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· Feb 3
again, Democratic leadership has sucked shit for years. But that is NOT THE STORY. That’s the story the NYTimes sells over and over and over to an anxious PMC class. It does not explain what is happening, The conservative billionaire take-over of American news media does help explain.
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This, about how coverage of the Cass Report was handled, is pretty serious journalistic malpractice to me. You have a story in the works that will present your readership with complex reactions on a controversial piece of research and you kill it to run PR for the subject herself?
![That was standard practice, to be clear.
[Chuckling] There's so many examples of how standard it was. She assigned it to a UK correspondent, who wrote it in the context of UK politics, talked about it being very contentious, talked about the criticisms of its findings. Cass was talking about them herself, this isn't jumping to any conclusions at that point. It really put it in the context of being this very contentious, very political sort of document.
When I saw it, because we're a few hours behind, there were 600, 700 words written. I had a pretty good sense of how the story was going to turn out. But within a few hours the story was to the top New York editors, and I don't know who exactly it was who did that. I assume it was Carolyn or her intermediary. They said 'oh no, we want the science desk to do that, specifically that was Azeen [Ghorayshi], who had been a key reporter in a lot of the other anti-trans coverage.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gltv5penrqtznhybxf4agrrt/bafkreihlruckkowph3c36qsrqpkyw4ypbdym3lnm6t26unszckf5ao6cxm@jpeg)
![Indeed, infamous among trans communities for how anti-trans her coverage is.
Exactly. So we stood down, that was a directive from above. It's not crazy for a science desk to do a story like this, rather than the geographic desk, in theory. But how it played out in practice was the story the Times put out in the next day's paper cast this not as a news story, but already declaring this to be part of a trend all across Europe, that was restricting care in light of new evidence.
[Note: The story was "Hilary Cass Says
U.S. Doctors are 'Out of Date' on Youth Gender Medicine, by Azeen Ghorayshi, May 13, 2024. Unusually, as Sweeney's emphasized, it was framed as "A conversation with" Cass rather than a traditional news story - D.F.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gltv5penrqtznhybxf4agrrt/bafkreidfskbqi6uwose5msjx72ipkbpoe24uc3aufmewe727tnpcbkktdm@jpeg)
January 1, 2026 at 7:55 PM
This, about how coverage of the Cass Report was handled, is pretty serious journalistic malpractice to me. You have a story in the works that will present your readership with complex reactions on a controversial piece of research and you kill it to run PR for the subject herself?
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It’s worth saying out loud that this is Nazi propaganda. They’re not winking and nodding. It’s pure unadulterated lebensraum.
DHS now says it's aiming for 100 million deportations. In an amazing coincidence, there are 104 million Black and Hispanic people living in the U.S. right now.
![@DHSgov on X: The peace of a nation no longer besieged by the third world.
[Image of a beach] America after 100 million deportations](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreiccvipzc5mayvbrzoo3cxhkp2iayuhphh4grk6lziqajuk7d2leee@jpeg)
January 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
It’s worth saying out loud that this is Nazi propaganda. They’re not winking and nodding. It’s pure unadulterated lebensraum.
the eigenboring
we are watching the quintessential christmas movie: twink anthony hopkins vs twink timothy dalton overseen by scheming peter o’toole and katherine hepburn
December 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
the eigenboring
a grim reminder that nobody actually understands what humans care about: white horse not horse
You can get people to agree with basically anything on here if you market it as ‘here’s why AI is bad’
[magnanimously] I think we can all agree that the fundamental human desire is to make other people our slaves
December 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
a grim reminder that nobody actually understands what humans care about: white horse not horse
Seeing this proves Bari Weiss is a liar, an anti-journalist propagandist, and honestly a hack executive who doesn’t understand the power (and the likely ratings) of hard-hitting journalism.
December 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Seeing this proves Bari Weiss is a liar, an anti-journalist propagandist, and honestly a hack executive who doesn’t understand the power (and the likely ratings) of hard-hitting journalism.
lol ok so I guess we will find out what happens when some of the usual crowd of political super-posters on here want to move onto baryons vs leptons
December 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
lol ok so I guess we will find out what happens when some of the usual crowd of political super-posters on here want to move onto baryons vs leptons
every country’s populace takes a slightly different near fatal dose at the same time, though. we need to be expanding the realms of science here.
Hear me out: every adult in the country takes a near fatal dose of hallucinogens at the exact same time. Then we see where we're at.
December 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
every country’s populace takes a slightly different near fatal dose at the same time, though. we need to be expanding the realms of science here.
hm. off by a factor of 1000x in first correction; off by completely misunderstanding consumption vs usage in the latter. i guess the Wired article really helped here, but still….if we’re gonna have AI skeptics, as we should, please don’t use non double-checked stats
www.wired.com/story/karen-...
www.wired.com/story/karen-...
December 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
hm. off by a factor of 1000x in first correction; off by completely misunderstanding consumption vs usage in the latter. i guess the Wired article really helped here, but still….if we’re gonna have AI skeptics, as we should, please don’t use non double-checked stats
www.wired.com/story/karen-...
www.wired.com/story/karen-...
nice, these are fairly ok for a high school student. though to call them stunning is…maybe a pure expression of BlueSkyism?
(Or what one’d say in private if one is an uncle or aunt: which is to say: fine! say it! but can this not be the level of aesthetics on here please?)
(Or what one’d say in private if one is an uncle or aunt: which is to say: fine! say it! but can this not be the level of aesthetics on here please?)
December 18, 2025 at 6:13 AM
nice, these are fairly ok for a high school student. though to call them stunning is…maybe a pure expression of BlueSkyism?
(Or what one’d say in private if one is an uncle or aunt: which is to say: fine! say it! but can this not be the level of aesthetics on here please?)
(Or what one’d say in private if one is an uncle or aunt: which is to say: fine! say it! but can this not be the level of aesthetics on here please?)
“so sycophantic, that AI” it said
“so ready to give you exactly what you want to hear,” it said
“bet he won’t even lick your face like I will,” it said
“yes yes I will be a good boy,” it said, “yes”
“so ready to give you exactly what you want to hear,” it said
“bet he won’t even lick your face like I will,” it said
“yes yes I will be a good boy,” it said, “yes”
December 18, 2025 at 5:54 AM
“so sycophantic, that AI” it said
“so ready to give you exactly what you want to hear,” it said
“bet he won’t even lick your face like I will,” it said
“yes yes I will be a good boy,” it said, “yes”
“so ready to give you exactly what you want to hear,” it said
“bet he won’t even lick your face like I will,” it said
“yes yes I will be a good boy,” it said, “yes”
where the hell are people in charge of federal regulations for self-driving cars? where is NHTSA? waymo’s now 16 years old (eligible for a drivers permit, I guess)…. and just a wild patchwork of hardly-existing state regulations
December 18, 2025 at 5:36 AM
where the hell are people in charge of federal regulations for self-driving cars? where is NHTSA? waymo’s now 16 years old (eligible for a drivers permit, I guess)…. and just a wild patchwork of hardly-existing state regulations
Kavanaugh stops; Alito emigration; Roberts rules.
Here is a map of the affected countries (excluding Tonga), to give you a sense of how much this new ban restricts immigration from Africa in particular.
Of the newly-added country, Nigeria faces the largest impact, with tens of thousands of visas issued every year to Nigerians.
Of the newly-added country, Nigeria faces the largest impact, with tens of thousands of visas issued every year to Nigerians.
December 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Kavanaugh stops; Alito emigration; Roberts rules.
Roberts vs Scalia vs Thomas
December 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Roberts vs Scalia vs Thomas
<porky pig voice>
oh thank god it’s not John RubRT RIbET R-R-R-robRrRr
….
oshit it’s Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas
oh thank god it’s not John RubRT RIbET R-R-R-robRrRr
….
oshit it’s Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas
December 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
<porky pig voice>
oh thank god it’s not John RubRT RIbET R-R-R-robRrRr
….
oshit it’s Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas
oh thank god it’s not John RubRT RIbET R-R-R-robRrRr
….
oshit it’s Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas
So it changed things?
I don't actually think that the Trump Reiner screed changed anything.
It's cumulative.
The recent protests, elections, and MTG betrayal made it abundantly clear that he is weak.
This is a good spot for folks who want to distance themselves to do so, ostensibly for decency's sake.
It's cumulative.
The recent protests, elections, and MTG betrayal made it abundantly clear that he is weak.
This is a good spot for folks who want to distance themselves to do so, ostensibly for decency's sake.
It's always interesting when this happens and every time I'm left wondering: why this?
December 16, 2025 at 6:59 AM
So it changed things?
fuck Jeff Lipman, a retired dentist living in Boca Raton, Fla.
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
fuck Jeff Lipman, a retired dentist living in Boca Raton, Fla.
great piece if this is the nut:
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They could move to Vermont, Massachusetts, or California. They’d all thought about changing states, of course, but had concluded it wasn’t enough. These decisions, I think, say more about the U.S. than they do about the people making them.
*
hoo not sure thats true
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They could move to Vermont, Massachusetts, or California. They’d all thought about changing states, of course, but had concluded it wasn’t enough. These decisions, I think, say more about the U.S. than they do about the people making them.
*
hoo not sure thats true
December 12, 2025 at 5:49 AM
great piece if this is the nut:
*
They could move to Vermont, Massachusetts, or California. They’d all thought about changing states, of course, but had concluded it wasn’t enough. These decisions, I think, say more about the U.S. than they do about the people making them.
*
hoo not sure thats true
*
They could move to Vermont, Massachusetts, or California. They’d all thought about changing states, of course, but had concluded it wasn’t enough. These decisions, I think, say more about the U.S. than they do about the people making them.
*
hoo not sure thats true
one million in mattresses and bedding. half my spend, joker.
A Hollywood director was convicted on charges that he scammed Netflix out of $11 million for a show that never materialized, while he instead used the cash for lavish purchases that included several Rolls-Royces, a Ferrari and about $1 million in mattresses and luxury bedding.
Director convicted of scamming $11M from Netflix and going on lavish spending spree | CNN
A Hollywood director was convicted Thursday on charges that he scammed Netflix out of $11 million for a show that never materialized, while he instead used the cash for lavish purchases that included ...
www.cnn.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
one million in mattresses and bedding. half my spend, joker.
remix:
Oh, the weather outside is frightful
And it doesn't show signs of stopping
The lights are turned way down low
Let it snow.
*
How I hate going out in the storm
The fire is slowly dying
My dear, we're still goodbying
And since we've no place to go
Let it snow.
Oh, the weather outside is frightful
And it doesn't show signs of stopping
The lights are turned way down low
Let it snow.
*
How I hate going out in the storm
The fire is slowly dying
My dear, we're still goodbying
And since we've no place to go
Let it snow.
December 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
remix:
Oh, the weather outside is frightful
And it doesn't show signs of stopping
The lights are turned way down low
Let it snow.
*
How I hate going out in the storm
The fire is slowly dying
My dear, we're still goodbying
And since we've no place to go
Let it snow.
Oh, the weather outside is frightful
And it doesn't show signs of stopping
The lights are turned way down low
Let it snow.
*
How I hate going out in the storm
The fire is slowly dying
My dear, we're still goodbying
And since we've no place to go
Let it snow.
unbelievable that kara swisher still has the power in journalism she has. moody failed bari weiss energy:
December 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
unbelievable that kara swisher still has the power in journalism she has. moody failed bari weiss energy:
wearing a leather jacket is not enough to make you a journalist
Slack jawed Nepo Mogul
David Ellison appears to be mortified that CBS/60 Minutes is “going rogue” by covering the news and by keeping him “in the dark” about a segment critical of Trump.
Because Ellison doesn’t realize that’s how it’s supposed to work.
nypost.com/2025/12/10/m...
Because Ellison doesn’t realize that’s how it’s supposed to work.
nypost.com/2025/12/10/m...
December 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
wearing a leather jacket is not enough to make you a journalist
need, neeeeeeeeeed progressive candidates in the mix everywhere asap
thermostatic shit will indeed be happening. thank god; and we should not lose hope. but democratic party is not at all ready to take the ball & run.
yall i don't think the gop gerrymandering is gonna work
December 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
need, neeeeeeeeeed progressive candidates in the mix everywhere asap
thermostatic shit will indeed be happening. thank god; and we should not lose hope. but democratic party is not at all ready to take the ball & run.
December 10, 2025 at 5:58 AM
thermostatic shit will indeed be happening. thank god; and we should not lose hope. but democratic party is not at all ready to take the ball & run.
“in your heart you know he is right: wheelchair curb cut-outs are not serious sidewalks”
In your heart you know he is right: Calibri is not a serious font
December 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
“in your heart you know he is right: wheelchair curb cut-outs are not serious sidewalks”
dammit Dave, I didn’t want to read any more about Temu Joan Didion, but this is jaw-dropping—and sort of wild that it didn’t get explicitly called out in the reviews in big papers
I do not believe Olivia Nuzzi realizes how bad this passage make Olivia Nuzzi look.
The story of her affair has broken. RFK Jr asks her to lie about it so he can assume a role in Trump’s government.
Olivia thinks the single greatest injustice would be for any harm to befall his political career.
The story of her affair has broken. RFK Jr asks her to lie about it so he can assume a role in Trump’s government.
Olivia thinks the single greatest injustice would be for any harm to befall his political career.
December 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
dammit Dave, I didn’t want to read any more about Temu Joan Didion, but this is jaw-dropping—and sort of wild that it didn’t get explicitly called out in the reviews in big papers