country so that our president can post an AI-generated video of himself dumping shit on protesters from a fighter jet.
Monster of 2025: AI slop
The drive for a frictionless existence has sloppified our offline lives, too.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
AI data centers are straining electrical grids across the country so that our president can post an AI-generated video of himself dumping shit on protesters from a fighter jet.
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Our top story, from @gaigedavila.bsky.social: As deep South Texas prepares for its first gas export facility, the Observer has reported out the impacts of LNG facilities in the industrialized town of Freeport and in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
Peering Into the Rio Grande Valley’s Fossil Fuel Future
As deep South Texas prepares for its first gas export facility, communities along the Gulf Coast offer cautionary tales.
www.texasobserver.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Our top story, from @gaigedavila.bsky.social: As deep South Texas prepares for its first gas export facility, the Observer has reported out the impacts of LNG facilities in the industrialized town of Freeport and in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
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Spend your airfare more wisely!
These are the Basic Economy airline tickets that include the most free perks:
www.frommers.com/tips/airfare...
#travel #airline
These are the Basic Economy airline tickets that include the most free perks:
www.frommers.com/tips/airfare...
#travel #airline
The Airline Basic Tickets That Come with the Most Freebies (or the…
Which most-flown airlines in North America hit you with the most added fees—and which ones throw in the most perks?
www.frommers.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Spend your airfare more wisely!
These are the Basic Economy airline tickets that include the most free perks:
www.frommers.com/tips/airfare...
#travel #airline
These are the Basic Economy airline tickets that include the most free perks:
www.frommers.com/tips/airfare...
#travel #airline
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Useful thread from our reporter @bxroberts.org 🧵
THREAD: The FDA has made it difficult to find where medications are made. Today we're changing that with our latest tool.
With Rx Inspector, it’s possible to see your drug’s manufacturing facility and what the FDA found during its inspections.
Here's how you can use it. 1/
With Rx Inspector, it’s possible to see your drug’s manufacturing facility and what the FDA found during its inspections.
Here's how you can use it. 1/
December 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Useful thread from our reporter @bxroberts.org 🧵
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Rule for the Nativity Fast:
It is better to eat meat and drink wine and not to eat the flesh of one's brethren through slander. — Abba Hyperechius
It is better to eat meat and drink wine and not to eat the flesh of one's brethren through slander. — Abba Hyperechius
December 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Rule for the Nativity Fast:
It is better to eat meat and drink wine and not to eat the flesh of one's brethren through slander. — Abba Hyperechius
It is better to eat meat and drink wine and not to eat the flesh of one's brethren through slander. — Abba Hyperechius
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Today, my colleague David Yaffe-Bellany and I published an investigation into the frenzied world of crypto unleased by Trump.
Risk taking, profiteering & yes, innovation, as crypto bros sense that this is the moment crypto will go mainstream in the U.S.
Free link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/t...
Risk taking, profiteering & yes, innovation, as crypto bros sense that this is the moment crypto will go mainstream in the U.S.
Free link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/t...
What Trump’s Embrace of Crypto Has Unleashed
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Today, my colleague David Yaffe-Bellany and I published an investigation into the frenzied world of crypto unleased by Trump.
Risk taking, profiteering & yes, innovation, as crypto bros sense that this is the moment crypto will go mainstream in the U.S.
Free link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/t...
Risk taking, profiteering & yes, innovation, as crypto bros sense that this is the moment crypto will go mainstream in the U.S.
Free link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/t...
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These three disorders could really be “CKM syndrome,” which can be treated with drugs like Ozempic
Heart and Kidney Diseases, plus Type 2 Diabetes, May Be One New Syndrome Treatable with New Drugs
These three disorders could really be “CKM syndrome,” which can be treated with drugs like Ozempic
www.scientificamerican.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
These three disorders could really be “CKM syndrome,” which can be treated with drugs like Ozempic
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Back on twitter during the first Trump admin I speculated that Sarah Kendzior was being Cassandra-ized. Her predictions weren’t just being ignored - they were being suppressed out of fear she was right and by people in power who wanted to shut her up. And here we are. She knew!
From my 2022 book THEY KNEW:
"It is very bad in America to be right too early."
www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09...
"It is very bad in America to be right too early."
www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09...
December 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Back on twitter during the first Trump admin I speculated that Sarah Kendzior was being Cassandra-ized. Her predictions weren’t just being ignored - they were being suppressed out of fear she was right and by people in power who wanted to shut her up. And here we are. She knew!
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A rare moment of bipartisanship
December 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
A rare moment of bipartisanship
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NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
projects.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has been an outspoken critic of RFKJ's vaccine disinformation and non evidence-based vaccine recommendations.
Now they are losing millions in federal funding for mental health services, rural healthcare access, and more.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Now they are losing millions in federal funding for mental health services, rural healthcare access, and more.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
US Health Department cancels millions of dollars in grants to American Academy of Pediatrics
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has canceled millions of dollars in grants awarded to the American Academy of Pediatrics, it said on Wednesday, including ones the group said were aime...
www.reuters.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has been an outspoken critic of RFKJ's vaccine disinformation and non evidence-based vaccine recommendations.
Now they are losing millions in federal funding for mental health services, rural healthcare access, and more.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Now they are losing millions in federal funding for mental health services, rural healthcare access, and more.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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This is an important read by a researcher who has investigated the many deceptive and harmful practices of unregulated pregnancy centers in the US. It's astounding what these fake clinics are allowed to get away with.
Supreme Court case about ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ highlights debate over truthful advertising standards
There are some 2,500 of these centers across the United States. Many are located within a mile of an abortion provider.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This is an important read by a researcher who has investigated the many deceptive and harmful practices of unregulated pregnancy centers in the US. It's astounding what these fake clinics are allowed to get away with.
This thread is a historical feast for the mind and eyes with @jelltex.bsky.social's own pictures. I strongly recommend it to you.
In light of the news that #EastbridgeHospital in Canterbury needs a six figure sum to save it, here are some shots taken by me in 2010 and 2022 when it reopened after the last renovation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Canterbury building 'needs £100k' to avoid slipping into river
Eastbridge Hospital, built in Canterbury in 1180, is
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This thread is a historical feast for the mind and eyes with @jelltex.bsky.social's own pictures. I strongly recommend it to you.
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We've all been so disgusted with Trump's remarks on the Reiners that it's only now starting to sink in that his broader point is that his critics all deserve to be murdered.
December 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
We've all been so disgusted with Trump's remarks on the Reiners that it's only now starting to sink in that his broader point is that his critics all deserve to be murdered.
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SCHATZ: You think you have jurisdiction over political satire?
FCC CHAIR BRENDAN CARR: My positio---
SCHATZ: It's a yes or no
BRENDAN CARR: We have jurisdiction with respect the broadcast airwaves to ensure their operations are int he public interest
(That's a yes!)
FCC CHAIR BRENDAN CARR: My positio---
SCHATZ: It's a yes or no
BRENDAN CARR: We have jurisdiction with respect the broadcast airwaves to ensure their operations are int he public interest
(That's a yes!)
December 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
SCHATZ: You think you have jurisdiction over political satire?
FCC CHAIR BRENDAN CARR: My positio---
SCHATZ: It's a yes or no
BRENDAN CARR: We have jurisdiction with respect the broadcast airwaves to ensure their operations are int he public interest
(That's a yes!)
FCC CHAIR BRENDAN CARR: My positio---
SCHATZ: It's a yes or no
BRENDAN CARR: We have jurisdiction with respect the broadcast airwaves to ensure their operations are int he public interest
(That's a yes!)
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The Trump regime in a nutshell: gut critical programs, cause devastating harm, celebrate doing so, and lie about causing harm.
The cruelty is endless.
The cruelty is endless.
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the po
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The Trump regime in a nutshell: gut critical programs, cause devastating harm, celebrate doing so, and lie about causing harm.
The cruelty is endless.
The cruelty is endless.
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AOC: Donald Trump and Stephen Miller want you to believe that this is who we are as a country. And we are here to say that it is not. We are a country that has fought and defeated the confederacy. That has defeated a history of civil rights violations, of secret police, of fascism.
December 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
AOC: Donald Trump and Stephen Miller want you to believe that this is who we are as a country. And we are here to say that it is not. We are a country that has fought and defeated the confederacy. That has defeated a history of civil rights violations, of secret police, of fascism.
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Discover a broad range of this year's most compelling classical recordings, including symphonic booty-shakers, mystic violin, pipe organ prog and a guided tour of 18th century German chart-toppers. n.pr/4s22YVY
The 10 Best Classical Albums of 2025
Discover a broad range of this year's most compelling classical recordings, including symphonic booty-shakers, mystic violin, pipe organ prog and a guided tour of 18th century German chart-toppers.
n.pr
December 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Discover a broad range of this year's most compelling classical recordings, including symphonic booty-shakers, mystic violin, pipe organ prog and a guided tour of 18th century German chart-toppers. n.pr/4s22YVY
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The spectacular life-size nativity scene by father & son Mario & Marco Agrestini is the largest in Europe✨ See it until Jan 9 in the Church of Santa Lucia, Venice
December 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The spectacular life-size nativity scene by father & son Mario & Marco Agrestini is the largest in Europe✨ See it until Jan 9 in the Church of Santa Lucia, Venice
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Pauline Copes Johnson, a descendant of Harriet Tubman, has died at 98.
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
December 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Pauline Copes Johnson, a descendant of Harriet Tubman, has died at 98.
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
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Energy bills have increased 13% since Trump took office.
Families have paid an extra $1,200 on goods this year because of his tariffs.
Popular holiday gifts are 26% more expensive this year compared to 2024.
Remember this as Trump calls affordability a "hoax" and a "con job."
Families have paid an extra $1,200 on goods this year because of his tariffs.
Popular holiday gifts are 26% more expensive this year compared to 2024.
Remember this as Trump calls affordability a "hoax" and a "con job."
December 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Energy bills have increased 13% since Trump took office.
Families have paid an extra $1,200 on goods this year because of his tariffs.
Popular holiday gifts are 26% more expensive this year compared to 2024.
Remember this as Trump calls affordability a "hoax" and a "con job."
Families have paid an extra $1,200 on goods this year because of his tariffs.
Popular holiday gifts are 26% more expensive this year compared to 2024.
Remember this as Trump calls affordability a "hoax" and a "con job."