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Gonzo
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I make and break things.
All the "they're undermining trust in the chain of command" claims becomes hysterical when they're willing to wreck an admiral over this. This is better than any DNC video could possibly achieve.
Imagine what it does to morale in the military to see the defense secretary hang an admiral out to dry to avoid responsibility for war crimes.
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories.

So we made that list for you 👇
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
www.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Me: You your enemy is capital

Them: No its not! Its oligarchs!

The libs really don't like it when you point out the ratchet effect and its workings inside their favorite team.
December 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Also, here's a glimpse at my rotoscoping process... #LUNARK #pixelart
December 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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2 years and 8 months since LUNARK came out. Hard to believe.
I spent 4+ years mostly solo on this project - rotoscoping, coding, composing the OST - and your support made the difference! Thank you for playing my little cinematic-platformer tribute 🥰
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Another one for the "we are ruled by hollowed-out husks who believe in nothing but their own untouchability" files
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.

I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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I just became aware of this incredibly relatable drawing by John Singer Sargent.
November 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Hell yeah, I did it. I'm looking forward to reading a proper newspaper again.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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What are abstract ideas like “being happy” and “having fulfillment” compared to real world achievements like “working full time for a company and still needing food stamps”
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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We did it joe
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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AI kind of feels like the endgame of this bit Graeber described in the original Bullshit Jobs essay: these people have been so thoroughly cleaved from any sense of purpose that they resent those who have one. They hate artists for their skill and think poverty should be the price of having a calling
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The absolute best position on pie choices
Who gives a shit!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who cares!!! Eat whatever pie!!!
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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he fell victim to one of the classic blunders! the most famous of which is, ‘never answer the phone for isaac chotiner,’ but only slightly less well-known is this: ‘never behave in a manner which causes derek guy to critique your fashion choices’
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.

Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.

With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Let's pump those numbers!
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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can’t help but notice it’s ‘they’ when a single mother might manage to use SNAP benefits for food that actually tastes good but it’s ‘we’ when a handful of ketamine addicts wanna ruin the economy
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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WIFE: I learned that the day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for plumbers...

ME: Because everyone clogs the toilets?

WIFE (eyes narrowing): ... because people dump turkey grease down the sink.
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
RFK receives gender affirming care
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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see also 'if your AI created revenge porn of underage girls we're treating it as if your CEO personally created and sent CSAM'
see also 'if your AI hit a kid and dragged them 500 feet in your self driving car we're treating it as if your CEO was personally behind the wheel and texting during it'
maybe we just say 'if your AI said it we're treating it as if your CEO said it to their face' for the purposes of liability
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Just to be a nerd: the Olmecs, predating the Maya, had a zero, over a thousand years before Brahmagupta. Very true that the India/Arabic knowledge transfer is why we use a zero everywhere now, just, can't say that NO civilization had created it before.
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Great engineering minds are hard at work
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 AM