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Multiple Countries Boycott Eurovision Over Israel’s Participation
https://theonion.com/multiple-countries-boycott-eurovision-over-israels-participation/
https://theonion.com/multiple-countries-boycott-eurovision-over-israels-participation/
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Multiple Countries Boycott Eurovision Over Israel’s Participation
https://theonion.com/multiple-countries-boycott-eurovision-over-israels-participation/
https://theonion.com/multiple-countries-boycott-eurovision-over-israels-participation/
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A fun byproduct of unitary executive theory—if the president controls everyone under him, he can demand they transfer hundreds of millions in tax dollars into his bank account
Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X
October 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A fun byproduct of unitary executive theory—if the president controls everyone under him, he can demand they transfer hundreds of millions in tax dollars into his bank account
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it's important for many obvious reasons to fight back against the stupid cruelty of Miller's and Homan's paramilitary operations
but that doesn't mean it's trivial to message -- you gotta meet Americans where they are and Americans have pretty terrible opinions on immigration enforcement
but that doesn't mean it's trivial to message -- you gotta meet Americans where they are and Americans have pretty terrible opinions on immigration enforcement
Interesting insights into thoughts on mass deportation in a @nytimes.com poll:
1. The message that ICE is out of control is getting through—by 9 points, people say the *process* has been "mostly unfair."
2. Despite this, people say ICE is deporting "people who should be deported" also by 9 points.
1. The message that ICE is out of control is getting through—by 9 points, people say the *process* has been "mostly unfair."
2. Despite this, people say ICE is deporting "people who should be deported" also by 9 points.
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
it's important for many obvious reasons to fight back against the stupid cruelty of Miller's and Homan's paramilitary operations
but that doesn't mean it's trivial to message -- you gotta meet Americans where they are and Americans have pretty terrible opinions on immigration enforcement
but that doesn't mean it's trivial to message -- you gotta meet Americans where they are and Americans have pretty terrible opinions on immigration enforcement
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a fortunate quirk is that doing food and medical support for impoverished children, foreign and domestic, *also* is about the biggest bang it is possible to get for our buck.
so you can analyze aid on a moral basis or a realpolitik basis and you get the same answer: we should do it
so you can analyze aid on a moral basis or a realpolitik basis and you get the same answer: we should do it
Here's the thing. I am a lucky person and pay a fair bit in taxes. I can think of no better use for my tax dollars than feeding children, because I think all people are equally deserving of basic humanity.
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
October 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
a fortunate quirk is that doing food and medical support for impoverished children, foreign and domestic, *also* is about the biggest bang it is possible to get for our buck.
so you can analyze aid on a moral basis or a realpolitik basis and you get the same answer: we should do it
so you can analyze aid on a moral basis or a realpolitik basis and you get the same answer: we should do it
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1. Culture (do players like playing for you? Do they buy in?)
2. Tactical clarity (a mediocre gameplan executed w/ conviction will kick the shit out of a perfect gameplan executed w/ confusion)
3. Player development (there are no finished products in MLS; go to coach improvement)
2. Tactical clarity (a mediocre gameplan executed w/ conviction will kick the shit out of a perfect gameplan executed w/ confusion)
3. Player development (there are no finished products in MLS; go to coach improvement)
What makes a good MLS coach? There are a couple of unicorns, but otherwise I can’t figure it what I should want for my team.
October 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
1. Culture (do players like playing for you? Do they buy in?)
2. Tactical clarity (a mediocre gameplan executed w/ conviction will kick the shit out of a perfect gameplan executed w/ confusion)
3. Player development (there are no finished products in MLS; go to coach improvement)
2. Tactical clarity (a mediocre gameplan executed w/ conviction will kick the shit out of a perfect gameplan executed w/ confusion)
3. Player development (there are no finished products in MLS; go to coach improvement)
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Southwest Airlines Rolls Out New 'Loyalty Goes Both Ways' Campaign
September 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Southwest Airlines Rolls Out New 'Loyalty Goes Both Ways' Campaign
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I don't think this has easy answers, and I think I am annoyed with the bsky response to this interview because I think the easiest way to go viral on bsky is to pretend that it does have an easy answer -- that proudly and virally advocating for across the board progressivism leads to political wins
September 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I don't think this has easy answers, and I think I am annoyed with the bsky response to this interview because I think the easiest way to go viral on bsky is to pretend that it does have an easy answer -- that proudly and virally advocating for across the board progressivism leads to political wins
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very alarmed that this is getting more relevant by the week www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
September 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
very alarmed that this is getting more relevant by the week www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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if there is one thing I've learned from a decade in sports analytics, it's that normal people have absolutely no fucking idea how percentages work
"If you had to guess what percentage of American adults are transgender..."
Survey Guess: 21%
Actual Share of the US Population: Less than 1%
- YouGov -
Survey Guess: 21%
Actual Share of the US Population: Less than 1%
- YouGov -
September 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
if there is one thing I've learned from a decade in sports analytics, it's that normal people have absolutely no fucking idea how percentages work
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"ok this issue is unpopular"
"well that's because Democrats haven't advocated forcefully enough to make it popular"
it's just unfalsifiability and wishcasting all the way down
"well that's because Democrats haven't advocated forcefully enough to make it popular"
it's just unfalsifiability and wishcasting all the way down
September 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"ok this issue is unpopular"
"well that's because Democrats haven't advocated forcefully enough to make it popular"
it's just unfalsifiability and wishcasting all the way down
"well that's because Democrats haven't advocated forcefully enough to make it popular"
it's just unfalsifiability and wishcasting all the way down
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I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself
This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
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Eric Schmitt's speech was cribbed from Samuel T. Francis.—
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-schmit...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-schmit...
The Schmittian Enemy
What's up at the NatC Conference
www.unpopularfront.news
September 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Eric Schmitt's speech was cribbed from Samuel T. Francis.—
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-schmit...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-schmit...
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Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions.
They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry.
https://to.pbs.org/45HtATc
https://to.pbs.org/45HtATc
Trump administration cancels $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects
The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind ind...
www.pbs.org
August 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions.
They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
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i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
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new @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social !
talking about how Newcastle and Spurs gave Liverpool and City such a hard time, and how these games capture the current state of tactics in the Premier League
how we came to control vs chaos and where we might go next open.spotify.com/episode/71yC...
talking about how Newcastle and Spurs gave Liverpool and City such a hard time, and how these games capture the current state of tactics in the Premier League
how we came to control vs chaos and where we might go next open.spotify.com/episode/71yC...
Liverpool, City, and Early Thoughts on the Evolution of Premier League Tactics
open.spotify.com
August 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
new @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social !
talking about how Newcastle and Spurs gave Liverpool and City such a hard time, and how these games capture the current state of tactics in the Premier League
how we came to control vs chaos and where we might go next open.spotify.com/episode/71yC...
talking about how Newcastle and Spurs gave Liverpool and City such a hard time, and how these games capture the current state of tactics in the Premier League
how we came to control vs chaos and where we might go next open.spotify.com/episode/71yC...
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Like watching someone dunk Prometheus's flame in a lake.
Over 120 mRNA cancer trials are now at risk as the Trump admin cuts funding & tells researchers to scrub “mRNA” from grant proposals.
What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
zurl.co/YBGNy
What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
zurl.co/YBGNy
‘Tremendous uncertainty’ for cancer research as US officials target mRNA vaccines
Amid Trump cuts and state-level backlash, experts worry that progress in messenger RNA vaccines could stall
zurl.co
July 15, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Like watching someone dunk Prometheus's flame in a lake.
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Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
June 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
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Gunman Takes Huge Swing Ordering Hostages Buffalo Chicken Pizza
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June 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Gunman Takes Huge Swing Ordering Hostages Buffalo Chicken Pizza
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Sparrow Aviation Administration Blames Collision On Failure To Detect Pane Of Glass
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June 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Sparrow Aviation Administration Blames Collision On Failure To Detect Pane Of Glass
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I love that provel cheese is the third rail. people will admit to appalling crimes before they'll allow the possibility of provel.
"Did I show up at the MotoMart naked and aroused demanding two packs of Salem Lights? Yes your honor but I never ate the St Louis pizza." Well I did. I ordered extra
"Did I show up at the MotoMart naked and aroused demanding two packs of Salem Lights? Yes your honor but I never ate the St Louis pizza." Well I did. I ordered extra
June 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I love that provel cheese is the third rail. people will admit to appalling crimes before they'll allow the possibility of provel.
"Did I show up at the MotoMart naked and aroused demanding two packs of Salem Lights? Yes your honor but I never ate the St Louis pizza." Well I did. I ordered extra
"Did I show up at the MotoMart naked and aroused demanding two packs of Salem Lights? Yes your honor but I never ate the St Louis pizza." Well I did. I ordered extra
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I had to upload the clip here because it's frankly insane. Possibly the most insane trump clip yet. His brain is pudding
April 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I had to upload the clip here because it's frankly insane. Possibly the most insane trump clip yet. His brain is pudding
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New Marijuana Study Confirms Everyone Knows You're High And You Will Be Stoned Forever
New Marijuana Study Confirms Everyone Knows You're High And You Will Be Stoned Forever
YouTube video by The Onion
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April 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
New Marijuana Study Confirms Everyone Knows You're High And You Will Be Stoned Forever