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Rats gnawing on the necrotic tissue of a dying empire
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Rats gnawing on the necrotic tissue of a dying empire
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Yes, this is worth listening to.
In my very long memory of public affairs, have never heard a public statement by a "president" (a) more alarming in mental health terms, and also (b) more overtly racist and hate-filled.
Watch carefully the sycophants around Trump as he rants. They *all* know...
In my very long memory of public affairs, have never heard a public statement by a "president" (a) more alarming in mental health terms, and also (b) more overtly racist and hate-filled.
Watch carefully the sycophants around Trump as he rants. They *all* know...
I hope people take two minutes to listen to this shocking display of bigotry. It brings clarity to what we are fighting against. We should all be sick to hear such un-American drivel from the President of the United States.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Yes, this is worth listening to.
In my very long memory of public affairs, have never heard a public statement by a "president" (a) more alarming in mental health terms, and also (b) more overtly racist and hate-filled.
Watch carefully the sycophants around Trump as he rants. They *all* know...
In my very long memory of public affairs, have never heard a public statement by a "president" (a) more alarming in mental health terms, and also (b) more overtly racist and hate-filled.
Watch carefully the sycophants around Trump as he rants. They *all* know...
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What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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A little piece of good news. There will have to be more like this: institutions of civil society, academia, and expertise separating from the state.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Dismantled by DOGE, a Foreign Policy Center Finds New Life
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A little piece of good news. There will have to be more like this: institutions of civil society, academia, and expertise separating from the state.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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This right here.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This right here.
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This NYT Obit of VP Cheney mentions something that seems impossible in retrospect: That he and GWB were re-elected *after* it was proved there were no WMDs in Iraq.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This NYT Obit of VP Cheney mentions something that seems impossible in retrospect: That he and GWB were re-elected *after* it was proved there were no WMDs in Iraq.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
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this is evil
He’s still repeating that lie. Video link in replies.
October 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
this is evil
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Feels like China is the only country that prepared itself for a 2nd Trump term -- they haven't wasted the last 4 years in many respects
December 2, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Feels like China is the only country that prepared itself for a 2nd Trump term -- they haven't wasted the last 4 years in many respects
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Stein’s Law needs a corollary. The law is, what cannot go on forever will stop. The corollary is, before the fall, people will extrapolate its continuance to long past the time that it will stop.
October 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Stein’s Law needs a corollary. The law is, what cannot go on forever will stop. The corollary is, before the fall, people will extrapolate its continuance to long past the time that it will stop.
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In brown girl culture, we call this getting “evil eyed”
Lakers' Luka Doncic is out for at least one week with a left finger sprain and lower left leg contusion.
October 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
In brown girl culture, we call this getting “evil eyed”
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Reagan was like Joe Free Trade. He and Thatcher are the avatars of the neoclassical economics resurgence, trade liberalization, etc. good or bad this is pure reality. The idea that this conversation is even happening shows how much we’re in the mad king 2+2=7 world.
Trump: "They cheated on a commercial. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs and they said he didn't. And I guess it was AI or something. They cheated badly. Canada got caught cheating on a commercial. Can you believe it?"
October 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Reagan was like Joe Free Trade. He and Thatcher are the avatars of the neoclassical economics resurgence, trade liberalization, etc. good or bad this is pure reality. The idea that this conversation is even happening shows how much we’re in the mad king 2+2=7 world.
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Love this story so much.
Student journalists ftw 💪
Student journalists ftw 💪
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Love this story so much.
Student journalists ftw 💪
Student journalists ftw 💪
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Bari Weiss and JD Vance are very similar figures with very similar skills.
October 3, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Bari Weiss and JD Vance are very similar figures with very similar skills.
Update of the day.
September 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Update of the day.
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[sigh]
it's nice on the internet before the americans wake up.
Let's see what shitstorm they dump on us today.
it's nice on the internet before the americans wake up.
Let's see what shitstorm they dump on us today.
September 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
[sigh]
it's nice on the internet before the americans wake up.
Let's see what shitstorm they dump on us today.
it's nice on the internet before the americans wake up.
Let's see what shitstorm they dump on us today.
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Rick, a genre I love, can mix with maga, regrettably. Jazz, never.
September 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Rick, a genre I love, can mix with maga, regrettably. Jazz, never.
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When you support Free Speech but only for your self what you're for is your own untrammeled power.
September 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
When you support Free Speech but only for your self what you're for is your own untrammeled power.
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Tether is making a special American stablecoin so Americans can finally have access to the US dollar, this isn’t confusing
September 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Tether is making a special American stablecoin so Americans can finally have access to the US dollar, this isn’t confusing
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It’s not simply important to denounce political violence because it looks bad not to. It’s the right thing to do on the merits. Even more specifically to this moment it’s important because the forces of fascism are inherently better at political violence than the forces of civic democracy.
September 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It’s not simply important to denounce political violence because it looks bad not to. It’s the right thing to do on the merits. Even more specifically to this moment it’s important because the forces of fascism are inherently better at political violence than the forces of civic democracy.
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it is always worth remembering that vance made a conscious decision to be a person of low character. he has eagerly contorted himself into evil for the sake of what amounts to a whiff of power.
This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
September 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
it is always worth remembering that vance made a conscious decision to be a person of low character. he has eagerly contorted himself into evil for the sake of what amounts to a whiff of power.
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Once again @bryce.lol raises the bar for finance story ledes. on.ft.com/4naOi3t
September 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Once again @bryce.lol raises the bar for finance story ledes. on.ft.com/4naOi3t
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Word of the day is ‘tamalou’: a French name for an older person who no longer greets their friends with ‘how was your holiday?, but with ‘t’as mal où ?’, ‘where does it hurt?’. There follows an enthusiastic account of aches and pains and doctor’s appointments.
September 4, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Word of the day is ‘tamalou’: a French name for an older person who no longer greets their friends with ‘how was your holiday?, but with ‘t’as mal où ?’, ‘where does it hurt?’. There follows an enthusiastic account of aches and pains and doctor’s appointments.
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When you have troops under the command of the Texas governor illegally operating in Illinois against the wishes of the Illinois governor, that seems like it's already on the spectrum of internal conflict, regardless if anyone fights back.
But whatever it is, it is not the Union as we know it.
But whatever it is, it is not the Union as we know it.
September 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
When you have troops under the command of the Texas governor illegally operating in Illinois against the wishes of the Illinois governor, that seems like it's already on the spectrum of internal conflict, regardless if anyone fights back.
But whatever it is, it is not the Union as we know it.
But whatever it is, it is not the Union as we know it.