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Things like this can only happen a profoundly corrupt & immoral society. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary teacher combined
See how Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s new payment package compares with other occupations in the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Things like this can only happen a profoundly corrupt & immoral society. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Lord Dubs speaks with some authority here
Asylum changes seek to use children as a weapon, says Labour peer Alf Dubs
Dubs, who was a child refugee, says Shabana Mahmood’s ‘shabby’ plans will increase community tensions
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Lord Dubs speaks with some authority here
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As Obama’s WH counsel Kathy Ruemmler and Obama’s NEC director Larry Summers are pulled into the Epstein case, are Obama’s legal ethics, economics and administration going to be tainted? Or are ppl compartmentalizing these as separate?
November 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
As Obama’s WH counsel Kathy Ruemmler and Obama’s NEC director Larry Summers are pulled into the Epstein case, are Obama’s legal ethics, economics and administration going to be tainted? Or are ppl compartmentalizing these as separate?
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Alice fucking Wong never had a “job,” scraped by on freelance gigs, had to win a MacArthur to keep from being warehoused in an institution, and got laid off a week before she died by Teen Vogue…
…and this dipshit Nuzzi gets like one of the few writing gigs in America? At Vanity Fair?
…and this dipshit Nuzzi gets like one of the few writing gigs in America? At Vanity Fair?
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Alice fucking Wong never had a “job,” scraped by on freelance gigs, had to win a MacArthur to keep from being warehoused in an institution, and got laid off a week before she died by Teen Vogue…
…and this dipshit Nuzzi gets like one of the few writing gigs in America? At Vanity Fair?
…and this dipshit Nuzzi gets like one of the few writing gigs in America? At Vanity Fair?
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Just so: the plan is to lock the cabin doors to keep the passengers out, fly the plane into the ground and then walk out of the wreckage untouched to fancy jobs at Facebook and PWC. And if you don’t like it, fuck you.
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Just so: the plan is to lock the cabin doors to keep the passengers out, fly the plane into the ground and then walk out of the wreckage untouched to fancy jobs at Facebook and PWC. And if you don’t like it, fuck you.
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When you’re so deep into dehumanising refugees you convince yourself there must be a nefarious reason they take care of their children rather than yknow, love
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
When you’re so deep into dehumanising refugees you convince yourself there must be a nefarious reason they take care of their children rather than yknow, love
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"When an off-camera female reporter... began to ask if there was anything 'incriminating' in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger in her face. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy,' he said menacingly."
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"When an off-camera female reporter... began to ask if there was anything 'incriminating' in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger in her face. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy,' he said menacingly."
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
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I've been working on this piece for months - out today in @observeruk.bsky.social. Britain is now “clearly the worst country in Europe" in how it deals with protest. It's about how it happened and why it threatens our democracy, told through letters from jailed activists. tinyurl.com/5n92yve5
Letters from prison: the protesters locked up for trying to change the world | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I've been working on this piece for months - out today in @observeruk.bsky.social. Britain is now “clearly the worst country in Europe" in how it deals with protest. It's about how it happened and why it threatens our democracy, told through letters from jailed activists. tinyurl.com/5n92yve5
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Well, I would ask whether any of these foibles make Morgan stand out as radically different to e.g. most of the cabinet
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Well, I would ask whether any of these foibles make Morgan stand out as radically different to e.g. most of the cabinet
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We never acknowledge how masterfully white supremacist billionaires managed to destroy social media as an organizer tool and completely atomized us. Twitter & tiktok had to be sold. Meta already belonged to them and this app here is a poor man's Twitter but coded to prevent educating and organizing
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We never acknowledge how masterfully white supremacist billionaires managed to destroy social media as an organizer tool and completely atomized us. Twitter & tiktok had to be sold. Meta already belonged to them and this app here is a poor man's Twitter but coded to prevent educating and organizing
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No
The only way this will happen is when climate breakdown drives societal and economic collapse and all that goes with it
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The only way this will happen is when climate breakdown drives societal and economic collapse and all that goes with it
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Can Cop30 begin the process of phasing out fossil fuels?
Ending use of coal, oil and gas is essential in tackling climate crisis – but even talking about it is controversial
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
No
The only way this will happen is when climate breakdown drives societal and economic collapse and all that goes with it
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The only way this will happen is when climate breakdown drives societal and economic collapse and all that goes with it
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Well, remember all that chat about Sensible, Moderate adult politics that addresses the real concerns of the public? This is it, you’re looking at it. There is no Plan B coming, these people *are* Plan B.
November 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Well, remember all that chat about Sensible, Moderate adult politics that addresses the real concerns of the public? This is it, you’re looking at it. There is no Plan B coming, these people *are* Plan B.
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“I don't want to hear about the affordability.”
Revolutions have been started over less than the shit this guy says every single day
Revolutions have been started over less than the shit this guy says every single day
Trump: "I don't want to hear about the affordability, because right now we're much less. If you look at energy, we're getting close to $2 a gallon gasoline."
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
“I don't want to hear about the affordability.”
Revolutions have been started over less than the shit this guy says every single day
Revolutions have been started over less than the shit this guy says every single day
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EU countries weaken 2040 climate plan in eleventh-hour deal—Ambitious countries, such as the Netherlands, Sweden and Spain, tried to push back against efforts to weaken the goal but… www.ft.com/content/0123... @alicemhancock.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
EU countries weaken 2040 climate plan in eleventh-hour deal
Member states, including Italy, make last-minute push to delay carbon pricing and outsource emissions cuts
www.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
EU countries weaken 2040 climate plan in eleventh-hour deal—Ambitious countries, such as the Netherlands, Sweden and Spain, tried to push back against efforts to weaken the goal but… www.ft.com/content/0123... @alicemhancock.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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“We have to cut SNAP because I need more money for wars” — Trump, basically
Trump on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
“We have to cut SNAP because I need more money for wars” — Trump, basically
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Elon Musk Is repsonsible for the deaths of 600,000 human beings and yet is being rewarded by capitalists with 1000 billion dollars
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Elon Musk Is repsonsible for the deaths of 600,000 human beings and yet is being rewarded by capitalists with 1000 billion dollars
bsky.app/profile/newy...
bsky.app/profile/newy...
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My favorite comment on the FT story
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
My favorite comment on the FT story
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To have gone from the New Deal era to…this.
What a tragedy. The conservative movement needs to be utterly destroyed and the ground it stood on salted.
Never again can we allow this kind of greed to reign.
What a tragedy. The conservative movement needs to be utterly destroyed and the ground it stood on salted.
Never again can we allow this kind of greed to reign.
November 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
To have gone from the New Deal era to…this.
What a tragedy. The conservative movement needs to be utterly destroyed and the ground it stood on salted.
Never again can we allow this kind of greed to reign.
What a tragedy. The conservative movement needs to be utterly destroyed and the ground it stood on salted.
Never again can we allow this kind of greed to reign.
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So in 2025, a minimum wage worker at $7.25/hr 2025 dollars at McDonald's has to work over an hour to afford a big Mac meal.
In 1974, that minimum wage worker at $2/hr 1974 dollars was making twice as much money, and could buy 2 with one hour's wages.
In 1974, that minimum wage worker at $2/hr 1974 dollars was making twice as much money, and could buy 2 with one hour's wages.
November 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
So in 2025, a minimum wage worker at $7.25/hr 2025 dollars at McDonald's has to work over an hour to afford a big Mac meal.
In 1974, that minimum wage worker at $2/hr 1974 dollars was making twice as much money, and could buy 2 with one hour's wages.
In 1974, that minimum wage worker at $2/hr 1974 dollars was making twice as much money, and could buy 2 with one hour's wages.
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That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership
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Bill Gates is a bad person who has done many bad things and we should talk about it more
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Bill Gates is a bad person who has done many bad things and we should talk about it more
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"groceries not genocide" is such a banger slogan, if the Democrats actually had any interest in stopping genocide, they'd use it
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"groceries not genocide" is such a banger slogan, if the Democrats actually had any interest in stopping genocide, they'd use it