lia bulaong
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interlude: six views of miss popcorn
sorry for the unexpected radio silence! but there is a lot of cuteness inside!
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couldn't write my newsletter for three weeks cause i had to take a grippy sock vacation—yes, again—but here are six (6) photos of my dog the popcorn in this year's halloween costumes: omgwtf.fyi/interlude-si... (p.s. attn @darthbluesky.bsky.social)
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fellas, is it good when the ruling party requires public institutions to recruit for ideological youth cadres
New: Gov. Greg Abbott and Turning Point USA are launching a partnership to create chapters of the right-wing organization on every Texas high school campus.
Abbott says Turning Point USA will expand in Texas schools
Republican officials in Oklahoma and Florida have also launched plans to expand the presence of the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk.
www.texastribune.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
fellas, is it good when the ruling party requires public institutions to recruit for ideological youth cadres
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VC firm Andreessen Horowitz hired Daniel Penny for choking a black man to death on the New York subway
To recap:
•Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M
•Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K
•Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day
On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America
•Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M
•Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K
•Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day
On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America
December 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
VC firm Andreessen Horowitz hired Daniel Penny for choking a black man to death on the New York subway
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Not true! They also want to fuck teenagers
it is incredible that legalizing watergate has been the overriding ideological project of the american right for fifty years
December 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Not true! They also want to fuck teenagers
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The craziest thing about the Metaverse was, the concept of virtual/VR social spaces IS Not New and also Definitely Works.
VRChat has at LEAST hundreds of thousands of users.
Second Life peaked at a million!
The template was right there to crib from, all he had to do was Apple that Pebble Watch!
VRChat has at LEAST hundreds of thousands of users.
Second Life peaked at a million!
The template was right there to crib from, all he had to do was Apple that Pebble Watch!
Mark Zuckerberg believed in the Metaverse so much he changed his company's name to "Meta" in 2021 and spent over $70 billion on this fantastical virtual reality chat space that has less functionality than VR Chat.
Now, in 2025, he doesn't even mention it. And investors still give him money to burn
Now, in 2025, he doesn't even mention it. And investors still give him money to burn
December 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The craziest thing about the Metaverse was, the concept of virtual/VR social spaces IS Not New and also Definitely Works.
VRChat has at LEAST hundreds of thousands of users.
Second Life peaked at a million!
The template was right there to crib from, all he had to do was Apple that Pebble Watch!
VRChat has at LEAST hundreds of thousands of users.
Second Life peaked at a million!
The template was right there to crib from, all he had to do was Apple that Pebble Watch!
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Judge Tung got his judicial commission a month ago. Literally. Judge Bybee (who has his many, many issues) has been on the bench for two decades.
JUST IN: Famous 9th Cir Judge Jay Bybee (GWBush) pens 64-page opinion on how Constitution's 'domestic violence' clause may block Trump deployment of National Guard in OR. Judge Eric Tung's (Trump) insulting response: 'A great labor producing a mouse.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
OregonvTrumpCA9AmOrd120825
www.documentcloud.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Judge Tung got his judicial commission a month ago. Literally. Judge Bybee (who has his many, many issues) has been on the bench for two decades.
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RISE AND RESIST, the beloved activist group, stunned tourists and locals alike with a demonstration of love and acceptance on the steps of the iconic Saint Patrick's Cathedral on 5th Ave. in New York.
@riseandresist.bsky.social
@riseandresist.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
RISE AND RESIST, the beloved activist group, stunned tourists and locals alike with a demonstration of love and acceptance on the steps of the iconic Saint Patrick's Cathedral on 5th Ave. in New York.
@riseandresist.bsky.social
@riseandresist.bsky.social
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Remember, as Sean Duffy keeps telling us his ideas for air travel -- dress up nice for your flight! do a little workout before you get on too! -- this is an actual Good Thing We Wanted that Democrats secured for us before these assholes took it away
White House Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Remember, as Sean Duffy keeps telling us his ideas for air travel -- dress up nice for your flight! do a little workout before you get on too! -- this is an actual Good Thing We Wanted that Democrats secured for us before these assholes took it away
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LOL at the fucking "What if Mary got an abortion?" dipshits. Well, Jesus would still have died for our sins, AND the Bible would be a lot shorter. So win-win.
so you CAN abort Jesus
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
LOL at the fucking "What if Mary got an abortion?" dipshits. Well, Jesus would still have died for our sins, AND the Bible would be a lot shorter. So win-win.
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In general, the aesthetics of Trump II remind me a lot of post-Soviet authoritarianism in Turkmenistan. You can just imagine Trump commissioning a statue exactly like this to stand outside the East Wing ballroom. www.rferl.org/a/meet_the_n...
Golden Turkmenbashi Finds New Home
It's been a tastelessly iconic symbol of Turkmenistan since it appeared in 1998: a 12-meter-tall, gold-plated statue of Saparmurat Niyazov, the country's longtime dictator, who also styled himself as ...
www.rferl.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
In general, the aesthetics of Trump II remind me a lot of post-Soviet authoritarianism in Turkmenistan. You can just imagine Trump commissioning a statue exactly like this to stand outside the East Wing ballroom. www.rferl.org/a/meet_the_n...
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The economy is FAR WORSE than the government is acknowledging. This holiday season, if you know folks struggling, don't be afraid to leave a mystery box of groceries or some gifts from Santa for the kids on their porch. Maybe drop a grocery store gift card in their mailbox.
Be the Christmas magic.
Be the Christmas magic.
December 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The economy is FAR WORSE than the government is acknowledging. This holiday season, if you know folks struggling, don't be afraid to leave a mystery box of groceries or some gifts from Santa for the kids on their porch. Maybe drop a grocery store gift card in their mailbox.
Be the Christmas magic.
Be the Christmas magic.
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but also, let this be a lesson to everyone; time & energy is finite, nobody owes anyone attention, engagement or an argument
there’s so many bad faith attempts at “debate” or whatever & it almost always ends with the one arguing looking afool & showing their ass
there’s so many bad faith attempts at “debate” or whatever & it almost always ends with the one arguing looking afool & showing their ass
tonight while recording a guest spot on a podcast i experienced an unacceptable level of disrespect from one of the hosts. so i decided to do what felt right for me and i left. i didn’t need to stick around to show i’m “tough” or “thick skinned.” i reminded myself that no one is owed my time.
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
but also, let this be a lesson to everyone; time & energy is finite, nobody owes anyone attention, engagement or an argument
there’s so many bad faith attempts at “debate” or whatever & it almost always ends with the one arguing looking afool & showing their ass
there’s so many bad faith attempts at “debate” or whatever & it almost always ends with the one arguing looking afool & showing their ass
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Law school cost me $190,000.
I have paid $206,000 since graduation.
I now owe $223,000.
I pay $830 per month, and next year it will be more.
I genuinely believe law school student loans are designed to make pro bono representation impossible.
I have paid $206,000 since graduation.
I now owe $223,000.
I pay $830 per month, and next year it will be more.
I genuinely believe law school student loans are designed to make pro bono representation impossible.
December 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Law school cost me $190,000.
I have paid $206,000 since graduation.
I now owe $223,000.
I pay $830 per month, and next year it will be more.
I genuinely believe law school student loans are designed to make pro bono representation impossible.
I have paid $206,000 since graduation.
I now owe $223,000.
I pay $830 per month, and next year it will be more.
I genuinely believe law school student loans are designed to make pro bono representation impossible.
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In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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The judge saw an internal dispute between DOT and FDNY and rather than deferring to the city’s judgment (FDNY misunderstood the design and status quo, DOT is right on the engineering merits) as judges typically do, she naively decided FDNY can be trusted to understand the basics here
December 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The judge saw an internal dispute between DOT and FDNY and rather than deferring to the city’s judgment (FDNY misunderstood the design and status quo, DOT is right on the engineering merits) as judges typically do, she naively decided FDNY can be trusted to understand the basics here
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The untold story of the ruling in which Justice Chereé Buggs kills the 31st St. bike lane is that FDNY sabotaged it by deciding, inexplicably, that they can’t stage ladder trucks in a bike lane that was designed for them to be wide enough for exactly that s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
s3.documentcloud.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The untold story of the ruling in which Justice Chereé Buggs kills the 31st St. bike lane is that FDNY sabotaged it by deciding, inexplicably, that they can’t stage ladder trucks in a bike lane that was designed for them to be wide enough for exactly that s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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oh hey look it’s the thing literally everyone said would happen
Two months after President Donald Trump signed an executive order restricting H-1B visas, soaring costs are roiling rural health care facilities that have long struggled to find staff.
Rural America relies on foreign doctors. Trump’s visa fee shuts them out.
The Trump administration’s demand for companies to pay a $100,000 fee to hire an immigrant worker using an H1B visa has created turmoil among rural health providers.
wapo.st
December 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
oh hey look it’s the thing literally everyone said would happen
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Thing is, you flirt with white supremacy, you get a big hit of publicity & approval from the white supremacist media network that sprawls across this country. It's heady.
But then you leave that bubble & encounter the larger public & realize, oh, huh, they're not into this garbage, oops.
But then you leave that bubble & encounter the larger public & realize, oh, huh, they're not into this garbage, oops.
Sydney Sweeney tried again to address her American Eagle jeans ad controversy, saying she is ‘against hate and divisiveness.’
Sydney Sweeney Says She Is ‘Against Hate’
Sydney Sweeney tried again to address her American Eagle jeans ad controversy, saying she is ‘against hate and divisiveness.’
www.thecut.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Thing is, you flirt with white supremacy, you get a big hit of publicity & approval from the white supremacist media network that sprawls across this country. It's heady.
But then you leave that bubble & encounter the larger public & realize, oh, huh, they're not into this garbage, oops.
But then you leave that bubble & encounter the larger public & realize, oh, huh, they're not into this garbage, oops.
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Just noodling on an idea—US power in the world for nearly a century has been military, sure, as well as economic, but both of those were based on technical and scientific skill. Ability to maintain weapons and build new stuff. And we're nixing all of that. Bill's gonna come due.
December 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Just noodling on an idea—US power in the world for nearly a century has been military, sure, as well as economic, but both of those were based on technical and scientific skill. Ability to maintain weapons and build new stuff. And we're nixing all of that. Bill's gonna come due.
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how are you gonna tell me trans women aren't women when every single one i've complimented on a cute outfit has come back with THANKS GIRL IT'S GOT POCKETS
December 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
how are you gonna tell me trans women aren't women when every single one i've complimented on a cute outfit has come back with THANKS GIRL IT'S GOT POCKETS
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They're all pieces of shit and, if any are replaced they'll be replaced by pieces of shit. I am, however, greatly looking forward to the diva shit that she and Patel and Hegseth and whoever else gets canned pull when they're forced to give up their military housing and cars and planes and shit.
December 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
They're all pieces of shit and, if any are replaced they'll be replaced by pieces of shit. I am, however, greatly looking forward to the diva shit that she and Patel and Hegseth and whoever else gets canned pull when they're forced to give up their military housing and cars and planes and shit.
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god this is a satisfying sentence
December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
god this is a satisfying sentence
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By the way, my story is free to read for everyone today, no subscription required, as part of a new feature The Verge introduced :-)
December 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
By the way, my story is free to read for everyone today, no subscription required, as part of a new feature The Verge introduced :-)
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the balance hasn't remained constant, but people have long wrongly seen the NYT as a liberal publication that feels the need to bend over backwards for conservatives to fight bias charges, when in fact it's a conservative publication aimed at convincing liberals. they're more open about that now
December 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
the balance hasn't remained constant, but people have long wrongly seen the NYT as a liberal publication that feels the need to bend over backwards for conservatives to fight bias charges, when in fact it's a conservative publication aimed at convincing liberals. they're more open about that now
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"Individual liberty" is when conservatives decide everything. Their concept of liberty is just domination, not freedom to do what they want, but freedom to force everyone else to do what they want. bsky.app/profile/donm...
The only way to assure individual liberty is to hand unprecedented governmental power to the guy engaged in blatant democratic backsliding
Kavanaugh: Broad delegations to unaccountable agencies are dangerous for individual liberty! We have used the major questions doctrine to prevent agencies from overreaching.
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Individual liberty" is when conservatives decide everything. Their concept of liberty is just domination, not freedom to do what they want, but freedom to force everyone else to do what they want. bsky.app/profile/donm...