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*extremely civil litigator voice* noooo bari don’t rip apart standards your litigation exposure is so sexy aha
i’d hate to sue your network after they blatantly defame a private citizen over an obvious mix-up that would have been caught by fact checkers & the legal dept in standards aha
i’d hate to sue your network after they blatantly defame a private citizen over an obvious mix-up that would have been caught by fact checkers & the legal dept in standards aha
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
*extremely civil litigator voice* noooo bari don’t rip apart standards your litigation exposure is so sexy aha
i’d hate to sue your network after they blatantly defame a private citizen over an obvious mix-up that would have been caught by fact checkers & the legal dept in standards aha
i’d hate to sue your network after they blatantly defame a private citizen over an obvious mix-up that would have been caught by fact checkers & the legal dept in standards aha
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Dog not included
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Dog not included
“Okay, good script, but how does it tie into the overall streaming miniseries and tie-in comics we’re publishing?” is not a good way to make something as singular as the Bond franchise.
You could have Bond in the Royal Marines as a prequel, you could say fuck it, have an opening scene where he goes apemode on some Triad dudes, there are options, but I imagine working around a boss like Bezos is a bigger impediment to just getting a script done.
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“Okay, good script, but how does it tie into the overall streaming miniseries and tie-in comics we’re publishing?” is not a good way to make something as singular as the Bond franchise.
I think its less that James Bond died and more a combination that A) Austin Powers, then Kingsman ate campy Bond’s lunch and B) That the Craig series was consistently good in a way thats probably intimidating to whatever hack is being forced to script doctor Jeff Bezos’s 3am ramblings into a script.
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I think its less that James Bond died and more a combination that A) Austin Powers, then Kingsman ate campy Bond’s lunch and B) That the Craig series was consistently good in a way thats probably intimidating to whatever hack is being forced to script doctor Jeff Bezos’s 3am ramblings into a script.
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A key reason the Senate needs to be destroyed is that its internal structure diffuses accountability & captures its members
This is why ousting Schumer isn't enough. Democratic senators don't pressure each other much, they have weak leadership by design, and they want to preserve arcane Senate rules that let them hide behind process.
Without primaries or massive outside pressure, this is where they'll be.
Without primaries or massive outside pressure, this is where they'll be.
“There’s no real appetite to oust Schumer, though. Nor is there any interest from another Democrat to challenge him, according to interviews with more than a dozen Democratic senators.” @punchbowlnews.bsky.social
Oh Sen Dems are not in disarray - they are in array - in their collective cowardice.
Oh Sen Dems are not in disarray - they are in array - in their collective cowardice.
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A key reason the Senate needs to be destroyed is that its internal structure diffuses accountability & captures its members
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I don’t mean to dilute Stella’s message, but I want to add that Elián González grew up to be a member of the Cuban National Assembly. “I will fight from whatever trench the revolution demands.”
There is no “bright side” to the trauma we are inflicting. But revolutionaries are being made every day.
There is no “bright side” to the trauma we are inflicting. But revolutionaries are being made every day.
Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I don’t mean to dilute Stella’s message, but I want to add that Elián González grew up to be a member of the Cuban National Assembly. “I will fight from whatever trench the revolution demands.”
There is no “bright side” to the trauma we are inflicting. But revolutionaries are being made every day.
There is no “bright side” to the trauma we are inflicting. But revolutionaries are being made every day.
My longterm theory has been that Biden winning in 2020 basically just put off this moment for four years, and what we got was not worth the lost time.
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
My longterm theory has been that Biden winning in 2020 basically just put off this moment for four years, and what we got was not worth the lost time.
It really is kind of amazing how little billionaires actually live. They just buy shit, purchase influence and go to pedophile island. Imagine having like, ten million dollars. I would be home two months out of the year. I would see everything there was to see.
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
It really is kind of amazing how little billionaires actually live. They just buy shit, purchase influence and go to pedophile island. Imagine having like, ten million dollars. I would be home two months out of the year. I would see everything there was to see.
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ELON MUSK: A ball. An excellent shape for Metroid to turn into.
Wow no wonder he knows the exact car Bladerunner, the hero of the popular movie Bladerunner, would drive.
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
ELON MUSK: A ball. An excellent shape for Metroid to turn into.
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They should have sent a poet
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 AM
They should have sent a poet
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No One: …
Daryl Hall:
Daryl Hall:
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 AM
No One: …
Daryl Hall:
Daryl Hall:
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[at Tesla]
Tesla Shareholders: in recognition of your incredible gift for lowering the price of tesla stock, we would like to award you this trillion dollar bonus
Elon Musk: yeah yeah that'sa fine
Tesla Shareholders: what's the matter? you seem distracted
Musk: no i'm fine
Musk: [muttering] oates
Tesla Shareholders: in recognition of your incredible gift for lowering the price of tesla stock, we would like to award you this trillion dollar bonus
Elon Musk: yeah yeah that'sa fine
Tesla Shareholders: what's the matter? you seem distracted
Musk: no i'm fine
Musk: [muttering] oates
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
[at Tesla]
Tesla Shareholders: in recognition of your incredible gift for lowering the price of tesla stock, we would like to award you this trillion dollar bonus
Elon Musk: yeah yeah that'sa fine
Tesla Shareholders: what's the matter? you seem distracted
Musk: no i'm fine
Musk: [muttering] oates
Tesla Shareholders: in recognition of your incredible gift for lowering the price of tesla stock, we would like to award you this trillion dollar bonus
Elon Musk: yeah yeah that'sa fine
Tesla Shareholders: what's the matter? you seem distracted
Musk: no i'm fine
Musk: [muttering] oates
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Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up
If eggs, pasta, milk, or bread cost twice as much for a family of four that is a much bigger negative impact than the fact a TV is 1/5 of the price it used to be is a positive financial impact. I sincerely do not understand how people fail to get that.
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
If eggs, pasta, milk, or bread cost twice as much for a family of four that is a much bigger negative impact than the fact a TV is 1/5 of the price it used to be is a positive financial impact. I sincerely do not understand how people fail to get that.
If I end up back on twitter for career reasons Joyce Carol Oates is my first follow
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
If I end up back on twitter for career reasons Joyce Carol Oates is my first follow
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
Guys, the price of super yachts is down by millions so your shitty 2008 Honda Civic should be fine.
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Guys, the price of super yachts is down by millions so your shitty 2008 Honda Civic should be fine.
TV CHEAP! PHONE CHEAP!
*mutters* house and electricity less cheap
*mutters* house and electricity less cheap
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 AM
TV CHEAP! PHONE CHEAP!
*mutters* house and electricity less cheap
*mutters* house and electricity less cheap
This is like if a psychopath misunderstood the somewhat interesting thesis that gets memed around about cheap ice cream being unanticipated by Marx as a counterrevolutionary tool.
Nah that is not what is happening. People will very specifically claim that average Americans have less purchasing power and are more financially squeezed than in the 80s. I promise: these are just INCORRECT BELIEFS. It’s the progressive equivalent of the people who think crime is always increasing
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
This is like if a psychopath misunderstood the somewhat interesting thesis that gets memed around about cheap ice cream being unanticipated by Marx as a counterrevolutionary tool.
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Hey Will, big fan. Since you're such a big fan of statistics, maybe you'd like to calculate what percentage of posts on your timeline consist of you quote-posting someone that you disagree with, and then go ahead and compare that behavior to what you're accusing me of here. lmk what you come up with
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hey Will, big fan. Since you're such a big fan of statistics, maybe you'd like to calculate what percentage of posts on your timeline consist of you quote-posting someone that you disagree with, and then go ahead and compare that behavior to what you're accusing me of here. lmk what you come up with
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oh well, nevertheless.
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
oh well, nevertheless.
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the thing is. you can't negotiate with a tumor. it is not productive to get pissed off at a tumor
but you *can* get pissed off at the doctor who refuses to acknowledge the blood you keep coughing up because the tumor has convinced him that his portfolio will go up by .5% if you die
hope that helps
but you *can* get pissed off at the doctor who refuses to acknowledge the blood you keep coughing up because the tumor has convinced him that his portfolio will go up by .5% if you die
hope that helps
Kind of amazing how I can post something Republicans did and people on this site still find a way to blame the Democrats.
September 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
the thing is. you can't negotiate with a tumor. it is not productive to get pissed off at a tumor
but you *can* get pissed off at the doctor who refuses to acknowledge the blood you keep coughing up because the tumor has convinced him that his portfolio will go up by .5% if you die
hope that helps
but you *can* get pissed off at the doctor who refuses to acknowledge the blood you keep coughing up because the tumor has convinced him that his portfolio will go up by .5% if you die
hope that helps
Bro, stop posting like you’re an instagram-based influencer who makes Jane Austen inspired pies, you’re a sitting member of the Vichy party.
Many feel betrayal and frustration, and the feelings are hot right now.
I get it. I have my own feelings.
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I get it. I have my own feelings.
🧵
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Bro, stop posting like you’re an instagram-based influencer who makes Jane Austen inspired pies, you’re a sitting member of the Vichy party.
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