Lisa Nohealani Morton
@lnmorton.bsky.social
Writer, editor, programmer, manager. She/her. Black & Indigenous lives matter.
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My grandpa was born in the US to German parents. He had younger cousins who were in Hitler youth in Germany. Decades later I talked with some of them about it (with the ruthless candor of youth). Why did you do that? What were you thinking? What they described was a lot like this.
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
December 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
My grandpa was born in the US to German parents. He had younger cousins who were in Hitler youth in Germany. Decades later I talked with some of them about it (with the ruthless candor of youth). Why did you do that? What were you thinking? What they described was a lot like this.
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It’s 1985, and Regis and Joy are here with some last-minute ideas for Christmas tech gifts. There’s a clock radio that can turn on your coffee pot, $300 TV that fits in your hands, and a new thing called a “cellular phone.”
December 8, 2025 at 6:28 AM
It’s 1985, and Regis and Joy are here with some last-minute ideas for Christmas tech gifts. There’s a clock radio that can turn on your coffee pot, $300 TV that fits in your hands, and a new thing called a “cellular phone.”
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After I had my daughter, one of the qualities I looked for in infant formula was existence, which was an aspect my breast milk lacked
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
After I had my daughter, one of the qualities I looked for in infant formula was existence, which was an aspect my breast milk lacked
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It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
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"Now that I've hit everyone with ruinous taxes, I'll dole some of it back out to my political supporters as welfare payments."
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"Now that I've hit everyone with ruinous taxes, I'll dole some of it back out to my political supporters as welfare payments."
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my ideal presidential candidate in 2028 could be described, loosely, as "general sherman but for the supreme court"
Justice Gorsuch: Is it possible--"just maybe"--that we're setting our sights far too low and we should be blowing up many more structures of modern government?
December 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
my ideal presidential candidate in 2028 could be described, loosely, as "general sherman but for the supreme court"
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Incredibly galling to hear Sauer talk about how the president is accountable to the public through elections, when the president he's referring to is one who attempted to illegally overturn an election he lost
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Incredibly galling to hear Sauer talk about how the president is accountable to the public through elections, when the president he's referring to is one who attempted to illegally overturn an election he lost
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not sure you can talk coherently about maintaining the rule of law without promising serious court reform
Holy shit this back and forth between Kagan/Alito/Jackson/&the SG.
Kagan: Doesn't your logic mean a whole raft of other agencies must be invalidated?
SG: Yes, but that's not being litigated right now
Kagan: So what?
Alito: What if we just want to say "but maybe don't apply our logic elsewhere?"
Kagan: Doesn't your logic mean a whole raft of other agencies must be invalidated?
SG: Yes, but that's not being litigated right now
Kagan: So what?
Alito: What if we just want to say "but maybe don't apply our logic elsewhere?"
December 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
not sure you can talk coherently about maintaining the rule of law without promising serious court reform
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I want to tell one more joke about Leda. Sort of a swan song for that genre of humor.
i had an offensive joke about achilles but it would’ve been a real heel turn
I had a joke about Orpheus but I looked back and reconsidered.
December 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I want to tell one more joke about Leda. Sort of a swan song for that genre of humor.
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the very rich people currently trying to rewrite our media consumption: what the people want is more canceled comedians whining about trans people
the audience, voting with their eyeballs: bring us more gay hockey sex
the audience, voting with their eyeballs: bring us more gay hockey sex
December 8, 2025 at 2:58 AM
the very rich people currently trying to rewrite our media consumption: what the people want is more canceled comedians whining about trans people
the audience, voting with their eyeballs: bring us more gay hockey sex
the audience, voting with their eyeballs: bring us more gay hockey sex
The Burger King I worked at in high school had the best drive-thru times in the state, pretty much entirely on my ability to manage rush times by stacking up orders in my head, including totals and tax, without a cash register.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
When I was a security guard 40+ years ago, a number of posts had manual elevators. I got very good at getting the elevator to line up perfectly with the floor at which I wanted to exist.
When I was a security guard 40+ years ago, a number of posts had manual elevators. I got very good at getting the elevator to line up perfectly with the floor at which I wanted to exist.
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The Burger King I worked at in high school had the best drive-thru times in the state, pretty much entirely on my ability to manage rush times by stacking up orders in my head, including totals and tax, without a cash register.
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Thread...of GENIUS
I'm the king of kings
I'm not the king of kings
but I'm the wreckage of a king
but really I'm not actually a king
but I am...
Shattered visage in the desert by the stone legs
wrinkles its lip at you.
See my works, ye mighty, and despair!
I'm not the king of kings
but I'm the wreckage of a king
but really I'm not actually a king
but I am...
Shattered visage in the desert by the stone legs
wrinkles its lip at you.
See my works, ye mighty, and despair!
December 8, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Thread...of GENIUS
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the severed heads of Santas displayed as a warning to others who would spread yultide cheer
December 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
the severed heads of Santas displayed as a warning to others who would spread yultide cheer
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The puritan mental gymnastics are wild: "horny is ok if it's entirely generated by a computer and a corporation profits, but if any actual human participates in the creation of horny content or god forbid does a sex act, that is BAD and WRONG especially if they get paid"
crazy all the websites and paypros are doing their big No Horny Allowed crackdown while every online advertisement now is iether "AI SEX HOT AI CHAT NO FILTER BOOB AI FURRY GIRLFRIEND only for adults ages 6+" or "NPR is now teaming up with Bumfights dot com to revolutionize gamified asset trading"
December 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The puritan mental gymnastics are wild: "horny is ok if it's entirely generated by a computer and a corporation profits, but if any actual human participates in the creation of horny content or god forbid does a sex act, that is BAD and WRONG especially if they get paid"
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The same people who support this also thought it was fascism when they had to wear a mask into a hospital
December 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The same people who support this also thought it was fascism when they had to wear a mask into a hospital
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"'But where else would one expect to find a right whale with Irish connections if not off Boston?' said Padraig Whooley with the Irish Whale & Dolphin Group."
Attaway (attawhale?)
Attaway (attawhale?)
Endangered whale's 3,000-mile journey from Ireland to Boston shocks scientists - CBS Boston 🧪🌎🦑
Endangered whale's 3,000-mile journey from Ireland to Boston shocks scientists
A North Atlantic right whale spotted off Ireland last year has made an "extraordinary" 3,000-mile journey to Boston, scientists say.
www.cbsnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"'But where else would one expect to find a right whale with Irish connections if not off Boston?' said Padraig Whooley with the Irish Whale & Dolphin Group."
Attaway (attawhale?)
Attaway (attawhale?)
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growing problem for the dems is that their voters want progressive candidates but the party leadership generally doesn't. so there's no structure to identify and vet good progressive candidates until it's too late.
The noisiest Dem primary so far is probably Maine Senate, and here for instance I think it’s useful to see that despite all the bad publicity Platner still appears to be the favorite:
December 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
growing problem for the dems is that their voters want progressive candidates but the party leadership generally doesn't. so there's no structure to identify and vet good progressive candidates until it's too late.
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I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
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I just got a "Decomputing" talk accepted by a very tech-focused business conference (as a Keynote even) and a labor rights organization who wanted me to propose a talk instantly went for the "The Luddites were right" suggestion. Two things that a few months ago would not have been possible I think.
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I just got a "Decomputing" talk accepted by a very tech-focused business conference (as a Keynote even) and a labor rights organization who wanted me to propose a talk instantly went for the "The Luddites were right" suggestion. Two things that a few months ago would not have been possible I think.
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Well, Joe, Mark Zuckerberg has sole control over Facebook, which directly enabled the Rohingya genocide. So let’s have the conversation.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Well, Joe, Mark Zuckerberg has sole control over Facebook, which directly enabled the Rohingya genocide. So let’s have the conversation.
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We are about to discover the far right equivalent of "everyone at the leftist commune wants to design the ideal society and no one wants to do laundry"
your fair share of taxes: an unconscionable ripoff at best, and theft at worst
$1,500/month to live in a Singapore hotel with the most unfuckable greedheads imaginable: an exciting opportunity to experience true freedom (with Singaporean characteristics)
$1,500/month to live in a Singapore hotel with the most unfuckable greedheads imaginable: an exciting opportunity to experience true freedom (with Singaporean characteristics)
December 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We are about to discover the far right equivalent of "everyone at the leftist commune wants to design the ideal society and no one wants to do laundry"
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You can get a 800 W system in Utah for $1.25 a watt ($1k) which is almost utility scale solar prices. Very exciting stuff. Will make a huge difference in renter and apartment heavy cities.
Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
What's the deal with balcony solar?
Cora Stryker joins me to explain how "plug-in" solar took Europe by storm and is finally, via Utah (?), making its way to America.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
You can get a 800 W system in Utah for $1.25 a watt ($1k) which is almost utility scale solar prices. Very exciting stuff. Will make a huge difference in renter and apartment heavy cities.
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In the era of slavery, free black people had to carry their "free papers" with them so they could prove to the authorities that they were free, or else they would be thrown in jail and sold.
BASH: If ICE says it doesn't arrest US citizens, why do we keep seeing incidents of them aggressively pursuing citizens?
HOMAN: I can't tell you how many times an illegal alien claims to be a US citizen. It happens all the time.
HOMAN: I can't tell you how many times an illegal alien claims to be a US citizen. It happens all the time.
December 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
In the era of slavery, free black people had to carry their "free papers" with them so they could prove to the authorities that they were free, or else they would be thrown in jail and sold.
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Absolute sadistic monsters.
27-year-old Honduran man with end-stage renal failure denied dialysis until he signed a voluntary deportation order. Abolish DHS completely. Arrest most of its leaders.
Family says critically ill man was pressured into deportation order after 'Charlotte's Web' sweep
Relatives of a 27-year-old Honduran man say he was denied dialysis and pressured into signing a voluntary deportation order after being detained during "Operation Charlotte's Web." ICE denies the alle...
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December 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Absolute sadistic monsters.