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PNW. Also 🍉
If you are a Random Dude On The Internet With An Opinion who wants to debate, leave me alone. I do not want to engage with you. Pretend you can't see me. I am not interested in your thoughts or debating some inane shit with you.
If you are a Random Dude On The Internet With An Opinion who wants to debate, leave me alone. I do not want to engage with you. Pretend you can't see me. I am not interested in your thoughts or debating some inane shit with you.
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“Like prime, but with human beings”
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Like prime, but with human beings”
Silksong has been out for however-long and I’m still not finished. Sigh.
December 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Silksong has been out for however-long and I’m still not finished. Sigh.
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A baby. Families. Displaced people sheltering in a school.
After more than two years of war, they were told this place was safe. It wasn’t. A ceasefire that leaves civilians vulnerable isn’t enough. Palestinians in Gaza need real safety, not ambiguous lines and shifting rules.
After more than two years of war, they were told this place was safe. It wasn’t. A ceasefire that leaves civilians vulnerable isn’t enough. Palestinians in Gaza need real safety, not ambiguous lines and shifting rules.
Israeli troops kill six Palestinians sheltering in Gaza school, say hospital chiefs
Attack brings total number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 401 since October ceasefire took effect
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A baby. Families. Displaced people sheltering in a school.
After more than two years of war, they were told this place was safe. It wasn’t. A ceasefire that leaves civilians vulnerable isn’t enough. Palestinians in Gaza need real safety, not ambiguous lines and shifting rules.
After more than two years of war, they were told this place was safe. It wasn’t. A ceasefire that leaves civilians vulnerable isn’t enough. Palestinians in Gaza need real safety, not ambiguous lines and shifting rules.
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When I teaching the Holocaust I note the Holocaust museum’s definition of a concentration camp is a prison whose inmates are denied due process. These are by definition concentration camps.
These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
30 minutes. Some deportees described sexual assault. Detainee describes the guard sexually assaulting most detainees. Lights left on all day. Prisoners not given clean water.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
When I teaching the Holocaust I note the Holocaust museum’s definition of a concentration camp is a prison whose inmates are denied due process. These are by definition concentration camps.
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This seems like a hilariously delicate way to say bribe.
December 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This seems like a hilariously delicate way to say bribe.
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The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
December 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
So cool and neat that now that Microsoft products run like all work computers in the world, the shit *simply does not work*. What do you MEAN I cannot open this super-small .csv file? What do you MEAN you're not responding? I'm asking so very little from you.
December 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
So cool and neat that now that Microsoft products run like all work computers in the world, the shit *simply does not work*. What do you MEAN I cannot open this super-small .csv file? What do you MEAN you're not responding? I'm asking so very little from you.
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tonight the government killed a story on cbs about the slave labor camp in a foreign country theyre illegally sending people to
December 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
tonight the government killed a story on cbs about the slave labor camp in a foreign country theyre illegally sending people to
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a sequel:
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by the trump-kennedy center than the fact that congress said a second time in 2 days, “no, really this kind of child’s healthcare should be banned & criminalized” & 46/47 non-GOP senators won’t commit to “i will oppose this.”
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by the trump-kennedy center than the fact that congress said a second time in 2 days, “no, really this kind of child’s healthcare should be banned & criminalized” & 46/47 non-GOP senators won’t commit to “i will oppose this.”
December 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
a sequel:
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by the trump-kennedy center than the fact that congress said a second time in 2 days, “no, really this kind of child’s healthcare should be banned & criminalized” & 46/47 non-GOP senators won’t commit to “i will oppose this.”
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by the trump-kennedy center than the fact that congress said a second time in 2 days, “no, really this kind of child’s healthcare should be banned & criminalized” & 46/47 non-GOP senators won’t commit to “i will oppose this.”
I say this as somebody who has been vegetarian and sometimes vegan for nearly 20 years: Can we please stop using almonds for creamer? Soy does much better. Anytime I want to try a “fun” non-dairy creamer, it’s always made of almonds. Leave the almonds alone please
December 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I say this as somebody who has been vegetarian and sometimes vegan for nearly 20 years: Can we please stop using almonds for creamer? Soy does much better. Anytime I want to try a “fun” non-dairy creamer, it’s always made of almonds. Leave the almonds alone please
Again, I cannot fathom a world where I *wouldn't* have to face some kind of disciplinary action if I was as non-responsive as this guy at my work. I shouldn't have to micromanage you, dude, especially when we're working on a timeframe that YOU laid out as "I'm available to do stuff during this time"
December 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Again, I cannot fathom a world where I *wouldn't* have to face some kind of disciplinary action if I was as non-responsive as this guy at my work. I shouldn't have to micromanage you, dude, especially when we're working on a timeframe that YOU laid out as "I'm available to do stuff during this time"
Have a presentation tomorrow but was off yesterday and today so hopped on computer to run through a couple more times and check email. Thought I had a shit show in my inbox but was able to breathe through the panic and review. Things seem to be okay after all. Yay.
December 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Have a presentation tomorrow but was off yesterday and today so hopped on computer to run through a couple more times and check email. Thought I had a shit show in my inbox but was able to breathe through the panic and review. Things seem to be okay after all. Yay.
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1. A blockade is an act of war
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
December 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
1. A blockade is an act of war
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
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NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Just want the Internet to know if you use that annoying 4 Non-Blondes/Nicki Minaj song I’m thumbs-downing your video and hitting the “do not recommend this channel”. I’ve heard it enough. Fucking ENOUGH.
December 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Just want the Internet to know if you use that annoying 4 Non-Blondes/Nicki Minaj song I’m thumbs-downing your video and hitting the “do not recommend this channel”. I’ve heard it enough. Fucking ENOUGH.
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This is the compromise? This is the bipartisanship? This is the civility? This is the return to normalcy? This is the price of winning? WHAT WILL YOU HAVE WON
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This is the compromise? This is the bipartisanship? This is the civility? This is the return to normalcy? This is the price of winning? WHAT WILL YOU HAVE WON
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Primary them all and block anybody who comes with the “at this crucial juncture the most important thing is that we win.” if they believed that they wouldn’t do this and with friends like them nobody needs enemies
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Primary them all and block anybody who comes with the “at this crucial juncture the most important thing is that we win.” if they believed that they wouldn’t do this and with friends like them nobody needs enemies
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feels like a pretty obvious layup for Democrats to say, "this is an egregiously disgusting statement, even for him, and it underlines that the President is undergoing significant physical and mental deterioration, and either he is lying about it or is not aware of it."
December 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
feels like a pretty obvious layup for Democrats to say, "this is an egregiously disgusting statement, even for him, and it underlines that the President is undergoing significant physical and mental deterioration, and either he is lying about it or is not aware of it."
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PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you.
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
December 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you.
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
On the one hand, should we have tolerated the BS that we have tolerated from these people to date? No. But why they think we’ll just continue to allow them destroying everything with zero consequence is beyond me. Take and take and take and what have people got to lose anymore?
The Senate voted 51-48 not to move forward on the Democratic bill, with four Republicans—Maine Sen. Susan Collins, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley and Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan—voting with Democrats.
Senate Rejects Extension of Health Care Subsidies, Risking Higher Costs for Millions
The Senate on Thursday rejected an extension = Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially setting a sharp cost increase for millions of Americans.
buff.ly
December 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
On the one hand, should we have tolerated the BS that we have tolerated from these people to date? No. But why they think we’ll just continue to allow them destroying everything with zero consequence is beyond me. Take and take and take and what have people got to lose anymore?
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If cost has kept you from picking up There Is No Place for Us (which is totally understandable), good news: the ebook is *$1.99* today—93% off!—on Kindle, B&N, Bookshop, and elsewhere.
So grateful to everyone who's been reading and sharing the book this year. It means a lot.
So grateful to everyone who's been reading and sharing the book this year. It means a lot.
There Is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone: 9780593237144 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE ATLANTIC’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Through the “revelatory and gut-wrenching” (Associated Press) stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
If cost has kept you from picking up There Is No Place for Us (which is totally understandable), good news: the ebook is *$1.99* today—93% off!—on Kindle, B&N, Bookshop, and elsewhere.
So grateful to everyone who's been reading and sharing the book this year. It means a lot.
So grateful to everyone who's been reading and sharing the book this year. It means a lot.
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put aside the 14th amendment issues. At a certain point, when your organizing principle is defiance of the Constitution, you cannot claim to validly hold a role within the constitutional structure
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
put aside the 14th amendment issues. At a certain point, when your organizing principle is defiance of the Constitution, you cannot claim to validly hold a role within the constitutional structure
Idk what all I’m cooking up tomorrow but it’s gonna be a lot. Time to overnight soak some legumes.
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Idk what all I’m cooking up tomorrow but it’s gonna be a lot. Time to overnight soak some legumes.
Finally watching the Sean Combs thing and it’s wild to me how often we let these guys lie about how they’ll pay people for their contributions, not pay them, and just keep achieving more accolades. (In addition to all the other stuff, of course)
December 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Finally watching the Sean Combs thing and it’s wild to me how often we let these guys lie about how they’ll pay people for their contributions, not pay them, and just keep achieving more accolades. (In addition to all the other stuff, of course)