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🚨 NEW: The majority holder of the world's genetic sequence data is a bad actor who can cut off access to critics and competing services. We've tolerated this for years, and now it threatens the pandemic treaty. Time for WHO to step in. With @ctrlalttim.com: www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/to-f...
To Finish the Pandemic Agreement, WHO Needs a Trustworthy Viral Database | Think Global Health
Online platforms for sharing virus sequences are in disarray. The World Health Organization has a chance to build something new
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🚨 NEW: The majority holder of the world's genetic sequence data is a bad actor who can cut off access to critics and competing services. We've tolerated this for years, and now it threatens the pandemic treaty. Time for WHO to step in. With @ctrlalttim.com: www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/to-f...
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It’s good to explain that the CDC is lying and vaccines still unequivocally do not cause autism, even if it just reaches one person on here who has doubts. But the fight is out there, not in here; and the time to let go of the information deficit model of science communication was decades ago
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 AM
It’s good to explain that the CDC is lying and vaccines still unequivocally do not cause autism, even if it just reaches one person on here who has doubts. But the fight is out there, not in here; and the time to let go of the information deficit model of science communication was decades ago
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Pretty revealing, in my view, that Scalia spent his entire career ridiculing diversity and affirmative action for underrepresented groups, given that the Reagan White House put him on the Supreme Court in part because it really, really wanted to nominate the first-ever Italian American justice
Antonin Scalia Was a Diversity Hire
The late justice spent his career ridiculing the notion that elite institutions had any interest in diversity. He might not have made the Supreme Court without it.
ballsandstrikes.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Pretty revealing, in my view, that Scalia spent his entire career ridiculing diversity and affirmative action for underrepresented groups, given that the Reagan White House put him on the Supreme Court in part because it really, really wanted to nominate the first-ever Italian American justice
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Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
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The Washington Post, everyone!
November 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The Washington Post, everyone!
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The conservative justices are helping Trump poison your drinking water now
How the Supreme Court Helped Trump Deliver More Pollution In Your Drinking Water
A proposed rule change from Trump’s EPA would strip federal protections from 85 percent of the nation’s wetlands.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The conservative justices are helping Trump poison your drinking water now
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
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Ben Shapiro: “When the president said deport all the illegal immigrants, I never thought that he meant that literally”
November 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Ben Shapiro: “When the president said deport all the illegal immigrants, I never thought that he meant that literally”
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pretty much beyond question that Larry Summers led the charge against Claudine Gay because he is personally a vitriolic misogynist and racist www.thecrimson.com/article/2024...
88 Days: The Unraveling of Claudine Gay’s Harvard Presidency | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned on Jan. 2, ending her tenure as the University's 30th president after it was clear the Harvard Corporation lost confidence in Gay's ability to lead amid mountin...
www.thecrimson.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
pretty much beyond question that Larry Summers led the charge against Claudine Gay because he is personally a vitriolic misogynist and racist www.thecrimson.com/article/2024...
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"Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.”
What the actual hell?
What the actual hell?
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
"Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.”
What the actual hell?
What the actual hell?
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watching these two Christian Nationalists have a conversation and see if you can spot the part where I spit coffee all over my screen.
November 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
watching these two Christian Nationalists have a conversation and see if you can spot the part where I spit coffee all over my screen.
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For as sloppy and thin as the argument is, I was startled by the mean-spiritedness here at the end. Whoever has the keys at @postopinions.bsky.social is doing a slightly more polite version of "and what's with all these pronouns." Pathetic loser shit.
November 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
For as sloppy and thin as the argument is, I was startled by the mean-spiritedness here at the end. Whoever has the keys at @postopinions.bsky.social is doing a slightly more polite version of "and what's with all these pronouns." Pathetic loser shit.
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oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
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Whether you agree with everything in this lengthy report and analysis or not, I think you will agree that the perspective offered here is not one found anywhere else.
Historical, contextualized, sourced, based on years of patterns and metajournalism rather than merely reacting to a sudden surprise.
Historical, contextualized, sourced, based on years of patterns and metajournalism rather than merely reacting to a sudden surprise.
Donald Trump’s Supposed Reversal on the Epstein Files Is Not What It Appears to Be
The president has instructed members of his party in the House of Representatives and Senate to vote for the release of the Epstein Files. But that’s only where the story begins—it gets much weirder.
sethabramson.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Whether you agree with everything in this lengthy report and analysis or not, I think you will agree that the perspective offered here is not one found anywhere else.
Historical, contextualized, sourced, based on years of patterns and metajournalism rather than merely reacting to a sudden surprise.
Historical, contextualized, sourced, based on years of patterns and metajournalism rather than merely reacting to a sudden surprise.
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Blue Prince not getting nominated for Best Game is quite honestly an outrage.
What Tonda created is truly unique and incredibly fun. He is a solo dev too, so it's even more impressive.
I'm a huge kojima nerd but in no world was DS2 more deserving than BP. No world. And I loved DS2.
What Tonda created is truly unique and incredibly fun. He is a solo dev too, so it's even more impressive.
I'm a huge kojima nerd but in no world was DS2 more deserving than BP. No world. And I loved DS2.
a screenshot of a game called goodnight
Alt: a screenshot of a game called blue prince, and the word goodnight
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Blue Prince not getting nominated for Best Game is quite honestly an outrage.
What Tonda created is truly unique and incredibly fun. He is a solo dev too, so it's even more impressive.
I'm a huge kojima nerd but in no world was DS2 more deserving than BP. No world. And I loved DS2.
What Tonda created is truly unique and incredibly fun. He is a solo dev too, so it's even more impressive.
I'm a huge kojima nerd but in no world was DS2 more deserving than BP. No world. And I loved DS2.
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this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
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This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
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Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
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Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
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made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
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Christian Right investor Nate Fischer co-founded:
1. “SLI” whose board includes Heritage president Kevin Roberts
2. American Reformer, which has received $50k from Heritage
3. New Founding, which partners w/ Raw Egg Nationalist.
He’s upset that people are talking about #3.
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1. “SLI” whose board includes Heritage president Kevin Roberts
2. American Reformer, which has received $50k from Heritage
3. New Founding, which partners w/ Raw Egg Nationalist.
He’s upset that people are talking about #3.
1/
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Christian Right investor Nate Fischer co-founded:
1. “SLI” whose board includes Heritage president Kevin Roberts
2. American Reformer, which has received $50k from Heritage
3. New Founding, which partners w/ Raw Egg Nationalist.
He’s upset that people are talking about #3.
1/
1. “SLI” whose board includes Heritage president Kevin Roberts
2. American Reformer, which has received $50k from Heritage
3. New Founding, which partners w/ Raw Egg Nationalist.
He’s upset that people are talking about #3.
1/
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Yesterday, Elon Musk QT’d Nate Hochman, the former Claremont Institute fellow who was fired by the DeSantis campaign in 2023 after he created and posted a campaign video featuring a Sonnenrad (a symbol appropriated by the Nazis). 1/
January 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Yesterday, Elon Musk QT’d Nate Hochman, the former Claremont Institute fellow who was fired by the DeSantis campaign in 2023 after he created and posted a campaign video featuring a Sonnenrad (a symbol appropriated by the Nazis). 1/
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Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
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Pundits: Why didn't Kamala Harris run to the center on immigration?
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
November 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Pundits: Why didn't Kamala Harris run to the center on immigration?
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches: