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Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
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I misremember who said it but the line "he was elected precisely because he had no redeeming qualities, it was a message sent to the first black president that the worst most unqualified white man would be given what the most erudite black man worked his whole life to achieve" was always all of it
December 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I misremember who said it but the line "he was elected precisely because he had no redeeming qualities, it was a message sent to the first black president that the worst most unqualified white man would be given what the most erudite black man worked his whole life to achieve" was always all of it
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Who could have possible foreseen this?
... EXCEPT FOR EVERYBODY IN EDUCATION THE LAST 20 YEARS.
... EXCEPT FOR EVERYBODY IN EDUCATION THE LAST 20 YEARS.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Who could have possible foreseen this?
... EXCEPT FOR EVERYBODY IN EDUCATION THE LAST 20 YEARS.
... EXCEPT FOR EVERYBODY IN EDUCATION THE LAST 20 YEARS.
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Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."
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Autism is a new thing. Your grandpa with six train sets in the basement and who could tell you every caliber of hunting ammunition ever manufactured but always wore his socks inside out was just really into his hobbies and cared about comfort.
RFK Jr: I've never seen a case of full-blown autism in a 70-year-old man. You're only seeing it in the kids. It's an epidemic.
September 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Autism is a new thing. Your grandpa with six train sets in the basement and who could tell you every caliber of hunting ammunition ever manufactured but always wore his socks inside out was just really into his hobbies and cared about comfort.
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I think there's just a fundamental divide between people who can see LLMs for what they are – a fundamentally toxic technology that can only ever generate negative outcomes; a machine for lying at scale – and people whose brains shut off because the computer is talking back to them.
September 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I think there's just a fundamental divide between people who can see LLMs for what they are – a fundamentally toxic technology that can only ever generate negative outcomes; a machine for lying at scale – and people whose brains shut off because the computer is talking back to them.
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Every libertarian's favorite senator, openly cheerleading for cancel culture.
Rand Paul: "People say, 'Oh, people have a right to say things.' Well, actually they don't necessarily have a right to say things. Many people have in their contract what we call a morals clause ... I think it is time for this to be a crackdown on people."
September 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Every libertarian's favorite senator, openly cheerleading for cancel culture.
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i have said this before but when “getting rid of race in admissions” for the administration means “you can’t even try to reach out to underrepresented communities and encourage them to apply and if you do it is illegal discrimination against white people” then the actual goal here is segregation
Harvard Ends Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program as Trump Targets Race in Admissions | News | The Harvard Crimson
By ending the minority recruitment program in May, Harvard shuttered a more than 50-year-old initiative to encourage minority high school students to apply.
www.thecrimson.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
i have said this before but when “getting rid of race in admissions” for the administration means “you can’t even try to reach out to underrepresented communities and encourage them to apply and if you do it is illegal discrimination against white people” then the actual goal here is segregation
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Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
September 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
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One policy solution to Young Men we should be considering is Universal Basic Electric Guitar (UBEG). I'm not joking, by the way. Kids of any gender should get a low-cost starter kit for some hobby of their choosing once they turn 13. A camera, paints, a cheap sampler, etc.
September 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
One policy solution to Young Men we should be considering is Universal Basic Electric Guitar (UBEG). I'm not joking, by the way. Kids of any gender should get a low-cost starter kit for some hobby of their choosing once they turn 13. A camera, paints, a cheap sampler, etc.
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Even as I write this, I’m reminded that this country is so inured to violence—particularly against black men—that the man who literally strangled Jordan Neely to death on the subway was not only found not guilty, but rewarded with a job in Silicon Valley and a box seat at the Army-Navy game.
September 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Even as I write this, I’m reminded that this country is so inured to violence—particularly against black men—that the man who literally strangled Jordan Neely to death on the subway was not only found not guilty, but rewarded with a job in Silicon Valley and a box seat at the Army-Navy game.
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Political Violence Inciter Killed
One of America's leading political violence inciters was killed today while inciting political violence at a rally. His colleagues vowed to redouble their efforts to incite political violence in his honor, and demanded their vermin opponents to introspect.
One of America's leading political violence inciters was killed today while inciting political violence at a rally. His colleagues vowed to redouble their efforts to incite political violence in his honor, and demanded their vermin opponents to introspect.
September 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Political Violence Inciter Killed
One of America's leading political violence inciters was killed today while inciting political violence at a rally. His colleagues vowed to redouble their efforts to incite political violence in his honor, and demanded their vermin opponents to introspect.
One of America's leading political violence inciters was killed today while inciting political violence at a rally. His colleagues vowed to redouble their efforts to incite political violence in his honor, and demanded their vermin opponents to introspect.
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Dems chased Silicon Valley for years and all we got for it was a couple thousand eugenicists with the money of Lex Luthor and the brains of rabid ferrets.
Dems should do what the GOP did: threaten Big Tech relentlessly until the little shits give us money and do our bidding.
Dems should do what the GOP did: threaten Big Tech relentlessly until the little shits give us money and do our bidding.
Big Tech Looks to Strengthen Frayed Relationship With Democrats Ahead of Midterms
A tech association funded by Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and other major tech companies is launching a new initiative to strengthen the frayed relationship between Democrats and Silicon Valley ...
www.bloomberg.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Dems chased Silicon Valley for years and all we got for it was a couple thousand eugenicists with the money of Lex Luthor and the brains of rabid ferrets.
Dems should do what the GOP did: threaten Big Tech relentlessly until the little shits give us money and do our bidding.
Dems should do what the GOP did: threaten Big Tech relentlessly until the little shits give us money and do our bidding.
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The president gets to harm as many Americans as he wants defying whatever laws he pleases and our job is to be nice to him and make sure everyone agrees he's cool. Not sure what you people don't understand about that.
September 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The president gets to harm as many Americans as he wants defying whatever laws he pleases and our job is to be nice to him and make sure everyone agrees he's cool. Not sure what you people don't understand about that.
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the real glory of world war two was that it involved a warrior cult being ground down and beaten to a pulp by people who would rather have been doing something else.
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
September 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
the real glory of world war two was that it involved a warrior cult being ground down and beaten to a pulp by people who would rather have been doing something else.
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You’re telling me SEAL Team Six went into a country they probably shouldn’t have been sent to, killed a bunch of civilians, and didn’t even meet their mission objectives?
And you want me to be, what? Surprised? Isn’t that, like, their whole thing?
And you want me to be, what? Surprised? Isn’t that, like, their whole thing?
September 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
You’re telling me SEAL Team Six went into a country they probably shouldn’t have been sent to, killed a bunch of civilians, and didn’t even meet their mission objectives?
And you want me to be, what? Surprised? Isn’t that, like, their whole thing?
And you want me to be, what? Surprised? Isn’t that, like, their whole thing?
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one of the best ways to understand Elon Musk is to think of him as a guy whose life was forever changed from the moment he first walked into a Sharper Image
Sharper Images-assed robot
September 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
one of the best ways to understand Elon Musk is to think of him as a guy whose life was forever changed from the moment he first walked into a Sharper Image
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This is America:
Access to public services restored thanks to a gambling website so people can get to a football game.
www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/fanduel...
Access to public services restored thanks to a gambling website so people can get to a football game.
www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/fanduel...
FanDuel partners with SEPTA to restore Broad Street Line service for home opener
The FanDuel sponsorship covers free rides home for fans. The free rides from NRG Station begin at halftime and continue through the end of service.
www.philadelphiaeagles.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This is America:
Access to public services restored thanks to a gambling website so people can get to a football game.
www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/fanduel...
Access to public services restored thanks to a gambling website so people can get to a football game.
www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/fanduel...
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Yep. As one study eg found… “most Black respondents lived in fear of the police killing them and hurting their family members. Approximately half of Black respondents preferred to be robbed or burglarized than to have unprovoked contact with officers.” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Yep. As one study eg found… “most Black respondents lived in fear of the police killing them and hurting their family members. Approximately half of Black respondents preferred to be robbed or burglarized than to have unprovoked contact with officers.” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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More or less universally a country seeking to limit foreigners studying in that country is a sign of a society, culture, great power in severe decline.
August 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
More or less universally a country seeking to limit foreigners studying in that country is a sign of a society, culture, great power in severe decline.
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Who’d a thunk that Gabbard would (continue to) advance Russia’s interests over the US’s?
Oh yeah. All of us.
Oh yeah. All of us.
Tulsi Gabbard Blindsided CIA Over Revoking Clearance of Undercover Officer
The naming of an agency Russian hand on a list of officials has alarmed people inside the spy agency.
www.wsj.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Who’d a thunk that Gabbard would (continue to) advance Russia’s interests over the US’s?
Oh yeah. All of us.
Oh yeah. All of us.