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An internet and telephone blackout is underway across Iran after a week of protests over the deteriorating economy. Some demonstrations have escalated into riots, and other movements have joined in and pile unto the mountain of grievances against the regime. #IranProtests
January 9, 2026 at 12:30 AM
An internet and telephone blackout is underway across Iran after a week of protests over the deteriorating economy. Some demonstrations have escalated into riots, and other movements have joined in and pile unto the mountain of grievances against the regime. #IranProtests
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From 2019-2024, Lowe's spent $46.6 BILLION on stock buybacks.
That's enough to give each of its 273k employees a $28k bonus for the next six years.
Instead, it paid its CEO 659x what it paid median employees.
And we STILL think corporate tax breaks will magically trickle down?
That's enough to give each of its 273k employees a $28k bonus for the next six years.
Instead, it paid its CEO 659x what it paid median employees.
And we STILL think corporate tax breaks will magically trickle down?
August 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
From 2019-2024, Lowe's spent $46.6 BILLION on stock buybacks.
That's enough to give each of its 273k employees a $28k bonus for the next six years.
Instead, it paid its CEO 659x what it paid median employees.
And we STILL think corporate tax breaks will magically trickle down?
That's enough to give each of its 273k employees a $28k bonus for the next six years.
Instead, it paid its CEO 659x what it paid median employees.
And we STILL think corporate tax breaks will magically trickle down?
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Solidarity to everyone in Budapest today.
Large turnout at Budapest Pride defies Orban's ban in Hungary | AFP
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Large turnout at Budapest Pride defies Orban's ban in Hungary | AFP
YouTube video by AFP News Agency
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June 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Solidarity to everyone in Budapest today.
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Three of the best journalistic entities that are covering all this nonsense right are a parody newspaper, a teen mag, and a magazine for nerds, and I am grateful for them
(The Onion, Teen Vogue, and Wired)
(The Onion, Teen Vogue, and Wired)
June 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Three of the best journalistic entities that are covering all this nonsense right are a parody newspaper, a teen mag, and a magazine for nerds, and I am grateful for them
(The Onion, Teen Vogue, and Wired)
(The Onion, Teen Vogue, and Wired)
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say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
A must read
May 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
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The Sopranos is probably the Rosetta Stone of modern American reaction: it consists of people who bemoan the loss of an imagined past they mainly got from movies, claim victimization based on identity but hate when others do it, and view the people who build the society they prey on as suckers.
April 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The Sopranos is probably the Rosetta Stone of modern American reaction: it consists of people who bemoan the loss of an imagined past they mainly got from movies, claim victimization based on identity but hate when others do it, and view the people who build the society they prey on as suckers.
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I love Baltimore man
March 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I love Baltimore man
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even with all of the ways this shitshow administration is going to go down in history it's hard to imagine anyone coming out of it as more utterly a chump than marco rubio
Rubio has been cut out of foreign policy decisions and is not happy, sources say.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Trump, Ukraine, and the Meme-ing of Marco Rubio
Why the Secretary of State’s stone-like posture during the Zelenskyy meltdown might have been exactly as telling as observed.
www.vanityfair.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
even with all of the ways this shitshow administration is going to go down in history it's hard to imagine anyone coming out of it as more utterly a chump than marco rubio
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The aggressiveness of the foreshadowing by both Musk and Trump on Fort Knox makes me thing there is some sort of crypto-for-gold scheme in the offing.
Trump: "We've actually going to Ft Knox to see if the gold is there. Because maybe somebody stole the gold. Tons of gold."
February 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The aggressiveness of the foreshadowing by both Musk and Trump on Fort Knox makes me thing there is some sort of crypto-for-gold scheme in the offing.
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look what arrived today! It’s @reproutopia.bsky.social ‘s new book!
February 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
look what arrived today! It’s @reproutopia.bsky.social ‘s new book!
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Same was true in Poland
Convo with my friend from Hungary tonight who left after Orban’s election.
She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”
She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”
February 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Same was true in Poland
youtube.com/watch?v=ORRo...
Oh hey check out a Canadian actor portraying a very pissed off Austrian who does not want to be annexed into a fascist regime. A few of my favorite things…
Oh hey check out a Canadian actor portraying a very pissed off Austrian who does not want to be annexed into a fascist regime. A few of my favorite things…
youtube.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=ORRo...
Oh hey check out a Canadian actor portraying a very pissed off Austrian who does not want to be annexed into a fascist regime. A few of my favorite things…
Oh hey check out a Canadian actor portraying a very pissed off Austrian who does not want to be annexed into a fascist regime. A few of my favorite things…
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Elon Musk is a terrible president.
February 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Elon Musk is a terrible president.
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Anyone who happened to know that the White House would announce and then suspend tariffs within 24 hours just made a boatload of money.
February 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Anyone who happened to know that the White House would announce and then suspend tariffs within 24 hours just made a boatload of money.
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If a 19-year-old Canadian who calls himself Big Balls marches into your federal agency and demands access to your system, telling him to fuck right off should be the mildest reaction you have.
February 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If a 19-year-old Canadian who calls himself Big Balls marches into your federal agency and demands access to your system, telling him to fuck right off should be the mildest reaction you have.
We Canadians are usually proud of being nice. Americans are going to find out how self-righteous, petty, and belligerent we can be when threatened. Don’t fuck with beavers.
February 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
We Canadians are usually proud of being nice. Americans are going to find out how self-righteous, petty, and belligerent we can be when threatened. Don’t fuck with beavers.