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Lawyer by day; lawyer by night.
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
Happy 10th Jeb Bush Would Kill Baby Hitler Day to all those who celebrate.
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Happy 10th Jeb Bush Would Kill Baby Hitler Day to all those who celebrate.
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
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is there a Balls Cheney
November 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
is there a Balls Cheney
The least believable thing about Jaws 3 is a black guy being in charge of Sea World in 1983.
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The least believable thing about Jaws 3 is a black guy being in charge of Sea World in 1983.
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NYT will put the mayor’s race on A23
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
NYT will put the mayor’s race on A23
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VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
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i hate that AI has now caused me to question the authenticity of cute animal videos online, which is my primary use of social media. i don't even know if this baby penguin actually wore a beret to go buy a tiny baguette in paris
November 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
i hate that AI has now caused me to question the authenticity of cute animal videos online, which is my primary use of social media. i don't even know if this baby penguin actually wore a beret to go buy a tiny baguette in paris
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Should be wearing a Greinke jersey as a show of solidarity between guys who got a 9-figure deal in LA after abandoning the Royals
October 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Should be wearing a Greinke jersey as a show of solidarity between guys who got a 9-figure deal in LA after abandoning the Royals
Wife made some chocolate mousse for dessert tonight and my son declined and legit said “no thanks I’m trying to cut back on meat” and I think he might be an idiot
October 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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I should’ve learned this by now but DO NOT use FedEx. The diseased monkeys I ordered haven’t arrived and I can’t get a straight answer on what happened to them
October 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I should’ve learned this by now but DO NOT use FedEx. The diseased monkeys I ordered haven’t arrived and I can’t get a straight answer on what happened to them
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Book launch TOMORROW at @bplmaps.bsky.social!!! 🏠
Boston followers: Don't miss author @m-r-glass.bsky.social discussing his new book CRACKED FOUNDATIONS, about how debt and speculation financed the suburban American dream and led to today’s inequalities, tomorrow 10/15 at @bplmaps.bsky.social! Register now to reserve your spot.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Book launch TOMORROW at @bplmaps.bsky.social!!! 🏠
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After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.
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September 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.
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Send a platoon-sized element of attractive, tattooed women with dyed hair armed with enough drugs and alcohol to share and a willingness to have casual sex to the front lines of the 82nd Airborne and you will defeat them within 72 hours. I believe in you, Portland.
October 4, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Send a platoon-sized element of attractive, tattooed women with dyed hair armed with enough drugs and alcohol to share and a willingness to have casual sex to the front lines of the 82nd Airborne and you will defeat them within 72 hours. I believe in you, Portland.
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tucker carlson having that nightmare again where he's hanging out with all his cool tough masculine friends doing Man stuff like chopping wood or holding a gun but everyone keeps giving him weird looks and he realizes this whole time he's been wearing a bow tie
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 AM
tucker carlson having that nightmare again where he's hanging out with all his cool tough masculine friends doing Man stuff like chopping wood or holding a gun but everyone keeps giving him weird looks and he realizes this whole time he's been wearing a bow tie
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[at my second rodeo] listen up you ignorant sack of shit
September 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
[at my second rodeo] listen up you ignorant sack of shit
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Been thinking about this piece for a long time, but it really crystalized this week as the Trump administration did *the literal two most notorious scandals in US history* — Watergate and Teapot Dome — in the open. Shamelessly. Without apparent consequence.
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-death-...
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-death-...
The death of scandal
Watergate and Teapot Dome — in broad daylight
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
September 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Been thinking about this piece for a long time, but it really crystalized this week as the Trump administration did *the literal two most notorious scandals in US history* — Watergate and Teapot Dome — in the open. Shamelessly. Without apparent consequence.
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-death-...
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-death-...
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Terrorizing parents of kids with autism for sport is just another benefit of fascism for the people who hate their neighbors.
September 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Terrorizing parents of kids with autism for sport is just another benefit of fascism for the people who hate their neighbors.
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The Dipshit Paradox
"Good faith requires an assumption of both awareness and good intent—yet some propositions are so divorced from reality that assuming good intent means also assuming unawareness, while assuming awareness means also assuming bad intent."
www.the-reframe.com/the-dipshit-...
"Good faith requires an assumption of both awareness and good intent—yet some propositions are so divorced from reality that assuming good intent means also assuming unawareness, while assuming awareness means also assuming bad intent."
www.the-reframe.com/the-dipshit-...
The Dipshit Paradox
Profoundly ignorant? Deliberately malicious and lying? Does it matter? The demand to engage in good faith with supremacists in a musky age.
www.the-reframe.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The Dipshit Paradox
"Good faith requires an assumption of both awareness and good intent—yet some propositions are so divorced from reality that assuming good intent means also assuming unawareness, while assuming awareness means also assuming bad intent."
www.the-reframe.com/the-dipshit-...
"Good faith requires an assumption of both awareness and good intent—yet some propositions are so divorced from reality that assuming good intent means also assuming unawareness, while assuming awareness means also assuming bad intent."
www.the-reframe.com/the-dipshit-...
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I had some thoughts about people saying that "debate me bro" trolling is somehow the height of democratic discourse.
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was engaging in good faith. Perhaps the perfect example of this is Ezra Klein’s silly eulogy claiming that Kirk was “
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September 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I had some thoughts about people saying that "debate me bro" trolling is somehow the height of democratic discourse.
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going back to watch the man show and complaining that the girls bouncing on trampolines are woke
September 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
going back to watch the man show and complaining that the girls bouncing on trampolines are woke
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People want everything to be a binary between dooming and “we’re so back” but I’ll just say this is both a really troubling attack on press freedom and an open admission that your regime is fragile enough to feel threatened by Jimmy fucking Kimmel
September 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
People want everything to be a binary between dooming and “we’re so back” but I’ll just say this is both a really troubling attack on press freedom and an open admission that your regime is fragile enough to feel threatened by Jimmy fucking Kimmel
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when your death steals the news cycle from a nazi punk
September 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
when your death steals the news cycle from a nazi punk