Justin Wallace
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Hey Mr. @scalzi.com , hope you're doing awesome and having a good start Thanksgiving week.
Just chiming in because I'm at 68 pounds down and likely to cross over to 70 down sometime in the next few days. Figured I'd say something while I had the chance.
You're amazing. Keep being excellent.
Just chiming in because I'm at 68 pounds down and likely to cross over to 70 down sometime in the next few days. Figured I'd say something while I had the chance.
You're amazing. Keep being excellent.
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Hey Mr. @scalzi.com , hope you're doing awesome and having a good start Thanksgiving week.
Just chiming in because I'm at 68 pounds down and likely to cross over to 70 down sometime in the next few days. Figured I'd say something while I had the chance.
You're amazing. Keep being excellent.
Just chiming in because I'm at 68 pounds down and likely to cross over to 70 down sometime in the next few days. Figured I'd say something while I had the chance.
You're amazing. Keep being excellent.
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We’re not small business owners, ffs - we’re independent contractors, and we are routinely robbed by the world’s dumbest dingbats.
![A quote-tweet with the profile blocked out because I won’t be accused of sending flying monkeys at this digital turd.
counterpoint: pirate everything all the time. pirate a sandwich. download a car. abscond from from small business owner mindset with your brain
[High Priestess, Low Patie... • @cherie... • 14h
Re: previous post - People who steal art of any kind are assholes, full stop. If *you* deserve to be paid for your labor, so do I - and so does everybody else; this means writers, visual artists, musicians, and every other category of People Who Make Things.]
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every time vulgar leftism pipes in from the sidelines of petit bourgeoisdom i am forced to become 8.75% more marxist](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x2ssvkga34xug334b66hvrje/bafkreigp2f33rtfu62kqjygnsxhg3jxxs6udwuyisipmyqrh5ew4c6kbyi@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We’re not small business owners, ffs - we’re independent contractors, and we are routinely robbed by the world’s dumbest dingbats.
Stuff like this is why I am firmly in the Butlerian Jihad camp and have no intention of changing my mind until this shit is rubble under my feet.
We can talk about the advantages of LLM's after they stop being used for shit like this.
We can talk about the advantages of LLM's after they stop being used for shit like this.
November 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Stuff like this is why I am firmly in the Butlerian Jihad camp and have no intention of changing my mind until this shit is rubble under my feet.
We can talk about the advantages of LLM's after they stop being used for shit like this.
We can talk about the advantages of LLM's after they stop being used for shit like this.
Stuff like this from the League of Legends World's run of T1 makes me realize that the next Faker is already on the team with him. Keria is astonishing. He is so insanely talented and his knowledge of the ins and outs of his champion ocean leaves me breathless.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Stuff like this from the League of Legends World's run of T1 makes me realize that the next Faker is already on the team with him. Keria is astonishing. He is so insanely talented and his knowledge of the ins and outs of his champion ocean leaves me breathless.
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Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
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This is something that really bothers me in so much talk about benefits including from some policy wonks.
Not everyone who is given something from the state is Oliver Twist, nor should they be.
The state should provide help to all sorts of people in different circs, not just gruel for the needy
Not everyone who is given something from the state is Oliver Twist, nor should they be.
The state should provide help to all sorts of people in different circs, not just gruel for the needy
Sorry, no, Motability was not about 'helping the most vulnerable' - it was about providing people who need modified vehicles modified vehicles!
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is something that really bothers me in so much talk about benefits including from some policy wonks.
Not everyone who is given something from the state is Oliver Twist, nor should they be.
The state should provide help to all sorts of people in different circs, not just gruel for the needy
Not everyone who is given something from the state is Oliver Twist, nor should they be.
The state should provide help to all sorts of people in different circs, not just gruel for the needy
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you just can't have a meaningful conversation about the potential benefits of "AI" while this stuff is happening. it's like trying to talk about how useful an airplane might be during a hijacking
What the leaked AI executive order tells us about the Big Tech power grab
What the leaked AI executive order tells us about the Big Tech power grab
Should states write their own AI laws, or should David Sacks?
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
you just can't have a meaningful conversation about the potential benefits of "AI" while this stuff is happening. it's like trying to talk about how useful an airplane might be during a hijacking
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This race is close and, given how much Democrats outperformed the polls a few weeks ago, a win is actually possible.
But even a narrow loss in a gerrymandered district Trump won by 22 points last year would be a sign of significant progress.
But even a narrow loss in a gerrymandered district Trump won by 22 points last year would be a sign of significant progress.
Emerson poll | 11/22-11/24 LV
Tennessee’s 7th congressional special election (Trump +22)
(Leaners pushed)
🟥Matt Van Epps 49.4%
🟦Aftyn Behn 47.0%
Others 3.5%
emersoncollegepolling.com/tennessee-7t...
Tennessee’s 7th congressional special election (Trump +22)
(Leaners pushed)
🟥Matt Van Epps 49.4%
🟦Aftyn Behn 47.0%
Others 3.5%
emersoncollegepolling.com/tennessee-7t...
Tennessee 7th District 2025 Special Election Poll: Republican Van Epps and Democrat Behn Locked In Tight Race - Emerson Polling
Voters Split on Trump’s Job Performance as Economic Issues Top Voters’ Concerns A new Emerson…Full Release & Results
emersoncollegepolling.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This race is close and, given how much Democrats outperformed the polls a few weeks ago, a win is actually possible.
But even a narrow loss in a gerrymandered district Trump won by 22 points last year would be a sign of significant progress.
But even a narrow loss in a gerrymandered district Trump won by 22 points last year would be a sign of significant progress.
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also if I can Stoicism post just a bit: this is also what memento mori is for. you are going to die someday - do you really imagine than one of your regrets will be that you didn't organize more of your life around what random Redditors think is gay?
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So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
also if I can Stoicism post just a bit: this is also what memento mori is for. you are going to die someday - do you really imagine than one of your regrets will be that you didn't organize more of your life around what random Redditors think is gay?
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you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
you should support liberal currents!
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Something I keep thinking about in convos about 'when to leave' is that finances really ARE an insurmountable barrier for people, as are qualifications (e.g. 'digital nomad' visas are great, but what if you're a barista, or a pipefitter?), and, of course, disability penalties.
When Is It Time to Flee?
Trans people and their families are facing hard questions and choices as threats to their safety and rights proliferate.
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Something I keep thinking about in convos about 'when to leave' is that finances really ARE an insurmountable barrier for people, as are qualifications (e.g. 'digital nomad' visas are great, but what if you're a barista, or a pipefitter?), and, of course, disability penalties.
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Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
Hey everyone.
226 this morning. Officially 68 lbs down. Working towards 70 seems insane to consider a year and a half ago.
A year is a long time. Don't give in to despair.
All my love, be good.
226 this morning. Officially 68 lbs down. Working towards 70 seems insane to consider a year and a half ago.
A year is a long time. Don't give in to despair.
All my love, be good.
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Hey everyone.
226 this morning. Officially 68 lbs down. Working towards 70 seems insane to consider a year and a half ago.
A year is a long time. Don't give in to despair.
All my love, be good.
226 this morning. Officially 68 lbs down. Working towards 70 seems insane to consider a year and a half ago.
A year is a long time. Don't give in to despair.
All my love, be good.
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This is despicable and dishonorable behavior and everyone involved at the DoD including Hegseth should resign in shame.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL CONFIRMS FBI HAS REQUESTED INTERVIEWS WITH SIX U.S. LAWMAKERS WHO WARNED ABOUT ILLEGAL MILITARY ORDERS
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This is despicable and dishonorable behavior and everyone involved at the DoD including Hegseth should resign in shame.
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It was only a failure if you assume they ever had good intentions. If you assume they intended to destroy the federal government from within, they succeeded.
We’ll be dealing with the results of this monumental breach of the federal government for many years to come.
We’ll be dealing with the results of this monumental breach of the federal government for many years to come.
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
It was only a failure if you assume they ever had good intentions. If you assume they intended to destroy the federal government from within, they succeeded.
We’ll be dealing with the results of this monumental breach of the federal government for many years to come.
We’ll be dealing with the results of this monumental breach of the federal government for many years to come.
Time for my favorite fight in all of Elden Ring: Goldfrey
Just.. fair. Hard, easy to lose if you aren't careful, but fair.
Love this fight. Love this game. Love being alive in a time where I get to cherish it.
Just.. fair. Hard, easy to lose if you aren't careful, but fair.
Love this fight. Love this game. Love being alive in a time where I get to cherish it.
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Time for my favorite fight in all of Elden Ring: Goldfrey
Just.. fair. Hard, easy to lose if you aren't careful, but fair.
Love this fight. Love this game. Love being alive in a time where I get to cherish it.
Just.. fair. Hard, easy to lose if you aren't careful, but fair.
Love this fight. Love this game. Love being alive in a time where I get to cherish it.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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White privilege is just a fancy way of saying “you don’t have to deal with racism”, it doesn’t mean you have a Rolls Royce and a staff of servants.
It does mean you don’t have to worry about ICE tackling you in the hallway because a neighbor said you “look illegal.”
It does mean you don’t have to worry about ICE tackling you in the hallway because a neighbor said you “look illegal.”
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
White privilege is just a fancy way of saying “you don’t have to deal with racism”, it doesn’t mean you have a Rolls Royce and a staff of servants.
It does mean you don’t have to worry about ICE tackling you in the hallway because a neighbor said you “look illegal.”
It does mean you don’t have to worry about ICE tackling you in the hallway because a neighbor said you “look illegal.”
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Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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