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¿ Reposted by Margaret Sullivan James Fallows o @jfallows.bsky.social • 1h Stop me if you've heard this before: If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF??? They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF??? @ Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datad... • 3h To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015 What did the NY Times editors know about this offer? 10 ¿ 96 288
November 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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inner sunset
Northern lights (occluded by clouds)
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Yesterday, Berkshire Hathaway made an unusual press release drawing attention to the proliferation of AI-generated Warren Buffett content. They mentioned a specific YouTube account.

As of today, the YouTube account mentioned here is still up and still full of fake Warren Buffett videos...
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. IT’S NOT ME November 6, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Omaha, NE (BRK.A; BRK.B) – It has come to the attention of Warren Buffett that there are several videos posted on YouTube that include alleged comments of Mr. Buffett by images or AI created images impersonating Mr. Buffett. Generally, such video images of Mr. Buffett may appear to look like him but the sound of the impersonator speaking in a very flat monotone voice is clearly not the voice of Mr. Buffett. A link to one such video appearing on YouTube follows: https://www.youtube.com/@WW2Echoessss. Mr. Buffett is concerned that these types of fraudulent videos are becoming a spreading virus. Individuals who are less familiar with Mr. Buffett may believe these videos are real and be misled by the contents of these videos. Mr. Buffett has rarely commented publicly since Berkshire’s shareholder’s meeting last May. On Monday, November 10th, Berkshire will be issuing a press release which will contain a message from Mr. Buffett regarding philanthropy, Berkshire and other matters that Berkshire shareholders and others may find to be of interest. The press release will be posted on Berkshire’s website. — END — Contact Marc D. Hamburg 402-346-1400
November 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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RIP
CNN's premature obituary for Dick Cheney "I've had a fairly successful career in the public and private sectors... I am unusually blessed." -- Dick Cheney after a health checkup in November 2000 Dick Cheney | 1941~2001 Loyal point man for two Bush presidencies U.S. Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney brought such a wealth of experience and credentials to his job that some of the administration's detractors implied that he was the real power behind the throne of the George W. Bush presidency. > FULL STORY BIOGRAPHY * Childhood and marriage * Life as Quean Consort • UK's favorite grandmother FEATURES • Overview • Of marriage and divorce • Her world at war • A love of racing RESOURCES • News search • Timeline • Eamily tree • Message boards • Related Sites
November 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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is there a single medium-to-large sized US passenger airport that is showing this video? i haven't come across any news articles that have identified a single airport that *is* showing the video
screenshot of google news search results identifying many medium to large airports not showing the taxpayer-funded highly partisan Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for the government shutdown
October 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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feels like shit, just want her back
The Caltrain jitney from like 10 years ago
September 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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There was an email!
YOUR DISNEY+ SUBSCRIPTION HAS BEEN CANCELED We're sorry to see you go. Your access to Disney+ will end on December 06, 2025, but you can restart your subscription at any time. Please note, if you have an existing subscription to the bundle, that subscription will remain active and needs to be managed separately.
September 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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very tempted to select “disk quarterly” FasTrak statement delivery just to see if it still works
STATEMENT DELIVERY Selected: Email Monthly (Free) Mail Quarterly (Free) Mail Monthly ($1 Fee) Mail Bi-Monthly ($1 Fee) Disk Quarterly ($7 Fee)
September 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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www.gofundme.com/f/help-zenob...
Receipt for 100 Receipt for 100
July 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Historically anal, you say?
Cal Cunningham
June 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Back in my day, THIS was a heat index supplement!
Infamous USA Today “excessive heat can take a toll” infographic, which shows a phallic thermometer scale being pumped by an orgasming sun
May 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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the onion Gillette CEO
May 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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an American Airlines airport touchscreen kiosk, asking the customer "Are you a terrorist? [Yes] [No]" in a large blue sans-serif font with little Yes/No buttons under it
May 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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not sure if this is info you publicly share, but there is a gmail address at the bottom of this in the upsell at the bottom of this, presumably from the URL query parameters
redacted screenshot of the Substack upsell for paid subscribers showing a gmail address
May 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Wordle 1,410 3/6*

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(Pic contains spoiler. As does my grid, arguably.)
The rolling green hills of bliss.bmp, the default Windows XP wallpaper. They are shaped the same way as my Wordle grid.
April 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Then-Sen-elect Doug Jones and his wife Louise waving amidst falling red white and blue confetti at a victory party
April 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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a cereal box of "Oops! All Receptacles!" with a bowl filled with electrical outlets garnished with blueberries as a "serving suggestion"
April 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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is it too early to start planning an elaborate group halloween costume?
the tariff equation
April 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Mt Sutro is criminally underrated
A view from a trail alongside a steep drop off filled with green plants with a foggy city in the background. In the lower right corner is a very happy black Taiwan Dog looking at her guardian holding a taut leash, begging him to cease stopping for photos so she can get back to walking and sniffing things.
March 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
photograph of a cat wearing a blue business jacket reading a newspaper with a cup of tea. Above is the meme caption "I should build a boat", with the word "build" clearly overlaying the word "buy" from the classic original meme "I should buy a boat".
March 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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i'm gonna have to rip them a new one
screenshot of NYT Spelling Bee grid, with "ORIFICIAL" typed above it and the "Not in word list" message above that
February 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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me talking to the ICE agent who shows up at the door
colin robinson, the energy vampire from What We Do In The Shadows (played by Mark Proksch. character is a bald middle-aged white man wearing glasses, a button up shirt, tie, and beige sweater, reclining in an office chair at a desk looking at the camera with his hands gesticulating)
January 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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“Deborah, an Inner Sunset resident [...] was one of several people who declined to give their last names for fear of conflict with neighbors."
(...)
"David Bloom, a software engineer who recently moved to the neighborhood, didn’t understand the fuss."

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Ralph in Danger simpsons meme (Ralph Wiggum sitting on school bus with caption “(chuckles) I’m in danger”)
January 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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I’ll take “Do not flu shit” for $600, Alex
The underside of a commercial passenger aircraft toilet lid. There is a label that says “Trash it do not flush it” accompanying a “no” symbol overlaid over various waste (cups, pads, bottles etc) being dumped into a toilet. The text “do not flush it” has large letter spacing, almost as wide as the spaces between the words, making it ambiguous whether it actually says “flush it” or “flu shit”.
December 29, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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Aren’t these all just “names of cities in Pennsylvania”?
Screenshot of an unsolved NYT Games Connections board The items on the board are: Minefield Habit Itsy Hornets' Nest Pandora's Box Hershey Piece Of Cake Aegis Histamine Sure Thing Apple Of Discord Tires Easy Golden Fleece Can No Sweat
December 28, 2024 at 3:55 PM