Ben
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Pretty much always want a hot dog
@_kingfish_ on the other site
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An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
December 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
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that’s absolutely right Alex 🗣️🗣️🗣️
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
that’s absolutely right Alex 🗣️🗣️🗣️
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Trump has openly said his motive for attacking Venezuela is to seize its oil. But recent explainers in WaPo, Politico, BBC, CNN pontificating about Trump's motives do not mention this fact at all. I wrote about western media's bizarre refusal to state the obvious, even after Trump says it himself.
Media Pontificating About Trump’s Motives for Attacking Venezuela Keep Ignoring that he Openly Admitted It Was to Take Their Oil
BBC, Politico, WaPo, CNN entertain many reasons for why Trump wants regime change in Venezuela—while ignoring the most obvious.
www.columnblog.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Trump has openly said his motive for attacking Venezuela is to seize its oil. But recent explainers in WaPo, Politico, BBC, CNN pontificating about Trump's motives do not mention this fact at all. I wrote about western media's bizarre refusal to state the obvious, even after Trump says it himself.
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Me podcasting with Jeff Schechtman whowhatwhy.org/podcast/when...
When the Bubble Bursts: The Economy Can’t Be Spun - WhoWhatWhy
Suppressed jobs data, tariffs hitting consumers, and trillions in AI spending built on sand. The one force that still moves public opinion is breaking.
whowhatwhy.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Me podcasting with Jeff Schechtman whowhatwhy.org/podcast/when...
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Surely at some point someone will point out that like half the people in the White House appear to be on end-of-Scarface quantities of cocaine. We can’t just keep acting like Hegseth and Noem and Kash Patel are sober, this is absurd.
October 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Surely at some point someone will point out that like half the people in the White House appear to be on end-of-Scarface quantities of cocaine. We can’t just keep acting like Hegseth and Noem and Kash Patel are sober, this is absurd.
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it's weird that a clown car full of freaks like stephen miller and jd vance feeding the populace a strict diet of state violence, austerity, and cringe are not getting more popular. bread and circus but there's no bread and the circus is one sclerotic monkey vomiting on his balls
October 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
it's weird that a clown car full of freaks like stephen miller and jd vance feeding the populace a strict diet of state violence, austerity, and cringe are not getting more popular. bread and circus but there's no bread and the circus is one sclerotic monkey vomiting on his balls
Gotta give The Guardian credit for useing this picture along with this headline
September 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Gotta give The Guardian credit for useing this picture along with this headline
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So far there have been zero trans women reported as having visited epsteins pedo island. But lots of people who want you to think trans women are threats to children seemed to have gone there at some point.
Curious...
Curious...
September 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
So far there have been zero trans women reported as having visited epsteins pedo island. But lots of people who want you to think trans women are threats to children seemed to have gone there at some point.
Curious...
Curious...
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the american right has been getting away with this plausible deniability shit for so long that they don't even have to do it anymore to be mainstream. they can openly say vile shit and the "liberal media" will find some way to make it plausibly deniable.
People keep "debunking" the claim that Charlie Kirk wanted to stone gay people to death but I'm pretty sure he meant it.
![She's not totally wrong. […] The first part is Deuteronomy 6:3-5. The second part is Leviticus 19. So you love God, so you must love his law. How do you love somebody? You love them by telling them the truth, not by confirming or affirming their sin. And it says, by the way, Ms. Rachel, might want to crack open that Bible of yours, in a lesser reference — part of the same part of scripture is in Leviticus 18, is that thou shall lay with another man shall be stoned to death. Just saying. So, Ms. Rachel, you quote Leviticus 19, love your neighbor as yourself. The chapter before affirms God's perfect law when it comes to sexual matters. Now, so how do you best love somebody? You love them by telling them the truth. Don't be cruel […] I would love for Ms. Rachel to respond to this: Is pride a Christian value? She thinks it is. Happy Pride Month everybody! […] In fact the Scriptures tell us the opposite. "Pride goeth before the fall."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j76trmiofvaxxpvx2vnb2vwf/bafkreigz33xmlq2bypmg55jsxb6cymen7agrv46klrgri6nbsagdul643y@jpeg)
September 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
the american right has been getting away with this plausible deniability shit for so long that they don't even have to do it anymore to be mainstream. they can openly say vile shit and the "liberal media" will find some way to make it plausibly deniable.
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like so many products to come out of silicon valley in the last decade or so, AI is a legal innovation masquerading as a tech innovation. the legal theory seems to be that AI is entitled to everything but liable for nothing.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
like so many products to come out of silicon valley in the last decade or so, AI is a legal innovation masquerading as a tech innovation. the legal theory seems to be that AI is entitled to everything but liable for nothing.
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state fair cartoonist having graham linehan sit down for a caricature and unable to see the drawing pad through tears of religious ecstasy
September 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
state fair cartoonist having graham linehan sit down for a caricature and unable to see the drawing pad through tears of religious ecstasy
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Today’s news confirms it: Cuomo is Trump’s choice for Mayor. The White House is considering jobs for Adams and Sliwa to clear the field.
New Yorkers are sick of corrupt politics and backroom deals. No matter who’s running, we will deliver a better future on November 4.
New Yorkers are sick of corrupt politics and backroom deals. No matter who’s running, we will deliver a better future on November 4.
Trump Advisers Have Discussed a Job for Adams if He Quits Mayor’s Race
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Today’s news confirms it: Cuomo is Trump’s choice for Mayor. The White House is considering jobs for Adams and Sliwa to clear the field.
New Yorkers are sick of corrupt politics and backroom deals. No matter who’s running, we will deliver a better future on November 4.
New Yorkers are sick of corrupt politics and backroom deals. No matter who’s running, we will deliver a better future on November 4.
Seeing Graham Linehan threatened with arrest if he keeps posting on twitter is what I really needed
September 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Seeing Graham Linehan threatened with arrest if he keeps posting on twitter is what I really needed
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The new acting CDC director keeps touching my tummy with wet fingers and saying, "gimme those kidneys." Hitting him with a broom makes him scuttle to the opposite end of the room. But he always manages to circle back around
August 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The new acting CDC director keeps touching my tummy with wet fingers and saying, "gimme those kidneys." Hitting him with a broom makes him scuttle to the opposite end of the room. But he always manages to circle back around
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Here is their publicly posted contact information. They’ve deleted the offending post (lawyers called) but have in no way apologized.
August 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Here is their publicly posted contact information. They’ve deleted the offending post (lawyers called) but have in no way apologized.
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It’s so great rbeef.blogspot.com/2005/01/kore...
Korean bbq lunch
It is insane, what they do is have a hot sizzling grill at your table and you go get the raw meats and cook them yourself. I went down to th...
rbeef.blogspot.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
It’s so great rbeef.blogspot.com/2005/01/kore...
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Do not miss an opportunity to ruin an ICE raid, or an officer's day.
In Middleton, NY.
This guy probably saved his neighbors from Trump's masked thugs.
This is how you firmly assert your rights and stand up for our communities.
This guy probably saved his neighbors from Trump's masked thugs.
This is how you firmly assert your rights and stand up for our communities.
August 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Do not miss an opportunity to ruin an ICE raid, or an officer's day.
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I was raised non-religious (lapsed catholic mom and atheist jewish dad) and vacillate between atheist and agnostic and this guy is so much more an obvious ally in the big fight than any reddit atheist. it's not even close.
This dude has it.
We got some generational talent in the party.
We got some generational talent in the party.
August 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I was raised non-religious (lapsed catholic mom and atheist jewish dad) and vacillate between atheist and agnostic and this guy is so much more an obvious ally in the big fight than any reddit atheist. it's not even close.
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August 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
My dear childhood friend is raising funds for a 13 year old boy and his mother who have been staying with her during his treatment, and for his family still facing a genoc1de back in Ga7a. I can personally guarantee that every cent will support their needs. Thank you for sharing. gofund.me/4a1c529a
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this is an incredibly bleak and incredibly important read. the Trump admin is engaged in an active project of epistemicide on multiple fronts and AI is the latest weapon in that attack.
Today's newsletter is about Trump's "woke AI" executive order and why it's really bad. www.readtpa.com/p/how-trump-...
How Trump Plans to Weaponize AI's "Superhuman Persuasion"
A new government plan would mandate that AI systems reflect the administration's worldview — or lose access to federal contracts.
www.readtpa.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
this is an incredibly bleak and incredibly important read. the Trump admin is engaged in an active project of epistemicide on multiple fronts and AI is the latest weapon in that attack.
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Latest with @nikkimcr.bsky.social for Rolling Stone:
Trump’s fascistic fantasies about making his enemies suffer aren’t just a distraction. They’re part of the very real authoritarian project he and his administration have been actively carrying out for the past six months.
Trump's Wildly Fascistic Posting Spree Isn't Just a Distraction From Epstein
Donald Trump went on a fascistic posting spree on Sunday amid uproar over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, fantasizing about Democrats being arrested.
www.rollingstone.com
July 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Latest with @nikkimcr.bsky.social for Rolling Stone:
"Israel kills dozens seeking aid" is just a daily headline now. How have we let this be normal?
July 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"Israel kills dozens seeking aid" is just a daily headline now. How have we let this be normal?