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M.A. in Disability Studies, writer, mom, wife, person. She/her
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it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
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This is, of course, only magnified by the obvious problem here in that Democrats have already FAILED at Donald Trump Not Being President--twice! And so now their discourse must solely be in the perspective of "You being mean to the guy who is not Donald Trump is why Donald Trump is president"
December 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This is, of course, only magnified by the obvious problem here in that Democrats have already FAILED at Donald Trump Not Being President--twice! And so now their discourse must solely be in the perspective of "You being mean to the guy who is not Donald Trump is why Donald Trump is president"
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The simple reality is there is a huge faction in the party--often the dominant one--that truly does not care about anything except Donald Trump not being president which is why any criticism of a Guy Who Is Not Donald Trump is considered detrimental to their goal of Donald Trump Not Being President
December 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The simple reality is there is a huge faction in the party--often the dominant one--that truly does not care about anything except Donald Trump not being president which is why any criticism of a Guy Who Is Not Donald Trump is considered detrimental to their goal of Donald Trump Not Being President
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The entirety of the left/liberal friction in Democratic Party politics is summarized by how one looks at basically anything Hakeem Jeffries says and if your reaction is "Jesus fucking Christ we could do so much better than this" or "I like the way he's not Donald Trump"
That's it. That's all of it.
That's it. That's all of it.
December 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The entirety of the left/liberal friction in Democratic Party politics is summarized by how one looks at basically anything Hakeem Jeffries says and if your reaction is "Jesus fucking Christ we could do so much better than this" or "I like the way he's not Donald Trump"
That's it. That's all of it.
That's it. That's all of it.
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The whole reason RFK Jr is in his job is to defenestrate public health. That's not an "in spite of" situation. That's why the president nominated him and 52 senators voted for him. They don't care about his affairs or his drug use, because he's destroying public health, like they wanted.
Not to defend Olivia Nuzzi, who broke every rule in journalism and promoted a charlatan to his current position. But it's incredibly telling that she will lose her job, but RFK Jr. gets to stay in his job despite the reports of his drug use, his affairs and his defenestrating of public health.
December 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The whole reason RFK Jr is in his job is to defenestrate public health. That's not an "in spite of" situation. That's why the president nominated him and 52 senators voted for him. They don't care about his affairs or his drug use, because he's destroying public health, like they wanted.
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new york democrats shouldn't be let anywhere near power. the ideal democratic leader is a guy who won by 2 percent and actually thinks of the GOP, rather than other Democrats, as the enemy.
December 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
new york democrats shouldn't be let anywhere near power. the ideal democratic leader is a guy who won by 2 percent and actually thinks of the GOP, rather than other Democrats, as the enemy.
How many needless deaths and illnesses can be traced to Andrew Wakefield and, by extension, Bruno Bettelheim?
Since becoming a parent I have not, in fact, understood the parents who say “if you were a parent you’d understand” about vaccine hesitancy. Being in charge of this fragile little miracle has me saying things like “give her all the vaccines. Turn this baby into a pincushion” to doctors
December 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
How many needless deaths and illnesses can be traced to Andrew Wakefield and, by extension, Bruno Bettelheim?
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Netflix getting Warner Bros. is bad for art, but right-wing oligarchs not getting it is bad for fascism.
The Ellisons already got Paramount and Fox-ified CBS, plus a big stake in TikTok USA and more.
On balance, avoiding more Orban-style media consolidation is a good outcome.
Such are the times.
The Ellisons already got Paramount and Fox-ified CBS, plus a big stake in TikTok USA and more.
On balance, avoiding more Orban-style media consolidation is a good outcome.
Such are the times.
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Netflix getting Warner Bros. is bad for art, but right-wing oligarchs not getting it is bad for fascism.
The Ellisons already got Paramount and Fox-ified CBS, plus a big stake in TikTok USA and more.
On balance, avoiding more Orban-style media consolidation is a good outcome.
Such are the times.
The Ellisons already got Paramount and Fox-ified CBS, plus a big stake in TikTok USA and more.
On balance, avoiding more Orban-style media consolidation is a good outcome.
Such are the times.
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It makes more sense when you realize that RFK Jr. isn't an anti-vaxxer.
He's a eugenicist. He thinks that people die of disease because they are genetically inferior and vaccines dirty the gene pool by allowing inferior children who should have died of their illnesses to breed.
He's a eugenicist. He thinks that people die of disease because they are genetically inferior and vaccines dirty the gene pool by allowing inferior children who should have died of their illnesses to breed.
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
It makes more sense when you realize that RFK Jr. isn't an anti-vaxxer.
He's a eugenicist. He thinks that people die of disease because they are genetically inferior and vaccines dirty the gene pool by allowing inferior children who should have died of their illnesses to breed.
He's a eugenicist. He thinks that people die of disease because they are genetically inferior and vaccines dirty the gene pool by allowing inferior children who should have died of their illnesses to breed.
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I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites
The Gallatin City-County Health Department has confirmed a second case of measles in Gallatin County, with the latest case identified on Dec. 1, 2025.This foll
nbcmontana.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
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And this is all without considering the truly insane amount of money and free media that poured into the race for Cuomo, and also without considering the fact that Zohran touched the third rail of daring to criticize Israel.
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
And this is all without considering the truly insane amount of money and free media that poured into the race for Cuomo, and also without considering the fact that Zohran touched the third rail of daring to criticize Israel.
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It's amazing how much Stancil cherry-picks, given that he casts himself as a "objective" observer of data:
A nobody who's also a minority many Americans are racist against pulling 50% with almost no support from his party in a three-way race against the former governor is impressive, actually!
A nobody who's also a minority many Americans are racist against pulling 50% with almost no support from his party in a three-way race against the former governor is impressive, actually!
Also, when you say people saying "Dems would win everywhere with a Mamdani-style platform," I think it's important to remember that that platform delivered the most charismatic candidate in recent history a whopping 50.4% of the vote against a street vigilante and actual vampire, in New York City
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It's amazing how much Stancil cherry-picks, given that he casts himself as a "objective" observer of data:
A nobody who's also a minority many Americans are racist against pulling 50% with almost no support from his party in a three-way race against the former governor is impressive, actually!
A nobody who's also a minority many Americans are racist against pulling 50% with almost no support from his party in a three-way race against the former governor is impressive, actually!
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When I’m accused of “technopessimism“ I counter that I’m not “pessimistic about technology“; I am opposed to the economic, political, and social project of upward wealth transfer that “AI” is being leveraged to bring about. If that phrasing is useful to others, then go ahead and use it.
September 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
When I’m accused of “technopessimism“ I counter that I’m not “pessimistic about technology“; I am opposed to the economic, political, and social project of upward wealth transfer that “AI” is being leveraged to bring about. If that phrasing is useful to others, then go ahead and use it.
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This is the GOOD "AI".
This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting. n.pr/49MFa1M
November 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is the GOOD "AI".
Well said, and also, I have never needed help in brainstorming ideas. I don't think I know any writers who need assistance in coming up with ideas. We have the ideas. We don't have the time and/or support.
All of which illustrates how infuriating it is when dipshits say that AI can 'help me to brainstorm ideas'. It can't do that. It can plaster a deepfake smile onto the corpse of zombie capitalism as it shambles towards the precipice of climate catastrophe, but it can't create meaningful literature.
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Well said, and also, I have never needed help in brainstorming ideas. I don't think I know any writers who need assistance in coming up with ideas. We have the ideas. We don't have the time and/or support.
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
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Imagine being one of those CEOs or school presidents who bowed down to this weird old man, then realizing he doesn’t like you as much as he likes this guy who didn’t bow at all
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Imagine being one of those CEOs or school presidents who bowed down to this weird old man, then realizing he doesn’t like you as much as he likes this guy who didn’t bow at all
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
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my jaw is on the floor and yet im completely unsurprised. trump’s only political conviction is that he loves a handsome winner
A reporter asks if Mamdani stands by calling Trump a fascist. Mamdani starts to give a delicate answer.
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
my jaw is on the floor and yet im completely unsurprised. trump’s only political conviction is that he loves a handsome winner
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86 dems who should see zero $ from you and zero minutes of your time.
Trump is filling his government with Nazis, consolidating authoritarian power, and eroding democracy at every chance.
And yet these 86 House Democrats voted for a right-wing messaging amendment to say that the real authoritarians are the socialists.
Pathetic.
And yet these 86 House Democrats voted for a right-wing messaging amendment to say that the real authoritarians are the socialists.
Pathetic.
November 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
86 dems who should see zero $ from you and zero minutes of your time.
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I am increasingly of the opinion that people who change menus and look and feel of computer software just so that you know it's a new version should be personally forced to play tech support to my mother for five months.
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I am increasingly of the opinion that people who change menus and look and feel of computer software just so that you know it's a new version should be personally forced to play tech support to my mother for five months.
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Remember Jamal Khashoggi.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Remember Jamal Khashoggi.
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By Olivia Nuzzi.
Look I’m just trying to prepare y’all for the inevitable VF profile on “the quiet strength” of Majorie Taylor Greene
November 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
By Olivia Nuzzi.
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The way both Ryan Lizza and Olivia Nuzzi are now selling their personal lives like melodramas while also both still supposedly being serious political journalists makes me deeply uncomfortable
November 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The way both Ryan Lizza and Olivia Nuzzi are now selling their personal lives like melodramas while also both still supposedly being serious political journalists makes me deeply uncomfortable
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Look I’m just trying to prepare y’all for the inevitable VF profile on “the quiet strength” of Majorie Taylor Greene
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Look I’m just trying to prepare y’all for the inevitable VF profile on “the quiet strength” of Majorie Taylor Greene