Anil Dash
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Anil Dash
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· Nov 20
What I learned from Prince and Muhammad Ali was that it’s possible to love yourself so much that everybody else does, too.
The key thing to understand in this story is not just that Katherine is the kind of leader we want to see more of, standing up on principle, but that when you do so, you will face as much opposition from your ostensible allies as from the fascists you’re fighting. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/b...
NPR’s C.E.O. Was a Right-Wing Target. Then the Real Trouble Started.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The key thing to understand in this story is not just that Katherine is the kind of leader we want to see more of, standing up on principle, but that when you do so, you will face as much opposition from your ostensible allies as from the fascists you’re fighting. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/b...
Watch for this “some families” bullshit! Is the NYT gonna mention that the _some families_ are members of PLACE, the extremist group that has zero Black parents on its board, but somehow has room for NYPD cops with a history of abuse complaints? The anti-trans zealot parents? *Those* families?
The Times’s piece is up and of course they went with “headwinds”/but what about the gifted kids?? framing
Who were these families and what was the pushback?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
Who were these families and what was the pushback?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
December 31, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Watch for this “some families” bullshit! Is the NYT gonna mention that the _some families_ are members of PLACE, the extremist group that has zero Black parents on its board, but somehow has room for NYPD cops with a history of abuse complaints? The anti-trans zealot parents? *Those* families?
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He’s a Black man who worked to desegregate Manhattan schools while replacing specific “gifted & talented” tracks with advanced classes (like IB classes) that were more accessible to all students.
I think I can guess what the pushback was.
I think I can guess what the pushback was.
December 31, 2025 at 4:07 AM
He’s a Black man who worked to desegregate Manhattan schools while replacing specific “gifted & talented” tracks with advanced classes (like IB classes) that were more accessible to all students.
I think I can guess what the pushback was.
I think I can guess what the pushback was.
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The Times’s piece is up and of course they went with “headwinds”/but what about the gifted kids?? framing
Who were these families and what was the pushback?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
Who were these families and what was the pushback?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
December 31, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The Times’s piece is up and of course they went with “headwinds”/but what about the gifted kids?? framing
Who were these families and what was the pushback?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
Who were these families and what was the pushback?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
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Fascinated by what some of you think voters can and cannot parse or understand. They can understand temporary status, new arrivals, who the "criminals" are but not mass deporation.
December 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Fascinated by what some of you think voters can and cannot parse or understand. They can understand temporary status, new arrivals, who the "criminals" are but not mass deporation.
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I've waited 3 years to make this post
December 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I've waited 3 years to make this post
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“Self-deport” is a whitewashed way to describe “fleeing the country under the threat of state violence.” I agree with Maria here — it’s important to call that exactly what it is.
What. No.
Don't use their language, @newyorker.com that is not even a real word. What the hell is wrong with "flee" or like. "Flee this godforsaken country"
Don't use their language, @newyorker.com that is not even a real word. What the hell is wrong with "flee" or like. "Flee this godforsaken country"
![[email subject line] The New Yorker Daily The Mexican Couple Planning to Self-Deport](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:un7ax3cmaqemchu5tsqnymts/bafkreihkgcfyxr6m2klg63f4wxk5dinyipggr2fz6arzkunbtsduv543wu@jpeg)
December 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“Self-deport” is a whitewashed way to describe “fleeing the country under the threat of state violence.” I agree with Maria here — it’s important to call that exactly what it is.
It’s not enough that psycho billionaires have these kinds of sick fetish, it’s that these media outlets are run by publishers and editors who have a corresponding fetish where they get off on publishing fanfic that indulges the fantasy about it. You creepy fucks could just keep it all to yourselves!
Telegram founder Pavel Durov says he will cover IVF costs for women under 37 who want to use his donated sperm, and has promised his offspring a share of his fortune.
🔗: on.wsj.com/4aF8DLy
🔗: on.wsj.com/4aF8DLy
December 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It’s not enough that psycho billionaires have these kinds of sick fetish, it’s that these media outlets are run by publishers and editors who have a corresponding fetish where they get off on publishing fanfic that indulges the fantasy about it. You creepy fucks could just keep it all to yourselves!
Wait until they find out Star Wars Kid was in TLJ
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Wait until they find out Star Wars Kid was in TLJ
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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Marjorie hasn't asked for an invitation into your imaginary antifascist tent 😂
December 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Marjorie hasn't asked for an invitation into your imaginary antifascist tent 😂
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Beatings every 30 minutes. Beating genitals. Forcing men to drink filthy bath and toilet water. This is the report that Paramount/Skydance pulled down as part of its campaign to curry favor with the President for its bid to buy Warner Brothers. I'll discuss on @theweeknightmsnbc.bsky.social tonight.
December 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Beatings every 30 minutes. Beating genitals. Forcing men to drink filthy bath and toilet water. This is the report that Paramount/Skydance pulled down as part of its campaign to curry favor with the President for its bid to buy Warner Brothers. I'll discuss on @theweeknightmsnbc.bsky.social tonight.
I need a carbon fiber holster for my USB-C adapters. Tactical night vision battle-hardened asthma inhaler. i can unsheathe my knife perfectly silently so that no one can hear it on this zoom call.
I really like the concept of everyday carry. You’re not a guy who has some stuff. You’re a tactical operator and everyone is trying to kill you
December 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I need a carbon fiber holster for my USB-C adapters. Tactical night vision battle-hardened asthma inhaler. i can unsheathe my knife perfectly silently so that no one can hear it on this zoom call.
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I really like the concept of everyday carry. You’re not a guy who has some stuff. You’re a tactical operator and everyone is trying to kill you
December 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I really like the concept of everyday carry. You’re not a guy who has some stuff. You’re a tactical operator and everyone is trying to kill you
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I'm at the combination Pizza Hut/optometrist
December 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I'm at the combination Pizza Hut/optometrist
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NY Times Deputy National Editor:
December 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
NY Times Deputy National Editor:
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A wonderful writer and person who used her dying days to speak out against her cousin RFK Jr.’s plan to kill everyone with vaccine misinformation and cuts to cancer research.
May her memory be a blessing.
May her memory be a blessing.
BOSTON (AP) — Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of late President John F. Kennedy, has died, family says.
December 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A wonderful writer and person who used her dying days to speak out against her cousin RFK Jr.’s plan to kill everyone with vaccine misinformation and cuts to cancer research.
May her memory be a blessing.
May her memory be a blessing.
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This is a public health crisis and cis people acting like it isn’t because it targets trans children primarily (even though it will affect cis children too!!) is nasty business
RFK Jr. announces new rules targeting care for transgender youth
If approved, the proposed federal regulations would dramatically impact an already challenging landscape.
19thnews.org
December 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This is a public health crisis and cis people acting like it isn’t because it targets trans children primarily (even though it will affect cis children too!!) is nasty business
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This thread of four tweets offers a neat mental model for working with coding agents
In essence a language model changes you from a programmer who writes lines of code, to a programmer that manages the context the model has access to, prunes irrelevant things, adds useful material to context, and writes detailed specifications. If that doesn't sound fun to you, you won't enjoy it.
December 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This thread of four tweets offers a neat mental model for working with coding agents
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Worth remembering: some of the most horrific policies in history were enacted through “proper” legal processes. The Nuremberg Laws were passed by a legislature. Jim Crow was law. Apartheid was law.
December 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Worth remembering: some of the most horrific policies in history were enacted through “proper” legal processes. The Nuremberg Laws were passed by a legislature. Jim Crow was law. Apartheid was law.
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“Win32/linux”: loss32.org
loss32: let's build a Win32/Linux
loss32.org
December 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“Win32/linux”: loss32.org
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The far right seems to suffer from body dysmorphic disorder at roughly similar rates as the rest of the influencer demographic and their audiences. Tech giants turning the Internet into a giant dopamine casino has made so many things worse.
December 30, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The far right seems to suffer from body dysmorphic disorder at roughly similar rates as the rest of the influencer demographic and their audiences. Tech giants turning the Internet into a giant dopamine casino has made so many things worse.
I don’t care what the world’s luckiest stock trader says, I’m voting for @bradlander.bsky.social.
December 30, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I don’t care what the world’s luckiest stock trader says, I’m voting for @bradlander.bsky.social.
We know *exactly* why this obvious lie led to this man’s life being destroyed, even though it was leveled by a woman with a history of fabricating incidents so that she can be the center of attention. CNN still quotes her without even mentioning that past! www.cnn.com/2025/12/23/u...
He reached to grab a toddler he said he thought was falling. It landed him in jail for weeks before the case was thrown out | CNN
Mahendra Patel sat inside a Georgia jail asking himself how could what he perceived to be an innocent exchange between two strangers at Walmart store turn into felony charges for him.
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
We know *exactly* why this obvious lie led to this man’s life being destroyed, even though it was leveled by a woman with a history of fabricating incidents so that she can be the center of attention. CNN still quotes her without even mentioning that past! www.cnn.com/2025/12/23/u...