Vaughn Fredericks
@vaughnfredericks.bsky.social
Lurker, reader, zero internet presence.
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Bari Weiss and Billionaire Failson David Ellison Have No Clue What They’re Doing www.splinter.com/bari-weiss-a...
Bari Weiss and Billionaire Failson David Ellison Have No Clue What They're Doing
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Bari Weiss and Billionaire Failson David Ellison Have No Clue What They’re Doing www.splinter.com/bari-weiss-a...
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You know you're from Canada when you tell yourself that this is the year you will beat the snow and get your winter tires on.
And then the snow comes and you're like everyone else in town calling the garage to see when they can get you outfitted.
And then the snow comes and you're like everyone else in town calling the garage to see when they can get you outfitted.
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
You know you're from Canada when you tell yourself that this is the year you will beat the snow and get your winter tires on.
And then the snow comes and you're like everyone else in town calling the garage to see when they can get you outfitted.
And then the snow comes and you're like everyone else in town calling the garage to see when they can get you outfitted.
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"Cuomo had no platform or political vision to offer New York City's voters. All he had was a request: Use the ballot box as a place to register and honor your racial animus." defector.com/defeat-isnt-...
Defeat Isn't Enough For Andrew Cuomo And His Pack Of Lunatics | Defector
A New York City mayoral election is, definitionally, not anyone outside of the city’s business. That this year’s campaign, which ended in Zohran Mamdani’s victory on Tuesday night, became everybody’s…
defector.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"Cuomo had no platform or political vision to offer New York City's voters. All he had was a request: Use the ballot box as a place to register and honor your racial animus." defector.com/defeat-isnt-...
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Another all timer from @rayratto.bsky.social defector.com/yoshinobu-ya...
Yoshinobu Yamamoto Will Not Be Denied | Defector
The Toronto Blue Jays sent 57 batsmen to the plate in the 25 hours between Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s last pitch of Game 6 of the World Series and his first pitch of Game 7, so it isn’t like they didn’t hav...
defector.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Another all timer from @rayratto.bsky.social defector.com/yoshinobu-ya...
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AI Is America’s Existential Crisis www.splinter.com/ai-is-americ...
AI Is America’s Existential Crisis
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
AI Is America’s Existential Crisis www.splinter.com/ai-is-americ...
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Which ties him for most times reaching base in a game period with Max Carey in 1922, Johnny Burnett in 1932, and Stan Hack in 1942.
October 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Which ties him for most times reaching base in a game period with Max Carey in 1922, Johnny Burnett in 1932, and Stan Hack in 1942.
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JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes
November 10, 2024 at 6:22 PM
JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes
This may be the most /r/murderedbywords thing I've ever seen.
October 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This may be the most /r/murderedbywords thing I've ever seen.
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I do think that reformed neo-cons have more of a stomach for what needs done than most liberals do.
October 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I do think that reformed neo-cons have more of a stomach for what needs done than most liberals do.
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Watch this.
Open your eyes to this brutality.
ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.
Now share this.
Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.
You have power.
Even sharing this video exerts that power.
Open your eyes to this brutality.
ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.
Now share this.
Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.
You have power.
Even sharing this video exerts that power.
October 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Watch this.
Open your eyes to this brutality.
ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.
Now share this.
Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.
You have power.
Even sharing this video exerts that power.
Open your eyes to this brutality.
ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.
Now share this.
Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.
You have power.
Even sharing this video exerts that power.
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New: a $60 mod to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses disables the privacy LED light. This is supposed to light when people are filming with the glasses. We bought the mod, verified it works. Now you can never be sure whether someone wearing Meta Ray-Bans is filming you or not
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light
Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers ar...
www.404media.co
October 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
New: a $60 mod to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses disables the privacy LED light. This is supposed to light when people are filming with the glasses. We bought the mod, verified it works. Now you can never be sure whether someone wearing Meta Ray-Bans is filming you or not
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
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Hoo boy, the next recession will be like 1999 knocked up 2008 and they had twins.
October 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Hoo boy, the next recession will be like 1999 knocked up 2008 and they had twins.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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The Hasan Piker dog collar incident shows that proponents of the surveillance state, like Larry Ellison, who claimed that mass video surveillance would lead to more accountability, are catastrophically wrong.
Hasan Piker and the Future No One Is Ready For
The backlash that Piker is facing shows the consequences of a world where everyone is constantly being recorded and our internet is built to reward outrage and controversy.
www.usermag.co
October 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The Hasan Piker dog collar incident shows that proponents of the surveillance state, like Larry Ellison, who claimed that mass video surveillance would lead to more accountability, are catastrophically wrong.
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EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
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Finally realized what the freakout over Mamdani becoming mayor reminded me of, and it's the freakout over the first black mayors in southern cities.
New post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS:
New post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS:
"Too Young to Die"
As the seemingly endless NYC mayoral campaign enters its final weeks, the howls of the Democratic establishment in the city are only getting louder.
They've really convinced themselves that the elect...
campaign-trails.ghost.io
October 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Finally realized what the freakout over Mamdani becoming mayor reminded me of, and it's the freakout over the first black mayors in southern cities.
New post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS:
New post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS:
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“This blithering idiot is the highest-paid GM in all of college football and yet knows nothing about how the sport works.”
defector.com/everybody-ha...
defector.com/everybody-ha...
Everybody Hates Mike Lombardi | Defector
Before I get to America’s leading football moron, here is a quick assessment of the college football landscape after Saturday’s games. Every team is horrible except for Ohio State, which crushed 17th-...
defector.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“This blithering idiot is the highest-paid GM in all of college football and yet knows nothing about how the sport works.”
defector.com/everybody-ha...
defector.com/everybody-ha...
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TORONTO – Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are returning to the stage as Rush next summer.
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson plan Rush reunion tour for 2026
TORONTO – Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are returning to the stage as Rush next summer.
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October 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
TORONTO – Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are returning to the stage as Rush next summer.
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Last week Jesse Watters spoke to man named Eric who claimed he was formerly a member of antifa. Two years ago Watters interviewed Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza, a former Mexican Mafia member. Some folks thought the men looked similar. This is a side by side comparison. 🤷♀️
October 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Last week Jesse Watters spoke to man named Eric who claimed he was formerly a member of antifa. Two years ago Watters interviewed Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza, a former Mexican Mafia member. Some folks thought the men looked similar. This is a side by side comparison. 🤷♀️
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OpenAI is essentially a social arsonist, developing and releasing tools that hyper scale the most racist, misogynistic, and toxic elements of society, lowering the barriers for all manner of abuse. The so called guardrails make a pinky swear look like an ironclad contract.
This social app can put your face into fake movie scenes, memes and arrest videos
The new Sora social app from ChatGPT maker OpenAI encourages users to upload video of their face so their likeness can be put into AI-generated clips.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
OpenAI is essentially a social arsonist, developing and releasing tools that hyper scale the most racist, misogynistic, and toxic elements of society, lowering the barriers for all manner of abuse. The so called guardrails make a pinky swear look like an ironclad contract.
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Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
The Case Against Generative AI
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth
Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...
www.wheresyoured.at
September 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
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The Groyper Wars
September 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The Groyper Wars
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Ezra Klein Is a Mark www.splinter.com/ezra-klein-i...
Ezra Klein Is a Mark
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Ezra Klein Is a Mark www.splinter.com/ezra-klein-i...
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In 2019 Kawhi Leonard’s uncle asked the Raptors for a piece of the Leafs and a Paul George trade, but also for two notable extras: no-show sponsorships, and ownership shares in outside companies. Which he seems to have gotten with Aspiration, and the Clippers. www.thestar.com/sports/rapto...
Inside Kawhi Leonard’s bizarre list of secret demands from Raptors and how they line up with the alleged Clippers deal
During 2019 contract talks, Leonard’s camp wanted a trade for Paul George, Leafs shares and at least $10 million a year in no-show sponsorship income.
www.thestar.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
In 2019 Kawhi Leonard’s uncle asked the Raptors for a piece of the Leafs and a Paul George trade, but also for two notable extras: no-show sponsorships, and ownership shares in outside companies. Which he seems to have gotten with Aspiration, and the Clippers. www.thestar.com/sports/rapto...