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Paging every tech CEO who thought it was important to line up behind Trump at his inauguration.
“It is financially devastating but morally exhilarating,” he said in an email.
New Year’s Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Paging every tech CEO who thought it was important to line up behind Trump at his inauguration.
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How DARE you introduce a touch of chili heat to my hot chocolate? Unforgivable. The ultimate betrayal
December 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
How DARE you introduce a touch of chili heat to my hot chocolate? Unforgivable. The ultimate betrayal
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"Prompt Thieves in the Al Art Community"
AI sloppers (is that a term?) crying that their prompts are being stolen is more beautiful than anything AI could produce
December 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"Prompt Thieves in the Al Art Community"
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no one:
a cop’s apartment in a 90s network procedural:
a cop’s apartment in a 90s network procedural:
December 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
no one:
a cop’s apartment in a 90s network procedural:
a cop’s apartment in a 90s network procedural:
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jeremy strong in the springsteen movie looks like they made an oscar bait minions adaptation
December 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
jeremy strong in the springsteen movie looks like they made an oscar bait minions adaptation
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by this time next year ai will be capable of opening presents with your family, freeing you up to finish those spreadsheets your boss has been waiting on
December 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
by this time next year ai will be capable of opening presents with your family, freeing you up to finish those spreadsheets your boss has been waiting on
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the fact that there is free parking at all in manhattan is wild to me
“Pairing free buses with paid parking says we value people in motion more than cars at rest,” writes Nicolas Rohatyn.
Opinion | The Way to Pay for Free Buses Is to End Free Parking
Free buses would be transformative not only for riders, but for the ecosystem of the city as a whole.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
the fact that there is free parking at all in manhattan is wild to me
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Jesus, can you hear me? Good, the comms are working. Now, you're gonna need to run if you want to evade those Roman soldiers. Hold down A to sprint. Go ahead and try it. ... Good work! You just might be the savior yet. Now pick up that AR-15 and let's do some target practice.
December 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Jesus, can you hear me? Good, the comms are working. Now, you're gonna need to run if you want to evade those Roman soldiers. Hold down A to sprint. Go ahead and try it. ... Good work! You just might be the savior yet. Now pick up that AR-15 and let's do some target practice.
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Chris Evans watching through his kitchen window as the truck Disney sent slowly backs up to fill his swimming pool with Scrooge McDuck’s gold.
December 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Chris Evans watching through his kitchen window as the truck Disney sent slowly backs up to fill his swimming pool with Scrooge McDuck’s gold.
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CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
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i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
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i was especially struck by these paragraphs, which rang very true to me. libs who grew up around conservatives aren't embarrassed to be liberals--or confused about what conservatives want. there's a certain kind of elite media man, on the other hand--
December 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
i was especially struck by these paragraphs, which rang very true to me. libs who grew up around conservatives aren't embarrassed to be liberals--or confused about what conservatives want. there's a certain kind of elite media man, on the other hand--
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Everyone is understandably sharing the Miller quote, but I found this response from photographer Christopher Anderson to be notable, too.
December 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Everyone is understandably sharing the Miller quote, but I found this response from photographer Christopher Anderson to be notable, too.
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Mick Foley has parted ways from the WWE because of their close ties with Trump.
December 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Mick Foley has parted ways from the WWE because of their close ties with Trump.
For accounts that I don't follow, skeets that simultaneously block the ability to reply or quote post shouldn't be able to appear in my discover feed. This just allows too many bad takes to proliferate without challenge.
December 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
For accounts that I don't follow, skeets that simultaneously block the ability to reply or quote post shouldn't be able to appear in my discover feed. This just allows too many bad takes to proliferate without challenge.
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It's very important we all go back to Twitter, a website as popular with young people as chlamydia.
Teens turn to a variety of online platforms, but YouTube continues to stand out. Roughly nine-in-ten teens report ever using it. TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat are the next most widely used platforms.
December 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It's very important we all go back to Twitter, a website as popular with young people as chlamydia.
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sometimes i think about how california manages to be the world's fifth-largest economy and yet also a consistently dysfunctional and shambolic state government
This is what passes for progressivism and climate policy in California. Jane Kim’s answer for elevated fire risk and actuarial risk? Put it on the public dime. Urban renters should bail out well to do exurban property owners and landlords in fire zones. FAIR plan is already a ticking time bomb!
December 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
sometimes i think about how california manages to be the world's fifth-largest economy and yet also a consistently dysfunctional and shambolic state government
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
Interesting that WSJ and NYT are both running stories on international surrogacy. Given the messy ideological lines and growing demand, I suspect this will boil over as a front in the culture war in the next ten years.
A WSJ investigation shows how Chinese elites are building mega-families by using a largely unregulated American system.
What to Know About the Use of U.S. Surrogacy by China’s Billionaires
A WSJ investigation shows how Chinese elites are building mega-families by using a largely unregulated American system.
on.wsj.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Interesting that WSJ and NYT are both running stories on international surrogacy. Given the messy ideological lines and growing demand, I suspect this will boil over as a front in the culture war in the next ten years.
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No surprise: new analysis shows that heat pumps can deliver excellent performance even in older buildings with no meaningful correlation between building age & heat pump efficiency.
This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
December 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
No surprise: new analysis shows that heat pumps can deliver excellent performance even in older buildings with no meaningful correlation between building age & heat pump efficiency.
This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
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This is the most uplifting news I’ve read in a long time
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
Amtrak reports Mardi Gras service among most successful ever https://mynbc15.com/news/local/amtrak-provides-boost-to-mobile-businesses
December 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This is the most uplifting news I’ve read in a long time
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seriously though, there is very clearly pent up demand for rail options and every reason to build out as much new rail as possible.
December 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
seriously though, there is very clearly pent up demand for rail options and every reason to build out as much new rail as possible.