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The impact from data-center hubs on electricity prices is coming into view — just in time for election season.
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August 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The impact from data-center hubs on electricity prices is coming into view — just in time for election season.
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Yeah. I know “should evolution be taught in schools and how” is a very 2000s era argument, but imho, schools need to be sure to teach that humans are the inbred trailer park of mammals due to a genetic bottleneck so a black guy and a white guy are basically twins by the standards of other species.
"Race has some biological reality" is a very tricky statement, because, what exactly do you mean by race in it ?
May 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Yeah. I know “should evolution be taught in schools and how” is a very 2000s era argument, but imho, schools need to be sure to teach that humans are the inbred trailer park of mammals due to a genetic bottleneck so a black guy and a white guy are basically twins by the standards of other species.
Danny Go has some absolute bangers
May 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Danny Go has some absolute bangers
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Trump officials argue that the administration is ensuring children are not abused or trafficked.
But current and former agency employees say the Office of Refugee Resettlement is drifting from its humanitarian mandate.
But current and former agency employees say the Office of Refugee Resettlement is drifting from its humanitarian mandate.
An Agency Tasked With Protecting Immigrant Children Is Becoming an Enforcement Arm, Current and Former Staffers Say
The Office of Refugee Resettlement’s welfare mission appears to be undergoing a stark transformation as President Donald Trump seeks to ramp up deportation numbers, current and former officials told…
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May 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Trump officials argue that the administration is ensuring children are not abused or trafficked.
But current and former agency employees say the Office of Refugee Resettlement is drifting from its humanitarian mandate.
But current and former agency employees say the Office of Refugee Resettlement is drifting from its humanitarian mandate.
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A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich
May 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich
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Illinois Republicans like Rep. Mary Miller, Rep. Mike Bost, and Rep. Darin LaHood just voted to take away health care from 13.7 million people — the majority working people simply without insurance.
Why? All to give Trump’s friends at Mar-a-Lago another tax break. It’s shameful.
Why? All to give Trump’s friends at Mar-a-Lago another tax break. It’s shameful.
May 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Illinois Republicans like Rep. Mary Miller, Rep. Mike Bost, and Rep. Darin LaHood just voted to take away health care from 13.7 million people — the majority working people simply without insurance.
Why? All to give Trump’s friends at Mar-a-Lago another tax break. It’s shameful.
Why? All to give Trump’s friends at Mar-a-Lago another tax break. It’s shameful.
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“The whole backwards-looking Biden frenzy mostly seems like an excuse for the press to look away from the present day.” Scocca in peak form.
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What Do You Do About A Declining President? | Defector
Welcome to Margin of Error, a politics column from Tom Scocca, editor of the Indignity newsletter. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump sat down for a public meeting with Cyril Ramaphosa, the presiden...
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May 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“The whole backwards-looking Biden frenzy mostly seems like an excuse for the press to look away from the present day.” Scocca in peak form.
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Everything is amazing and nobody is happy.
May 23, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Everything is amazing and nobody is happy.
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People don't understand how fucking insane a hard disk is. This is a consumer object produced by the billion which operates at levels of precision the human mind can scarcely imagine. That operates beyond artisan manufacturer. This is not a watch. It is a piece of God. You can have one for 60 bucks.
May 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM
People don't understand how fucking insane a hard disk is. This is a consumer object produced by the billion which operates at levels of precision the human mind can scarcely imagine. That operates beyond artisan manufacturer. This is not a watch. It is a piece of God. You can have one for 60 bucks.
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Bluesky is just this clickhole article over and over again
May 23, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Bluesky is just this clickhole article over and over again
Apparently YouTube doesn't allow background play on members-only videos??
May 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Apparently YouTube doesn't allow background play on members-only videos??
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NEW: “By withdrawing the CFPB’s data broker rulemaking, the Trump administration is ensuring that Americans will continue to be bombarded by scam texts, calls and emails," says Sean Vitka, executive director of Demand Progress.
A scoop:
A scoop:
CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
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May 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
NEW: “By withdrawing the CFPB’s data broker rulemaking, the Trump administration is ensuring that Americans will continue to be bombarded by scam texts, calls and emails," says Sean Vitka, executive director of Demand Progress.
A scoop:
A scoop:
AI is an interesting topic bc it seems like no one is able discuss it without being hyperbolic. Which, I guess makes sense bc it is transformative in both positive and negative ways. It's very helpful but flawed, can be used for good and bad, and will have many externalities, some good, some bad...
May 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
AI is an interesting topic bc it seems like no one is able discuss it without being hyperbolic. Which, I guess makes sense bc it is transformative in both positive and negative ways. It's very helpful but flawed, can be used for good and bad, and will have many externalities, some good, some bad...
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He is the head of American public health. He was, and is, dramatically unqualified for this job. Everyone knew this, but Republicans didn’t care. And now Americans will die specifically because of it while not one of those Republicans who allowed it to happen suffers a single electoral consequence.
RFK Jr refuses to say if he would vaccinate his children today for polio
May 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
He is the head of American public health. He was, and is, dramatically unqualified for this job. Everyone knew this, but Republicans didn’t care. And now Americans will die specifically because of it while not one of those Republicans who allowed it to happen suffers a single electoral consequence.
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BREAKING: A woman was kicked out of a women’s bathroom at a Massachusetts hotel by a security guard who demanded she “prove her gender.”
No badge gives you the right to sexually harass someone in a bathroom. This is what fascism looks like in real time.
And it’s coming to your city next.
No badge gives you the right to sexually harass someone in a bathroom. This is what fascism looks like in real time.
And it’s coming to your city next.
May 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
BREAKING: A woman was kicked out of a women’s bathroom at a Massachusetts hotel by a security guard who demanded she “prove her gender.”
No badge gives you the right to sexually harass someone in a bathroom. This is what fascism looks like in real time.
And it’s coming to your city next.
No badge gives you the right to sexually harass someone in a bathroom. This is what fascism looks like in real time.
And it’s coming to your city next.
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Since @edsbs.bsky.social posted this yesterday and it’s still in my head.
May 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Since @edsbs.bsky.social posted this yesterday and it’s still in my head.
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this would be the kind of scandal that demands resignation if these people had any commitment to public service!
WTH man? Real World bro also serving as Transportation Sec Sean Duffy reportedly changed his wife's flight to avoid Newark and then went on TV to broadcast it's safe to fly in and out of Newark.
@paleofuture.bsky.social w the details. ↘️
@paleofuture.bsky.social w the details. ↘️
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Changed His Wife's Flight to Avoid Newark Airport
Would you let your family fly out of Newark?
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May 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
this would be the kind of scandal that demands resignation if these people had any commitment to public service!
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Never lose sight of how weird and corrupt it is for the president to have his unelected, unconfirmed oligarch friend—his biggest campaign donor—conduct US foreign policy.
No other US president did that, and there’s no reason to think he’s representing the American people rather than himself.
No other US president did that, and there’s no reason to think he’s representing the American people rather than himself.
May 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Never lose sight of how weird and corrupt it is for the president to have his unelected, unconfirmed oligarch friend—his biggest campaign donor—conduct US foreign policy.
No other US president did that, and there’s no reason to think he’s representing the American people rather than himself.
No other US president did that, and there’s no reason to think he’s representing the American people rather than himself.
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Another bit of news in this story from @ryanbort.bsky.social and me for @rollingstone.com : it appears the Massachusetts attorney general’s office — via their civil rights divisions Police Accountability Unit — is investigating what occurred last week in Worcester, re: the police actions.
May 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Another bit of news in this story from @ryanbort.bsky.social and me for @rollingstone.com : it appears the Massachusetts attorney general’s office — via their civil rights divisions Police Accountability Unit — is investigating what occurred last week in Worcester, re: the police actions.
This YouTuber made 4 really great videos, racked up millions of views, and just vanished. I hope he's okay.
May 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This YouTuber made 4 really great videos, racked up millions of views, and just vanished. I hope he's okay.
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Impossible to understate how much Trump II is an elite rebellion against the structures that gave them everything for basically no reason beyond entitlement and boredom, imho.
You took away their toys for four years by voting for functioning governance and they want to punish you for that.
May 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Impossible to understate how much Trump II is an elite rebellion against the structures that gave them everything for basically no reason beyond entitlement and boredom, imho.
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Federal agents' seemingly universal adoption of neck gaiters worn just below the eyes like they're robbing the railroad is emblematic of this time in the US
🚨 ICE activity reports for 5/9:
Activity reported at
- Fort Totten Dr & Gallatin St NE at 8:00AM
- 5 officers - 3 ATF, others federal police
- 4 unmarked black cars with VA tags
- At least one person detained
Activity reported at
- Fort Totten Dr & Gallatin St NE at 8:00AM
- 5 officers - 3 ATF, others federal police
- 4 unmarked black cars with VA tags
- At least one person detained
May 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Federal agents' seemingly universal adoption of neck gaiters worn just below the eyes like they're robbing the railroad is emblematic of this time in the US
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You're doin' a heckuva job, Duffy.
*RADAR SCREENS AT NEWARK AIRPORT WENT BLACK AGAIN EARLY FRI: ABC
May 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
You're doin' a heckuva job, Duffy.