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I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
“When the 8 African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system,” says the sheriff of Charlotte. These new sheriffs broke ties with ICE.
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE
Boosted by new supermajorities, Republicans are closing in on legislation to mandate more collaboration with ICE and preempt local policies hard-won by immigrants’ rights advocates.
boltsmag.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
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This is what happens when a Pope grows up in Siskel and Ebert country.
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is what happens when a Pope grows up in Siskel and Ebert country.
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The Joyce Carol Oates and “books written between 1890-1930 are so ALPHA” thing struck home because it showed how many elites nowadays lack the ability to be moved or find meaning in art beyond what we did watching John Wick and going fuck yea this rules and that explains why they believe in AI art
November 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The Joyce Carol Oates and “books written between 1890-1930 are so ALPHA” thing struck home because it showed how many elites nowadays lack the ability to be moved or find meaning in art beyond what we did watching John Wick and going fuck yea this rules and that explains why they believe in AI art
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Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today
issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
October 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today
issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
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I am just so fucking proud of her.
October 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I am just so fucking proud of her.
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In 1945 the US Army said that a fascistic politician would also be an angry hyper-nationalist who tried to encourage his fellow Americans to reject ideas like "the brotherhood of man" and the importance of international cooperation as embodied in organizations like the UN. bsky.app/profile/seth...
The second fascistic tactic to look out for is anyone who tries to amp up nationalistic animosities toward other nations or peoples, framing attempts to foster international cooperation as forms of weakness. The idea that all humans share the earth as equals is anathema to fascists.
September 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
In 1945 the US Army said that a fascistic politician would also be an angry hyper-nationalist who tried to encourage his fellow Americans to reject ideas like "the brotherhood of man" and the importance of international cooperation as embodied in organizations like the UN. bsky.app/profile/seth...
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Another outtake from my (lost) album cover, "Eric: The Wilco Years." This is also on my Facebook, but exclusive Bluesky content follows.
September 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Another outtake from my (lost) album cover, "Eric: The Wilco Years." This is also on my Facebook, but exclusive Bluesky content follows.
Wednesday night palate cleanser. New music! With.a heavy '80s synth pop vibe, but still. And evidence that SubPop still exists,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjCg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjCg...
Nation of Language - Inept Apollo (Official Video)
YouTube video by Nation of Language
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Wednesday night palate cleanser. New music! With.a heavy '80s synth pop vibe, but still. And evidence that SubPop still exists,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjCg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjCg...
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You don’t like Newsom.
You like the team that’s running his socials.
You like the team that’s running his socials.
I don't mean to interrupt all the Newsom glazing I see on the TL today, but you really need to remember that this is the guy who launched his Podcast with Charlie Kirk, Newt Gingrich, Dr Phil, and Steve Bannon as some of his first guests...
August 15, 2025 at 4:53 AM
You don’t like Newsom.
You like the team that’s running his socials.
You like the team that’s running his socials.
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The Internet was once a shining beacon of potential and opportunity. Then it was destroyed.
My latest newsletter is over 10,000 words about how it happened, who's responsible, and how we can build a better, fairer Internet.
whatwelost.substack.com/p/how-the-in...
My latest newsletter is over 10,000 words about how it happened, who's responsible, and how we can build a better, fairer Internet.
whatwelost.substack.com/p/how-the-in...
How The Internet Died
Dissecting a tragedy of the commons
whatwelost.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Internet was once a shining beacon of potential and opportunity. Then it was destroyed.
My latest newsletter is over 10,000 words about how it happened, who's responsible, and how we can build a better, fairer Internet.
whatwelost.substack.com/p/how-the-in...
My latest newsletter is over 10,000 words about how it happened, who's responsible, and how we can build a better, fairer Internet.
whatwelost.substack.com/p/how-the-in...
Leaning into his Muslim identity by calling Cuomo “habibi” is just kicking sand in his face after beating him to a pulp.
Release Your Client List, Cuomo.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
youtu.be
August 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Leaning into his Muslim identity by calling Cuomo “habibi” is just kicking sand in his face after beating him to a pulp.
Pre-Dementia Trump had enough of a filter to mask his racism and psychopathy at least a little bit. The CNBC anchor seems at a loss for this whole interview. He “weaves” (his term) between evil and nonsensical.
Trump on undocumented farm workers: "People that live in the inner city are not doing that work. They've tried, we've tried, everybody tried. They don't do it. These people do it naturally. Naturally ... they don't get a bad back, because if they get a bad back, they die."
August 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Pre-Dementia Trump had enough of a filter to mask his racism and psychopathy at least a little bit. The CNBC anchor seems at a loss for this whole interview. He “weaves” (his term) between evil and nonsensical.
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Most types of business exhibit linear growth. But VC will only fund exponential growth.
The result: companies that would create a lot of jobs and actually maintain their products never get funded and never start. If you must hire more to make more product, that's unacceptable linear growth.
The result: companies that would create a lot of jobs and actually maintain their products never get funded and never start. If you must hire more to make more product, that's unacceptable linear growth.
The 3 graphs miss one even more important point (hey, it's 3 graphs...) The VC hype cycle makes it even HARDER for real companies with real products because once you've got customers who pay money for stuff that costs money to produce, you're grounded in reality and those numbers never look as good.
July 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Most types of business exhibit linear growth. But VC will only fund exponential growth.
The result: companies that would create a lot of jobs and actually maintain their products never get funded and never start. If you must hire more to make more product, that's unacceptable linear growth.
The result: companies that would create a lot of jobs and actually maintain their products never get funded and never start. If you must hire more to make more product, that's unacceptable linear growth.
I’ve been using this in place of Google and DuckDuckGo. It strips the AI search results and gives you relevant web links like days of yore. This links to the *actual creators* of the info you need, instead of siphoning off the revenue to Google.
udm14.org
udm14.org
&udm=14 | the search engine Konami code
A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.
udm14.org
July 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I’ve been using this in place of Google and DuckDuckGo. It strips the AI search results and gives you relevant web links like days of yore. This links to the *actual creators* of the info you need, instead of siphoning off the revenue to Google.
udm14.org
udm14.org
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This is what social media should have always been
July 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This is what social media should have always been
“Why are you at Grant Park?”
I’m here for the Taste of Chicago.
“There is no Taste. The Taste is in September.”
I was misinformed.
I’m here for the Taste of Chicago.
“There is no Taste. The Taste is in September.”
I was misinformed.
July 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“Why are you at Grant Park?”
I’m here for the Taste of Chicago.
“There is no Taste. The Taste is in September.”
I was misinformed.
I’m here for the Taste of Chicago.
“There is no Taste. The Taste is in September.”
I was misinformed.
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This Day in Labor History: June 30, 1928. Alabama ended the leasing of convicts to mine coal. Let's talk about the decades long struggle to get the state and other southern states to stop this massive labor exploitation that recreated conditions of slavery!
June 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This Day in Labor History: June 30, 1928. Alabama ended the leasing of convicts to mine coal. Let's talk about the decades long struggle to get the state and other southern states to stop this massive labor exploitation that recreated conditions of slavery!
How is it even possible to cut taxes for billionaires? Billionaires don’t pay taxes. They use their stock as collateral and borrow money at 2% interest to rent Venice for the wedding. Do you think Bezos files a W2? Social Security tax is capped at like $150k and again, they have no “income.”
June 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
How is it even possible to cut taxes for billionaires? Billionaires don’t pay taxes. They use their stock as collateral and borrow money at 2% interest to rent Venice for the wedding. Do you think Bezos files a W2? Social Security tax is capped at like $150k and again, they have no “income.”
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S Group in Finland, as a vast cooperative with most Finns as members, is arguably quasi public and accounts for *almost half* of the grocery market there. it's all in the execution prospect.org/world/2023-1...
The Cooperative That Could
How S Group became Finland’s most dominant retailer
prospect.org
June 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
S Group in Finland, as a vast cooperative with most Finns as members, is arguably quasi public and accounts for *almost half* of the grocery market there. it's all in the execution prospect.org/world/2023-1...
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𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗕𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗚𝗔𝗦𝗟𝗜𝗧? 𝗜 𝗔𝗠.
Senator Schiff and 17 other Democrats just voted with Republicans to pass the so-called GENIUS Act, a crypto bill that hands Trump a blank check to keep enriching himself.
Now Schiff is trying to save face with a symbolic bill...
1/2
Senator Schiff and 17 other Democrats just voted with Republicans to pass the so-called GENIUS Act, a crypto bill that hands Trump a blank check to keep enriching himself.
Now Schiff is trying to save face with a symbolic bill...
1/2
June 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗕𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗚𝗔𝗦𝗟𝗜𝗧? 𝗜 𝗔𝗠.
Senator Schiff and 17 other Democrats just voted with Republicans to pass the so-called GENIUS Act, a crypto bill that hands Trump a blank check to keep enriching himself.
Now Schiff is trying to save face with a symbolic bill...
1/2
Senator Schiff and 17 other Democrats just voted with Republicans to pass the so-called GENIUS Act, a crypto bill that hands Trump a blank check to keep enriching himself.
Now Schiff is trying to save face with a symbolic bill...
1/2
My favorite reply to this DOGE recruiter:
“How ‘DOGE orthogonal’ is it? Like, does it still require Kremlin oversight?” another person said in a comment that received five reactions with a fire emoji. “Or do they just use your credentials to log in later?” www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
“How ‘DOGE orthogonal’ is it? Like, does it still require Kremlin oversight?” another person said in a comment that received five reactions with a fire emoji. “Or do they just use your credentials to log in later?” www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
A DOGE Recruiter Is Staffing a Project to Deploy AI Agents Across the US Government
A startup founder told a Palantir alumni Slack group that AI agents could do the work of tens of thousands of government employees. He was met with emojis of clowns and a man licking a boot.
www.wired.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My favorite reply to this DOGE recruiter:
“How ‘DOGE orthogonal’ is it? Like, does it still require Kremlin oversight?” another person said in a comment that received five reactions with a fire emoji. “Or do they just use your credentials to log in later?” www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
“How ‘DOGE orthogonal’ is it? Like, does it still require Kremlin oversight?” another person said in a comment that received five reactions with a fire emoji. “Or do they just use your credentials to log in later?” www.wired.com/story/doge-r...