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Neoliberal centrist dipshits: what is your plan for that
Me: [Outlines plan]
Them: no your only plan possibilities are nonrefundable tax credits or corporate subsidies
Me: [Outlines plan]
Them: no your only plan possibilities are nonrefundable tax credits or corporate subsidies
December 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Neoliberal centrist dipshits: what is your plan for that
Me: [Outlines plan]
Them: no your only plan possibilities are nonrefundable tax credits or corporate subsidies
Me: [Outlines plan]
Them: no your only plan possibilities are nonrefundable tax credits or corporate subsidies
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The fact that families argue at Xmas is actually proof that filter bubbles don't exist, but I guess it is obligatory to write this column every year.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No bickering around the Christmas tree! If your family are trapped by their algorithms, here’s the way out | Dr Kaitlyn Regehr
My research on social media shows high levels of misinformation and disconnect. Here’s how to talk to kith and kin this week without tears and tantrums, says academic Dr Kaitlyn Regehr
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The fact that families argue at Xmas is actually proof that filter bubbles don't exist, but I guess it is obligatory to write this column every year.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So few of these people are actually christian, even in a megachurch prosperity gospel sense
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
So few of these people are actually christian, even in a megachurch prosperity gospel sense
One wonders what deals Dash Sulzberger has been cutting, given how he treats it as normal
It may seem a minor point but mentioning Harvard first in the ‘dispute’ suggests that the university is equally if not more culpable.
It would have helpful to note that no administration has the legal right to use extortionate means to “exert influence over elite colleges…it views as too liberal.”
It would have helpful to note that no administration has the legal right to use extortionate means to “exert influence over elite colleges…it views as too liberal.”
December 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
One wonders what deals Dash Sulzberger has been cutting, given how he treats it as normal
If Erika Kirk was on bluesky the mods would have to ban her for being so happy about her husband's murder
December 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
If Erika Kirk was on bluesky the mods would have to ban her for being so happy about her husband's murder
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The condescension and moral preening are getting all the glory in this email, but don’t sleep on the new head of CBS News declaring that the last 7 days were a “slow news week.”
New Bari Weiss & CBS leadership note to staff—
“…Americans say they do not trust the press…To win back their trust, we have to work hard.”
“Sometimes it means telling unexpected stories…sometimes it means holding a piece about an important subject to make sure it is comprehensive and fair.”
“…Americans say they do not trust the press…To win back their trust, we have to work hard.”
“Sometimes it means telling unexpected stories…sometimes it means holding a piece about an important subject to make sure it is comprehensive and fair.”
December 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The condescension and moral preening are getting all the glory in this email, but don’t sleep on the new head of CBS News declaring that the last 7 days were a “slow news week.”
I am not saying this coverage is wrong, but news outlets never cover The Left like this. (The just imagine an annoying guy and write angry columns about him)
“.. But many of them were conspicuously quiet on Tuesday, when the Justice Department released a batch of materials that contained hundreds of mentions of Mr. Trump.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
@nytimes.com
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December 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I am not saying this coverage is wrong, but news outlets never cover The Left like this. (The just imagine an annoying guy and write angry columns about him)
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Who'd've thunk Graun'd cover me favorably? But the US (less-TERF) desk did thanks to @joolia.bsky.social: "[Trump 2.0] demonstrates the weaknesses of Harris’ brand of feminism, even as it precipitated crises in every aspect of life that demand a feminist response" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
‘It’s a scary time’: Sophie Lewis on the ‘enemy feminisms’ that enable the far right
In a new book the scholar traces a line from reactionary tendencies in history to anti-trans feminists today
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Who'd've thunk Graun'd cover me favorably? But the US (less-TERF) desk did thanks to @joolia.bsky.social: "[Trump 2.0] demonstrates the weaknesses of Harris’ brand of feminism, even as it precipitated crises in every aspect of life that demand a feminist response" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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Coleman Hughes got a BA in 2020 and has been writing conservative pablum blackly his entire career; what exactly is he going to add to an actual college or university
He's also sad his friends with terminal BAs aren't getting teaching gigs at prestigious universities.
December 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Coleman Hughes got a BA in 2020 and has been writing conservative pablum blackly his entire career; what exactly is he going to add to an actual college or university
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The problem Bari Weiss is encountering here is that this tone of condescending baby-speak only really works with people whose delusional victim complex has already been endlessly coddled by their news producers of choice (i.e. right-wingers and billionaires)
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The problem Bari Weiss is encountering here is that this tone of condescending baby-speak only really works with people whose delusional victim complex has already been endlessly coddled by their news producers of choice (i.e. right-wingers and billionaires)
Pick your list of major publications. Now list all the super woke contributors to those publications
December 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Pick your list of major publications. Now list all the super woke contributors to those publications
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Kind of amazing that outlets are still saying the student cited the Bible in her essay - she didn't! The essay is incredibly short! You could just read it!
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Kind of amazing that outlets are still saying the student cited the Bible in her essay - she didn't! The essay is incredibly short! You could just read it!
3 memoirs!!! He is 44! Even obummer only managed 1 (#2 at 45)
thomas chatterton williams, whose main literary output is three memoirs of declining quality, and who has written the same essay ad nauseam for 10 years, nonetheless has a sinecure at the atlantic, a teaching job at an elite college, and a nice handful of prestigious fellowships
December 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
3 memoirs!!! He is 44! Even obummer only managed 1 (#2 at 45)
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Grimly amusing here: a bullshit PR campaign supposedly created because an MP was murdered by a Nazi, that was instead used to stoke terror of ordinary punters correctly calling right wing Labour MPs Tories and bullshit artists, now being sanctioned by America’s white supremacist crackpot rulers.
December 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Grimly amusing here: a bullshit PR campaign supposedly created because an MP was murdered by a Nazi, that was instead used to stoke terror of ordinary punters correctly calling right wing Labour MPs Tories and bullshit artists, now being sanctioned by America’s white supremacist crackpot rulers.
Imagine a "covid II" which disproportionately affects children now that this has become elite conventional wisdom
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Imagine a "covid II" which disproportionately affects children now that this has become elite conventional wisdom
Just the logical extension of "criticizing me is censorship" endorsed by the new york times, the atlantic, the Harper's letter writere, etc
The US State Department imposed visa sanctions on a former top European Union official and employees of organizations that combat disinformation for alleged censorship.
State Department imposes sanctions on former EU official, disinformation group leaders for ‘censorship’ | CNN Politics
The US State Department on Tuesday imposed visa sanctions on a former top European Union official and employees of organizations that combat disinformation for alleged censorship – sharply ratcheting ...
www.cnn.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Just the logical extension of "criticizing me is censorship" endorsed by the new york times, the atlantic, the Harper's letter writere, etc
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A damning and embarrassing indictment for the Labour Party.
We really are a nation that loves animals and hates children. These figures are so shameful (via @natacha.bsky.social).
December 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
A damning and embarrassing indictment for the Labour Party.
Not rejoicing in his terminal diagnosis, but i was hunting for something about ben sasse and was reminded of how most "liberal" commentators totally bought his 100% fake persona and got mad again
December 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Not rejoicing in his terminal diagnosis, but i was hunting for something about ben sasse and was reminded of how most "liberal" commentators totally bought his 100% fake persona and got mad again
"Journalists regularly tricked by astroturfing groups" would be a good story but you can see why they don't write that one
December 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
"Journalists regularly tricked by astroturfing groups" would be a good story but you can see why they don't write that one
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i have spent time with bari weiss, who used to date my former roommate and who i am in an alumni program with, and i feel comfortable saying she is both stupid and evil
lol yeah that’s fuckin airtight wrap it up everybody no one’s ever been stupid and evil at the same time
December 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
i have spent time with bari weiss, who used to date my former roommate and who i am in an alumni program with, and i feel comfortable saying she is both stupid and evil
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“It’s the new Jeffrey Epstein jet.”
Kristi Noem “posting a fun video in front of caged, tatted men.”
Look how Bari Weiss’ The Free Press wrote about CECOT — the El Salvador megaprison Trump shipped people to — just months before she stopped the 60 Minutes segment on it:
zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...
Kristi Noem “posting a fun video in front of caged, tatted men.”
Look how Bari Weiss’ The Free Press wrote about CECOT — the El Salvador megaprison Trump shipped people to — just months before she stopped the 60 Minutes segment on it:
zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...
December 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“It’s the new Jeffrey Epstein jet.”
Kristi Noem “posting a fun video in front of caged, tatted men.”
Look how Bari Weiss’ The Free Press wrote about CECOT — the El Salvador megaprison Trump shipped people to — just months before she stopped the 60 Minutes segment on it:
zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...
Kristi Noem “posting a fun video in front of caged, tatted men.”
Look how Bari Weiss’ The Free Press wrote about CECOT — the El Salvador megaprison Trump shipped people to — just months before she stopped the 60 Minutes segment on it:
zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...
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NYT shows how Bari Weiss really screwed this up.
She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12.
She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions.
She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12.
She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions.
She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
Turmoil at CBS News After Bari Weiss Pulls a ‘60 Minutes’ Segment
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
NYT shows how Bari Weiss really screwed this up.
She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12.
She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions.
She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12.
She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions.
She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
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The Atlantic had to get the "it was OK for Harlan Crow to have Nazi memorabilia" guy off the bench for this one
This person analyzes American politics for a living
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Atlantic had to get the "it was OK for Harlan Crow to have Nazi memorabilia" guy off the bench for this one