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The *best version* of the Epstein scandal is that a wide swathe of American elites was palling around with a known child predator and explicit eugenicist for years on end — and is now closing ranks to downplay the severity of his crimes and their own complicity.
February 8, 2026 at 10:44 PM
The *best version* of the Epstein scandal is that a wide swathe of American elites was palling around with a known child predator and explicit eugenicist for years on end — and is now closing ranks to downplay the severity of his crimes and their own complicity.
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Here are the bullet points the DOJ task force decided to include to illustrate Trump’s name in the files
February 8, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Here are the bullet points the DOJ task force decided to include to illustrate Trump’s name in the files
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Bill Ackman's fund, Pershing Square, manages 18 billion dollars for wealthy clients, billions of it for the Harvard Endowment
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
February 8, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Bill Ackman's fund, Pershing Square, manages 18 billion dollars for wealthy clients, billions of it for the Harvard Endowment
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
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This is pretty common when thing on X dot com now. This thing where Principled Liberals engage with troglodyte gutter racists spewing slurs by just politely responding to them like peers in a debate club. It’s completely deranged.
this interaction (about me!) says everything you need to know about the Bay Area neolibs
February 8, 2026 at 2:21 PM
This is pretty common when thing on X dot com now. This thing where Principled Liberals engage with troglodyte gutter racists spewing slurs by just politely responding to them like peers in a debate club. It’s completely deranged.
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If you're a business owner who fires someone you have assigned to an overseas job and you don't buy them a plane ticket home you should actually go to prison
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:44 PM
If you're a business owner who fires someone you have assigned to an overseas job and you don't buy them a plane ticket home you should actually go to prison
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“I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.” And before he oversaw running the paper’s finances into the ground, while attacking its staff when he was in touch at all
SEE YA. A truly disastrous, callous, counterproductive tenure at the head of this once-great institution www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:21 PM
“I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.” And before he oversaw running the paper’s finances into the ground, while attacking its staff when he was in touch at all
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Hilarious that this seems to be the only punishment from this tranche of Epstein files so far.
Peter Attia is still employed by Bari Weiss at CBS News as far as I can tell. Pathetic.
Peter Attia is still employed by Bari Weiss at CBS News as far as I can tell. Pathetic.
February 7, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Hilarious that this seems to be the only punishment from this tranche of Epstein files so far.
Peter Attia is still employed by Bari Weiss at CBS News as far as I can tell. Pathetic.
Peter Attia is still employed by Bari Weiss at CBS News as far as I can tell. Pathetic.
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I think college leadership justifies the, frankly, rampant nepotism and corruption on the grounds that it gives them the resources to aid ordinary kids, and I think that's a self-serving delusion that papers over a fundamental rot.
A guy in my class that was a bit of a dumbass got into Georgetown because his Haliburton dad got him a recommendation letter from Dick Cheney. He didn't take a single AP or IB class, and got an average SAT score.
February 5, 2026 at 1:40 AM
I think college leadership justifies the, frankly, rampant nepotism and corruption on the grounds that it gives them the resources to aid ordinary kids, and I think that's a self-serving delusion that papers over a fundamental rot.
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Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
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A eulogy for the mass market paperback, "one of the most brilliant technologies in the history of the world."
So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:26 PM
A eulogy for the mass market paperback, "one of the most brilliant technologies in the history of the world."
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If we take no action — if inertia sets in — BART will essentially collapse & Muni, Caltrain & AC Transit will dramatically scale back service.
We must not let this happen. It’s why I authored a new law authorizing a November regional revenue measure to keep transit strong.
We must not let this happen. It’s why I authored a new law authorizing a November regional revenue measure to keep transit strong.
Here are 10 to 15 stations that could close under BART doomsday scenarios
BART has nailed down the 10 stations that could close if voters decline to bail out the rail agency in November, a dire scenario that would gut service across the Bay Area.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:51 PM
If we take no action — if inertia sets in — BART will essentially collapse & Muni, Caltrain & AC Transit will dramatically scale back service.
We must not let this happen. It’s why I authored a new law authorizing a November regional revenue measure to keep transit strong.
We must not let this happen. It’s why I authored a new law authorizing a November regional revenue measure to keep transit strong.
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Trump could say the n-word on live TV and the Times’ first reaction would be “it was unclear if Mr. Trump was aware of the word’s complicated history”
The New York Times has finally covered the Trump video of Obama as an ape — and they are still providing cover for him. Fuck the Times.
February 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Trump could say the n-word on live TV and the Times’ first reaction would be “it was unclear if Mr. Trump was aware of the word’s complicated history”
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If you speed up from 10 miles-per-hour to 40, you save 45 minutes on that 10-mile trip. If you speed up from 70 to 100, you save less than 3 minutes.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/whaddaya-mea...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/whaddaya-mea...
3. What if speedometers reinforced the diminishing returns of speeding?
February 5, 2026 at 7:20 PM
If you speed up from 10 miles-per-hour to 40, you save 45 minutes on that 10-mile trip. If you speed up from 70 to 100, you save less than 3 minutes.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/whaddaya-mea...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/whaddaya-mea...
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Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
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much depends on legislative language but if you want to put some sand in the gears of ICE this is what it would look like
February 5, 2026 at 3:19 AM
much depends on legislative language but if you want to put some sand in the gears of ICE this is what it would look like
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One way for the media to win back the respect of viewers would be for them to show us that they have some self-respect of their own.
When you let the president denigrate and humiliate your colleagues without saying a word, you're not really giving off a "holding the powerful to account" vibe
When you let the president denigrate and humiliate your colleagues without saying a word, you're not really giving off a "holding the powerful to account" vibe
Trump's constant degradation of female reporters is unsurprising but the press corps' collective decision to treat it as background noise is actually kind of sickening
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 AM
One way for the media to win back the respect of viewers would be for them to show us that they have some self-respect of their own.
When you let the president denigrate and humiliate your colleagues without saying a word, you're not really giving off a "holding the powerful to account" vibe
When you let the president denigrate and humiliate your colleagues without saying a word, you're not really giving off a "holding the powerful to account" vibe
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If people laid off from The Post are wondering about maybe starting a Substack, last summer I wrote about why I wasn’t. www.pbump.net/o/the-power-...
The power we use and the power we give
There was an article posted recently that walked well-worn terrain, arguing for people not to abandon Twitter but, instead, to engage with it. There’s not much point in rehashing the details; the piec...
www.pbump.net
February 4, 2026 at 9:35 PM
If people laid off from The Post are wondering about maybe starting a Substack, last summer I wrote about why I wasn’t. www.pbump.net/o/the-power-...
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Spitballing/bargaining stage of grief: A “Washington Banner” outlet, spun off the successful Baltimore Banner and taking advantage of its backend, built out of laid off Washington Post Metro and Sports staffers and funded via a mixed nonprofit and subscription model…
February 4, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Spitballing/bargaining stage of grief: A “Washington Banner” outlet, spun off the successful Baltimore Banner and taking advantage of its backend, built out of laid off Washington Post Metro and Sports staffers and funded via a mixed nonprofit and subscription model…
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I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.
February 4, 2026 at 11:53 AM
I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
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Maybe the million and oneth study will be the one that convinces people
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Maybe the million and oneth study will be the one that convinces people
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I don't think Bezos is one of your visionary secret man-behind-the-curtain lever-pullers among the oligarch class. I think he bought the Post out of vanity and is gutting it mostly to placate Trump. But gutting the Post to placate Trump is still a way to prosecute the larger class agenda
That's exactly it. I don't think he originally bought it because he wanted to dismantle it, but letting it have editorial independence meant their writers would continue to do what had been excellent investigative work and that's bad for business.
February 4, 2026 at 2:46 PM
I don't think Bezos is one of your visionary secret man-behind-the-curtain lever-pullers among the oligarch class. I think he bought the Post out of vanity and is gutting it mostly to placate Trump. But gutting the Post to placate Trump is still a way to prosecute the larger class agenda
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Watching TikTok, YouTube and Reddit bake the Epstein emails like it's 2016. No, Pizzagate isn't real. No, "pizza" in the Epstein emails doesn't mean anything other than the food, and grape soda isn't secret code for rape. They aren't speaking in code in the emails; they don't need to.
February 4, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Watching TikTok, YouTube and Reddit bake the Epstein emails like it's 2016. No, Pizzagate isn't real. No, "pizza" in the Epstein emails doesn't mean anything other than the food, and grape soda isn't secret code for rape. They aren't speaking in code in the emails; they don't need to.
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I'm worried that the broader public isn't really understanding the Epstein Files. The problem isn't that everyone in the files is a secret pedophile, it's that all the people are corresponding with him because they *don't care that he's a pedophile*. It's a story of elite impunity.
You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity
February 3, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I'm worried that the broader public isn't really understanding the Epstein Files. The problem isn't that everyone in the files is a secret pedophile, it's that all the people are corresponding with him because they *don't care that he's a pedophile*. It's a story of elite impunity.