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we live in the dreams of a boomer in the throes of cognitive decline
December 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
we live in the dreams of a boomer in the throes of cognitive decline
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SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
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when someone asks hulk hogan what's on the radio
While digging through my Game Boy carts last night I found what might be my favorite bootleg find. The title and label really capture what I love about unofficial releases.
December 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
when someone asks hulk hogan what's on the radio
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ever day I be like
December 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
ever day I be like
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They're more worried that tiktok is causing young people to see Palestinians as people.
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
They're more worried that tiktok is causing young people to see Palestinians as people.
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The Democratic Party's formula for the last 50 years has been "Let's be friendly with extreme wealth and maybe we can also get modest policy wins sometimes." The last 10 years and this year in particular should be conclusive proof of how badly this has failed. But we're stuck with it anyway
December 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The Democratic Party's formula for the last 50 years has been "Let's be friendly with extreme wealth and maybe we can also get modest policy wins sometimes." The last 10 years and this year in particular should be conclusive proof of how badly this has failed. But we're stuck with it anyway
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This is basically the core misery at the heart of the current RW movement. A complete lack of human feelings or emotions, just raw unfiltered sociopathic behavior the entire way down.
ultimately, no one even grieved Charlie Kirk. he was just another thing for the worst people on earth to get outraged over. and when the outrage of real events wasn't enough, they invented new ones.
not even his wife saw his death as anything other than an opportunity.
not even his wife saw his death as anything other than an opportunity.
my read is they were trying to whip up the usual frenzy, but then the effort got blown up by Candace Owens saying The Jews did it
December 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This is basically the core misery at the heart of the current RW movement. A complete lack of human feelings or emotions, just raw unfiltered sociopathic behavior the entire way down.
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for years and years the media covered CPAC as the biggest story in the world each year (you can debate whether it merited that coverage), then the moment it was over went back to pretending the parade of clowns and psychos they JUST COVERED weren't relevant to anything going on in politics
December 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
for years and years the media covered CPAC as the biggest story in the world each year (you can debate whether it merited that coverage), then the moment it was over went back to pretending the parade of clowns and psychos they JUST COVERED weren't relevant to anything going on in politics
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
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that is the most republican looking man i have ever seen
NEW: The RNC Chair is calling the 2026 midterms a “pending, looming disaster” for Republicans.
December 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
that is the most republican looking man i have ever seen
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The Atlantic has nothing to say about the trans instructor at OU fired because of a right wing stitch up but is suddenly concerned with the employment status of an open racist screaming racial slurs at customers.
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Atlantic has nothing to say about the trans instructor at OU fired because of a right wing stitch up but is suddenly concerned with the employment status of an open racist screaming racial slurs at customers.
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“She participated in a TikTok "Devil trend" on Saturday, Dec. 6, in which she asked ChatGPT to reveal her biggest flaws and insecurities.
On Sunday, Dec. 7, Tracy was found dead by local authorities in her apartment.”
On Sunday, Dec. 7, Tracy was found dead by local authorities in her apartment.”
The 19-year-old sophomore was found dead in her off-campus apartment.
Cause of death revealed in shocking death of Rice soccer player
The 19-year-old sophomore was found dead in her off-campus apartment.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
“She participated in a TikTok "Devil trend" on Saturday, Dec. 6, in which she asked ChatGPT to reveal her biggest flaws and insecurities.
On Sunday, Dec. 7, Tracy was found dead by local authorities in her apartment.”
On Sunday, Dec. 7, Tracy was found dead by local authorities in her apartment.”
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New: My essay on living in the beautiful but sure-to-burn Berkeley Hills and how denial in the face of certain catastrophe remains deeply embedded in the California psyche. But the LA fires are forcing a reckoning over how we pursue the California Dream. Free link.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
My Costly Race to Prepare for California’s Next Inferno
Wildfire prep demands expensive upgrades and relandscaped backyards. The question is whether any one homeowner can succeed on their own.
www.bloomberg.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
New: My essay on living in the beautiful but sure-to-burn Berkeley Hills and how denial in the face of certain catastrophe remains deeply embedded in the California psyche. But the LA fires are forcing a reckoning over how we pursue the California Dream. Free link.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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yeah i'm not being funny but most arguments against rent controls, while they may be /economically/ sound, are bad from the perspective of /political/ economy
Um, ok...
This paper forthcoming at the JOP provides evidence that rent control in Germany actually made tenants MASSIVELY *less* NIMBY.
This result was in the opposite direction of the authors' pre-registered expectations.
And the effect sizes are, truly, massive.
This paper forthcoming at the JOP provides evidence that rent control in Germany actually made tenants MASSIVELY *less* NIMBY.
This result was in the opposite direction of the authors' pre-registered expectations.
And the effect sizes are, truly, massive.
December 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
yeah i'm not being funny but most arguments against rent controls, while they may be /economically/ sound, are bad from the perspective of /political/ economy
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I once helped teach an experiential learning class about the Israel-Palestine conflict to UC Berkeley students that culminated in a trip to the region. Traveling overland from Jordan to Israel, Arab-American students were subjected to this sort of treatment. I’ll never forget it.
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I once helped teach an experiential learning class about the Israel-Palestine conflict to UC Berkeley students that culminated in a trip to the region. Traveling overland from Jordan to Israel, Arab-American students were subjected to this sort of treatment. I’ll never forget it.
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spending 3 quarters of revenue on supply constrained infrastructure in exchange for stock warrants that will be used by the company thats giving you the warrants. I mean incredible
*SOME ORACLE DATA CENTERS FOR OPENAI DELAYED TO 2028 FROM 2027
*ORACLE DELAYS LARGELY DUE TO LABOR AND MATERIAL SHORTAGES
*ORACLE DELAYS LARGELY DUE TO LABOR AND MATERIAL SHORTAGES
December 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
spending 3 quarters of revenue on supply constrained infrastructure in exchange for stock warrants that will be used by the company thats giving you the warrants. I mean incredible
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They should invent a city that doesn't spend 60% of its budget on cops
December 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
They should invent a city that doesn't spend 60% of its budget on cops
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Nature and time are healing.
December 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Nature and time are healing.
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AP on Trump now, and Biden in June 2022.
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
December 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
AP on Trump now, and Biden in June 2022.
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
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Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
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Wow, that must be so terrifying to think you're being abducted.
The agent, who’s assigned to another HSI office and is in Minnesota on “temporary detail for an operation,” is unfamiliar with the Twin Cities, did not know where they were going, and “was in fear that he was being abducted.”
FBI: Man, woman drive to police station with Homeland Security agent trapped in vehicle
A man and a woman are facing charges of assaulting a federal officer after Homeland Security Investigations agents tried to arrest the man Wednesday for overstaying his student visa. The pair drove to...
www.mprnews.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Wow, that must be so terrifying to think you're being abducted.
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Probably nothing
“.. Tether stepped in to stave off plans by at least one existing shareholder to offload stock at a steep discount to the $500 billion valuation the company is seeking, according to people familiar with the matter ..”
@bloomberg.com
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December 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Probably nothing
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One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
December 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
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The fact that parts of Washington are seeing record-breaking flooding this week is not surprising given that 1) many locations saw record 24hr precipitation (well above 100yr ARI) & 2) near-record temperatures *simultaneously* (no snow in mtns, so all precip became runoff). #WAwx
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The fact that parts of Washington are seeing record-breaking flooding this week is not surprising given that 1) many locations saw record 24hr precipitation (well above 100yr ARI) & 2) near-record temperatures *simultaneously* (no snow in mtns, so all precip became runoff). #WAwx
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oh no, we’re doing credit default swap explainers again
Explainer: What are credit default swaps and why are investors watching Oracle's? reut.rs/3YkoQOG
Explainer: What are credit default swaps and why are investors watching Oracle's?
The cost of insuring Oracle's debt against the risk of default has shot up after its latest earnings reignited worries about how much the broader corporate sector is spending on AI and the borrowing surge to fund it.
reut.rs
December 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
oh no, we’re doing credit default swap explainers again