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For more than a week, conservative media and politicians have worked themselves into a frenzy over a spectacle manufactured by a fencer who refused to compete against a 19-year-old trans woman. Here is the target of that hate campaign, finally, in her own words.
'My Entire Life Is Political': Trans Fencer Attacked by Conservative Outrage Machine Speaks Out
Red Sullivan, a fencer targeted by the anti-trans outrage machine after an opponent refused to duel her, says it was all a media stunt from the start.
www.rollingstone.com
April 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
For more than a week, conservative media and politicians have worked themselves into a frenzy over a spectacle manufactured by a fencer who refused to compete against a 19-year-old trans woman. Here is the target of that hate campaign, finally, in her own words.
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Green card holders detained. A French researcher denied entry for anti-Trump messages. A new travel ban on 40+ countries coming.
Given all these encroachments on travelers' civil liberties, we've updated our guide to digital privacy while crossing US borders. www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...
Given all these encroachments on travelers' civil liberties, we've updated our guide to digital privacy while crossing US borders. www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...
How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact
Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
www.wired.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Green card holders detained. A French researcher denied entry for anti-Trump messages. A new travel ban on 40+ countries coming.
Given all these encroachments on travelers' civil liberties, we've updated our guide to digital privacy while crossing US borders. www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...
Given all these encroachments on travelers' civil liberties, we've updated our guide to digital privacy while crossing US borders. www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...
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In a leaked recording, State Senator Elena Parent (D-42) said she’d vote for Republican transgender healthcare bans because trans rights are too “unpopular."
"You can go right to heck. I don’t think I will lose re-election based on you screaming at me"
"You can go right to heck. I don’t think I will lose re-election based on you screaming at me"
March 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
In a leaked recording, State Senator Elena Parent (D-42) said she’d vote for Republican transgender healthcare bans because trans rights are too “unpopular."
"You can go right to heck. I don’t think I will lose re-election based on you screaming at me"
"You can go right to heck. I don’t think I will lose re-election based on you screaming at me"
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NYTimes adding insult to injury in this tragedy. The “treatment” was for autism, which isn’t a thing, and was being done by someone with no medical training who charges cash for expensive bogus therapies. And now a 5-year-old is dead because of the grift.
A fire started inside an oxygen-rich hyperbaric chamber at a Michigan medical center on Friday, causing it to explode, killing a 5-year-old boy who was inside receiving treatment, officials said.
Hyperbaric Chamber Explosion Kills 5-Year-Old Boy
The boy was receiving medical treatment at a Michigan medical center when the chamber exploded on Friday, the authorities said. His mother was also injured.
nyti.ms
February 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
NYTimes adding insult to injury in this tragedy. The “treatment” was for autism, which isn’t a thing, and was being done by someone with no medical training who charges cash for expensive bogus therapies. And now a 5-year-old is dead because of the grift.
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I'm starting to doubt your commitment to queening out bro
January 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I'm starting to doubt your commitment to queening out bro
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this confirms something i have long suspected, which is that certain people are told that their professional and academic failures are because of “affirmative action” or “DEI” as a way to avoid difficult conversations about their mediocrity www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
You Blamed DEI for Hurting Your Career. Now What?
For people who pin their failures on diversity, corporate America’s DEI retreat removes a barrier—or maybe an excuse.
www.wsj.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
this confirms something i have long suspected, which is that certain people are told that their professional and academic failures are because of “affirmative action” or “DEI” as a way to avoid difficult conversations about their mediocrity www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
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skyrocketing EV sales have taken a giant bite out of Chinese oil demand. consumption might have peaked already, and it's projected to fall by 25-40 percent over the next decade www.ft.com/content/341f...
Has China already reached peak oil?
The country’s demand for crude seems to be plateauing sooner than expected. The implications are huge
www.ft.com
January 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
skyrocketing EV sales have taken a giant bite out of Chinese oil demand. consumption might have peaked already, and it's projected to fall by 25-40 percent over the next decade www.ft.com/content/341f...
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remember when everyone spent weeks arguing about how israel would never bomb a hospital and since then they’ve just been bombing hospitals and schools every day
December 17, 2024 at 12:10 AM
remember when everyone spent weeks arguing about how israel would never bomb a hospital and since then they’ve just been bombing hospitals and schools every day
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The past week has just been this
November 11, 2024 at 5:32 PM
The past week has just been this
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #674,194!
September 24, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #674,194!
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It's such a bizarre understanding of personal morality, the idea that it's up to me to endlessly extend good faith to people who think I'm a groomer just so the country as a whole can address its (fake) "polarization" problem. It's immoral to ask people to do this!
January 8, 2024 at 8:05 PM
It's such a bizarre understanding of personal morality, the idea that it's up to me to endlessly extend good faith to people who think I'm a groomer just so the country as a whole can address its (fake) "polarization" problem. It's immoral to ask people to do this!
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"approximately 3,200 private venture-backed U.S. companies have gone out of business this year, according to data compiled for The New York Times by PitchBook"
lol
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/t...
lol
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/t...
From Unicorns to Zombies: Tech Start-Ups Run Out of Time and Money
After staving off collapse by cutting costs, many young tech companies are out of options, fueling a cash bonfire.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2023 at 2:31 PM
"approximately 3,200 private venture-backed U.S. companies have gone out of business this year, according to data compiled for The New York Times by PitchBook"
lol
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/t...
lol
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/t...
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the most marked change in the internet I've noticed over time is how almost everything is increasingly clogged with spam and garbage. email, search, platforms, calls & texts, just an ocean of fraud
I wrote about TikTok’s turn into a low-rent Gen Z QVC, full of weird junk and likely counterfeit goods www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Junk Is Winning
TikTok’s experiment in shopping has quickly become another place to hawk products.
www.theatlantic.com
October 27, 2023 at 6:22 PM
the most marked change in the internet I've noticed over time is how almost everything is increasingly clogged with spam and garbage. email, search, platforms, calls & texts, just an ocean of fraud
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for the last time: i don't read to be seen. i don't read to flirt. i don't read to celebrate libraries or support indie bookstores. i read so that when the CIA uses their telepathy ray on me i'm thinking about some made-up guy in 19th century Russia
The Thirstiest Thing A Man Can Do Is Read
Both men and women say reading is a "green flag," and now, to attract dates, men are sharing photos of them with the books they're reading.
www.bustle.com
October 11, 2023 at 3:12 AM
for the last time: i don't read to be seen. i don't read to flirt. i don't read to celebrate libraries or support indie bookstores. i read so that when the CIA uses their telepathy ray on me i'm thinking about some made-up guy in 19th century Russia
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Over the next two weeks, I'll be publishing a series of four big posts about Meta's role in the genocide of the Rohingya in Myanmar.
Part I is up now, along with a little meta-post with notes on terminology and sources.
erinkissane.com/meta-in-myan...
erinkissane.com/meta-meta
Part I is up now, along with a little meta-post with notes on terminology and sources.
erinkissane.com/meta-in-myan...
erinkissane.com/meta-meta
September 29, 2023 at 6:22 PM
Over the next two weeks, I'll be publishing a series of four big posts about Meta's role in the genocide of the Rohingya in Myanmar.
Part I is up now, along with a little meta-post with notes on terminology and sources.
erinkissane.com/meta-in-myan...
erinkissane.com/meta-meta
Part I is up now, along with a little meta-post with notes on terminology and sources.
erinkissane.com/meta-in-myan...
erinkissane.com/meta-meta