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Such an unreal, death cult headline
January 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Such an unreal, death cult headline
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So 56,000 Greenlanders who may not even want to be part of the U.S. would get statehood, but 700,000 D.C. residents who are already Americans but don’t enjoy the same democratic rights as all others won’t get it?
January 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
So 56,000 Greenlanders who may not even want to be part of the U.S. would get statehood, but 700,000 D.C. residents who are already Americans but don’t enjoy the same democratic rights as all others won’t get it?
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That first photo is a gut punch. A bunch of heavily armed goons too scared to show their faces bullying a scared kid with the full force of the federal government behind them.
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 7:15 PM
That first photo is a gut punch. A bunch of heavily armed goons too scared to show their faces bullying a scared kid with the full force of the federal government behind them.
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The complaint is difficult reading, but if you need a condensed timeline of events in Minneapolis... I think I missed this incident entirely:
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72132...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72132...
January 13, 2026 at 7:33 PM
The complaint is difficult reading, but if you need a condensed timeline of events in Minneapolis... I think I missed this incident entirely:
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72132...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72132...
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hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 1:04 AM
hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
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Stuff like this should lead to the suspension of the USAfrom international sporting associations
US vetoes most Ethiopian athletes for the World Crosscountry Championships in Florida by denying their visas. Ethiopia will be unable to record a team result in either the U20 men’s or U20 women’s races, ending its 44-year medal streak.
I’m sure the Olympics and World Cup are going to be fine. 😡
I’m sure the Olympics and World Cup are going to be fine. 😡
U.S. denies entry to 14 Ethiopian athletes ahead of World XC Championships - Canadian Running Magazine
According to a report from LetsRun.com, only four of the 18 Ethiopian U20 athletes had their U.S. visa applications accepted
runningmagazine.ca
January 11, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Stuff like this should lead to the suspension of the USAfrom international sporting associations
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Starting to feel like it's an explicit job requirement for political pundits not to admit the most consequential trend in American politics of the last 40 years.
Thank you TCW for this instant classic of Harper’s Letter sophistry, explaining that the categories "right" & "left" are unhelpful in understanding a campaign of kidnappings & assassinations undertaken by an ultra-right wing secret police force at the behest of an ultra-right wing political regime
January 10, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Starting to feel like it's an explicit job requirement for political pundits not to admit the most consequential trend in American politics of the last 40 years.
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It finishes Macclesfield 2, Crystal Palace 1. It's the biggest upset in FA Cup history. 117 league places between the two teams is the biggest gap overcome. Macclesfield are a semi-pro National League North team (sixth-tier), Premier League Palace are the current holders. #FACup #footy-live
Macclesfield now 2-0 up vs Palace. Would be one of the biggest upsets in FA Cup history due to the gap between the two teams in the league pyramid. More significant still as Palace are the current cup holders.
Sixth-tier Macclesfield take the lead against Premier League Crystal Palace #FACup #footy-live
January 10, 2026 at 2:13 PM
It finishes Macclesfield 2, Crystal Palace 1. It's the biggest upset in FA Cup history. 117 league places between the two teams is the biggest gap overcome. Macclesfield are a semi-pro National League North team (sixth-tier), Premier League Palace are the current holders. #FACup #footy-live
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For right-wingers who want to preserve any sort of public career in a post-Trump reality without being constantly haunted by their past disgrace, "Renee Good's murder is a bridge too far for me" is one of the easiest off-ramps in the world. I think we should take note of who declines to use it.
Sohrab Ahmari thinks that the officer was in danger and had a right to kill Renee Good.
He’s as bad as any MAGA.
He’s as bad as any MAGA.
January 9, 2026 at 8:10 PM
For right-wingers who want to preserve any sort of public career in a post-Trump reality without being constantly haunted by their past disgrace, "Renee Good's murder is a bridge too far for me" is one of the easiest off-ramps in the world. I think we should take note of who declines to use it.
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“We’ll come out of this. Let me tell you something. If none of us are here, if none of us are here to see it, tell your children who the cowards were.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates
January 8, 2026 at 10:20 PM
“We’ll come out of this. Let me tell you something. If none of us are here, if none of us are here to see it, tell your children who the cowards were.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates
They are launching this missing the ability to check off tasks, so presumably they will just sit there. Just a rush to shove AI down their users’ throats.
January 8, 2026 at 2:16 PM
They are launching this missing the ability to check off tasks, so presumably they will just sit there. Just a rush to shove AI down their users’ throats.
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Google is forcing more generative AI on Gmail users. I couldn’t think of a better moment to finally drop Gmail (and other Google services)!
I have a guide to do just that here: disconnect.blog/getting-off-...
I have a guide to do just that here: disconnect.blog/getting-off-...
January 8, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Google is forcing more generative AI on Gmail users. I couldn’t think of a better moment to finally drop Gmail (and other Google services)!
I have a guide to do just that here: disconnect.blog/getting-off-...
I have a guide to do just that here: disconnect.blog/getting-off-...
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For me, the most difficult part is often the lies.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/living-in-...
Living in the Lie
And How Not To
www.unpopularfront.news
January 8, 2026 at 1:40 PM
For me, the most difficult part is often the lies.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/living-in-...
Like this might be what gets me to switch to ProtonMail. I’ll just auto forward everything.
Google is taking over your Gmail inbox with AI. The new AI Inbox replaces the traditional list of emails with a personalized summary of what to do and what to catch up on. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/857883/...
Google is taking over your Gmail inbox with AI
AI Mode but for Gmail.
www.theverge.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Like this might be what gets me to switch to ProtonMail. I’ll just auto forward everything.
There is a way they could introduce this where it might be interesting, but forcing it on users shows they really don’t care about their users. They just want to juice the number of people using their AI products.
Google is taking over your Gmail inbox with AI. The new AI Inbox replaces the traditional list of emails with a personalized summary of what to do and what to catch up on. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/857883/...
Google is taking over your Gmail inbox with AI
AI Mode but for Gmail.
www.theverge.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
There is a way they could introduce this where it might be interesting, but forcing it on users shows they really don’t care about their users. They just want to juice the number of people using their AI products.
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ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
June 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
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"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
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Where the hell are Google and Apple enforcing their app store terms of service on X? Grok doing CSAM should instantly be a removal from the app store. Any other app doing this would be pulled instantly. Journalists should be asking for comment from these companies.
January 7, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Where the hell are Google and Apple enforcing their app store terms of service on X? Grok doing CSAM should instantly be a removal from the app store. Any other app doing this would be pulled instantly. Journalists should be asking for comment from these companies.
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
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Yeah, it has long been the case that adult-oriented businesses have to be careful or risk the wrath of everyone from prosecutors to payment-processing companies, but "prominent social media company owned by world's richest person swiftly became world's largest CSAM producer" produces no reaction.
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Yeah, it has long been the case that adult-oriented businesses have to be careful or risk the wrath of everyone from prosecutors to payment-processing companies, but "prominent social media company owned by world's richest person swiftly became world's largest CSAM producer" produces no reaction.
Grok making CSAM is terrible but it’s even worse that thousands of guys (some posting under their real names) feel comfortable publicly asking for it. If you are still on X, I have to assume at this point you are fine with all of that.
January 5, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Grok making CSAM is terrible but it’s even worse that thousands of guys (some posting under their real names) feel comfortable publicly asking for it. If you are still on X, I have to assume at this point you are fine with all of that.
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this seems small in comparison, but we need a boycott of the World Cup. we need to see empty stadiums, teams staying home, and massive financial losses. it gives me no pleasure as a soccer fan, but anything less is a tacit endorsement of war crimes.
The US invasion of Venezuela is a clear violation of international law and the UN Charter. Celebrating the capture of Maduro, Donald Trump went further, calling it an “attack on sovereignty” itself.
Countries the world over must work together to rein in the United States before it’s too late.
Countries the world over must work together to rein in the United States before it’s too late.
The United States is a rogue state
Donald Trump’s “attack on sovereignty” in Venezuela has terrible consequences for the world
disconnect.blog
January 4, 2026 at 1:34 AM
this seems small in comparison, but we need a boycott of the World Cup. we need to see empty stadiums, teams staying home, and massive financial losses. it gives me no pleasure as a soccer fan, but anything less is a tacit endorsement of war crimes.
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The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.
A Criminal Empire
The United States launches a conquest and occupation of Venezuela to extract its oil wealth. The neocon dream is the America First dream
www.forever-wars.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.
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