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"The reason so many of yesterday’s free-speech champions transitioned so easily into today’s pro-Trump censors is that their definition of free speech never included the right of others to talk back." @adamserwer.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Triumph of Free-Speech Hypocrisy
What the 60 Minutes scandal reveals
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December 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"The reason so many of yesterday’s free-speech champions transitioned so easily into today’s pro-Trump censors is that their definition of free speech never included the right of others to talk back." @adamserwer.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
"Only 8 had been sentenced. But what about charged?"
Geeze, I wonder if there's some sort of important distinction there.
Geeze, I wonder if there's some sort of important distinction there.
The full Weiss memo is dogshit
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
December 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"Only 8 had been sentenced. But what about charged?"
Geeze, I wonder if there's some sort of important distinction there.
Geeze, I wonder if there's some sort of important distinction there.
Me, high school junior: god why do I have to learn to recite the Canterbury Tales prologue.
Me, well into adulthood: God slamming some beers with my friends and reciting the Canterbury Tales prologue rules.
Me, well into adulthood: God slamming some beers with my friends and reciting the Canterbury Tales prologue rules.
December 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Me, high school junior: god why do I have to learn to recite the Canterbury Tales prologue.
Me, well into adulthood: God slamming some beers with my friends and reciting the Canterbury Tales prologue rules.
Me, well into adulthood: God slamming some beers with my friends and reciting the Canterbury Tales prologue rules.
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The Guy Teams Were Willing To Face After Intentionally Walking Barry Bonds has now been elected to the Hall of Fame over Barry Bonds
Hall of Fame Contemporary Baseball Era veterans committee elects Jeff Kent
December 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The Guy Teams Were Willing To Face After Intentionally Walking Barry Bonds has now been elected to the Hall of Fame over Barry Bonds
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Duke football to the ACC
December 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Duke football to the ACC
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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Client's gonna client
December 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Client's gonna client
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Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
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the Union should have hung every evil Confederate general and burned way more of the South and also how dare you associate me with New England Puritans
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
the Union should have hung every evil Confederate general and burned way more of the South and also how dare you associate me with New England Puritans
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I don’t like being referred to as a Yankee but I’ve realized this is not at all because I’m Southern, but because I specifically resent being associated with traditional New England Protestant culture and its flavorless foods
All people from the U.S. are Yankees. I say this as a person born and raised in The South because pissing off That Specific Kind of Southerner is a moral good.
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I don’t like being referred to as a Yankee but I’ve realized this is not at all because I’m Southern, but because I specifically resent being associated with traditional New England Protestant culture and its flavorless foods
The sounds of the suburbs, as I am reminded everytime I go home, are so much more intrusive than the constant hum of the city.
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The sounds of the suburbs, as I am reminded everytime I go home, are so much more intrusive than the constant hum of the city.
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“I am not reading whatever that is,” he told himself
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“I am not reading whatever that is,” he told himself
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It comes down to not being able to comprehend how frustrating ADHD can be, especially as a professional or someone expected to do a 9 to 5. Like, this shit changed my life dawg.
November 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It comes down to not being able to comprehend how frustrating ADHD can be, especially as a professional or someone expected to do a 9 to 5. Like, this shit changed my life dawg.
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I guess I can drink twelve coffees a day while chain smoking if you want me to do this in a socially acceptable manner, I just don't see how that's better for my physical or mental health than Vyvanse, y'know?
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I guess I can drink twelve coffees a day while chain smoking if you want me to do this in a socially acceptable manner, I just don't see how that's better for my physical or mental health than Vyvanse, y'know?
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Oh wait so THAT's why he called it the Big Beautiful Bill
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Oh wait so THAT's why he called it the Big Beautiful Bill
Bingoooooooo.
This post is about a particular person but honestly it could be about 100s of scolding centrists.
"You care so we dont have to care about you" is not an idea that can co-exist with "turnout is important".
This post is about a particular person but honestly it could be about 100s of scolding centrists.
"You care so we dont have to care about you" is not an idea that can co-exist with "turnout is important".
"don't alienate voters" he explicitly recommends taking positions that alienate large numbers of voters, he just posits that because these voters are reliable Democrats, their votes can be taken for granted.
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Bingoooooooo.
This post is about a particular person but honestly it could be about 100s of scolding centrists.
"You care so we dont have to care about you" is not an idea that can co-exist with "turnout is important".
This post is about a particular person but honestly it could be about 100s of scolding centrists.
"You care so we dont have to care about you" is not an idea that can co-exist with "turnout is important".
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These people live in a vast, beautiful country but they hate and fear 90% of it and refuse to learn anything about it so they keep being stymied by esoteric knowledge like "North Carolina armed" and "Chicago cold"
November 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
These people live in a vast, beautiful country but they hate and fear 90% of it and refuse to learn anything about it so they keep being stymied by esoteric knowledge like "North Carolina armed" and "Chicago cold"
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I know everyone is saying AI is doing this but I think it's the entire economy sucking shit that's doing this and they're just using AI as an excuse.
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I know everyone is saying AI is doing this but I think it's the entire economy sucking shit that's doing this and they're just using AI as an excuse.
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women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
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[know nothing voice] just punched a hole in the wall because the new mayor is yet another Catholic
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 AM
[know nothing voice] just punched a hole in the wall because the new mayor is yet another Catholic
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what is absolutely crazy is that this entire Epstein problem was personally created by Trump, and virtually all the emails released today were released by Republicans.
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 AM
what is absolutely crazy is that this entire Epstein problem was personally created by Trump, and virtually all the emails released today were released by Republicans.
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no see using these photos would be beneath the Times, which would never take material from a dubious source, unless it was, say, hacked documents showing that a guy born in Africa had put 'African-American' on his application form for a university he didn't get into. You know, something important.
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
Stuff like this makes me wonder why there hasn't been any reporting about Trump having affairs during his presidencies
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
no see using these photos would be beneath the Times, which would never take material from a dubious source, unless it was, say, hacked documents showing that a guy born in Africa had put 'African-American' on his application form for a university he didn't get into. You know, something important.
I annoy my friends with how much I praise @hellgatenyc.com
Last thing I’ll say about this for now:
What is the _actually existing publication_ that you evangelize for? That you consistently hype when they do good things, urge people to support, and are a sustaining donor or subscriber to?
This isn’t a prompt; it’s a reminder to hold yourself accountable.
What is the _actually existing publication_ that you evangelize for? That you consistently hype when they do good things, urge people to support, and are a sustaining donor or subscriber to?
This isn’t a prompt; it’s a reminder to hold yourself accountable.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I annoy my friends with how much I praise @hellgatenyc.com
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They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
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