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The Roches in flight on SNL 1979. They made a lot of new fans that night. Whenever I put together an Xmas mix, this has to be the leadoff track, every time.
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38 shares · 6 comments | Something a little bit different for the holidays: The Roches perform an a cappella rendition of the "Hallelujah Chorus" on SNL, 1979. | Kevin Daly
Something a little bit different for the holidays: The Roches perform an a cappella rendition of the "Hallelujah Chorus" on SNL, 1979.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Roches in flight on SNL 1979. They made a lot of new fans that night. Whenever I put together an Xmas mix, this has to be the leadoff track, every time.
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this will be happening more & more, and the scariest aspect of this one for me is *you can't google it.* Google has suppressed all content of how its AI defamed this guy. So AI can hallucinate a crime or make up evidence or citations & then hide its tracks. Soon it will go after AI's critics.
I would love to see Ashley McIsaac drag Google through defamation court hell for this. AI lies all.the.time.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ashley-macisaac-ai-accusation-9.7026786
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ashley-macisaac-ai-accusation-9.7026786
December 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
this will be happening more & more, and the scariest aspect of this one for me is *you can't google it.* Google has suppressed all content of how its AI defamed this guy. So AI can hallucinate a crime or make up evidence or citations & then hide its tracks. Soon it will go after AI's critics.
ok NPR's tv critic singles out Adolescence as great 2025 tv. I hated hated hated that show. Nothing about it rang true. It was a tortured morality tale & hand-wringing about kids these days disguised as gritty realism.
December 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
ok NPR's tv critic singles out Adolescence as great 2025 tv. I hated hated hated that show. Nothing about it rang true. It was a tortured morality tale & hand-wringing about kids these days disguised as gritty realism.
I thought deepfake evidence in court was years away but it's already happened. a judge found that a party to a legal dispute submitted AI-generated video evidence.
I hope my fellow travelers understand that AI itself will soon target its critics. From slander to being put on a Waymo run-over list.
I hope my fellow travelers understand that AI itself will soon target its critics. From slander to being put on a Waymo run-over list.
December 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I thought deepfake evidence in court was years away but it's already happened. a judge found that a party to a legal dispute submitted AI-generated video evidence.
I hope my fellow travelers understand that AI itself will soon target its critics. From slander to being put on a Waymo run-over list.
I hope my fellow travelers understand that AI itself will soon target its critics. From slander to being put on a Waymo run-over list.
I thought this said pray for journalism
Pay for journalism!
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I thought this said pray for journalism
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It's true that this is wild to watch. DOJ's social account — and, likely, DOJ — is being run no differently than an online-sleuthing account. (Or, more accurately, an online grift account cannibalizing others' online-sleuthing.)
this is insane to me. the doj had forever to look into this. now they're like liveblogging on x like they have no more information than a random person on social media
December 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It's true that this is wild to watch. DOJ's social account — and, likely, DOJ — is being run no differently than an online-sleuthing account. (Or, more accurately, an online grift account cannibalizing others' online-sleuthing.)
this is so disgusting. each paragraph more disgusting than the last.
"The messages show how [ICE's social media team] has worked closely w/the White House, which has urged them to produce videos...of immigrant arrests and confrontations to portray its push for mass deportation as critical to protecting the American way of life"
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‘It’s a war’: Inside ICE’s media machine
Thousands of internal ICE messages show how its public affairs team has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for viral arrest videos
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December 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
this is so disgusting. each paragraph more disgusting than the last.
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The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
listening to a 4 hour police interview of a teen who bludgeoned his parents to death as they slept. so far his alibi is he got his hair dyed at the mall & did some drugs.
December 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
listening to a 4 hour police interview of a teen who bludgeoned his parents to death as they slept. so far his alibi is he got his hair dyed at the mall & did some drugs.
I keep thinking, with increasing anger, about the first suspect, the one they detained whose name was leaked. Last night the AG of Rhode Island threw him under the bus again & ran over him for good measure. he was "a good suspect," in part because "initially he was not cooperative."
December 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I keep thinking, with increasing anger, about the first suspect, the one they detained whose name was leaked. Last night the AG of Rhode Island threw him under the bus again & ran over him for good measure. he was "a good suspect," in part because "initially he was not cooperative."
someone posted this on x. I read it years ago. But it’s about now. just perfect.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/199...
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The Fourth State of Matter
Remembering a campus shooting.
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December 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
someone posted this on x. I read it years ago. But it’s about now. just perfect.
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let's take a trip back to 2021. gizmodo.com/dallas-polic...
December 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
let's take a trip back to 2021. gizmodo.com/dallas-polic...
aside from the trolls & jeering, sneering vibe, twitter's UX has become a minefield. the app (which creepily self-updated despite my never updated from twitter & having auto-updates disabled) keeps trying to trick me into downloading grok. darkpattern: all roads lead to grok. desktop navigation same
December 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
aside from the trolls & jeering, sneering vibe, twitter's UX has become a minefield. the app (which creepily self-updated despite my never updated from twitter & having auto-updates disabled) keeps trying to trick me into downloading grok. darkpattern: all roads lead to grok. desktop navigation same
law enforcement needs to level up their multimedia presentation skills. this 12-minute youtuber's presentation of the path of the Brown shooter gave me more information than all the press conferences & lame maps officials put out. there are 2 guys & they are running.
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BREAKING News! Our 2nd Person of Interest is Official!
YouTube video by Gray Hughes Investigates
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December 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
law enforcement needs to level up their multimedia presentation skills. this 12-minute youtuber's presentation of the path of the Brown shooter gave me more information than all the press conferences & lame maps officials put out. there are 2 guys & they are running.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhwn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhwn...
the communication strategy around the Brown shooting is reminding me of the Malaysia Airlines MH370 press conferences. rugby scrum. the police appear to have made the same mistake as the Moscow police in the Idaho student murders. Get the video footage from the surrounding area immediately.
December 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
the communication strategy around the Brown shooting is reminding me of the Malaysia Airlines MH370 press conferences. rugby scrum. the police appear to have made the same mistake as the Moscow police in the Idaho student murders. Get the video footage from the surrounding area immediately.
does anyone think the Brown shooting was possibly a retaliation for charlie kirk? the m.o. has a symmetry. the way the guy walked there & away, a sense of outsider ambush, and the possibility brown is seen as one of the "woke" incubators.
December 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
does anyone think the Brown shooting was possibly a retaliation for charlie kirk? the m.o. has a symmetry. the way the guy walked there & away, a sense of outsider ambush, and the possibility brown is seen as one of the "woke" incubators.
I am a buy very little person, but I have a weakness for scarves & managed to buy 3 from ebay last night & this morning. I like them super-large & drapey. I got a light gray with dark gray abstract floral, a cream with dark olive border & yellow & pink abstract floral, & a sheer pink floral.
December 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I am a buy very little person, but I have a weakness for scarves & managed to buy 3 from ebay last night & this morning. I like them super-large & drapey. I got a light gray with dark gray abstract floral, a cream with dark olive border & yellow & pink abstract floral, & a sheer pink floral.
law enforcement should be more careful about naming suspects. now 2 guys with the same name have been put thru the meat grinder for no reason
December 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
law enforcement should be more careful about naming suspects. now 2 guys with the same name have been put thru the meat grinder for no reason
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What a mensch www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting
Video shows the man rushing one of the alleged gunmen who shot dozens of people on Sunday evening in Australia
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December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
What a mensch www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
end forced biometrics now
Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go.
How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE's Facial Recognition Tech
Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
end forced biometrics now
surveillance tech is inherently fascistic
loyalty oaths are inherently fascistic
biometrics are inherently fascistic
loyalty oaths are inherently fascistic
biometrics are inherently fascistic
December 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
surveillance tech is inherently fascistic
loyalty oaths are inherently fascistic
biometrics are inherently fascistic
loyalty oaths are inherently fascistic
biometrics are inherently fascistic
I told my neighbor in the elevator that I was having nightmares about ICE & she said, "but you're native american, right?" I was thrown, thinking, wow, why would she say that? do I look native american?" & I said, "no, I'm not native american." a few minutes later i realized the miscommunication.
December 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I told my neighbor in the elevator that I was having nightmares about ICE & she said, "but you're native american, right?" I was thrown, thinking, wow, why would she say that? do I look native american?" & I said, "no, I'm not native american." a few minutes later i realized the miscommunication.
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Flew through this book last night in one sitting. It's a collection of German people's dreams during the rise of Hitler in the 30s, collected by a Jewish communist journalist who fled the country in 1939.
December 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Flew through this book last night in one sitting. It's a collection of German people's dreams during the rise of Hitler in the 30s, collected by a Jewish communist journalist who fled the country in 1939.
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I wrote to Amazon demanding answers and a pause on Ring’s facial recognition rollout—and now I’m releasing Amazon’s response. The takeaway? Consent isn’t their problem and widespread surveillance is here to stay.
Unacceptable.
Unacceptable.
December 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I wrote to Amazon demanding answers and a pause on Ring’s facial recognition rollout—and now I’m releasing Amazon’s response. The takeaway? Consent isn’t their problem and widespread surveillance is here to stay.
Unacceptable.
Unacceptable.