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Your battiest Facebook aunt or uncle, the one whose texts you block, is President.
Trump posted a photo claiming it shows a bald eagle in the United States killed by a windmill.
In reality, the image is of a dead falcon in Israel from 2017.
In reality, the image is of a dead falcon in Israel from 2017.
December 31, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Your battiest Facebook aunt or uncle, the one whose texts you block, is President.
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1. Taxing billionaires more by itself is not enough to raise the funds for a robust welfare state. You have to also tax upper middle and middle income people more.
2. To have any chance of getting the political buy in to do point 1, you have to make a big show of massively taxing billionaires.
2. To have any chance of getting the political buy in to do point 1, you have to make a big show of massively taxing billionaires.
December 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
1. Taxing billionaires more by itself is not enough to raise the funds for a robust welfare state. You have to also tax upper middle and middle income people more.
2. To have any chance of getting the political buy in to do point 1, you have to make a big show of massively taxing billionaires.
2. To have any chance of getting the political buy in to do point 1, you have to make a big show of massively taxing billionaires.
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Humanitarian orgs (those that were still there) kicked out of Gaza apnews.com/article/gaza...
List of aid groups working in Gaza that Israel is suspending
Israel says it's suspending humanitarian organizations that have failed to meet its new rules to vet international groups working in Gaza.
apnews.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Humanitarian orgs (those that were still there) kicked out of Gaza apnews.com/article/gaza...
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For two whole days Trump's comments on local NYC talk radio just hung in the air without question. The President of the United States claimed a strike on a country with whom we are not at war, and 48 hours passed without a peep. That says a lot about our media environment.
December 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
For two whole days Trump's comments on local NYC talk radio just hung in the air without question. The President of the United States claimed a strike on a country with whom we are not at war, and 48 hours passed without a peep. That says a lot about our media environment.
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Half the people in this administration couldn’t get a security clearance under normal circumstances lol
Border czar Tom Homan didn't receive a normal background check for his role while his bribery probe was still ongoing:
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Border czar Tom Homan didn’t receive normal background check during bribery probe
President-elect Trump initially balked at submitting names of likely nominees to the FBI for background checks, a basic step intended to flag possible financial conflicts or ethical problems.
www.ms.now
December 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Half the people in this administration couldn’t get a security clearance under normal circumstances lol
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“as measles, whooping cough and influenza continued to spread and surge across the country, HHS came perilously close to scrapping the nation’s longstanding list of recommended childhood vaccines.” RFK is evil and dangerous even by this administration’s standards.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...
Opinion | This Is the Damage Kennedy Has Done in Less Than a Year
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“as measles, whooping cough and influenza continued to spread and surge across the country, HHS came perilously close to scrapping the nation’s longstanding list of recommended childhood vaccines.” RFK is evil and dangerous even by this administration’s standards.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...
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A popular culture misconception about therapy is that a therapist is there to affirm you because you paid them. A good therapist helps you recognise patterns in your past and present but, unlike a chatbot, is trained to call you on your BS and intervene if you present a danger to yourself or others.
In September 2023, Lilian Weng, then Head of "Safety" at OpenAI, used her public Twitter account to announce how ChatGPT could be used as a therapist, and encouraged users to also use it as such.
December 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A popular culture misconception about therapy is that a therapist is there to affirm you because you paid them. A good therapist helps you recognise patterns in your past and present but, unlike a chatbot, is trained to call you on your BS and intervene if you present a danger to yourself or others.
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How is the right filling in the lore for these murders? What is their fandom like here? Like is there a Q-style theory of different bases and boats with different roles for the cabals and cartels? Or is it just "president grandpa announced another dead terrorist--hooray!"?
President Trump said that unspecified U.S. forces were responsible for an explosion at a marine loading facility in Venezuela, escalating the confrontation with the South American country over alleged drug smuggling.
Trump says U.S. destroyed loading dock in Venezuela
Trump would not say if the military or the CIA conducted the strike in Venezuela amid escalating U.S. pressure on Nicolás Maduro.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
How is the right filling in the lore for these murders? What is their fandom like here? Like is there a Q-style theory of different bases and boats with different roles for the cabals and cartels? Or is it just "president grandpa announced another dead terrorist--hooray!"?
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
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La Russie renforce considérablement les capacités nucléaires de Kim.
Vance: ne devrait-on pas envisager que les wokes prennent le contrôle des armes nucléaires françaises?
Vance: ne devrait-on pas envisager que les wokes prennent le contrôle des armes nucléaires françaises?
December 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
La Russie renforce considérablement les capacités nucléaires de Kim.
Vance: ne devrait-on pas envisager que les wokes prennent le contrôle des armes nucléaires françaises?
Vance: ne devrait-on pas envisager que les wokes prennent le contrôle des armes nucléaires françaises?
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Instagram is becoming an engine for organized hate. Influencers with massive followings are openly monetizing Nazi imagery and extremist merchandise — despite Meta’s stated policies banning such material. The platform’s silence is accelerating the mainstreaming of neo-Nazi ideology.
Instagram’s Antisemitism Economy
Instagram has become a marketplace for antisemitism. Influencers like Hayden McDougall, Dylan Shane, Jake Shields, and Myron Gaines are using the platform’s massive reach to glorify Hitler, deny the H...
globalextremism.org
December 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Instagram is becoming an engine for organized hate. Influencers with massive followings are openly monetizing Nazi imagery and extremist merchandise — despite Meta’s stated policies banning such material. The platform’s silence is accelerating the mainstreaming of neo-Nazi ideology.
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Imagine it being easier to just pay the 8 billion dollars and it won't affect you in the slightest. Man what have we done lol
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying www.france24.com/en/americas/... @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying
Mark Zuckerberg and current and former Meta executives agreed on Thursday to settle a $8 billion shareholder lawsuit alleging the company’s directors failed to prevent billions of dollars in fines and...
www.france24.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Imagine it being easier to just pay the 8 billion dollars and it won't affect you in the slightest. Man what have we done lol
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Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.
They’re again advocating against Denmark when it comes to Greenland
December 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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“it is illegal for you not to like me”
This is the logical and inevitable conclusion of the last decade of elite media "free speech" discourse.
December 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
“it is illegal for you not to like me”
Thank you for this @aelkus.bsky.social !!
i really can't get enough of taeha, a former kpop singer signed to new retrowave records. she modernizes the city pop vibe
youtu.be/kNPq2E0Ot1Y?...
youtu.be/kNPq2E0Ot1Y?...
Dive in Love
YouTube video by Taeha - Topic
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December 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Thank you for this @aelkus.bsky.social !!
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Good! An early insight of human centered design is that it was possible to reduce airplane crashes by introducing tactile switches and toggle that did not create confusion or require people to take their eyes away from their core tasks donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-origin...
December 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Good! An early insight of human centered design is that it was possible to reduce airplane crashes by introducing tactile switches and toggle that did not create confusion or require people to take their eyes away from their core tasks donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-origin...
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Soros is a guy who believes in liberal internationalism significantly more than anyone else with the amount of wealth he has
Scrolling through Soros’s articles in the NYRB is just him being right again and again.
December 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Soros is a guy who believes in liberal internationalism significantly more than anyone else with the amount of wealth he has
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December 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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So much I want to read in here!
It has been a bracing moment for American federalism, with both unprecedented efforts to extend executive control over state and local govts, novel forms of subnational resistance. Where is federalism going? Paul Nolette and I have edited a new issue of Publius on that question. Short thread:
December 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
So much I want to read in here!
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Big part of why all these game studios are coming out with ridiculous statements of "oh yeah, we use generative AI, but not for anything important!" is because they know consumers hate AI but investors want to hear the studio is using AI, and they're trying to please both
December 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Big part of why all these game studios are coming out with ridiculous statements of "oh yeah, we use generative AI, but not for anything important!" is because they know consumers hate AI but investors want to hear the studio is using AI, and they're trying to please both
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When someone says there a “Heritage American” they are a “blood and soil nationalist.”
www.ushmm.org/antisemitism...
www.ushmm.org/antisemitism...
December 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
When someone says there a “Heritage American” they are a “blood and soil nationalist.”
www.ushmm.org/antisemitism...
www.ushmm.org/antisemitism...
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The third paragraph reads as if the Russians wrote it. Maybe they did. In any event, it is an atrociously big lie; 1984-grade, as Aaron Rupar rightly says.
December 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The third paragraph reads as if the Russians wrote it. Maybe they did. In any event, it is an atrociously big lie; 1984-grade, as Aaron Rupar rightly says.
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NOT A DARK LORD BUT A FUCKING QUEEN
The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word?
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
December 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
NOT A DARK LORD BUT A FUCKING QUEEN
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Documenting the crimes of Bari Weiss
Read the "60 Minutes" segment on the CECOT prison in El Salvador. In the interest of preserving the public record in this authoritarian moment, this transcript is now a historical document. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Read the CBS Report Bari Weiss Doesn’t Want You to See
A transcript of the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, the notorious prison in El Salvador.
www.thenation.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Documenting the crimes of Bari Weiss