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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
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I had a 45 year old rideshare driver tell me recently that he uses AI for therapy.
I asked him which one. He said “Grok— I like the voice it uses, the tone doesn’t talk down to me like ChatGPT’s does.”
He bragged that he had a 4 hour “therapy session” talking to Grok.
Chat, are we cooked?
I asked him which one. He said “Grok— I like the voice it uses, the tone doesn’t talk down to me like ChatGPT’s does.”
He bragged that he had a 4 hour “therapy session” talking to Grok.
Chat, are we cooked?
November 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I had a 45 year old rideshare driver tell me recently that he uses AI for therapy.
I asked him which one. He said “Grok— I like the voice it uses, the tone doesn’t talk down to me like ChatGPT’s does.”
He bragged that he had a 4 hour “therapy session” talking to Grok.
Chat, are we cooked?
I asked him which one. He said “Grok— I like the voice it uses, the tone doesn’t talk down to me like ChatGPT’s does.”
He bragged that he had a 4 hour “therapy session” talking to Grok.
Chat, are we cooked?
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As a teen or young adult in the 1990s you had constant encounters with people in their 50s-80s who were combatants, victims or perpetrators during catastrophes of the mid-20th century
That direct link to realities of Nazism and other forms of oppression such as Stalinism or colonialism is now gone
That direct link to realities of Nazism and other forms of oppression such as Stalinism or colonialism is now gone
November 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
As a teen or young adult in the 1990s you had constant encounters with people in their 50s-80s who were combatants, victims or perpetrators during catastrophes of the mid-20th century
That direct link to realities of Nazism and other forms of oppression such as Stalinism or colonialism is now gone
That direct link to realities of Nazism and other forms of oppression such as Stalinism or colonialism is now gone
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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There are only 1,490 people in Shepherdstown, WV.
That is the entire town protesting as cars drove through it.
That is the entire town protesting as cars drove through it.
October 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
There are only 1,490 people in Shepherdstown, WV.
That is the entire town protesting as cars drove through it.
That is the entire town protesting as cars drove through it.
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Say it louder Nashville
October 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Say it louder Nashville
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It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.
October 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.
Feckless
Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”
October 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Feckless
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These guys are so vulnerable to defecting to Chicago
Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot
October 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
These guys are so vulnerable to defecting to Chicago
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The road to anti fascism lies in big boy solidarity and if it takes fucked up Chicago food to make it happen then we roll
October 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The road to anti fascism lies in big boy solidarity and if it takes fucked up Chicago food to make it happen then we roll
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But also we’re terrified of the subway
Stephen Miller: "All that bullshit is done, over, it's finished. The gangbangers you deal with- they think they're ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they're tough? They have no idea how tough we are. They think they're hardcore? We are so much more hardcore than they are"
October 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
But also we’re terrified of the subway
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The ongoing media frenzy around Charlie Kirk's shooting has me thinking about how if you publicly identify as left-leaning you're expected to care about what happens to everyone all the time with no exceptions, but if you're publicly right-leaning you can pick & choose who gets your empathy.
September 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The ongoing media frenzy around Charlie Kirk's shooting has me thinking about how if you publicly identify as left-leaning you're expected to care about what happens to everyone all the time with no exceptions, but if you're publicly right-leaning you can pick & choose who gets your empathy.
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In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.
If this is what it took for you to be pushed into fascism you were probably already there
September 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.
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Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up
September 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
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Anything that makes you ask “why does America do this?” it’s bc of racism. Tipping, anti-vagrancy/loitering/foraging laws, credit scores, tying health insurance to a job, bar exam… if it might make a Black person happy, healthy, or successful, give it an obstacle course
September 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Anything that makes you ask “why does America do this?” it’s bc of racism. Tipping, anti-vagrancy/loitering/foraging laws, credit scores, tying health insurance to a job, bar exam… if it might make a Black person happy, healthy, or successful, give it an obstacle course
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not a conspiracy-minded person by nature, but this is one situation where (and it's not a great leap) it's impossible to draw any conclusion other than "the history of the labor movement in this region has been purposefully suppressed for generations"
First time I heard about this was a Behind the Bastards two parter and honestly I’m shocked it’s not a more ingrained part of our labor history. I felt like something this violent and notable would’ve been something I learned about in my history classes.
September 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
not a conspiracy-minded person by nature, but this is one situation where (and it's not a great leap) it's impossible to draw any conclusion other than "the history of the labor movement in this region has been purposefully suppressed for generations"
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Meet Shakira. Ten years ago, she was living in a shelter with her three kids, working at a non-union hotel.
Now she's a member of HTC.
Unions are how working people can build a dignified life. But in a city as expensive as ours, they need local government on their side.
Now she's a member of HTC.
Unions are how working people can build a dignified life. But in a city as expensive as ours, they need local government on their side.
August 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Meet Shakira. Ten years ago, she was living in a shelter with her three kids, working at a non-union hotel.
Now she's a member of HTC.
Unions are how working people can build a dignified life. But in a city as expensive as ours, they need local government on their side.
Now she's a member of HTC.
Unions are how working people can build a dignified life. But in a city as expensive as ours, they need local government on their side.
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my plan to invade Ohio, West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana is going extremely well
WASHINGTON (AP) — Louisiana becomes sixth GOP-led state to authorize troop deployment to DC as part of Trump show of force.
August 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
my plan to invade Ohio, West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana is going extremely well
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just lost $100,000 on a polymarket bet that trump would negotiate a peace deal today with putin. i was sure of it. i can't believe i lost all this money. he wrote the art of the deal.
August 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
just lost $100,000 on a polymarket bet that trump would negotiate a peace deal today with putin. i was sure of it. i can't believe i lost all this money. he wrote the art of the deal.
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everyone is being unfair to mister trump. he finally found a new best friend after his previous best friend died in prison under mysterious circumstances a few years ago. he’s moving on and i for one am happy for him.
REPORTER: President Putin, will you stop killing civilians?
PUTIN: *taps ear*
PUTIN: *taps ear*
August 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
everyone is being unfair to mister trump. he finally found a new best friend after his previous best friend died in prison under mysterious circumstances a few years ago. he’s moving on and i for one am happy for him.
Literally bought pencils for my class today
It is insane to me that the government can find money to pay ICE agents increasingly larger sums of money, yet teachers have to buy their own pencils.
August 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Literally bought pencils for my class today
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I disagree with a lot of people I really respect at this moment. I don't see the situation in the U.S. as they do. I think that people are refusing to land the fascism plane because they don't want to start actually thinking through what that means.
August 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I disagree with a lot of people I really respect at this moment. I don't see the situation in the U.S. as they do. I think that people are refusing to land the fascism plane because they don't want to start actually thinking through what that means.
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just a reminder again that we were told over and over that a 13 year old downloading a Limp Bizkit mp3 was an existential threat to society
I believe they call this "finding out" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
August 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
just a reminder again that we were told over and over that a 13 year old downloading a Limp Bizkit mp3 was an existential threat to society
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![The FBI was mentioned multiple times,"
Chavarria said. "They also threatened to stain my record so I would never get a job again. They also threatened with an extended detention if I didn't give them the passwords to the student information or to my district files."
Chavarria said when he was released, a plainclothes officer "shook [his] hand and said that he admired [Chavarria's] resilience and the
fact that [he] was protecting student information." Chavarria said he felt](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yxh5kcse2j4nzffqxin5ps6b/bafkreih6ootfs3o3u7w3qnhd3h6us73d2vtrvik6y7vqilwzyzzaajppdq@jpeg)
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Labor Loves Cool James
LL Cool J said that he will not perform at Wawa Welcome America in Philadelphia on July 4th because of union strike
“There is absolutely no way I can perform across a picket line”
“There is absolutely no way I can perform across a picket line”
LL COOL J drops out of Wawa Welcome America concert because of union strike
LL COOL J said that he is not going to perform at Wawa Welcome America on July 4th in light of the AFSCME District Council 33 strike in Philadelphia.
www.nbcphiladelphia.com
July 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Labor Loves Cool James