Dread Pirate Russ
@massivruss.bsky.social
Of the Commonwealth. Dad to two amazing humans attending UMass-Lowell & Clark U.
Full time cat Dad. NASA nerd.
“…a principal function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute…” - Justice William Brennan
I F*CKING HATE BULLIES.
Full time cat Dad. NASA nerd.
“…a principal function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute…” - Justice William Brennan
I F*CKING HATE BULLIES.
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Dread Pirate Russ
@massivruss.bsky.social
· Nov 17
AI does NOT replace cognition. It is a parlor trick being sold to rubes, promising they will be enriched by displacing, for pennies on the dollar, the human capital achieved by actual human cognition.
@patriots.bsky.social @985thesportshub.bsky.social
A good chunk of Patriot fans are cut off from watching the Jets game because Verizon Fios is in a fee spat with Cox Media.
A good chunk of Patriot fans are cut off from watching the Jets game because Verizon Fios is in a fee spat with Cox Media.
December 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
@patriots.bsky.social @985thesportshub.bsky.social
A good chunk of Patriot fans are cut off from watching the Jets game because Verizon Fios is in a fee spat with Cox Media.
A good chunk of Patriot fans are cut off from watching the Jets game because Verizon Fios is in a fee spat with Cox Media.
On Christmas Eve. Special circle in Hell and whatnot.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
On Christmas Eve. Special circle in Hell and whatnot.
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"Well, what shall we hang? The holly, or each other?"
Now that's a Christmas movie.
From 'The Lion in Winter' (1968).
With the brilliant Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole
Now that's a Christmas movie.
From 'The Lion in Winter' (1968).
With the brilliant Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole
December 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
"Well, what shall we hang? The holly, or each other?"
Now that's a Christmas movie.
From 'The Lion in Winter' (1968).
With the brilliant Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole
Now that's a Christmas movie.
From 'The Lion in Winter' (1968).
With the brilliant Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole
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This is what every institution he threatens with frivolous defamation suits should be doing
President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/LUCScTR
December 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This is what every institution he threatens with frivolous defamation suits should be doing
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@mollyjongfast.bsky.social on the heart of the matter re: the #Epstein / #Maxwell survivors, & the rich, powerful, & connected that harmed & failed them. (Even with a law promising transparency & answers).
🎁 The Epstein Files Should Not Have Been Released This Way
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
🎁 The Epstein Files Should Not Have Been Released This Way
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
December 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social on the heart of the matter re: the #Epstein / #Maxwell survivors, & the rich, powerful, & connected that harmed & failed them. (Even with a law promising transparency & answers).
🎁 The Epstein Files Should Not Have Been Released This Way
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
🎁 The Epstein Files Should Not Have Been Released This Way
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
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Tax the fucking billionaires into nonexistence and feed the hungry children
December 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Tax the fucking billionaires into nonexistence and feed the hungry children
Nobody needed you to share this on Christmas.
December 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Nobody needed you to share this on Christmas.
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Mark, a Yale professor responded to you yesterday with a viable, peer-reviewed solution. Your ignorance here is a choice.
Mr. Cuban, I'm a professor at Yale School of Public Health. Here's a paper published by one of my colleagues in the top medical journal evaluating the Medicare for All Act, which would not only get us there, but would save $450B per year. Happy to discuss! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA
Although health care expenditure per capita is higher in the USA than in any other
country, more than 37 million Americans do not have health insurance, and 41 million
more have inadequate access to c...
www.thelancet.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Mark, a Yale professor responded to you yesterday with a viable, peer-reviewed solution. Your ignorance here is a choice.
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Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
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"I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive."
When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.
prisonjournalismproject.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive."
Christmas Eve is a good time for a timeline cleanse. Please post yours.
Here’s one:
youtu.be/IrVD0bP_ybg?...
Here’s one:
youtu.be/IrVD0bP_ybg?...
Diamonds And Rust
YouTube video by Joan Baez - Topic
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Christmas Eve is a good time for a timeline cleanse. Please post yours.
Here’s one:
youtu.be/IrVD0bP_ybg?...
Here’s one:
youtu.be/IrVD0bP_ybg?...
Bari at college: Don’t trust professors.
Bari at the Times: Don’t trust the Times.
Bari at TFP: Don’t trust the media.
Bari at CBS: Don’t trust our reporters.
Bari also at CBS: The public doesn’t trust us. But I’ll tell you all how to fix it.
Bari at the Times: Don’t trust the Times.
Bari at TFP: Don’t trust the media.
Bari at CBS: Don’t trust our reporters.
Bari also at CBS: The public doesn’t trust us. But I’ll tell you all how to fix it.
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Bari at college: Don’t trust professors.
Bari at the Times: Don’t trust the Times.
Bari at TFP: Don’t trust the media.
Bari at CBS: Don’t trust our reporters.
Bari also at CBS: The public doesn’t trust us. But I’ll tell you all how to fix it.
Bari at the Times: Don’t trust the Times.
Bari at TFP: Don’t trust the media.
Bari at CBS: Don’t trust our reporters.
Bari also at CBS: The public doesn’t trust us. But I’ll tell you all how to fix it.
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bari weiss doesn't view news as relaying facts about the world to an audience, she views it as generating debates about the facts
Belatedly, this line from Weiss' memo is...something
Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says
Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit
You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says
Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit
You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
December 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
bari weiss doesn't view news as relaying facts about the world to an audience, she views it as generating debates about the facts
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🐈 One of the most loved stories we’ve ever published
When Kittens Came to My Prison
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass one day.
mailchi.mp
December 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🐈 One of the most loved stories we’ve ever published
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It’s my sincere religious belief that conservative Christians should be fed to lions for the amusement of crowds in sports arenas, and if you think that that’s hateful, then you’re not respecting my free speech and may be instigating violence against me.
December 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It’s my sincere religious belief that conservative Christians should be fed to lions for the amusement of crowds in sports arenas, and if you think that that’s hateful, then you’re not respecting my free speech and may be instigating violence against me.
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The function served by federal tax credits for ACA enrollees is essentially the same as the employer's portion of premium coverage for group policies: That's what makes it affordable ..as anyone who's had to suddenly start paying full price for COBRA coverage has learned the hard way.”
📣 Golf Carts w/Missing Wheels: Rebutting Sen. Lankford's CNN Appearance, Part 2
acasignups.net/25/12/23/gol...
acasignups.net/25/12/23/gol...
Golf Carts w/missing wheels: Rebutting Sen. Lankford's CNN Appearance, Part 2
Yesterday I corrected a bunch of factual misstatements (aka "lies") and gross exaggerations about the ACA's premium tax credits and the GOP's refusal to extend the enhanced subsidy formula made by Okl...
acasignups.net
December 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The function served by federal tax credits for ACA enrollees is essentially the same as the employer's portion of premium coverage for group policies: That's what makes it affordable ..as anyone who's had to suddenly start paying full price for COBRA coverage has learned the hard way.”
Post this all over CBS News HQ.
December 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Post this all over CBS News HQ.
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This is great.
Cory Doctorow - Rescuing the Internet From “Enshittification” | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This is great.
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December 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I just imagined Emily Litella commenting, “What’s all this fuss about immigrants being flown to EPCOT? It’s a beautiful park in Disney World! Where you can drink!”
December 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I just imagined Emily Litella commenting, “What’s all this fuss about immigrants being flown to EPCOT? It’s a beautiful park in Disney World! Where you can drink!”
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Ok, now I apologize for being white because I hate belonging to the same race as this asshole. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/t...
Playwrights Horizons Is Sued Over Discounts to People of Color
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Ok, now I apologize for being white because I hate belonging to the same race as this asshole. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/t...
Oh look, a visitor from House of Musk:
December 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Oh look, a visitor from House of Musk:
Bari Weiss, reading ProPublica - “See. It’s old news. But if 60 Minutes would just interview Stephen Miller…”
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Bari Weiss, reading ProPublica - “See. It’s old news. But if 60 Minutes would just interview Stephen Miller…”