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Important thing to beat people over the head with: Trump has turned American cities into warzones and for fucking what? Prices are way up, jobs will be way down, the dollar is worth less, and now the highway is blocked off by cops. Maybe the Great Mythical Immigrant wasn’t the problem after all.
June 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Important thing to beat people over the head with: Trump has turned American cities into warzones and for fucking what? Prices are way up, jobs will be way down, the dollar is worth less, and now the highway is blocked off by cops. Maybe the Great Mythical Immigrant wasn’t the problem after all.
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I made a long video about the "someone's got to do it" memes, where they came from, what they're really saying, and what these posts reveal about collective trauma, political cynicism, our decaying faith in democratic institutions and so so much more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXrj...
May 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I made a long video about the "someone's got to do it" memes, where they came from, what they're really saying, and what these posts reveal about collective trauma, political cynicism, our decaying faith in democratic institutions and so so much more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXrj...
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BBC have interviewed this woman as a business spokesperson, she rants about Brexit aspirations being stolen, they forgot to mention she is a Reform spokesperson and was a Brexit party MEP
May 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
BBC have interviewed this woman as a business spokesperson, she rants about Brexit aspirations being stolen, they forgot to mention she is a Reform spokesperson and was a Brexit party MEP
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My recommended book list from the Powell's event last night, including @juliaelliott.bsky.social's Hellions, Michelle Tea's Black Wave, Dionne Brand, and more.
May 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
My recommended book list from the Powell's event last night, including @juliaelliott.bsky.social's Hellions, Michelle Tea's Black Wave, Dionne Brand, and more.
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"to easy lol" iconic
At least a dozen law enforcement agencies are searching for seven of the 10 men who broke out of a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall.
Critics blast hourslong gap before officials disclosed 10 inmates' escape from New Orleans jail
At least a dozen law enforcement agencies are searching for seven of the 10 men who broke out of a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall.
bit.ly
May 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
"to easy lol" iconic
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you’re laughing. the largest antebellum plantation house burned down & there are brides who will not get to spiritually absorb the poisoned spectral energy of the land for their big day, & you’re laughing.
May 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
you’re laughing. the largest antebellum plantation house burned down & there are brides who will not get to spiritually absorb the poisoned spectral energy of the land for their big day, & you’re laughing.
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this would be so funny if this guy wasn’t president
April 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
this would be so funny if this guy wasn’t president
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BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
March 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
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In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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There should be a tribute to David Lynch, where they just show 60 seconds of a static shot of a steam filled underground corridor, with a flickering fluorescent light backed with ominous washing and a distant scream
March 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
There should be a tribute to David Lynch, where they just show 60 seconds of a static shot of a steam filled underground corridor, with a flickering fluorescent light backed with ominous washing and a distant scream
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"At least 1,000 USAID staff have had our .gov accounts...deactivated and wiped overnight with no advance communications," USAID worker tells me. "This includes colleagues deployed in active war zones like Ukraine and Gaza who rely on USG technology for safety."
bsky.app/profile/kenk...
bsky.app/profile/kenk...
USAID employees overseas are no longer able to access their government security app, which gives them this error code (images provided to me by USAID worker)
February 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"At least 1,000 USAID staff have had our .gov accounts...deactivated and wiped overnight with no advance communications," USAID worker tells me. "This includes colleagues deployed in active war zones like Ukraine and Gaza who rely on USG technology for safety."
bsky.app/profile/kenk...
bsky.app/profile/kenk...
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NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...
January 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...
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Ramsey asked me if The Grinch ever calls himself that and if not are we sure "Grinch" isn't a Whoville slur
December 25, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Ramsey asked me if The Grinch ever calls himself that and if not are we sure "Grinch" isn't a Whoville slur
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They took Dylann Roof to Burger King after he killed nine people.
Mangione arriving at the Wall Street helipad, where he was met by armed law enforcement and Mayor Adams — whose longtime top advisor until last Sunday is appearing in court across the street from Mangione on bribery charges
Credit: NYDN photog Gardiner Anderson
Credit: NYDN photog Gardiner Anderson
December 19, 2024 at 7:52 PM
They took Dylann Roof to Burger King after he killed nine people.
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Lots of clarity today
December 19, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Lots of clarity today
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Top 10 books I've read this year...
10. London Feeds Itself ed. Nunn
This is a wonderful smörgåsbord of history, culture, place and flavour.
In a time when so many bores who don't live in London make hating the place a full-time job, it's a joyful celebration of food and multiculturalism.
10. London Feeds Itself ed. Nunn
This is a wonderful smörgåsbord of history, culture, place and flavour.
In a time when so many bores who don't live in London make hating the place a full-time job, it's a joyful celebration of food and multiculturalism.
December 14, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Top 10 books I've read this year...
10. London Feeds Itself ed. Nunn
This is a wonderful smörgåsbord of history, culture, place and flavour.
In a time when so many bores who don't live in London make hating the place a full-time job, it's a joyful celebration of food and multiculturalism.
10. London Feeds Itself ed. Nunn
This is a wonderful smörgåsbord of history, culture, place and flavour.
In a time when so many bores who don't live in London make hating the place a full-time job, it's a joyful celebration of food and multiculturalism.
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New UnitedHealth internal memo (leaked to me) suggests the company is undertaking an empathy offensive. "We know the health care system isn’t perfect,” the message says. "There is more work we can do and must do..."
UnitedHealth's New "I Feel Your Pain" PR Blitz
Leaked internal memo says the system "isn't perfect"
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 13, 2024 at 6:56 PM
New UnitedHealth internal memo (leaked to me) suggests the company is undertaking an empathy offensive. "We know the health care system isn’t perfect,” the message says. "There is more work we can do and must do..."
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thank u weird crypto bro for making women look even more based
December 12, 2024 at 2:03 AM
thank u weird crypto bro for making women look even more based
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Here's how CNN covered Luigi Mangione's note:
"This manifesto, these rantings and ravings of an individual that obviously has some aberrant thoughts in his mind and that's why he put it down on paper. So all of that is certainly very disturbing."
"This manifesto, these rantings and ravings of an individual that obviously has some aberrant thoughts in his mind and that's why he put it down on paper. So all of that is certainly very disturbing."
December 11, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Here's how CNN covered Luigi Mangione's note:
"This manifesto, these rantings and ravings of an individual that obviously has some aberrant thoughts in his mind and that's why he put it down on paper. So all of that is certainly very disturbing."
"This manifesto, these rantings and ravings of an individual that obviously has some aberrant thoughts in his mind and that's why he put it down on paper. So all of that is certainly very disturbing."
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COLE: COOP, THEY CAUGHT THE CEO SHOOTER. HIS NAME WAS TONY SPAGHETTI, REAL BOY NEXT DOOR. ABS LIKE ADONIS. POLITICAL IDEAS OF A FUTON. PERHAPS THE IDEAL MAN
December 10, 2024 at 5:10 AM
COLE: COOP, THEY CAUGHT THE CEO SHOOTER. HIS NAME WAS TONY SPAGHETTI, REAL BOY NEXT DOOR. ABS LIKE ADONIS. POLITICAL IDEAS OF A FUTON. PERHAPS THE IDEAL MAN
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Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery except once a year a UnitedHealthcare employee is promoted to CEO to ensure a year of increasing shareholder value
December 7, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery except once a year a UnitedHealthcare employee is promoted to CEO to ensure a year of increasing shareholder value
At Fontaines in Dublin and One Rizla has come on the pre-show playlist. Weird full circle moment of them supporting Shame back in 2018
December 7, 2024 at 7:47 PM
At Fontaines in Dublin and One Rizla has come on the pre-show playlist. Weird full circle moment of them supporting Shame back in 2018
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here’s a comic about smiling
December 6, 2024 at 1:01 AM
here’s a comic about smiling
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