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total bummer. don't follow me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refusal_of_work
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Check it out - this MFer never got as far as the exploding star systems chapter of Finnegan's Wake
That suggests a blurb:
Fermi's Wake – a lot easier to read than Finnegan's Wake.
(Plus exploding star systems!)
Fermi's Wake – a lot easier to read than Finnegan's Wake.
(Plus exploding star systems!)
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Check it out - this MFer never got as far as the exploding star systems chapter of Finnegan's Wake
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
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It’s in fact extremely easy to give away money in a way that helps people.
Stuff like this is just what you say when you don’t actually want to help others.
Stuff like this is just what you say when you don’t actually want to help others.
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It’s in fact extremely easy to give away money in a way that helps people.
Stuff like this is just what you say when you don’t actually want to help others.
Stuff like this is just what you say when you don’t actually want to help others.
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The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
I named my fists Darryl and Darryl, after my brothers
I named my fists Harry and David because they’re going to deliver delicious treats to your face
I named my fists "Dunning" and "Kruger" because I haven't trained in any sort of martial art but am confident I would do pretty well.
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I named my fists Darryl and Darryl, after my brothers
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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This is a bad headline. How many people will scroll past & use it to confirm their bias? It’s not just unethical, it’s contributing to disinformation & I question the intent.
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
This is a bad headline. How many people will scroll past & use it to confirm their bias? It’s not just unethical, it’s contributing to disinformation & I question the intent.
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Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
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Just got the word that the Trump administration is throwing a brilliant medical researcher friend of mine out of the country because they’re Chinese. Insane and unreal. Literally doing research in the US to help the US
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Just got the word that the Trump administration is throwing a brilliant medical researcher friend of mine out of the country because they’re Chinese. Insane and unreal. Literally doing research in the US to help the US
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This Friday at 10 PM Pacific, #CultShelf brings us the Richard Linklater classic SLACKER! Spend a day following the lives of some of Austin’s weirdest! You can find the movie on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, and Tubi!
November 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This Friday at 10 PM Pacific, #CultShelf brings us the Richard Linklater classic SLACKER! Spend a day following the lives of some of Austin’s weirdest! You can find the movie on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, and Tubi!
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Critics have likened the New York Times’ approach to capitulation, while others have chalked it up to cooperation.
November 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Critics have likened the New York Times’ approach to capitulation, while others have chalked it up to cooperation.
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
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In 1945, the US Army put out a training manual designed to equip rank and file soldiers with the tools to spot and combat incipient fascism were it to emerge in post-war America. Those lessons are just as American as Miller's illiberal bigotry, and worth remembering today. bsky.app/profile/seth...
The first fascistic tactic to look out for is a hate campaign against a particular religious, racial, or ethnic group. Like, for example, let's say a candidate emerges who calls all people of one nationality "rapists" and "criminals," while promising to ban immigrants from only one religious group.
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In 1945, the US Army put out a training manual designed to equip rank and file soldiers with the tools to spot and combat incipient fascism were it to emerge in post-war America. Those lessons are just as American as Miller's illiberal bigotry, and worth remembering today. bsky.app/profile/seth...
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Trump is an instinctive bigot, but he doesn’t have the attention span to be an ideologically committed white nationalist. He also craves approval from everyone (e.g. his Mamdani meeting). That’s why Miller’s role as Trump’s white nationalist whisperer has been so important. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Trump is an instinctive bigot, but he doesn’t have the attention span to be an ideologically committed white nationalist. He also craves approval from everyone (e.g. his Mamdani meeting). That’s why Miller’s role as Trump’s white nationalist whisperer has been so important. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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In 2005 Duke undergraduate Stephen Miller wrote this piece framing multiculturalism as a form of unpatriotic segregationism. He has always been a maladjusted white nationalist who doesn’t understand what the US is. bsky.app/profile/seth...
Stephen Miller wrote this piece for the Duke student newspaper TWENTY YEARS AGO. You won't find a single talking point in here that a) wasn't already a stale Limbaugh-esque talking point in 2005 and b) isn't also the cutting edge of GOP messaging about universities today.
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In 2005 Duke undergraduate Stephen Miller wrote this piece framing multiculturalism as a form of unpatriotic segregationism. He has always been a maladjusted white nationalist who doesn’t understand what the US is. bsky.app/profile/seth...
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The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
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Every genocide starts off as a massive forced migration. Armenia, the Holocaust… I can’t believe we’re at this junction again and that so many people are still this oblivious to it all.
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Every genocide starts off as a massive forced migration. Armenia, the Holocaust… I can’t believe we’re at this junction again and that so many people are still this oblivious to it all.
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Charlie Brown was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by Scheoeder, Lucy, Linus, and Peppermint Patty. Snoopy signed it: and Snoopy’s name was good upon ’Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to.
All of these worlds are yours except Europa, Charlie Brown
You are only a vessel from our God, Charlie Brown
November 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Charlie Brown was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by Scheoeder, Lucy, Linus, and Peppermint Patty. Snoopy signed it: and Snoopy’s name was good upon ’Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to.
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National Guard aren’t ICE or Border Patrol. They didn’t sign up looking to harass and repress people. They’re volunteers, part time, in case of emergency. They didn’t ask for this.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
National Guard aren’t ICE or Border Patrol. They didn’t sign up looking to harass and repress people. They’re volunteers, part time, in case of emergency. They didn’t ask for this.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
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it just breaks your mind to see someone so completely empty inside
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM
it just breaks your mind to see someone so completely empty inside
“Thanks for the last and greatest betrayal of the last and greatest of human dreams.”
We've not spent enough time talking about this administration as unamerican, rather than cruel or wrong or illegal. This stuff just is not who we are.
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 28, 2025 at 4:07 AM
“Thanks for the last and greatest betrayal of the last and greatest of human dreams.”
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Jamal Hinton and Grandma Wanda officially celebrate Thanksgiving together for a 10th year. 🦃
November 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Jamal Hinton and Grandma Wanda officially celebrate Thanksgiving together for a 10th year. 🦃