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[94:5] So, surely with hardship comes ease.
Also, 2:148
—and while you’re scrolling, don’t forget 49:6
Also, 2:148
—and while you’re scrolling, don’t forget 49:6
I hope the large population of Muslims in TX are organizing in solidarity to get this guy out of office.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said that Muslims are a “threat to our freedom” on Tuesday as he targeted the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the U.S. with a foreign terrorist organization label in an escalation of a movement of anti-Muslim hate in the state.
Abbott Says Muslims Are “Threat to Our Freedom” as He Targets Civil Rights Group With Terrorist Designation
Governors do not have the authority to designate groups as a foreign terrorist organization.
truthout.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I hope the large population of Muslims in TX are organizing in solidarity to get this guy out of office.
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I am both very happy and impressed to see this, and also dismayed that the cost of living has skyrocketed so much in much of the United States that a UBI based on 11% of per capita GDP would still be well below the poverty line.
BREAKING: Marshall Islands becomes the first country to launch a Universal Basic Income program. Every resident (about 33,000 people) will receive $200 every 3 months. This works out to being about 11% of GDP per capita. If the US did that same percentage, the UBI would be about $770/mo.
Marshall Islands Launches Nationwide Universal Basic Income Program Using Digital Infrastructure
Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands — November 19, 2025. The Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has introduced a nationwide Universal Basic Income (UBI) program, marking the...
www.koreaittimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I am both very happy and impressed to see this, and also dismayed that the cost of living has skyrocketed so much in much of the United States that a UBI based on 11% of per capita GDP would still be well below the poverty line.
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BREAKING: Marshall Islands becomes the first country to launch a Universal Basic Income program. Every resident (about 33,000 people) will receive $200 every 3 months. This works out to being about 11% of GDP per capita. If the US did that same percentage, the UBI would be about $770/mo.
Marshall Islands Launches Nationwide Universal Basic Income Program Using Digital Infrastructure
Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands — November 19, 2025. The Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has introduced a nationwide Universal Basic Income (UBI) program, marking the...
www.koreaittimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 AM
BREAKING: Marshall Islands becomes the first country to launch a Universal Basic Income program. Every resident (about 33,000 people) will receive $200 every 3 months. This works out to being about 11% of GDP per capita. If the US did that same percentage, the UBI would be about $770/mo.
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
True story
Libras are the friendliest people with the Leave Me The Fuck Alone-iest dispositions
November 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
True story
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November 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Hello, I live in Gaza. I was displaced and returned to my home only to find it destroyed due to the genocide. I implore kind😭-hearted people to help me buy a tent to shelter me and my family🍉🙏
gofund.me/8d0c2566
gofund.me/8d0c2566
November 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Hello, I live in Gaza. I was displaced and returned to my home only to find it destroyed due to the genocide. I implore kind😭-hearted people to help me buy a tent to shelter me and my family🍉🙏
gofund.me/8d0c2566
gofund.me/8d0c2566
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Twitter disabled Hebrew machine translation because they didn't want people to easily see how horribly genocidal israeli posts are.
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Twitter disabled Hebrew machine translation because they didn't want people to easily see how horribly genocidal israeli posts are.
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Yet because of you, we survived.
Because of you, we stood strong.
You helped Samar and me stay alive in the face of this occupation.
I’m grateful to every person who passed by here… who donated, shared, quoted, commented, or supported us in any way. 4/6↪
Because of you, we stood strong.
You helped Samar and me stay alive in the face of this occupation.
I’m grateful to every person who passed by here… who donated, shared, quoted, commented, or supported us in any way. 4/6↪
November 18, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Yet because of you, we survived.
Because of you, we stood strong.
You helped Samar and me stay alive in the face of this occupation.
I’m grateful to every person who passed by here… who donated, shared, quoted, commented, or supported us in any way. 4/6↪
Because of you, we stood strong.
You helped Samar and me stay alive in the face of this occupation.
I’m grateful to every person who passed by here… who donated, shared, quoted, commented, or supported us in any way. 4/6↪
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It went to medicine, food, water, simple clothing, the cost of tents and displacement, repairing what little could be repaired of our home, mattresses and blankets to sleep on, and even phone charging and internet.
Everything came from this fund… and today, less than $1,000 remains. 3/6↪
Everything came from this fund… and today, less than $1,000 remains. 3/6↪
November 18, 2025 at 6:56 AM
It went to medicine, food, water, simple clothing, the cost of tents and displacement, repairing what little could be repaired of our home, mattresses and blankets to sleep on, and even phone charging and internet.
Everything came from this fund… and today, less than $1,000 remains. 3/6↪
Everything came from this fund… and today, less than $1,000 remains. 3/6↪
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The Triumph of Hope… and finally, we reach the end 💙🎉🎉🏁
My friends on Bluesky, today I’m writing with calmer breaths and a fuller heart… because our campaign has reached its final chapter.
Since February 2025, when I created my GoFundMe, this platform was the first and only place I turned to. 1/6↪
My friends on Bluesky, today I’m writing with calmer breaths and a fuller heart… because our campaign has reached its final chapter.
Since February 2025, when I created my GoFundMe, this platform was the first and only place I turned to. 1/6↪
November 18, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The Triumph of Hope… and finally, we reach the end 💙🎉🎉🏁
My friends on Bluesky, today I’m writing with calmer breaths and a fuller heart… because our campaign has reached its final chapter.
Since February 2025, when I created my GoFundMe, this platform was the first and only place I turned to. 1/6↪
My friends on Bluesky, today I’m writing with calmer breaths and a fuller heart… because our campaign has reached its final chapter.
Since February 2025, when I created my GoFundMe, this platform was the first and only place I turned to. 1/6↪
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Palestinian journalist Farah Abu Ayash from the West Bank has been held by the occupation for over 100 days. She was placed in solitary confinement, where she is being beaten, dragged around, and forced to sit in a cold, dark, insect-infested cell.
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Palestinian journalist Farah Abu Ayash from the West Bank has been held by the occupation for over 100 days. She was placed in solitary confinement, where she is being beaten, dragged around, and forced to sit in a cold, dark, insect-infested cell.
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The New York Times and NPR couldn't share a link to the opinion, so I am glad to give you @tennesseelookout.com's report from Cassandra Stephenson and Anita Wadhwani on this big news ...
NEW: Judge temporarily blocks National Guard deployment in Memphis.
A ruling in the Tennessee state court case over Gov. Bill Lee's move in conjunction with the Trump administration to deploy troops in Memphis.
Story and ruling at the link.
A ruling in the Tennessee state court case over Gov. Bill Lee's move in conjunction with the Trump administration to deploy troops in Memphis.
Story and ruling at the link.
Judge temporarily blocks National Guard deployment in Memphis • Tennessee Lookout
A Davidson County chancellor on Monday temporarily blocked Gov. Bill Lee from continuing to deploy the Tennessee National Guard in Memphis.
tennesseelookout.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The New York Times and NPR couldn't share a link to the opinion, so I am glad to give you @tennesseelookout.com's report from Cassandra Stephenson and Anita Wadhwani on this big news ...
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When anyone asks me for a fast example of how global neoliberalism is structurally racist, I share Larry Summers’ famous memo describing Africa as “under polluted” and of “little marginal utility” as grounds for shipping toxic waste to the continent
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summers...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summers...
Summers memo - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 AM
When anyone asks me for a fast example of how global neoliberalism is structurally racist, I share Larry Summers’ famous memo describing Africa as “under polluted” and of “little marginal utility” as grounds for shipping toxic waste to the continent
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summers...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summers...
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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No one hates the Saudi regime more than I, but this will most definitely piss off Israel so I stan😍
This comes hours, weeks and months after multiple business deals were announced between the Saudi global wealth fund and Trump Org worth several billion dollars. The Saudis are one of the Trump family’s biggest business partners.
November 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
No one hates the Saudi regime more than I, but this will most definitely piss off Israel so I stan😍
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ok I read some of the Nuzzi piece and I am pleased to announce that I will never feel bad about my own writing ever again
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
ok I read some of the Nuzzi piece and I am pleased to announce that I will never feel bad about my own writing ever again
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November 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Rape and abuse and pedophilia and all these things are bad in the abstract but we’re not allowed to say who’s doing it and we’re not allowed to say who was victimized by it. We can’t come up with ways to stop it from happening, either
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Rape and abuse and pedophilia and all these things are bad in the abstract but we’re not allowed to say who’s doing it and we’re not allowed to say who was victimized by it. We can’t come up with ways to stop it from happening, either
Literally manufacturing consent. NYT is so giddy about war, doesn’t matter how many decades pass, the machine will do what it’s been created to do.
November 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Literally manufacturing consent. NYT is so giddy about war, doesn’t matter how many decades pass, the machine will do what it’s been created to do.
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NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
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The white people who are already pre-welcoming MTG to THEIR "resistance" are doing so because they have kin like her. I can't stress enough how most of what's happening in intra-familial drama among white people in this country. You and I are not central to that drama.
November 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The white people who are already pre-welcoming MTG to THEIR "resistance" are doing so because they have kin like her. I can't stress enough how most of what's happening in intra-familial drama among white people in this country. You and I are not central to that drama.
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"top border patrol official was so inspired by hunting magazines that he vowed to hunt immigrants" is really...something.
November 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"top border patrol official was so inspired by hunting magazines that he vowed to hunt immigrants" is really...something.
I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of looking at the Verrazano bridge. Literally walking into things if I catch sight of it when I’m out in Brooklyn.
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of looking at the Verrazano bridge. Literally walking into things if I catch sight of it when I’m out in Brooklyn.