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May the ghostly cries and lamentations of every enslaved person who worked there haunt this boutique hotel's owners, managers, and guests unto the last days of their lives.
Birdwood plantation is being rebranded as a “mansion” “rumored to have been constructed by some of Founding Father Thomas Jefferson's own builders” turned into a luxury hotel that can booked for weddings. Smh.
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Birdwood estate outside Charlottesville reborn as luxury boutique hotel
Birdwood, a 195-year-old mansion just west of Charlottesville, has been transformed into a boutique luxury hotel. Reservations are already being taken.
dailyprogress.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
May the ghostly cries and lamentations of every enslaved person who worked there haunt this boutique hotel's owners, managers, and guests unto the last days of their lives.
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
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🚨SCOOP: Google gave lawmakers gifts up to $2,000 to attend a secret perk-filled summit touting AI & data centers as lawmakers consider AI dereg & data center subsidies, according to documents reviewed by @levernews.com.
Lawmakers got hotel rooms costing up to $500 per night & a Wrigley Field party.
Lawmakers got hotel rooms costing up to $500 per night & a Wrigley Field party.
Google Bankrolled Secret Summit For Key State Lawmakers
Disclosure documents show the tech giant treated state legislators to a perk-filled Chicago junket this fall; now those officials are considering legislation that could impact Google’s bottom line.
www.levernews.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
🚨SCOOP: Google gave lawmakers gifts up to $2,000 to attend a secret perk-filled summit touting AI & data centers as lawmakers consider AI dereg & data center subsidies, according to documents reviewed by @levernews.com.
Lawmakers got hotel rooms costing up to $500 per night & a Wrigley Field party.
Lawmakers got hotel rooms costing up to $500 per night & a Wrigley Field party.
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"For the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71 percent believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate."
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
"For the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71 percent believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate."
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He was a big donor to the org I worked for right out of college. I never met him, but I’ll always be grateful for everything he did for the queer community.
Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
December 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
He was a big donor to the org I worked for right out of college. I never met him, but I’ll always be grateful for everything he did for the queer community.
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trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol
December 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol
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We library folk do a good job talking about all the free services we offer, but I don’t see many of us talking about how libraries are one or the only places where you can use services without being advertised to.
December 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We library folk do a good job talking about all the free services we offer, but I don’t see many of us talking about how libraries are one or the only places where you can use services without being advertised to.
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Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
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I think it's really cool that we have democratic leadership that is largely silent about this issue. A leadership that believes making a "tsk tsk" press release once every month counts as a form of political opposition while otherwise dropping the issue in its entirety.
An ICE Air flight carried migrants from Alexandria, LA, to the US Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay today—the first migrants held at GTMO since October 17.
December 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I think it's really cool that we have democratic leadership that is largely silent about this issue. A leadership that believes making a "tsk tsk" press release once every month counts as a form of political opposition while otherwise dropping the issue in its entirety.
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be aware there is a an absolutely massive disinfo campaign going around trying to say that the dude who disarmed this sicko was not named Ahmed al Ahmed but "Edward Crabtree"
the site, article, & all articles it links to appear to be all created/registered today & AI generated archive.is/K5eSI
the site, article, & all articles it links to appear to be all created/registered today & AI generated archive.is/K5eSI
December 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
be aware there is a an absolutely massive disinfo campaign going around trying to say that the dude who disarmed this sicko was not named Ahmed al Ahmed but "Edward Crabtree"
the site, article, & all articles it links to appear to be all created/registered today & AI generated archive.is/K5eSI
the site, article, & all articles it links to appear to be all created/registered today & AI generated archive.is/K5eSI
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in case anyone was wondering wtf happened to @thelouvreof.bsky.social/Louvre of Bluesky: the creator got doxxed, bsky did nothing, and they decided to go out in a blaze of glory
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
in case anyone was wondering wtf happened to @thelouvreof.bsky.social/Louvre of Bluesky: the creator got doxxed, bsky did nothing, and they decided to go out in a blaze of glory
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this is an older, pulpier conceit, i think, and also the reason those new poirot movies are so, so bad. they are more concerned with giving his mustache an origin story (A REAL THING) than with the new characters in the current mystery!
December 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
this is an older, pulpier conceit, i think, and also the reason those new poirot movies are so, so bad. they are more concerned with giving his mustache an origin story (A REAL THING) than with the new characters in the current mystery!
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my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
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SNL used AI art tonight, multiple times.
Booooooo.
Booooooo.
December 14, 2025 at 6:17 AM
SNL used AI art tonight, multiple times.
Booooooo.
Booooooo.
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Thank goodness we have unlimited racial profiling instead of lower grocery prices.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Thank goodness we have unlimited racial profiling instead of lower grocery prices.
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This is targeted, tyrannical, and unacceptable and it's appalling for Congress to keep abdicating its responsibility and handing over power to a bunch of corrupt, bigoted autocratic thugs.
BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by immigration agents and asked to prove his citizenship.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said federal immigration agents pulled over her son on Saturday and asked him to prove his citizenship.
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December 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This is targeted, tyrannical, and unacceptable and it's appalling for Congress to keep abdicating its responsibility and handing over power to a bunch of corrupt, bigoted autocratic thugs.
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Echoing @sifill.bsky.social from the latest episode of Amicus:
2026 primaries are not far off. Filing deadlines are approaching.
If you're going to step up for your community, as we all should, through something such as running for your local school board: act now! @runforsomething.net!
2026 primaries are not far off. Filing deadlines are approaching.
If you're going to step up for your community, as we all should, through something such as running for your local school board: act now! @runforsomething.net!
December 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Echoing @sifill.bsky.social from the latest episode of Amicus:
2026 primaries are not far off. Filing deadlines are approaching.
If you're going to step up for your community, as we all should, through something such as running for your local school board: act now! @runforsomething.net!
2026 primaries are not far off. Filing deadlines are approaching.
If you're going to step up for your community, as we all should, through something such as running for your local school board: act now! @runforsomething.net!
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So @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org has been knocking it out of the park for quite a while.
They had a very good article earlier this year on the "World" in Worldcon. It's worth reading.
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ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/05/23/t...
They had a very good article earlier this year on the "World" in Worldcon. It's worth reading.
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ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/05/23/t...
The World in Worldcon
Jake Casella Brookins In this op-ed series, ARB editors share some informal thoughts and opinions about the Hugo awards, Worldcons, and other aspects of the SFF award and convention scene. What are…
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
December 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
So @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org has been knocking it out of the park for quite a while.
They had a very good article earlier this year on the "World" in Worldcon. It's worth reading.
1/X
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/05/23/t...
They had a very good article earlier this year on the "World" in Worldcon. It's worth reading.
1/X
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/05/23/t...
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The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing at least 12 people
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
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"For that reason, and given recent polling, Kast – the son of a Nazi party member, an admirer of the dictator Augusto Pinochet and a staunch Catholic known for his opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage – is widely expected to rule Chile for the next four years."
Far-right José Antonio Kast favored to win as Chile votes in presidential runoff
Trump-inspired former congressman expected to succeed Gabriel Boric but compulsory voting could create volatility
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"For that reason, and given recent polling, Kast – the son of a Nazi party member, an admirer of the dictator Augusto Pinochet and a staunch Catholic known for his opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage – is widely expected to rule Chile for the next four years."
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Having a hero run an AI business is right up there with making a hero a cop in terms of how much it deflates my interest in a book almost immediately.
December 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Having a hero run an AI business is right up there with making a hero a cop in terms of how much it deflates my interest in a book almost immediately.
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Accusing doctors and clinics and companies of being motivated by profit is, once again, straight out of the anti-abortion playbook.
They never ask this about the people hawking ivermectin and lion's mane supplements. www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Accusing doctors and clinics and companies of being motivated by profit is, once again, straight out of the anti-abortion playbook.
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See also: recent news out of Canada I recently shared where someone with a chronic illness is considering using the "right to die" _because_ of barriers to access to a procedure that would save her life.
I support "right to die" only AFTER we first furnish the RIGHT TO LIVE.
I support "right to die" only AFTER we first furnish the RIGHT TO LIVE.
Noticing that Democrats are passing “right to die” laws before passing “right to housing” or “right to healthcare” laws www.nprillinois.org/government-p...
Gov. JB Pritzker signs 'right-to-die' legislation for terminally ill people to end their lives in Illinois
The new law, which takes effect next September, opens the door for people 18 or older with a terminal diagnosis to be prescribed a fatal drug.
www.nprillinois.org
December 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
See also: recent news out of Canada I recently shared where someone with a chronic illness is considering using the "right to die" _because_ of barriers to access to a procedure that would save her life.
I support "right to die" only AFTER we first furnish the RIGHT TO LIVE.
I support "right to die" only AFTER we first furnish the RIGHT TO LIVE.
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It’s important to contextualize just how much less safe American drivers are than everywhere else in the world, and it’s getting worse!
December 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It’s important to contextualize just how much less safe American drivers are than everywhere else in the world, and it’s getting worse!
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‘California’ brand insulin is hitting the market trib.al/LnD88Kl
‘California’ brand insulin is hitting the market
California is making big moves to pull down the price of insulin.
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December 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
‘California’ brand insulin is hitting the market trib.al/LnD88Kl