Wick
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If I send you this, know I keep that thang on me
February 6, 2026 at 3:41 PM
If I send you this, know I keep that thang on me
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Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
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"If that's not a highlight reel goal I don't know what is"
Minnesota's Abbey Murphy beats her defender with a lacrosse move, then slides it over for Bella Fanale to score
Minnesota's Abbey Murphy beats her defender with a lacrosse move, then slides it over for Bella Fanale to score
January 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM
"If that's not a highlight reel goal I don't know what is"
Minnesota's Abbey Murphy beats her defender with a lacrosse move, then slides it over for Bella Fanale to score
Minnesota's Abbey Murphy beats her defender with a lacrosse move, then slides it over for Bella Fanale to score
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I wrote a book about ancient Christian martyrdom and this is really sticking with me
the stories of martyrs emphasized their righteousness and self-control in the face of state authorities who lacked both
early Christians sought to train themselves to replicate that way of being from the stories
the stories of martyrs emphasized their righteousness and self-control in the face of state authorities who lacked both
early Christians sought to train themselves to replicate that way of being from the stories
January 9, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I wrote a book about ancient Christian martyrdom and this is really sticking with me
the stories of martyrs emphasized their righteousness and self-control in the face of state authorities who lacked both
early Christians sought to train themselves to replicate that way of being from the stories
the stories of martyrs emphasized their righteousness and self-control in the face of state authorities who lacked both
early Christians sought to train themselves to replicate that way of being from the stories
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Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
January 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
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Inshallah
there's a world where a successful Mamdani administration reorients progressive politics toward a much more concrete and material approach to policy
January 2, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Inshallah
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Plato argued in the Republic that the 'tyrant,' or someone with unlimited wealth and power, would live the worst possible life because his soul would be devoured by lawless, unlimited desires that could never be sated. I think we've gotten confirmation of this from more cases than Trump lately
I always thought Plato was pretty pollyannaish on this point, but this is decent evidence for the view that a man of bad character will therefore be unhappy even with every external trapping of success and good fortune.
President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts (and counting) on Christmas Day, where he amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
December 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Plato argued in the Republic that the 'tyrant,' or someone with unlimited wealth and power, would live the worst possible life because his soul would be devoured by lawless, unlimited desires that could never be sated. I think we've gotten confirmation of this from more cases than Trump lately
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GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
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Le Bris also said in this same interview: "𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠."
This perspective is in line with his observed general demeanor in matches. Many have noted his frequent calm state.
This perspective is in line with his observed general demeanor in matches. Many have noted his frequent calm state.
December 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Le Bris also said in this same interview: "𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠."
This perspective is in line with his observed general demeanor in matches. Many have noted his frequent calm state.
This perspective is in line with his observed general demeanor in matches. Many have noted his frequent calm state.
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yeah there are a set of diseases which are potentially deadly for infants before they are scheduled for vaccination, which we had more or less eliminated via vaccine herd immunity, and they're coming back
I don't read these articles because just seeing the headlines fucks me up. It's just so awful.
I don't read these articles because just seeing the headlines fucks me up. It's just so awful.
Subtext: This entire family *is* vaccinated, and the mom got a booster while pregnant. Their child was just 2 weeks old when she contracted whooping cough -- too young to be vaccinated.
But experts say if vax rates drop, this kind of infection becomes more common -- bc the disease is just around.
But experts say if vax rates drop, this kind of infection becomes more common -- bc the disease is just around.
Vaccination rates are plummeting across the country, as part of a larger, troubling trend of growing vaccine hesitancy that is fueling a resurgence of preventable diseases, an NBC News and Stanford University investigation found.
December 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
yeah there are a set of diseases which are potentially deadly for infants before they are scheduled for vaccination, which we had more or less eliminated via vaccine herd immunity, and they're coming back
I don't read these articles because just seeing the headlines fucks me up. It's just so awful.
I don't read these articles because just seeing the headlines fucks me up. It's just so awful.
Celtic fans that are actually watching and are still upset at their manager don’t know ball.
December 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Celtic fans that are actually watching and are still upset at their manager don’t know ball.
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immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
Stephen Miller: "If you subtract immigration out of test scores, all of the sudden our test scores skyrocket"
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
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i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
December 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
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MLS AFTER DARK!!!!!!!!
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
MLS AFTER DARK!!!!!!!!
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this is the future liberals want
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
this is the future liberals want
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1. Culture (do players like playing for you? Do they buy in?)
2. Tactical clarity (a mediocre gameplan executed w/ conviction will kick the shit out of a perfect gameplan executed w/ confusion)
3. Player development (there are no finished products in MLS; go to coach improvement)
2. Tactical clarity (a mediocre gameplan executed w/ conviction will kick the shit out of a perfect gameplan executed w/ confusion)
3. Player development (there are no finished products in MLS; go to coach improvement)
What makes a good MLS coach? There are a couple of unicorns, but otherwise I can’t figure it what I should want for my team.
October 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
1. Culture (do players like playing for you? Do they buy in?)
2. Tactical clarity (a mediocre gameplan executed w/ conviction will kick the shit out of a perfect gameplan executed w/ confusion)
3. Player development (there are no finished products in MLS; go to coach improvement)
2. Tactical clarity (a mediocre gameplan executed w/ conviction will kick the shit out of a perfect gameplan executed w/ confusion)
3. Player development (there are no finished products in MLS; go to coach improvement)
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Interesting to note that the coal industry in the U.S. employs just a tad over 40,000 people, according to the BLS. The same source tells us that 64,000 people work at wineries.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."
September 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Interesting to note that the coal industry in the U.S. employs just a tad over 40,000 people, according to the BLS. The same source tells us that 64,000 people work at wineries.
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Bill Belichick, college coach
September 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Bill Belichick, college coach
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I keep thinking about how the COVID vaccine was rolled out for free for all Americans in 2021 by the federal & state governments with support from local health departments & universities. Since, we have seen the privatization of delivery thru commercial pharmacies & the need for insurance coverage.
NEWS: CVS, the largest pharmacy chain in the country, is currently not offering Covid vaccines in 16 states and DC — even to people who meet the new FDA criteria — because the CDC hasn't signed off and isn't expected to do so (if it does so) for at least three weeks.
CVS Holds Off on Offering Covid Vaccines in 16 States
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I keep thinking about how the COVID vaccine was rolled out for free for all Americans in 2021 by the federal & state governments with support from local health departments & universities. Since, we have seen the privatization of delivery thru commercial pharmacies & the need for insurance coverage.
