Æryn
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Portland Trail Blazers basketball, and other things
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absolutely massive, historic W for the republic's defenders
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from immigration detention while his legal challenge against his deportation moves forward. U.S.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
absolutely massive, historic W for the republic's defenders
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Trump sent Vance there twice. He threatened to cut off all federal spending to the state. He vowed to back primary challengers of any Republican who voted against him here. He posted their names online, prompting his fans to send them death threats.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
Reporter: The senate in Indiana voted against the redistricting effort.
Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved
Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved
December 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Trump sent Vance there twice. He threatened to cut off all federal spending to the state. He vowed to back primary challengers of any Republican who voted against him here. He posted their names online, prompting his fans to send them death threats.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
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Indiana gerrymandering absolutely clobbered
December 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Indiana gerrymandering absolutely clobbered
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The Heritage Foundation is cracking
December 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The Heritage Foundation is cracking
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i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
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A conclusion the Supreme Court majority could reach only by outright lying about the factual record established by the trial court.
BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with Texas Republicans in fight over congressional map. The new gerrymandered map will be used in the 2026 midterms. The vote is 6–3, with the Republican appointees siding with Texas.
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A conclusion the Supreme Court majority could reach only by outright lying about the factual record established by the trial court.
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I can't listen to the song without thinking of
December 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I can't listen to the song without thinking of
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So let's get back to how you befriend crows. You need to realize that crows are acutely aware of human gaze. They watch you, know which direction you are looking, follow your gaze, and use this to predict your behavior.
August 20, 2023 at 4:03 AM
So let's get back to how you befriend crows. You need to realize that crows are acutely aware of human gaze. They watch you, know which direction you are looking, follow your gaze, and use this to predict your behavior.
My "Actually, we're nothing like Enron" tee shirt has a lot of people asking questions, etc.
Nvidia refuted accounting questions in a memo to analysts, saying "Unlike Enron, NVIDIA does not use Special Purpose Entities to hide debt and inflate revenue" (Tae Kim/Barron's Online)
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November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My "Actually, we're nothing like Enron" tee shirt has a lot of people asking questions, etc.
I do not regret to inform you the youth are making pop punk again. Damn near brought a tear to this elder millennials eye. The kids are alright.
youtu.be/vqBveK7XZg8?...
youtu.be/vqBveK7XZg8?...
The Paradox - Do Me Like That (Official Visualizer)
YouTube video by The Paradox
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November 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I do not regret to inform you the youth are making pop punk again. Damn near brought a tear to this elder millennials eye. The kids are alright.
youtu.be/vqBveK7XZg8?...
youtu.be/vqBveK7XZg8?...
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“Being complicit in criminal stuff and not standing up to bad people doing bad things carries possible risk of consequences for use of free will—
Even if you were —
say it with me —
just following orders.
News at 11.”
Even if you were —
say it with me —
just following orders.
News at 11.”
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.Worse still is their growing belief that the b...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
“Being complicit in criminal stuff and not standing up to bad people doing bad things carries possible risk of consequences for use of free will—
Even if you were —
say it with me —
just following orders.
News at 11.”
Even if you were —
say it with me —
just following orders.
News at 11.”
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Breaking character: I am open to the idea the media's coverage of Biden's age and mental acuity was fair or perhaps not even tough enough. But the fact that it was so much tougher than the coverage of Trump's (more severe) mental decline is damning and I can't see how anyone could argue otherwise.
NYT isn’t worth reading because they are in the bag for Trump
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Breaking character: I am open to the idea the media's coverage of Biden's age and mental acuity was fair or perhaps not even tough enough. But the fact that it was so much tougher than the coverage of Trump's (more severe) mental decline is damning and I can't see how anyone could argue otherwise.
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Writing an 80 zillion character post about the Epstein files definitely makes you seem extremely innocent and not literally shitting your pants.
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Writing an 80 zillion character post about the Epstein files definitely makes you seem extremely innocent and not literally shitting your pants.
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
everything is 30 rock now
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
everything is 30 rock now
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This probably sounds rich coming from me, but I think the trick is to say it starkly straightforwardly: "These are very bad people & we can't have a good society with them in charge"
man we need a way to say "the moral rot and depravity of this country's elite must be burned out of it with cleansing fire" that isn't wildly reactionary-coded
November 13, 2025 at 5:54 AM
This probably sounds rich coming from me, but I think the trick is to say it starkly straightforwardly: "These are very bad people & we can't have a good society with them in charge"
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Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
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jeffrey epstein spent thanksgiving *2017* with President Donald Trump at Mar a Lago and we only know this now i'm going to go insane
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 AM
jeffrey epstein spent thanksgiving *2017* with President Donald Trump at Mar a Lago and we only know this now i'm going to go insane
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Massie decided the best way to win back the crazy lane was to throw in behind "Trump's a pedophile" but then it turned out to be true.
If you aren't familiar with Massie, this quote is the quickest way to catch up. So many levels to it
reason.com/2017/03/15/t...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Massie decided the best way to win back the crazy lane was to throw in behind "Trump's a pedophile" but then it turned out to be true.
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Ken Starr, immediately after being fired for his role in the coverup of sexual abuse at Baylor: I should reach out to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Ken Starr, immediately after being fired for his role in the coverup of sexual abuse at Baylor: I should reach out to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
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Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."
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To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
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there's a sense that conservatives want me to worry about which liberal elites might catch Epstein strays when in fact I am so married to this outcome that me and this outcome have a home in the suburbs and are expecting twins
All the Epstein emails are powerful elites saying shit like “Hello my friend the pedophile, i need your advice as a pedophile, what do you think about this other pedophile? Pedophilic Regards, your Friend ;)” and instead of swinging from a gibbet most of them are still writing op-eds against leftism
November 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
there's a sense that conservatives want me to worry about which liberal elites might catch Epstein strays when in fact I am so married to this outcome that me and this outcome have a home in the suburbs and are expecting twins