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What an interesting thought. I’m going to think of this everyday
What an interesting thought. I’m going to think of this everyday
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at one time it seemed the majority of Black people understood all money ain't good money.
seems like those days are over.
seems like those days are over.
November 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
at one time it seemed the majority of Black people understood all money ain't good money.
seems like those days are over.
seems like those days are over.
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In case you missed it:
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Andrew Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Andrew Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
In case you missed it:
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Andrew Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Andrew Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
Random but very pertinent question, who owns signal?
So a few things about this from friends who were on this chat: This chat was "lightly vetted" so they're making a big deal out of very little. It was not infiltrated -- so your vetted chats on signal remain safe. But caution is king.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Random but very pertinent question, who owns signal?
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Your Signal chats are only as safe as the people you include...
Besides that, rather disturbing read. The report characterizes a courtwatch group as “anarchist violent extremists”.
Besides that, rather disturbing read. The report characterizes a courtwatch group as “anarchist violent extremists”.
So a few things about this from friends who were on this chat: This chat was "lightly vetted" so they're making a big deal out of very little. It was not infiltrated -- so your vetted chats on signal remain safe. But caution is king.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Your Signal chats are only as safe as the people you include...
Besides that, rather disturbing read. The report characterizes a courtwatch group as “anarchist violent extremists”.
Besides that, rather disturbing read. The report characterizes a courtwatch group as “anarchist violent extremists”.
Not enough people are discussing this and it’s making me deeply nervous for the upcoming year and beyond that. I feel unsafe and I’m not even a direct hit just yet.
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Not enough people are discussing this and it’s making me deeply nervous for the upcoming year and beyond that. I feel unsafe and I’m not even a direct hit just yet.
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And to be clear, the sky is reflecting the escalation of material deprivation at the hands of hoarding capitalists, emotional disregard in a society that relies on alcohol, caffeine, and anti-depressants rather than communal grief rituals, sharing, and justly distributed caretaking.
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
And to be clear, the sky is reflecting the escalation of material deprivation at the hands of hoarding capitalists, emotional disregard in a society that relies on alcohol, caffeine, and anti-depressants rather than communal grief rituals, sharing, and justly distributed caretaking.
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It's not just you, this sky is brutal. It's gonna be rough through the mid part of January.
Folks are gonna be in crisis. Take your meds. See your therapist. Leave chatGPT alone. Tend to your basic needs as a form of meditation. Making sure you are eating, drinking, sleeping, pooping, and peeing.
Folks are gonna be in crisis. Take your meds. See your therapist. Leave chatGPT alone. Tend to your basic needs as a form of meditation. Making sure you are eating, drinking, sleeping, pooping, and peeing.
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It's not just you, this sky is brutal. It's gonna be rough through the mid part of January.
Folks are gonna be in crisis. Take your meds. See your therapist. Leave chatGPT alone. Tend to your basic needs as a form of meditation. Making sure you are eating, drinking, sleeping, pooping, and peeing.
Folks are gonna be in crisis. Take your meds. See your therapist. Leave chatGPT alone. Tend to your basic needs as a form of meditation. Making sure you are eating, drinking, sleeping, pooping, and peeing.
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This tells you so much about Trump. He sees the love and praise Mamdani gets. Just a vampire and a leech.
Trump is now defending Mamdani in response to loaded questions from Fox News. incredible scenes
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This tells you so much about Trump. He sees the love and praise Mamdani gets. Just a vampire and a leech.
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Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
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We live in hell. Not even a sexy hell with cenobites and such sights to show us. It's the one formed from the mundanity of stupid rich white men thinking their feelings are truer than science, facts, or reality and in order to prove it they'll kill as many babies, kids, and adults as it takes.
For years Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been pushing the notion that germ theory is overrated. Now other HHS officials are picking up that argument. Katherine J. Wu reports:
To Survive the Next Pandemic, Walk More, the NIH Says
The agency is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
We live in hell. Not even a sexy hell with cenobites and such sights to show us. It's the one formed from the mundanity of stupid rich white men thinking their feelings are truer than science, facts, or reality and in order to prove it they'll kill as many babies, kids, and adults as it takes.
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“History shows us that the right to literacy came at a heavy cost…those oppressed recognized that literacy is liberation. To my students & to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write & think when others once risked their lives & died for the freedom to do so”
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
“History shows us that the right to literacy came at a heavy cost…those oppressed recognized that literacy is liberation. To my students & to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write & think when others once risked their lives & died for the freedom to do so”
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18/ There’s so much more to this story:
• 2 sisters who say they didn’t realize they had both been abused by Massie
• A “constant effort,” according to prosecutors, to keep women from testifying at the trial
Read our full investigation w/ @startribune.com:
• 2 sisters who say they didn’t realize they had both been abused by Massie
• A “constant effort,” according to prosecutors, to keep women from testifying at the trial
Read our full investigation w/ @startribune.com:
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
18/ There’s so much more to this story:
• 2 sisters who say they didn’t realize they had both been abused by Massie
• A “constant effort,” according to prosecutors, to keep women from testifying at the trial
Read our full investigation w/ @startribune.com:
• 2 sisters who say they didn’t realize they had both been abused by Massie
• A “constant effort,” according to prosecutors, to keep women from testifying at the trial
Read our full investigation w/ @startribune.com:
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Fugees member Pras Michél has been sentenced to 14 years in prison
Fugees Founder Pras Michél Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison
Fugees founder Pras Michél has been sentenced to 14 years in prison on charges of conspiracy and illegal foreign lobbying.
variety.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Fugees member Pras Michél has been sentenced to 14 years in prison
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It certainly appears that the United States government is run by neo-Nazis.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It certainly appears that the United States government is run by neo-Nazis.
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Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
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“Archetecture” lol
Since these will not be professional degrees they will not be eligible for federal aid or subsidies of any kind. note Education is on this list.
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“Archetecture” lol
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Sharing for the TL. This one I know about, but not enough info about the other careers listed. Waiting for clearer reporting.
Master and Doctor of Public Health degrees may also lose professional classification. Cutting off student loan aid.
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Sharing for the TL. This one I know about, but not enough info about the other careers listed. Waiting for clearer reporting.
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This isn’t going to be fixed just by fact checking or sharing other trusted sources. Eugenics can only be stopped by society-wide push back and activism.
November 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This isn’t going to be fixed just by fact checking or sharing other trusted sources. Eugenics can only be stopped by society-wide push back and activism.
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RFK Jr’s CDC posting lies about vaccines and autism on their website isn’t just misinformation, it’s intentionally weaponized eugenicist rhetoric that will kill people.
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
RFK Jr’s CDC posting lies about vaccines and autism on their website isn’t just misinformation, it’s intentionally weaponized eugenicist rhetoric that will kill people.
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Re: the career news.
Waiting for journalists, admins and professional associations to bring more news to the forefront.
Waiting for journalists, admins and professional associations to bring more news to the forefront.
And this. Again, a lot more complex than a poorly formatted list from goodness-knows-where.
www.nasfaa.org/news-item/37...
www.nasfaa.org/news-item/37...
NASFAA | You Have Questions; We Have Answers: Making Sense of the Student Loan Changes from OBBBA’s RISE Committee
www.nasfaa.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Re: the career news.
Waiting for journalists, admins and professional associations to bring more news to the forefront.
Waiting for journalists, admins and professional associations to bring more news to the forefront.
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NEW: A proposed regulation would have denied disability benefits to at least 830,000 older blue-collar workers.
But after reporting from ProPublica and others, the Trump administration has killed the plan.
But after reporting from ProPublica and others, the Trump administration has killed the plan.
How the Trump Administration Abandoned Plans for a Major Cut in Disability Benefits for Older Workers
After meeting with advocates, the Trump administration confirmed it has scrapped a controversial regulation that would have cut disability benefits for older workers.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
NEW: A proposed regulation would have denied disability benefits to at least 830,000 older blue-collar workers.
But after reporting from ProPublica and others, the Trump administration has killed the plan.
But after reporting from ProPublica and others, the Trump administration has killed the plan.
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There's a pervasive culture in tech companies simply refusing to accept the word “No.”
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
There's a pervasive culture in tech companies simply refusing to accept the word “No.”
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Swastikas, nooses and the Confederate flag are reportedly no longer considered to be hate symbols by the U.S. Coast Guard
Swastika No Longer Hate Symbol Under New U.S. Coast Guard Policy: Report
www.huffpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Swastikas, nooses and the Confederate flag are reportedly no longer considered to be hate symbols by the U.S. Coast Guard