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I will say this about being thrown under the bus: the view fucking sucks, but at least you get a good look at how the machinery works.
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Reading Chotiner interviews with people who actually know what they're talking about is interesting because you realize his main skill is not "gotchas" but just like, facilitating effective communication. when that runs into someone who's used to dissimulating they get humiliated.
January 3, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Reading Chotiner interviews with people who actually know what they're talking about is interesting because you realize his main skill is not "gotchas" but just like, facilitating effective communication. when that runs into someone who's used to dissimulating they get humiliated.
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we could be setting up UBI to account for the rises in automation instead of slaving away for billionaires (and most recently, one fucking trillionaire) who are openly hostile to the rest of humanity
Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
January 4, 2026 at 5:54 AM
we could be setting up UBI to account for the rises in automation instead of slaving away for billionaires (and most recently, one fucking trillionaire) who are openly hostile to the rest of humanity
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“Audacious” is an interesting way of not writing “a violation of the UN charter and international law that is also a violation of US law”
January 4, 2026 at 9:27 AM
“Audacious” is an interesting way of not writing “a violation of the UN charter and international law that is also a violation of US law”
In fifty to a hundred years, this is going to be the part of history classes where students accuse their teachers of lying.
Days after his third dementia screening in six months the president of the United States, who is an open pedophile, abducts a foreign head of state
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
In fifty to a hundred years, this is going to be the part of history classes where students accuse their teachers of lying.
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MacGuyver
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MacGuyver
a man in a black suit is standing in front of a fence .
ALT: a man in a black suit is standing in front of a fence .
media.tenor.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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MacGuyver
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MacGuyver
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i feel like i see a lot of "mysterious new account makes big bet on insider information" news stories and not enough people-being-arrested-for-that news stories
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:44 PM
i feel like i see a lot of "mysterious new account makes big bet on insider information" news stories and not enough people-being-arrested-for-that news stories
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Someone Is Handling It, The Only Thing We Can Or Should Do Is Vote is maybe the most successful propaganda op carried out on the population of a major country in history. Having it shoved in their faces that it *is* BS propaganda has to be terrifying
January 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Someone Is Handling It, The Only Thing We Can Or Should Do Is Vote is maybe the most successful propaganda op carried out on the population of a major country in history. Having it shoved in their faces that it *is* BS propaganda has to be terrifying
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You are representing New York- where this show trial is happening - what are you going to do
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
You are representing New York- where this show trial is happening - what are you going to do
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I'll spell it out: Offering that Maduro is bad but the strikes and kidnappings violated legal procedure, is discursively like closing the back door to Trump while opening the front door. You concede the moral case, and offer a legal one that nobody without a lanyard knows of or gives a shit about.
"Maduro was bad, but" shut the fuck up, you people will never learn.
January 3, 2026 at 1:28 PM
I'll spell it out: Offering that Maduro is bad but the strikes and kidnappings violated legal procedure, is discursively like closing the back door to Trump while opening the front door. You concede the moral case, and offer a legal one that nobody without a lanyard knows of or gives a shit about.
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We stand with Latin American anarchists against the attack:
"In the face of imperialism, neutrality is not possible. Either you are on the side of domination, plunder, and war, or you are on the side of the oppressed."
-Coordinación Anarquista LatinoAmerica
www.blackrosefed.org/cala-stateme...
"In the face of imperialism, neutrality is not possible. Either you are on the side of domination, plunder, and war, or you are on the side of the oppressed."
-Coordinación Anarquista LatinoAmerica
www.blackrosefed.org/cala-stateme...
January 3, 2026 at 12:50 PM
We stand with Latin American anarchists against the attack:
"In the face of imperialism, neutrality is not possible. Either you are on the side of domination, plunder, and war, or you are on the side of the oppressed."
-Coordinación Anarquista LatinoAmerica
www.blackrosefed.org/cala-stateme...
"In the face of imperialism, neutrality is not possible. Either you are on the side of domination, plunder, and war, or you are on the side of the oppressed."
-Coordinación Anarquista LatinoAmerica
www.blackrosefed.org/cala-stateme...
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Reminder that almost a quarter century ago, Schumer voted for the Hague Invasion Act, declaring that the US would militarily invade the Hague were it ever to be prosecuted by ICC for war crimes.
Biden did too, it was an overwhelmingly bipartisan agreement to be unaccountable to international law.
Biden did too, it was an overwhelmingly bipartisan agreement to be unaccountable to international law.
Look at how many names on this list are *still in power*, still kicking around. They weren't exactly young then, but now a lot of them are much much richer.
January 3, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Reminder that almost a quarter century ago, Schumer voted for the Hague Invasion Act, declaring that the US would militarily invade the Hague were it ever to be prosecuted by ICC for war crimes.
Biden did too, it was an overwhelmingly bipartisan agreement to be unaccountable to international law.
Biden did too, it was an overwhelmingly bipartisan agreement to be unaccountable to international law.
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Saudi Arabia is a brutal oppressive illegitimate regime that routinely finances terrorism but you’ll never see us invading that place
you simply do not have to preface your statements about this with “but Maduro sucks”
whether or not Maduro sucks is entirely beside the point - we invaded another country and grabbed their leader with no justification other than “we wanted to”
don’t give them cover on it
whether or not Maduro sucks is entirely beside the point - we invaded another country and grabbed their leader with no justification other than “we wanted to”
don’t give them cover on it
January 3, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Saudi Arabia is a brutal oppressive illegitimate regime that routinely finances terrorism but you’ll never see us invading that place
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Yeah sorry everybody, Donald Trump read my account specifically and now he's invading Venezuela and also thinks Xenoblade 3 was the best one, that's on me.
Also God you can tell Yglesias has never read a history book about a non-imperialist nation before
Also God you can tell Yglesias has never read a history book about a non-imperialist nation before
I was wondering how this might all turn out to have been my fault
January 4, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Yeah sorry everybody, Donald Trump read my account specifically and now he's invading Venezuela and also thinks Xenoblade 3 was the best one, that's on me.
Also God you can tell Yglesias has never read a history book about a non-imperialist nation before
Also God you can tell Yglesias has never read a history book about a non-imperialist nation before
Safety thread:
if you’re at a demo & someone is clearly filming for a hostile audience, instead of snapping a pic and dropping it in chats to ask people if anyone knows who it is, just ask the person where you can find them on social media!
they’re doing this for views! they want to self promo! stop being afraid!
they’re doing this for views! they want to self promo! stop being afraid!
January 4, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Safety thread:
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This is why you labeling your stuff as not containing AI is so crucial: because those who do, know it's a bad look, but also know they can and will get busted if they lie, so they simply don't.
It sucks but we aren't the default right now. Labeling takes a load off everyone's mind 😌
It sucks but we aren't the default right now. Labeling takes a load off everyone's mind 😌
I don’t know why anyone would admit to using AI. It’s like trying to pass off a microwave pizza as the real deal, only you’re bragging about how good you put the numbers into the microwave panel like that’s some sort of skill. It’s embarrassing. You should be embarrassed.
January 4, 2026 at 4:28 AM
This is why you labeling your stuff as not containing AI is so crucial: because those who do, know it's a bad look, but also know they can and will get busted if they lie, so they simply don't.
It sucks but we aren't the default right now. Labeling takes a load off everyone's mind 😌
It sucks but we aren't the default right now. Labeling takes a load off everyone's mind 😌
Thinking about why most of my posts about lyrics are about old songs, when I don't just listen to old music and then it occurred to me that most of the modern music I listen to is, like... The lyrics to "We Can Make the World Stop" are just "Stand Still, Pause Clocks, We can make the world stop"
January 4, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Thinking about why most of my posts about lyrics are about old songs, when I don't just listen to old music and then it occurred to me that most of the modern music I listen to is, like... The lyrics to "We Can Make the World Stop" are just "Stand Still, Pause Clocks, We can make the world stop"
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Hope in one hand...
I see liberals are as delusional as ever 🤡
(McFaul was ambassador to Russia under Obama)
(McFaul was ambassador to Russia under Obama)
January 4, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Hope in one hand...
You cannot tell me that "Most Efficient Tactics Available" wasn't a hasty backronym and it didn't originate from TTRPG "metagaming" which came from meta meaning an awareness of the medium.
January 4, 2026 at 5:17 AM
You cannot tell me that "Most Efficient Tactics Available" wasn't a hasty backronym and it didn't originate from TTRPG "metagaming" which came from meta meaning an awareness of the medium.
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Every time I see "USMNT" my brain parses it as "US Mutant Ninja Turtles" and it makes whatever headline 10x more confusing
January 3, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Every time I see "USMNT" my brain parses it as "US Mutant Ninja Turtles" and it makes whatever headline 10x more confusing
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This is videogame thinking where you win a battle and suddenly the map changes colors and all the factories and barracks are yours
With Nicolás Maduro out of power, the Trump administration is racing to assemble an interim governing structure for Venezuela.
After Maduro Ouster, Trump Takes On the Risks of Governing Venezuela
The administration is racing to get an interim government in place, even as pushback from Maduro’s allies raise fears of instability.
on.wsj.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 AM
This is videogame thinking where you win a battle and suddenly the map changes colors and all the factories and barracks are yours
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Wegmans in New York City has begun collecting biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces from anyone who enters its supermarkets
NYC Wegmans is storing biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces
The supermarket chain says it’s a move to ensure shopper safety. Surveillance experts warn of privacy risks.
gothamist.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Wegmans in New York City has begun collecting biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces from anyone who enters its supermarkets
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
These posts are months apart
January 4, 2026 at 3:02 AM
These posts are months apart
looking at my tumblr notifs and I say "jesus fuck" a lot
January 4, 2026 at 3:00 AM
looking at my tumblr notifs and I say "jesus fuck" a lot