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It turns out that protecting hate speech did not create the conditions to protect other kinds of speech; instead, it protected hate and allowed hate movements to take over all the institutions of that might have defended the rest of us.
September 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
It turns out that protecting hate speech did not create the conditions to protect other kinds of speech; instead, it protected hate and allowed hate movements to take over all the institutions of that might have defended the rest of us.
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in a typical display of bias, Rhiannon refuses to list the literally dozens of countries that Israel has NOT bombed this week
🧵In the past week Israel has bombed: Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Tunisia, Yemen, and now Qatar. In Yemen the prime minister and multiple cabinet members were assassinated. In Qatar the Hamas negotiators who were called there by the US to review a ceasefire proposal were targeted. These are acts of
September 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
in a typical display of bias, Rhiannon refuses to list the literally dozens of countries that Israel has NOT bombed this week
Accidentally triggered the “America is a free speech paradise!” Crowd today. Whoops.
September 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Accidentally triggered the “America is a free speech paradise!” Crowd today. Whoops.
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/2...spending the time, and the mental energy, and one's own credibility to present those distinctions requires a leap of faith, a suspension of disbelief: it requires asserting that it's plausible that those rule-based distinctions are the actual reason for the difference.
I decline.
I decline.
September 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
/2...spending the time, and the mental energy, and one's own credibility to present those distinctions requires a leap of faith, a suspension of disbelief: it requires asserting that it's plausible that those rule-based distinctions are the actual reason for the difference.
I decline.
I decline.
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As someone who has run an actual non-ridiculous independent media operation for over two decades which has lost multiple sponsors due to our public "we're against fascism" stance... to hear that Weiss might get $200 million for basically justifying and whitewashing fascism... is... frustrating.
FT Exclusive: Weiss has met with David Ellison, the incoming owner of CBS News, over a potential deal to sell her three-year-old media company, according to several people familiar with the matter. https://on.ft.com/4eZ6WbM
July 23, 2025 at 4:53 AM
As someone who has run an actual non-ridiculous independent media operation for over two decades which has lost multiple sponsors due to our public "we're against fascism" stance... to hear that Weiss might get $200 million for basically justifying and whitewashing fascism... is... frustrating.
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It's even dumber. Because Mr. "No this is not genocide" got mad about the bed bug joke because he claimed calling him a bedbug was basically one step towards actual genocide.
www.techdirt.com/2019/09/03/b...
www.techdirt.com/2019/09/03/b...
July 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
It's even dumber. Because Mr. "No this is not genocide" got mad about the bed bug joke because he claimed calling him a bedbug was basically one step towards actual genocide.
www.techdirt.com/2019/09/03/b...
www.techdirt.com/2019/09/03/b...
“Polls that say the public likes things that I don’t are misleading! How can these things be popular when I dislike them and I am a member of the public?!”
Ironically he’s doing the exact thing he’s accusing others of - failing to study public opinions accurately when he dislikes the results.
Ironically he’s doing the exact thing he’s accusing others of - failing to study public opinions accurately when he dislikes the results.
This is why I emphasized "study public opinion accurately."
Progressives have invested huge sums of money in misleading polls to convince people that all of their ideas are popular when it isn't true and it's been very damaging.
bsky.app/profile/jere...
Progressives have invested huge sums of money in misleading polls to convince people that all of their ideas are popular when it isn't true and it's been very damaging.
bsky.app/profile/jere...
Nearly every Democratic platform policy is broadly popular and nearly every Republican platform policy is broadly unpopular. I don't understand what you're suggesting would be different. Even if no Democrat held any unpopular position, Fox and Co would claim they did anyway.
May 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
“Polls that say the public likes things that I don’t are misleading! How can these things be popular when I dislike them and I am a member of the public?!”
Ironically he’s doing the exact thing he’s accusing others of - failing to study public opinions accurately when he dislikes the results.
Ironically he’s doing the exact thing he’s accusing others of - failing to study public opinions accurately when he dislikes the results.
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May 23, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Some guy on Twitter made a point of announcing that thousands upon thousands of men are descended from rapists, and we women "aren't going to like it when [they] stop asking nicely."
Which, you know, surprise surprise brother, but you're also not going to like it when we stop refusing nicely.
Which, you know, surprise surprise brother, but you're also not going to like it when we stop refusing nicely.
May 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Some guy on Twitter made a point of announcing that thousands upon thousands of men are descended from rapists, and we women "aren't going to like it when [they] stop asking nicely."
Which, you know, surprise surprise brother, but you're also not going to like it when we stop refusing nicely.
Which, you know, surprise surprise brother, but you're also not going to like it when we stop refusing nicely.
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If you load this page it contacts 82 IP addresses executing 256 separate HTTP transactions to download 18MB of data writing 64 cookies to your device to tell you “no”
May 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
If you load this page it contacts 82 IP addresses executing 256 separate HTTP transactions to download 18MB of data writing 64 cookies to your device to tell you “no”
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I sent another email
May 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I sent another email
Gotta love Joe Biden having a historically low pardon rate—even though plenty of people are suffering because of HIS awful 1994 crime bill—but making a principled exception to (checks notes) pardon his own son.
Can we stop all pretending he’s not an lying, hypocritical scumbag now?
Can we stop all pretending he’s not an lying, hypocritical scumbag now?
December 2, 2024 at 3:07 AM
Gotta love Joe Biden having a historically low pardon rate—even though plenty of people are suffering because of HIS awful 1994 crime bill—but making a principled exception to (checks notes) pardon his own son.
Can we stop all pretending he’s not an lying, hypocritical scumbag now?
Can we stop all pretending he’s not an lying, hypocritical scumbag now?
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A lot of people responsible for poor decisions are on a press tour right now because if they didn’t, people would rightfully be questioning THEIR leadership and they know it.
It’s weak even by normal left-punching standards. Zero evidence more Liz Cheney would have won this. The opposite, actually.
It’s weak even by normal left-punching standards. Zero evidence more Liz Cheney would have won this. The opposite, actually.
First quote in this new @politico.com story is from RI's Dem committeeman Joe Paolino: "The progressive wing of the party has to recognize — we all have to recognize — the country’s not progressive, and not to the far left or the far right. They’re in the middle” www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
Centrist Dems seize opening at the DNC: ‘I don’t want to be the freak show party’
Recriminations over Kamala Harris’ defeat are shaping the early stages of the race for DNC chair.
www.politico.com
November 16, 2024 at 1:59 AM
A lot of people responsible for poor decisions are on a press tour right now because if they didn’t, people would rightfully be questioning THEIR leadership and they know it.
It’s weak even by normal left-punching standards. Zero evidence more Liz Cheney would have won this. The opposite, actually.
It’s weak even by normal left-punching standards. Zero evidence more Liz Cheney would have won this. The opposite, actually.
Lawyers who are more qualified to be AG than Matt Gaetz
November 16, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Lawyers who are more qualified to be AG than Matt Gaetz
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I’m seeing a lot of new bluesky signups so it’s time again to warn people about the cowboy. If you see posts from the cowboy, DO NOT interact with them. If the cowboy replies to you with “yeehaw” PLEASE don’t respond
October 17, 2024 at 5:04 AM
I’m seeing a lot of new bluesky signups so it’s time again to warn people about the cowboy. If you see posts from the cowboy, DO NOT interact with them. If the cowboy replies to you with “yeehaw” PLEASE don’t respond
@mcellewoodsatlaw.bsky.social think your twitter was hacked, heads up.
June 8, 2024 at 7:48 PM
@mcellewoodsatlaw.bsky.social think your twitter was hacked, heads up.
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unfortunately had to slap my youngest child, hyperion dipshit, in the target parking lot today after he failed to show proper respect to a cybertruck. before you call that abuse, just ask my other children, aryan chlamydia and maximus trifecta what they think
May 27, 2024 at 4:08 AM
unfortunately had to slap my youngest child, hyperion dipshit, in the target parking lot today after he failed to show proper respect to a cybertruck. before you call that abuse, just ask my other children, aryan chlamydia and maximus trifecta what they think
I wonder how the “Israel isn’t an apartheid state” people square the fact Israelis are committing terrorist attacks on aid trucks on a daily basis with complete impunity with how Palestinians are treated for throwing stones.
Guessing they just pretend it doesn’t happen.
Guessing they just pretend it doesn’t happen.
May 25, 2024 at 9:34 AM
I wonder how the “Israel isn’t an apartheid state” people square the fact Israelis are committing terrorist attacks on aid trucks on a daily basis with complete impunity with how Palestinians are treated for throwing stones.
Guessing they just pretend it doesn’t happen.
Guessing they just pretend it doesn’t happen.
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I will once again remind everybody — including a lot of folks who really should know this — that being Jewish and being Zionist (at all cost) are two different things. There's a parallel here with the Iraq War; "If you're against this war you're unamerican".
Genocide is *not* a Jewish doctrine.
Genocide is *not* a Jewish doctrine.
May 7, 2024 at 7:30 PM
I will once again remind everybody — including a lot of folks who really should know this — that being Jewish and being Zionist (at all cost) are two different things. There's a parallel here with the Iraq War; "If you're against this war you're unamerican".
Genocide is *not* a Jewish doctrine.
Genocide is *not* a Jewish doctrine.
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These are war crimes
What we learn here is that Israeli bombing of Gaza was not indiscriminate. It was targeted, calculated, and algorithmic. But the information and models that were fed to the AI systems were so perverse, that it was probably just as bad as indiscriminate shelling.
www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-...
www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-...
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local C...
www.972mag.com
April 4, 2024 at 3:07 PM
These are war crimes
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An indiscriminate shelling—munitions falling at random—would have been better.
The IDF targeted as many *residences* as could be struck by available munitions.
By doing that, "Lavender" and "Where's Daddy?" likely struck more noncombatants than an indiscriminate shelling would have.
The IDF targeted as many *residences* as could be struck by available munitions.
By doing that, "Lavender" and "Where's Daddy?" likely struck more noncombatants than an indiscriminate shelling would have.
What we learn here is that Israeli bombing of Gaza was not indiscriminate. It was targeted, calculated, and algorithmic. But the information and models that were fed to the AI systems were so perverse, that it was probably just as bad as indiscriminate shelling.
www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-...
www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-...
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local C...
www.972mag.com
April 4, 2024 at 3:53 PM
An indiscriminate shelling—munitions falling at random—would have been better.
The IDF targeted as many *residences* as could be struck by available munitions.
By doing that, "Lavender" and "Where's Daddy?" likely struck more noncombatants than an indiscriminate shelling would have.
The IDF targeted as many *residences* as could be struck by available munitions.
By doing that, "Lavender" and "Where's Daddy?" likely struck more noncombatants than an indiscriminate shelling would have.
It’s wild that people still pretend the IDF is in any way “moral” when it goes out of its way to ensure there are zero consequences for murdering completely innocent people for no good reason.
One telling aspect of the targeted drone strike on World Central Kitchen is how, as Israel approaches its 200th kill of a humanitarian worker, neither Netanyahu nor the IDF even pretends there will be consequences for the soldiers or changes in policy.
Because it is the policy.
Because it is the policy.
April 4, 2024 at 2:59 AM
It’s wild that people still pretend the IDF is in any way “moral” when it goes out of its way to ensure there are zero consequences for murdering completely innocent people for no good reason.
Imagine how many other times the IDF has murdered people just trying to get or distribute food that went unnoticed.
Palestinians have been screaming about this for months, with Israel insisting they only target confirmed terrorists.
Maybe now more people will listen.
Palestinians have been screaming about this for months, with Israel insisting they only target confirmed terrorists.
Maybe now more people will listen.
If you think this can still be explained away as an "accident," consider also that the second car was hit only after picking up survivors from the first strike, and the third car was hit only after it had picked up survivors from the second.
We accidentally hit three specific cars spread out along 2.4 kilometers of road
April 3, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Imagine how many other times the IDF has murdered people just trying to get or distribute food that went unnoticed.
Palestinians have been screaming about this for months, with Israel insisting they only target confirmed terrorists.
Maybe now more people will listen.
Palestinians have been screaming about this for months, with Israel insisting they only target confirmed terrorists.
Maybe now more people will listen.
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If you think this can still be explained away as an "accident," consider also that the second car was hit only after picking up survivors from the first strike, and the third car was hit only after it had picked up survivors from the second.
We accidentally hit three specific cars spread out along 2.4 kilometers of road
“Unintentional” in the sense of “on purpose, deliberately, with clear intent.”
April 3, 2024 at 2:25 AM
If you think this can still be explained away as an "accident," consider also that the second car was hit only after picking up survivors from the first strike, and the third car was hit only after it had picked up survivors from the second.