Rsquared
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Not speaking for my employer unless & until they pay me to. Wife Guy since before it was monetizable. Mostly harmless. He/him.
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Tractor maker Deere has warned that US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are backfiring on American farmers, prompting cash-strapped producers to delay replacing aging equipment. Deere has had to cut production and workers and says it is likely to cut more jobs in 2026. www.ft.com/content/523a...
Donald Trump’s tariffs intensify strain on US farmers, Deere warns
Farming equipment giant is scaling back production at flagship tractor plant in Iowa
www.ft.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Tractor maker Deere has warned that US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are backfiring on American farmers, prompting cash-strapped producers to delay replacing aging equipment. Deere has had to cut production and workers and says it is likely to cut more jobs in 2026. www.ft.com/content/523a...
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When you hire a white man because they’re a white man that’s not identity politics. Identity politics is when you get hired and you’re not a white man. The anti wokeness hysteria was always a backlash to integration of white collar jobs bsky.app/profile/jami...
Hiring a Black woman: “identity politics”
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
December 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
When you hire a white man because they’re a white man that’s not identity politics. Identity politics is when you get hired and you’re not a white man. The anti wokeness hysteria was always a backlash to integration of white collar jobs bsky.app/profile/jami...
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This is literally one of the funniest threads I have ever seen. Brilliant.
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This is literally one of the funniest threads I have ever seen. Brilliant.
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Something I have to reiterate is that you are being straight up lied to about trans people and our healthcare on an unfathomable scale, this instance reporting is already being torn to shreds by other people commenting, but the frequency of this kind of reporting is astonishing, it's neverending.
You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.
archive.ph/Tmthz
archive.ph/Tmthz
December 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Something I have to reiterate is that you are being straight up lied to about trans people and our healthcare on an unfathomable scale, this instance reporting is already being torn to shreds by other people commenting, but the frequency of this kind of reporting is astonishing, it's neverending.
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I know we’ve been talking about the 25th Amendment being invoked for years now, but we should probably be talking about it a lot more and a lot more seriously right now.
Couple of things here:
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
December 10, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I know we’ve been talking about the 25th Amendment being invoked for years now, but we should probably be talking about it a lot more and a lot more seriously right now.
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Pro tip: Don’t let your appendix burst until the end of the quarter. You can get a better deal since surgeons are rushing to hit their sales quotas
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Pro tip: Don’t let your appendix burst until the end of the quarter. You can get a better deal since surgeons are rushing to hit their sales quotas
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From 2005 to 2012, one CBP officer or agent was arrested for corruption, crimes, or misconduct EVERY SINGLE DAY. By 2019, it had slowed to just one every 35 hours. Still a huge problem:
“A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent allegedly used his gun and badge to force his way into hotel rooms and rob and sexually assault at least four prostitutes in Chicago’s suburbs in 2022, according to federal charges made public Tuesday.”
Border Patrol agent charged with robbing, raping women in Chicago suburbs in 2022
December 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
From 2005 to 2012, one CBP officer or agent was arrested for corruption, crimes, or misconduct EVERY SINGLE DAY. By 2019, it had slowed to just one every 35 hours. Still a huge problem:
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sex criminals stick together
🚨 New York Times reports more details than we've had before on how Donald Trump's administration pulled strings to pressure Romania to allow Andrew Tate to travel while he was charged with crimes including trafficking minors and violently beating and raping a 15-year-old girl.
December 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
sex criminals stick together
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the defensiveness and incredulity of a good chunk of the commentary class toward arguments about trump’s racism is, imho, downstream of the same impulse behind the endless trump voter safaris and self-flagellation about being out of touch with the heartland
Thinking back to how people were "hysterical" for calling trump white supremacist and now he's doing nordic theory on the campaign trail
December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the defensiveness and incredulity of a good chunk of the commentary class toward arguments about trump’s racism is, imho, downstream of the same impulse behind the endless trump voter safaris and self-flagellation about being out of touch with the heartland
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I also think it’s rooted in *lots* of people wanting to avoid the clear implications of their friends and family members voting for (and cheering) an open white supremacist. Better to pretend it’s a gaffe or insincerely held campaign strategy than to ruin Christmas dinner.
the defensiveness and incredulity of a good chunk of the commentary class toward arguments about trump’s racism is, imho, downstream of the same impulse behind the endless trump voter safaris and self-flagellation about being out of touch with the heartland
Thinking back to how people were "hysterical" for calling trump white supremacist and now he's doing nordic theory on the campaign trail
December 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I also think it’s rooted in *lots* of people wanting to avoid the clear implications of their friends and family members voting for (and cheering) an open white supremacist. Better to pretend it’s a gaffe or insincerely held campaign strategy than to ruin Christmas dinner.
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easy prediction: Fetterman will take the Sinema route and not run for a second term
he hates the job, his constituents despise him, and he’d much rather cash in at some centrist think tank or private equity consultancy than get obliterated in a primary
he hates the job, his constituents despise him, and he’d much rather cash in at some centrist think tank or private equity consultancy than get obliterated in a primary
Pennsylvania - Fetterman Approvals Among:
Overall: 39%
Republicans: 56%
Democrats: 31%
Independents: 30%
Emerson / Nov 23, 2025
Overall: 39%
Republicans: 56%
Democrats: 31%
Independents: 30%
Emerson / Nov 23, 2025
December 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
easy prediction: Fetterman will take the Sinema route and not run for a second term
he hates the job, his constituents despise him, and he’d much rather cash in at some centrist think tank or private equity consultancy than get obliterated in a primary
he hates the job, his constituents despise him, and he’d much rather cash in at some centrist think tank or private equity consultancy than get obliterated in a primary
You've got to know your Jared Padalecki from your Jensen Ackles
You've got to know your Melora Hardin from your Melora Walters
You've got to know your Keeley Hawes from your Keeley Hazell
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
You've got to know your Jared Padalecki from your Jensen Ackles
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I think in thirty years when the full story about what’s going on with Trump and his health and who actually is in charge and how they’re hiding everything and what is happening behind the scenes comes out it is going to be so, so, so, so much worse then we are imagining.
December 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I think in thirty years when the full story about what’s going on with Trump and his health and who actually is in charge and how they’re hiding everything and what is happening behind the scenes comes out it is going to be so, so, so, so much worse then we are imagining.
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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What if they constantly want culture war because policy war is complicated and hard and culture war is stupid and easy
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What if they constantly want culture war because policy war is complicated and hard and culture war is stupid and easy
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"There's no affordability problem because you people don't need all that stuff you buy" is a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for him.
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"There's no affordability problem because you people don't need all that stuff you buy" is a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for him.
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Wouldn't white people love to believe they have created in white supremacy a system that just too complex for the layman to understand. You've dehumanized Black people & more to justify society's brutality to them. It's clear cut & a five year old Black kid knows it better than you.
December 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Wouldn't white people love to believe they have created in white supremacy a system that just too complex for the layman to understand. You've dehumanized Black people & more to justify society's brutality to them. It's clear cut & a five year old Black kid knows it better than you.
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TIL actor Angela Lansbury decamped to Ireland from Hollywood for a year after her teen daughter Diedre fell under the spell of a local "deadbeat," who was coercing her to steal money and food from her family for him.
This was the "deadbeat."
This was the "deadbeat."
December 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
TIL actor Angela Lansbury decamped to Ireland from Hollywood for a year after her teen daughter Diedre fell under the spell of a local "deadbeat," who was coercing her to steal money and food from her family for him.
This was the "deadbeat."
This was the "deadbeat."
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Thinking back to how people were "hysterical" for calling trump white supremacist and now he's doing nordic theory on the campaign trail
December 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Thinking back to how people were "hysterical" for calling trump white supremacist and now he's doing nordic theory on the campaign trail
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Elon Musk is furious that people who were not born in America are able to cast a vote in American elections.
I wonder what his attitude is about people who were not born in America but spend billions of dollars influencing American elections.
I wonder what his attitude is about people who were not born in America but spend billions of dollars influencing American elections.
WATCH: Elon Musk is upset that Somalian Americans in Minnesota get to vote.
December 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Elon Musk is furious that people who were not born in America are able to cast a vote in American elections.
I wonder what his attitude is about people who were not born in America but spend billions of dollars influencing American elections.
I wonder what his attitude is about people who were not born in America but spend billions of dollars influencing American elections.
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elite DEI panic is just status competition, part infinity
So...Bari Weiss deposes yet another journalist of color - Maurice DuBois - to install CBS Mornings anchor Tony Dokoupil as lead anchor of the CBS Evening News. I guess DEI is okay if it works in certain directions? https://loom.ly/fNDlGDE
Paramount Press Express | TONY DOKOUPIL NAMED ANCHOR OF THE CBS EVENING NEWS
Dokoupil Will Assume the Role on Jan. 5 Tony Dokoupil – an Emmy Award-winning journalist known for his fairness, curiosity and doggedness – has been n
www.paramountpressexpress.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
elite DEI panic is just status competition, part infinity
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this joke plagues transphobes because it’s an incredibly cutting take on what the modern transphobic panic is, a hysterical panic based off of a lie that transness is fake and that there is an intentional effort from the right to prop up this wedge to destroy all LGBTQ rights
December 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
this joke plagues transphobes because it’s an incredibly cutting take on what the modern transphobic panic is, a hysterical panic based off of a lie that transness is fake and that there is an intentional effort from the right to prop up this wedge to destroy all LGBTQ rights
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The midterms are about to be hilarious. Folks are going to be fleeing his endorsements by then. The only people he can help at this point are billionaires who want to buy media companies.
Three weeks ago:
Trump give his “Complete and Total Endorsement” to Emilio Gonzalez in the Miami mayoral race. (Trump also misspells his name.)
Tonight:
Gonzalez loses by 20 points.
Trump give his “Complete and Total Endorsement” to Emilio Gonzalez in the Miami mayoral race. (Trump also misspells his name.)
Tonight:
Gonzalez loses by 20 points.
December 10, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The midterms are about to be hilarious. Folks are going to be fleeing his endorsements by then. The only people he can help at this point are billionaires who want to buy media companies.
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His brain is jelly but what he's regurgitating is a thoroughly Nazi argument that the (((doctors))) are not just decadent but malevolent.
That they are so preoccupied with using medicine as a means to experiment on gender that they will use ill people's desperation to force them to become subjects
That they are so preoccupied with using medicine as a means to experiment on gender that they will use ill people's desperation to force them to become subjects
What the fuck is he (ever) talking about?
Trump: "Transgender for every member of your family. If they're not feeling well that night, let's just change their sex."
December 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
His brain is jelly but what he's regurgitating is a thoroughly Nazi argument that the (((doctors))) are not just decadent but malevolent.
That they are so preoccupied with using medicine as a means to experiment on gender that they will use ill people's desperation to force them to become subjects
That they are so preoccupied with using medicine as a means to experiment on gender that they will use ill people's desperation to force them to become subjects