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🐈🇺🇦 In Ternopil, rescuers found two cats under the rubble, — State Emergency Service
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🐈🇺🇦 In Ternopil, rescuers found two cats under the rubble, — State Emergency Service
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when you see these words you know it's either going to be the most incomprehensible thing you've ever seen or the drugstore's gonna be sold out of your favorite bar soap for the next six months
“it’s a tiktok trend” are four of the most ominous words in the twenty first century english language
It's a TikTok trend basically. I've had discussions about this with our video guy at work. We hate it, but also that's "the thing" now and so everyone adopts that style.
November 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
when you see these words you know it's either going to be the most incomprehensible thing you've ever seen or the drugstore's gonna be sold out of your favorite bar soap for the next six months
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lol, lmao
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
lol, lmao
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RFK Jr. revealed that he personally ordered the CDC to change its website to push the widely debunked claim that vaccines and autism are linked
CDC’s Autism Website ‘Update’ Came Directly From Kennedy, He Says
Ex-CDC vaccines chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis called the update a “national embarrassment.”
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
RFK Jr. revealed that he personally ordered the CDC to change its website to push the widely debunked claim that vaccines and autism are linked
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The AI buildout takes your water, electricity and jobs — but you DO get this. 🤡
@nypost.com
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November 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The AI buildout takes your water, electricity and jobs — but you DO get this. 🤡
@nypost.com
nypost.com/2025/11/21/b...
@nypost.com
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Here is my read of the "peace plan" and how Kirill Dmitriev played the American media to force this thing into being -- with an incompetent White House scrambling to make it seem like this was somehow coordinated and well-planned. open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
“He Must Have Got This From K.”
How a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible “peace deal” into existence
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Here is my read of the "peace plan" and how Kirill Dmitriev played the American media to force this thing into being -- with an incompetent White House scrambling to make it seem like this was somehow coordinated and well-planned. open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
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"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
www.mediaite.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
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Mike Johnson just defended Trump when asked about responsibility for toning down dangerous rhetoric:
"I don't think you can put the blame on the president for any of that."
"I don't think you can put the blame on the president for any of that."
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Mike Johnson just defended Trump when asked about responsibility for toning down dangerous rhetoric:
"I don't think you can put the blame on the president for any of that."
"I don't think you can put the blame on the president for any of that."
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I don't like that the State Department is Camp-of-the-Saints-posting
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I don't like that the State Department is Camp-of-the-Saints-posting
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Sen. Chris Murphy hits Trump:
"He just told his supporters that we should be hung. We should be hung! This isn't like a normal political story. This is perhaps the most reckless, irresponsible thing that he has done all Congress, and it's going to get a lot of us killed. We have kids, you know?"
"He just told his supporters that we should be hung. We should be hung! This isn't like a normal political story. This is perhaps the most reckless, irresponsible thing that he has done all Congress, and it's going to get a lot of us killed. We have kids, you know?"
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Sen. Chris Murphy hits Trump:
"He just told his supporters that we should be hung. We should be hung! This isn't like a normal political story. This is perhaps the most reckless, irresponsible thing that he has done all Congress, and it's going to get a lot of us killed. We have kids, you know?"
"He just told his supporters that we should be hung. We should be hung! This isn't like a normal political story. This is perhaps the most reckless, irresponsible thing that he has done all Congress, and it's going to get a lot of us killed. We have kids, you know?"
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you ever just sit down and cut loose an absolutely enormous fart
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
you ever just sit down and cut loose an absolutely enormous fart
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Half a century of low-trust leftist messaging about how capitalism is akshully just fascism with a gilded veneer hasn't turned the public into socialists but it has convinced an awful lot of ppl that it's actually just normal and expected for powerful ppl to rig markets for their friends.
November 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Half a century of low-trust leftist messaging about how capitalism is akshully just fascism with a gilded veneer hasn't turned the public into socialists but it has convinced an awful lot of ppl that it's actually just normal and expected for powerful ppl to rig markets for their friends.
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one of the underrated factors for the rise in scamming across U.S. society is the death of local media.
It gets lost in the shuffle, but the Speaker of the House is someone who, by all rights, should’ve had his career ended a decade ago by a Shreveport TV news investigative team.
Fond memories of that time Mike Johnson was president of a local law school that never opened its doors, in part because it was attached to a Baptist college that was losing its accreditation, and in part because it was always a scam from the start
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
one of the underrated factors for the rise in scamming across U.S. society is the death of local media.
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No shock here: The Guardian notes several phrases in the U.S. peace proposal to Ukraine appear to be directly translated from Russian.
One standout is the line “It is expected that Russia will not invade neighboring countries,” a clunky English phrasing mirroring the Russian “ожидается.”
One standout is the line “It is expected that Russia will not invade neighboring countries,” a clunky English phrasing mirroring the Russian “ожидается.”
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
No shock here: The Guardian notes several phrases in the U.S. peace proposal to Ukraine appear to be directly translated from Russian.
One standout is the line “It is expected that Russia will not invade neighboring countries,” a clunky English phrasing mirroring the Russian “ожидается.”
One standout is the line “It is expected that Russia will not invade neighboring countries,” a clunky English phrasing mirroring the Russian “ожидается.”
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this is what i mean by "i don't want the future of politics to be slopulism vs. fascism"
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
this is what i mean by "i don't want the future of politics to be slopulism vs. fascism"
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The domino meme and the smallest domino is "Craigslist destroys classified ad revenue for local newspapers" and the big domino is, well, everything happening now
one of the underrated factors for the rise in scamming across U.S. society is the death of local media.
It gets lost in the shuffle, but the Speaker of the House is someone who, by all rights, should’ve had his career ended a decade ago by a Shreveport TV news investigative team.
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The domino meme and the smallest domino is "Craigslist destroys classified ad revenue for local newspapers" and the big domino is, well, everything happening now
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P-BUMP: ".. The problem is that we’re so used to this pattern that its effects are muted. This is the president of the United States suggesting that members of the opposition party should be *killed* .."
@pbump.com
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So, we’re just moving on from the sedition-execution thing?
It's quite tidy how the whole thing worked out, in a way. Democratic members of Congress, recognizing that President Trump would be more than happy to dispatch the military to aid his political object...
www.pbump.net
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
P-BUMP: ".. The problem is that we’re so used to this pattern that its effects are muted. This is the president of the United States suggesting that members of the opposition party should be *killed* .."
@pbump.com
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@pbump.com
www.pbump.net/o/so-were-ju...
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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Goddam right. You do the right thing -- which this republic desperately needs done -- and they pull your credentials. So what? You have a phone and your have your sources. or you should. And you continue to report on this presidency as your colleagues now do outside the Pentagon. Enough dishonor.
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Goddam right. You do the right thing -- which this republic desperately needs done -- and they pull your credentials. So what? You have a phone and your have your sources. or you should. And you continue to report on this presidency as your colleagues now do outside the Pentagon. Enough dishonor.
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Sadly, it is time for UKR to stop using government aid from the US - they give little and keep using it as a cudgel to force more concessions.
UKR cannot accept this deal. Zelenskyy should know it would end his career, and undo all the goodwill he has accumulated
UKR cannot accept this deal. Zelenskyy should know it would end his career, and undo all the goodwill he has accumulated
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Sadly, it is time for UKR to stop using government aid from the US - they give little and keep using it as a cudgel to force more concessions.
UKR cannot accept this deal. Zelenskyy should know it would end his career, and undo all the goodwill he has accumulated
UKR cannot accept this deal. Zelenskyy should know it would end his career, and undo all the goodwill he has accumulated
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Paul Krugman was right about this one, modern Republicans are deranged about Canada because it suggests a alternative politics where people and institutions are by default nice and decent
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Trump Hates Canada for its Decency
The president lacks basic decency, and loathes people who do
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Paul Krugman was right about this one, modern Republicans are deranged about Canada because it suggests a alternative politics where people and institutions are by default nice and decent
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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"The overwhelming sense I got from watching the president was just trying to count the number of lies, and I ran out of fingers and toes. He lied and said that prices are coming down. He lied when he said prices were at an all-time high under President Biden. They're at an all-time high right now."
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"The overwhelming sense I got from watching the president was just trying to count the number of lies, and I ran out of fingers and toes. He lied and said that prices are coming down. He lied when he said prices were at an all-time high under President Biden. They're at an all-time high right now."
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This thread freaked me out in part because I recognized it as a real social phenomenon in my own life. A member of our extended circle is writing a book because ChatGPT told him it was a brilliant and novel idea. Friends, it is neither but he is absolutely convinced and nobody knows what to do.
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 AM
This thread freaked me out in part because I recognized it as a real social phenomenon in my own life. A member of our extended circle is writing a book because ChatGPT told him it was a brilliant and novel idea. Friends, it is neither but he is absolutely convinced and nobody knows what to do.
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this is the thing i wish people could understand, school is the necessary investment that makes everything else in civilization possible
i can't believe actual real people use the same stupid fucking arguments that kids throw out in math class "when am i going to need the Pythagorean theorem"
i can't believe actual real people use the same stupid fucking arguments that kids throw out in math class "when am i going to need the Pythagorean theorem"
Like AI itself aside, a moment that makes you realize you are talking to someone who is broadly incapable of understanding, at a fundamental level, the nature of education as a public good and how that works for building a civil culture instead of a machine that only produces laborers, etc.
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 AM
this is the thing i wish people could understand, school is the necessary investment that makes everything else in civilization possible
i can't believe actual real people use the same stupid fucking arguments that kids throw out in math class "when am i going to need the Pythagorean theorem"
i can't believe actual real people use the same stupid fucking arguments that kids throw out in math class "when am i going to need the Pythagorean theorem"
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this is going to be me in 20 years seeking any kind of professional services from someone younger than me
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
this is going to be me in 20 years seeking any kind of professional services from someone younger than me