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Dear God
Maybe this occurred to everyone else already, but I just realized that the tech bigwigs sided with Trump because they had become so Roko's Basilisk-brained
They treated Trump like their imagined future malevolent A.I., and now we're all fucked
Maybe this occurred to everyone else already, but I just realized that the tech bigwigs sided with Trump because they had become so Roko's Basilisk-brained
They treated Trump like their imagined future malevolent A.I., and now we're all fucked
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Dear God
Maybe this occurred to everyone else already, but I just realized that the tech bigwigs sided with Trump because they had become so Roko's Basilisk-brained
They treated Trump like their imagined future malevolent A.I., and now we're all fucked
Maybe this occurred to everyone else already, but I just realized that the tech bigwigs sided with Trump because they had become so Roko's Basilisk-brained
They treated Trump like their imagined future malevolent A.I., and now we're all fucked
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Reminder that this is a man who worked on 128 episodes of a very popular TV series, and he's got to sell off all of his shit just to afford cancer treatment.
SO, HOW IS THE AVERAGE PERSON SUPPOSED TO?
SO, HOW IS THE AVERAGE PERSON SUPPOSED TO?
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
James Van Der Beek Sells Dawson’s Creek Merch to Pay for Cancer Treatment
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
www.vulture.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Reminder that this is a man who worked on 128 episodes of a very popular TV series, and he's got to sell off all of his shit just to afford cancer treatment.
SO, HOW IS THE AVERAGE PERSON SUPPOSED TO?
SO, HOW IS THE AVERAGE PERSON SUPPOSED TO?
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Using the sexualization of Brooke Shields from the 70s and 80s, arguably THE defining example of "holy fuck this is gross and perverted," to try and argue that adult men lusting after teenagers ISN'T gross and perverted is...a choice.
Way to out yourself as a massive creep dude.
Way to out yourself as a massive creep dude.
In 1981 the whole country was bad guys I guess.
November 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Using the sexualization of Brooke Shields from the 70s and 80s, arguably THE defining example of "holy fuck this is gross and perverted," to try and argue that adult men lusting after teenagers ISN'T gross and perverted is...a choice.
Way to out yourself as a massive creep dude.
Way to out yourself as a massive creep dude.
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A not insignificant contingent of people, including a large part of the people running the world, seem to have lost any meaningful connection with humanity, and I’m not entirely sure how we will get out of this as a species.
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A not insignificant contingent of people, including a large part of the people running the world, seem to have lost any meaningful connection with humanity, and I’m not entirely sure how we will get out of this as a species.
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'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
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When you are a small social media site getting the same letter as Meta, Google, and TikTok, that's a sign that you're under a degree of scrutiny that is quite frankly terrifying, especially in this current climate!
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
When you are a small social media site getting the same letter as Meta, Google, and TikTok, that's a sign that you're under a degree of scrutiny that is quite frankly terrifying, especially in this current climate!
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It likely does not help that Bluesky was one of the six social media sites that got the letter from Clay Higgins, chair of the law enforcement subcommittee of the House oversight committee, about violent rhetoric after Charlie Kirk's death: clayhiggins.house.gov/2025/09/15/h...
Higgins Calls Upon Social Media CEOs to Condemn the Celebration of Charlie Kirk’s Assassination - Congressman Clay Higgins
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered a letter to social media leaders demanding the immediate removal of posts and accounts that celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk, t...
clayhiggins.house.gov
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It likely does not help that Bluesky was one of the six social media sites that got the letter from Clay Higgins, chair of the law enforcement subcommittee of the House oversight committee, about violent rhetoric after Charlie Kirk's death: clayhiggins.house.gov/2025/09/15/h...
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Newsom is basically a Republican and Spanberger took time out of the last hours of her campaign to explicitly say Mamdani isn't a Democrat. There is no "circular firing squad." There are Progressives trying to fight and there are centrist weasels perpetually sabotaging them.
democrats love all their moderate, progressive, and top-of-the-distribution leaders <3
they can all live in harmony together under a big diverse tent if they restore regional party identities and stop the circular firing squad on nationalized media <3
they can all live in harmony together under a big diverse tent if they restore regional party identities and stop the circular firing squad on nationalized media <3
November 14, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Newsom is basically a Republican and Spanberger took time out of the last hours of her campaign to explicitly say Mamdani isn't a Democrat. There is no "circular firing squad." There are Progressives trying to fight and there are centrist weasels perpetually sabotaging them.
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I think some of the "cops shouldn't look like soldiers it's just cosplay" stuff misses the fact that part of the reason all of these guys are wearing so much armor now is to fight protestors, a thing they've been doing increasingly for the last two decades
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I think some of the "cops shouldn't look like soldiers it's just cosplay" stuff misses the fact that part of the reason all of these guys are wearing so much armor now is to fight protestors, a thing they've been doing increasingly for the last two decades
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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It’s funny (derogatory) how Bluesky specifically says in their TOS that they don’t mark art for adult content and then a breast exists and it’s automatically marked adult content.
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
It’s funny (derogatory) how Bluesky specifically says in their TOS that they don’t mark art for adult content and then a breast exists and it’s automatically marked adult content.
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So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig
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the way basic human decency hits these days is crazy
So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
the way basic human decency hits these days is crazy
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I swear to god, prison outrage stories are like "they are living it up, they hardly get savagely beaten by the guards any given month!" and nobody questions whether that should be something we're doing in the first place.
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I swear to god, prison outrage stories are like "they are living it up, they hardly get savagely beaten by the guards any given month!" and nobody questions whether that should be something we're doing in the first place.
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“‘The Epstein affair brings to light a much larger problem,’ [Naomi] Oreskes wrote [in 2020]. ‘It undermines the integrity of the research enterprise when individuals can pick and choose lines of inquiry that appeal to them simply because they can pay for them.’”
Jeffrey Epstein Emails Reveal Depth of Ties to High-Profile Scientists
A trove of emails of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released Wednesday by a Congressional committee
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeff...
A trove of emails of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released Wednesday by a Congressional committee
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeff...
Jeffrey Epstein Emails Reveal Depth of Ties to High-Profile Scientists
A trove of emails of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released Wednesday by a Congressional committee.
www.scientificamerican.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 AM
“‘The Epstein affair brings to light a much larger problem,’ [Naomi] Oreskes wrote [in 2020]. ‘It undermines the integrity of the research enterprise when individuals can pick and choose lines of inquiry that appeal to them simply because they can pay for them.’”
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Prohibited activities include advising Chinese graduate students. For reference, a recent Georgetown report estimated 16% of STEM graduate students in the US are Chinese nationals.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Prohibited activities include advising Chinese graduate students. For reference, a recent Georgetown report estimated 16% of STEM graduate students in the US are Chinese nationals.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
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We take being able to use the bathroom for granted, but in jail/prison, you might only be allowed to flush the toilet once or twice every 30 minutes.
Most people have no idea how dehumanizing our carceral system is.
prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/10/21/w...
Most people have no idea how dehumanizing our carceral system is.
prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/10/21/w...
Prison Toilets Are Surprisingly Violent
I’ve often heard people say, of prison toilets, “They’ll suck your a------ right out of you.”
prisonjournalismproject.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
We take being able to use the bathroom for granted, but in jail/prison, you might only be allowed to flush the toilet once or twice every 30 minutes.
Most people have no idea how dehumanizing our carceral system is.
prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/10/21/w...
Most people have no idea how dehumanizing our carceral system is.
prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/10/21/w...
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Yes, even in “"'liberal'"” New York, prisoners can legally be paid as little as a dime an hour. Less than a dollar for eight hours of work.
There is a reason that people who want to abolish prisons are called abolitionists. Prisons are modern-day slavery.
www.ilr.cornell.edu/carow/carow-...
There is a reason that people who want to abolish prisons are called abolitionists. Prisons are modern-day slavery.
www.ilr.cornell.edu/carow/carow-...
Subminimum Wages in New York State Prisons
Matt Saleh, Timothy McNutt and Alex Herazy from ILR's Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative examine the payment of sub-minimum wages to prisoners in New York State and beyond.
www.ilr.cornell.edu
November 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Yes, even in “"'liberal'"” New York, prisoners can legally be paid as little as a dime an hour. Less than a dollar for eight hours of work.
There is a reason that people who want to abolish prisons are called abolitionists. Prisons are modern-day slavery.
www.ilr.cornell.edu/carow/carow-...
There is a reason that people who want to abolish prisons are called abolitionists. Prisons are modern-day slavery.
www.ilr.cornell.edu/carow/carow-...
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People are roasting this lede, but NYM is actually correct to print it. Toilet paper is so scarce in prisons that it is sometimes used as a currency.
It shouldn't be restricted, for any person, but the fact that it isn't for her (and her alone) is a sign of extremely special treatment.
It shouldn't be restricted, for any person, but the fact that it isn't for her (and her alone) is a sign of extremely special treatment.
Apparently, Ghislaine Maxwell is living it up in prison with unlimited toilet paper. Here’s what we know about her alleged special privileges at her new federal prison camp in Texas.
Ghislaine Maxwell Is Living It Up With Unlimited Toilet Paper
What we know about the special privileges Epstein’s accomplice is reportedly receiving at her new federal prison camp in Texas.
nymag.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
People are roasting this lede, but NYM is actually correct to print it. Toilet paper is so scarce in prisons that it is sometimes used as a currency.
It shouldn't be restricted, for any person, but the fact that it isn't for her (and her alone) is a sign of extremely special treatment.
It shouldn't be restricted, for any person, but the fact that it isn't for her (and her alone) is a sign of extremely special treatment.
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unicornriot.ninja/2025/new-fed...
Learn more about the 287(g) program linking ICE, local, state and even college police that has vastly expanded this year
Learn more about the 287(g) program linking ICE, local, state and even college police that has vastly expanded this year
New Federal Task Forces Under 287(g) Could Form 'ICE Army' From National Guard, State, Local & College Police - UNICORN RIOT
The Trump Administration has dramatically ramped up sweeps of people residing in the U.S., reaching new heights by mid-May. Crackdowns could scale up on American streets under 287(g) agreements betwee...
unicornriot.ninja
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
unicornriot.ninja/2025/new-fed...
Learn more about the 287(g) program linking ICE, local, state and even college police that has vastly expanded this year
Learn more about the 287(g) program linking ICE, local, state and even college police that has vastly expanded this year
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just a reminder this guy slashed the tires on his much younger female coworkers tires to trick her into getting in his car
he was married at the time
he was married at the time
"All they could do to distract from the Schumer shutdown cover-up is leak Epstein emails ... What a sleazy leak."
Jesse Watters attacks Democrats for releasing Epstein emails
www.mediamatters.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
just a reminder this guy slashed the tires on his much younger female coworkers tires to trick her into getting in his car
he was married at the time
he was married at the time
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Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
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Another one who's hard drive should be subpoenaed
So are you saying an adult having sex with a seventeen year old is exactly the same level of monster as someone who does it with a three year old? Because if you're not it seems like you are arguing in bad faith to tar your opposition. And if you are, I'm going to need that explained to me.
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Another one who's hard drive should be subpoenaed
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As someone who went from US history PhD-land to working on the Hill for many years, many of you would honestly be amazed at how little most everyone in DC, and especially Congress, knows about anything.
It's lawyers, journos, and 20-year-olds all the way down.
It's lawyers, journos, and 20-year-olds all the way down.
i think it's a strange attractor for people who don't actually know anything. like the theme running through all this is not having to know anything of substance about the subject--not having to take and defend a position about what's actually true--and instead it's all just meta-discourse critique
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
As someone who went from US history PhD-land to working on the Hill for many years, many of you would honestly be amazed at how little most everyone in DC, and especially Congress, knows about anything.
It's lawyers, journos, and 20-year-olds all the way down.
It's lawyers, journos, and 20-year-olds all the way down.
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Also, btw, for anyone who said Mountainhead was too unrealistic... um... this is straight out of Mountainhead.
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Also, btw, for anyone who said Mountainhead was too unrealistic... um... this is straight out of Mountainhead.
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I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi