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People on here slagging Saka need to log the fuck off. I swear, people will spew all kinds of nonsense to seem smart or something. You don’t sound smart, quite the opposite
December 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
People on here slagging Saka need to log the fuck off. I swear, people will spew all kinds of nonsense to seem smart or something. You don’t sound smart, quite the opposite
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Happy 14th anniversary to this youtube video
December 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Happy 14th anniversary to this youtube video
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Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.
They’re again advocating against Denmark when it comes to Greenland
December 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.
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will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
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‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
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One of my favorite presents ever—my dad found and framed this pic of my mother @sunminkimes.bsky.social at a Seattle courthouse after she passed her US citizenship test in 1981. Like so many of the people who come here to start a new life, she is the best of us—the bravest, strongest person I know.
December 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
One of my favorite presents ever—my dad found and framed this pic of my mother @sunminkimes.bsky.social at a Seattle courthouse after she passed her US citizenship test in 1981. Like so many of the people who come here to start a new life, she is the best of us—the bravest, strongest person I know.
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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
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Everyone should read this week’s WSJ story on Trump selling pardons. It’s some of the most corrupt shit I’ve ever seen—you can literally corner him at one of his lame parties and walk away with a pardon. How is this not the biggest story in the country?
December 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Everyone should read this week’s WSJ story on Trump selling pardons. It’s some of the most corrupt shit I’ve ever seen—you can literally corner him at one of his lame parties and walk away with a pardon. How is this not the biggest story in the country?
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A great example of how the @nytimes.com centers white Americans and Trump supporters in its anecdotal political coverage. You never see stories like this about Black Democrats whose cities are cracked in Republican gerrymandering to give them Republican elected officials.
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A great example of how the @nytimes.com centers white Americans and Trump supporters in its anecdotal political coverage. You never see stories like this about Black Democrats whose cities are cracked in Republican gerrymandering to give them Republican elected officials.
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“Went viral” is an old stock phrase in journalism that really does not capture the dynamic of how X dot Com has been tuned to give people like the one specific legislator here the power to intentionally cause this kind of outcome
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“Went viral” is an old stock phrase in journalism that really does not capture the dynamic of how X dot Com has been tuned to give people like the one specific legislator here the power to intentionally cause this kind of outcome
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GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
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Passersby are “unreliable”? You mean they don’t voluntarily take time out of whatever they’re doing to go up to a car that’s not theirs, that is probably tracking everything that happens, and fix the unanticipated problem of the door being left open?
“Because riders and passersby can be unreliable, Waymo pays workers in Los Angeles $20 or more for rescuing a robotaxi by closing a door, summoning help through an app called Honk that is like an Uber for towing companies.”
When robot taxis get stuck, a secret army of humans comes to the rescue
Waymo robotaxis get stranded when a passenger leaves the door open. Tow truck operators can get paid $22 to close a door and set them free again.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Passersby are “unreliable”? You mean they don’t voluntarily take time out of whatever they’re doing to go up to a car that’s not theirs, that is probably tracking everything that happens, and fix the unanticipated problem of the door being left open?
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Palau is taking 75 “third nation” deportees in exchange for new roads and a hospital. Explain to me how that is not human trafficking
Palau agrees to host US deportees
MOU signed; Washington sweetens the deal with new aid packages and a new Palau hospitalBy Mar-Vic CaguranganDespite opposition from congressional leaders and the Council of Chiefs, Palau President Sur...
www.pacificislandtimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Palau is taking 75 “third nation” deportees in exchange for new roads and a hospital. Explain to me how that is not human trafficking
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Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump's name added reut.rs/3NfgBky
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump's name added
A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center was canceled, with the host of the longtime annual performance attributing the decision to the addition of Republican U.S. President Donald Trump's name to the institution in Washington.
reut.rs
December 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump's name added reut.rs/3NfgBky
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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The thesis of the book is that early COVID lockdowns weren't worth it and mid-COVID mitigation measures like masks, contact tracing and business closures don't work.
This is laughably false and the authors have endorsed the people now running Trump's HHS.
This is laughably false and the authors have endorsed the people now running Trump's HHS.
December 24, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The thesis of the book is that early COVID lockdowns weren't worth it and mid-COVID mitigation measures like masks, contact tracing and business closures don't work.
This is laughably false and the authors have endorsed the people now running Trump's HHS.
This is laughably false and the authors have endorsed the people now running Trump's HHS.
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This is a Gallup poll from last year.
Did the Marlboro Man write this ad?
Did the Marlboro Man write this ad?
December 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This is a Gallup poll from last year.
Did the Marlboro Man write this ad?
Did the Marlboro Man write this ad?
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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One thing I really like about Heated Rivalry: other shows would have gone for trope that someone (teammate?) sees them, rushing their timeline & forcing decisions. For tension.
Here, Shane & Ilya fully get to navigate this on their own time, working it out true to them. Feels like a luxury/rarity.
Here, Shane & Ilya fully get to navigate this on their own time, working it out true to them. Feels like a luxury/rarity.
December 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
One thing I really like about Heated Rivalry: other shows would have gone for trope that someone (teammate?) sees them, rushing their timeline & forcing decisions. For tension.
Here, Shane & Ilya fully get to navigate this on their own time, working it out true to them. Feels like a luxury/rarity.
Here, Shane & Ilya fully get to navigate this on their own time, working it out true to them. Feels like a luxury/rarity.
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This is yet another chilling example of how far the Trump administration will go in service of his billionaire enablers.
Hate speech and harm to kids online have exploded, and now the administration is targeting those working to combat it.
Their greed knows no bounds.
Hate speech and harm to kids online have exploded, and now the administration is targeting those working to combat it.
Their greed knows no bounds.
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is yet another chilling example of how far the Trump administration will go in service of his billionaire enablers.
Hate speech and harm to kids online have exploded, and now the administration is targeting those working to combat it.
Their greed knows no bounds.
Hate speech and harm to kids online have exploded, and now the administration is targeting those working to combat it.
Their greed knows no bounds.
THIS. People who scream I NEED PLOT as a criticism ne to re-learn how to watch a tv show
if you are bored by pluribus and my curmudgeonly queen carol sturka that's a skill issue*!!!
*reasonable minds may disagree but I tried to work through that disagreement in writing
variety.com/2025/tv/colu...
*reasonable minds may disagree but I tried to work through that disagreement in writing
variety.com/2025/tv/colu...
‘Pluribus’ May Be Slow, but It Was Never Boring
Vince Gilligan's Apple sci-fi drama 'Pluribus' has been criticized for its slow pace, but the show is never boring.
variety.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
THIS. People who scream I NEED PLOT as a criticism ne to re-learn how to watch a tv show
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"continuation vehicles" is to private equity firms what buying on margin was for 1920s stockbrokers
December 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"continuation vehicles" is to private equity firms what buying on margin was for 1920s stockbrokers
I am in no way a swiftie but this was so good!
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
youtu.be/R9XN1iOungs?...
youtu.be/R9XN1iOungs?...
I Talked To 50 Dads at the Taylor Swift Eras Tour
YouTube video by DARK WEB | Paul Scheer & Rob Huebel
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I am in no way a swiftie but this was so good!
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“National security concerns” isn’t a magical incantation. There have to be real, plausible national security concerns.
A swarm of drones becoming undetectable by flying through an offshore wind farm is not plausible. Laughably so.
Even if radar had trouble there, how’d they get to the wind farm?
A swarm of drones becoming undetectable by flying through an offshore wind farm is not plausible. Laughably so.
Even if radar had trouble there, how’d they get to the wind farm?
Burgum claims "national security concerns" created by wind turbines are detailed in a "classified report" & pertain to "radar interference," adding that "if you wanted to attack a population center on the east coast our country, you would send a swarm of drones right through one of these wind farms"
December 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“National security concerns” isn’t a magical incantation. There have to be real, plausible national security concerns.
A swarm of drones becoming undetectable by flying through an offshore wind farm is not plausible. Laughably so.
Even if radar had trouble there, how’d they get to the wind farm?
A swarm of drones becoming undetectable by flying through an offshore wind farm is not plausible. Laughably so.
Even if radar had trouble there, how’d they get to the wind farm?