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the pool is to swim the horses

https://normalmenpodcast.com
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embrace the chaos monster that is zoning and development in the south #everythingatlanta2100
new Normal Men featuring Mark Fleming of the National Immigrant Justice Center!

Mark takes us deep on Chicago ICE and appellate immigration litigation strategy; @ed3d.net finds some good news; @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social considers the benefits of Republicanism; @peark.es walks us down the stroad.
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breaking a window in my house so she can get halfway through to reach them
January 6, 2026 at 4:18 AM
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The gasp-laugh I made at this is something I couldn’t reproduce if I tried
January 6, 2026 at 4:16 AM
christ, they’re gonna make farage emperor in 29
"SCOTTISH Labour MPS are privately calling for Wes Streeting to stand against Sir Keir Starmer before May to avoid a wipeout in the Holyrood election, The Telegraph can reveal.

"The Health Secretary’s allies are pushing for a “Wes coronation” to give Labour new energy in Scotland..."
January 6, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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Shot / Chaser
January 6, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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Here. I wrote about American threats against Greenland and the fate of NATO.

othermeans.io/p/the-next-g...
The Next Great Crisis
Greenland and the Fate of NATO
othermeans.io
January 6, 2026 at 1:29 AM
this is the second most normal public figure in california after kamala
January 6, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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If the biggest donor to the DCCC/DNC ran a website where you could use AI to take women's clothes off I feel like there'd be a demand for Dems to give the money back.
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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January 5, 2026 at 11:16 PM
the yinzers won the afc north, but at what cost?
January 5, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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the guy's name was Sheetz? is there a Johnny Wawa as well
January 5, 2026 at 11:15 PM
this was, in fact, very much a right *and* smart (if you want to do the realpolitik thing) play by us in the midst of the cold war

we and the soviets were both cynical assholes but people should govern themselves
Eyes wide open, folks. They're revealing the supervillain plot.
January 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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The idea that the Ivy League were actual universities instead of finishing schools for dilettante WASPs has been enormously damaging
January 5, 2026 at 6:54 PM
some guy got really mad at me for not really caring that trump wanted to burn ivies to the ground, but this sort of thing is why. all of these "elite" private schools should be torched, and, well, i offer you niall "keynes's 'long run' quote was because he was a childless fag" ferguson's resume
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
critical support to doug and all the folks at r/carscirclejerk
January 5, 2026 at 6:26 PM
long wheelbase poser-ass
January 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
*RODRIGUEZ: ASKING FOR INPUT FROM MR TRUMP ON MARBLE FOR PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
*TRUMP: WILL TAKE RODRIGUEZ SHOPPING IN LAKE WORTH IN COMING WEEKS. ADDS: “THE CHALETS YOU COULD BUILD DOWN THERE, YOU CAN’T IMAGINE”
well at least we all agree on that*

*except the President this weekend?

*'WE ARE NOT OCCUPYING' VENEZUELA: US ENVOY TO UN MIKE WALTZ
January 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
they can do a little purge, as a treat

this is all so fucking stupid
Reuters natsec reporter Phil Stewart: "Venezuela orders police to find, arrest anyone involved in supporting U.S. attack-decree"
January 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Thinking about how the Taliban hates running Afghanistan because they have to actually show up to work every day instead of shooting guns with their friends.
Dan Bongino has departed FBI, per statement
January 5, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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the 6% is the WaPo editorial board
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 5, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Thinking again about how the administration sees its self as content creators first as it becomes clearer that we don't have a plan in Venezuela
January 5, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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Strokes can and do cause personality changes during recovery, often characterized by changes in mood, irritability, and that sort of thing.

I have no idea how much that *is* part of it, but it’s not at all uncommon.

www.stroke.org/en/-/media/S...
www.stroke.org
January 5, 2026 at 3:21 PM
people were furious at establishment dems in pa endorsing lamb. many cases to criticize the dems but fetterman is on the base (me included)
Anyone who believes in democracy needs to renounce Fetterman. And the Democratic Party needs to vet its candidates better.
Fetterman on Fox & Friends: "America is a force of good, order, and democracy. And we are promoting these kinds of values. We are the good guys."
January 5, 2026 at 1:53 PM
good thread
I think there's two basic dynamics underpinning shitty mob behavior online, and the Sky Marchini/Will Stancil stuff is an unfortunate example of each. The first is a feeding frenzy - when a post is over-interpreted or just straightforwardly misinterpreted, and especially when it escapes context.
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM