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Today is National Thesaurus Day.
Personally, we find these made-up holidays contemptible, abhorrent, nauseating, repugnant, and unpalatable.
Personally, we find these made-up holidays contemptible, abhorrent, nauseating, repugnant, and unpalatable.
January 18, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Today is National Thesaurus Day.
Personally, we find these made-up holidays contemptible, abhorrent, nauseating, repugnant, and unpalatable.
Personally, we find these made-up holidays contemptible, abhorrent, nauseating, repugnant, and unpalatable.
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Christ, this (from Lizza's latest) is pretty fucking damning of...literally the entire media(?) What the fuck?
January 17, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Christ, this (from Lizza's latest) is pretty fucking damning of...literally the entire media(?) What the fuck?
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Denmark should join a coalition of like-minded democratic countries that pledge to come to each other's aid if attacked, that way Greenland would be secure.
Miller: Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military. They cannot defend Greenland… Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years, to control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory…
January 17, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Denmark should join a coalition of like-minded democratic countries that pledge to come to each other's aid if attacked, that way Greenland would be secure.
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A massive "Hands off Greenland" protest is happening right now in Copenhagen to demonstrate against Trump's threats.
"The aim is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland's democracy," organisers said.
“Respect for Greenland, respect for Greenlanders, respect for Denmark.”
"The aim is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland's democracy," organisers said.
“Respect for Greenland, respect for Greenlanders, respect for Denmark.”
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 PM
A massive "Hands off Greenland" protest is happening right now in Copenhagen to demonstrate against Trump's threats.
"The aim is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland's democracy," organisers said.
“Respect for Greenland, respect for Greenlanders, respect for Denmark.”
"The aim is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland's democracy," organisers said.
“Respect for Greenland, respect for Greenlanders, respect for Denmark.”
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Sorry. Has someone said this?
1) Trump can’t impose tariff unilaterally
2) Trump has no $$ to buy Greenland
3) Trump has no authority to leave NATO
1) Trump can’t impose tariff unilaterally
2) Trump has no $$ to buy Greenland
3) Trump has no authority to leave NATO
January 17, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Sorry. Has someone said this?
1) Trump can’t impose tariff unilaterally
2) Trump has no $$ to buy Greenland
3) Trump has no authority to leave NATO
1) Trump can’t impose tariff unilaterally
2) Trump has no $$ to buy Greenland
3) Trump has no authority to leave NATO
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"In the future, those who follow the teachings of Jesus, and honor this day of His birth, will abhor you!"
"Oh, we'll see about that!"
"Oh, we'll see about that!"
January 16, 2026 at 7:58 PM
"In the future, those who follow the teachings of Jesus, and honor this day of His birth, will abhor you!"
"Oh, we'll see about that!"
"Oh, we'll see about that!"
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Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
Trump’s Own Advisers Suddenly Unnerved as ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn
So the president doesn’t like the “optics” of what ICE is doing. But there’s no such thing as sanitized, popular mass deportations—and this is by design.
newrepublic.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
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Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
January 12, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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At sunset, Mount Rainier's snow-capped peak mirrors perfectly in the tranquil lake, framed by silhouetted pines under a fiery sky.
December 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
At sunset, Mount Rainier's snow-capped peak mirrors perfectly in the tranquil lake, framed by silhouetted pines under a fiery sky.
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Lots to choose from but Emmy Noether is a great place to start. Her work laid the foundation for much of our modern understanding of physics
December 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Lots to choose from but Emmy Noether is a great place to start. Her work laid the foundation for much of our modern understanding of physics
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Celebrating the complex beauty of the season. ❄️🧬 From all of us at ISB, have a wonderful holiday and a Happy New Year!
December 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Celebrating the complex beauty of the season. ❄️🧬 From all of us at ISB, have a wonderful holiday and a Happy New Year!
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Things are Terrible, but this isn't.
Be weird.
Be weird.
December 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Things are Terrible, but this isn't.
Be weird.
Be weird.
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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol - who commutes to Seattle from CA using a company-provided private jet - made $96 million for just 4 months of work.
Brian makes 6,666 times the average Starbucks worker. That's the largest CEO-to-worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500!
The visuals write themselves...
Brian makes 6,666 times the average Starbucks worker. That's the largest CEO-to-worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500!
The visuals write themselves...
December 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol - who commutes to Seattle from CA using a company-provided private jet - made $96 million for just 4 months of work.
Brian makes 6,666 times the average Starbucks worker. That's the largest CEO-to-worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500!
The visuals write themselves...
Brian makes 6,666 times the average Starbucks worker. That's the largest CEO-to-worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500!
The visuals write themselves...
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The Kennedy Center name is established by federal statute, and therefore may be repealed only by federal statute. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
December 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The Kennedy Center name is established by federal statute, and therefore may be repealed only by federal statute. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
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This is the conclusion, which I'm pulling out from behind the paywall because it'll probably be a free newsletter or podcast one day. I think the AI era is a reckoning for the tech industry, one where consumers finally realize they're being abused.
December 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
This is the conclusion, which I'm pulling out from behind the paywall because it'll probably be a free newsletter or podcast one day. I think the AI era is a reckoning for the tech industry, one where consumers finally realize they're being abused.
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Big day to amplify @sbworkersunited.org and not buy Starbucks
BREAKING: 12 strikers were just arrested by the NYPD while peacefully protesting outside the Empire State Building.
Allies are beginning to speak to the crowd about what just happened.
Allies are beginning to speak to the crowd about what just happened.
Today, baristas are bringing their ULP strike to Starbucks' NYC corporate office, housed inside the Empire State Building.
Workers and allies are demanding the company resolve 100s of unfair labor practices, end the union-busting, & finalize fair union contracts. Let's go! #NoContractNoCoffee
Workers and allies are demanding the company resolve 100s of unfair labor practices, end the union-busting, & finalize fair union contracts. Let's go! #NoContractNoCoffee
December 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Big day to amplify @sbworkersunited.org and not buy Starbucks
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@isbscience.org's Dr. Mary Brunkow gave a "practice talk" for her Nobel Lecture, and it was riveting! Mapping the Foxp3 locus was an arduous task in the late 90s, and this recognition is a fitting tribute. Thrilled for you, Mary! Your humility and grace are a wonderful example for all of us.
December 3, 2025 at 4:54 AM
@isbscience.org's Dr. Mary Brunkow gave a "practice talk" for her Nobel Lecture, and it was riveting! Mapping the Foxp3 locus was an arduous task in the late 90s, and this recognition is a fitting tribute. Thrilled for you, Mary! Your humility and grace are a wonderful example for all of us.
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I bet if you blow the dust of the DEPARTMENT OF WAR sign it’d reveal the word CRIMES right after that
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I bet if you blow the dust of the DEPARTMENT OF WAR sign it’d reveal the word CRIMES right after that
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Ah! The work of our very own @robcottingham.ca!
Timer - Noise to Signal Cartoon
I’m starting to think my Amazon Echo knows a lot more than it’s letting on… and that maybe it’s trying to tell me, but its programming won’t let it. Which is why it keeps chiming in during our convers...
www.robcottingham.ca
November 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Ah! The work of our very own @robcottingham.ca!
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Again, every elected Democrat needs to put out a video stating exactly what Kelly and the others said. If ever there were a line to draw in the sand, it’s here. The military is not the president’s Praetorian Guard.
“Within the White House, Trump and his lieutenants aren’t planning on letting up…Trump has told some advisers that he wants RICO prosecutions and conspiracy charges leveled against the six Democrats, a source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Zeteo…
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Again, every elected Democrat needs to put out a video stating exactly what Kelly and the others said. If ever there were a line to draw in the sand, it’s here. The military is not the president’s Praetorian Guard.
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Starbucks can end this today: bargain in good faith, resolve unfair labor practices, and stop the union-busting.
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Starbucks can end this today: bargain in good faith, resolve unfair labor practices, and stop the union-busting.
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
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BREAKING:
Union baristas and their allies are descending on York, Pennsylvania, to protest at Starbucks’ largest Regional Distribution Center.
Baristas and their allies are protesting Starbucks’ serious and unresolved unfair labor practices.
Please amplify! #NoContractNoCoffee
Union baristas and their allies are descending on York, Pennsylvania, to protest at Starbucks’ largest Regional Distribution Center.
Baristas and their allies are protesting Starbucks’ serious and unresolved unfair labor practices.
Please amplify! #NoContractNoCoffee
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
BREAKING:
Union baristas and their allies are descending on York, Pennsylvania, to protest at Starbucks’ largest Regional Distribution Center.
Baristas and their allies are protesting Starbucks’ serious and unresolved unfair labor practices.
Please amplify! #NoContractNoCoffee
Union baristas and their allies are descending on York, Pennsylvania, to protest at Starbucks’ largest Regional Distribution Center.
Baristas and their allies are protesting Starbucks’ serious and unresolved unfair labor practices.
Please amplify! #NoContractNoCoffee