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Brown-skinned Jesus pondering a popular nativity scene.
December 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Brown-skinned Jesus pondering a popular nativity scene.
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I mean, I thought he looked pretty great, also I will watch this special
A WORD (two words) FOR MY HATERS. Watch #NightThoughts on Hulu.
December 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I mean, I thought he looked pretty great, also I will watch this special
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Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
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📽️ WATCH: When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider.
Here's what you should know: https://propub.li/48KUw5Z
Here's what you should know: https://propub.li/48KUw5Z
December 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
📽️ WATCH: When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider.
Here's what you should know: https://propub.li/48KUw5Z
Here's what you should know: https://propub.li/48KUw5Z
"All the real money is in this socially useless, no-value-creating, hypertrophied, metastasized finance sector. Every gain in finance is matched by a loss. It all amounts to - literally - nothing."
A perfect distillation of the social uselessness of finance
pluralistic.net/2025/12/18/s...
A perfect distillation of the social uselessness of finance
pluralistic.net/2025/12/18/s...
Pluralistic: A perfect distillation of the social uselessness of finance (18 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
December 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"All the real money is in this socially useless, no-value-creating, hypertrophied, metastasized finance sector. Every gain in finance is matched by a loss. It all amounts to - literally - nothing."
A perfect distillation of the social uselessness of finance
pluralistic.net/2025/12/18/s...
A perfect distillation of the social uselessness of finance
pluralistic.net/2025/12/18/s...
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Seconds to Chaos in Chicago: Car door ripped open and phone smashed to the ground as Citizen Records ICE in public.
When "rights" aren't respected on the street, your safety is the priority. Watch your back, friends.
When "rights" aren't respected on the street, your safety is the priority. Watch your back, friends.
December 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Seconds to Chaos in Chicago: Car door ripped open and phone smashed to the ground as Citizen Records ICE in public.
When "rights" aren't respected on the street, your safety is the priority. Watch your back, friends.
When "rights" aren't respected on the street, your safety is the priority. Watch your back, friends.
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Between the emerging details surrounding the gruesome deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner and the inflammatory remarks made by President Trump in response, it’s been hard to sit and reflect on the legacy Reiner left behind as a filmmaker.
December 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Between the emerging details surrounding the gruesome deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner and the inflammatory remarks made by President Trump in response, it’s been hard to sit and reflect on the legacy Reiner left behind as a filmmaker.