Libby B
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Also, Hello Kitty isn't even the best character in the Hello Kitty universe:
December 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Also, Hello Kitty isn't even the best character in the Hello Kitty universe:
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Every time I see these pictures I remember two things
- They were so scared so young nd they did it anyway…
- so many people venerated today looked at this and said it was over kill
- this are the pictures Arendt said made BLACK people look like dictators
- They were so scared so young nd they did it anyway…
- so many people venerated today looked at this and said it was over kill
- this are the pictures Arendt said made BLACK people look like dictators
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; She was one of the Clinton 12, a group of Black students who faced white mobs when desegregating a Tennessee high school in 1956 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Every time I see these pictures I remember two things
- They were so scared so young nd they did it anyway…
- so many people venerated today looked at this and said it was over kill
- this are the pictures Arendt said made BLACK people look like dictators
- They were so scared so young nd they did it anyway…
- so many people venerated today looked at this and said it was over kill
- this are the pictures Arendt said made BLACK people look like dictators
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JUST LIKE THEY DID WHEN MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTED A WEALTH TAX
OH WAIT THEY DIDN'T MASSACHUSETTS ACTUALLY HAS MORE RICH PEOPLE NOW BECAUSE THE STATE CAN AFFORD TO BE A NICER PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO LIVE
OH WAIT THEY DIDN'T MASSACHUSETTS ACTUALLY HAS MORE RICH PEOPLE NOW BECAUSE THE STATE CAN AFFORD TO BE A NICER PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO LIVE
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
JUST LIKE THEY DID WHEN MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTED A WEALTH TAX
OH WAIT THEY DIDN'T MASSACHUSETTS ACTUALLY HAS MORE RICH PEOPLE NOW BECAUSE THE STATE CAN AFFORD TO BE A NICER PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO LIVE
OH WAIT THEY DIDN'T MASSACHUSETTS ACTUALLY HAS MORE RICH PEOPLE NOW BECAUSE THE STATE CAN AFFORD TO BE A NICER PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO LIVE
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Gloria in eccelsis deo, cries the angel silently. Stolen by the mafia in 1969, never recovered, alas! Caravaggio's late great Adoration of the shepherds.
December 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Gloria in eccelsis deo, cries the angel silently. Stolen by the mafia in 1969, never recovered, alas! Caravaggio's late great Adoration of the shepherds.
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Meanwhile, on X: "I can't ride the subway! It's too dangerous!"
Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
December 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Meanwhile, on X: "I can't ride the subway! It's too dangerous!"
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Not sure how this protects the security of the US.
And BTW these same Christians couldn't even get a visa to the US right now.
And BTW these same Christians couldn't even get a visa to the US right now.
December 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Not sure how this protects the security of the US.
And BTW these same Christians couldn't even get a visa to the US right now.
And BTW these same Christians couldn't even get a visa to the US right now.
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This is a great example of how genAI steals from us all on multiple levels. It's stolen a promotional spot for real books and authors, it's stolen a job from an actual journalist who could have compiled this, it's stolen an opportunity for parents to be recommended good NZ books for their kids
#4 sounds like a lovely book but I didn't write it. Have had whānau up and down the country send me clippings lol
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
December 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is a great example of how genAI steals from us all on multiple levels. It's stolen a promotional spot for real books and authors, it's stolen a job from an actual journalist who could have compiled this, it's stolen an opportunity for parents to be recommended good NZ books for their kids
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every time I see a headline framing this as being primarily an issue of the student having controversial opinions, and not the student being an asshole with a right wing podcaster mom who wanted to ruin a trans person’s career for the clicks, I age another ten years
December 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
every time I see a headline framing this as being primarily an issue of the student having controversial opinions, and not the student being an asshole with a right wing podcaster mom who wanted to ruin a trans person’s career for the clicks, I age another ten years
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Which is, to be clear, Jewish law’s requirements for how to treat the stranger.
Not because they might be a god in disguise, but because *that is the basic requirement for a fellow human being in need.”
Not because they might be a god in disguise, but because *that is the basic requirement for a fellow human being in need.”
This is "I know that Jesus is a magic demigod, and the important thing is to show God the respect that he deserves", but actually the story of the Nativity is, "I don't know who this stranger is, but I can see they need help, and I'm going to be compassionate whether he deserves it or not."
December 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Which is, to be clear, Jewish law’s requirements for how to treat the stranger.
Not because they might be a god in disguise, but because *that is the basic requirement for a fellow human being in need.”
Not because they might be a god in disguise, but because *that is the basic requirement for a fellow human being in need.”
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To the trans kids taking today holed up in their dysphoria hoodie, hang in there.
December 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
To the trans kids taking today holed up in their dysphoria hoodie, hang in there.
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if you're wondering why your trans friends everywhere are a little on edge right now, it's because a story about a radical conservative christian student abusing rules and processes to deliberately target a trans instructor consistently gets reframed to omit the entirety of the anti-trans bigotry
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
December 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
if you're wondering why your trans friends everywhere are a little on edge right now, it's because a story about a radical conservative christian student abusing rules and processes to deliberately target a trans instructor consistently gets reframed to omit the entirety of the anti-trans bigotry
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CREATING A TRACKING NUMBER DOES NOT MEAN THE PACKAGE HAS SHIPPED
Let’s air those grievances. I want to hear your pettiest gripes on this the holiest of days.
December 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
CREATING A TRACKING NUMBER DOES NOT MEAN THE PACKAGE HAS SHIPPED
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bruh ive been trying to get people on the minivan train for YEARS, minivans are fucking awesome and superior to SUVs in basically every way.
the minivan being out of style is another thing toxic masculinity has ruined and this is a completely serious take.
the minivan being out of style is another thing toxic masculinity has ruined and this is a completely serious take.
December 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
bruh ive been trying to get people on the minivan train for YEARS, minivans are fucking awesome and superior to SUVs in basically every way.
the minivan being out of style is another thing toxic masculinity has ruined and this is a completely serious take.
the minivan being out of style is another thing toxic masculinity has ruined and this is a completely serious take.
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Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
www.gofundme.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
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As I've said before. You can make anything for your Christmas tree
December 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
As I've said before. You can make anything for your Christmas tree
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The @princetonupress.bsky.social needs to pull the book and issue a correction while investigating what other errors, omissions, and disinformation they allowed to go to print.
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The @princetonupress.bsky.social needs to pull the book and issue a correction while investigating what other errors, omissions, and disinformation they allowed to go to print.
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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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This is frankly obscene. A form of victim blaming. You cannot ethically put a lying machine into a classroom, tell students who have not LEARNED the actual MATERIAL being discussed to interact with it, and then demand that these students determine what is a lie and what is true.
Shameful.
Shameful.
December 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This is frankly obscene. A form of victim blaming. You cannot ethically put a lying machine into a classroom, tell students who have not LEARNED the actual MATERIAL being discussed to interact with it, and then demand that these students determine what is a lie and what is true.
Shameful.
Shameful.
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This is your regularly scheduled reminder that “Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas” began as a symbol of inter-immigrant solidarity.
www.tabletmag.com/sections/foo...
www.tabletmag.com/sections/foo...
Why Chinese Food on Christmas Is a Tradition for Jews
Read about traditional Jewish Christmas celebrations and how they almost always involve eating Chinese Food.
www.tabletmag.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is your regularly scheduled reminder that “Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas” began as a symbol of inter-immigrant solidarity.
www.tabletmag.com/sections/foo...
www.tabletmag.com/sections/foo...
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they put the postal service in the fucking constitution
it is a public service and not supposed to make a fucking profit
aaaaaaaaaaa
it is a public service and not supposed to make a fucking profit
aaaaaaaaaaa
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
they put the postal service in the fucking constitution
it is a public service and not supposed to make a fucking profit
aaaaaaaaaaa
it is a public service and not supposed to make a fucking profit
aaaaaaaaaaa
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This quote will be used in The Trials. And we will ask all our children to read it in school to Never Forget.
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This quote will be used in The Trials. And we will ask all our children to read it in school to Never Forget.
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Speaking as a recent immigrant to Europe:
Americans have been lied to about gelato, and it's a goddamnc rime
The product sold in the U.S. as "gelato" is fucking papier-mache compared to legitimate European gelato
The EU needs to airlift it to my deprived countrypeople
Americans have been lied to about gelato, and it's a goddamnc rime
The product sold in the U.S. as "gelato" is fucking papier-mache compared to legitimate European gelato
The EU needs to airlift it to my deprived countrypeople
Let’s air those grievances. I want to hear your pettiest gripes on this the holiest of days.
December 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Speaking as a recent immigrant to Europe:
Americans have been lied to about gelato, and it's a goddamnc rime
The product sold in the U.S. as "gelato" is fucking papier-mache compared to legitimate European gelato
The EU needs to airlift it to my deprived countrypeople
Americans have been lied to about gelato, and it's a goddamnc rime
The product sold in the U.S. as "gelato" is fucking papier-mache compared to legitimate European gelato
The EU needs to airlift it to my deprived countrypeople
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it's Christmas Eve but it's also the 16 year anniversary of the time an art historian for the Hungarian National Gallery spotted a long lost painting while watching Stuart Little with his 3-year-old daughter, recognizing it in the movie set
December 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
it's Christmas Eve but it's also the 16 year anniversary of the time an art historian for the Hungarian National Gallery spotted a long lost painting while watching Stuart Little with his 3-year-old daughter, recognizing it in the movie set
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2/2 Ox: trying to get into the picture. Ass: fed up. City gate: feral. Holy family enter Bethlehem, 2025 years ago.
December 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
2/2 Ox: trying to get into the picture. Ass: fed up. City gate: feral. Holy family enter Bethlehem, 2025 years ago.