Pip R. Lagenta
@piprlagenta.bsky.social
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If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues.
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Bari Weiss' first weeks at CBS News marked by all-out warfare against professional ethics standards in the newsroom, part of an effort to convert it from journalism into rank political propaganda.
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Bari Weiss' first weeks at CBS News marked by all-out warfare against professional ethics standards in the newsroom, part of an effort to convert it from journalism into rank political propaganda.
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One of many costs to US murder (sorry, no better word for it) in Caribbean:
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
One of many costs to US murder (sorry, no better word for it) in Caribbean:
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
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Perhaps of interest to Blue Oyster Cult fans--I get into my lyrics for the BOC, a little, in a recent podcast interview. Some of which this music mag transcribed here. And some of *that* I would have edited a bit if I'd known they were doing this. Still...if you're a #BOC fan...
BLUE ÖYSTER CULT Lyricist JOHN SHIRLEY Reloads With The Silver Revolver; Paperback Warrior Video Interview Streaming
Bram Stoker Award-winning author John Shirley, widely known to music fans for his work crafting lyrics for the legendary band Blue Öyster Cult, is back in the spotlight promoting his newest novel. Shi...
bravewords.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Perhaps of interest to Blue Oyster Cult fans--I get into my lyrics for the BOC, a little, in a recent podcast interview. Some of which this music mag transcribed here. And some of *that* I would have edited a bit if I'd known they were doing this. Still...if you're a #BOC fan...
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From Purple Heart recipients to military parents of U.S. Marines, immigrant veterans are being detained, deported, and torn from their families.
"These are not isolated cases or tragic instances of human error." #VeteransDay
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"These are not isolated cases or tragic instances of human error." #VeteransDay
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Trump to Veterans: Thank You For Your Service. Now Get Out.
Trump's mass deportation machine is betraying America’s veterans and tearing their families apart.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
From Purple Heart recipients to military parents of U.S. Marines, immigrant veterans are being detained, deported, and torn from their families.
"These are not isolated cases or tragic instances of human error." #VeteransDay
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
"These are not isolated cases or tragic instances of human error." #VeteransDay
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
Corporate Democrats support torture.
youtube.com/shorts/8RTMK...
youtube.com/shorts/8RTMK...
ICE snatches woman in Cottage Grove
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Corporate Democrats support torture.
youtube.com/shorts/8RTMK...
youtube.com/shorts/8RTMK...
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80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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ICE sprays large canister of pepper spray directly into family car—hitting 1 year old baby.
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said man who took video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside—where their baby and 16 year old sister sat."
Cicero, Illinois
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said man who took video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside—where their baby and 16 year old sister sat."
Cicero, Illinois
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
ICE sprays large canister of pepper spray directly into family car—hitting 1 year old baby.
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said man who took video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside—where their baby and 16 year old sister sat."
Cicero, Illinois
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said man who took video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside—where their baby and 16 year old sister sat."
Cicero, Illinois
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A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
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ICE is completely out of control
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
ICE is completely out of control
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Raw footage of men dressed up like ICE agents to take his mother and father—taken by their 15 year old son.
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Raw footage of men dressed up like ICE agents to take his mother and father—taken by their 15 year old son.
The "backlash" is not yet sufficient.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
ICE facing fierce backlash after video apparently shows unconscious man clutching child during arrest
Footage shows commotion inside vehicle in Massachusetts as desperate woman in passenger seat tries to awaken man
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The "backlash" is not yet sufficient.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“More and more cabinet members — Rubio, Miller, Noem — live on military bases now, & it's another parallel to Iraq, where the administration lived in the Green Zone. There’s something deeply unhealthy about a society where leaders are literally shut off from the communities that they govern.”
Don Moynihan on "Purge, Merge, and Surge"
"Instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities."
www.publicnotice.co
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“More and more cabinet members — Rubio, Miller, Noem — live on military bases now, & it's another parallel to Iraq, where the administration lived in the Green Zone. There’s something deeply unhealthy about a society where leaders are literally shut off from the communities that they govern.”
It's the little things
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/us-...
US to deny visas to people with diabetes, heart disease and other chronic illnesses - The Times of India
US News: TOI correspondent from Washington: Foreign nationals seeking to immigrate to the United States could now be denied visas and green cards based on pre-.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It's the little things
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/us-...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/us-...
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I need you all to know that my mother sent me this. 🤣 That is all.
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I need you all to know that my mother sent me this. 🤣 That is all.
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Reporter: On the Walmart thanksgiving meal, it is cheaper but it also contains less
Trump: I haven’t heard that. Who are you with?
Reporter: NBC
Trump: Fake news
Trump: I haven’t heard that. Who are you with?
Reporter: NBC
Trump: Fake news
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Reporter: On the Walmart thanksgiving meal, it is cheaper but it also contains less
Trump: I haven’t heard that. Who are you with?
Reporter: NBC
Trump: Fake news
Trump: I haven’t heard that. Who are you with?
Reporter: NBC
Trump: Fake news
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Sen. Kelly: “Donald Trump's official position on the government shutdown is that he will let hardworking Americans go hungry until we give in to his demands to let health care premiums go up dramatically for millions of Americans.”
November 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Sen. Kelly: “Donald Trump's official position on the government shutdown is that he will let hardworking Americans go hungry until we give in to his demands to let health care premiums go up dramatically for millions of Americans.”
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This sort of language is becoming more and more common nowadays.
And now there's growing concern about a "male loneliness epidemic."
Wonder if there could possibly be a relationship here 🤔🤔🤔
And now there's growing concern about a "male loneliness epidemic."
Wonder if there could possibly be a relationship here 🤔🤔🤔
This guy is among a seemingly growing number of White Christian Nationalists who want to repeal the 19th amendment so men will be the sole “family” voter. They don’t want uppity women messing with the patriarchy! x.com/dalepartridg...
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This sort of language is becoming more and more common nowadays.
And now there's growing concern about a "male loneliness epidemic."
Wonder if there could possibly be a relationship here 🤔🤔🤔
And now there's growing concern about a "male loneliness epidemic."
Wonder if there could possibly be a relationship here 🤔🤔🤔
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CBP has been hitting Skokie, outside of Chicago, hard today. At 10:45 today, they jumped out of their vehicles and arrested a man on Lincoln Ave.
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
CBP has been hitting Skokie, outside of Chicago, hard today. At 10:45 today, they jumped out of their vehicles and arrested a man on Lincoln Ave.
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This one is infuriating - coloradosun.com/2025/11/07/i...
Afghan immigrant who helped U.S. military fight Taliban arrested by ICE
The father of four, who had settled in Colorado and gotten his commercial driver’s license, was driving a truck through Indiana when he was taken by masked ICE agents in October
coloradosun.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This one is infuriating - coloradosun.com/2025/11/07/i...
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The fact that 30% of our stock market is wrapped up in “help-kids-kill-themselves” technology seems to be an important datapoint in the evolution of late stage capitalism.
ChatGPT advised a suicidal young woman on how to take her own life, telling her "If you choose death, I'm with you - till the end, without judging."
I wanted ChatGPT to help me. So why did it advise me how to kill myself?
ChatGPT wrote a woman a suicide note and another AI chatbot role-played sexual acts with children, BBC finds.
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The fact that 30% of our stock market is wrapped up in “help-kids-kill-themselves” technology seems to be an important datapoint in the evolution of late stage capitalism.
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The pedophile rapist conman criminal currently occupying the presidency is doing everything he can to ensure that Americans are hungry and suffering. And his entire party is helping him, while they cover up his crimes.
Fuck Trump and fuck everyone who supports him.
Fuck Trump and fuck everyone who supports him.
White House asks court to block order to fully distribute November’s food stamps
Judge had ordered Trump administration to make full payments by Friday amid ongoing government shutdown
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The pedophile rapist conman criminal currently occupying the presidency is doing everything he can to ensure that Americans are hungry and suffering. And his entire party is helping him, while they cover up his crimes.
Fuck Trump and fuck everyone who supports him.
Fuck Trump and fuck everyone who supports him.
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Enshittification is a term coined by Cory Doctorow in 2022. In his new book, Doctorow lays out how tech companies have made our lives progressively worse, finds Matthew Sparkes
Has life today been enshittified? Cory Doctorow's new book explores
Enshittification is a term coined by Cory Doctorow in 2022. In his new book, Doctorow lays out how tech companies have made our lives progressively worse, finds Matthew Sparkes
www.newscientist.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Enshittification is a term coined by Cory Doctorow in 2022. In his new book, Doctorow lays out how tech companies have made our lives progressively worse, finds Matthew Sparkes
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ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
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He is almost at the 28% population of Americans who think the sun revolves around the Earth.
I suspect that 28% are making up some of that 37% who thinks he’s doing a great job.
I also suspect that in that same 37%, 21% are the functionally illiterate crowd.
I suspect that 28% are making up some of that 37% who thinks he’s doing a great job.
I also suspect that in that same 37%, 21% are the functionally illiterate crowd.
Trump posts his worst-ever net approval rating in a CNN poll this morning, 37% to 63% (-26) s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
s3.documentcloud.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
He is almost at the 28% population of Americans who think the sun revolves around the Earth.
I suspect that 28% are making up some of that 37% who thinks he’s doing a great job.
I also suspect that in that same 37%, 21% are the functionally illiterate crowd.
I suspect that 28% are making up some of that 37% who thinks he’s doing a great job.
I also suspect that in that same 37%, 21% are the functionally illiterate crowd.