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fresh @leftanchor.bsky.social bonus episode, we have @philipchristman.bsky.social on to talk about his book Why Christians Should Be Leftists www.patreon.com/posts/139047...
it took the Tories 15 years of fucking everything up to obliterate their party. Keir Starmer did it in 18 months
so it happened - greens just met labour in the polling average
December 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
it took the Tories 15 years of fucking everything up to obliterate their party. Keir Starmer did it in 18 months
this is funny to think about. as a Peace Corps Veteran bachelor I would use like 2 plates and 1 cup per day, run the dishwasher every other week. as a married Dishes Dad the sink is stacked to the ceiling every time I turn around
OK team, there is a debate in the girls chat, and I have absolutely no idea which side to join in with, if any
If you, a girl, go home with a guy, and he has dishes in his sink or dish drying rack, does that give you the ick
If you, a girl, go home with a guy, and he has dishes in his sink or dish drying rack, does that give you the ick
December 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
this is funny to think about. as a Peace Corps Veteran bachelor I would use like 2 plates and 1 cup per day, run the dishwasher every other week. as a married Dishes Dad the sink is stacked to the ceiling every time I turn around
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this is a good excuse to post my all time favorite Star Trek meme
December 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
this is a good excuse to post my all time favorite Star Trek meme
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The leadership of the @nytimes.com broadly agrees with Chris Rufo that the existence of "woke" students, professors, and institutions is an affront to society which needs to be dismantled by state coercion.
This is, ironically, very obvious, but also politically incorrect to talk about in public.
This is, ironically, very obvious, but also politically incorrect to talk about in public.
The article accepts the idea that New College was a liberal enclave, and what is happening now is a rebalancing. I think this view is fundamentally wrong, embracing the assumptions of those who see their job as to save campuses from liberalism by any means necessary.
December 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The leadership of the @nytimes.com broadly agrees with Chris Rufo that the existence of "woke" students, professors, and institutions is an affront to society which needs to be dismantled by state coercion.
This is, ironically, very obvious, but also politically incorrect to talk about in public.
This is, ironically, very obvious, but also politically incorrect to talk about in public.
figuring out I could just dump a quarter cup of sugar, a teaspoon of salt, and some lemon juice into my water bottle and get Race Fuel for like 10% of what REI charges for the branded stuff was an eye opener
If you ride bikes and you wanna really annoy rich bike guys, one of the fastest ways I’ve found is telling them that a Honey Stinger has the same macronutrient profile as a pop-tart. Happy pop-tart day or whatever.
December 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
figuring out I could just dump a quarter cup of sugar, a teaspoon of salt, and some lemon juice into my water bottle and get Race Fuel for like 10% of what REI charges for the branded stuff was an eye opener
fresh @leftanchor.bsky.social bonus ep, we are talking Wake Up Dead Man: www.patreon.com/posts/146785...
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December 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
fresh @leftanchor.bsky.social bonus ep, we are talking Wake Up Dead Man: www.patreon.com/posts/146785...
classic story of some lady hitting the transphobia pipe harder and harder and becoming an intolerable shithead who alienates all her friends www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
How Sandie Peggie 'Benidorm Posse' friend group was torn apart by NHS Fife trans tribunal
The personal cost of the changing room row was exposed in expletive-ridden private messages as tensions boiled over in group chats.
www.thecourier.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
classic story of some lady hitting the transphobia pipe harder and harder and becoming an intolerable shithead who alienates all her friends www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
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"tell me we didn't just fire a dozen $500,000 missiles at a $200 camel"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
December 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"tell me we didn't just fire a dozen $500,000 missiles at a $200 camel"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
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For anyone that thought disinformation was a social media problem, it’s great to see all of the legacy media organizations giving best book of the year to a Princeton University press published book full of Covid disinformation.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
For anyone that thought disinformation was a social media problem, it’s great to see all of the legacy media organizations giving best book of the year to a Princeton University press published book full of Covid disinformation.
nothing says “Christmas” like a very ill toddler coughing directly into my face. happy holidays folks
December 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
nothing says “Christmas” like a very ill toddler coughing directly into my face. happy holidays folks
in seriousness I did some rough arithmetic some years back to figure this out. it’s a political question but the money is mostly already there theweek.com/articles/792...
December 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
in seriousness I did some rough arithmetic some years back to figure this out. it’s a political question but the money is mostly already there theweek.com/articles/792...
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
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The stock structure of Facebook should be illegal.
Realized gains on stocks with non transferable voting preferences should be subject to income taxes instead of the lower capital gains rate.
December 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The stock structure of Facebook should be illegal.
“On the merits, the very idea of putting someone like Weiss at the head of CBS News is preposterous. Her prior journalistic experience would not have qualified her to run your average college newspaper.” prospect.org/2025/12/23/b...
Bari Weiss Is the Propagandist Donald Trump Deserves - The American Prospect
The would-be dictator would get a much better class of censor if his regime didn’t hoist the biggest morons in the country into leadership positions.
prospect.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“On the merits, the very idea of putting someone like Weiss at the head of CBS News is preposterous. Her prior journalistic experience would not have qualified her to run your average college newspaper.” prospect.org/2025/12/23/b...
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Also we couldn't finish 2025 without a parting shot from @ryanlcooper.com: "Weiss does have one true talent: ingratiating herself with right-wing billionaire men. And to tech oligarchs like the Ellison family... a dimwitted hack who will tell you what you want to hear sounds like just the ticket."
Bari Weiss Is the Propagandist Donald Trump Deserves - The American Prospect
The would-be dictator would get a much better class of censor if his regime didn’t hoist the biggest morons in the country into leadership positions.
prospect.org
December 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Also we couldn't finish 2025 without a parting shot from @ryanlcooper.com: "Weiss does have one true talent: ingratiating herself with right-wing billionaire men. And to tech oligarchs like the Ellison family... a dimwitted hack who will tell you what you want to hear sounds like just the ticket."
a book that, should its core argument be true, would disprove the germ theory of disease. real depressing
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
a book that, should its core argument be true, would disprove the germ theory of disease. real depressing
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Macedo and Lee misrepresent what actually happened during the pandemic and are unable to confront Covid's actual toll, presumably because it undermines their premise. A longer take here w/my colleague Greg Gibson:
joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/revisionis...
joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/revisionis...
Revisionism in the Wake of Covid
A dialogue confronting the premise of revisionist efforts to diminish the pandemic's severity and dismantle public health institutions.
joshuasweitz.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Macedo and Lee misrepresent what actually happened during the pandemic and are unable to confront Covid's actual toll, presumably because it undermines their premise. A longer take here w/my colleague Greg Gibson:
joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/revisionis...
joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/revisionis...
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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
the kinda unique thing about YouTube is how much of what it serves me is about death and grieving youtu.be/-NapohJwQCo?...
Please Help me for Christmas.....
YouTube video by Bushradical
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December 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
the kinda unique thing about YouTube is how much of what it serves me is about death and grieving youtu.be/-NapohJwQCo?...
good question!
need suggestions for a game with local co-op, at least some rpg elements, and without a 1st or 3rd person camera that moves constantly (swinging cameras make my partner nauseated). I've already dug pretty deep on this, so the more obscure the better.
December 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
good question!
maybe it's a forgery. but if so, it's a patriotic one lol
December 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
maybe it's a forgery. but if so, it's a patriotic one lol
TIL Bari Weiss went on Rogan and used the word "toady" without knowing what it means or how to spell it www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fkT...
Bari Weiss Slams Tulsi Gabbard: Gets OWNED!
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December 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
TIL Bari Weiss went on Rogan and used the word "toady" without knowing what it means or how to spell it www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fkT...
this man simply can't get enough hospital
Bolsonaro lawyers ask court to allow him to undergo surgery this week reut.rs/4s7EFWR
Bolsonaro lawyers ask court to allow him to undergo surgery this week
Lawyers for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro asked the country's Supreme Court to allow him to be hospitalized on Wednesday, December 24, to undergo a surgical procedure, according to a document seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
this man simply can't get enough hospital
this is wonderful www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIxA...
Happy Hanukkah
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December 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
this is wonderful www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIxA...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s new bill, which would make pediatric transition care of any kind a federal felony, passed the House last week. @ryanlcooper.com thinks “a total ban on trans care for anyone is highly likely to be the next goal.”
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The Transphobic Mask Is Off - The American Prospect
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene drew up a bill making it a federal felony to provide pediatric transition care of any kind. The ultimate goal is a ban on all trans health care and the end of civil rights for trans people.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s new bill, which would make pediatric transition care of any kind a federal felony, passed the House last week. @ryanlcooper.com thinks “a total ban on trans care for anyone is highly likely to be the next goal.”
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