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I see, fighting antisemitism by putting Jewish names on a list and giving it to the government so they can decide punishment.
UC Berkeley has given the Trump administration the names of 160 students, faculty, and staff as part of an investigation into antisemitism on campus. One of them is Judith Butler. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe
UC Berkeley gave the Trump administration the names of 160 students, faculty and staff and info about their “potential connection to reports of alleged antisemitism” — sparking due-process...
www.sfchronicle.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I see, fighting antisemitism by putting Jewish names on a list and giving it to the government so they can decide punishment.
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Everyone seems allergic to the word, but Charlie Kirk was not an activist, he was a propagandist. Turning Point was a meme factory backed by a billionaire designed to steer kids towards Christian Nationalism. He didn’t advocate for policy; he spun narratives to change beliefs. Propaganda.
September 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Everyone seems allergic to the word, but Charlie Kirk was not an activist, he was a propagandist. Turning Point was a meme factory backed by a billionaire designed to steer kids towards Christian Nationalism. He didn’t advocate for policy; he spun narratives to change beliefs. Propaganda.
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We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
June 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
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As usual with these dust-ups she is retreating to the ‘compromise’ position that sporting bodies should make standards about transition.
The problem is that THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. Standards have been in place for years. Lia Thomas met them! The bigots don’t care.
The problem is that THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. Standards have been in place for years. Lia Thomas met them! The bigots don’t care.
Lol. She fucking apologized to Riley Gaines.
I knew staying out of praising her for the weakest of allyship while partially throwing trans people under the bus was the right choice.
I knew staying out of praising her for the weakest of allyship while partially throwing trans people under the bus was the right choice.
June 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
As usual with these dust-ups she is retreating to the ‘compromise’ position that sporting bodies should make standards about transition.
The problem is that THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. Standards have been in place for years. Lia Thomas met them! The bigots don’t care.
The problem is that THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. Standards have been in place for years. Lia Thomas met them! The bigots don’t care.
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It’s odd to me that “we need to restore Christian values to Europe” is not coded as anti-Semitic even though it is, quite literally, anti-semitism’s original form.
June 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It’s odd to me that “we need to restore Christian values to Europe” is not coded as anti-Semitic even though it is, quite literally, anti-semitism’s original form.
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I think if we just started calling raw milk what it really is, poopy milk, people would maybe stop thinking it’s some sorta miracle elixir.
May 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I think if we just started calling raw milk what it really is, poopy milk, people would maybe stop thinking it’s some sorta miracle elixir.
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Democrats just flipped the Omaha mayor's office with ads like this. The right-wing obsession with genitals is starting to backfire.
May 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Democrats just flipped the Omaha mayor's office with ads like this. The right-wing obsession with genitals is starting to backfire.
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Notice too how the most fervent advocates of the lab leak were also advocates of herd immunity via mass infection.
They treat infection #1 as a crime and catastrophe to distract from how they tried to encourage every infection after that.
That’s the purpose of the lab leak for many.
They treat infection #1 as a crime and catastrophe to distract from how they tried to encourage every infection after that.
That’s the purpose of the lab leak for many.
The Nation was spoon-fed documents from a bad-faith Republican House committee and covered them as if they were a scandal.
The more I look into the lab leak the more shocked I am at how desperately the media tried to launder the theory into something respectable.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The more I look into the lab leak the more shocked I am at how desperately the media tried to launder the theory into something respectable.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
May 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Notice too how the most fervent advocates of the lab leak were also advocates of herd immunity via mass infection.
They treat infection #1 as a crime and catastrophe to distract from how they tried to encourage every infection after that.
That’s the purpose of the lab leak for many.
They treat infection #1 as a crime and catastrophe to distract from how they tried to encourage every infection after that.
That’s the purpose of the lab leak for many.
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A direct strike on her home.
Palestinian photog Fatima Hassouna killed in an Israeli air strike with nine family members 24 hours after the announcement that a documentary about her work in Gaza would premiere at Cannes.
deadline.com/2025/04/gaza...
deadline.com/2025/04/gaza...
Palestinian Photojournalist & Protagonist Of Cannes-Selected Doc Killed In Israeli Gaza Strike
Palestinian Photojournalist And Protagonist Of Cannes-Selected Doc Killed In Israeli Gaza Strike
deadline.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
A direct strike on her home.
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What a summary of the anti-trans movement:
March 23rd: female fencer competes in mixed-gender event, beating several male competitors, finishing 8th
March 30th: same fencer films herself telling trans competitor “I am refusing to fence you, because I am a woman and you are a man,” collects $5000
March 23rd: female fencer competes in mixed-gender event, beating several male competitors, finishing 8th
March 30th: same fencer films herself telling trans competitor “I am refusing to fence you, because I am a woman and you are a man,” collects $5000
April 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
What a summary of the anti-trans movement:
March 23rd: female fencer competes in mixed-gender event, beating several male competitors, finishing 8th
March 30th: same fencer films herself telling trans competitor “I am refusing to fence you, because I am a woman and you are a man,” collects $5000
March 23rd: female fencer competes in mixed-gender event, beating several male competitors, finishing 8th
March 30th: same fencer films herself telling trans competitor “I am refusing to fence you, because I am a woman and you are a man,” collects $5000
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okay now that you all have gotten a taste of America's rational and predictable new trade policy, everyone who wants to build your new factories here just form an orderly line
April 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
okay now that you all have gotten a taste of America's rational and predictable new trade policy, everyone who wants to build your new factories here just form an orderly line
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one of the most baffling parts of this. I spent the last decade or so prepping to make the "first they came for ethnic studies" version of the Niemoller point to libs. while they did (see the CRT offensive and book bans) I absolutely did not think children's cancer researchers would be next in line
Someone really needs to point out to Bret Stephens types that burning down the entire university to get to the ethnic studies department is unlikely to work, because lots of people who would otherwise throw them to the wolves now see themselves as de facto on the same side as them.
March 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
one of the most baffling parts of this. I spent the last decade or so prepping to make the "first they came for ethnic studies" version of the Niemoller point to libs. while they did (see the CRT offensive and book bans) I absolutely did not think children's cancer researchers would be next in line
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The richest man in the world and de-facto co-president is giving Nazi salutes, why are we still hearing about poorly worded signs at campus protests
March 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The richest man in the world and de-facto co-president is giving Nazi salutes, why are we still hearing about poorly worded signs at campus protests
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Call it anecdotal, but my Canadian friends who are cancelling their US travel are not doing it because of tariff worries at all; they’re doing it because the US government is currently actively threatening Canada’s sovereignty and economy and they’re all justifiably furious
This is exactly why Canadians are fed up with US media.
A segment on Canadians cancelling Vermont vacations. Mentions tariffs but not (1) who started the trade war or (2) that the US is constantly threatening to ANNEX our country!
This isn’t MAGA. It’s not FOX. It’s a random NBC affiliate.
A segment on Canadians cancelling Vermont vacations. Mentions tariffs but not (1) who started the trade war or (2) that the US is constantly threatening to ANNEX our country!
This isn’t MAGA. It’s not FOX. It’s a random NBC affiliate.
'Canadians are canceling their vacations': Vermont inns share tariff concerns
YouTube video by MyNBC5-WPTZ
www.youtube.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Call it anecdotal, but my Canadian friends who are cancelling their US travel are not doing it because of tariff worries at all; they’re doing it because the US government is currently actively threatening Canada’s sovereignty and economy and they’re all justifiably furious
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this denial of empathy/shared fate is politically useful. consider how “the end of the pandemic” was produced—a combination of cutting public programs and resources and “you do you” propaganda that had people acting like other people masking somehow hurt them
one curious feature of our particular dismal political era: some people have gotten so addicted to the particular vice signaling around empathy / concern for other people that they seem to see evidence that something will benefit others as evidence that it will harm them
Anyway, this is about as gross and anti-social a statement from an antivaxxer as you'll find, but also probably pretty par for the course
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
March 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
this denial of empathy/shared fate is politically useful. consider how “the end of the pandemic” was produced—a combination of cutting public programs and resources and “you do you” propaganda that had people acting like other people masking somehow hurt them
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Demi Moore losing to Mikey Madison should be a post-credits scene to The Substance.
March 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Demi Moore losing to Mikey Madison should be a post-credits scene to The Substance.
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the Small Business Owner? oh you mean the psychopaths who pay a lower hourly wage for the privilege of telling me we’re all a family here? ok
February 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
the Small Business Owner? oh you mean the psychopaths who pay a lower hourly wage for the privilege of telling me we’re all a family here? ok
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I think what this shows is that most people aren't actually anti-vax, they're just extremely obstinate about being asked to do anything even slightly inconvenient when they don't see an immediate benefit for themselves
In Texas, said one doctor: “We’ve vaccinated multiple kids that have never been vaccinated before, some from families that didn’t believe in vaccines.”
@nbcnews.com #measles
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
@nbcnews.com #measles
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
February 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I think what this shows is that most people aren't actually anti-vax, they're just extremely obstinate about being asked to do anything even slightly inconvenient when they don't see an immediate benefit for themselves
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You can tell this is a product that's in high demand because they keep hiding the ways to turn it off
February 23, 2025 at 4:09 AM
You can tell this is a product that's in high demand because they keep hiding the ways to turn it off
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if you too want to know the joys of walking around in a circle, talking **** about your biggest opps, a picket line might be the place for you
February 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
if you too want to know the joys of walking around in a circle, talking **** about your biggest opps, a picket line might be the place for you
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Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
February 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
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A common argument for making gender-affirming healthcare harder to access is that people may undergo it and regret it.
Gatekeeping appears to actually make this *worse*, not better, because it incentivises people to lie to get treatment.
Gatekeeping appears to actually make this *worse*, not better, because it incentivises people to lie to get treatment.
Gatekeeping does NOT benefit detrans people.
Our paper on gatekeeping and detransition is now out! I’m immensely hyped for this paper, written in collaboration with wondrous scholars and including co-authors who have lived experience with detransition.
Official link: doi.org/10.1080/1553...
Our paper on gatekeeping and detransition is now out! I’m immensely hyped for this paper, written in collaboration with wondrous scholars and including co-authors who have lived experience with detransition.
Official link: doi.org/10.1080/1553...
February 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A common argument for making gender-affirming healthcare harder to access is that people may undergo it and regret it.
Gatekeeping appears to actually make this *worse*, not better, because it incentivises people to lie to get treatment.
Gatekeeping appears to actually make this *worse*, not better, because it incentivises people to lie to get treatment.
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Not exaggerating when I say I would like a personal, handwritten apology from every pundit who barfed out a dozen "the left wants to change the way you talk!" op-eds based on non-mandatory guidelines in obscure PDFs.
2. A memo distributed by NSA leadership to its staff says that on February 10, all NSA websites and internal network pages that contain banned words will be deleted.
This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:
This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:
February 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Not exaggerating when I say I would like a personal, handwritten apology from every pundit who barfed out a dozen "the left wants to change the way you talk!" op-eds based on non-mandatory guidelines in obscure PDFs.
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Again: Many of Canada's universities have aggressively restricted or frozen hiring because the govt decided to run a lot of universities on international student tuition, and then decided to cap international students suddenly.
Hey American scientists and researchers, Canada has great universities and research institutions. The Canadian government has funding available for cutting edge research.
GOC, lets become a scientific and research hub, and give these scientists a place to continue their groundbreaking work!
#cdnpoli
GOC, lets become a scientific and research hub, and give these scientists a place to continue their groundbreaking work!
#cdnpoli
February 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Again: Many of Canada's universities have aggressively restricted or frozen hiring because the govt decided to run a lot of universities on international student tuition, and then decided to cap international students suddenly.
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Just saw a farmer say, "you don't have to admit you were wrong, you have to admit you were lied to, " and idk that seems like a good framing to call people in
February 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Just saw a farmer say, "you don't have to admit you were wrong, you have to admit you were lied to, " and idk that seems like a good framing to call people in