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It’s normal in China to just call Mongolia “Mongolia”. Just like in the US we don’t call Mexico “Old Mexico” just because there is also a New Mexico within our own borders
December 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Shanzhai is such a great word, it had never occurred to me to just use it in english. A+++++ twet
December 20, 2025 at 6:13 AM
yes of course ximu
clearly this is chinese, written to us in greek

but pray tell *which* ximu is it of which adam speaks
December 17, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Nope
December 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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"how many memes does the Pope have?" some 20-year-old groyper who discovered coke nine months ago says as he posts on another official U.S. govt account.
December 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
And it they flee to South America they’ll be hunted down one by one like it’s the 1950s again
December 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
True I’m saying future tense though, I expect that will be a thing. Just seems like easy money to me, why wouldn’t they. time will tell I suppose
December 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
When u nunc but she keep tunc
December 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Nunc if u tunc
December 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
its the same picture dot jpeg
December 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I think they actually will *pretend* to care— but a targeted sort of pretending, tailored for specific audiences and spread via specific channels
December 13, 2025 at 5:59 AM
evergreen tweet tbh
December 13, 2025 at 4:27 AM
So good! Dolan / Brecher is one of the greats— I feel like he’s overlooked these days because much of his writing had been under the shadow of Ames & Taibbi, and how problematic they both turned out to be
December 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
In the abstract yes but also nyt gonna nyt, the sulzbergers love a shameless hack
December 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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The real task isn’t “teaching people to spot misinformation.” It’s rebuilding conditions where verification, deliberation and accountability are possible. Critical thinking only works when the world around it gives those skills a place to take root.
December 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
bunger sargon
December 8, 2025 at 2:31 AM
this has become a test to see who has black friends
December 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“We knew he was a snake when we let him in, Dana”
December 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Cuellar is barely a Dem to begin with
December 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Oh I hadn't heard Joe Lieberman had died, that's awesome
December 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The problem with going to an unfamiliar gas station is you can't know ahead of time if they sell the good disposable vapes
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I mean Marines use trenches too and they're in the Depar
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM