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The Nazis used the term "Lying Press" (Lügenpresse) to discredit and censor all dissenting media, simultaneously targeting journalists, and seizing, and giving their political allies control of news outlets to crush any opposition.
Just mentioning that now for no reason at all.
Just mentioning that now for no reason at all.
November 30, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The Nazis used the term "Lying Press" (Lügenpresse) to discredit and censor all dissenting media, simultaneously targeting journalists, and seizing, and giving their political allies control of news outlets to crush any opposition.
Just mentioning that now for no reason at all.
Just mentioning that now for no reason at all.
And now so is Stephen Miller.
Every time I see a famous person is trending on here, I wonder if it's cuz they died. Well, JD Vance is trending, but sadly ...
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
And now so is Stephen Miller.
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this is just gutter racism
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
this is just gutter racism
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As a Dallas sports fan watching Post Malone after Detroit rolled out Jack White and Eminem is like what it feels like sitting in traffic while thinking about Japan’s maglev trains
November 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
As a Dallas sports fan watching Post Malone after Detroit rolled out Jack White and Eminem is like what it feels like sitting in traffic while thinking about Japan’s maglev trains
This bear is making exactly the same gesture I make when I am giving someone complicated directions.
Go left, then right. Then take a sharp right, like I mean a really sharp right, and then left. Then go straight for a while, and then you're almost there, and then take a slight left.
Go left, then right. Then take a sharp right, like I mean a really sharp right, and then left. Then go straight for a while, and then you're almost there, and then take a slight left.
a bear is standing on its hind legs in a field .
Alt: A bear is standing on its hind legs in a field and waving. His mouth is also moving, so it looks like he is talking.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This bear is making exactly the same gesture I make when I am giving someone complicated directions.
Go left, then right. Then take a sharp right, like I mean a really sharp right, and then left. Then go straight for a while, and then you're almost there, and then take a slight left.
Go left, then right. Then take a sharp right, like I mean a really sharp right, and then left. Then go straight for a while, and then you're almost there, and then take a slight left.
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The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
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Somewhere out there someone who’s the best at what they do is terrified that they have imposter syndrome while a bunch of barely literate pedophiles are very calmly running the world
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Somewhere out there someone who’s the best at what they do is terrified that they have imposter syndrome while a bunch of barely literate pedophiles are very calmly running the world
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Remember when they said the reason they caved in March was so they could get a better deal in September lmao
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Remember when they said the reason they caved in March was so they could get a better deal in September lmao
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As someone who has managed to not cross a picket line even when it was nearly all the grocery stores in the metro area on strike, really don't wanna hear anyone talking about how they just HAVE to cross the Starbucks picket line. This is like the easiest solidarity ever.
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
As someone who has managed to not cross a picket line even when it was nearly all the grocery stores in the metro area on strike, really don't wanna hear anyone talking about how they just HAVE to cross the Starbucks picket line. This is like the easiest solidarity ever.
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Do not look away.
November 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Do not look away.
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Andrew Cuomo gave more money in taxpayer subsidies to Elon Musk than the entire cost of Zohran Mamdani’s free bus plan.
It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.
It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Andrew Cuomo gave more money in taxpayer subsidies to Elon Musk than the entire cost of Zohran Mamdani’s free bus plan.
It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.
It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.
British news is almost wall-to-wall about the royal formerly known as Prince Andrew, and this is the photo that Channel 4 is using whenever the in-studio hosts talk about him.
The photo editor at Channel 4 news is currently my hero.
The photo editor at Channel 4 news is currently my hero.
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
British news is almost wall-to-wall about the royal formerly known as Prince Andrew, and this is the photo that Channel 4 is using whenever the in-studio hosts talk about him.
The photo editor at Channel 4 news is currently my hero.
The photo editor at Channel 4 news is currently my hero.
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Sharks absolutely get cancer, and people claiming otherwise are pseudoscientific grifters preying on the desperate.
Even if sharks did not get cancer, eating shark would not cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at basketball.
Even if sharks did not get cancer, eating shark would not cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at basketball.
October 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Sharks absolutely get cancer, and people claiming otherwise are pseudoscientific grifters preying on the desperate.
Even if sharks did not get cancer, eating shark would not cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at basketball.
Even if sharks did not get cancer, eating shark would not cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at basketball.
Every time I see a famous person is trending on here, I wonder if it's cuz they died. Well, JD Vance is trending, but sadly ...
October 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Every time I see a famous person is trending on here, I wonder if it's cuz they died. Well, JD Vance is trending, but sadly ...
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DSM-5 Now Includes Mariners Fanhood as a Legitimate Form of Depression: tinyurl.com/5e8a65zt
October 22, 2025 at 4:01 AM
DSM-5 Now Includes Mariners Fanhood as a Legitimate Form of Depression: tinyurl.com/5e8a65zt
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I love how there's enough budget for Noem to get private jets, Trump to demolish the East Wing, to build an arch, and for ICE to continue their march of terror...
...but there's not enough to keep SNAP for myself and others in 2 weeks.
Luxuries for the rich but no food for the poor.
...but there's not enough to keep SNAP for myself and others in 2 weeks.
Luxuries for the rich but no food for the poor.
October 22, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I love how there's enough budget for Noem to get private jets, Trump to demolish the East Wing, to build an arch, and for ICE to continue their march of terror...
...but there's not enough to keep SNAP for myself and others in 2 weeks.
Luxuries for the rich but no food for the poor.
...but there's not enough to keep SNAP for myself and others in 2 weeks.
Luxuries for the rich but no food for the poor.
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An OpenAI executive said GPT-5 found solutions to 10 "previously unsolved" math problems when in reality all it did was find online references to places where people had already solved them
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
OpenAI’s ‘embarrassing’ math | TechCrunch
No, GPT-5 did not solve a bunch of previously unsolved math problems.
techcrunch.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
An OpenAI executive said GPT-5 found solutions to 10 "previously unsolved" math problems when in reality all it did was find online references to places where people had already solved them
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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My heart is full! Cary NC has turned out spectacularly for No Kings!!
October 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My heart is full! Cary NC has turned out spectacularly for No Kings!!
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No Kings, downtown Minneapolis. I’d say about 10k with more coming.
October 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
No Kings, downtown Minneapolis. I’d say about 10k with more coming.
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[Exit pursued by a bear.]
October 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
[Exit pursued by a bear.]
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On this day:
In 1964, the Free Speech Movement began at the University of California, Berkeley, as students surrounded a police car containing an arrested campus activist for more than 30 hours.
#FreeSpeech
#Pinks
Credit: AP
In 1964, the Free Speech Movement began at the University of California, Berkeley, as students surrounded a police car containing an arrested campus activist for more than 30 hours.
#FreeSpeech
#Pinks
Credit: AP
October 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
On this day:
In 1964, the Free Speech Movement began at the University of California, Berkeley, as students surrounded a police car containing an arrested campus activist for more than 30 hours.
#FreeSpeech
#Pinks
Credit: AP
In 1964, the Free Speech Movement began at the University of California, Berkeley, as students surrounded a police car containing an arrested campus activist for more than 30 hours.
#FreeSpeech
#Pinks
Credit: AP