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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
Tesla to recall defective Elon Musk model.
March 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Tesla to recall defective Elon Musk model.
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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It's official: The lunatics are now running the asylum.
March 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It's official: The lunatics are now running the asylum.
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Interracial marriage did not cross 50% approval in the US until 1996, when I was 30 years old. Good political messaging drives opinion, it doesn't follow it.
March 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Interracial marriage did not cross 50% approval in the US until 1996, when I was 30 years old. Good political messaging drives opinion, it doesn't follow it.
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I will never not promote libraries, they are a vast public good and worth celebrating for themselves, and also they buy lots of books, which keeps a whole bunch of authors in the business. Please support them!
I recall you promoting libraries as well, as long as we're reading.
February 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I will never not promote libraries, they are a vast public good and worth celebrating for themselves, and also they buy lots of books, which keeps a whole bunch of authors in the business. Please support them!
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Trump voters: Had enough yet?
February 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Trump voters: Had enough yet?
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Hands up everyone who zooms in on every picture posted with a bookshelf in the background to check out the books
January 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Hands up everyone who zooms in on every picture posted with a bookshelf in the background to check out the books
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Sorry to hear about David Lynch. I worked beside him (same studio) while he was making BLUE VELVET. He answered my questions about his work with grace and honesty. I especially enjoyed his deeply existential comic strip, The Angriest Dog in the World.”
January 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Sorry to hear about David Lynch. I worked beside him (same studio) while he was making BLUE VELVET. He answered my questions about his work with grace and honesty. I especially enjoyed his deeply existential comic strip, The Angriest Dog in the World.”
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Here's one reason: The expansion of audiobook sales has been GREAT for authors. It's opened up sales to a whole new class of people *who weren't reading us before.* Audio is now easily 30%+ of my income WITHOUT cutting into print/ebook sales. Let people read in every format. It's helping authors.
Hey, just a note: Saying people are “illiterate” if they listen to audiobooks sucks for a bunch of reasons.
November 23, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Here's one reason: The expansion of audiobook sales has been GREAT for authors. It's opened up sales to a whole new class of people *who weren't reading us before.* Audio is now easily 30%+ of my income WITHOUT cutting into print/ebook sales. Let people read in every format. It's helping authors.
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“You’re in a bubble” is a notion I wholeheartedly reject. I live in a major metropolitan city. My neighbors don’t look like me, or each other. 6 languages are spoken on my block. My friends are multi-ethnic/gender/cultural.
Regressives live in a bubble, & they want to preserve it no matter the cost
Regressives live in a bubble, & they want to preserve it no matter the cost
November 8, 2024 at 6:33 PM
“You’re in a bubble” is a notion I wholeheartedly reject. I live in a major metropolitan city. My neighbors don’t look like me, or each other. 6 languages are spoken on my block. My friends are multi-ethnic/gender/cultural.
Regressives live in a bubble, & they want to preserve it no matter the cost
Regressives live in a bubble, & they want to preserve it no matter the cost
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I think one thing that is hard to address about the rightwing manosphere stuff is that it tells young men that their difficulties are actually all someone else's fault. It's seductive because it means a) you don't have to change or grow and b) you're actually "owed" more than you get in life.
November 8, 2024 at 8:15 PM
I think one thing that is hard to address about the rightwing manosphere stuff is that it tells young men that their difficulties are actually all someone else's fault. It's seductive because it means a) you don't have to change or grow and b) you're actually "owed" more than you get in life.