Ethan Fry
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Younger than my parents. Older than my kids. Get the odd job.
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I had no idea that Hartford was a major mid century lobotomy hub lithub.com/a-brief-and-...
A Brief and Awful History of the Lobotomy
On November 19, 1948, the two most enthusiastic and prolific lobotomists in the Western world faced off against each other in the operating theater at the Institute of Living in Hartford, Connectic…
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January 6, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I had no idea that Hartford was a major mid century lobotomy hub lithub.com/a-brief-and-...
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We only know of the deaths where parents thought to investigate their kids' AI search history and knew the passwords to do it. If we've heard about THAT MANY deaths, imagine how many we haven't heard about.
January 6, 2026 at 2:03 AM
We only know of the deaths where parents thought to investigate their kids' AI search history and knew the passwords to do it. If we've heard about THAT MANY deaths, imagine how many we haven't heard about.
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If the biggest donor to the DCCC/DNC ran a website where you could use AI to take women's clothes off I feel like there'd be a demand for Dems to give the money back.
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 PM
If the biggest donor to the DCCC/DNC ran a website where you could use AI to take women's clothes off I feel like there'd be a demand for Dems to give the money back.
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A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
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this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM
this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
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Mark my words - Boston Dynamics, and other companies like them, will make superhuman robots that will be used by governments to suppress their citizens.
January 5, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Mark my words - Boston Dynamics, and other companies like them, will make superhuman robots that will be used by governments to suppress their citizens.
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I am certainly no expert on the history of Latin America, but I am really glad that I made the time to read Greg Grandin's book. It's been incredibly helpful as I try to wrap my head around everything that has transpired today and in recent weeks. 🗃️ www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747326...
America, América by Greg Grandin: 9780593831250 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A New York Times bestseller • A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, 2025 Kirkus Prize, 2025 Cundill History Prize, and 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction •...
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January 3, 2026 at 11:26 PM
I am certainly no expert on the history of Latin America, but I am really glad that I made the time to read Greg Grandin's book. It's been incredibly helpful as I try to wrap my head around everything that has transpired today and in recent weeks. 🗃️ www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747326...
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The good news about an explicitly "Might Makes Right" foreign policy, where we do whatever we want to other countries because we can, is it will benefit us without causing blowback
January 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM
The good news about an explicitly "Might Makes Right" foreign policy, where we do whatever we want to other countries because we can, is it will benefit us without causing blowback
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This is the newscast in V For Vendetta only with a lower IQ of everyone involved
MAGA appointee Bari Weiss has instantly made CBS News more extremist and disinfo-heavy than Newsmax:
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
This is the newscast in V For Vendetta only with a lower IQ of everyone involved
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I was surprised to see the brilliant but deeply disturbing 2001 Michael Haneke film ‘The Piano Teacher’ available free of charge on YouTube. It features Isabelle Huppert at her very best. Not to be missed - if you can take it.
January 4, 2026 at 2:59 AM
I was surprised to see the brilliant but deeply disturbing 2001 Michael Haneke film ‘The Piano Teacher’ available free of charge on YouTube. It features Isabelle Huppert at her very best. Not to be missed - if you can take it.
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It would be so cool if the United States Congress still existed.
January 4, 2026 at 5:04 AM
It would be so cool if the United States Congress still existed.
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SCHUMER: We are saying to the Republicans, this is your responsibility ... This is one time you've gotta resist him. It's too serious.
REPORTER: Are you hearing anything?
SCHUMER: We have heard from some Republicans in private conversations...that they are troubled about this. But not much more
REPORTER: Are you hearing anything?
SCHUMER: We have heard from some Republicans in private conversations...that they are troubled about this. But not much more
January 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
SCHUMER: We are saying to the Republicans, this is your responsibility ... This is one time you've gotta resist him. It's too serious.
REPORTER: Are you hearing anything?
SCHUMER: We have heard from some Republicans in private conversations...that they are troubled about this. But not much more
REPORTER: Are you hearing anything?
SCHUMER: We have heard from some Republicans in private conversations...that they are troubled about this. But not much more
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a lot of interesting revelations between the lines of this story www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 3, 2026 at 9:27 PM
a lot of interesting revelations between the lines of this story www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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But what if Maduro’s involvement in the drug trade was an “official act”?
January 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
But what if Maduro’s involvement in the drug trade was an “official act”?
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Marco Rubio's right-wing exile grifters stand ready to bankrupt Venezuela and steal everything they can
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The $30 Billion Identity Theft of Venezuela - The American Prospect
How Juan Guaidó sucked a weary nation dry, and primed it for the current U.S.-led assault
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January 3, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Marco Rubio's right-wing exile grifters stand ready to bankrupt Venezuela and steal everything they can
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One thing we can agree on: The new Pentagon press corps is covering every angle of this story. I feel very informed by all the news it's breaking.
January 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM
One thing we can agree on: The new Pentagon press corps is covering every angle of this story. I feel very informed by all the news it's breaking.
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I also love America and believe in its stated values.
And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.
And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I also love America and believe in its stated values.
And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.
And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.
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Another foundational American value, one enshrined in U.S. law to an extent unseen even in many of our peer countries: An aggressive press dedicated to government transparency and accountability.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Another foundational American value, one enshrined in U.S. law to an extent unseen even in many of our peer countries: An aggressive press dedicated to government transparency and accountability.
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Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
January 1, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
Best apple cider donuts in the state
January 2, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Best apple cider donuts in the state
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Please join me in welcoming to the public domain such works as the 1930 Best Picture All Quiet on the Western Front, Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, several Nancy Drew books, some songs you've heard of (Dream a Little Dream of Me; Georgia on My Mind), and more:
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Welcome to the Public Domain in 2026 | Internet Archive Blogs
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January 2, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Please join me in welcoming to the public domain such works as the 1930 Best Picture All Quiet on the Western Front, Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, several Nancy Drew books, some songs you've heard of (Dream a Little Dream of Me; Georgia on My Mind), and more:
blog.archive.org/2026/01/01/w...
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AI companies are playing a game wherein these computer programs are presented to the public as autonomous individuals capable of issuing a meaningful apology. The machine is just a machine. Human beings owe the apology for building the machine irresponsibly and unleashing it on the world.
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 1:23 AM
AI companies are playing a game wherein these computer programs are presented to the public as autonomous individuals capable of issuing a meaningful apology. The machine is just a machine. Human beings owe the apology for building the machine irresponsibly and unleashing it on the world.