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I asked @tarapalmeri what a Trump pardon of Ghislaine Maxwell would mean for the survivors? Her answer is…dark. A preview of tomorrow’s “To the Contrary” Podcast. Subscribe to get the full video when it's released.
August 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I asked @tarapalmeri what a Trump pardon of Ghislaine Maxwell would mean for the survivors? Her answer is…dark. A preview of tomorrow’s “To the Contrary” Podcast. Subscribe to get the full video when it's released.
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“Malnutrition rates are castrophic.”
Shocking and horrific scenes of starvation from Sudan.
news.sky.com/story/it-is-...
Shocking and horrific scenes of starvation from Sudan.
news.sky.com/story/it-is-...
Sudan: Thousands resort to eating animal feed to survive in besieged Al Fashir
Al Fashir, and its 900,000 inhabitants, have been held hostage by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for 14 months. Food and fuel is blocked from entering, and its people are suffering as a result.
news.sky.com
August 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“Malnutrition rates are castrophic.”
Shocking and horrific scenes of starvation from Sudan.
news.sky.com/story/it-is-...
Shocking and horrific scenes of starvation from Sudan.
news.sky.com/story/it-is-...
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"Boomers" aren't covering themselves in glory here now either.
August 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"Boomers" aren't covering themselves in glory here now either.
Trump (Trump?) (Trump!) being seen as the more honest and wholesome alternative means you've got real credibility problems.
Privately owned monopoly social media giants and universities are complicit in this.
We're in a very bad way. And elderly useful idiots who don't want to seem superannuated
Privately owned monopoly social media giants and universities are complicit in this.
We're in a very bad way. And elderly useful idiots who don't want to seem superannuated
August 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Trump (Trump?) (Trump!) being seen as the more honest and wholesome alternative means you've got real credibility problems.
Privately owned monopoly social media giants and universities are complicit in this.
We're in a very bad way. And elderly useful idiots who don't want to seem superannuated
Privately owned monopoly social media giants and universities are complicit in this.
We're in a very bad way. And elderly useful idiots who don't want to seem superannuated
Bluesky's never growing if basic decency and sanity are illegal.
It's peak "supply-side" economics at this point.
Fairness Doctrine?
Smschfairness Doctrine ...
It's peak "supply-side" economics at this point.
Fairness Doctrine?
Smschfairness Doctrine ...
He's a fantastic journalist that's why people listen to him. Bluesky isn't particularly representative that's why it might seem surprising.
August 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Bluesky's never growing if basic decency and sanity are illegal.
It's peak "supply-side" economics at this point.
Fairness Doctrine?
Smschfairness Doctrine ...
It's peak "supply-side" economics at this point.
Fairness Doctrine?
Smschfairness Doctrine ...
What the hell happened to people like Twitter's "Mee Maw," who suddenly metamorphosed into posting [really weird things] and suddenly über-creepy elderly Arizonans like William Coffin:
Prions in the brain?
Or audience capture?
(@coffinitup.bsky.social)
www.tabletmag.com/sections/new...
Prions in the brain?
Or audience capture?
(@coffinitup.bsky.social)
www.tabletmag.com/sections/new...
Woke Media: The New Gatekeepers
Woke media and major institutions have become the new gatekeepers in American society. What can we do about it?
www.tabletmag.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
What the hell happened to people like Twitter's "Mee Maw," who suddenly metamorphosed into posting [really weird things] and suddenly über-creepy elderly Arizonans like William Coffin:
Prions in the brain?
Or audience capture?
(@coffinitup.bsky.social)
www.tabletmag.com/sections/new...
Prions in the brain?
Or audience capture?
(@coffinitup.bsky.social)
www.tabletmag.com/sections/new...
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This whole story is insane. Tesla apparently did everything it could to avoid providing the data it had about its Autopilot crash. This is just a snippet and there's a lot more. electrek.co/2025/08/04/t...
August 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This whole story is insane. Tesla apparently did everything it could to avoid providing the data it had about its Autopilot crash. This is just a snippet and there's a lot more. electrek.co/2025/08/04/t...
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Feather stars come in all different beautiful colours… ⭐️
July 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Feather stars come in all different beautiful colours… ⭐️
Euphemism treadmill alert ...
(update: I hate rational wiki now)
(update: I hate rational wiki now)
A colleague has to meet with the university’s Office of General Counsel who want edits to their program’s website that basically amount to deleting every instance of the word “Black”
July 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Euphemism treadmill alert ...
(update: I hate rational wiki now)
(update: I hate rational wiki now)
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I had to spend two and a half years fighting a frivolous lawsuit that was a direct result of Bollea v. Gawker. And that lawsuit massively decreased our capability to do what we do, so I take issue with one of Hulk Hogan's lawyers claiming that Bollea v. Gawker had no impact on journalism
July 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I had to spend two and a half years fighting a frivolous lawsuit that was a direct result of Bollea v. Gawker. And that lawsuit massively decreased our capability to do what we do, so I take issue with one of Hulk Hogan's lawyers claiming that Bollea v. Gawker had no impact on journalism
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i know X is getting overrun with deepfakes, but this was unexpected. (no, that's not me after the first frame, and i'm not speaking at the 2025 congreso futuro.)
x.com/congresofutu...
x.com/congresofutu...
x.com
x.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:54 PM
i know X is getting overrun with deepfakes, but this was unexpected. (no, that's not me after the first frame, and i'm not speaking at the 2025 congreso futuro.)
x.com/congresofutu...
x.com/congresofutu...
Yes
Among other things ...
Among other ... issues ...
Among other things ...
Among other ... issues ...
A Techdirt troll was pointing to this news today as evidence that Trump's plans are popular. But his policies are equally as unpopular. Seems pretty clear people hate Trump's policies AND HATE THAT THE DEMS DON'T SEEM TO BE ACTING WITH ANY SENSE OF URGENCY TO STOP THEM.
July 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Yes
Among other things ...
Among other ... issues ...
Among other things ...
Among other ... issues ...
"Like other species, humans need to act on information about the sex of their conspecifics in order to reproduce."
Why would one want to so to speak "muddy the waters"?
Rhetorical even asking is it?
philosophersmag.com/unexceptiona...
Why would one want to so to speak "muddy the waters"?
Rhetorical even asking is it?
philosophersmag.com/unexceptiona...
Unexceptional Sex - The Philosophers' Magazine
Daniel Kodsi defends the sex-based account of woman.
philosophersmag.com
July 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"Like other species, humans need to act on information about the sex of their conspecifics in order to reproduce."
Why would one want to so to speak "muddy the waters"?
Rhetorical even asking is it?
philosophersmag.com/unexceptiona...
Why would one want to so to speak "muddy the waters"?
Rhetorical even asking is it?
philosophersmag.com/unexceptiona...
Parker?
Peter, they should have named this sucker "Icarus"
Sans the wax wings. But without the wax (lots of wax in Greek myths).
Peter, they should have named this sucker "Icarus"
Sans the wax wings. But without the wax (lots of wax in Greek myths).
Scientists have released the closest images ever taken near the sun, captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flying 3.8 million miles above the solar surface.
See more images of solar eruptions on the sun: wapo.st/3Irm3P3
See more images of solar eruptions on the sun: wapo.st/3Irm3P3
July 16, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Parker?
Peter, they should have named this sucker "Icarus"
Sans the wax wings. But without the wax (lots of wax in Greek myths).
Peter, they should have named this sucker "Icarus"
Sans the wax wings. But without the wax (lots of wax in Greek myths).
Being as my prof ... cover picture is what it is I guess I must share with comment ...
A non-commental comment ...
A non-commental comment ...
Two movies based on classic Dr. Seuss books are in production, the first additions to a successful Suess film catalog since 2018.
Ariana Grande Joins $1 Billion Seuss Film Universe
Two movies based on classic Dr. Seuss books are in production, the first additions to a successful Suess film catalog since 2018.
www.forbes.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Being as my prof ... cover picture is what it is I guess I must share with comment ...
A non-commental comment ...
A non-commental comment ...
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“I feel a troubling kind of opacity in my brain lately—as if reality were becoming illegible, as if language were a vessel with holes in the bottom and meaning was leaking all over the floor.” Jia Tolentino writes about how the internet broke her brain.
My Brain Finally Broke
Much of what we see now is fake, and the reality we face is full of horrors. More and more of the world is slipping beyond my comprehension.
www.newyorker.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
“I feel a troubling kind of opacity in my brain lately—as if reality were becoming illegible, as if language were a vessel with holes in the bottom and meaning was leaking all over the floor.” Jia Tolentino writes about how the internet broke her brain.
There was something I couldn't quite grok (not in the, in the Heinlein, not that other guy sense) could not put my finger on,
Those big hats worn in the Russian military?
They look like halos!
Of the saints. Or Icons.
Chef's hats only more heavenly yet even than billowing clouds.
Those big hats worn in the Russian military?
They look like halos!
Of the saints. Or Icons.
Chef's hats only more heavenly yet even than billowing clouds.
July 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
There was something I couldn't quite grok (not in the, in the Heinlein, not that other guy sense) could not put my finger on,
Those big hats worn in the Russian military?
They look like halos!
Of the saints. Or Icons.
Chef's hats only more heavenly yet even than billowing clouds.
Those big hats worn in the Russian military?
They look like halos!
Of the saints. Or Icons.
Chef's hats only more heavenly yet even than billowing clouds.
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Making new friends at a Soviet military base, 1989.
July 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Making new friends at a Soviet military base, 1989.
Nobody likes the Nazi Goon squads.
Some idiots think they won't be subject to them too.
Already if you live within a hundred miles of the border, automatically you are. Or if you even visit.
Some idiots think they won't be subject to them too.
Already if you live within a hundred miles of the border, automatically you are. Or if you even visit.
Two components jump out to me on a fourier analysis of this wave form:
a) a very large one of people who just, well, it's about Trump (his Nazi Goon squads).
b) people who've been, and are, have been bamboozled and are, felling guilty, about being on "stolen land" so they invite MORE people in?
a) a very large one of people who just, well, it's about Trump (his Nazi Goon squads).
b) people who've been, and are, have been bamboozled and are, felling guilty, about being on "stolen land" so they invite MORE people in?
July 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Nobody likes the Nazi Goon squads.
Some idiots think they won't be subject to them too.
Already if you live within a hundred miles of the border, automatically you are. Or if you even visit.
Some idiots think they won't be subject to them too.
Already if you live within a hundred miles of the border, automatically you are. Or if you even visit.
Two components jump out to me on a fourier analysis of this wave form:
a) a very large one of people who just, well, it's about Trump (his Nazi Goon squads).
b) people who've been, and are, have been bamboozled and are, felling guilty, about being on "stolen land" so they invite MORE people in?
a) a very large one of people who just, well, it's about Trump (his Nazi Goon squads).
b) people who've been, and are, have been bamboozled and are, felling guilty, about being on "stolen land" so they invite MORE people in?
July 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Two components jump out to me on a fourier analysis of this wave form:
a) a very large one of people who just, well, it's about Trump (his Nazi Goon squads).
b) people who've been, and are, have been bamboozled and are, felling guilty, about being on "stolen land" so they invite MORE people in?
a) a very large one of people who just, well, it's about Trump (his Nazi Goon squads).
b) people who've been, and are, have been bamboozled and are, felling guilty, about being on "stolen land" so they invite MORE people in?
Unser Geschichte:
(Nick doesn't do twitter, or ... anything of that nature)
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(Nick doesn't do twitter, or ... anything of that nature)
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Mit dem Auto durch Namibia: Pizza, Plastikschmuck und ein Ossiclub für Afrika
Springbreak mal ganz anders: Anton Scholz reiste durch eine ehemalige Kolonie Deutschlands und berichtet für uns über seine Begegnungen mit Locals inmitten vo
berlinergazette.de
July 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Unser Geschichte:
(Nick doesn't do twitter, or ... anything of that nature)
berlinergazette.de/de/namibia-p...
(Nick doesn't do twitter, or ... anything of that nature)
berlinergazette.de/de/namibia-p...
This isn't fascism at all:
If it's not fascism, what do we call it?
Let's call it "the Phantasm of Fascism."
If it's not fascism, what do we call it?
Let's call it "the Phantasm of Fascism."
July 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This isn't fascism at all:
If it's not fascism, what do we call it?
Let's call it "the Phantasm of Fascism."
If it's not fascism, what do we call it?
Let's call it "the Phantasm of Fascism."
This is my cover picture, by Theodore Geisel:
July 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is my cover picture, by Theodore Geisel: