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Millions of documents so far, and not a single trans person or drag performer in the Epstein Files hurting children... seems to be 100% wealthy cis white folks.
Imagine that.
Imagine that.
December 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Millions of documents so far, and not a single trans person or drag performer in the Epstein Files hurting children... seems to be 100% wealthy cis white folks.
Imagine that.
Imagine that.
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New in the Elements in Pragmatics series. Speech Act Theory by @stavrosling.bsky.social Free to download till the end of the month! www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Speech Act Theory
Cambridge Core - Sociolinguistics - Speech Act Theory
www.cambridge.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
New in the Elements in Pragmatics series. Speech Act Theory by @stavrosling.bsky.social Free to download till the end of the month! www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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And she assumed it would be easy because it was a topic she had an opinion on and so did not need to do any research. This is the epistemic world view of the ignorant, and, apparently OU leadership.
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
And she assumed it would be easy because it was a topic she had an opinion on and so did not need to do any research. This is the epistemic world view of the ignorant, and, apparently OU leadership.
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There's no firm burden of proof for "high crimes and misdemeanors," but it's properly closer to a preponderance of the evidence than proof beyond a reasonable doubt. It's not a criminal proceeding, nobody's life or freedom is in jeopardy. It's an employment review. Likelier than not is sufficient.
December 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
There's no firm burden of proof for "high crimes and misdemeanors," but it's properly closer to a preponderance of the evidence than proof beyond a reasonable doubt. It's not a criminal proceeding, nobody's life or freedom is in jeopardy. It's an employment review. Likelier than not is sufficient.
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Looking forward to Nancy Mace’s condemnation of these men in a women’s bathroom.
ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
December 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Looking forward to Nancy Mace’s condemnation of these men in a women’s bathroom.
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Remember, when someone says they blame “porn” for something, what they mean by that is they blame the WOMEN doing the porn. It’s somehow women’s FAULT that men are behave badly.
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and gender essentialist, he’s Jordan Peterson without the benzo addiction
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and gender essentialist, he’s Jordan Peterson without the benzo addiction
The link between sexual repression and militarism is becoming clearer by the day.
Galloway blames OnlyFans for loneliness, depression, small business closures, extremism, tyranny and *checks notes* impending societal extinction.
His solution? Mandatory national service.
Galloway blames OnlyFans for loneliness, depression, small business closures, extremism, tyranny and *checks notes* impending societal extinction.
His solution? Mandatory national service.
Scott Galloway: OnlyFans is the billion-dollar symptom of a loneliness pandemic
The most unstable, violent societies have one thing in common: lonely young men. We are producing millions of them, writes Scott Galloway
www.standard.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Remember, when someone says they blame “porn” for something, what they mean by that is they blame the WOMEN doing the porn. It’s somehow women’s FAULT that men are behave badly.
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and gender essentialist, he’s Jordan Peterson without the benzo addiction
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and gender essentialist, he’s Jordan Peterson without the benzo addiction
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This thread from Senator Wyden is fire.
Meanwhile, if you’re just a regular person with a bank account with a TINY BALANCE, paying rent and bills, and the bank merely SUSPECTS that there has been ANY sort of “adult activity” in connection with your account? CLOSED no more banking for you!
Meanwhile, if you’re just a regular person with a bank account with a TINY BALANCE, paying rent and bills, and the bank merely SUSPECTS that there has been ANY sort of “adult activity” in connection with your account? CLOSED no more banking for you!
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This thread from Senator Wyden is fire.
Meanwhile, if you’re just a regular person with a bank account with a TINY BALANCE, paying rent and bills, and the bank merely SUSPECTS that there has been ANY sort of “adult activity” in connection with your account? CLOSED no more banking for you!
Meanwhile, if you’re just a regular person with a bank account with a TINY BALANCE, paying rent and bills, and the bank merely SUSPECTS that there has been ANY sort of “adult activity” in connection with your account? CLOSED no more banking for you!
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Actual causes of death in the US and media coverage of same.
And then we wonder why people have such a skewed understanding of the world.
@ourworldindata.org is a treasure. Thanks, @hannahritchie.bsky.social and colleagues.
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
And then we wonder why people have such a skewed understanding of the world.
@ourworldindata.org is a treasure. Thanks, @hannahritchie.bsky.social and colleagues.
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
November 16, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Actual causes of death in the US and media coverage of same.
And then we wonder why people have such a skewed understanding of the world.
@ourworldindata.org is a treasure. Thanks, @hannahritchie.bsky.social and colleagues.
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
And then we wonder why people have such a skewed understanding of the world.
@ourworldindata.org is a treasure. Thanks, @hannahritchie.bsky.social and colleagues.
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
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Jury nullification is good and it's a good sign for America's path out of authoritarianism that juries are recognizing their power to nullify.
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Jury nullification is good and it's a good sign for America's path out of authoritarianism that juries are recognizing their power to nullify.
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Conservatives: “Private industry will come to help SNAP recipients.”
Private Industry: “Here is a plan to help—temporary discounts to SNAP recipients for groceries since they are getting NOTHING right now.”
Conservatives: “No, no, no. Not like that.”
Private Industry: “Here is a plan to help—temporary discounts to SNAP recipients for groceries since they are getting NOTHING right now.”
Conservatives: “No, no, no. Not like that.”
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Conservatives: “Private industry will come to help SNAP recipients.”
Private Industry: “Here is a plan to help—temporary discounts to SNAP recipients for groceries since they are getting NOTHING right now.”
Conservatives: “No, no, no. Not like that.”
Private Industry: “Here is a plan to help—temporary discounts to SNAP recipients for groceries since they are getting NOTHING right now.”
Conservatives: “No, no, no. Not like that.”
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If you just stop buying one $3 sweet treat a day you can save up a down payment for a house in just 73 years
October 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If you just stop buying one $3 sweet treat a day you can save up a down payment for a house in just 73 years
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Homeland Security goes "wildly outside the scope of statutory authority" in its efforts to stomp ICE-trackers' privacy
DHS Tries To Unmask Ice Spotting Instagram Account by Claiming It Imports Merchandise
There is no evidence the Instagram and Facebook account, called Montcowatch, sells anything. Lawyers from the ACLU say the move is "wildly outside the scope" of DHS' authority.
www.404media.co
October 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Homeland Security goes "wildly outside the scope of statutory authority" in its efforts to stomp ICE-trackers' privacy
View from Frog Mountain
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
View from Frog Mountain
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Give officials discretionary power over this sort of thing, and some of them will abuse it. Trump's abuses are unusually shameless and intrusive, but the problem began before him and will almost certainly continue after he's gone.
Exclusive | Trump admin favors Paramount Skydance in race to buy Warner Bros. Discovery: sources
WBD CEO David Zaslav, meanwhile, believes he can make a case to the Trump administration that they should allow deals outside of Paramount Skydance, appealing to free market types in the administra…
nypost.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Give officials discretionary power over this sort of thing, and some of them will abuse it. Trump's abuses are unusually shameless and intrusive, but the problem began before him and will almost certainly continue after he's gone.
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Your morning image (via www.instagram.com/p/DOWAZgWDuvV/)
September 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Your morning image (via www.instagram.com/p/DOWAZgWDuvV/)
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If you can't tell the difference between hate speech and speaking against hate, you're probably a Republican.
September 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If you can't tell the difference between hate speech and speaking against hate, you're probably a Republican.
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We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.
September 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.
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You “regret” mistakes. This was not a mistake. They deliberately shackled these people and distributed video of them being humiliated. They detained them for days after.
What they regret is that, this time, their gleeful anti-immigrant violence wrought negative consequences for the administration.
What they regret is that, this time, their gleeful anti-immigrant violence wrought negative consequences for the administration.
U.S. Expresses Regret over ICE Raid Targeting South Korean Workers in Georgia
U.S. Expresses Regret over ICE Raid Targeting South Korean Workers in Georgia
On Sunday, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau expressed regret over the recent ICE raid that detained 300 South Korean workers at a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia. Landau met with Kor...
www.democracynow.org
September 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
You “regret” mistakes. This was not a mistake. They deliberately shackled these people and distributed video of them being humiliated. They detained them for days after.
What they regret is that, this time, their gleeful anti-immigrant violence wrought negative consequences for the administration.
What they regret is that, this time, their gleeful anti-immigrant violence wrought negative consequences for the administration.
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They used Kirk’s podcast to praise his alleged commitment to free speech, while announcing that they’ll be using the full force of the federal government to silence the left.
Just so we’re clear on how disingenuous this is: Vance mentioned Soros by name. Soros has never promoted violence.
Just so we’re clear on how disingenuous this is: Vance mentioned Soros by name. Soros has never promoted violence.
White House Plans Broad Crackdown on Liberal Groups
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
They used Kirk’s podcast to praise his alleged commitment to free speech, while announcing that they’ll be using the full force of the federal government to silence the left.
Just so we’re clear on how disingenuous this is: Vance mentioned Soros by name. Soros has never promoted violence.
Just so we’re clear on how disingenuous this is: Vance mentioned Soros by name. Soros has never promoted violence.
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The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
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Donald Trump, defender of free speech and foe of the administrative state, unleashes the administrative state on broadcasters whose speech he dislikes: www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...
August 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Donald Trump, defender of free speech and foe of the administrative state, unleashes the administrative state on broadcasters whose speech he dislikes: www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...
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Yeah. It’s happening here.
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Yeah. It’s happening here.