John dEFR0G is shy one tooth
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I have nothing to skeet, and I am skeeting it.
Sarcasm, dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes, satire, rubber ducks, sensible shoes, chocopies -- if we don't got it, you don't want it.
Sarcasm, dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes, satire, rubber ducks, sensible shoes, chocopies -- if we don't got it, you don't want it.
The far-right crowd that Greene emerged from was doing the "never apologise and never admit you're wrong" thing long before Trump even thought about running for President. So, no, she doesn't get to pin her abrasive toxic politics on him alone.
“Our side has been trained by Donald Trump to never apologize and to never admit when you’re wrong.” Read the inside story of how Marjorie Taylor Greene went from zealous Trump cheerleader to his loudest Republican critic: nyti.ms/3Lbzi88
December 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The far-right crowd that Greene emerged from was doing the "never apologise and never admit you're wrong" thing long before Trump even thought about running for President. So, no, she doesn't get to pin her abrasive toxic politics on him alone.
What?
“Trump babies” is a phrase I never needed to hear, and would prefer to never hear again.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
December 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
What?
Slight clarification: his 2023 film "Say I Do To Me" wasn't banned (though it may have been banned since?). I remember being surprised, given that (1) one of the actors was Gregory Wong (now in jail for protesting), and (2) Chow's previous film was a 2019 protest doc that remains banned.
The Guardian's Amy Hawkins writes about Kiwi Chow's predicament: he continues to live in Hong Kong while being openly critical of the government. His films can't be shown there. One of a number of HK filmmakers who haven't left but who can't work in the HKSAR.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘They want to destroy my career’: Kiwi Chow on life as a dissenting director in Hong Kong
With his new film rejected by official censors, the award-winning film-maker says he is being punished for his outspoken views
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Slight clarification: his 2023 film "Say I Do To Me" wasn't banned (though it may have been banned since?). I remember being surprised, given that (1) one of the actors was Gregory Wong (now in jail for protesting), and (2) Chow's previous film was a 2019 protest doc that remains banned.
I mean honestly, how vindictive can you be to not only strip someone of their livelihood and calling, but also force them to deny they ever worked in that field at one point? All because he showed sympathy and kindness to ppl the govt does want anyone to show sympathy or kindness to. At all.
A depressing development this year was that the Social Workers Registration Board warned Lau Ka-tung not to call himself a social worker or even a former social worker.
His license was suspended after he was jailed for the offence of trying to mediate a clash
His license was suspended after he was jailed for the offence of trying to mediate a clash
December 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I mean honestly, how vindictive can you be to not only strip someone of their livelihood and calling, but also force them to deny they ever worked in that field at one point? All because he showed sympathy and kindness to ppl the govt does want anyone to show sympathy or kindness to. At all.
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Still unreported, should be investigated:
ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
Huge win for Richard Noticias LA, TikTok journalist shot by ICE. Criminal charges dismissed with prejudice, meaning can’t be refiled.
ICE did him DIRTY. Repeatedly. Inhumane treatment, basically medical torture.
Still in ICE custody on immigration case. They owe him unconditional release.
ICE did him DIRTY. Repeatedly. Inhumane treatment, basically medical torture.
Still in ICE custody on immigration case. They owe him unconditional release.
Federal judge dismisses indictment against TikToker shot by ICE, citing constitutional violations
Days before Carlitos Ricardo Parias was set to to go to trial for assault on a federal officer, a federal judge dismissed the case against him. The judge cited the deprivation of Parias' access to cou...
www.latimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Still unreported, should be investigated:
ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
I'm not sure, but apparently I'm the oafishly optimistic illegitimate son of a Westphalian baron and I'm about to get a rude awakening. Does being gangpressed into the Bulgarian army count as a job? Or chasing virtuous maidens through Europe's most bawdy age? (Nice work if you can get it, har har.)
December 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I'm not sure, but apparently I'm the oafishly optimistic illegitimate son of a Westphalian baron and I'm about to get a rude awakening. Does being gangpressed into the Bulgarian army count as a job? Or chasing virtuous maidens through Europe's most bawdy age? (Nice work if you can get it, har har.)
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Quite apart from the whole “are we the baddies” aspect, Sauron’s security was famously not as watertight as he thought….
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Quite apart from the whole “are we the baddies” aspect, Sauron’s security was famously not as watertight as he thought….
I get the feeling the target audience for this temper-tantrum exercise isn't Taiwan, but Japan. (And maybe the US, but mostly Japan.)
Taipei condemns exercise that Chinese army calls ‘a stern warning against “Taiwan independence” separatist forces and external interference forces’.
China launches live-fire drills around Taiwan simulating blockade of major ports
Taipei condemns exercise that Chinese army calls ‘a stern warning against “Taiwan independence” separatist forces and external interference forces’
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I get the feeling the target audience for this temper-tantrum exercise isn't Taiwan, but Japan. (And maybe the US, but mostly Japan.)
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"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
December 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
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Kid Rock and the Nuge are going to be artists in residence.
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Kid Rock and the Nuge are going to be artists in residence.
This kind of thing used to end your political career if you were, say, the governor of Tennessee.
For those of us who can’t get through the WSJ pay wall, here’s the nuts and bolts of what in any other era would be the greatest presidential scandal in history.
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Trump pardons "start at $1m," reports WSJ
A simple process: you give a lobbyist the money, they talk to someone in Trump's inner circle such as his son, then Trump pardons you.
boingboing.net
December 29, 2025 at 7:46 AM
This kind of thing used to end your political career if you were, say, the governor of Tennessee.
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Huge win for Richard Noticias LA, TikTok journalist shot by ICE. Criminal charges dismissed with prejudice, meaning can’t be refiled.
ICE did him DIRTY. Repeatedly. Inhumane treatment, basically medical torture.
Still in ICE custody on immigration case. They owe him unconditional release.
ICE did him DIRTY. Repeatedly. Inhumane treatment, basically medical torture.
Still in ICE custody on immigration case. They owe him unconditional release.
Federal judge dismisses indictment against TikToker shot by ICE, citing constitutional violations
Days before Carlitos Ricardo Parias was set to to go to trial for assault on a federal officer, a federal judge dismissed the case against him. The judge cited the deprivation of Parias' access to cou...
www.latimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Huge win for Richard Noticias LA, TikTok journalist shot by ICE. Criminal charges dismissed with prejudice, meaning can’t be refiled.
ICE did him DIRTY. Repeatedly. Inhumane treatment, basically medical torture.
Still in ICE custody on immigration case. They owe him unconditional release.
ICE did him DIRTY. Repeatedly. Inhumane treatment, basically medical torture.
Still in ICE custody on immigration case. They owe him unconditional release.
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December 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Status update
December 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Status update
It's complicated, and I'm no apologist, but I think there's a couple of things going on: (1) the generation that experienced WW2 and its aftermath is almost gone, so younger ppl are more vulnerable to MAGA's revisionist history that the Holocaust was exaggerated and Hitler had his good points. 1/2
Seriously: did Americans not read those books and/or watch those movies (including documentaries)???!!!
(Sorry, I usually try NOT to comment re the US -- in part because there are so many US-centric posts here -- but... SERIOUSLY!)
(Sorry, I usually try NOT to comment re the US -- in part because there are so many US-centric posts here -- but... SERIOUSLY!)
December 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's complicated, and I'm no apologist, but I think there's a couple of things going on: (1) the generation that experienced WW2 and its aftermath is almost gone, so younger ppl are more vulnerable to MAGA's revisionist history that the Holocaust was exaggerated and Hitler had his good points. 1/2
Everybody knows that the bird is the word.
December 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Everybody knows that the bird is the word.
Framed #1389
🎥 🟥 🟥 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛
framed.wtf
Somehow I pegged the director on Frame 2 but wasn't sure which film. Frame 3 told all.
🎥 🟥 🟥 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛
framed.wtf
Somehow I pegged the director on Frame 2 but wasn't sure which film. Frame 3 told all.
Framed - The daily movie guessing game
Guess the movie from 6 frames. Come back each day to see if you can guess the daily movie, or visit the archive to answer the days that you missed!
framed.wtf
December 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Framed #1389
🎥 🟥 🟥 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛
framed.wtf
Somehow I pegged the director on Frame 2 but wasn't sure which film. Frame 3 told all.
🎥 🟥 🟥 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛
framed.wtf
Somehow I pegged the director on Frame 2 but wasn't sure which film. Frame 3 told all.
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The role is the church is to minister to sinners.
No one is irredeemable.
It’s a hard message if you are serious.
Racism is a sin. Stirring up hatred against migrants is a sin. Fascism is a sin.
You cannot find your way to faith by decrying the core tenets of that faith.
No one is irredeemable.
It’s a hard message if you are serious.
Racism is a sin. Stirring up hatred against migrants is a sin. Fascism is a sin.
You cannot find your way to faith by decrying the core tenets of that faith.
Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond
Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond
C of E faces dilemma as far right claims Christianity to push agenda that often clashes with gospel message
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The role is the church is to minister to sinners.
No one is irredeemable.
It’s a hard message if you are serious.
Racism is a sin. Stirring up hatred against migrants is a sin. Fascism is a sin.
You cannot find your way to faith by decrying the core tenets of that faith.
No one is irredeemable.
It’s a hard message if you are serious.
Racism is a sin. Stirring up hatred against migrants is a sin. Fascism is a sin.
You cannot find your way to faith by decrying the core tenets of that faith.
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tired: everything's computer
wired: fewer things will be computer
wired: fewer things will be computer
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
tired: everything's computer
wired: fewer things will be computer
wired: fewer things will be computer
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The guy who put a 19 year old named Big Balls in charge of gutting key government services: “experience matters when lives are at stake”
December 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The guy who put a 19 year old named Big Balls in charge of gutting key government services: “experience matters when lives are at stake”
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Impact of the Tai Po fires aftermath continues in Hong Kong: “around 5,000 workers involved in plastering, painting, pipe work and other facade repairs might not be able to return to their jobs until February or even March” - how to survive unpaid for three months?
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
5,000 Hong Kong workers idle as new scaffold net safety regime hits 200 projects
Development Bureau says it will consider amending a law to strengthen supervision over external works involved in major building repairs.
www.scmp.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Impact of the Tai Po fires aftermath continues in Hong Kong: “around 5,000 workers involved in plastering, painting, pipe work and other facade repairs might not be able to return to their jobs until February or even March” - how to survive unpaid for three months?
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
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Fritz Henle
‘Cleaning Lady in Museum of Modern Art, NYC’
1948
‘Cleaning Lady in Museum of Modern Art, NYC’
1948
December 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Fritz Henle
‘Cleaning Lady in Museum of Modern Art, NYC’
1948
‘Cleaning Lady in Museum of Modern Art, NYC’
1948
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Elite free speech discourse has culminated in state action to compel labor
This is the logical and inevitable conclusion of the last decade of elite media "free speech" discourse.
December 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Elite free speech discourse has culminated in state action to compel labor
I will never not be puzzled by the statement that basically goes, "This thing fulfils me and I think everyone should do exactly the same thing so they can be as fulfilled as me."
“Woman Enjoying Career Literally Made Possible by Feminism Declares Feminism a Failure”
December 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I will never not be puzzled by the statement that basically goes, "This thing fulfils me and I think everyone should do exactly the same thing so they can be as fulfilled as me."