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Russia, Ukraine, Scandinavia, and the Arctic. Art History (Scandinavia and Imperial Russia). New York. Gay stuff. Lifting. 🇮🇪🇦🇱🇺🇸🏳️🌈
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In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
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imagine US political culture if Ford hadn't pardoned Nixon, and instead he went to jail
December 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
imagine US political culture if Ford hadn't pardoned Nixon, and instead he went to jail
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Truly the stupidest cult. Obsessed with a drug that doesn't work against an infectious disease that they don't even think is real.
In lieu of affordable universal health insurance, Texans will now be given better access to de-worming medication.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Truly the stupidest cult. Obsessed with a drug that doesn't work against an infectious disease that they don't even think is real.
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The past few years have seen massive expansion of crypto (speculation), NFTs (speculation), sports betting (gambling), prediction markets (more gambling), and social media engagement farming (selling yourself or bots).
Surprising we don't hear more about decommodification in politics.
Surprising we don't hear more about decommodification in politics.
December 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The past few years have seen massive expansion of crypto (speculation), NFTs (speculation), sports betting (gambling), prediction markets (more gambling), and social media engagement farming (selling yourself or bots).
Surprising we don't hear more about decommodification in politics.
Surprising we don't hear more about decommodification in politics.
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I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring | Defector
Given his age when he first came to the world’s attention and assuming continued good health in the intervening decade and change, Marine Todd would be in his late 30s today. That would be if he was a...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...
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Almost fifty years since Renee Richards fought for the right to play. The New York Times covered the controversy closely, running this collection of responses from their readers that sounds like it could be run today
December 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Almost fifty years since Renee Richards fought for the right to play. The New York Times covered the controversy closely, running this collection of responses from their readers that sounds like it could be run today
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(finding out that there is an exploit compromising the end-to-end encryption on my toilet) well that’s just great.
December 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
(finding out that there is an exploit compromising the end-to-end encryption on my toilet) well that’s just great.
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can’t believe Jared Kushner was unable to negotiate a meaningful and just peace with Putin
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
can’t believe Jared Kushner was unable to negotiate a meaningful and just peace with Putin
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Outstanding reporting today from the New Media at the Pentagon.
December 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Outstanding reporting today from the New Media at the Pentagon.
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Trump to America: drop dead
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Trump to America: drop dead
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The Trump brain boys high fiving each other that they've succeeded where Duterte failed and managed to One Weird Trick themselves into being able to legally kill drug traffickers.
Only to have anyone ask them to explain how a brick of blow is a threat of anything but a good time to a US warship.
Only to have anyone ask them to explain how a brick of blow is a threat of anything but a good time to a US warship.
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The Trump brain boys high fiving each other that they've succeeded where Duterte failed and managed to One Weird Trick themselves into being able to legally kill drug traffickers.
Only to have anyone ask them to explain how a brick of blow is a threat of anything but a good time to a US warship.
Only to have anyone ask them to explain how a brick of blow is a threat of anything but a good time to a US warship.
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Yesterday the President fell asleep, yet again, during a televised fake Cabinet meeting staged so that each of his courtiers could heap praise on him, praise for which he couldn't stay conscious. He woke up just long enough to spew racism. Why is this not being treated as an emergency? >
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Yesterday the President fell asleep, yet again, during a televised fake Cabinet meeting staged so that each of his courtiers could heap praise on him, praise for which he couldn't stay conscious. He woke up just long enough to spew racism. Why is this not being treated as an emergency? >
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
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5 years ago today, Pandemic Year. It had been a month since I opened my "side project" (lol) cat rescue in the spare room of my flat in London.
I saw an ad for a male kitten with "balance & walking problems" who urgently needed a home. And so it began. HAPPY SMOL PAUL DAY!
I saw an ad for a male kitten with "balance & walking problems" who urgently needed a home. And so it began. HAPPY SMOL PAUL DAY!
November 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
5 years ago today, Pandemic Year. It had been a month since I opened my "side project" (lol) cat rescue in the spare room of my flat in London.
I saw an ad for a male kitten with "balance & walking problems" who urgently needed a home. And so it began. HAPPY SMOL PAUL DAY!
I saw an ad for a male kitten with "balance & walking problems" who urgently needed a home. And so it began. HAPPY SMOL PAUL DAY!
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Not going to read too much into it, obviously Trump is the worst man alive, and is going to revert to saying the most odious shit imaginable in like an hour, but it's funny that this is coming a couple hours after 90 democrat losers voted to say "socialism is bad" for no reason.
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Not going to read too much into it, obviously Trump is the worst man alive, and is going to revert to saying the most odious shit imaginable in like an hour, but it's funny that this is coming a couple hours after 90 democrat losers voted to say "socialism is bad" for no reason.
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All the Camelot shit really broke people huh. You can’t just say a guy is a rich crank who thinks he’s smarter than everybody, he has to cut some sort of a tragic figure
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
All the Camelot shit really broke people huh. You can’t just say a guy is a rich crank who thinks he’s smarter than everybody, he has to cut some sort of a tragic figure
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Great news, though, we’ve decided to stop the story dead for half the book while one of the characters tells the others about school
If you loved THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE, then you'll love its action-packed sequel, PRINCE CASPIAN! The Pevensie children are back, even Edmund, but what about all your favorite friends: Mr. Tumnus, the Beavers, the friendly giant? Well, they've been dead for a thousand years. Sorry.
November 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Great news, though, we’ve decided to stop the story dead for half the book while one of the characters tells the others about school
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i’d push back on this a little — from the start, the MAHA pitch ended with buying the wellness scams and supplements its leaders directly sold (or profited from via affiliate marketing). they haven’t really hidden it
The MAHA pitch was supposed to be that Americans don’t really need insurance, vaccines, or other “establishment” medical care — they just need better nutrition and less exposure to environmental toxins.
And yet: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
And yet: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
F.D.A. Withdraws Rule to Require Testing Cosmetics Made With Talc for Asbestos
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November 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
i’d push back on this a little — from the start, the MAHA pitch ended with buying the wellness scams and supplements its leaders directly sold (or profited from via affiliate marketing). they haven’t really hidden it
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The lack of effort would be almost insulting if these people had any pride or real moral commitments. Instead they pretend and point at him like, “See he said, ‘Bible 👍!’ what an amazing man of Christ!!”
December 1, 2024 at 9:44 PM
The lack of effort would be almost insulting if these people had any pride or real moral commitments. Instead they pretend and point at him like, “See he said, ‘Bible 👍!’ what an amazing man of Christ!!”
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It’s kind of funny at times to think about how little Trump has absorbed and learned about American Evangelicalism. Even after years of being around/being praised by these people. He can only muster, “I love the Bible folks, that I can tell you! Great book and it’s being read a lot!”
December 1, 2024 at 9:41 PM
It’s kind of funny at times to think about how little Trump has absorbed and learned about American Evangelicalism. Even after years of being around/being praised by these people. He can only muster, “I love the Bible folks, that I can tell you! Great book and it’s being read a lot!”
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pete hegseth has cheated on his wives many times, has allegedly harmed many more women, and now stands accused of murder. i know he can pantomime southern baptist slop when the occasion demands, but let’s leave “devout” out of it.
November 29, 2025 at 2:34 AM
pete hegseth has cheated on his wives many times, has allegedly harmed many more women, and now stands accused of murder. i know he can pantomime southern baptist slop when the occasion demands, but let’s leave “devout” out of it.
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I only taught college for one more year after I transitioned, but this shit was my nightmare, and why I left the field. 100 she is trying to get the TA fired. And this is appallingly bad writing for a Junior. Most Freshmen write better than this after their basic COMP sequence.
November 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I only taught college for one more year after I transitioned, but this shit was my nightmare, and why I left the field. 100 she is trying to get the TA fired. And this is appallingly bad writing for a Junior. Most Freshmen write better than this after their basic COMP sequence.
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Really hard not to see this whole thing as an effort to get a trans person fired from her TA job
November 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Really hard not to see this whole thing as an effort to get a trans person fired from her TA job
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The Turning Point at OU Center For Kids Who Can't Write Good and Don't Want to Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too.
November 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The Turning Point at OU Center For Kids Who Can't Write Good and Don't Want to Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too.