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"Okay, get some snaps of that Mangione character, but you better not pull any bullshit where he looks like the subject in a 16th century painting called 'Christ taken at the Garden of Gethsemane'."
"Okay, now don't be mad but..."
December 19, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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"support journalism"

The journalism
December 11, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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i do find it interesting in a bleak way that silicon valley is basically recapitulating 1920s-style american reactionary politics.
The tech bro fascination with eugenics is so on brand. The idea that you could make accurate, actionable predictions from individual genotypes (with all their complex, non-linear interactions) from averaged, linearly modeled population-level genomic statistics is just another big data fantasy
December 12, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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As a strategy, I believe this is what those crazy kids down at London School of Economics would call "less than ideal."
Last week the Russian Central Bank sold 1 trillion in bonds to the banks in order to raise money to cover the 2024 government deficit.

The banks lacked liquidity to buy, so now the CB is lending the banks money to buy its own bonds.

All while using the same bonds as collateral for the loan.
December 9, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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December 8, 2024 at 7:07 AM
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background
December 8, 2024 at 4:18 AM
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AKA watch your cornhole Tulsi Gabbard
Bolton: It's going to be very interesting to see what the files that may be uncovered in the Syrian government, if the rebels succeed in capturing Damascus, what they show about a number of Americans.
December 8, 2024 at 5:06 AM
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The resolution to boycott Haaretz which passed in today's gov meeting without legal review is another step in Netanyahu's journey to dismantle democracy. Like his friends Putin, Erdoğan & Orbán, Netanyahu is trying to silence critical, independent media. Haaretz will not balk
November 24, 2024 at 3:11 PM