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Finally got to write about this obsession. Elon pushed people to stop linking the articles they were talking about. He's started to roll that back, but we were left with a culture of people yelling at screenshots of headlines on monetized accounts
Read @daveweigel.bsky.social on the widespread societal consequences of Elon's link suppression:
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/how-e...
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/how-e...
How Elon Musk’s Changes to X Made Our Discourse Far Stupider
We don’t know the minute when X started throttling links to news,...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Finally got to write about this obsession. Elon pushed people to stop linking the articles they were talking about. He's started to roll that back, but we were left with a culture of people yelling at screenshots of headlines on monetized accounts
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Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
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I might play this as my alarm every morning for the next month
September 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I might play this as my alarm every morning for the next month
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April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
April 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
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This dog was spotted remaining cool, calm, and completely unbothered by the haters. 13/10
April 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This dog was spotted remaining cool, calm, and completely unbothered by the haters. 13/10
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NEW: Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah.
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped.
Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
www.propublica.org
April 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
NEW: Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah.
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
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April 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Every single time you actually put "DEI" to a vote, people support it overwhelmingly. Even with a company with as sketchy a record as a jeans manufacturer.
💥 BREAKING: Levi Strauss shareholders voted today to reject a proposal calling on the company to cease / abolish all DEI efforts (tally TBD). LEVI Board: “Diversity and inclusion principles are critical in ensuring that our products reflect and are relevant to our diverse global consumer base.”
April 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Every single time you actually put "DEI" to a vote, people support it overwhelmingly. Even with a company with as sketchy a record as a jeans manufacturer.
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Thank you my friend @merlinmm.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Thank you my friend @merlinmm.bsky.social
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
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The Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 team when they got the call from Microsoft:
April 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 team when they got the call from Microsoft:
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Louis CK still goes on comedy tours, Johnny Depp was forgiven by the vast majority of people, Bill Cosby got out of prison on a technicality, Cuomo is running for mayor of NYC, Trump is president for a second term, Jonathan Majors is being welcomed back into Hollywood, etc.
And this was WITH MeToo
And this was WITH MeToo
"The left went too far" in contemporary U.S. politics is almost always a lie and a very convenient way to rationalize moral failure. For example, "MeToo went too far" replaces "I do not care about sexual violence or its victims and I don't want to have to even feel bad about that"
April 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Louis CK still goes on comedy tours, Johnny Depp was forgiven by the vast majority of people, Bill Cosby got out of prison on a technicality, Cuomo is running for mayor of NYC, Trump is president for a second term, Jonathan Majors is being welcomed back into Hollywood, etc.
And this was WITH MeToo
And this was WITH MeToo
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Media challenge: try writing headlines without using the word "antisemitism". Stop using Trump's framing for his authoritarian actions.
"Trump administration now monitoring immigrant social media" would be shorter and more accurate, since no-one really believes this is about anti-semitism.
"Trump administration now monitoring immigrant social media" would be shorter and more accurate, since no-one really believes this is about anti-semitism.
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
www.npr.org
April 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Media challenge: try writing headlines without using the word "antisemitism". Stop using Trump's framing for his authoritarian actions.
"Trump administration now monitoring immigrant social media" would be shorter and more accurate, since no-one really believes this is about anti-semitism.
"Trump administration now monitoring immigrant social media" would be shorter and more accurate, since no-one really believes this is about anti-semitism.
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"When authoritarians promise a return to an imaginary past, they stoke a furious nostalgia in those who have no better way to understand what is actually undermining their sense of a durable and meaningful future"
Judith Butler · This Is Wrong: Executive Order 14168
When diversity, equity and inclusion become ‘threats’ to the order of society, progressive politics in general is...
www.lrb.co.uk
April 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"When authoritarians promise a return to an imaginary past, they stoke a furious nostalgia in those who have no better way to understand what is actually undermining their sense of a durable and meaningful future"
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Worth noting that this passed by one vote and two Democratic congresspeople have died in office in the last six weeks.
All but three House Republicans just voted for Trump's tariffs. The procedural measure, which preemptively surrenders congressional power to stop Trump's tariffs, passed with all Democrats voting no. This was the vote count:
April 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Worth noting that this passed by one vote and two Democratic congresspeople have died in office in the last six weeks.
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NEW: European Space Agency shares stunning satellite image of cloud-free Scotland 😍
Stunning cloud-free image of Scotland captured by satellite
www.thenational.scot
April 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
NEW: European Space Agency shares stunning satellite image of cloud-free Scotland 😍
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Surely a contender for the funniest thing a judge has ever said www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
March 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Surely a contender for the funniest thing a judge has ever said www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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getting what done? he's not doing anything.
KATIE COURIC: Do you think the Democratic Party has become too progressive?
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: I think it's important for us to be the party of common sense solutions and getting it done.
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: I think it's important for us to be the party of common sense solutions and getting it done.
March 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
getting what done? he's not doing anything.
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I'm old enough to remember when Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Green were not kicked out during the State of the Union, but Al Green was. The double standard is palpable!
#ISupportAlGreen
#ISupportAlGreen
March 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I'm old enough to remember when Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Green were not kicked out during the State of the Union, but Al Green was. The double standard is palpable!
#ISupportAlGreen
#ISupportAlGreen
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This is a blatant violation of the 1st Amendment but a lot of cowards in academia will use this as an excuse to crack down on campus protest.
March 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is a blatant violation of the 1st Amendment but a lot of cowards in academia will use this as an excuse to crack down on campus protest.
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had the pleasure of living in canada for a couple years and love the canadian people. they don’t deserve this. threatening one of our closest allies is utterly unnecessary.
Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…
March 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
had the pleasure of living in canada for a couple years and love the canadian people. they don’t deserve this. threatening one of our closest allies is utterly unnecessary.
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Every time someone says they won’t try to use ai to replace teachers, you should put “yet” at the end of their sentence.
Outrage as university says AI tutors will run lectures in course
Three AI programs are set to replace lecture slides in a university course this semester.
www.nzherald.co.nz
March 3, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Every time someone says they won’t try to use ai to replace teachers, you should put “yet” at the end of their sentence.