skooks
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they told me we'd be finished by now
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The new owners of Teen Vogue have already erased her column.
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www.teenvogue.com/tag/disabili...
November 15, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The new owners of Teen Vogue have already erased her column.
www.teenvogue.com/tag/disabili...
www.teenvogue.com/tag/disabili...
I gotta say I don't think these signs are going to get through to voters who have no idea what Prop 1 or the Housing Trust Fund are. Most probably won't know if the sign wants them to vote for or against housing
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I gotta say I don't think these signs are going to get through to voters who have no idea what Prop 1 or the Housing Trust Fund are. Most probably won't know if the sign wants them to vote for or against housing
Both council races look like toss-ups to me. I don't necessarily get why anyone would be particularly mobilized to support anyone in those races anyway. I don't think there's a tremendous difference in what is to be gained by electing one candidate or the other.
November 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Both council races look like toss-ups to me. I don't necessarily get why anyone would be particularly mobilized to support anyone in those races anyway. I don't think there's a tremendous difference in what is to be gained by electing one candidate or the other.
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"There is so much about the draft papers that have caused some who’ve seen it to privately complain that it reads like openly fascist European rantings from the first half of the 20th century."
Zeteo scoop on a "bonkers" national security strategy draft:
Zeteo scoop on a "bonkers" national security strategy draft:
Trump’s Unpublished National Security Strategy Is Stephen Miller’s Far-Right Wet Dream
The president’s new national-security draft document rants against migration and cultural “erasure” – and endorses far-right political parties abroad, sources tell Zeteo.
zeteo.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"There is so much about the draft papers that have caused some who’ve seen it to privately complain that it reads like openly fascist European rantings from the first half of the 20th century."
Zeteo scoop on a "bonkers" national security strategy draft:
Zeteo scoop on a "bonkers" national security strategy draft:
Ask any local politician about housing policy and they will emphasize moving people from renting to homeownership as their top goal. But really that is just moving people from "severely cost burdened" status to "house poor" www.nola.com/news/busines...
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Ask any local politician about housing policy and they will emphasize moving people from renting to homeownership as their top goal. But really that is just moving people from "severely cost burdened" status to "house poor" www.nola.com/news/busines...
Local TV station boldly reports on labor dispute from the management and scab POV www.wwltv.com/article/news...
'A huge, huge divide': UMC nurses strike while colleagues work
There is a growing number of nurses who are choosing not to walk the picket line.
www.wwltv.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Local TV station boldly reports on labor dispute from the management and scab POV www.wwltv.com/article/news...
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Supreme Court suddenly decides the Civil Rights Act does apply to racial discrimination against white people
BREAKING: The Justice Department sues to block California’s new congressional map, joining a fight that could shape control of the House in 2026.
Justice Department sues to block California US House map in clash that could tip control of Congress
The Justice Department has sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters, joining a legal battle that could determine which party wins control of the U.S.
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Supreme Court suddenly decides the Civil Rights Act does apply to racial discrimination against white people
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This is a newspaper that published numerous stories about a 17 year old from Uganda checking a box on a college form that said “African American”
The emails that you’re seeing now are news in themselves, but that’s because of how they’re coming out—a congressional committee released them—& the context in which they’re being viewed. A guy emailing a reporter talking about old girlfriends or saying someone is “dirty” is not a whole news story.
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This is a newspaper that published numerous stories about a 17 year old from Uganda checking a box on a college form that said “African American”
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“Ultimately, between the money she made from her interactions with men and in the food services industry she was able to save up enough money to get braces.”
“Court documents described the party as involving ‘alcohol; cocaine; middle-aged men; and young attractive females.’”
No not Epstein:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
No not Epstein:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“Ultimately, between the money she made from her interactions with men and in the food services industry she was able to save up enough money to get braces.”
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My appreciation to @allyfromnola.bsky.social for chatting with me about mandatory smile policies like the one Target is adopting: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Forcing its employees to smile won't fix Target's problem
The Minneapolis-based retailer isn’t suffering lower sales because its employees are rude but because it disrespected a significant portion of its customer base.
www.msnbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My appreciation to @allyfromnola.bsky.social for chatting with me about mandatory smile policies like the one Target is adopting: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Google has now admitted that they will tap into users' personal data within Gmail and Drive in order for their upcoming AI search to "be more helpful".
For years, Google has advertised their services as "encrypted" and "secure", which begs the question: are they really?
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For years, Google has advertised their services as "encrypted" and "secure", which begs the question: are they really?
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November 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Google has now admitted that they will tap into users' personal data within Gmail and Drive in order for their upcoming AI search to "be more helpful".
For years, Google has advertised their services as "encrypted" and "secure", which begs the question: are they really?
1/5 🧵
For years, Google has advertised their services as "encrypted" and "secure", which begs the question: are they really?
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A US Navy destroyer is a weapons platform for anti-state operations. It carries things like Tomahawk missiles, which are about 18 feet long and 3,000 pounds. Destroyers—and carrier groups—are not the sort of military hardware one uses against nonstate actors like narcotics trafficking organizations.
The US Navy destroyer USS Stockdale is now 50 km off the coast of Venezuela.
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A US Navy destroyer is a weapons platform for anti-state operations. It carries things like Tomahawk missiles, which are about 18 feet long and 3,000 pounds. Destroyers—and carrier groups—are not the sort of military hardware one uses against nonstate actors like narcotics trafficking organizations.
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Larry Summers mocking women's IQs reminds me that I've never met a reliably intelligent misogynist. They may be smart, but anyone who actually believes men are better is clearly so skewed in terms of basic, objective observation that every conclusion they make is immediately questionable.
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Larry Summers mocking women's IQs reminds me that I've never met a reliably intelligent misogynist. They may be smart, but anyone who actually believes men are better is clearly so skewed in terms of basic, objective observation that every conclusion they make is immediately questionable.
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Amazon sued for using ‘threat of punishment’ against sick workers
Amazon sued for using ‘threat of punishment’ against sick workers
Amazon sued for using ‘threat of punishment’ against sick workers
www.independent.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Amazon sued for using ‘threat of punishment’ against sick workers
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great point. Dems have a lot more wiggle room on this stuff than the “popularist” people say
This has gotten lost: Abigail Spanberger won big after vowing to RESCIND Glenn Youngkin's executive order directing local cooperation with ICE and voting AGAINST the anti-immigrant Laken Riley Act. Yet she gained bigly with working class.
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
great point. Dems have a lot more wiggle room on this stuff than the “popularist” people say
What the hell is this war on over the counter pain killers? As a person who has reached aspirin-for-breakfast age, I feel personally attacked.
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
What the hell is this war on over the counter pain killers? As a person who has reached aspirin-for-breakfast age, I feel personally attacked.
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And because our society is made up of a bunch of followers, we are definitely not up to the challenge of holding these powerful people to account
The Epstein saga is the biggest political cover-up in modern history.
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
And because our society is made up of a bunch of followers, we are definitely not up to the challenge of holding these powerful people to account
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the guy is the most obvious evidence you could get re: how crime is not defined by the law but by people with power because of the law
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
the guy is the most obvious evidence you could get re: how crime is not defined by the law but by people with power because of the law
Does the story name the 5 no votes?
Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Does the story name the 5 no votes?
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The kids won't remember but the dc press served as ken starr's personal PR firm and basically elevated him to sainthood
Ken Starr, immediately after being fired for his role in the coverup of sexual abuse at Baylor: I should reach out to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The kids won't remember but the dc press served as ken starr's personal PR firm and basically elevated him to sainthood
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Chat is it a good idea to physically invade the pope's hometown
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Chat is it a good idea to physically invade the pope's hometown
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At the same time, the BR mayor and Metro Council are asking voters to siphon off money from libraries, mosquito abatement and senior services to deal with a budget shortfall.
The Baton Rouge Metro Council agrees to give a $1 million tax break to two musical acts that will play Tiger Stadium in 2026. The tax was approved even though the council and the public don't know who the musical acts are yet.
www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...
www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...
Metro Council OKs tax breaks for two mystery music acts at Tiger Stadium in 2026
Two unnamed musical acts are headed to Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge in 2026, after council members approved a tax break for those behind the performance.
www.theadvocate.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
At the same time, the BR mayor and Metro Council are asking voters to siphon off money from libraries, mosquito abatement and senior services to deal with a budget shortfall.
I just want to point out the emerging pattern of, like, every elite political or institutional figure in American life being implicated in this is the very thing that guarantees nothing will come of it.
Every single time! Epstein will write:
"porsecters h4arrsed me w/ sbuopenas al bcuase tr4ificing myners .due porcess much???no"
and then there's, like, the former president of a university or white house counsel or something replying:
"You're totally right, and also I love you with all my heart."
"porsecters h4arrsed me w/ sbuopenas al bcuase tr4ificing myners .due porcess much???no"
and then there's, like, the former president of a university or white house counsel or something replying:
"You're totally right, and also I love you with all my heart."
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I just want to point out the emerging pattern of, like, every elite political or institutional figure in American life being implicated in this is the very thing that guarantees nothing will come of it.