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Grossly irresponsible of the Times to have this ludicrous credulous spin as the top story the morning after a president who rules by fiat proclaims a totally specious emergency to militarize the capital - an editorial insult to our intelligence and our democracy.
August 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Grossly irresponsible of the Times to have this ludicrous credulous spin as the top story the morning after a president who rules by fiat proclaims a totally specious emergency to militarize the capital - an editorial insult to our intelligence and our democracy.
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Trump got the White House looking like a Chevy Cavalier he threw the entire Pep Boys catalog at
August 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Trump got the White House looking like a Chevy Cavalier he threw the entire Pep Boys catalog at
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Hard to believe they’re talking about the same event.
May 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hard to believe they’re talking about the same event.
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"The left went too far" in contemporary U.S. politics is almost always a lie and a very convenient way to rationalize moral failure. For example, "MeToo went too far" replaces "I do not care about sexual violence or its victims and I don't want to have to even feel bad about that"
April 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"The left went too far" in contemporary U.S. politics is almost always a lie and a very convenient way to rationalize moral failure. For example, "MeToo went too far" replaces "I do not care about sexual violence or its victims and I don't want to have to even feel bad about that"
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This has always been the case, but now more than ever: if you are traveling abroad, even if you are a citizen, you should either
(a) bring a burner phone (no personal data/signed in to accounts); or
(b) back up your phone and secure wipe it before the trip.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
(a) bring a burner phone (no personal data/signed in to accounts); or
(b) back up your phone and secure wipe it before the trip.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pro-Palestinian protester’s lawyer stopped and searched at US border: ‘They were going to take my device’
Amir Makled says immigration officials questioned him about his phone’s contents. Experts warn fourth amendment rights have been weakened at the border
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This has always been the case, but now more than ever: if you are traveling abroad, even if you are a citizen, you should either
(a) bring a burner phone (no personal data/signed in to accounts); or
(b) back up your phone and secure wipe it before the trip.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
(a) bring a burner phone (no personal data/signed in to accounts); or
(b) back up your phone and secure wipe it before the trip.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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yeah, weird that the left wasn’t present at the Fourteen Words conference
does anyone have a cannon pointed at the sun I can borrow? need to shoot myself into the sun with a cannon
April 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
yeah, weird that the left wasn’t present at the Fourteen Words conference
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Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.
April 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.
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I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
March 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
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The last day on which a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices had been appointed by Democratic presidents was May 14, 1969.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
April 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The last day on which a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices had been appointed by Democratic presidents was May 14, 1969.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
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These guys think they're spewing cutting-edge posthumanist theory and it's all just the corniest, shittiest science fiction that actual writers wouldn't waste a minute on.
April 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
These guys think they're spewing cutting-edge posthumanist theory and it's all just the corniest, shittiest science fiction that actual writers wouldn't waste a minute on.
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Between DOGE, the Supreme Court, and this new EO, Trump is dismantling all corporate oversight and turning our regulatory agencies into the legal and policy equivalent of decorative gourds
this WILL kill people at scale, but every story I read about it puts you to sleep by the fourth paragraph
this WILL kill people at scale, but every story I read about it puts you to sleep by the fourth paragraph
Trump Signs Order Expanding Power Over Independent Agencies Like FCC and SEC (Gift Article)
The president has already challenged statutory protections against summarily firing officials overseeing such agencies without cause.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Between DOGE, the Supreme Court, and this new EO, Trump is dismantling all corporate oversight and turning our regulatory agencies into the legal and policy equivalent of decorative gourds
this WILL kill people at scale, but every story I read about it puts you to sleep by the fourth paragraph
this WILL kill people at scale, but every story I read about it puts you to sleep by the fourth paragraph
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What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.
February 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.
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It’s a constitutional crisis yes. But it’s also theft. They’re looting public resources for private gain.
February 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
It’s a constitutional crisis yes. But it’s also theft. They’re looting public resources for private gain.
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Every time you don't buy a book from Amazon, but use a good indie store who actually values the sale & treats you & your purchase with respect, the sun shines brighter, floofy puppies gambol in fresher grass, & Jeff Bezos's piles sting for just a biiiit longer.
Sounds GREAT to me.
Buy independent.
Sounds GREAT to me.
Buy independent.
January 31, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Every time you don't buy a book from Amazon, but use a good indie store who actually values the sale & treats you & your purchase with respect, the sun shines brighter, floofy puppies gambol in fresher grass, & Jeff Bezos's piles sting for just a biiiit longer.
Sounds GREAT to me.
Buy independent.
Sounds GREAT to me.
Buy independent.
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There's yet another example of why private equity is so bad for the economy. American Industrial Partners has been buying up all the fire truck manufacturers to create a monopoly and jack up prices. We all end up paying the price for their greed jalopnik.com/los-angeles-...
Los Angeles Doesn't Have Enough Fire Trucks Thanks To Private Equity
An investing firm collected fire truck manufacturers under one roof, then jacked up prices
jalopnik.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
There's yet another example of why private equity is so bad for the economy. American Industrial Partners has been buying up all the fire truck manufacturers to create a monopoly and jack up prices. We all end up paying the price for their greed jalopnik.com/los-angeles-...
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“Why didn’t the helicopter go up or down?” Jesus Mary & Joseph a competent opposition party would make him wear this around his neck for the next four years. At least six months of hearings. Over 60 bodies in the Potomac. “Why didn’t the helicopter go up or down.”
January 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Why didn’t the helicopter go up or down?” Jesus Mary & Joseph a competent opposition party would make him wear this around his neck for the next four years. At least six months of hearings. Over 60 bodies in the Potomac. “Why didn’t the helicopter go up or down.”
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Don't forget what happened with the travel ban during the first Trump administration:
Version 1: Clumsy, overbroad, and poorly implemented; blocked by courts; withdrawn.
Version 2: Slightly less clumsy; slightly less overbroad; poorly implemented; blocked by courts; expired.
Version 3: Upheld.
Version 1: Clumsy, overbroad, and poorly implemented; blocked by courts; withdrawn.
Version 2: Slightly less clumsy; slightly less overbroad; poorly implemented; blocked by courts; expired.
Version 3: Upheld.
🚨 BREAKING: OMB has just issued a memo *rescinding* the previous memo freezing all federal financial assistance programs.
Full text, per government source:
Full text, per government source:
January 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Don't forget what happened with the travel ban during the first Trump administration:
Version 1: Clumsy, overbroad, and poorly implemented; blocked by courts; withdrawn.
Version 2: Slightly less clumsy; slightly less overbroad; poorly implemented; blocked by courts; expired.
Version 3: Upheld.
Version 1: Clumsy, overbroad, and poorly implemented; blocked by courts; withdrawn.
Version 2: Slightly less clumsy; slightly less overbroad; poorly implemented; blocked by courts; expired.
Version 3: Upheld.
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the world they want is one where you're either unemployed or work an almost no wage job, you have almost no political input or self determination and you’re happy about it because you can get a t-shirt off temu for a $1
The plan is to crash the economy to suppress wages.
January 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
the world they want is one where you're either unemployed or work an almost no wage job, you have almost no political input or self determination and you’re happy about it because you can get a t-shirt off temu for a $1
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This op-ed explains how to start an ICE Watch neighborhood program in your community. ⤵️
How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood
Here’s a step-by-step guide.
www.teenvogue.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This op-ed explains how to start an ICE Watch neighborhood program in your community. ⤵️
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Either way let’s goooooooooo
January 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Either way let’s goooooooooo
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It's also a real problem that Wall Street can't recognize that saying "we will solve self-driving within 18 months" for 8 years straight is an obvious scam and not a trillion dollar world beater.
Elon Musk has promised Ponzi-esque returns for buying a car, and it made him rich enough to buy an office in the White House.
It is one of the clearest cases of the failure of our regulators and our white collar law enforcement officers and prosecutors youtu.be/4nNbjHA6c6o...
It is one of the clearest cases of the failure of our regulators and our white collar law enforcement officers and prosecutors youtu.be/4nNbjHA6c6o...
Elon Musk's Robotaxi Lie
YouTube video by Bennett Tomlin
youtu.be
January 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's also a real problem that Wall Street can't recognize that saying "we will solve self-driving within 18 months" for 8 years straight is an obvious scam and not a trillion dollar world beater.
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I want to remind everyone that your local library is both physical AND digital.
You hate streaming everything because the price is ridiculous? Library.
You hate ads because they're every 3 mins or less? Library.
You want to reduce your digital footprint? Library.
You want sourced info? Library.
You hate streaming everything because the price is ridiculous? Library.
You hate ads because they're every 3 mins or less? Library.
You want to reduce your digital footprint? Library.
You want sourced info? Library.
January 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I want to remind everyone that your local library is both physical AND digital.
You hate streaming everything because the price is ridiculous? Library.
You hate ads because they're every 3 mins or less? Library.
You want to reduce your digital footprint? Library.
You want sourced info? Library.
You hate streaming everything because the price is ridiculous? Library.
You hate ads because they're every 3 mins or less? Library.
You want to reduce your digital footprint? Library.
You want sourced info? Library.
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Straight up looting: let the wealthiest corporations carve up the state’s functions and delegate them to themselves, for profit.
The word for this in comparative politics it “predatory state.” A low autonomy, low capacity, captured state.
The word for this in comparative politics it “predatory state.” A low autonomy, low capacity, captured state.
January 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Straight up looting: let the wealthiest corporations carve up the state’s functions and delegate them to themselves, for profit.
The word for this in comparative politics it “predatory state.” A low autonomy, low capacity, captured state.
The word for this in comparative politics it “predatory state.” A low autonomy, low capacity, captured state.