Em
@industrialespresso.com
When I dream, I dream in color. But I mostly do not dream.
Cynical writing is like most medicines: the dose makes the poison. A healthy amount of cynicism can serve as an inoculation from being overly cynical.
Software engineers should be a little bit cynical
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www.seangoedecke.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Cynical writing is like most medicines: the dose makes the poison. A healthy amount of cynicism can serve as an inoculation from being overly cynical.
"Under Attorney General Merrick Garland, the department focused on norms. Launching a barrage of pro-voting lawsuits was never going to be acceptable to a man who worried excessively about appearing partisan. As I have written before, Garland erroneously brought norms to a Trump fight."
What Trump’s DOJ is teaching us about 2029
newsletters.democracydocket.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"Under Attorney General Merrick Garland, the department focused on norms. Launching a barrage of pro-voting lawsuits was never going to be acceptable to a man who worried excessively about appearing partisan. As I have written before, Garland erroneously brought norms to a Trump fight."
On December 28, 1869 the Knights of Labor were founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This was the first serious organization to bring in masses of workers into a single union to try and change the lives of the collective working class.
That Time The Knights Of Labor Invented One Union For All The Workers
December 28, 1869, in labor history!
www.wonkette.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
On December 28, 1869 the Knights of Labor were founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This was the first serious organization to bring in masses of workers into a single union to try and change the lives of the collective working class.
“Donald Trump’s name is referenced in these documents THOUSANDS of times. Not ‘multiple’ — not ‘hundreds’ — but thousands of times. This doesn’t implicate him in any wrongdoing -/ but it does show that, to some extent, Trump was front and center in Jeffrey Epstein’s world.”
‘Why Was the DOJ Monitoring Me?’ Ace Epstein Reporter Questions Why Her Flight Receipts Are Part of Latest Epstein Doc Dump
Julie K. Brown, whose investigative reporting led to the arrest of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, questioned why her name appeared in the latest DOJ file dump.
www.mediaite.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
“Donald Trump’s name is referenced in these documents THOUSANDS of times. Not ‘multiple’ — not ‘hundreds’ — but thousands of times. This doesn’t implicate him in any wrongdoing -/ but it does show that, to some extent, Trump was front and center in Jeffrey Epstein’s world.”
The real power, as you and I well know, is collective. I can't afford to be afraid of you, nor you of me. If it takes head-on collisions, let's do it: this polite timidity is killing us.
-Cherrie Moraga
-Cherrie Moraga
December 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The real power, as you and I well know, is collective. I can't afford to be afraid of you, nor you of me. If it takes head-on collisions, let's do it: this polite timidity is killing us.
-Cherrie Moraga
-Cherrie Moraga
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DHS shared an AI-generated video of Santa working for ICE, proving yet again that the official voice of the US government is still cruel, gross, and weird.
The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
www.motherjones.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
DHS shared an AI-generated video of Santa working for ICE, proving yet again that the official voice of the US government is still cruel, gross, and weird.
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It's a weird world when dutifully regurgitating a bunch of carefully curated information that the world's richest man gave you is "fearless journalism," but reporting on how the government is kidnapping innocent people and sending them overseas to be tortured is "not moving the ball forward."
December 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It's a weird world when dutifully regurgitating a bunch of carefully curated information that the world's richest man gave you is "fearless journalism," but reporting on how the government is kidnapping innocent people and sending them overseas to be tortured is "not moving the ball forward."
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gock is this true
Lutnick: "Donald Trump's economy grew 4.3%. That means that Americans overall, all of us, are going to earn 4.3% more money. We're making a raise, it's a simple way to do it."
December 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
gock is this true
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Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
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“President Trump’s attacks on the regulation of toxic chemicals in the air and water, on strong vaccination policies, on rules restricting power plant pollution are part and parcel of what amounts to a killing spree cloaked as deregulation.”
“Medical and public health experts estimate that the Trump administration’s decision to eliminate nearly all assistance provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development will result in an estimated additional 14 million dead worldwide by 2030.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/o...
Opinion | The MAHA Pipe Dream Is Going to Hurt MAGA the Most
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“President Trump’s attacks on the regulation of toxic chemicals in the air and water, on strong vaccination policies, on rules restricting power plant pollution are part and parcel of what amounts to a killing spree cloaked as deregulation.”
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
"The announcement says that the Defense Department analysis is classified, meaning nobody is likely to know what the actual reason is—presuming one exists. The classification will also make it far more challenging to contest this decision in court."
US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified
Projects with hardware in the water stopped due to Department of Defense fears.
arstechnica.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"The announcement says that the Defense Department analysis is classified, meaning nobody is likely to know what the actual reason is—presuming one exists. The classification will also make it far more challenging to contest this decision in court."
Sharyn Alfonsi's "Inside CECOT" for 60 Minutes, which was censored by Bari Weiss, as it appeared on Canada's Global TV app.
archive.org/details/insi...
archive.org/details/insi...
Inside CECOT | 60 Minutes : CBS News : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Sharyn Alfonsi's Inside CECOT for 60 Minutes, which was censored by Bari Weiss, as it appeared on Canada's Global TV app.
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sharyn Alfonsi's "Inside CECOT" for 60 Minutes, which was censored by Bari Weiss, as it appeared on Canada's Global TV app.
archive.org/details/insi...
archive.org/details/insi...
“He would expect this sort of thing at a Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods, but not at an ordinary men’s supermarket, where he insisted male shoppers should be able to buy food without fear of getting “brainwashed by the trans agenda.”
Conservative Outraged Tampons Available In Men’s Grocery Stores
SPRINGFIELD, IL—Describing the items on the shelf as yet other example of the “woke nonsense” abetting the feminization of American men, local conservative Nick Schwab, 54, told reporters Wednesday he...
theonion.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“He would expect this sort of thing at a Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods, but not at an ordinary men’s supermarket, where he insisted male shoppers should be able to buy food without fear of getting “brainwashed by the trans agenda.”
clowns
This is so ridiculous, even for this absurd administration.
Burgum: "Today we're sending notifications to the 5 large offshore wind projects that are under construction that their leases will be suspended due to national security concerns ... the Dept of War has come back conclusively that these large offshore wind programs create radar interference"
December 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
clowns
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If you are involved with this report, or have any information about the process involved in today's decision, please reach out. I am on Signal: crg.32
December 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
If you are involved with this report, or have any information about the process involved in today's decision, please reach out. I am on Signal: crg.32
"Flock Group's network of cameras, mainly placed on public roadways, captures images of passing vehicles.
These results are records of searches performed by Flock's customers. The license plates and search reasons are what someone manually entered into the system."
These results are records of searches performed by Flock's customers. The license plates and search reasons are what someone manually entered into the system."
Have I Been Flocked? - License Plate Privacy Check
Check if your license plate has been searched in the Flock mass surveillance database
haveibeenflocked.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"Flock Group's network of cameras, mainly placed on public roadways, captures images of passing vehicles.
These results are records of searches performed by Flock's customers. The license plates and search reasons are what someone manually entered into the system."
These results are records of searches performed by Flock's customers. The license plates and search reasons are what someone manually entered into the system."
"Shhhhh, nobody tell Trump they’re going to rip all the gold shit down and raffle off tickets for which previously deported immigrant family gets to press the “implode” button on his ballroom, to kick off the construction of the new East Wing."
White House Dementia Care Unit Lets Trump Write Walk Of Fame Plaques All By Himself!
It's good for him to have activities.
www.wonkette.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"Shhhhh, nobody tell Trump they’re going to rip all the gold shit down and raffle off tickets for which previously deported immigrant family gets to press the “implode” button on his ballroom, to kick off the construction of the new East Wing."
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"Those in power are strangling the reproduction of life, expanding military spending, and financing illegal interventions that serve the interests of unrestrained global elites and fragile, aggressive national governments."
Building a consensus against war — Ojalá
A plurality of local movements must remain visible in a context marked by growing US aggression.
www.ojala.mx
December 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"Those in power are strangling the reproduction of life, expanding military spending, and financing illegal interventions that serve the interests of unrestrained global elites and fragile, aggressive national governments."
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Towards a Deeper Understanding of Our Age of Monsters and Predators talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/towar...
December 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Towards a Deeper Understanding of Our Age of Monsters and Predators talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/towar...