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The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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The stonewalling over the Epstein files isn’t protection — it’s quicksand. The longer Trump’s team drags this out, the deeper his presidency sinks.
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The stonewalling over the Epstein files isn’t protection — it’s quicksand. The longer Trump’s team drags this out, the deeper his presidency sinks.
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Sundar Pichai proved to be the "wartime CEO" that Google needed after ChatGPT's launch, making the company an AI leader, in part by empowering Demis Hassabis (Dave Lee/Bloomberg)
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November 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Sundar Pichai proved to be the "wartime CEO" that Google needed after ChatGPT's launch, making the company an AI leader, in part by empowering Demis Hassabis (Dave Lee/Bloomberg)
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"I feel much more connected to my students after having engaged with them on this book and reading their journals...I have not felt this energy in a classroom since 2022."
I love this so much 🥹
I love this so much 🥹
We're back! Today in The Important Work, Helen Choi and Vance Ricks write about assigning @karenhao.bsky.social's Empire of AI to their students in courses where they had not previously assigned books--and how it went. theimportantwork.substack.com/p/we-made-ou...
We made our students read a book!
And we'd do it again
theimportantwork.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"I feel much more connected to my students after having engaged with them on this book and reading their journals...I have not felt this energy in a classroom since 2022."
I love this so much 🥹
I love this so much 🥹
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Absolute must read on the AI bailout-in-progress: apparently it's not enough that lifetimes of human ingenuity and creativity have been stolen and enclosed to create generative AI and balloon billionaire wealth - much more public looting is in store...
This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
Washington is treating the industry as if it’s too big to fail, even as the market sends lukewarm signals.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Absolute must read on the AI bailout-in-progress: apparently it's not enough that lifetimes of human ingenuity and creativity have been stolen and enclosed to create generative AI and balloon billionaire wealth - much more public looting is in store...
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maybe JD Vance has never taken ibuprofen, assuming that pounding in his skull is just the normal consequence of attempting a thought at all
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
maybe JD Vance has never taken ibuprofen, assuming that pounding in his skull is just the normal consequence of attempting a thought at all
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It’s starting to feel like the walls are closing in on the White House. When Trump screams ‘hoax,’ history tells us the truth is closing in. Now, with leaked Epstein emails and Republicans telling me they're breaking ranks, even his own party knows — they have to vote to release the Epstein Files.
November 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It’s starting to feel like the walls are closing in on the White House. When Trump screams ‘hoax,’ history tells us the truth is closing in. Now, with leaked Epstein emails and Republicans telling me they're breaking ranks, even his own party knows — they have to vote to release the Epstein Files.
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Search and browser startup Brave says it has passed $100M in annualized revenue in Q1, and had 100M MAUs as of September, up from 77M at the end of 2024 (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)
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November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Search and browser startup Brave says it has passed $100M in annualized revenue in Q1, and had 100M MAUs as of September, up from 77M at the end of 2024 (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)
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standards at big news outlets is a problem & leads to so much red tape and fear and is a big part of why our media is so fucked and toothless and cowardly
bari weiss sucks and yes you need lawyers and quality control and smart journalists and editors but there is too much red tape @ corporate media
bari weiss sucks and yes you need lawyers and quality control and smart journalists and editors but there is too much red tape @ corporate media
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
standards at big news outlets is a problem & leads to so much red tape and fear and is a big part of why our media is so fucked and toothless and cowardly
bari weiss sucks and yes you need lawyers and quality control and smart journalists and editors but there is too much red tape @ corporate media
bari weiss sucks and yes you need lawyers and quality control and smart journalists and editors but there is too much red tape @ corporate media
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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After losing all my brand deals over my “extreme” political views lol (I’m against genocide) brands are reaching out again. For anyone else who is dealing with organized harassment, deplatforming attempts, etc just keep building your audience and stay strong 🤝
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
After losing all my brand deals over my “extreme” political views lol (I’m against genocide) brands are reaching out again. For anyone else who is dealing with organized harassment, deplatforming attempts, etc just keep building your audience and stay strong 🤝
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This is bad. Sarah Kendzior is one of the scholars that most understands authoritarianism and our current moment in the US.
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This is bad. Sarah Kendzior is one of the scholars that most understands authoritarianism and our current moment in the US.
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You have to understand what pieces like this from the NYT are and are not.
They are not an honest assessment of the state of politics today.
They are a negotiation tactic—an effort by a calcified, right-leaning legacy institution to steer the discourse in a direction more palatable to elites.
They are not an honest assessment of the state of politics today.
They are a negotiation tactic—an effort by a calcified, right-leaning legacy institution to steer the discourse in a direction more palatable to elites.
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
You have to understand what pieces like this from the NYT are and are not.
They are not an honest assessment of the state of politics today.
They are a negotiation tactic—an effort by a calcified, right-leaning legacy institution to steer the discourse in a direction more palatable to elites.
They are not an honest assessment of the state of politics today.
They are a negotiation tactic—an effort by a calcified, right-leaning legacy institution to steer the discourse in a direction more palatable to elites.
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The days of thanking veterans today and forgetting them tomorrow has to come to an end.
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The days of thanking veterans today and forgetting them tomorrow has to come to an end.
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The central question in American politics is simple.
Do you stand with forgotten Americans or the Epstein class?
That's it.
Do you stand with forgotten Americans or the Epstein class?
That's it.
November 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The central question in American politics is simple.
Do you stand with forgotten Americans or the Epstein class?
That's it.
Do you stand with forgotten Americans or the Epstein class?
That's it.
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if you work for doordash, contact me on signal at marisakabas.04
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
if you work for doordash, contact me on signal at marisakabas.04
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Sources: Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun plans to leave in the coming months to found his own startup; a source says he is in early talks to raise funds (Financial Times)
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November 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Sources: Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun plans to leave in the coming months to found his own startup; a source says he is in early talks to raise funds (Financial Times)
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she's sharing all sorts of NYT receipts on IG, highly recommend taking a look: www.instagram.com/msrachelforl...
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
she's sharing all sorts of NYT receipts on IG, highly recommend taking a look: www.instagram.com/msrachelforl...
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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if they were going to cave anyway they should’ve done it a week ago to spare SNAP recipients the agony.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
if they were going to cave anyway they should’ve done it a week ago to spare SNAP recipients the agony.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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Olivia Rodrigo slams the White House and the Department of Homeland Security for using her song ‘all american b*tch’ in an ICE-related post:
“don’t ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda”
“don’t ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda”
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Olivia Rodrigo slams the White House and the Department of Homeland Security for using her song ‘all american b*tch’ in an ICE-related post:
“don’t ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda”
“don’t ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda”