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An organization known for cartoonish levels of villainy was able to gain access to the POTUS *for months* and all it cost them was a cheap gold medal. Amazing.
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
An organization known for cartoonish levels of villainy was able to gain access to the POTUS *for months* and all it cost them was a cheap gold medal. Amazing.
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There are a lot of really horrific examples of “it can always get worse” in world history but I find Sepp Blatter to Gianni Infantino hits just the right note of bleak whimsy.
December 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
There are a lot of really horrific examples of “it can always get worse” in world history but I find Sepp Blatter to Gianni Infantino hits just the right note of bleak whimsy.
i wonder if trump will win the super prestigious prize fifa created just for him
December 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
i wonder if trump will win the super prestigious prize fifa created just for him
Margo Timmins likes Bruce Springsteen but I swear I'm working today
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Margo Timmins likes Bruce Springsteen but I swear I'm working today
"Teen Age Riot" - Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
"Airbag" - Radiohead - OK Computer
"Vicious" - Lou Reed - Transformer
"Debaser" - Pixies - Doolittle
"Mining for Gold" - Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Sessions
"Airbag" - Radiohead - OK Computer
"Vicious" - Lou Reed - Transformer
"Debaser" - Pixies - Doolittle
"Mining for Gold" - Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Sessions
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"Teen Age Riot" - Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
"Airbag" - Radiohead - OK Computer
"Vicious" - Lou Reed - Transformer
"Debaser" - Pixies - Doolittle
"Mining for Gold" - Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Sessions
"Airbag" - Radiohead - OK Computer
"Vicious" - Lou Reed - Transformer
"Debaser" - Pixies - Doolittle
"Mining for Gold" - Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Sessions
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A healthcare system where we hope someone wants our autograph
James Van Der Beek is selling autographed and unsigned 'Varsity Blues' jerseys to raise money for his cancer treatment and to support for other families: 'Endlessly grateful for all of you.'
James Van Der Beek dons 'Varsity Blues' jersey to raise money for cancer treatment: 'Endlessly grateful for all of you'
James Van Der Beek is selling autographed and unsigned 'Varsity Blues' jerseys to raise money for his cancer treatment and to support for other families: 'Endlessly grateful for all of you.'
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A healthcare system where we hope someone wants our autograph
Thank God they're back at work
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Thank God they're back at work
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Cw: suicide
This article is devastating.
Earlier this month, a 15-year-old died by suicide the day after posting about a substitute teacher insisting on misgendering him.
Suicide can have many contributing factors. His family is speaking out about bullying and misgendering as two.
This article is devastating.
Earlier this month, a 15-year-old died by suicide the day after posting about a substitute teacher insisting on misgendering him.
Suicide can have many contributing factors. His family is speaking out about bullying and misgendering as two.
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Cw: suicide
This article is devastating.
Earlier this month, a 15-year-old died by suicide the day after posting about a substitute teacher insisting on misgendering him.
Suicide can have many contributing factors. His family is speaking out about bullying and misgendering as two.
This article is devastating.
Earlier this month, a 15-year-old died by suicide the day after posting about a substitute teacher insisting on misgendering him.
Suicide can have many contributing factors. His family is speaking out about bullying and misgendering as two.
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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An executive order to ban state AI laws WOULD BE *FLAGRANTLY* UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Can we please please PLEASE lead w THAT!
Stop just laundering patently illegal and unconstitutional moves as if they’re just normal policy moves.
It’s not hard to frame this correctly!
Can we please please PLEASE lead w THAT!
Stop just laundering patently illegal and unconstitutional moves as if they’re just normal policy moves.
It’s not hard to frame this correctly!
An executive order to ban state AI laws would put the future of the technology in the hands of a few power players
A White House Power Grab on AI Would Be a Huge Mistake
The Senate’s overwhelming rejection in July of a plan to ban states from passing regulations on artificial intelligence — the vote was 99-1 — is now set to be brazenly ignored. The White House is pushing for the measure to be revived and added to the National Defense Authorization Act. If that fails, and it’s a longshot, the president stands ready to sign an executive order essentially forcing it through anyway.
bloom.bg
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
An executive order to ban state AI laws WOULD BE *FLAGRANTLY* UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Can we please please PLEASE lead w THAT!
Stop just laundering patently illegal and unconstitutional moves as if they’re just normal policy moves.
It’s not hard to frame this correctly!
Can we please please PLEASE lead w THAT!
Stop just laundering patently illegal and unconstitutional moves as if they’re just normal policy moves.
It’s not hard to frame this correctly!
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xAI is currently in talks to raise $15 billion at a $230 billion valuation.
The flagship product is self-identified "MechaHitler" chatbot with training so warped it describes Elon Musk as more physically fit than LeBron James. It is powered by gas turbines poisoning South Memphis.
The flagship product is self-identified "MechaHitler" chatbot with training so warped it describes Elon Musk as more physically fit than LeBron James. It is powered by gas turbines poisoning South Memphis.
November 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
xAI is currently in talks to raise $15 billion at a $230 billion valuation.
The flagship product is self-identified "MechaHitler" chatbot with training so warped it describes Elon Musk as more physically fit than LeBron James. It is powered by gas turbines poisoning South Memphis.
The flagship product is self-identified "MechaHitler" chatbot with training so warped it describes Elon Musk as more physically fit than LeBron James. It is powered by gas turbines poisoning South Memphis.
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Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
I should have started a World Cup savings account like 20 years ago.
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I should have started a World Cup savings account like 20 years ago.
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my wife and her entire team were fired over Zoom from their program manager jobs at a local nonprofit Seattle hospital this Spring because Trump just stopped paying Medicaid reimbursements. and this is a relatively affluent urban center
we're really not prepared for what's coming
we're really not prepared for what's coming
As a direct result of President Trump's Big Ugly Bill, almost 300 jobs will be cut from Providence Swedish's First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, and Issaquah hospitals and clinics. These are not the only layoffs we've seen in our health care system in Washington state in recent months.
Providence Swedish to eliminate nearly 300 positions
The cuts will affect jobs at Providence Swedish’s First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard and Issaquah hospitals and nearby clinics.
www.seattletimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
my wife and her entire team were fired over Zoom from their program manager jobs at a local nonprofit Seattle hospital this Spring because Trump just stopped paying Medicaid reimbursements. and this is a relatively affluent urban center
we're really not prepared for what's coming
we're really not prepared for what's coming
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I worked at the Pepperberg Lab back in the day where I cared for African grey parrots. It was a very rewarding experience, but caring for an African grey is a JOB!! The birds are very intelligent and social, and they are NOT TOYS.
A Rolling Stone x WIRE investigation: TikTok Is Obsessed With Parrots. It’s Fueling a Global Black Market
A probe into the African-grey trade reveals a web of poachers, egg smugglers, businessmen & multitudes who want a talking bird.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
A probe into the African-grey trade reveals a web of poachers, egg smugglers, businessmen & multitudes who want a talking bird.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I worked at the Pepperberg Lab back in the day where I cared for African grey parrots. It was a very rewarding experience, but caring for an African grey is a JOB!! The birds are very intelligent and social, and they are NOT TOYS.
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Tired: "Great Depression"
Wired: "quiet time in the labor market"
Wired: "quiet time in the labor market"
Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Tired: "Great Depression"
Wired: "quiet time in the labor market"
Wired: "quiet time in the labor market"
Today is pretty tedious for those of us who don't care about that weird reporter who fell in love with RFK Jr.
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Today is pretty tedious for those of us who don't care about that weird reporter who fell in love with RFK Jr.
Just received an email announcing MLS games will be included with Apple TV subscriptions (in US) beginning next season. No clue about the numbers but I'm guessing MLS Season Pass was a major bust.
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Just received an email announcing MLS games will be included with Apple TV subscriptions (in US) beginning next season. No clue about the numbers but I'm guessing MLS Season Pass was a major bust.
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We seriously have Republicans talking about going back to the “good old days” of high-risk pools, which just meant that people with preexisting conditions like cancer couldn’t get health insurance.
Tom Emmer: "You're gonna have to create high risk pools again. Just go back where Minnesota was before the ACA."
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We seriously have Republicans talking about going back to the “good old days” of high-risk pools, which just meant that people with preexisting conditions like cancer couldn’t get health insurance.
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just a reminder this guy slashed the tires on his much younger female coworkers tires to trick her into getting in his car
he was married at the time
he was married at the time
"All they could do to distract from the Schumer shutdown cover-up is leak Epstein emails ... What a sleazy leak."
Jesse Watters attacks Democrats for releasing Epstein emails
www.mediamatters.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
just a reminder this guy slashed the tires on his much younger female coworkers tires to trick her into getting in his car
he was married at the time
he was married at the time
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thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this:
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this:
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
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I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
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Elon Musk is not set to become the world's first trillionaire because this pay package has a bunch of preconditions he will never meet. The 600,000 people he killed are dead for real, though.
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Elon Musk is not set to become the world's first trillionaire because this pay package has a bunch of preconditions he will never meet. The 600,000 people he killed are dead for real, though.