Emile Avanessian
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Emile Avanessian
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Barcelona, by way of LA & NYC. @hardwoodhype on Tw*tter, La Barça Soc Supporter and League Pass in L’Eixample on Substack, My words have also appeared at Defector, The Blizzard, and elsewhere.

https://hhype.substack.com/
https://barcafemeni.substack.com/
One of our greatest societal failures is that we've gotten this far down the road without this fucking goblin's name becoming simple shorthand for "assured, spectacular failure."
November 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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living through the previously-absurd scenario of an out-of-control president looting the nation, ignoring the law, inciting violence, pardoning criminals, working with our enemies, but instead of some titanic political struggle most of society is just trying really hard to avoid mentioning it
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Do the eleventy thousand public school systems that rely on Google (Gmail, docs, Classroom, etc) know that the company, with the flick of a switch and with no notice, is now training its plagiarism machine on child student data?

This could quite possibly be running afoul of some state laws.
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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I'll just leave these here
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
FORÇA!!! ❤️💙
Today 148 years ago Joan Gamper was born. Thanks to our founder for laying the foundations for the best club in the world, our beloved Barça! 💙❤️
November 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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No, he isn’t. There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not presidential power. TPS by law cannot be terminated early, and Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.
Trump says he’s ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somali refugees in Minnesota “immediately.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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The Art of the Deal. [Cartoon by Dennis Goris]
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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This would mean eight daily UK newspapers (17 if you include Sundays/weekend papers) are owned by just three different companies.
Daily Mail owner DMGT has just signed a deal to buy the Telegraph, which would unite the UK’s two strongest right-wing papers under one owner.

It will almost certainly trigger a competition probe. Another major moment coming for Lisa Nandy as culture secretary.
Daily Mail owner strikes £500mn deal for Telegraph on.ft.com/3JSdIFj
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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‘ties’ is hilarious framing for someone they hired as an editor
November 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Eric is hiding in a closet somewhere, watching this on repeat and crying harder than he has ever cried.
Trump frickin' loves this guy lmao
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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I closed social media for like three hours and the Pope threw a rave, MTG resigned, and Trump endorsed Mamdani before Chuck Schumer did? Now accepting bribes to close social media for all of next week
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
Instead of hiring more immigration judges, the Department of Justice just posted an ad for "deportation judges." join.justice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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“wHy Do YoU hAtE tHe ChIeFs So MuCh”
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
OOF
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Hell yeah @rianjohnson.bsky.social (reposting with alt text)
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Sen. Kelly: I never expected, after serving 25 years in the Navy, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety because of something the president said. There is nothing more American than standing up for the Constitution. Trump didn't like it, so now he calls for us to be hanged.
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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I think it’s bad that ai allows people to pretend to live in completely separate realities so they don’t have to process news and events that make them uncomfortable. I think that is bad for the health of society!
Trump supporters are also making shitty AI videos of Trump arresting Mamdani in the Oval Office.

They don't know how to process what just happened in real life, so they're making the version they prefer with AI.
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Bodycam footage reveals Trump border chief framed Chicago protesters for violence.
by @mjsdc.bsky.social and @dahlialithwick.bsky.social

slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump’s Border Chief Framed Protesters for Violence. Then the Bodycam Footage Came Out.
The Trump administration faced back-to-back rebukes in a pair of cases that challenged the president’s efforts to intimidate or terrorize deep-blue cities.
slate.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Share TF OUT OF THIS!#TrumpCrushesYourDreams
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM