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A recent essay, “The Great Feminization,” posits that the growing influence of women is harming U.S. institutions. Sophie Gilbert argues that the real problem facing American culture is quite different: https://theatln.tc/kUfY14fc
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
A recent essay, “The Great Feminization,” posits that the growing influence of women is harming U.S. institutions. Sophie Gilbert argues that the real problem facing American culture is quite different: https://theatln.tc/kUfY14fc
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Opinion | Democrats Need to Chill About the Electability of Women
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies
U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.
www.reuters.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.
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a fun game to play with BLS numbers is to go “that’s stupid, why do they do it that way” and then go find the paper explaining why they do it that way to see if you still think it’s stupid, and if you do, you win
I am like 0 for 19 lifetime at this game
I am like 0 for 19 lifetime at this game
We know Trump lies all the time, but it feels important that reporters covering his politicization of employment data make sure to point out that even his stated reasons are bullshit!
August 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
a fun game to play with BLS numbers is to go “that’s stupid, why do they do it that way” and then go find the paper explaining why they do it that way to see if you still think it’s stupid, and if you do, you win
I am like 0 for 19 lifetime at this game
I am like 0 for 19 lifetime at this game
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To those who weren’t born yet or those like me who didn’t remember, this is why we have the EPA.
#ResistanceRoots
Today in history, 1969: The heavily polluted Cuyahoga River catches fire due to trapped debris and oil slicks, likely ignited by a passing train. It was not unusual, extinguished quickly and caused little damage, but it became a symbol for the Clean Water movement. /1
Today in history, 1969: The heavily polluted Cuyahoga River catches fire due to trapped debris and oil slicks, likely ignited by a passing train. It was not unusual, extinguished quickly and caused little damage, but it became a symbol for the Clean Water movement. /1
June 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
To those who weren’t born yet or those like me who didn’t remember, this is why we have the EPA.
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Quiet, empty street
Someone asks the secret service guy standing in front of us whether it's over. "Honestly I have no idea," he replies
Someone asks the secret service guy standing in front of us whether it's over. "Honestly I have no idea," he replies
June 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Quiet, empty street
Someone asks the secret service guy standing in front of us whether it's over. "Honestly I have no idea," he replies
Someone asks the secret service guy standing in front of us whether it's over. "Honestly I have no idea," he replies
This seems sad
whole thing seems fairly low energy? and maybe overshadowed by a mix of No Kings and the attack in Minneapolis that Trump helped inspire.
It’s 6:04 p.m. in D.C., and we have parading. Crowd has filled in a bit at the route front, but mainly one deep along Constitution Avenue.
June 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This seems sad
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Why are you using “outdated” rather than “false,” “disproven,” or “batshit crazy?”
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
n.pr
June 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Why are you using “outdated” rather than “false,” “disproven,” or “batshit crazy?”
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The board of the Fulbright program appears to have entirely resigned, accusing the State Department of illegally canceling scholarships "based mainly on research topics": www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference
The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The board of the Fulbright program appears to have entirely resigned, accusing the State Department of illegally canceling scholarships "based mainly on research topics": www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
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Musk did irreversible damage to the US civil service, soft power, science, education. His teams stole data and broke the law."I was on drugs and had family trouble" is not an excuse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Musk did irreversible damage to the US civil service, soft power, science, education. His teams stole data and broke the law."I was on drugs and had family trouble" is not an excuse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
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So yes, as currently written the House GOP budget will require half a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicare. That’s T as in trillion and “care” as in Medicare on top of the cuts to Medicaid and Obamacare. So how did this happen? As near as I can tell House Republicans and the …
May 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
So yes, as currently written the House GOP budget will require half a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicare. That’s T as in trillion and “care” as in Medicare on top of the cuts to Medicaid and Obamacare. So how did this happen? As near as I can tell House Republicans and the …
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A National Weather Service office in Kentucky was scrambling to cover the overnight forecast on Friday as severe storms moved through much of the eastern U.S.
The office is one of several left without an overnight forecaster as a result of cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency.
The office is one of several left without an overnight forecaster as a result of cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency.
A Kentucky Weather Office Scrambles for Staffing as Severe Storms Bear Down
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A National Weather Service office in Kentucky was scrambling to cover the overnight forecast on Friday as severe storms moved through much of the eastern U.S.
The office is one of several left without an overnight forecaster as a result of cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency.
The office is one of several left without an overnight forecaster as a result of cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency.
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“.. reminiscent of portraits of leaders hanging from public buildings, often seen in dictatorships, monarchies, and in descriptions in George Orwell’s 1984 of ‘Big Brother.’”
@the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
@the-independent.com
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May 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“.. reminiscent of portraits of leaders hanging from public buildings, often seen in dictatorships, monarchies, and in descriptions in George Orwell’s 1984 of ‘Big Brother.’”
@the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
@the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Oh so he’s really turned, hasn’t he
May 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Oh so he’s really turned, hasn’t he
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what if Biden - who is actually Catholic - had done this? Or any politician anywhere on the planet, for that matter, while the church is still in mourning for the late Pope
May 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
what if Biden - who is actually Catholic - had done this? Or any politician anywhere on the planet, for that matter, while the church is still in mourning for the late Pope
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The problem with the left is all the word policing
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.
May 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The problem with the left is all the word policing
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Tom Emmer refuses three times to answer a question about if Trump has legal authority to deport American citizens
(the answer is "no")
(the answer is "no")
April 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Tom Emmer refuses three times to answer a question about if Trump has legal authority to deport American citizens
(the answer is "no")
(the answer is "no")
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Why hasn’t DOGE put an end to Trump’s wasteful golf trips?
April 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Why hasn’t DOGE put an end to Trump’s wasteful golf trips?
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If any elected official who has taken an oath to protect and defend the Constitution doesn’t know this, they should resign.
Van Hollen on Fox News Sunday: "My whole point here is if you deprive one man of his constitutional rights, you threaten the constitutional rights of everybody ... if you threaten the rule of law for one person, you threaten if for everybody in America."
April 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If any elected official who has taken an oath to protect and defend the Constitution doesn’t know this, they should resign.
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I can’t believe how stupid everything is
April 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I can’t believe how stupid everything is
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April 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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One way of looking at yesterday is that Trump forgot the lesson of the law firms and universities. Go after one country at a time and that country is in a jam. Go after literally every country in the world at once, including the penguin countries, and you’re in the jam.
April 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
One way of looking at yesterday is that Trump forgot the lesson of the law firms and universities. Go after one country at a time and that country is in a jam. Go after literally every country in the world at once, including the penguin countries, and you’re in the jam.