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November 15, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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True comedy is watching Dave Portnay trying to use a hammer
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 AM
True comedy is watching Dave Portnay trying to use a hammer
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This is the most glamorous opening to an article about a white supremacist flattering journalist who lied to her readers and editors while having an affair with narcissistic crank who eats roadkill, swims in sewer water, will cause children to die, and is 50 years her senior that I've ever read.
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is the most glamorous opening to an article about a white supremacist flattering journalist who lied to her readers and editors while having an affair with narcissistic crank who eats roadkill, swims in sewer water, will cause children to die, and is 50 years her senior that I've ever read.
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This is of course a made-up number, and there'd be *fewer* homes/apartments with a construction worker shortages caused by Trump policies, and a million other problems, but
"by right"? So... a right to housing?
Careful there, JD Mamdani, don't want to accidentally screech your way into socialism!
"by right"? So... a right to housing?
Careful there, JD Mamdani, don't want to accidentally screech your way into socialism!
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
This is of course a made-up number, and there'd be *fewer* homes/apartments with a construction worker shortages caused by Trump policies, and a million other problems, but
"by right"? So... a right to housing?
Careful there, JD Mamdani, don't want to accidentally screech your way into socialism!
"by right"? So... a right to housing?
Careful there, JD Mamdani, don't want to accidentally screech your way into socialism!
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JD Vance's rant today placing the blame on immigrants for America's housing shortage is straight from the fascist playbook. Consider this 1938 card, "Housing Shortage Is the Fault of the Jews."
November 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
JD Vance's rant today placing the blame on immigrants for America's housing shortage is straight from the fascist playbook. Consider this 1938 card, "Housing Shortage Is the Fault of the Jews."
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The "uh sorry we can't ID the counterfeit ripoff tracks because you left our service!" thing feels kind of extortion-y?
After King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard left Spotify in protest earlier this year, something strange took their place. My investigation into what happened, which resulted in Spotify taking down a bunch of slop tracks www.platformer.news/king-gizzard...
Spotify's doppelgänger problem
After King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard left Spotify in protest earlier this year, something strange took their place
www.platformer.news
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The "uh sorry we can't ID the counterfeit ripoff tracks because you left our service!" thing feels kind of extortion-y?
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What a picture (via Big Boi)
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
What a picture (via Big Boi)
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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people who want the Ds to lose the filibuster — myself included — probably need to look in the mirror and have some tough convos about how much we've persuaded ourselves we've won this fight vs. how much the senate's D caucus is actually persuaded
Straightforward confirmation from Angus King that the gang of eight made the deal out of earnest concern for the filibuster. www.pressherald.com/2025/11/13/w...
November 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
people who want the Ds to lose the filibuster — myself included — probably need to look in the mirror and have some tough convos about how much we've persuaded ourselves we've won this fight vs. how much the senate's D caucus is actually persuaded
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it's been hard to put this feeling into words, but we've spent the past couple of decades being lectured to and patronized by an elite class that spent its free time joshing with jeffrey epstein about his little sex abuse empire while lecturing us about how out of touch we are
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
it's been hard to put this feeling into words, but we've spent the past couple of decades being lectured to and patronized by an elite class that spent its free time joshing with jeffrey epstein about his little sex abuse empire while lecturing us about how out of touch we are
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In Bovino's upside down world, there is no difference between an armed gang member preying on others in his community and a guy working 12 hours a day washing cars, flipping burgers, or installing sheetrock to feed his family — and he wants you to hate and fear both men equally.
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
In Bovino's upside down world, there is no difference between an armed gang member preying on others in his community and a guy working 12 hours a day washing cars, flipping burgers, or installing sheetrock to feed his family — and he wants you to hate and fear both men equally.
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Thinking today how homelessness runs through this story, through Epstein's (Virginia Guiffre had been homeless before meeting him), and even through Gaiman's (his nanny was sleeping on the beach when Palmer recruited her, and he used threats of homelessness against another victim).
The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Thinking today how homelessness runs through this story, through Epstein's (Virginia Guiffre had been homeless before meeting him), and even through Gaiman's (his nanny was sleeping on the beach when Palmer recruited her, and he used threats of homelessness against another victim).
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While Starbucks baristas strike, we strike too — by not shopping there. This fight isn’t just about coffee.
It’s about dignity, wages, and respect.
America has No Kings — only working people united in solidarity.
#NoContractNoCoffee #NoKings www.nocontractnocoffee.org#pledge
It’s about dignity, wages, and respect.
America has No Kings — only working people united in solidarity.
#NoContractNoCoffee #NoKings www.nocontractnocoffee.org#pledge
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
While Starbucks baristas strike, we strike too — by not shopping there. This fight isn’t just about coffee.
It’s about dignity, wages, and respect.
America has No Kings — only working people united in solidarity.
#NoContractNoCoffee #NoKings www.nocontractnocoffee.org#pledge
It’s about dignity, wages, and respect.
America has No Kings — only working people united in solidarity.
#NoContractNoCoffee #NoKings www.nocontractnocoffee.org#pledge
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Most decisions that are problematic happen at the editorial level.
Many talented frontline reporters exist, including at the NYT.
I can see how criticisms might make them feel defensive, but I wish they directed their energies at the structures within which they work rather than than at readers.
Many talented frontline reporters exist, including at the NYT.
I can see how criticisms might make them feel defensive, but I wish they directed their energies at the structures within which they work rather than than at readers.
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Most decisions that are problematic happen at the editorial level.
Many talented frontline reporters exist, including at the NYT.
I can see how criticisms might make them feel defensive, but I wish they directed their energies at the structures within which they work rather than than at readers.
Many talented frontline reporters exist, including at the NYT.
I can see how criticisms might make them feel defensive, but I wish they directed their energies at the structures within which they work rather than than at readers.
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No — this is the insularity of people at the Times thinking that *outsiders* have the wrong view of investigative culture at the NYT. It's actually the _internal_ view that's wrong. The outside view, that standards are inconsistent and driven by agendas, is demonstrably the case...
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
No — this is the insularity of people at the Times thinking that *outsiders* have the wrong view of investigative culture at the NYT. It's actually the _internal_ view that's wrong. The outside view, that standards are inconsistent and driven by agendas, is demonstrably the case...
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The most relevant part here is about emphasis. Which stories get covered repeatedly, with what level of attention? The drumbeat of targeting trans kids for distorted narratives, or Biden's age, or Hillary's emails — why didn't palling around with the child sexual predator get that level of emphasis?
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The most relevant part here is about emphasis. Which stories get covered repeatedly, with what level of attention? The drumbeat of targeting trans kids for distorted narratives, or Biden's age, or Hillary's emails — why didn't palling around with the child sexual predator get that level of emphasis?
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Starbucks baristas are on strike and the No Kings Alliance stands with them. Don’t shop at Starbucks while workers fight for fair pay, better staffing, and an end to union-busting. Power belongs to the people who make this country run: nocontractnocoffee.org/#pledge #NoContractNoCoffee #NoKings
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Starbucks baristas are on strike and the No Kings Alliance stands with them. Don’t shop at Starbucks while workers fight for fair pay, better staffing, and an end to union-busting. Power belongs to the people who make this country run: nocontractnocoffee.org/#pledge #NoContractNoCoffee #NoKings
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Philly is turning OUT today! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽🔥
Starbucks hasn't given us a proposal in almost a YEAR. They know we need fair pay, better staffing, and an end to union-busting.
Starbucks can’t ignore us any longer. And this is just the beginning! #NoContractNoCoffee
Starbucks hasn't given us a proposal in almost a YEAR. They know we need fair pay, better staffing, and an end to union-busting.
Starbucks can’t ignore us any longer. And this is just the beginning! #NoContractNoCoffee
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Philly is turning OUT today! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽🔥
Starbucks hasn't given us a proposal in almost a YEAR. They know we need fair pay, better staffing, and an end to union-busting.
Starbucks can’t ignore us any longer. And this is just the beginning! #NoContractNoCoffee
Starbucks hasn't given us a proposal in almost a YEAR. They know we need fair pay, better staffing, and an end to union-busting.
Starbucks can’t ignore us any longer. And this is just the beginning! #NoContractNoCoffee
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It strikes me that it’s going to be up to us to make sure there is a cultural memory for what’s been happening in the last 15 years. It’s clear that if we don’t force a drastic change of perspective on basically every institution, all of this will get memory holed or “reinterpreted” to be less awful
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It strikes me that it’s going to be up to us to make sure there is a cultural memory for what’s been happening in the last 15 years. It’s clear that if we don’t force a drastic change of perspective on basically every institution, all of this will get memory holed or “reinterpreted” to be less awful