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Concerned Citizen
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· Apr 19
I say this almost daily. Trump didn’t occur in a vacuum. He’s the result of 40+ years of GOP dirt and hypocrisy.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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Rolling out the welcome mat, like a pro.
The new $100+ price hike will affect 11 popular parks, including the Grand Canyon and Yosemite. https://cnn.it/44vIB9m
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Rolling out the welcome mat, like a pro.
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"From his mouth the bullet theoretical launched the bullet possible."
Who Said It: The Hell Priest Pinhead or Olivia Nuzzi?
“Olivia Nuzzi did it all for love. The former political journalist has written a combustive portrait of America, President Trump, and the scandal w...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"From his mouth the bullet theoretical launched the bullet possible."
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We really need to do something about white boys and men. There is something deeply lacking in our emotional education. And it is a danger to the people around us. We are not entitled to a world that conforms to our desires and expectations. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Minnesota man kills co-worker with sledgehammer, saying he didn't like her, charges say
A man is accused of killing a co-worker with a sledgehammer at a food and dairy processing facility in central Minnesota.
www.cbsnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We really need to do something about white boys and men. There is something deeply lacking in our emotional education. And it is a danger to the people around us. We are not entitled to a world that conforms to our desires and expectations. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
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This is really telling! It doesn't work like that anymore, bud. None of it works like that — even if it did on Jan. 19.
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This is really telling! It doesn't work like that anymore, bud. None of it works like that — even if it did on Jan. 19.
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We finally have Trump on the ropes with the election last Tuesday, but this capitulation is just going to embolden him yet again! All your senators and members of the House should be hearing from you this morning! They still have to vote! ☎️☎️
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We finally have Trump on the ropes with the election last Tuesday, but this capitulation is just going to embolden him yet again! All your senators and members of the House should be hearing from you this morning! They still have to vote! ☎️☎️
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your hard-earned tax dollars are paying for a White House social media account that calls duty elected senators "demented losers."
it's totally unacceptable and a disgrace.
it's totally unacceptable and a disgrace.
November 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
your hard-earned tax dollars are paying for a White House social media account that calls duty elected senators "demented losers."
it's totally unacceptable and a disgrace.
it's totally unacceptable and a disgrace.
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This is an excellent idea!!!
November 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is an excellent idea!!!
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"A month after you get a rejection from a prestigious magazine, you see an article on the same topic you pitched, using the same sources, written by an in-house writer. The article wins awards. Describe the hex you place on the magazine."
Horrifying Writing Prompts
You inadvertently send your My Little Pony/The West Wing fan fiction to the New Yorker. If your reaction was a New Yorker cartoon, what would it lo...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"A month after you get a rejection from a prestigious magazine, you see an article on the same topic you pitched, using the same sources, written by an in-house writer. The article wins awards. Describe the hex you place on the magazine."
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This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers
We are honored to receive the @rooseveltinstitute.org's 2025 Four Freedoms Award for Freedom of Speech and Expression, and to be among a stellar class of laureates including @wck.org, @cvt.org, and more. Details: tnvge.co/ZMIUg7v
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers
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"How would less fortunate corporations like Walmart, McDonald’s, and Amazon get by without SNAP and other programs to subsidize their sub-poverty level wages that leave many of their workers reliant on benefits?"
It Is Cruel to Deny Food Assistance to Those Who Truly Deserve It: Corporations
“Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of beneficiaries of federal aid programs like Medicaid and food stamps, according to a study by...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"How would less fortunate corporations like Walmart, McDonald’s, and Amazon get by without SNAP and other programs to subsidize their sub-poverty level wages that leave many of their workers reliant on benefits?"
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Is this an excerpt from Bari Weiss’ diary?
"I wasn’t sold on reading, but I did like feeling smart, and 'Don Quixote' is like the Louis Vuitton bag of people with depth."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-s...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-s...
I Started Reading Performatively, and Turns Out Books Are Pretty Good
It all started when Instagram introduced the twenty-slide photo dumps. Trying to post the correct ratio of photos to memes to appear both off-the-g...
www.mcsweeneys.net
October 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Is this an excerpt from Bari Weiss’ diary?
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House Republicans are currently enjoying something most Americans will never get in their entire careers – more than a month of paid vacation.
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
House Republicans are currently enjoying something most Americans will never get in their entire careers – more than a month of paid vacation.
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My big takeaway from Trump's lengthy Air Force One gaggle is that he's talking about shredding the Constitution by being in office for a third term increasingly openly.
If you don't think he try it, you're in denial.
If you don't think he try it, you're in denial.
Trump on a third term: "I would love to do it. I have the best numbers ever. Am I not ruling it out? You'll have to tell me."
October 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
My big takeaway from Trump's lengthy Air Force One gaggle is that he's talking about shredding the Constitution by being in office for a third term increasingly openly.
If you don't think he try it, you're in denial.
If you don't think he try it, you're in denial.
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We join members of the Democratic Veterans Caucus in demanding retired Brigadier Gen. Perry apologize to the noble veterans whose honor he has so callously defamed.
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We join members of the Democratic Veterans Caucus in demanding retired Brigadier Gen. Perry apologize to the noble veterans whose honor he has so callously defamed.
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The only truly ethical response that a self-described artist can make. Anything else is a betrayal of one's colleagues.
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The only truly ethical response that a self-described artist can make. Anything else is a betrayal of one's colleagues.
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PA GOP & MAGA activists like Scott Presler are trying to confuse Pennsylvania voters by using "No Kings" imagery in their "NO Retention" campaign to flip the PA Supreme Court & pack it with MAGA Loyalists. Even state Rep. Russ Diamond is in on it. To keep the court's Democratic Majority vote YES.
October 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
PA GOP & MAGA activists like Scott Presler are trying to confuse Pennsylvania voters by using "No Kings" imagery in their "NO Retention" campaign to flip the PA Supreme Court & pack it with MAGA Loyalists. Even state Rep. Russ Diamond is in on it. To keep the court's Democratic Majority vote YES.
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Jared Kushner is not a "top US envoy." He is the son-in-law & business partner of the president. He holds no position in the US government, & this is wildly illegal & unconstitutional & a massive financial conflict of interest that would have ended any presidency prior to this One Special Boy.
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrive in Israel to shore up Gaza ceasefire
Visit by US envoys comes day after series of attacks threatened to derail fragile accord
www.ft.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Jared Kushner is not a "top US envoy." He is the son-in-law & business partner of the president. He holds no position in the US government, & this is wildly illegal & unconstitutional & a massive financial conflict of interest that would have ended any presidency prior to this One Special Boy.
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Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
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The ability to remove your post when a hostile account quote-tweets you is a great feature of Bluesky.
To do it, go to their quote-tweet of you, click on the three dots in the bottom right, then click “detach quote.”
It shows up as “removed by author.”
To do it, go to their quote-tweet of you, click on the three dots in the bottom right, then click “detach quote.”
It shows up as “removed by author.”
October 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The ability to remove your post when a hostile account quote-tweets you is a great feature of Bluesky.
To do it, go to their quote-tweet of you, click on the three dots in the bottom right, then click “detach quote.”
It shows up as “removed by author.”
To do it, go to their quote-tweet of you, click on the three dots in the bottom right, then click “detach quote.”
It shows up as “removed by author.”
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This excellent piece explains why I've never committed to "online" books. I buy them, they are mine, nobody can take them away without coming into my house and literally pulling them off the bookcase (used books can be gotten incredibly cheap, by the way--also, libraries exist).
I only understand about 85% of this but holy shitthats some devious shit from Amazon and great work by this blogger.
blog.pixelmelt.dev/kindle-web-d...
blog.pixelmelt.dev/kindle-web-d...
How I Reversed Amazon's Kindle Web Obfuscation Because Their App Sucked
As it turns out they don't actually want you to do this (and have some interesting ways to stop you)
blog.pixelmelt.dev
October 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This excellent piece explains why I've never committed to "online" books. I buy them, they are mine, nobody can take them away without coming into my house and literally pulling them off the bookcase (used books can be gotten incredibly cheap, by the way--also, libraries exist).
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“I really don’t want us to grow up in a country where a kid telling a stupid joke telling a very offensive stupid joke is cause to ruin their lives,” VP J. D. Vance 🔗 www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
Do these look like kids to you? The Republican party is a hate organization.
Do these look like kids to you? The Republican party is a hate organization.
October 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“I really don’t want us to grow up in a country where a kid telling a stupid joke telling a very offensive stupid joke is cause to ruin their lives,” VP J. D. Vance 🔗 www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
Do these look like kids to you? The Republican party is a hate organization.
Do these look like kids to you? The Republican party is a hate organization.
Goodbye miles-to-the-gallon, welcome back gallons-to-the-mile, I guess?
Sean Duffy: "We are gonna save billions of dollars by getting rid of the fuel economy standards that are set way too high, that no combustion engine can meet, costing each car to the tune of thousands of dollars for the end consumer. We're in the process of getting rid of those rules."
October 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Goodbye miles-to-the-gallon, welcome back gallons-to-the-mile, I guess?