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I think that "obesity" gave a lot school yard bullies and classist assholes cover to pretend they were actually public health heroes, and they are devastated that an actual treatment for obesity takes that away from them.
I cannot stand the repeated hit pieces on GLP-1s in mainstream media. NYT almost daily: GLP-1s wrecked this couple’s sex life! Or this woman’s emotional life! Or her cooking! NYMag today: Celebrities are so thin their bones are jutting out of their hips! Me: Anyone else remember the 90s?
December 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I think that "obesity" gave a lot school yard bullies and classist assholes cover to pretend they were actually public health heroes, and they are devastated that an actual treatment for obesity takes that away from them.
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A great example of how the @nytimes.com centers white Americans and Trump supporters in its anecdotal political coverage. You never see stories like this about Black Democrats whose cities are cracked in Republican gerrymandering to give them Republican elected officials.
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A great example of how the @nytimes.com centers white Americans and Trump supporters in its anecdotal political coverage. You never see stories like this about Black Democrats whose cities are cracked in Republican gerrymandering to give them Republican elected officials.
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Merry Christmas!🎄 The dragon is already ready for the holidays: the sword is polished, the wings are spread. I wish you the same fighting spirit and tons of magic these days!✨
#Dracthyr #Warcraftart
#Dracthyr #Warcraftart
December 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Merry Christmas!🎄 The dragon is already ready for the holidays: the sword is polished, the wings are spread. I wish you the same fighting spirit and tons of magic these days!✨
#Dracthyr #Warcraftart
#Dracthyr #Warcraftart
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Happy Gnollidays everyone!
December 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Happy Gnollidays everyone!
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NORAD Santa tracker is Woke
December 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
NORAD Santa tracker is Woke
Notably he’s the only person they every go out of their way to throat-clear over the innocence of
I’ve heard most journalists and politicians say that Trump hasn’t been directly accused of wrongdoing or implicated in the Epstein Files.
But, there are repeated instances of Trump being directly named as a perpetrator—by victims and by Epstein. It’s not circumstantial, it’s direct.
But, there are repeated instances of Trump being directly named as a perpetrator—by victims and by Epstein. It’s not circumstantial, it’s direct.
December 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Notably he’s the only person they every go out of their way to throat-clear over the innocence of
and not a single one of them leaked
Another reminder that FBI tasked 934 agents and other personnel to review & redact Epstein files between March & May & prepare the docs for public release. FBI paid $851K in OT/premium pay for a week's worth of work. Via my #FOIA
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
December 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
and not a single one of them leaked
eliminating the Ivy League is the moderate option
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 9:52 PM
eliminating the Ivy League is the moderate option
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6 reporters on the byline + 1 additional reporter; god only knows how many producer/design person-hours
Even without the generally admiring and complimentary framing here, is this really that newsworthy?
Even without the generally admiring and complimentary framing here, is this really that newsworthy?
The New York Times created a 3-D look inside President Trump’s revamped Oval Office, using hundreds of photos taken in October. See how he's veered toward the gilded style of Louis XIV — and installed a red button on his desk that lets him instantly order a Diet Coke. nyti.ms/4qsFhEF
December 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
6 reporters on the byline + 1 additional reporter; god only knows how many producer/design person-hours
Even without the generally admiring and complimentary framing here, is this really that newsworthy?
Even without the generally admiring and complimentary framing here, is this really that newsworthy?
if we’re gonna chase white elephants on aesthetic grounds I want a spiked blimp with a wooden sailing ship suspended from it that has rocket engines strapped to it
I mean no, I don't think "that's kinda awesome" because the ship looks like garbage. It's what happens when you try to conform modern warship design to the aesthetic tastes of a guy who thinks Liberace's decorating was too minimalist.
I forgot how many bangers this guy has
December 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
if we’re gonna chase white elephants on aesthetic grounds I want a spiked blimp with a wooden sailing ship suspended from it that has rocket engines strapped to it
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A very big thing that harmed trust in legacy media is that the legacy media was full of losers and snakes who didn't care about the truth even slightly.
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 7:45 PM
A very big thing that harmed trust in legacy media is that the legacy media was full of losers and snakes who didn't care about the truth even slightly.
she saw all of you piggies get fed Mick Mulvaney and like it, none of you have any dignity and she knows it
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
she saw all of you piggies get fed Mick Mulvaney and like it, none of you have any dignity and she knows it
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Dracthyr reference
December 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Dracthyr reference
New York Post cover today is about Hunter Biden
December 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
New York Post cover today is about Hunter Biden
more evidence of @annenotation.bsky.social theory that our society thinks the literal worst thing you can be is fat
With more actors, pop stars and other celebrities spotted unapologetically smoking, the cultural taboo against it shows signs of ebbing. That worries antismoking advocates. 🔗 on.wsj.com/49om2X4
December 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
more evidence of @annenotation.bsky.social theory that our society thinks the literal worst thing you can be is fat
I thought the public would have a mass backlash against republicans in 2021 after covid restrictions ended for this exact reason and that prediction ate total shit, so not sure where the confidence to run it back comes from
December 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I thought the public would have a mass backlash against republicans in 2021 after covid restrictions ended for this exact reason and that prediction ate total shit, so not sure where the confidence to run it back comes from
crazy how you know more about the world than think tank experts if you just assume republicans are all depraved
WHOA. I am genuinely *shocked.*
December 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
crazy how you know more about the world than think tank experts if you just assume republicans are all depraved
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lol yeah that’s fuckin airtight wrap it up everybody no one’s ever been stupid and evil at the same time
December 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
lol yeah that’s fuckin airtight wrap it up everybody no one’s ever been stupid and evil at the same time
Kind of surprising the media’s impulse to undermine every aspect of society is outweighing their impulse to credit Mister Trump’s Law And Order Push
These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Kind of surprising the media’s impulse to undermine every aspect of society is outweighing their impulse to credit Mister Trump’s Law And Order Push
And another thing. Please don’t put in the law that I got mad
LMFAO
"If I put in a footnote that I think racial profiling is wrong, will you stop calling them Kavanaugh Stops... pwease."
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
"If I put in a footnote that I think racial profiling is wrong, will you stop calling them Kavanaugh Stops... pwease."
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![arrests in Illinois. The State and the Government disagree about
whether the immigration officers have violated the Constitution in
making certain immigration stops and arrests. The basic constitutional
rules governing that dispute are longstanding and clear: The Fourth
Amendment requires that immigration stops must be based on
reasonable suspicion of illegal presence, stops must be brief, arrests must
be based on probable cause, and officers must not employ excessive force.
Moreover, the officers must not make interior immigration stops or
arrests based on race or ethnicity. Cf. Whren v. United States, 517 U. S.
806, 813 (1996) (“[T]he Constitution prohibits selective enforcement of
the law based on considerations such as race”). This application does not
require us to delve into the parties’ underlying dispute and to determine
whether any particular immigration encounter or series of encounters in
Illinois has violated those basic constitutional principles.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kzsnqhdb3styakbudv3xtq4p/bafkreih2hgb65jpxklnxidhmbjiu6r645vb7xeidbg5u64zrhpk6wa6c34@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
And another thing. Please don’t put in the law that I got mad
I hope Adam Serwer feels like a huge idiot right now
From the Atlantic attempt to justify Bari Weiss' decision. What's Canadian for "perfidious Albion?"
December 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I hope Adam Serwer feels like a huge idiot right now
really wish blizzard was an independent company right now
Xbox had a terrible 2025: Microsoft canceled games and raised console and Game Pass prices, Costco stopped selling Xbox, and Valve's Steam Machine upstaged it (Devindra Hardawar/Engadget)
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December 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
really wish blizzard was an independent company right now
Ben Sasse is going to get a totally undeserved hagiography as A Different Kind Of Republican and it will highlight the media doublespeak that it's good to be a republican that "stands up to" donald trump, a politician who they are neutral to positive on
December 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Ben Sasse is going to get a totally undeserved hagiography as A Different Kind Of Republican and it will highlight the media doublespeak that it's good to be a republican that "stands up to" donald trump, a politician who they are neutral to positive on
note also the shithead journalists giggling along with the mass murderer
During a press conference, Marco Rubio was unusually energized, restless, with rapid speech, visible agitation, dilated pupils, excessive sweating, jaw tension, frequent sniffing, and an intense emotional presentation reflected in rigid posture and exaggerated gestures. ❄️⛷️☃️
December 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
note also the shithead journalists giggling along with the mass murderer
Mind bogglingly catastrophic for society that Fred Trump convinced his insecure little boy that showbiz was for queers
Trump: "Tell me what you think of my 'Master of Ceremony' abilities. If really good, would you like me to leave the Presidency in order to make “hosting” a full time job?"
December 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Mind bogglingly catastrophic for society that Fred Trump convinced his insecure little boy that showbiz was for queers