Ed Bott
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Tech journalist and author. Lifelong antifascist. Opinions are all my own but feel free to borrow. If you need to get in touch, there's a contact form on my website.
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We went from the first Black president to unapologetic white nationalism in the White House in less than ten years.
It’s been one heck of a pendulum swing.
It’s been one heck of a pendulum swing.
Vance: In the USA, you don't have to apologize for being WHITE anymore | Fox News Video
Vice President JD Vance closed out AmFest 2025, delivering remarks at the annual event honoring his friend Charlie Kirk.
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December 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
We went from the first Black president to unapologetic white nationalism in the White House in less than ten years.
It’s been one heck of a pendulum swing.
It’s been one heck of a pendulum swing.
I dunno sounds like a DEI hire to me.
"[E]ven some of her supporters privately conceded on Monday that she was still learning the ropes of broadcast journalism..."
So, you give an organization that brings in $1 billion in revenues per year to a person with zero experience?
Huh. [gift link]
So, you give an organization that brings in $1 billion in revenues per year to a person with zero experience?
Huh. [gift link]
Turmoil at CBS News After Bari Weiss Pulls a ‘60 Minutes’ Segment
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December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I dunno sounds like a DEI hire to me.
"[E]ven some of her supporters privately conceded on Monday that she was still learning the ropes of broadcast journalism..."
So, you give an organization that brings in $1 billion in revenues per year to a person with zero experience?
Huh. [gift link]
So, you give an organization that brings in $1 billion in revenues per year to a person with zero experience?
Huh. [gift link]
Turmoil at CBS News After Bari Weiss Pulls a ‘60 Minutes’ Segment
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"[E]ven some of her supporters privately conceded on Monday that she was still learning the ropes of broadcast journalism..."
So, you give an organization that brings in $1 billion in revenues per year to a person with zero experience?
Huh. [gift link]
So, you give an organization that brings in $1 billion in revenues per year to a person with zero experience?
Huh. [gift link]
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Among the newly-released Epstein files. This Justice Dept email from Jan 2020
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Among the newly-released Epstein files. This Justice Dept email from Jan 2020
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
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a suicide note whose existence and content federal authorities appear to have concealed for years while conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death in their custody raged out of control
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
a suicide note whose existence and content federal authorities appear to have concealed for years while conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death in their custody raged out of control
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They are so, so, so incompetent
So apparently there are many Epstein files on the DOJ website where you can highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it onto another document to read the redactions
December 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
They are so, so, so incompetent
It will be a model of professional decorum.
I'm sure Bari Weiss will react to the 60 minutes episode being circulated very reasonably and maturely.
December 23, 2025 at 1:02 AM
It will be a model of professional decorum.
The Internet treats censorship as damage and routes around it.
New: archivists have distributed the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss killed. iCloud, Mega, torrent too. Shows won’t be able to keep this episode offline www.404media.co/archivists-p...
Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
www.404media.co
December 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The Internet treats censorship as damage and routes around it.
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cbs news is covering up torture for the government
Guards began beating him. Beat him until he bled. Knocked his face into the wall, broke all his teeth. No access to outdoors, no contact with relatives.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
December 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
cbs news is covering up torture for the government
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Great thread on the 60 MINUTES segment that Bari Weiss spiked
This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment.
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Great thread on the 60 MINUTES segment that Bari Weiss spiked
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It's always a race between him and Reince Priebus for most ridiculous name. Hans von Spakovsky sounds like the guy with the wooden arm in Young Frankenstein. Reince Priebus sounds like an Imperial middle manager in Andor.
December 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
It's always a race between him and Reince Priebus for most ridiculous name. Hans von Spakovsky sounds like the guy with the wooden arm in Young Frankenstein. Reince Priebus sounds like an Imperial middle manager in Andor.
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bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
Guards began beating him. Beat him until he bled. Knocked his face into the wall, broke all his teeth. No access to outdoors, no contact with relatives.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
December 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
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Can we not.
Billionaires want data centers everywhere, including space
Guess what scientists think?
www.theverge.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Can we not.
Tired: The Streisand Effect
Wired: The Bari Weiss Effect
Wired: The Bari Weiss Effect
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
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December 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Tired: The Streisand Effect
Wired: The Bari Weiss Effect
Wired: The Bari Weiss Effect
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IYKYK
December 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
IYKYK
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Entirely possible she’s just an idiot.
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Entirely possible she’s just an idiot.
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The Department of War literally decided to fight against windmills.
Burgum: "Today we're sending notifications to the 5 large offshore wind projects that are under construction that their leases will be suspended due to national security concerns ... the Dept of War has come back conclusively that these large offshore wind programs create radar interference"
December 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The Department of War literally decided to fight against windmills.
Memo to Bari Weiss:
"You have elected to take a job where the primary purpose is for you to eat shit and own the death of broadcast TV news, a thing that is going to die no matter what you do. Nice work!"
No paywall for this one today.
"You have elected to take a job where the primary purpose is for you to eat shit and own the death of broadcast TV news, a thing that is going to die no matter what you do. Nice work!"
No paywall for this one today.
From October 2025: “I might invoke Edward R. Murrow, but they remember him. They don’t have any goodwill toward you. They don’t know who you are at all. And they are not going to defend you when you screw up.”
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social:
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social:
Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed
Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?
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December 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Memo to Bari Weiss:
"You have elected to take a job where the primary purpose is for you to eat shit and own the death of broadcast TV news, a thing that is going to die no matter what you do. Nice work!"
No paywall for this one today.
"You have elected to take a job where the primary purpose is for you to eat shit and own the death of broadcast TV news, a thing that is going to die no matter what you do. Nice work!"
No paywall for this one today.
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suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
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On Sunday afternoon? After the promo was cut? And the first stop to try and place this line was Dylan Byers?
December 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
On Sunday afternoon? After the promo was cut? And the first stop to try and place this line was Dylan Byers?
Evergreen skeet
I have this deep feeling of dread about tomorrow for some reason.
I hope it’s just gas and not a premonition.
I hope it’s just gas and not a premonition.
December 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Evergreen skeet
Doesn't everyone have nightmares like this? I am back in school and I didn't study for the final and this is my mortification.
Can you imagine trying to get away with this fumbling, stumbling response while answering questions in an Econ 1 class?
Professor would flay you alive.
Professor would flay you alive.
HASSETT: If the Supreme Court doesn't find with us, refunds would go to whoever cut the check for the tariff
BRENNAN: Doesn't the administration claim it was the country that paid that?
HASSETT: Uhh --
BRENNAN: Doesn't the administration claim it was the country that paid that?
HASSETT: Uhh --
December 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Doesn't everyone have nightmares like this? I am back in school and I didn't study for the final and this is my mortification.
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This spring, @repdangoldman.bsky.social went to work and “saw a dozen masked ICE agents in the lobby” of his office building.
He has since turned that office into the headquarters for a legal operation that has secured the release of nine ICE detainees.
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/how-...
He has since turned that office into the headquarters for a legal operation that has secured the release of nine ICE detainees.
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/how-...
How Rep. Dan Goldman’s Office Became a ‘Triage Center’ for ICE Detainees
It began in the spring, when Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) went to...
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December 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This spring, @repdangoldman.bsky.social went to work and “saw a dozen masked ICE agents in the lobby” of his office building.
He has since turned that office into the headquarters for a legal operation that has secured the release of nine ICE detainees.
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/how-...
He has since turned that office into the headquarters for a legal operation that has secured the release of nine ICE detainees.
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/how-...