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at this point AI is the equivalent of your friend eating something disgusting and asking 800 times if you wanna try it
December 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
at this point AI is the equivalent of your friend eating something disgusting and asking 800 times if you wanna try it
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padre cuing up a sick playlist for this road trip
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
padre cuing up a sick playlist for this road trip
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I thought they’d at least pretend a little longer that this was about something else
*US SEIZES OIL TANKER OFF THE COAST OF VENEZUELA
December 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I thought they’d at least pretend a little longer that this was about something else
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Warned that this was going to happen. And if Trump’s DOJ doesn’t fight it, I’m not sure there’s much that can be done to stop it.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/magas-300-...
radleybalko.substack.com/p/magas-300-...
December 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Warned that this was going to happen. And if Trump’s DOJ doesn’t fight it, I’m not sure there’s much that can be done to stop it.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/magas-300-...
radleybalko.substack.com/p/magas-300-...
If you are near Philadelphia, have 123 dollars, and roughly 28 cubic feet of space to store 1,600 VHS tapes in reasonably climate controlled conditions until I can get up there, I will retrieve this collection of almost guaranteed vital archival value and digitize its entirety.
December 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.
My story:
My story:
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.
My story:
My story:
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December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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It's the Festive Season at last!
December 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
It's the Festive Season at last!
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I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
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Bari’s big idea is the famous Harvard Law professor whose annual vacation tantrum on the Vineyard is treated as national news doesn’t have enough access to press.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Bari’s big idea is the famous Harvard Law professor whose annual vacation tantrum on the Vineyard is treated as national news doesn’t have enough access to press.
god damnit Jeff
"Look at your dumb fat face in the mirror for a half hour." - haircuts
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
god damnit Jeff
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In the manner of a what now?
the food equivalent of the infamous sixth borough story. NYT has to stop writing about Philly
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/d...
the food equivalent of the infamous sixth borough story. NYT has to stop writing about Philly
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/d...
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
In the manner of a what now?
the food equivalent of the infamous sixth borough story. NYT has to stop writing about Philly
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/d...
the food equivalent of the infamous sixth borough story. NYT has to stop writing about Philly
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/d...
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The Trump administration inherited an economy that the Economist called "the envy of the world" in a cover story a week before the election and easily could've coasted on that success (again) but instead they set it on fire.
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Trump administration inherited an economy that the Economist called "the envy of the world" in a cover story a week before the election and easily could've coasted on that success (again) but instead they set it on fire.
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DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
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“Christian nationalists are teaming with Trump in a bid to torch a rule preventing churches from donating to campaigns” By Andrew Seidel, 11/24/25
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Court Case That Could Blow the Roof Off Political Spending
Christian nationalists are teaming up with Donald Trump's administration to argue that churches should be able to spend on political campaigns.
www.rollingstone.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“Christian nationalists are teaming with Trump in a bid to torch a rule preventing churches from donating to campaigns” By Andrew Seidel, 11/24/25
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This is horrendous
“No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office 11/10/25 … 1/ fortworthreport.org/2025/11/10/f...
A Texas church’s online class trains Christians to run for office. Now it may go national
Fort Worth’s Mercy Culture Church aims to get more conservative Christians elected through its online Campaign University.
fortworthreport.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This is horrendous
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Nobody wants this shit. Nobody.
The hostile reaction has been so pronounced, in fact, that it feels like a company announcing it would never force AI into its products would carve out a pretty good chunk of the market.
The hostile reaction has been so pronounced, in fact, that it feels like a company announcing it would never force AI into its products would carve out a pretty good chunk of the market.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Nobody wants this shit. Nobody.
The hostile reaction has been so pronounced, in fact, that it feels like a company announcing it would never force AI into its products would carve out a pretty good chunk of the market.
The hostile reaction has been so pronounced, in fact, that it feels like a company announcing it would never force AI into its products would carve out a pretty good chunk of the market.
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The President of the United States is publicly calling for the political prosecution of his political opponents, urging the death penalty because they urged soldiers to uphold the rule of law.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The President of the United States is publicly calling for the political prosecution of his political opponents, urging the death penalty because they urged soldiers to uphold the rule of law.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
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Uhhhh this story is absolutely insane
A New Jersey woman who worked as a congressional staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew has been charged in connection with staging a fake political attack that included writing and scarring on her body.
Former House GOP aide charged with faking a violent political attack on herself
Police found Natalie Greene with her shirt pulled over her head, her hands and feet zip-tied and derogatory words written across her stomach, according to court documents.
nbcnews.to
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Uhhhh this story is absolutely insane
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Very good Stone Roses documentary free on youtube:
youtu.be/GOu8LpC4aFw?...
youtu.be/GOu8LpC4aFw?...
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Very good Stone Roses documentary free on youtube:
youtu.be/GOu8LpC4aFw?...
youtu.be/GOu8LpC4aFw?...
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Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are standing up to corporate greed and Starbucks’ unfair labor practices and demanding the fair contract they deserve.
No contract? NO COFFEE!
No contract? NO COFFEE!
November 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are standing up to corporate greed and Starbucks’ unfair labor practices and demanding the fair contract they deserve.
No contract? NO COFFEE!
No contract? NO COFFEE!
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NEW: ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, weaken or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Experts say the changes will cost lives.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, weaken or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
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CENTRAL JERSEY (it exists), come on down to Revilla Grooves this Thursday night to see my pal Ray’s photo retrospective and/or me play my last solo set of the year! Event from 7-11 PM, I’ll probably play around 8:00.
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
CENTRAL JERSEY (it exists), come on down to Revilla Grooves this Thursday night to see my pal Ray’s photo retrospective and/or me play my last solo set of the year! Event from 7-11 PM, I’ll probably play around 8:00.
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You don't often see this at the end of a whistleblower story:
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
You don't often see this at the end of a whistleblower story: