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Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
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in retrospect the metoo movement did not go too far and in fact should have been given spanish inquisition levels of power and authority
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
in retrospect the metoo movement did not go too far and in fact should have been given spanish inquisition levels of power and authority
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the perfect liberal statement
when you vote us back in, we'll give the gestapo nametags
when you vote us back in, we'll give the gestapo nametags
October 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
the perfect liberal statement
when you vote us back in, we'll give the gestapo nametags
when you vote us back in, we'll give the gestapo nametags
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The hostage release is a reminder of how bad the Dems are at politics. Not only did Biden refuse to force this deal on Netanyahu & thereby help Harris win, but most people aren’t even aware that Biden got way more Israeli hostages (over 100) released with his 2023 ceasefire than Trump did with his.
October 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The hostage release is a reminder of how bad the Dems are at politics. Not only did Biden refuse to force this deal on Netanyahu & thereby help Harris win, but most people aren’t even aware that Biden got way more Israeli hostages (over 100) released with his 2023 ceasefire than Trump did with his.
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"You have elected to take a job where the primary purpose is for you to eat shit and own the death of broadcast TV news, a thing that is going to die no matter what you do. Nice work!"
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/business/793...
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/business/793...
October 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
"You have elected to take a job where the primary purpose is for you to eat shit and own the death of broadcast TV news, a thing that is going to die no matter what you do. Nice work!"
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/business/793...
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/business/793...
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We are living under the conditions of epistemological neoliberalism where each individual has to be their own gatekeeper and misinformation expert because most of the institutions that used to do that work have either failed or been destroyed.
after forcing election administrators to become misinformation experts, after forcing doctors to become misinformation experts, after forcing federal law enforcement officials to become misinformation experts...
"I’m trying to rescue my community. I ain’t got time. I ain’t got time to chase every Facebook rumor….We’ve been through enough."
New, from me: the far-right is forcing emergency responders to also become misinformation experts.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-hurrican...
New, from me: the far-right is forcing emergency responders to also become misinformation experts.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-hurrican...
October 7, 2024 at 1:52 PM
We are living under the conditions of epistemological neoliberalism where each individual has to be their own gatekeeper and misinformation expert because most of the institutions that used to do that work have either failed or been destroyed.
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The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
October 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
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Sam’s Law of Media:
The media treats Democrats as the only political actors with agency, responsible for everything happening
Republicans, by contrast, are treated like zoo animals: odd, fascinating, but never to be judged and, perhaps more importantly, never responsible for their own decisions
The media treats Democrats as the only political actors with agency, responsible for everything happening
Republicans, by contrast, are treated like zoo animals: odd, fascinating, but never to be judged and, perhaps more importantly, never responsible for their own decisions
October 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Sam’s Law of Media:
The media treats Democrats as the only political actors with agency, responsible for everything happening
Republicans, by contrast, are treated like zoo animals: odd, fascinating, but never to be judged and, perhaps more importantly, never responsible for their own decisions
The media treats Democrats as the only political actors with agency, responsible for everything happening
Republicans, by contrast, are treated like zoo animals: odd, fascinating, but never to be judged and, perhaps more importantly, never responsible for their own decisions
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starting to think that an increasingly senile trump is being shown a different reality by his aides by making ai videos of shit and telling him it’s real news
September 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
starting to think that an increasingly senile trump is being shown a different reality by his aides by making ai videos of shit and telling him it’s real news
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I’m spending this week with my godmother, who is a 94 year old Holocaust refugee.
She says “I didn’t escape Nazi Germany to deal with a country like this. The Nazis were scary, but at least you knew what to expect. This government is worse.”
She says “I didn’t escape Nazi Germany to deal with a country like this. The Nazis were scary, but at least you knew what to expect. This government is worse.”
September 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I’m spending this week with my godmother, who is a 94 year old Holocaust refugee.
She says “I didn’t escape Nazi Germany to deal with a country like this. The Nazis were scary, but at least you knew what to expect. This government is worse.”
She says “I didn’t escape Nazi Germany to deal with a country like this. The Nazis were scary, but at least you knew what to expect. This government is worse.”
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Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.
September 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.
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From me, a list of Trump supporters who killed, or tried to kill, Democrats and opponents of Trump in recent years (since the right are now claiming all the political violence is from the left!)
Receipts:
zeteo.com/p/charlie-ki...
Receipts:
zeteo.com/p/charlie-ki...
September 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
From me, a list of Trump supporters who killed, or tried to kill, Democrats and opponents of Trump in recent years (since the right are now claiming all the political violence is from the left!)
Receipts:
zeteo.com/p/charlie-ki...
Receipts:
zeteo.com/p/charlie-ki...
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“We are at a moment right now where people are asking themselves why can’t the Democratic Party defend this assault on democracy . . . and I would submit to you that if you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can’t draw the line at democracy.”
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
April 22, 2025 at 5:49 AM
“We are at a moment right now where people are asking themselves why can’t the Democratic Party defend this assault on democracy . . . and I would submit to you that if you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can’t draw the line at democracy.”
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
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telling that people who are professionally Very Computer so often want Less Computer in their lives
I just don’t want a more ambient, pervasive computer, actually. If anything I would like less computer
Microsoft's Windows lead has teased the future of Windows will be more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal in the wake of AI, promoting voice as a primary input method for using your PC. www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...
August 14, 2025 at 4:08 AM
telling that people who are professionally Very Computer so often want Less Computer in their lives
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hear me out here, what if none of it is a 'distraction' and they're just doing a lot of horrible shit simultaneously
August 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
hear me out here, what if none of it is a 'distraction' and they're just doing a lot of horrible shit simultaneously
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My Democratic colleagues and I just left the state of Texas to break quorum and stop Trump’s redistricting power grab.
Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us.
It’s time to fight back.
Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us.
It’s time to fight back.
August 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
My Democratic colleagues and I just left the state of Texas to break quorum and stop Trump’s redistricting power grab.
Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us.
It’s time to fight back.
Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us.
It’s time to fight back.
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Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
July 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
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feels like one of the main divides in how people view ai is the reaction to its ingratiating servile tone. when ai is like "ouhhhh i'm so sorry i got that wrong sir, let my try again, you were right my liege" tech guys are like "i like this" instead of "what the fuck is wrong with you"
July 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
feels like one of the main divides in how people view ai is the reaction to its ingratiating servile tone. when ai is like "ouhhhh i'm so sorry i got that wrong sir, let my try again, you were right my liege" tech guys are like "i like this" instead of "what the fuck is wrong with you"
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Nancy Pelosi running defense means the list is real and a lot of Clinton Democrats are on it
July 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Nancy Pelosi running defense means the list is real and a lot of Clinton Democrats are on it
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"Because reactionary centrists do not really have values, they struggle to understand the motivations of those who do."
www.thebulwark.com/p/when-moder...
www.thebulwark.com/p/when-moder...
When Moderation Becomes Appeasement
If your chief goal is to find a middle ground with the far right on social issues, you’ll end up condoning its values—just ask Keir Starmer.
www.thebulwark.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"Because reactionary centrists do not really have values, they struggle to understand the motivations of those who do."
www.thebulwark.com/p/when-moder...
www.thebulwark.com/p/when-moder...
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Just like with Climate change, fascism is something you see on your phone in videos until you are the one taking the video.
Why is there a military vehicle with soldiers seated on top riding on Lake Shore Drive?
July 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Just like with Climate change, fascism is something you see on your phone in videos until you are the one taking the video.
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I really really do not think most Democratic politicians understand how many normie democrats think we will need Nuremberg-esque truth & reconciliation investigations and trials of leading Republican officials the next time we are in power
July 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I really really do not think most Democratic politicians understand how many normie democrats think we will need Nuremberg-esque truth & reconciliation investigations and trials of leading Republican officials the next time we are in power