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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
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Timothy Mellon of the famous Pittsburgh Mellon family is the one who provided $130 million to pay US military personnel.
His views on social safety nets are that Democrats “buy” votes by providing government funds to pay for food for infants.
His views on social safety nets are that Democrats “buy” votes by providing government funds to pay for food for infants.
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Timothy Mellon of the famous Pittsburgh Mellon family is the one who provided $130 million to pay US military personnel.
His views on social safety nets are that Democrats “buy” votes by providing government funds to pay for food for infants.
His views on social safety nets are that Democrats “buy” votes by providing government funds to pay for food for infants.
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
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Last week, the Indiana University administration asked their student newspaper not to print any news stories in the Homecoming edition. When the faculty advisor refused, IU fired him and ended paper printing. So students at the Purdue paper printed the IU edition and drove it down to Bloomington!
Purdue student journalists deliver special 'solidarity' newspaper to IU Bloomington campus
The special edition blasted across town features columns from IDS and Exponent editors, alongside QR codes to support both student papers.
www.heraldtimesonline.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Last week, the Indiana University administration asked their student newspaper not to print any news stories in the Homecoming edition. When the faculty advisor refused, IU fired him and ended paper printing. So students at the Purdue paper printed the IU edition and drove it down to Bloomington!
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This is a welcoming account.
September 26, 2025 at 5:48 AM
This is a welcoming account.
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This is a welcoming account. 🏳️⚧️
September 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is a welcoming account. 🏳️⚧️
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If I may redirect your attention north of the border to our own disturbing uses of power: this is, to use @amberbracken.bsky.social's phrase, chilling.
RCMP tried to get photojournalist Amber Bracken charged and detained without bail, documents show
Bracken was arrested in 2021 after Mounties removed protesters blocking access to a Coastal GasLink construction site in B.C.
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If I may redirect your attention north of the border to our own disturbing uses of power: this is, to use @amberbracken.bsky.social's phrase, chilling.
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Yesterday The Intercept posted the piece I wrote for them to X. That account has 800K followers. As of now, the post has 5,500 impressions, 8 likes, and the only reply includes a Pepe the Frog image and the n-word.
So yes, seems like the algorithm is working as intended!
So yes, seems like the algorithm is working as intended!
September 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Yesterday The Intercept posted the piece I wrote for them to X. That account has 800K followers. As of now, the post has 5,500 impressions, 8 likes, and the only reply includes a Pepe the Frog image and the n-word.
So yes, seems like the algorithm is working as intended!
So yes, seems like the algorithm is working as intended!
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Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
September 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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St. Paul.
A modern-day St. Paul.
A modern-day St. Paul.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan on Fox & Friends on Charlie Kirk: "This guy is a modern day St Paul. He was a missionary, he's an evangelist, he's a hero. He's one I think that knows what Jesus meant when he said 'the truth will set you free.'"
September 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
St. Paul.
A modern-day St. Paul.
A modern-day St. Paul.
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We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.
September 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.
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⚡️ Banners in Slovenia’s capital honor the memory of 600 civilians killed when Russia bombed Mariupol’s Drama Theater.
September 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
⚡️ Banners in Slovenia’s capital honor the memory of 600 civilians killed when Russia bombed Mariupol’s Drama Theater.
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My hot take on sexually explicit materials in literature that may or may not be available in schools in Alberta is that in most cases what you’d read in a book is probably going to be less harmful an influence then what anyone who can google “boobies” is going to discover on the internets.
August 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
My hot take on sexually explicit materials in literature that may or may not be available in schools in Alberta is that in most cases what you’d read in a book is probably going to be less harmful an influence then what anyone who can google “boobies” is going to discover on the internets.
nobody wants to talk about obvious trends & circumstances building over long periods when they can just insist that an individual like Trump or Netanyahu is the entire problem & "we'll" get instant relief if they can be pulled like a bad tooth. just ignore the deep ranks of enablers who made them.
August 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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nobody wants to talk about obvious trends & circumstances building over long periods when they can just insist that an individual like Trump or Netanyahu is the entire problem & "we'll" get instant relief if they can be pulled like a bad tooth. just ignore the deep ranks of enablers who made them.
August 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
nobody wants to talk about obvious trends & circumstances building over long periods when they can just insist that an individual like Trump or Netanyahu is the entire problem & "we'll" get instant relief if they can be pulled like a bad tooth. just ignore the deep ranks of enablers who made them.
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Just re-watched the AB govt's My Recovery Plan promo video and found that they shoehorned in "spiritually and culturally appropriate goals and tasks" after all the Indigenous-run service providers refused to implement the app.
Voice changes and everything.
3:57ish:
youtu.be/3wQoBndSlV0?...
Voice changes and everything.
3:57ish:
youtu.be/3wQoBndSlV0?...
My Recovery Plan: Service provider role
YouTube video by YourAlberta: Learn
youtu.be
August 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Just re-watched the AB govt's My Recovery Plan promo video and found that they shoehorned in "spiritually and culturally appropriate goals and tasks" after all the Indigenous-run service providers refused to implement the app.
Voice changes and everything.
3:57ish:
youtu.be/3wQoBndSlV0?...
Voice changes and everything.
3:57ish:
youtu.be/3wQoBndSlV0?...
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🦋 Sarah Ransome #Epstein #GhislaineMaxwell
Ghislaine Maxwell victim details torture in book (2021)
"Silenced No More: Surviving My Journey to Hell and Back"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXOt...
Ghislaine Maxwell victim details torture in book (2021)
"Silenced No More: Surviving My Journey to Hell and Back"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXOt...
Ghislaine Maxwell accuser shares new details of alleged torture in new book
YouTube video by CBS Mornings
www.youtube.com
July 25, 2025 at 4:57 AM
🦋 Sarah Ransome #Epstein #GhislaineMaxwell
Ghislaine Maxwell victim details torture in book (2021)
"Silenced No More: Surviving My Journey to Hell and Back"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXOt...
Ghislaine Maxwell victim details torture in book (2021)
"Silenced No More: Surviving My Journey to Hell and Back"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXOt...
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I was supposed to be working in the US this week, but my client couldn't guarantee my ability to cross the border or my safety in doing so. We managed to get the job done virtually, but it really is astounding that we're in this position.
It happened all SO quickly, but please don't normalize it.
It happened all SO quickly, but please don't normalize it.
Trump's tariff war: Canada's sovereignty is the real issue, trade expert warns
Trump's now well-worn claim that Canada should become "the 51st state" is far more than negotiation table bluster, says Pricewaterhousecoopers.
ca.finance.yahoo.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I was supposed to be working in the US this week, but my client couldn't guarantee my ability to cross the border or my safety in doing so. We managed to get the job done virtually, but it really is astounding that we're in this position.
It happened all SO quickly, but please don't normalize it.
It happened all SO quickly, but please don't normalize it.
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SCOOP 🧵
Two years after being caught using Clearview AI facial recognition software, Calgary police signed contracts for "image recognition" software that scours photos and videos for individuals. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
Two years after being caught using Clearview AI facial recognition software, Calgary police signed contracts for "image recognition" software that scours photos and videos for individuals. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
Calgary police "image recognition" software identifies individuals in photos & videos posted online
Documents show that two years after being caught using Clearview AI facial recognition software, Calgary police signed contracts for AI software that scours photos and videos for individuals. Have pol...
drugdatadecoded.ca
August 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
SCOOP 🧵
Two years after being caught using Clearview AI facial recognition software, Calgary police signed contracts for "image recognition" software that scours photos and videos for individuals. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
Two years after being caught using Clearview AI facial recognition software, Calgary police signed contracts for "image recognition" software that scours photos and videos for individuals. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
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Their strategy also stresses access to post-secondary education to reduce violence, but the UCP continues to slash funding to post-secondary schools. This has led to tuition increases, erosion of services and further cuts to child care across universities.
BREAKING: Budget 2025’s impact on Alberta post-secondary education - The Gateway
The Government of Alberta's Budget 2025 keeps the 2025–26 base operating grant for post-secondary institutions at 2024–25 levels.
thegatewayonline.ca
August 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Their strategy also stresses access to post-secondary education to reduce violence, but the UCP continues to slash funding to post-secondary schools. This has led to tuition increases, erosion of services and further cuts to child care across universities.
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Every single province and territory in Canada is dealing with a femicide epidemic and high rates of sexual violence, stalking and intimate partner violence.
Women are being failed all across Canada.
Nobody should be flexing on their current reality but ALBERTA?! REALLY?! Girl, no.
Women are being failed all across Canada.
Nobody should be flexing on their current reality but ALBERTA?! REALLY?! Girl, no.
The United Conservative Party claims it has adopted Canada's most comprehensive strategy to reduce gender-based violence. In the Edmonton Journal, Dr. Wendy Aujla, @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I outline the absolute hypocrisy of their plan to address violence in Alberta.
Opinion: Alberta's gender-based violence strategy undermined by government policies
If the government is serious about ending violence, they will have to start with reversing many of their own economic and social policies
edmontonjournal.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Every single province and territory in Canada is dealing with a femicide epidemic and high rates of sexual violence, stalking and intimate partner violence.
Women are being failed all across Canada.
Nobody should be flexing on their current reality but ALBERTA?! REALLY?! Girl, no.
Women are being failed all across Canada.
Nobody should be flexing on their current reality but ALBERTA?! REALLY?! Girl, no.
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Perpetrators of violence, we’re told, dehumanize their victims. The truth is worse.
The Root of All Cruelty?
Perpetrators of violence, we’re told, dehumanize their victims. The truth is worse.
www.newyorker.com
August 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Perpetrators of violence, we’re told, dehumanize their victims. The truth is worse.