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Fascism is not an opinion it is a death threat. It's like letting a fox talk its way into your hen house by accusing you of fox intolerance. Don't fall for it. The fox isn't trying to be included, it wants to kill, and is willing to manipulate us into giving an opportunity.
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i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
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Electrifying development on EelTok @erinbiba.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Electrifying development on EelTok @erinbiba.bsky.social
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There are people doing the long, hard, unglamorous work of trying to shift things for the better in male sports cultures, particularly in hockey. It is a disservice to their efforts to pretend that real systemic problems can/have been solved by a six-episode TV show.
December 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
There are people doing the long, hard, unglamorous work of trying to shift things for the better in male sports cultures, particularly in hockey. It is a disservice to their efforts to pretend that real systemic problems can/have been solved by a six-episode TV show.
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"christmas is in 5 days" don't say that. why say that? that's the fakest shit i ever heard
December 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"christmas is in 5 days" don't say that. why say that? that's the fakest shit i ever heard
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As told by the late dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille.
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
As told by the late dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille.
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when mary’s water broke, jesus just walked right out
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
when mary’s water broke, jesus just walked right out
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It’s barbarism that our country puts anyone, regardless of their talent, in this position. but @diplomatofnight.com in particular is a brilliant and humane thinker who deserves a nice sinecure from which to write. she’s contributed massively to the intellectual development of this site
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December 14, 2025 at 5:44 AM
It’s barbarism that our country puts anyone, regardless of their talent, in this position. but @diplomatofnight.com in particular is a brilliant and humane thinker who deserves a nice sinecure from which to write. she’s contributed massively to the intellectual development of this site
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One certainly hopes that the poisoned fruit of this 50-60 year conservative project against small-l liberal democracy/New Deal/Great Society policy brings about its own 50-60yr restoration of these things.
The GOP has gotten what it wants. But that stove they want Americans to touch is damned HOT.
The GOP has gotten what it wants. But that stove they want Americans to touch is damned HOT.
December 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
One certainly hopes that the poisoned fruit of this 50-60 year conservative project against small-l liberal democracy/New Deal/Great Society policy brings about its own 50-60yr restoration of these things.
The GOP has gotten what it wants. But that stove they want Americans to touch is damned HOT.
The GOP has gotten what it wants. But that stove they want Americans to touch is damned HOT.
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Everyone someone says Will Wheaton is so wholesome I think about how everyone has memory holed the time Chris Hardwick was accused of sexual assault and Wheaton was like “well he’s my friend and I believe women but I don’t believe this woman and anyway people change so he’s not a bad guy anymore.”
December 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Everyone someone says Will Wheaton is so wholesome I think about how everyone has memory holed the time Chris Hardwick was accused of sexual assault and Wheaton was like “well he’s my friend and I believe women but I don’t believe this woman and anyway people change so he’s not a bad guy anymore.”
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The latest edition of my newsletter includes must-reads, organizing resources, year-end reflections, and a writing exercise for anyone trying to stay whole and take action in 2026.
Must-Reads and Some Notes on Taking Action and Staying Whole in 2026
As we close out a year of crisis and courage, I’m thinking about what sustains us — and what comes next.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The latest edition of my newsletter includes must-reads, organizing resources, year-end reflections, and a writing exercise for anyone trying to stay whole and take action in 2026.
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This thread is full of video that is "awesome" in both the colloquial *and* the original sense of the word
Y'all the latest episode of the #Kilauea #eruption just went CRAZY. It looks like pressure built up enough to explode out the ground around the two existing vents (first few seconds), leading to a massive surge in lava fountaining.🌋🤯
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
December 7, 2025 at 4:42 AM
This thread is full of video that is "awesome" in both the colloquial *and* the original sense of the word
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Every ICE agent involved in this incident needs to be arrested and charged with assault or attempted murder.
There is no excuse for running over someone’s legs with an SUV.
This man was not getting away.
He posed no threat.
He screams in agony and they don’t stop.
Arrest them all.
There is no excuse for running over someone’s legs with an SUV.
This man was not getting away.
He posed no threat.
He screams in agony and they don’t stop.
Arrest them all.
December 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Every ICE agent involved in this incident needs to be arrested and charged with assault or attempted murder.
There is no excuse for running over someone’s legs with an SUV.
This man was not getting away.
He posed no threat.
He screams in agony and they don’t stop.
Arrest them all.
There is no excuse for running over someone’s legs with an SUV.
This man was not getting away.
He posed no threat.
He screams in agony and they don’t stop.
Arrest them all.
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Photo of the Year: "Mona Lisa vs. ICE"
This woman was injured during the ICE raids in NYC yesterday.
The visual juxtaposition of her calm face bloodied amongst the dark chaos around her.
Photo: Michael Nigro
This woman was injured during the ICE raids in NYC yesterday.
The visual juxtaposition of her calm face bloodied amongst the dark chaos around her.
Photo: Michael Nigro
November 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Photo of the Year: "Mona Lisa vs. ICE"
This woman was injured during the ICE raids in NYC yesterday.
The visual juxtaposition of her calm face bloodied amongst the dark chaos around her.
Photo: Michael Nigro
This woman was injured during the ICE raids in NYC yesterday.
The visual juxtaposition of her calm face bloodied amongst the dark chaos around her.
Photo: Michael Nigro
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
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And the people that do get offended will not approve of you for conforming to their criticism, the criticism is the point.
November 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
And the people that do get offended will not approve of you for conforming to their criticism, the criticism is the point.
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It’s always about the racism. Particularly targeting Black people and Black woman. They stole the term woke from Black culture, fucked its meaning, and used it to stoke anger. Utter bullshit.
Yep, one of the biggest drivers of the elite panic around “wokeness” was the increasing prominence of Black people and particularly Black women in their fields and we’re seeing that coalition rewarded with the targeting of Black workers.
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
November 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It’s always about the racism. Particularly targeting Black people and Black woman. They stole the term woke from Black culture, fucked its meaning, and used it to stoke anger. Utter bullshit.
It's a primal reflex; a wolf will snap and snarl at a lower ranking animal instead of the source of its fear or frustration (dangerous!) or even when it's excited (funsies!). This is how I characterize the folks that get mad at the nearest woman, sometimes even an imaginary woman, or sometimes RBG.
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
It's a primal reflex; a wolf will snap and snarl at a lower ranking animal instead of the source of its fear or frustration (dangerous!) or even when it's excited (funsies!). This is how I characterize the folks that get mad at the nearest woman, sometimes even an imaginary woman, or sometimes RBG.
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Yesterday I opened the internet and Trump had accused federal Democrats of seditious behavior deserving summary execution
Today I opened the internet to see that he’s a one-man Mamdani fan club
I am not ok
Today I opened the internet to see that he’s a one-man Mamdani fan club
I am not ok
November 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Yesterday I opened the internet and Trump had accused federal Democrats of seditious behavior deserving summary execution
Today I opened the internet to see that he’s a one-man Mamdani fan club
I am not ok
Today I opened the internet to see that he’s a one-man Mamdani fan club
I am not ok
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Sharing the video of this because it’s such a ghoulish thing to say that I’m honestly in disbelief that I even heard her properly
November 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Sharing the video of this because it’s such a ghoulish thing to say that I’m honestly in disbelief that I even heard her properly
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I had the good fortune once of serving with a man who heard an insult to a woman colleague from the man in leadership.
He said, in his usual calm voice, “You know how you just said (insult)?”
Took a beat.
“Never say that again.”
He said, in his usual calm voice, “You know how you just said (insult)?”
Took a beat.
“Never say that again.”
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I had the good fortune once of serving with a man who heard an insult to a woman colleague from the man in leadership.
He said, in his usual calm voice, “You know how you just said (insult)?”
Took a beat.
“Never say that again.”
He said, in his usual calm voice, “You know how you just said (insult)?”
Took a beat.
“Never say that again.”
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Justin, saying that AI replaces cognition is exactly congruent to saying that Ponzi schemes replace mutual funds. Convincing simulacra that appear to be doing impossible things are not replacing anything except other grifts. As labor saving tech they’re more mechanical turk than spinning jenny.
November 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Justin, saying that AI replaces cognition is exactly congruent to saying that Ponzi schemes replace mutual funds. Convincing simulacra that appear to be doing impossible things are not replacing anything except other grifts. As labor saving tech they’re more mechanical turk than spinning jenny.
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“Requires more firmness than I enjoy” is so sinister, so creepy, so nauseating, so disturbing, I’m having trouble finding words for it but absolute nightmare fuel
November 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“Requires more firmness than I enjoy” is so sinister, so creepy, so nauseating, so disturbing, I’m having trouble finding words for it but absolute nightmare fuel
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October 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors