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On X, a senior U.S. Justice Department official is promoting a post that praises colonization as “one of the greatest things that ever happened to the backwards parts of the world.”👇
January 5, 2026 at 12:44 AM
On X, a senior U.S. Justice Department official is promoting a post that praises colonization as “one of the greatest things that ever happened to the backwards parts of the world.”👇
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This should rank as one of the most serious corruption scandals in history- the White House sharing top secret military information with oil company executives but not with Congress, creating massive opportunities for insider trading and other corrupt deals.
January 4, 2026 at 9:34 PM
This should rank as one of the most serious corruption scandals in history- the White House sharing top secret military information with oil company executives but not with Congress, creating massive opportunities for insider trading and other corrupt deals.
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We now turn in our hymnals to today’s excerpt from Gangsters of Capitalism us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
January 4, 2026 at 9:55 PM
We now turn in our hymnals to today’s excerpt from Gangsters of Capitalism us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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I don’t think we fully understand the magnitude of the presidential immunity decision by the SCOTUS, this probably never would have happened if he didn’t think he was criminally immune for “official acts”. John Roberts and the 5 other fascists on the court are directly responsible.
January 4, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I don’t think we fully understand the magnitude of the presidential immunity decision by the SCOTUS, this probably never would have happened if he didn’t think he was criminally immune for “official acts”. John Roberts and the 5 other fascists on the court are directly responsible.
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fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
January 3, 2026 at 10:47 AM
fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
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This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
January 3, 2026 at 7:49 AM
This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
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The Trump Administrations have been competent at pulling off individual military strikes. They've also avoided major geopolitical blowback from them to date. It never seems they have any significant plan for what comes next, and I always wonder if this will eventually go very wrong.
I guess I am kinda impressed they pulled off the special forces operation.
but what exactly is the plan now when the regime doesn't fall because they did one special forces operation?
or, worse, what is the plan if the regime does fall? www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
but what exactly is the plan now when the regime doesn't fall because they did one special forces operation?
or, worse, what is the plan if the regime does fall? www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: U.S. Captures Venezuelan Leader, Trump Says
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
The Trump Administrations have been competent at pulling off individual military strikes. They've also avoided major geopolitical blowback from them to date. It never seems they have any significant plan for what comes next, and I always wonder if this will eventually go very wrong.
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Holy shit it's real
January 1, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Holy shit it's real
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Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
January 2, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
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There are multiple national political commentators who earnestly predicted that Eric Adams would be a legitimate presidential candidate and a national figurehead of the Democratic party by now and those commentators still have careers somehow.
January 2, 2026 at 4:44 AM
There are multiple national political commentators who earnestly predicted that Eric Adams would be a legitimate presidential candidate and a national figurehead of the Democratic party by now and those commentators still have careers somehow.
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The whole thing is amazing
January 2, 2026 at 1:22 AM
The whole thing is amazing
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5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
January 1, 2026 at 2:46 AM
5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
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A bunch of weirdos with a documented party history of pedophilia who are in the middle of covering for Epstein want to hang out at child care centers. Fucking freaks. And we should say so.
“I’m here to search your child care center for fraud.”
a young man in a white t-shirt looks at the camera
ALT: a young man in a white t-shirt looks at the camera
media.tenor.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:10 AM
A bunch of weirdos with a documented party history of pedophilia who are in the middle of covering for Epstein want to hang out at child care centers. Fucking freaks. And we should say so.
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The Latest Defenses of SCOTUS’s Corruption Only Make the Case Against It talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-l...
The Latest Defenses of SCOTUS’s Corruption Only Make the Case Against It
Chris Geidner flags today an appearance by CBS News’ Chief Legal Correspondent...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The Latest Defenses of SCOTUS’s Corruption Only Make the Case Against It talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-l...
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This is not how a normal Justice Department talks about an ongoing investigation—or about putative targets and their uncharged conduct.
December 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is not how a normal Justice Department talks about an ongoing investigation—or about putative targets and their uncharged conduct.
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Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
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I don't think you could come up with a list more designed to inflame sentiments than "here is a list of things that publishers MUST use AI to do and remain competitive, but don't worry, this isn't pushing out creative labor"
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community on AI
file770.com/erin-underwo...
Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
file770.com/erin-underwo...
Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community
Hi Friends, Erin Underwood After writing the letter below, I thought rather than sending it to SFWA only, I’d share it with Mike at File 770 along with a note that read: “Am I crazy? Will this blow…
file770.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I don't think you could come up with a list more designed to inflame sentiments than "here is a list of things that publishers MUST use AI to do and remain competitive, but don't worry, this isn't pushing out creative labor"
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"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
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Today my 85-yr-old mother told me that she no longer watches videos on facebook or youtube because of gen AI. They're losing the octogenarians.
December 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Today my 85-yr-old mother told me that she no longer watches videos on facebook or youtube because of gen AI. They're losing the octogenarians.
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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Given my priors, I can't quite believe I'm here, but
The next administration needs to staff up the public corruption section of DOJ in such a way that the WPA looks like a neighborhood lemonade stand
The next administration needs to staff up the public corruption section of DOJ in such a way that the WPA looks like a neighborhood lemonade stand
New reporting says Don Jr. directly facilitated the pardon of a crypto whale who had promoted the Trump's family crypto. Jr. brought the pardon lawyer to the White House, and introduced him directly to his Dad. Pardon occurred right after. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
December 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Given my priors, I can't quite believe I'm here, but
The next administration needs to staff up the public corruption section of DOJ in such a way that the WPA looks like a neighborhood lemonade stand
The next administration needs to staff up the public corruption section of DOJ in such a way that the WPA looks like a neighborhood lemonade stand
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in 2026 we are NOT hustling, we are NOT grinding, we are doing just enough Job to have money for Video Game
December 27, 2025 at 5:22 AM
in 2026 we are NOT hustling, we are NOT grinding, we are doing just enough Job to have money for Video Game
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The big place I agree with colleagues hesitant about AI is that the first 5 yrs of things we can do with it in a humanities classroom will be super banal. Eg students can get a decent critique of their essays. But it will typically pull them towards received opinion, which is not what we want. +
December 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The big place I agree with colleagues hesitant about AI is that the first 5 yrs of things we can do with it in a humanities classroom will be super banal. Eg students can get a decent critique of their essays. But it will typically pull them towards received opinion, which is not what we want. +
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🧵 Our mutual aid hub has been a HUGE draw for our immense volunteer base, many of whom have never wanted to be involved politics before now.
This model isn’t just about the immediate impacts: It’s about showing our values, building a community, and reaching voters — without selling our soul!
This model isn’t just about the immediate impacts: It’s about showing our values, building a community, and reaching voters — without selling our soul!
Turning campaigns into mutual aid hubs isn’t good for campaigns or mutual aid! Your campaign manager should be entirely too busy to schlep around 5600 tampons!
December 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
🧵 Our mutual aid hub has been a HUGE draw for our immense volunteer base, many of whom have never wanted to be involved politics before now.
This model isn’t just about the immediate impacts: It’s about showing our values, building a community, and reaching voters — without selling our soul!
This model isn’t just about the immediate impacts: It’s about showing our values, building a community, and reaching voters — without selling our soul!
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Gingerbread 2025 Dumpster 🔥
December 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Gingerbread 2025 Dumpster 🔥