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A college sophomore at an Occupy rally could not have generated such a grotesque outsized caricature of US imperialism
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
A college sophomore at an Occupy rally could not have generated such a grotesque outsized caricature of US imperialism
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Such an important point. Politicians tend to get seduced by the deus ex machina -- vaporware nonsense like "hyperloops" and flying cars -- while neglecting the systems that actually exist in the real world, can be improved, and which are already their actual responsibility to maintain and improve.
January 2, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Such an important point. Politicians tend to get seduced by the deus ex machina -- vaporware nonsense like "hyperloops" and flying cars -- while neglecting the systems that actually exist in the real world, can be improved, and which are already their actual responsibility to maintain and improve.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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lmao david byrne showed the video of the ice agents tripping over themselves while trying to run after a biker on wacker drive during the “life during wartime” segment of his chicago show tonight
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
lmao david byrne showed the video of the ice agents tripping over themselves while trying to run after a biker on wacker drive during the “life during wartime” segment of his chicago show tonight
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pretty wild that it so quickly became normalized that immigrants don’t have even basic free speech rights
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...
State Department warns immigrants not to mock Kirk's death
Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau posted the warning on Thursday.
www.axios.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
pretty wild that it so quickly became normalized that immigrants don’t have even basic free speech rights
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...
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If you regularly read the news and try to discuss it with another person you will sound more insane than a raving street preacher. Waving a big REPENT sign mumbling something about the bureau of labor statistics
August 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
If you regularly read the news and try to discuss it with another person you will sound more insane than a raving street preacher. Waving a big REPENT sign mumbling something about the bureau of labor statistics
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as someone who doesn't have to imagine, let me tell you that it's ass
Imagine being a Columbia alumnus and watching Linda fucking McMahon, the pedo queen of pro wrestling, take a victory lap like this because the other pedos in the administration dogwalked the university and made them eat shit and now they're all having a big laugh about it
Linda McMahon on Columbia settlement: "This is a monumental victory for conservatives who wanted to do things on these elite campuses for a long time because we had such far left-leaning professors."
July 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
as someone who doesn't have to imagine, let me tell you that it's ass
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anti-doomer sentence of the day: "Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last"
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
anti-doomer sentence of the day: "Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last"
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
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NASA just won an Emmy for our live broadcast of the total solar eclipse last year. We produced a documentary film about the James Webb Space Telescope that's out in theaters and on Netflix. We have podcasts, we write feature stories. People wear the agency logo on t-shirts. We're still getting cut.
You hear this a lot on the left but it isn't true. USAID did not "fail to tell its story to Americans," the right targeted the agency with lies and misinformation.
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
June 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
NASA just won an Emmy for our live broadcast of the total solar eclipse last year. We produced a documentary film about the James Webb Space Telescope that's out in theaters and on Netflix. We have podcasts, we write feature stories. People wear the agency logo on t-shirts. We're still getting cut.
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Has anyone said “We did it, Zo” yet
June 25, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Has anyone said “We did it, Zo” yet
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The English muffin makes him not a New Yorker. The word order “bacon, cheese, and egg” makes him not of this Earth.
June 4, 2025 at 5:22 AM
The English muffin makes him not a New Yorker. The word order “bacon, cheese, and egg” makes him not of this Earth.
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Owner of loudest peep machine wonders why there no peeping.
May 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Owner of loudest peep machine wonders why there no peeping.
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November 25, 2024 at 10:31 PM
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NYC’s congestion pricing is a policy miracle: Less traffic, less noise, faster transit, more business sales, more transit revenue. And it hasn’t produced the negative effects outside the cordon zone we were afraid of.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
NYC’s congestion pricing is a policy miracle: Less traffic, less noise, faster transit, more business sales, more transit revenue. And it hasn’t produced the negative effects outside the cordon zone we were afraid of.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Just dropping this here…
(Credit IG : @betinorama)
(Credit IG : @betinorama)
March 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Just dropping this here…
(Credit IG : @betinorama)
(Credit IG : @betinorama)
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well the thing is, the story progressives tell young men is less appealing than ‘your problems are women’s fault and you should manipulate them to get back what they’ve taken from you.’ so. now what
If progressives want to win back young men, then they must talk to them and address their needs, instead of constant scolding. All the finger wagging just drives them to Rogan, Peterson, and the Tate brothers. And they DO talk to young men.
March 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
well the thing is, the story progressives tell young men is less appealing than ‘your problems are women’s fault and you should manipulate them to get back what they’ve taken from you.’ so. now what
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this is such an obvious game of bullshit and it makes me insane that anyone falls for it. weird how schools are no longer "meritocratic" when they are trying to attract more black and hispanic students, but are perfectly meritocratic when they're not.
like, this is one of those things that actually drives me a little crazy. dipshits will say that we want to return to the era when merit was what mattered. but when, exactly, was that? the 1970s? the 1980s? UVA only *became* meritocratic when it became a school for all Virginians.
March 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
this is such an obvious game of bullshit and it makes me insane that anyone falls for it. weird how schools are no longer "meritocratic" when they are trying to attract more black and hispanic students, but are perfectly meritocratic when they're not.
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We’re witnessing a Brexit-level instance of completely unnecessary economic destruction. A country that’s not hit by any shock, but simply chooses policy self-harm.
JFC. The US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index is at its highest level since 2000, higher than during the Financial Crisis, higher than during COVID
February 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We’re witnessing a Brexit-level instance of completely unnecessary economic destruction. A country that’s not hit by any shock, but simply chooses policy self-harm.
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Ah damn it turns out this whole political system relies on false assumptions about how big of an asshole someone could be
February 1, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Ah damn it turns out this whole political system relies on false assumptions about how big of an asshole someone could be
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Colombia’s president demanded deportees be treated with dignity rather than shackled on the floor of a military transport. Though widely reported as a concession to Trump, it appears he got the resolution he wanted for now. www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
January 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Colombia’s president demanded deportees be treated with dignity rather than shackled on the floor of a military transport. Though widely reported as a concession to Trump, it appears he got the resolution he wanted for now. www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
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these people are segregationists, full stop. their constitution is the one that allowed plessy.
January 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
these people are segregationists, full stop. their constitution is the one that allowed plessy.
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BBC not buying the gaslighting
January 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
BBC not buying the gaslighting