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Russia, Ukraine, Scandinavia, and the Arctic. Art History (Scandinavia and Imperial Russia). New York. Gay stuff. Lifting. 🇮🇪🇦🇱🇺🇸🏳️🌈
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solidarity with all queer people estranged from or stuck having a shitty time with bigoted family today
December 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
solidarity with all queer people estranged from or stuck having a shitty time with bigoted family today
What the fuck was Merrick Garland doing all day?
Perjury. Contempt of Congress. Lying to the public. It’s all there in the files.
Documents show that federal investigators knew of at least 10 co-conspirators.
Why were they never prosecuted? Why is the Admin shielding their names? Why did they lie to Congress? We will get to the bottom of this.
Documents show that federal investigators knew of at least 10 co-conspirators.
Why were they never prosecuted? Why is the Admin shielding their names? Why did they lie to Congress? We will get to the bottom of this.
December 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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About ten years ago I had lunch with a well-known Hollywood actress and when she saw Russell Brand in the restaurant she literally slid down from her chair to hide from him - said he had recently saw her in a cafe during a meeting and barged in to demand she gave him her number. (she did not)
If you had come to me twenty years ago and said “in 2025 Russell Brand will be a far-right pundit spreading antisemitic conspiracies and accused of multiple rapes” I would have said “seems entirely plausible, how about those future cars, are they cool?”
December 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
About ten years ago I had lunch with a well-known Hollywood actress and when she saw Russell Brand in the restaurant she literally slid down from her chair to hide from him - said he had recently saw her in a cafe during a meeting and barged in to demand she gave him her number. (she did not)
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These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
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The hypercompetent evil genius is more of an action movie / comic book creation than reality. Or evil governments’ propaganda.
Did you know that Mussolini and the Italian fascists didn’t actually make the trains run on time? They just said they did, and people remember their words.
Did you know that Mussolini and the Italian fascists didn’t actually make the trains run on time? They just said they did, and people remember their words.
December 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The hypercompetent evil genius is more of an action movie / comic book creation than reality. Or evil governments’ propaganda.
Did you know that Mussolini and the Italian fascists didn’t actually make the trains run on time? They just said they did, and people remember their words.
Did you know that Mussolini and the Italian fascists didn’t actually make the trains run on time? They just said they did, and people remember their words.
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Bari Weiss is incompetently debasing herself for her evil boss, and ironically enough so is Kat Rosenfield, the FP's "culture writer"
"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
December 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Bari Weiss is incompetently debasing herself for her evil boss, and ironically enough so is Kat Rosenfield, the FP's "culture writer"
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Not enough people read Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
December 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Not enough people read Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
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Also, MAGA is and has always been a movement for pussy boy losers and wanna be girls who crave attention and those cliques never hold up.
The thing to keep in mind is that there isn’t, and there never has been, a white community. They don’t like each other. They bond over being able to subjugate the rest of us.
In other words, this is entirely predictable.
In other words, this is entirely predictable.
Dozens of feuds, internecine wars, and petty beefs are rivening MAGA from top to bottom.
December 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Also, MAGA is and has always been a movement for pussy boy losers and wanna be girls who crave attention and those cliques never hold up.
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Also screw the BBC for its naked agenda. It refused to carry a hugely expensive first ever YouGov survey we commissioned showing how awful trans lives in the UK have become because it was "not strong enough" but there's no piece of anti-trans hatred too petty for it to platform.
Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
University threatened with legal action after protest at event
Prof Alice Sullivan says her talk at the University of Bristol became like a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Also screw the BBC for its naked agenda. It refused to carry a hugely expensive first ever YouGov survey we commissioned showing how awful trans lives in the UK have become because it was "not strong enough" but there's no piece of anti-trans hatred too petty for it to platform.
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The first generation of fascists saw their buddies get machine gunned in half at Verdun. These idiots are raging because they took the racist cartoon off marmalade jars, and fired that crackpot out of the Star Wars show.
December 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The first generation of fascists saw their buddies get machine gunned in half at Verdun. These idiots are raging because they took the racist cartoon off marmalade jars, and fired that crackpot out of the Star Wars show.
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We made a mistake by calling the output of AI ‘slop’. In academia it is now looking much more like toxic pollution, on the verge of laying waste to previously fertile plains. Suing for royalties is only a small part of the battle.
December 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We made a mistake by calling the output of AI ‘slop’. In academia it is now looking much more like toxic pollution, on the verge of laying waste to previously fertile plains. Suing for royalties is only a small part of the battle.
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maybe I’m being too optimistic given, well, everything
but I just don’t think this guy running an explicit white nationalist campaign is going to have anywhere near the juice his boss does
he is a repellent man with a repellent message and people are tired of it all
but I just don’t think this guy running an explicit white nationalist campaign is going to have anywhere near the juice his boss does
he is a repellent man with a repellent message and people are tired of it all
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
maybe I’m being too optimistic given, well, everything
but I just don’t think this guy running an explicit white nationalist campaign is going to have anywhere near the juice his boss does
he is a repellent man with a repellent message and people are tired of it all
but I just don’t think this guy running an explicit white nationalist campaign is going to have anywhere near the juice his boss does
he is a repellent man with a repellent message and people are tired of it all
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One of many things the pro-AI crowd doesn't seem to understand is the very important distinction between academic scholarship and the production of papers. Of course they can be related but they're not necessarily the same thing
December 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
One of many things the pro-AI crowd doesn't seem to understand is the very important distinction between academic scholarship and the production of papers. Of course they can be related but they're not necessarily the same thing
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The more they desperately (and SO obviously) try to hide Trump’s obvious guilt, the more obvious his guilt is. #EpsteinFiles
Trickle release of Epstein files on a Friday signals move to bury Trump ties
The justice department is using a variety of tactics to try to obfuscate the US president’s connection to the sex offender
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The more they desperately (and SO obviously) try to hide Trump’s obvious guilt, the more obvious his guilt is. #EpsteinFiles
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Incidentally, I am increasingly convinced that Britons growing up in an environment without a constitution don't understand that rules can't just be ignored.
Hence the reaction to the ECJ's ruling that the UK chose to give up European citizenship.
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Hence the reaction to the ECJ's ruling that the UK chose to give up European citizenship.
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Brexit bade toodle-oo to EU citizenship rights, top court says
The final judicial word on the matter says Brits upset at the loss of their EU membership have only their own government to blame.
www.courthousenews.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Incidentally, I am increasingly convinced that Britons growing up in an environment without a constitution don't understand that rules can't just be ignored.
Hence the reaction to the ECJ's ruling that the UK chose to give up European citizenship.
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Hence the reaction to the ECJ's ruling that the UK chose to give up European citizenship.
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New reports on the Bondi beach shooting in Sydney, both from Australia and American press, get more interesting by the day - they *really* were prepared. Had multiple tactical training sessions, 3D prints, multiple IEDs... it's looking very damning.
December 22, 2025 at 8:11 AM
New reports on the Bondi beach shooting in Sydney, both from Australia and American press, get more interesting by the day - they *really* were prepared. Had multiple tactical training sessions, 3D prints, multiple IEDs... it's looking very damning.
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
December 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
University threatened with legal action after protest at event
Prof Alice Sullivan says her talk at the University of Bristol became like a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
I suspect that what's gonna happen is Bari Weiss will be quietly sidelined (if not fired) but the descent of CBS News into conservative propaganda will continue under whoever runs it next all the same because that's what the owner of the network wants.
December 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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the knives are out
welcome to the spotlight, Bari, hope it’s everything you ever wanted
welcome to the spotlight, Bari, hope it’s everything you ever wanted
December 22, 2025 at 3:32 AM
the knives are out
welcome to the spotlight, Bari, hope it’s everything you ever wanted
welcome to the spotlight, Bari, hope it’s everything you ever wanted
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the shitstorm that’s already brewing because of Bari’s decision to spike this story is going to end up being vastly more damaging to her and to the admin than allowing the story to air would have been
she’s an evil propagandist hack but she is also very bad at doing it in a way that isn’t hamfisted
she’s an evil propagandist hack but she is also very bad at doing it in a way that isn’t hamfisted
December 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
the shitstorm that’s already brewing because of Bari’s decision to spike this story is going to end up being vastly more damaging to her and to the admin than allowing the story to air would have been
she’s an evil propagandist hack but she is also very bad at doing it in a way that isn’t hamfisted
she’s an evil propagandist hack but she is also very bad at doing it in a way that isn’t hamfisted
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maintaining the fiction that cbs news would remain relatively objective under her leadership was a *lot* more important — to the admin, to cbs news, to david ellison and to bari weiss — than killing this story was, and it’s incredibly funny she didn’t know that
the shitstorm that’s already brewing because of Bari’s decision to spike this story is going to end up being vastly more damaging to her and to the admin than allowing the story to air would have been
she’s an evil propagandist hack but she is also very bad at doing it in a way that isn’t hamfisted
she’s an evil propagandist hack but she is also very bad at doing it in a way that isn’t hamfisted
December 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
maintaining the fiction that cbs news would remain relatively objective under her leadership was a *lot* more important — to the admin, to cbs news, to david ellison and to bari weiss — than killing this story was, and it’s incredibly funny she didn’t know that
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Basically, I'm 100% against Nazis, Nazism, Nazi symbols, and the ideas of Adolf Hitler
And I'm old enough to remember when that stance was so widespread in American politics and culture that it was considered boring to even say
And I'm old enough to remember when that stance was so widespread in American politics and culture that it was considered boring to even say
October 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Basically, I'm 100% against Nazis, Nazism, Nazi symbols, and the ideas of Adolf Hitler
And I'm old enough to remember when that stance was so widespread in American politics and culture that it was considered boring to even say
And I'm old enough to remember when that stance was so widespread in American politics and culture that it was considered boring to even say
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Because Bari Weiss is an opportunistic political maneuverer, it probably doesn't get said clearly enough that she is also an astounding clod, in wildly over her head. The fact that she seems to have spiked this story without realizing this would happen tells you all you need to know about her.
December 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Because Bari Weiss is an opportunistic political maneuverer, it probably doesn't get said clearly enough that she is also an astounding clod, in wildly over her head. The fact that she seems to have spiked this story without realizing this would happen tells you all you need to know about her.
Because Bari Weiss is an opportunistic political maneuverer, it probably doesn't get said clearly enough that she is also an astounding clod, in wildly over her head. The fact that she seems to have spiked this story without realizing this would happen tells you all you need to know about her.
December 22, 2025 at 7:49 AM