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Scientist, husband, parent, possibly a little too into Dungeons and Dragons. @essayWells on Twitter (Ex-Twitter?)
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
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Watch it here. www.youtube.com/shorts/LvPAO...
November 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Watch it here. www.youtube.com/shorts/LvPAO...
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"The DOD Manual is clear because the law here is clear: 'Persons who have been incapacitated by . . . shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.'"
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:43 AM
"The DOD Manual is clear because the law here is clear: 'Persons who have been incapacitated by . . . shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.'"
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bash is a fully featured programming language and if you use it as one you deserve everything that ensues
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
bash is a fully featured programming language and if you use it as one you deserve everything that ensues
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This is just revolting cruelty, done to pander to racists who won't give it the time of day. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This is just revolting cruelty, done to pander to racists who won't give it the time of day. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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[cupping my hands to my mouth, shouting across the channel] HEY STARMER IS CAPITULATING TO THE RIGHT WORKING YET
UK (GB), BMG Research poll:
REFORM~NI: 30% (-5)
LAB-S&D: 22% (+2)
CON~ECR: 20% (+3)
LDEM-RE: 12% (-1)
GREENS-G/EFA: 12% (+5)
SNP-G/EFA: 2%
+/- vs. 26-28 August 2025
Fieldwork: 26-27 November 2025
Sample size: 1,548
➤ europeelects.eu/uk
REFORM~NI: 30% (-5)
LAB-S&D: 22% (+2)
CON~ECR: 20% (+3)
LDEM-RE: 12% (-1)
GREENS-G/EFA: 12% (+5)
SNP-G/EFA: 2%
+/- vs. 26-28 August 2025
Fieldwork: 26-27 November 2025
Sample size: 1,548
➤ europeelects.eu/uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
[cupping my hands to my mouth, shouting across the channel] HEY STARMER IS CAPITULATING TO THE RIGHT WORKING YET
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Two Russian shadow fleet tankers were hit in the Black Sea near Turkey. The Kairos may have hit a sea mine while returning to Novorossiysk with Urals crude. A second vessel, Virat, also caught fire after an alleged USV attack. Both are under sanctions and linked to Russia’s sanctioned oil trade.
November 29, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Two Russian shadow fleet tankers were hit in the Black Sea near Turkey. The Kairos may have hit a sea mine while returning to Novorossiysk with Urals crude. A second vessel, Virat, also caught fire after an alleged USV attack. Both are under sanctions and linked to Russia’s sanctioned oil trade.
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We love a secret doorway.
📷The secret door in the Library at Osterley, London by John Hammond
📷The secret door in the Library at Osterley, London by John Hammond
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
We love a secret doorway.
📷The secret door in the Library at Osterley, London by John Hammond
📷The secret door in the Library at Osterley, London by John Hammond
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I know this is correct, but it’s also really hard to sit with when those of us who STUDIED FUCKING HISTORY WERE SOUNDING THE ALARM THE ENTIRE TIME SINCE GUANTANAMO OPENED UP AGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH
A running theme of Trump II is cautious, level-headed, mainstream, career professional experts sounding existential alarms about how we aren't panicking nearly enough.
I know you already know, but for other folks who don't, Goldsmith was previously head of OLC, is a genuinely brilliant mind on executive authority and separation of powers, and is usually very cautious about making claims this unqualified and direct. That he is saying it so starkly is v significant
November 29, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I know this is correct, but it’s also really hard to sit with when those of us who STUDIED FUCKING HISTORY WERE SOUNDING THE ALARM THE ENTIRE TIME SINCE GUANTANAMO OPENED UP AGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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An autistic woman has been accused of “inflexible black-and-white thinking” after insisting on constantly changing her pre-existing conceptions when new information comes to light.
Read this and other exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/119898...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
An autistic woman has been accused of “inflexible black-and-white thinking” after insisting on constantly changing her pre-existing conceptions when new information comes to light.
Read this and other exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/119898...
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'Critical washing' is a very useful phrase I've just learned thanks to this paper. And while it relates to AI we can apply it in other areas. Key for me would be safety, wellbeing and mental distress in education settings where there's a huge amount of discussion and little comparative action.
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
'Critical washing' is a very useful phrase I've just learned thanks to this paper. And while it relates to AI we can apply it in other areas. Key for me would be safety, wellbeing and mental distress in education settings where there's a huge amount of discussion and little comparative action.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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Cast your vote now
✅ Your Party
✅ Our Party
✅ Popular Alliance and For The Many
✅ The Many Alliances of the Unpopular
✅ Change UK
✅ Change Back Again UK
✅ The People’s Movement for Saying “That’s Not What We Meant”
✅ Nuts and Sultanas
✅ Your Party
✅ Our Party
✅ Popular Alliance and For The Many
✅ The Many Alliances of the Unpopular
✅ Change UK
✅ Change Back Again UK
✅ The People’s Movement for Saying “That’s Not What We Meant”
✅ Nuts and Sultanas
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Cast your vote now
✅ Your Party
✅ Our Party
✅ Popular Alliance and For The Many
✅ The Many Alliances of the Unpopular
✅ Change UK
✅ Change Back Again UK
✅ The People’s Movement for Saying “That’s Not What We Meant”
✅ Nuts and Sultanas
✅ Your Party
✅ Our Party
✅ Popular Alliance and For The Many
✅ The Many Alliances of the Unpopular
✅ Change UK
✅ Change Back Again UK
✅ The People’s Movement for Saying “That’s Not What We Meant”
✅ Nuts and Sultanas
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"The Art of K-Pop Demon Hunters" artbook (physical) is coming in 2026.
In the meantime, here's the free digital version.
>> theartofkpopdemonhunters.com
In the meantime, here's the free digital version.
>> theartofkpopdemonhunters.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"The Art of K-Pop Demon Hunters" artbook (physical) is coming in 2026.
In the meantime, here's the free digital version.
>> theartofkpopdemonhunters.com
In the meantime, here's the free digital version.
>> theartofkpopdemonhunters.com
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The problem with this article is they asked too many lawyers and not enough historians.
As a historian, I'd say the legality of Trump's immunity and pardons depends on how he leaves office.
At 40 over 55 approval? He's immune.
At 25 over 65? He's probably not immune & self-pardons aren't legal.
As a historian, I'd say the legality of Trump's immunity and pardons depends on how he leaves office.
At 40 over 55 approval? He's immune.
At 25 over 65? He's probably not immune & self-pardons aren't legal.
John Roberts has secured his place in history alongside Al Capone and Bernard Madoff. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
Opinion | Why Trump Won’t Face Prosecution This Time Around
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The problem with this article is they asked too many lawyers and not enough historians.
As a historian, I'd say the legality of Trump's immunity and pardons depends on how he leaves office.
At 40 over 55 approval? He's immune.
At 25 over 65? He's probably not immune & self-pardons aren't legal.
As a historian, I'd say the legality of Trump's immunity and pardons depends on how he leaves office.
At 40 over 55 approval? He's immune.
At 25 over 65? He's probably not immune & self-pardons aren't legal.
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Shout out to u/BuffaloCrapSmeller on the retro anime subreddit for posting this, I had no idea where this meme came from until today!
Anime: The Brave of Sun Fighbird, 1991.
Anime: The Brave of Sun Fighbird, 1991.
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Shout out to u/BuffaloCrapSmeller on the retro anime subreddit for posting this, I had no idea where this meme came from until today!
Anime: The Brave of Sun Fighbird, 1991.
Anime: The Brave of Sun Fighbird, 1991.
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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the main reason it’s not inevitable is that it’s been around in basically its final state for 2 years now and in all that time nobody’s found a way to actually make money with it
None of this AI slop is inevitable, and far from having to get used to it, it's been incredibly encouraging to see developers actively remove it from their games. Turns out it's as ephemeral as a fart in an elevator, everyone hates it and wants to get off, but it's gone after a short while.
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
the main reason it’s not inevitable is that it’s been around in basically its final state for 2 years now and in all that time nobody’s found a way to actually make money with it
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Part of this is that it doesn't take a weatherman to tell you what way the wind's blowing, and part of this is that a big chunk of the rich folks on the right are starting to realize that a complete Trump flameout could truly bring about Woke 2: The Wokening.
Interesting that Politico is running a ton of "Trump and MAGA in trouble" pieces all of a sudden. 🤔
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Part of this is that it doesn't take a weatherman to tell you what way the wind's blowing, and part of this is that a big chunk of the rich folks on the right are starting to realize that a complete Trump flameout could truly bring about Woke 2: The Wokening.
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What's hilarious is that competent programmers, as well as people studying programming for the very first time, know that all code you write after about 4 hours is garbage. Totally useless, none of it worth salvaging.
Actual programmers hear "I coded for 36 hours" and hear "I gooned for 36 hours"
Actual programmers hear "I coded for 36 hours" and hear "I gooned for 36 hours"
Working 36 hours straight on Thanksgiving so Grok says Elon is in better shape than LeBron
November 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
What's hilarious is that competent programmers, as well as people studying programming for the very first time, know that all code you write after about 4 hours is garbage. Totally useless, none of it worth salvaging.
Actual programmers hear "I coded for 36 hours" and hear "I gooned for 36 hours"
Actual programmers hear "I coded for 36 hours" and hear "I gooned for 36 hours"
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Saying you "coded for 36 hours straight" is something only people who have never programmed, and have no idea what programming is, would think is an impressive thing.
It is a claim that literally would not even fool a first year CS student. They'd laugh at you for saying it.
It is a claim that literally would not even fool a first year CS student. They'd laugh at you for saying it.
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Saying you "coded for 36 hours straight" is something only people who have never programmed, and have no idea what programming is, would think is an impressive thing.
It is a claim that literally would not even fool a first year CS student. They'd laugh at you for saying it.
It is a claim that literally would not even fool a first year CS student. They'd laugh at you for saying it.
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everyone in tech has worked with that one 10x coder whose superhuman efforts required at least ten people to clean up, but was deeply loved by management for setting unrealistic expectations
Saying you "coded for 36 hours straight" is something only people who have never programmed, and have no idea what programming is, would think is an impressive thing.
It is a claim that literally would not even fool a first year CS student. They'd laugh at you for saying it.
It is a claim that literally would not even fool a first year CS student. They'd laugh at you for saying it.
November 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
everyone in tech has worked with that one 10x coder whose superhuman efforts required at least ten people to clean up, but was deeply loved by management for setting unrealistic expectations
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The president and the speaker are scrambling to promote a candidate in a gerrymandered Tennessee district Trump won by 22 points last year.
That’s the smell of panic in the air.
That’s the smell of panic in the air.
Trump and Mike Johnson plan to hold a Monday evening tele-rally to boost Matt Van Epps in the #TN07 special election. www.axios.com/2025/11/28/t...
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The president and the speaker are scrambling to promote a candidate in a gerrymandered Tennessee district Trump won by 22 points last year.
That’s the smell of panic in the air.
That’s the smell of panic in the air.
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A Google software engineer won his battle against MetLife to receive disability benefits for Long Covid.
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
MetLife Owes Disability Pay to Software Engineer With Long Covid
A Google LLC software engineer suffering from long Covid won his lawsuit seeking long-term disability benefits from Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A Google software engineer won his battle against MetLife to receive disability benefits for Long Covid.
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
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This is right. I think there may be other grounds to deem the pardons void but a key one is that, at the root, Trump was not a person legally capable of issuing them.
Mass pardons are coming. There will be no accountability without treating those as null and void. And that means a future administration taking an official position that Trump is not the legitimate president right now because he is disqualified by the 14th Amendment. The two things are inextricable.
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is right. I think there may be other grounds to deem the pardons void but a key one is that, at the root, Trump was not a person legally capable of issuing them.