bathtubbuccaneer.bsky.social
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The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
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This is getting lost in the news cycle, because everyone moved on from the Jimmy Kimmel story.
But this is bad. As you could see in videos of Carr threatening Kimmel, he clearly relishes the idea of being a fascist henchman.
He cannot wait to censor more people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/t...
But this is bad. As you could see in videos of Carr threatening Kimmel, he clearly relishes the idea of being a fascist henchman.
He cannot wait to censor more people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/t...
F.C.C. Chair Says Agency ‘Isn’t Independent,’ Breaking From Tradition
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is getting lost in the news cycle, because everyone moved on from the Jimmy Kimmel story.
But this is bad. As you could see in videos of Carr threatening Kimmel, he clearly relishes the idea of being a fascist henchman.
He cannot wait to censor more people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/t...
But this is bad. As you could see in videos of Carr threatening Kimmel, he clearly relishes the idea of being a fascist henchman.
He cannot wait to censor more people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/t...
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As a person who has been studying extreme far right ideologies for the last decade (and did a PhD on immigration) I find the entrance of “remigration” into the mainstream American political lexicon so profoundly disturbing
December 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
As a person who has been studying extreme far right ideologies for the last decade (and did a PhD on immigration) I find the entrance of “remigration” into the mainstream American political lexicon so profoundly disturbing
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The whole “we must defeat them in the marketplace of ideas” liberal brain rot really need to die. People should have learned way back in 2016 that giving attention to bad faith actors only helps them.
December 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The whole “we must defeat them in the marketplace of ideas” liberal brain rot really need to die. People should have learned way back in 2016 that giving attention to bad faith actors only helps them.
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On Dec. 4, DOJ labeled people who impede or "dox" ICE agents "domestic terrorists." I document how DHS believes following, recording, and protesting agents is "impeding," and has a policy of threatening & arresting ICE observers. That's unconstitutional. www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
December 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
On Dec. 4, DOJ labeled people who impede or "dox" ICE agents "domestic terrorists." I document how DHS believes following, recording, and protesting agents is "impeding," and has a policy of threatening & arresting ICE observers. That's unconstitutional. www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
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December 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Google is on record denying this story, but we all know the question is not if but when, and also, if anything is going to make me less inclined to use "AI" than I already am, it'll be the attempt to shove ads into it
www.adweek.com/media/google...
www.adweek.com/media/google...
EXCLUSIVE: Google Tells Advertisers It’ll Bring Ads to Gemini in 2026
The discussions mark the first time advertisers have heard directly from Google about monetizing its Gemini AI chatbot
www.adweek.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Google is on record denying this story, but we all know the question is not if but when, and also, if anything is going to make me less inclined to use "AI" than I already am, it'll be the attempt to shove ads into it
www.adweek.com/media/google...
www.adweek.com/media/google...
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There are two basic reactions people have to ChatGPT
1) OMG I USE HIM FOR EVERYTHING AND WE’RE GETTING MARRIED
2) I preferred Google when it used to work.
You know which one you are. Every human being on the planet already knows.
1) OMG I USE HIM FOR EVERYTHING AND WE’RE GETTING MARRIED
2) I preferred Google when it used to work.
You know which one you are. Every human being on the planet already knows.
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
There are two basic reactions people have to ChatGPT
1) OMG I USE HIM FOR EVERYTHING AND WE’RE GETTING MARRIED
2) I preferred Google when it used to work.
You know which one you are. Every human being on the planet already knows.
1) OMG I USE HIM FOR EVERYTHING AND WE’RE GETTING MARRIED
2) I preferred Google when it used to work.
You know which one you are. Every human being on the planet already knows.
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I spoke to the New York Times in this great explainer piece by Charlie Savage
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
December 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I spoke to the New York Times in this great explainer piece by Charlie Savage
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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The last 12 FDA commissioners did not mince their words (to the extent that one can do that in the context of an academic medical journal):
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA | NEJM
Twelve former commissioners of the FDA express concern that the agency’s recent moves will undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure vaccine safety, effectiveness, and availability.
www.nejm.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The last 12 FDA commissioners did not mince their words (to the extent that one can do that in the context of an academic medical journal):
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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At some point a random cybersecurity founder just shows up in the comments and butts in with the most obviously ChatGPT generated argument I've ever seen. Apparently the dude just saw the discussion and was like "hold up, I think my plagiarism toaster could provide some valuable insight here". 2/2
November 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
At some point a random cybersecurity founder just shows up in the comments and butts in with the most obviously ChatGPT generated argument I've ever seen. Apparently the dude just saw the discussion and was like "hold up, I think my plagiarism toaster could provide some valuable insight here". 2/2
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
"Despite everything, it's still you."
November 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"Despite everything, it's still you."
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Oh my god.
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
Trump administration strips Nigerian Nobel winner Wole Soyinka of US visa
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
bit.ly
October 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Oh my god.
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Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)
Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
October 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)
Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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The Saudi government murdered Jamal Khashoggi seven years ago today. His editor @karenattiah.bsky.social wrote this two years ago.
Opinion | The moment I knew the world would try to move on from Jamal Khashoggi
I could see it coming at Time’s 2018 Person of the Year celebration.
wapo.st
October 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The Saudi government murdered Jamal Khashoggi seven years ago today. His editor @karenattiah.bsky.social wrote this two years ago.
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Saw a TikTok from an American girl who moved to China and was talking about how she feels more free despite extreme gun control because it's safer. I genuinely can't tell if it's Chinese propaganda or if US propaganda is so good that someone had to move to China just to figure out that guns are bad.
October 1, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Saw a TikTok from an American girl who moved to China and was talking about how she feels more free despite extreme gun control because it's safer. I genuinely can't tell if it's Chinese propaganda or if US propaganda is so good that someone had to move to China just to figure out that guns are bad.
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I cannot emphasize this enough:
The regime has overextended itself. It is vulnerable to protest and dissent.
They have not consolidated power and we are entirely capable of keeping them from doing so.
Doomers are not realists.
The regime has overextended itself. It is vulnerable to protest and dissent.
They have not consolidated power and we are entirely capable of keeping them from doing so.
Doomers are not realists.
September 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I cannot emphasize this enough:
The regime has overextended itself. It is vulnerable to protest and dissent.
They have not consolidated power and we are entirely capable of keeping them from doing so.
Doomers are not realists.
The regime has overextended itself. It is vulnerable to protest and dissent.
They have not consolidated power and we are entirely capable of keeping them from doing so.
Doomers are not realists.
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No one should get violent threats. But if you’re gonna change your vote because of it, you should resign. I’Ve been getting violent threats all week and not only do I have no intention of shutting up, I think it’s evidence that we need to say it louder
Dems advertising that they are capitulating to threats of violence is not an especially smart plan even on narrow selfpreservation concerns
September 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
No one should get violent threats. But if you’re gonna change your vote because of it, you should resign. I’Ve been getting violent threats all week and not only do I have no intention of shutting up, I think it’s evidence that we need to say it louder
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New from me:
There's a lot of misinformation around the reasons I was fired from WaPo.
Here's the official termination letter I got sent by Washington Post.
Read and judge for yourself.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
There's a lot of misinformation around the reasons I was fired from WaPo.
Here's the official termination letter I got sent by Washington Post.
Read and judge for yourself.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
Why Washington Post fired me
Read the official termination letter for yourself.
open.substack.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
New from me:
There's a lot of misinformation around the reasons I was fired from WaPo.
Here's the official termination letter I got sent by Washington Post.
Read and judge for yourself.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
There's a lot of misinformation around the reasons I was fired from WaPo.
Here's the official termination letter I got sent by Washington Post.
Read and judge for yourself.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
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WEIRD, HUH.
weird that neither of these articles two main stories decrying censorship mention WaPo's firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social I guess democracy really does die in darkness
September 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
WEIRD, HUH.
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It feels like the door to an entire era of American cinema has been finally and irrevocably closed. RIP.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...
Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It feels like the door to an entire era of American cinema has been finally and irrevocably closed. RIP.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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Me too, my friend, me too! That's a 10 year old smartwatch, working perfectly 😃
September 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Me too, my friend, me too! That's a 10 year old smartwatch, working perfectly 😃