Plansix
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I feel like the right gets a lot more representation from their reps than liberals do. Democratic politicians always want to apologize for being liberal, and Republicans don't mind being raging assholes and don't apologize for it.
January 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I feel like the right gets a lot more representation from their reps than liberals do. Democratic politicians always want to apologize for being liberal, and Republicans don't mind being raging assholes and don't apologize for it.
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I don’t think that people who react to words differently than I do are necessarily propagandized or brainwashed, but it’s possible that’s because I’m brainwashed.
The only reason to react negatively to a generic use of the term collectivism is having been the victim of decades of US propaganda. That’s all. (The thread is otherwise fine.)
I don’t like that line at all. I would be strongly disinclined to support someone who said it. But it’s not like Mamdani’s opponents support individualism. Their slogan is “obey the dear leader, conform to conservatism, and send the garbage back where they came from.”
January 3, 2026 at 12:53 AM
I don’t think that people who react to words differently than I do are necessarily propagandized or brainwashed, but it’s possible that’s because I’m brainwashed.
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It's worth reading the whole interview in full. It basically verifies that the NYT has spent the past decade-plus doubling down on top-down narratives for coverage, getting more intense over time.
Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.
Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
It's worth reading the whole interview in full. It basically verifies that the NYT has spent the past decade-plus doubling down on top-down narratives for coverage, getting more intense over time.
Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.
Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.
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Key to understanding MAGA is their deep envy of celebrity. Actual celebrities break their brains. If George Clooney made fun of my lawyering I would have the wisdom to go along with it or shut the hell up. If you're not a celebrity yourself you cannot win these battles, you're fighting an avatar.
December 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Key to understanding MAGA is their deep envy of celebrity. Actual celebrities break their brains. If George Clooney made fun of my lawyering I would have the wisdom to go along with it or shut the hell up. If you're not a celebrity yourself you cannot win these battles, you're fighting an avatar.
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Can’t see what could go wrong with the chatbot that tells people to kill themselves also pushing DraftKings
December 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Can’t see what could go wrong with the chatbot that tells people to kill themselves also pushing DraftKings
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Trumpers have a howling void of angry insecurity where a soul should be. Unchecked power tastes like ashes in their mouth because they thought when they got it everyone would be forced to like and admire them even though they’re irredeemable assholes. But people still treat them like assholes.
Trump crony has embarrassing meltdown after more Kennedy Center performers quit www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Trump crony has embarrassing meltdown after more Kennedy Center performers quit
The Trump administration is lashing out at performers who have chosen to cancel performances at the Kennedy Center following Donald Trump’s recent decision to deface the cultural institution with ...
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December 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Trumpers have a howling void of angry insecurity where a soul should be. Unchecked power tastes like ashes in their mouth because they thought when they got it everyone would be forced to like and admire them even though they’re irredeemable assholes. But people still treat them like assholes.
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White as a hotel towel is a dope line tho
White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.
December 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
White as a hotel towel is a dope line tho
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American Canto paperback cover
December 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
American Canto paperback cover
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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lol yeah that’s fuckin airtight wrap it up everybody no one’s ever been stupid and evil at the same time
December 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
lol yeah that’s fuckin airtight wrap it up everybody no one’s ever been stupid and evil at the same time
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This, to me, is the real Britain
December 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This, to me, is the real Britain
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Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit
December 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit
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This is what Bari Weiss et al think "censorship" actually is; when subordinates criticize their superiors. That has been the bedrock of the entire "cancel culture" discourse in elite media; rage at the idea that students, women, journalists, interns, etc might be able to speak against the boss.
The CBS reporter who led the story calls pulling it a "political" decision.
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This is what Bari Weiss et al think "censorship" actually is; when subordinates criticize their superiors. That has been the bedrock of the entire "cancel culture" discourse in elite media; rage at the idea that students, women, journalists, interns, etc might be able to speak against the boss.
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Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly. We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly. We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
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Let’s see if they remember to turn off comments in 2029.
This just in: The Oscars telecast will move from broadcasting to streaming in 2029, switching from ABC to YouTube — a watershed moment for the entertainment business. www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/m...
The Oscars will abandon broadcast TV for YouTube starting in 2029 | CNN Business
The Oscars telecast will move from broadcasting to streaming in 2029, switching from ABC to YouTube — a watershed moment for the entertainment business.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Let’s see if they remember to turn off comments in 2029.
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Gavin Newsom is Mitt Romney for the Democrats, a department store mannequin who will lose in a general election
December 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Gavin Newsom is Mitt Romney for the Democrats, a department store mannequin who will lose in a general election
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"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
December 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
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I have met Susie. She could not have been more pleasant to me in person. It was also *palpably* obvious that she is Evil. I don’t mean that in a small way of she’s mean or devious, but a big one: she’d wear your skin as a suit in a nanosecond if it was chilly outside and never think of it again.
I don’t even know what to make of this level self-delusion, cognitive dissonance and moral cowardice
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
Trump’s Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I have met Susie. She could not have been more pleasant to me in person. It was also *palpably* obvious that she is Evil. I don’t mean that in a small way of she’s mean or devious, but a big one: she’d wear your skin as a suit in a nanosecond if it was chilly outside and never think of it again.
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This poll dropping 24 hours after so many people freaked out at Jamelle for saying that front-facing social media was the best way to reach persuadable citizens is pretty funny
Also, lol Twitter
Also, lol Twitter
Teens turn to a variety of online platforms, but YouTube continues to stand out. Roughly nine-in-ten teens report ever using it. TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat are the next most widely used platforms.
December 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This poll dropping 24 hours after so many people freaked out at Jamelle for saying that front-facing social media was the best way to reach persuadable citizens is pretty funny
Also, lol Twitter
Also, lol Twitter
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My theory that the hangover from the dotcom bust and then a lost decade post 2008 meant that managers and owners completely forgot how to operate in a tight economy where they couldn't just church people cheaply and panicked into electing Trump to bring back the times that were easier for them.
This is what the elites who installed Trump did it for. Not the only reason, but the main one. This is the explicit outcome they were trying to engineer.
The unemployment rate for Black workers soared to 8.3% in November. That's more than double the rate for white workers.
December 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
My theory that the hangover from the dotcom bust and then a lost decade post 2008 meant that managers and owners completely forgot how to operate in a tight economy where they couldn't just church people cheaply and panicked into electing Trump to bring back the times that were easier for them.