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Have you watched the Contrapoints video on canceling? It's incredibly topical in some respects, the seminal internet work for this I feel

It's quite long though (90min)
February 14, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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When the subtitle is actually the headline:

“In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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Yes! Rather than chasing Trump's policies, they should chase his strategy of shaping public perception.
February 13, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Das problem ist überall das gleiche
DC traffic safety issues are largely caused by suburban drivers who we can't discipline effectively and who congressional Republicans are trying to shield from our traffic cameras.

dclocal.substack.com/p/sorry-dc-v...
Sorry, DC: Virginia Drivers Are Actually the Worst
DC crash data shows Virginia-plated drivers speed more, drive impaired more, and cause more serious crashes than Maryland drivers.
dclocal.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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"No level of misconduct matters as long as you are a stupid asshole" is a really shocking cheat code to have embedded in your nation's politics.
February 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Haha fankengott
February 13, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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Ausgerechnet diejenigen, die verzögern, sind zugleich diejenigen, die sich beklagen, es würde zu lange dauern.
Wir brauchen die Neubaustrecke #Hamburg - #Hannover.
Dafür braucht es jetzt:
👉 Die Entscheidung pro Neubau
👉 Sicherstellung der Finanzierung

www.az-online.de/niedersachse...
Neubaustrecke Hannover-Hamburg erst 2063 fertig und „unwirtschaftlich“?
Der Projektbeirat Alpha-E warnt vor massiven Kostensteigerungen bei der Neubaustrecke Hannover-Hamburg. Die Fertigstellung könnte sich um Jahrzehnte verzögern.
www.az-online.de
February 13, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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Die deutsche Klimabewegung muss sich bald zusammenraufen. Der Kanzler hat gerade einen Angriff auf eines der wenigen wirksamen Instrumente angekündigt.
February 13, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
February 13, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Oh Gott was ist es denn?
February 13, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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lol extremely embarrassing imo for fuentes to admit he rage listens to my podcast
February 12, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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Rechenzentren stehen wegen ihrer hohen Stromnachfrage oft im Mittelpunkt. Während sie in den USA zu einer großen Belastung für die Netze und Energiewende werden könnten, werden sie im Rest der Welt nur einen kleineren Anteil am Anstieg der Stromnachfrage ausmachen.

table.media/climate/news...
February 12, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Falls jemand ne halbwegs bezahlbare 1-2 Zimmer Wohnung irgendwo in Frankfurt (Nordend, Bornheim, Ostend) weiß, bitte Bescheid sagen ☺️

Eine gute Freundin von mir sucht, und hat wegen ausländische gelesenem Nachnamen schwere Karten
February 12, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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the lack of moderation on this site is literally going to kill it
February 12, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Sind es die gleichen Fans?
February 11, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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The Atlantic’s profile of Bondi has some wow.

@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
February 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Alex Pretti's parents keep a box crammed with 200 letters and cards that have poured into their Denver home since their son was shot and killed by immigration agents.

"He's my first born," Susan Pretti said. "He's the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day."
‘No Reason He Should Have Died’: Alex Pretti’s Parents Open Up
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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Bravo, 5. November 1998
February 11, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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Telling formerly smug coders freaking out about AI to Learn To Plumb The Depths of the Human Condition
February 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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What I mean by "hype being true" is that the models actually *are* able to replace millions of workers - which is the core economic promise that tech oligarchs are making.
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Für sowas muss es Knast geben, für alle Beteiligten
February 11, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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AIs have already proved that they can make superhuman predictions within the bounded context of a board game—but they may soon be better than us at divining the future of our entire world, Ross Andersen writes.
The Prediction Singularity Is Upon Us
Even superforecasters are guessing that they’ll soon be obsolete.
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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slowly approaching fair value ($0)
Good morning - week’s lows in store of value
February 11, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Niemand gutes fand den doch je lustig oder bin ich da zu hart?
February 11, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 9:32 AM