Maisie Pubblechook
@maisiepubblechook.bsky.social
Midwesterner in the Ozarks, aging in place.
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People are dismissing network television like they did radio 20 years ago. If a bunch of liberal rich people invested in non-profit independent radio across the country twenty years ago we would live in a fundamentally different country
December 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
People are dismissing network television like they did radio 20 years ago. If a bunch of liberal rich people invested in non-profit independent radio across the country twenty years ago we would live in a fundamentally different country
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Imagine being so off-putting Zaslav (Zaslav!) ghosts you.
David Ellison Courted Warner Bros. Discovery’s Zaslav Hard Over 12 Weeks to Win a Deal. Then WBD’s Chief Stopped Responding to His Texts
Paramount Skydance's David Ellison went to great lenghts try to clinch a pact for Warner Bros. Discovery with CEO David Zaslav. His six offers were rebuffed.
variety.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Imagine being so off-putting Zaslav (Zaslav!) ghosts you.
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Who needs a Senate, a secretary of state, or a diplomatic corps when we have the negotiating prowess of Faildad & Failson: The Dipsh*t Boys?
Before meeting Putin, Witkoff and Kushner took in the sights of central Moscow, escorted by Kremlin adviser Kirill Dmitriev. (shopping at TsUM looks like)
December 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Who needs a Senate, a secretary of state, or a diplomatic corps when we have the negotiating prowess of Faildad & Failson: The Dipsh*t Boys?
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“‘You want some chicken? You ain’t getting it here, bro,’ Wayne Davis can be heard taunting the agents through the door.”
“‘Go somewhere else,’ he can be heard saying through the door.”
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
“‘Go somewhere else,’ he can be heard saying through the door.”
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
'Go somewhere else': Manager locks Border Patrol out of Kenner store
In video shared with WWL, the manager can be heard taunting agents through the locked door.
www.wwltv.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
“‘You want some chicken? You ain’t getting it here, bro,’ Wayne Davis can be heard taunting the agents through the door.”
“‘Go somewhere else,’ he can be heard saying through the door.”
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
“‘Go somewhere else,’ he can be heard saying through the door.”
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
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I think this is why the awful feelings in my stomach about the current administration feel almost identical to my feelings about my sporadic memories of my childhood.
We're being denied autonomy from parents who don't recognize us as people, and from the government, doing the same.
We're being denied autonomy from parents who don't recognize us as people, and from the government, doing the same.
December 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I think this is why the awful feelings in my stomach about the current administration feel almost identical to my feelings about my sporadic memories of my childhood.
We're being denied autonomy from parents who don't recognize us as people, and from the government, doing the same.
We're being denied autonomy from parents who don't recognize us as people, and from the government, doing the same.
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Gained fair educational opportunities now losing them
Winning battle against childhood diseases now on course to reverse that
WHY
GREED AND CHRISTIAN (well not real Christian) RIGHT WING NATIONALISM AND LOSS OF INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM
Winning battle against childhood diseases now on course to reverse that
WHY
GREED AND CHRISTIAN (well not real Christian) RIGHT WING NATIONALISM AND LOSS OF INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM
December 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Gained fair educational opportunities now losing them
Winning battle against childhood diseases now on course to reverse that
WHY
GREED AND CHRISTIAN (well not real Christian) RIGHT WING NATIONALISM AND LOSS OF INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM
Winning battle against childhood diseases now on course to reverse that
WHY
GREED AND CHRISTIAN (well not real Christian) RIGHT WING NATIONALISM AND LOSS OF INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM
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Hard to believe in one lifetime
Gained then lost reproductive rights
Gained union/worker strength and now losing it
Gained equal voting rights now losing it
Gained and now losing equity in employment opportunities
Gained equality in marriage now losing it
Gained home ownership now losing it
Gained then lost reproductive rights
Gained union/worker strength and now losing it
Gained equal voting rights now losing it
Gained and now losing equity in employment opportunities
Gained equality in marriage now losing it
Gained home ownership now losing it
December 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hard to believe in one lifetime
Gained then lost reproductive rights
Gained union/worker strength and now losing it
Gained equal voting rights now losing it
Gained and now losing equity in employment opportunities
Gained equality in marriage now losing it
Gained home ownership now losing it
Gained then lost reproductive rights
Gained union/worker strength and now losing it
Gained equal voting rights now losing it
Gained and now losing equity in employment opportunities
Gained equality in marriage now losing it
Gained home ownership now losing it
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Criminals have worked out how to manipulate the AI results of search engines so that instead of delivering the official help number, they give you a scam call centre instead.
AI systems manipulated to send customers to fake call centres
Criminals are ‘poisoning’ the web with bogus customer service numbers for major businesses, tricking search engines into helping with phone scams
www.thetimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Criminals have worked out how to manipulate the AI results of search engines so that instead of delivering the official help number, they give you a scam call centre instead.
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Anti-trust: because fucking billionaires can’t be trusted.
December 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Anti-trust: because fucking billionaires can’t be trusted.
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If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
December 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
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I've been investigating digital deception for ~15yrs and 2025 was the worst year.
VC-backed bot farms, endless AI slop, industrial level scams, abusive AI nudifiers, Meta paying $ for hoaxes... Deception was legitimized, monetized & shoved down the public’s throat:
indicator.media/p/2025-the-y...
VC-backed bot farms, endless AI slop, industrial level scams, abusive AI nudifiers, Meta paying $ for hoaxes... Deception was legitimized, monetized & shoved down the public’s throat:
indicator.media/p/2025-the-y...
2025: The year tech embraced fakeness
This year, powerful people, companies, and institutions welcomed digital deception like never before. The rest of us faced the consequences.
indicator.media
December 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I've been investigating digital deception for ~15yrs and 2025 was the worst year.
VC-backed bot farms, endless AI slop, industrial level scams, abusive AI nudifiers, Meta paying $ for hoaxes... Deception was legitimized, monetized & shoved down the public’s throat:
indicator.media/p/2025-the-y...
VC-backed bot farms, endless AI slop, industrial level scams, abusive AI nudifiers, Meta paying $ for hoaxes... Deception was legitimized, monetized & shoved down the public’s throat:
indicator.media/p/2025-the-y...
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Here's an easy, less-than-bare-minimum thing every synagogue in the United States should be willing to do.
"We pledge not to invite, host, or raise money for any member of the Israeli government so long as Netanyahu remains prime minister or illegal settlements persist."
And then stick to it.
"We pledge not to invite, host, or raise money for any member of the Israeli government so long as Netanyahu remains prime minister or illegal settlements persist."
And then stick to it.
December 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Here's an easy, less-than-bare-minimum thing every synagogue in the United States should be willing to do.
"We pledge not to invite, host, or raise money for any member of the Israeli government so long as Netanyahu remains prime minister or illegal settlements persist."
And then stick to it.
"We pledge not to invite, host, or raise money for any member of the Israeli government so long as Netanyahu remains prime minister or illegal settlements persist."
And then stick to it.
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I keep thinking about how, if you're a character actress who looks at all like Karoline Leavitt, you're going to have a solid career as the PTA/HOA/sports/theater/inhuman bureaucrat/torturer Karen. There's such an insipidly tart, cruel smarm to her face that we're going to live with for a long time.
December 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I keep thinking about how, if you're a character actress who looks at all like Karoline Leavitt, you're going to have a solid career as the PTA/HOA/sports/theater/inhuman bureaucrat/torturer Karen. There's such an insipidly tart, cruel smarm to her face that we're going to live with for a long time.
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I recorded this podcast 7 years ago, but every year it goes viral because people are still discovering the deranged weirdness of Victorian Christmas cards!
It's #ChristmasCardDay 💌
Explore weird, dark and wonderful Victorian Christmas cards on the Art Matters podcast 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/art-matters-podcast-weird-dark-and-wonderful-victorian-christmas-cards
📷 BBC
Explore weird, dark and wonderful Victorian Christmas cards on the Art Matters podcast 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/art-matters-podcast-weird-dark-and-wonderful-victorian-christmas-cards
📷 BBC
December 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I recorded this podcast 7 years ago, but every year it goes viral because people are still discovering the deranged weirdness of Victorian Christmas cards!
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This is exactly what the bosses who put Trump into office were trying to achieve. Crushing the tight labor market from the early Biden years that gave workers - for the first time in my adult lifetime - leverage over their bosses.
NEW
US labor market flows remained sluggish in October data released this morning, as hiring slowed to nearly the lowest level since early COVID
The hiring rate fell to 3.2%, layoffs rose to 1.2%, quits fell to 1.8%, and job openings rose to 4.6%
US labor market flows remained sluggish in October data released this morning, as hiring slowed to nearly the lowest level since early COVID
The hiring rate fell to 3.2%, layoffs rose to 1.2%, quits fell to 1.8%, and job openings rose to 4.6%
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is exactly what the bosses who put Trump into office were trying to achieve. Crushing the tight labor market from the early Biden years that gave workers - for the first time in my adult lifetime - leverage over their bosses.
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Assemblies of God churches shielded accused predators — and allowed them to keep abusing children
NBC News uncovered a 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
NBC News uncovered a 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
How Assemblies of God churches shielded accused predators as they abused children
NBC News uncovered a 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination.
www.nbcnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Assemblies of God churches shielded accused predators — and allowed them to keep abusing children
NBC News uncovered a 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
NBC News uncovered a 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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"God-given breast milk!"
What about "God-given family leave so mothers can actually take time away from work to feed and bond with their babies with pay?"
What about "God-given family leave so mothers can actually take time away from work to feed and bond with their babies with pay?"
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
"God-given breast milk!"
What about "God-given family leave so mothers can actually take time away from work to feed and bond with their babies with pay?"
What about "God-given family leave so mothers can actually take time away from work to feed and bond with their babies with pay?"
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me dressed up and exercising at the airport before my 8 hour flight
December 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
me dressed up and exercising at the airport before my 8 hour flight
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Josh Marshall is absolutely right about this as a matter of constitutional restoration BUT ALSO
You can't do ANY of the "kitchen table" agenda EITHER without abolishing the power of the six corrupt GOP justices. They'll kill any good Dem policy (eg student loan forgiveness) just to watch it die.
You can't do ANY of the "kitchen table" agenda EITHER without abolishing the power of the six corrupt GOP justices. They'll kill any good Dem policy (eg student loan forgiveness) just to watch it die.
“Supreme Court reform is now the sine qua non of any reformist program in the United States, any program to re-implant/re-secure civic democracy in the United States”
-- @joshtpm.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/court...
-- @joshtpm.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/court...
Court Reform: Breaking the Corrupt Rule of the Six GOPers Is Everything
I’ve become something of a broken record on this. But repetition sometimes...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Josh Marshall is absolutely right about this as a matter of constitutional restoration BUT ALSO
You can't do ANY of the "kitchen table" agenda EITHER without abolishing the power of the six corrupt GOP justices. They'll kill any good Dem policy (eg student loan forgiveness) just to watch it die.
You can't do ANY of the "kitchen table" agenda EITHER without abolishing the power of the six corrupt GOP justices. They'll kill any good Dem policy (eg student loan forgiveness) just to watch it die.
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We're just a couple of steps from the conservative members of the Supreme Court citing in their rulings things they heard AI founding fathers say on podcasts.
Oh good, Glenn Beck has created an AI George Washington. You will be shocked to learn that the AI George Washington created by Glenn Beck sounds exactly like what would happen if Glenn Beck built an AI George Washington to sound exactly like Glenn Beck.
December 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
We're just a couple of steps from the conservative members of the Supreme Court citing in their rulings things they heard AI founding fathers say on podcasts.
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The way the sloppers pretend their organized theft is just as taxing as actual art is genuinely pathetic.
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The way the sloppers pretend their organized theft is just as taxing as actual art is genuinely pathetic.
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Because i've been asked, my hot take is that wildfire liability discussions in CA that don't lead to full state ownership & control of the electrical corps will saddle the public sector with cleaning up damages the private sector is more than happy to continue to 'externalize'.
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Because i've been asked, my hot take is that wildfire liability discussions in CA that don't lead to full state ownership & control of the electrical corps will saddle the public sector with cleaning up damages the private sector is more than happy to continue to 'externalize'.