Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social
Writer (Julia, The Heavens, The Men, How Not to Write a Novel, etc.)
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anyway, zelensky is a more popular figure than either trump or vance, putin is brutally unpopular, and the public still supports ukraine aid. better than even chance that none of these facts will show up in coverage of the incident.
February 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
anyway, zelensky is a more popular figure than either trump or vance, putin is brutally unpopular, and the public still supports ukraine aid. better than even chance that none of these facts will show up in coverage of the incident.
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In China even poor have egg, in America only rich because trump take egg
I once stayed in a stone cottage in Jiangxi without glass in the windows and the landlady asked me if I wanted eggs. When I said I did she yelled, "Are there eggs?" and her neighbor went to check the coop and yelled, "There are!". Very cold, no mattress, good eggs, five stars.
February 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
In China even poor have egg, in America only rich because trump take egg
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Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
snyder.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
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Breaking: RFK Jr. moves to quietly eliminate public comment from HHS's decision making: www.statnews.com/2025/02/28/r...
RFK Jr. moves to eliminate public comment in HHS decisions
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved to rescind the longtime practice of giving the public a chance to comment on the health agency’s plans.
www.statnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Breaking: RFK Jr. moves to quietly eliminate public comment from HHS's decision making: www.statnews.com/2025/02/28/r...
Musk knowingly facilitates and profits from large-scale slavery, which would end without his help. He just personally defunded the U.S. initiatives that help people escape these compounds. www.wired.com/story/starli...
Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.
www.wired.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Musk knowingly facilitates and profits from large-scale slavery, which would end without his help. He just personally defunded the U.S. initiatives that help people escape these compounds. www.wired.com/story/starli...
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It just hit me that across every dimension Trump is destroying a full century of human progress. Free trade, the norm against aggression, vaccines and public health, desegregation, victory against fascism and ethno-nationalism. All onto the bonfire. One of the greatest criminals in history.
February 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It just hit me that across every dimension Trump is destroying a full century of human progress. Free trade, the norm against aggression, vaccines and public health, desegregation, victory against fascism and ethno-nationalism. All onto the bonfire. One of the greatest criminals in history.
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This sort of comic book corruption is quite literally illegal in every single country in the world that has written laws. I don't even know what else you say about this, it's amazing
February 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This sort of comic book corruption is quite literally illegal in every single country in the world that has written laws. I don't even know what else you say about this, it's amazing
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NEW: Elon Musk’s Starlink is being used at scam compounds that have fleeced billions from people around the world, a @WIRED investigation shows
Between November 2024 and Feb, hundreds of phones at eight scam compounds in Myanmar logged 40,000 uses of Starlink, mobile data shows
Between November 2024 and Feb, hundreds of phones at eight scam compounds in Myanmar logged 40,000 uses of Starlink, mobile data shows
Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.
www.wired.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
NEW: Elon Musk’s Starlink is being used at scam compounds that have fleeced billions from people around the world, a @WIRED investigation shows
Between November 2024 and Feb, hundreds of phones at eight scam compounds in Myanmar logged 40,000 uses of Starlink, mobile data shows
Between November 2024 and Feb, hundreds of phones at eight scam compounds in Myanmar logged 40,000 uses of Starlink, mobile data shows
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The corruption could not be more blatant if they were handing Elon Musk bulging sacks with dollar signs on them on the steps of the Treasury building.
FAA May Transfer $2.4B Verizon Contract To Starlink - Joe.My.God.
The Washington Post reports: The Federal Aviation Administration is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract to overhaul a communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traff...
www.joemygod.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The corruption could not be more blatant if they were handing Elon Musk bulging sacks with dollar signs on them on the steps of the Treasury building.
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The creator of one of the most predatory monopolies of our time believes in free markets? News to me.
SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."
February 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The creator of one of the most predatory monopolies of our time believes in free markets? News to me.
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Scientists: We may have finally found a cure for one of the cruelest human diseases!
The United States:
The United States:
February 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Scientists: We may have finally found a cure for one of the cruelest human diseases!
The United States:
The United States:
Contrary to a lot of the reporting, there is a very long precedent for this sort of thing. Trading mineral rights for defense work is how the shadier mercenary companies operate in Africa. Notably, Russia's Wagner group worked this way. (Link to follow) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/w...
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Contrary to a lot of the reporting, there is a very long precedent for this sort of thing. Trading mineral rights for defense work is how the shadier mercenary companies operate in Africa. Notably, Russia's Wagner group worked this way. (Link to follow) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/w...
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I think any smart analysis of the situation in europe needs to step back and consider what russia has actually accomplished in ukraine in the last 3 years:
-taken some territory
-suffered so many losses it has instituted conscription and dusted off armor/vehicles from '60s
-lost its own territory
-taken some territory
-suffered so many losses it has instituted conscription and dusted off armor/vehicles from '60s
-lost its own territory
February 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I think any smart analysis of the situation in europe needs to step back and consider what russia has actually accomplished in ukraine in the last 3 years:
-taken some territory
-suffered so many losses it has instituted conscription and dusted off armor/vehicles from '60s
-lost its own territory
-taken some territory
-suffered so many losses it has instituted conscription and dusted off armor/vehicles from '60s
-lost its own territory
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The current proposals that AI companies should be uniquely excluded from paying for other people’s IP and creative labour is effectively a state subsidy worth trillions of dollars, paid for by content creators and copyright holders.
February 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The current proposals that AI companies should be uniquely excluded from paying for other people’s IP and creative labour is effectively a state subsidy worth trillions of dollars, paid for by content creators and copyright holders.
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Hey dummies, guess who else were "an oppositional culture" that, after victory, never stopped acting like it was in the opposition?
Think I’ll pass on the piece in which a racist creep explains why a major party embracing the Nazi salute really isn’t a big deal.
February 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Hey dummies, guess who else were "an oppositional culture" that, after victory, never stopped acting like it was in the opposition?
Nobody gives university teachers any guidance, and no one checks on you. You could teach kids to drink their own urine and love Satan, and no one would find out unless a student complained. As it happens, my students loved drinking pee and worshipping the Prince of Lies, so my evals were great.
I know it's a right-wing, anti-DEI talking point, but do regular people think this? That DEI offices were auditing faculty syllabi and ordering them what to teach? Maybe I'm naive, but that level of detailed attention and oversight sounds far-fetched to me from any higher ed admin unit.
February 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Nobody gives university teachers any guidance, and no one checks on you. You could teach kids to drink their own urine and love Satan, and no one would find out unless a student complained. As it happens, my students loved drinking pee and worshipping the Prince of Lies, so my evals were great.
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This one was at the weekend but now it won't answer the question
February 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This one was at the weekend but now it won't answer the question
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I don’t know if Google can top this, their finest work to date
February 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I don’t know if Google can top this, their finest work to date
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Anyone pledging that government digital services should be as good as the private sector should know that I've spent less than 5 mins successfully ordering a new driving licence and so far about 15 trying and failing to update my travel insurance policy
February 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Anyone pledging that government digital services should be as good as the private sector should know that I've spent less than 5 mins successfully ordering a new driving licence and so far about 15 trying and failing to update my travel insurance policy
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Wow.
Every major UK newspaper - left, right, broadsheet, tabloid - is running a front page campaign against copyright carveouts for AI training.
I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.
I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.
February 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Wow.
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Quick plug for @tmcallister.bsky.social’s new book, which I read in less than a day and punched me in the gut multiple times (complimentary). Out May 13!
February 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Quick plug for @tmcallister.bsky.social’s new book, which I read in less than a day and punched me in the gut multiple times (complimentary). Out May 13!
and sign it "Spartacus"
Apparently this is the real way the secret service higher ups told people to respond to the Musk email.
February 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
and sign it "Spartacus"
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i'm actually really brave for going against the grain and being both trans and a pig headed jerk with no new ideas
Transphobes think disproportionate numbers of trans people hold prominent places in culture bc of some kind of dei cult adherence but really it’s bc anyone who’s thought deeply about their identity and been bold enough to change it is probably a pretty reflective person w interesting things to say
February 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
i'm actually really brave for going against the grain and being both trans and a pig headed jerk with no new ideas
Each of the mirrors in a disco ball holds captive the soul of a fallen dancer.
February 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Each of the mirrors in a disco ball holds captive the soul of a fallen dancer.
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I present to you the next deputy director of the FBI!
February 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I present to you the next deputy director of the FBI!