Soraya Nadia McDonald
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I somehow missed this www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/...
December 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I somehow missed this www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/...
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This piece is a great illustration of how the long-term effect of Trump’s destruction of US institutions won’t be felt in a dramatic market collapse, but rather in permanently worse economic conditions, and lower prosperity.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
So long, American exceptionalism
For the first time, investors are talking about ‘US risk’
giftarticle.ft.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This piece is a great illustration of how the long-term effect of Trump’s destruction of US institutions won’t be felt in a dramatic market collapse, but rather in permanently worse economic conditions, and lower prosperity.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
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I imagine Applebaum means this rhetorically, but in case others really are wondering: turf, oil, China, and, probably the biggest distinct factor, the wildly outsize influence of the Nigerian Christian Right in the US Christian Right. One element of the attack was fan service for fundamentalists.
Not sure I understand why the Trump administration cares about Christians in Nigeria and not Christians in Ukraine
December 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I imagine Applebaum means this rhetorically, but in case others really are wondering: turf, oil, China, and, probably the biggest distinct factor, the wildly outsize influence of the Nigerian Christian Right in the US Christian Right. One element of the attack was fan service for fundamentalists.
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This is related to the idea that if white people don't have 100% of high-prestige jobs, awards, recognition etc it's evidence of discrimination against whiteness. It's where "great replacement" logic leads you. bsky.app/profile/donm...
I see this on the right - the idea that the existence of foreign academic staff and faculty are evidence of discrimination against natives. It's not discrimination, its selection: academia is a global marketplace, the US is the biggest center of that market. So yes, some foreign talent will win.
Striking nativist editorializing by the federal judge who just upheld the $100,000 tax on high-skill immigrants.
She opines that it’s “troubling” that universities hire talent from abroad at all, instead of only native grads.
Then admits (!) that opinion is irrelevant (So why write it? Venting?)
She opines that it’s “troubling” that universities hire talent from abroad at all, instead of only native grads.
Then admits (!) that opinion is irrelevant (So why write it? Venting?)
December 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This is related to the idea that if white people don't have 100% of high-prestige jobs, awards, recognition etc it's evidence of discrimination against whiteness. It's where "great replacement" logic leads you. bsky.app/profile/donm...
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If you want to learn more about this trial and what it tells us about Americans and race 100 years ago at a time similar to our own, check out Elizabeth Smith-Pryor, Property Rites: The Rhinelander Trial, Passing, and the Protection of Whiteness. www.amazon.com/Property-Rit...
Property Rites: The Rhinelander Trial, Passing, and the Protection of Whiteness
Property Rites: The Rhinelander Trial, Passing, and the Protection of Whiteness [Smith-Pryor, Elizabeth M.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Property Rites: The Rhinelander Trial, Passing, and the Protection of Whiteness
www.amazon.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
If you want to learn more about this trial and what it tells us about Americans and race 100 years ago at a time similar to our own, check out Elizabeth Smith-Pryor, Property Rites: The Rhinelander Trial, Passing, and the Protection of Whiteness. www.amazon.com/Property-Rit...
"During closing arguments, Mills urged the jurors to imagine Leonard as their own son. 'There isn’t a father among you who would not rather see his son in his casket than to see him wedded to a mulatto woman,’ he said."
Markle may be basic, but the ugly vitriol she gets comes down to this.
Markle may be basic, but the ugly vitriol she gets comes down to this.
A Revelation Tore Apart Her Fairy-Tale Marriage, and Shocked the Nation
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"During closing arguments, Mills urged the jurors to imagine Leonard as their own son. 'There isn’t a father among you who would not rather see his son in his casket than to see him wedded to a mulatto woman,’ he said."
Markle may be basic, but the ugly vitriol she gets comes down to this.
Markle may be basic, but the ugly vitriol she gets comes down to this.
Yes, everything is shittier, more expensive, and more and more stuff requires you to pay a subscription shakedown fee to operate it, but hey, the sloplords are richer!
The essence of Trump's economic measures is a mass transfer of wealth from the middle class and into the pockets of tech billionaires, particularly those who generously supported Trump. Federally privileged AI process are a central part of these maneuvers.
AI boom adds $500bn to net worth of US tech billionaires in 2025
Elon Musk stays on top as Nvidia’s Jensen Huang powers up the rankings on an AI-fuelled surge in fortunes
www.ft.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Yes, everything is shittier, more expensive, and more and more stuff requires you to pay a subscription shakedown fee to operate it, but hey, the sloplords are richer!
Juan Crow. That's what this modern American fascism is.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Juan Crow. That's what this modern American fascism is.
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Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
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Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.
December 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.
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The government doesn’t let this version of White Christmas get a lot of commercial play in retail because it’s simply too good and people would get down too hard in public
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings "White Christmas"
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December 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The government doesn’t let this version of White Christmas get a lot of commercial play in retail because it’s simply too good and people would get down too hard in public
everyone here is darling but I'm absolutely plotzing at the sweet teeny tiny bb omg
December 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
everyone here is darling but I'm absolutely plotzing at the sweet teeny tiny bb omg
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Which sort of begs the question of who this week’s particularly odious campaign is supposed to appeal to? The answer, I suspect, is high school boys who will soon be old enough to join now that the age has been dropped to 18. They’re not trying to convince the public, they’re recruiting.
DHS Gives Santa ICE Makeover in Deranged Christmas Video
In the wild AI video, Santa cuffs detainees and loads them onto a plane.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Which sort of begs the question of who this week’s particularly odious campaign is supposed to appeal to? The answer, I suspect, is high school boys who will soon be old enough to join now that the age has been dropped to 18. They’re not trying to convince the public, they’re recruiting.
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The last 24 hours have seen some of the most dehumanizing, disgusting posts of the year. This reporting is about internal comms from the team that makes them. The things they were instructed to show are horrifying, but the things they were told to remove or de-emphasize are even more revealing.
We read thousands of internal ICE chats. They show how officials make raids go viral
Thousands of internal ICE messages show how its public affairs team has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for viral arrest videos
washingtonpost.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The last 24 hours have seen some of the most dehumanizing, disgusting posts of the year. This reporting is about internal comms from the team that makes them. The things they were instructed to show are horrifying, but the things they were told to remove or de-emphasize are even more revealing.
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year.
What did we get stuck in our rectums last year? defector.com/what-did-we-...
What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year? | Defector
This is the time of year to be grateful for not having things stuck in our asses, and to think of those less fortunate than us. So spare a thought for those Americans who misjudged the capacity of the...
defector.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It’s the most wonderful time of the year.
Ok, so the holiday is today but Jesus was born in the spring?
Like how spring? Was Jesus an Aries? Taurus?
Like how spring? Was Jesus an Aries? Taurus?
December 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Ok, so the holiday is today but Jesus was born in the spring?
Like how spring? Was Jesus an Aries? Taurus?
Like how spring? Was Jesus an Aries? Taurus?
Desperately need better roles for LaKeith Stanfield, who has so much more to offer besides being a barely verbal magical fuckstick Negro for a white mom having an existential crisis
December 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Desperately need better roles for LaKeith Stanfield, who has so much more to offer besides being a barely verbal magical fuckstick Negro for a white mom having an existential crisis
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Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
Merry Christmas! Let's gift ourselves the better world we deserve by making it. 💗
December 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Merry Christmas! Let's gift ourselves the better world we deserve by making it. 💗
"The legislation, passed by 22 votes to 10, expands temporary powers introduced during the Gaza war to shutter outlets seen as a threat ... It allows the government for the next two years to cease operations of a foreign outlet even in peace time and without the need for a court order."
Israel extends order allowing closure of foreign broadcasters - BBC News
A bill passed by parliament expands temporary powers introduced during the Gaza war to shutter outlets seen as a security threat.
www.bbc.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"The legislation, passed by 22 votes to 10, expands temporary powers introduced during the Gaza war to shutter outlets seen as a threat ... It allows the government for the next two years to cease operations of a foreign outlet even in peace time and without the need for a court order."
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And the danger of this sort of open bigotry in an administration that tried to overturn the will of a multiracial electorate and is eviscerating civil rights protections and voting rights, continues to treated by too many as mere politics and not a dangerous entrenchment of white rule.
December 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
And the danger of this sort of open bigotry in an administration that tried to overturn the will of a multiracial electorate and is eviscerating civil rights protections and voting rights, continues to treated by too many as mere politics and not a dangerous entrenchment of white rule.
Isn't coal what they give the "bad" children in a bunch of folk Christmas tales?
President Donald Trump veered off topic to endorse fossil fuel energy during a phone conversation with a small child in a Mar-a-Lago Christmas Eve event."How
'Clean, beautiful coal!' Trump veers into fossil fuel tangent on Christmas call with child
President Donald Trump veered off topic to endorse fossil fuel energy during a phone conversation with a small child in a Mar-a-Lago Christmas Eve event."How long until Santa will be here?" asked the child."Well, Santa's now in Sweden," said Trump. "So Santa's got quite a trip to get to your great a...
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December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Isn't coal what they give the "bad" children in a bunch of folk Christmas tales?
Surveillance state is here. I miss privacy.
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
www.404media.co
December 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Surveillance state is here. I miss privacy.
We don't have to let like 10 sloplords suck up all the water with soulless facilities that create a negligible amount of permanent jobs, pollute the environment with noise, and drive up electricity prices while the president carries out a fatwa against wind power.
My god, everything's so stupid.
My god, everything's so stupid.
U.S. electricity prices rose 7.4% in just one year, and energy policy analysts expect them to keep climbing faster than inflation in 2026. Meanwhile, data centers powering AI could nearly triple their energy use by 2030. buff.ly/KE663ZA
Rising electricity prices and an aging grid challenge the nation as data centers demand more power
Energy projects are expensive and take a long time to build. Where to build them is often also a difficult, even controversial, question.
buff.ly
December 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
We don't have to let like 10 sloplords suck up all the water with soulless facilities that create a negligible amount of permanent jobs, pollute the environment with noise, and drive up electricity prices while the president carries out a fatwa against wind power.
My god, everything's so stupid.
My god, everything's so stupid.