Amanda Katz
@katzish.bsky.social
Writer and editor. Ex @PostOpinions @CNN @BostonGlobe @BloomsburyUSA. Sometime poet & translator. Good eater. Parent.
Unclear why the Trump crew would mention WWII but not the Civil War, since both were major setbacks for their ideology
Watched the America250 projection on the Washington Monument tonight. Mentioned: Columbus, Ford, Edison, Lewis & Clark, both World Wars, AI. Not mentioned: The Civil War, Lincoln, Native Americans, immigration, slavery, race, civil rights, MLK, Vietnam, or any woman.
January 6, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Unclear why the Trump crew would mention WWII but not the Civil War, since both were major setbacks for their ideology
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30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.
"Who on earth gives that advice?"
www.sfgate.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
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Wow holy fucking shit. As someone in recovery, this is a living nightmare even I didn't see coming. Very cool. These are death machines that sometimes make kiddie porn. Simple as.
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.
"Who on earth gives that advice?"
www.sfgate.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Wow holy fucking shit. As someone in recovery, this is a living nightmare even I didn't see coming. Very cool. These are death machines that sometimes make kiddie porn. Simple as.
HHS officials hiding behind anonymity to give illogical rationales about why they’re trying to kill kids and adults via RSV, flu, and other diseases
OK back to reasons given by "senior officials"
2. Loosening reccos bc since the pandemic, there has been a loss of trust in public health (again, ahem). Trust will return if they only recommend the "most critical" vaccines. OUT: hep A, hep B, meningococcal disease, rotavirus, influenza and RSV.
2. Loosening reccos bc since the pandemic, there has been a loss of trust in public health (again, ahem). Trust will return if they only recommend the "most critical" vaccines. OUT: hep A, hep B, meningococcal disease, rotavirus, influenza and RSV.
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:27 PM
HHS officials hiding behind anonymity to give illogical rationales about why they’re trying to kill kids and adults via RSV, flu, and other diseases
It’s amazing that Trump has the time and money to do unauthorized wars on Caracas AND Minneapolis
Greg Bovino is headed to Minneapolis for a 30 day surge.
2,000 federal agents deploying to Minneapolis in immigration crackdown, fraud probe
The Trump administration has begun a massive deployment of hundreds of Department of Homeland Security agents to the Twin Cities area, officials tells CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM
It’s amazing that Trump has the time and money to do unauthorized wars on Caracas AND Minneapolis
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three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal
One of the WSJ's A1 stories today was reported *6 months ago* by @404media.co, a team of just four journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal
[hot dog guy meme]
Bill Cassidy — who voted to confirm RFK Jr — says his move to roll back vaccine recommendations “will make America sicker.”
January 5, 2026 at 8:53 PM
[hot dog guy meme]
It hasn’t been their year, so far
January 5, 2026 at 8:49 PM
It hasn’t been their year, so far
The Clippy App (formerly known as Microsoft Office)
Microsoft is so fucking stupid.
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
January 5, 2026 at 8:46 PM
The Clippy App (formerly known as Microsoft Office)
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Artist: Christine Cornell
Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores make their first appearance in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday on federal drug and weapons charges. Both pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores make their first appearance in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday on federal drug and weapons charges. Both pleaded not guilty to all charges.
January 5, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Artist: Christine Cornell
Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores make their first appearance in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday on federal drug and weapons charges. Both pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores make their first appearance in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday on federal drug and weapons charges. Both pleaded not guilty to all charges.
People need to learn the beauty of blocking/muting/not following folks who annoy them, rather than trying to start a daily bar fight
I want this site to beat twitter, and for twitter to evaporate. For that to happen, people you hate must have a more pleasant experience posting here than posting there.
A minority of this site decided instead that they want it to be their little club, so that's what we have.
A minority of this site decided instead that they want it to be their little club, so that's what we have.
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
People need to learn the beauty of blocking/muting/not following folks who annoy them, rather than trying to start a daily bar fight
What to do with AI instead of undressing/harassing people
January 5, 2026 at 7:46 PM
What to do with AI instead of undressing/harassing people
The pro-disease lobby stays winning
“This is just one more example of the decisions coming out of HHS that are sowing confusion and making it harder for people to know what to do,” former CDC official Daniel Jernigan said. @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social and @helenbranswell.bsky.social at @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c...
www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c...
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive
The number of recommended childhood shots drops from 17 to 11.
www.statnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:41 PM
The pro-disease lobby stays winning
It’s more of a meat sculpture
"McRib is actually made from restructured pork, combining cuts such as shoulder, heart, tripe, and scalded stomach"
Sinclair warned you.
McDonald’s hit with class action lawsuit claiming McRib doesn’t contain any rib meat | The Independent share.google/iHU9PPo55U4y...
Sinclair warned you.
McDonald’s hit with class action lawsuit claiming McRib doesn’t contain any rib meat | The Independent share.google/iHU9PPo55U4y...
McDonald’s faces class action lawsuit claiming McRib contains no actual rib meat
The lawsuit argues the McRib’s name and rib-shaped patty mislead consumers and seeks nationwide and state-specific class action status for purchases over the past four years
share.google
January 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
It’s more of a meat sculpture
You know you’re in DC when you stop to grab a cup of coffee and the conversation among customers and multiple baristas is how to emulate members of Congress’s insider trading moves
Ban stock trading by lawmakers in Congress. Full stop.
January 5, 2026 at 5:32 PM
You know you’re in DC when you stop to grab a cup of coffee and the conversation among customers and multiple baristas is how to emulate members of Congress’s insider trading moves
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Vegetarian Greek food restaurant called Don't Meat Your Gyros
January 5, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Vegetarian Greek food restaurant called Don't Meat Your Gyros
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We finally bought 404media.com. We couldn't afford this when we launched a couple of years ago, but it recently became available. You can read the transcript of some of the group call here: “This is so fucking stressful.” Only possible thanks to our subscribers.
www.404media.co/we-bought-40...
www.404media.co/we-bought-40...
We Bought 404media.com
Don’t worry, we’re not changing our website. But we’re finally the owners of the real deal: a .com domain.
www.404media.co
January 5, 2026 at 3:13 PM
We finally bought 404media.com. We couldn't afford this when we launched a couple of years ago, but it recently became available. You can read the transcript of some of the group call here: “This is so fucking stressful.” Only possible thanks to our subscribers.
www.404media.co/we-bought-40...
www.404media.co/we-bought-40...
Oddly comforting to hear anyone just saying “nope” to BS
Mark Kelly blasts Hegseth attempting to lower his military rank and pension. Saying "If Pete Hegseth, the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in our country’s history, thinks he can intimidate me with a censure or threats to demote me or prosecute me, he still doesn’t get it."
January 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Oddly comforting to hear anyone just saying “nope” to BS
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One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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it gets darker by the hour
The Pentagon will cut the military retirement pay of Sen. Mark Kelly for what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the Arizona Democrat’s “seditious” statements on a video telling service members they have the right to refuse to execute illegal orders.
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
January 5, 2026 at 3:42 PM
it gets darker by the hour
Wild—a great improvement
January 5, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Wild—a great improvement
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JUST IN: Gov. Tim Walz has ended his reelection campaign for governor. He was three months into a campaign that has been plagued by criticism over his handling of fraud and political opposition stirred up by President Trump.
Gov. Tim Walz abandons reelection campaign amid unrelenting fraud attention, Trump clashes
Gov. Tim Walz was three months into a reelection campaign that has been plagued by criticism over his handling of fraud and political opposition stirred up by President Donald Trump.
n.pr
January 5, 2026 at 2:27 PM
JUST IN: Gov. Tim Walz has ended his reelection campaign for governor. He was three months into a campaign that has been plagued by criticism over his handling of fraud and political opposition stirred up by President Trump.
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all this is both foolish and unnecessary
January 4, 2026 at 9:47 PM
all this is both foolish and unnecessary
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i may be late to the party, but i cannot recommend strongly enough jad abumrad's phenomenal podcast about fela kuti. rich & complex portrait, fabulous interviews, amazing music. best podcast i listened to in 2025 by far.
new yorker wrote it up here 👇
new yorker wrote it up here 👇
The World-Shifting Grooves of Fela Kuti
Jad Abumrad’s new podcast, “Fela Kuti: Fear No Man,” shows how one musician created both a genre and a way of challenging those in power.
www.newyorker.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:21 AM
i may be late to the party, but i cannot recommend strongly enough jad abumrad's phenomenal podcast about fela kuti. rich & complex portrait, fabulous interviews, amazing music. best podcast i listened to in 2025 by far.
new yorker wrote it up here 👇
new yorker wrote it up here 👇
It is possible that putting Biff from Back to the Future in charge of a dominant superpower was not, in retrospect, the best idea
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:39 AM
It is possible that putting Biff from Back to the Future in charge of a dominant superpower was not, in retrospect, the best idea