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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
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I’m not talking about the “AI “actress”” thing because it is so clearly an astroturfed non-story which only benefits from people taking it seriously, even as outrage / distaste. It does not exist. It *will* not exist, at least as executed by these people. I refuse to fall for it.
October 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I’m not talking about the “AI “actress”” thing because it is so clearly an astroturfed non-story which only benefits from people taking it seriously, even as outrage / distaste. It does not exist. It *will* not exist, at least as executed by these people. I refuse to fall for it.
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I read this as: Harvard was planning to capitulate, then the Trump Administration accidentally sent the letter they meant to save until after Harvard capitulated on the first round of demands. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard (Gift Article)
An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I read this as: Harvard was planning to capitulate, then the Trump Administration accidentally sent the letter they meant to save until after Harvard capitulated on the first round of demands. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
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2041: getting paid to write stories that are never read by humans, fed into a great computational silo as a source of entropy; thoughtcoal
December 22, 2024 at 4:35 AM
2041: getting paid to write stories that are never read by humans, fed into a great computational silo as a source of entropy; thoughtcoal
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remember when everyone spent weeks arguing about how israel would never bomb a hospital and since then they’ve just been bombing hospitals and schools every day
December 17, 2024 at 12:10 AM
remember when everyone spent weeks arguing about how israel would never bomb a hospital and since then they’ve just been bombing hospitals and schools every day
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Don't assume maximalist outcomes for the Trump administration. That's a form of psychological surrender. We should attempt to exploit every stumble, failure, and misstep, and there will be stumbles, failures, and missteps.
December 9, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Don't assume maximalist outcomes for the Trump administration. That's a form of psychological surrender. We should attempt to exploit every stumble, failure, and misstep, and there will be stumbles, failures, and missteps.
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Corporate media, a play in 3 acts
December 13, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Corporate media, a play in 3 acts
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just kind of thinking about the fact the nyt sent a breaking news alert when a college kid said something dumb about Zionists but not when Amnesty International said it had determined that Israel is committing genocide
December 5, 2024 at 2:30 AM
just kind of thinking about the fact the nyt sent a breaking news alert when a college kid said something dumb about Zionists but not when Amnesty International said it had determined that Israel is committing genocide
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Everyone should be sharing this story about the Amnesty International report because yes many of us have long acknowledged that it’s a genocide but there are still people who need the validation of a report from an org like Amnesty to believe it’s true zeteo.com/p/amnesty-co...
Amnesty International Investigation Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide
“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.
zeteo.com
December 5, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Everyone should be sharing this story about the Amnesty International report because yes many of us have long acknowledged that it’s a genocide but there are still people who need the validation of a report from an org like Amnesty to believe it’s true zeteo.com/p/amnesty-co...
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Gaza’s cultural Heritage has been devastated by the Conflict with Israel – this is how we’re documenting the Damage
Gaza’s cultural Heritage has been devastated by the Conflict with Israel – this is how we’re documenting the Damage
By Michael Fradley, University of Oxford; Andrew Petersen, University of Bradford, and Bill Finlayson, University of Oxford (The Conversation) – Situated at the junction between Africa and Asia, Gaza is a critical archaeological landscape. But the…
dlvr.it
November 30, 2024 at 5:30 AM
Gaza’s cultural Heritage has been devastated by the Conflict with Israel – this is how we’re documenting the Damage
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Israel has obliterated the mausoleum of Simon Peter, the Apostle of Christ, in Shama, southern Lebanon.
A sacred site that has stood for over 2,000 years, now lies in ruins.
This is not “self-defense”.
This is a war crime and a crime against history.
A sacred site that has stood for over 2,000 years, now lies in ruins.
This is not “self-defense”.
This is a war crime and a crime against history.
December 1, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Israel has obliterated the mausoleum of Simon Peter, the Apostle of Christ, in Shama, southern Lebanon.
A sacred site that has stood for over 2,000 years, now lies in ruins.
This is not “self-defense”.
This is a war crime and a crime against history.
A sacred site that has stood for over 2,000 years, now lies in ruins.
This is not “self-defense”.
This is a war crime and a crime against history.
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It's true that bluesky isn't great for news and commentary about Palestine. Maybe it will get better, maybe it won't. But we have to keep trying because it's crucial to talk about Palestine precisely where it feels unwelcome.
November 28, 2024 at 6:58 PM
It's true that bluesky isn't great for news and commentary about Palestine. Maybe it will get better, maybe it won't. But we have to keep trying because it's crucial to talk about Palestine precisely where it feels unwelcome.
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the wealthiest man in the world having his mom go on TV to say she finds it "degrading" when people refer to him as the wealthiest man in the world rather than "the genius of the world" is some real tinpot dictatorship state-run TV shit
Elon's mom is on Fox buttering up her son and answering questions about whether anybody actually likes him. Cringe.
November 26, 2024 at 5:11 PM
the wealthiest man in the world having his mom go on TV to say she finds it "degrading" when people refer to him as the wealthiest man in the world rather than "the genius of the world" is some real tinpot dictatorship state-run TV shit
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The Washington Post reports that Michael Anton and Sebastian Gorka had a falling out over who should receive credit for writing Trump's speeches. This is incorrect. In this thread, I will tell you the real reason why Anton dislikes Gorka. 🧵
November 24, 2024 at 1:47 AM
The Washington Post reports that Michael Anton and Sebastian Gorka had a falling out over who should receive credit for writing Trump's speeches. This is incorrect. In this thread, I will tell you the real reason why Anton dislikes Gorka. 🧵
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Gaza's Health Ministry has warned that all hospitals in the besieged enclave will have to stop or reduce services “within 48 hours” for lack of fuel, accusing Israel of blocking its entry.
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Battles rage between Israel army, Hezbollah as southern Lebanon bombarded
Bombardment of Gaza and Lebanon intensifies as State of Palestine welcomes ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders.
aje.io
November 22, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Gaza's Health Ministry has warned that all hospitals in the besieged enclave will have to stop or reduce services “within 48 hours” for lack of fuel, accusing Israel of blocking its entry.
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Absolutely INCREDIBLE demonstration of what this platform can do: subscribe to this labeler and see which fancy private school different UK public figures on here went to, and how much those schools cost. bsky.app/profile/dadd...
bsky.app
November 20, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Absolutely INCREDIBLE demonstration of what this platform can do: subscribe to this labeler and see which fancy private school different UK public figures on here went to, and how much those schools cost. bsky.app/profile/dadd...
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Well, let's get this over and done with quickly then! Israel is committing genocide in Palestine and the ALP and its hack columnists are horrifically complicit
November 12, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Well, let's get this over and done with quickly then! Israel is committing genocide in Palestine and the ALP and its hack columnists are horrifically complicit
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Bernie Sanders just spent ~5 minutes on the Senate floor listing horrors American doctors in Gaza saw, as he brings resolutions to block $20bil of weapons to Israel. Those testimonies were collected by a doctor named Feroze Sidhwa, who I interviewed last month: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The doctor who saw children shot in the head in Gaza—and tried to tell the world
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa has spent six months talking about what he saw as an emergency physician in Gaza. Why don't people believe him?
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Bernie Sanders just spent ~5 minutes on the Senate floor listing horrors American doctors in Gaza saw, as he brings resolutions to block $20bil of weapons to Israel. Those testimonies were collected by a doctor named Feroze Sidhwa, who I interviewed last month: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Via Zogby's twitter:
I’m on the DNC for 32 yrs: 16 on the Executive Committee, 11 as chair of the resolutions committee, & on the Unity/Reform Committee. I’m pushing for budget transparency & accountability, & party democracy. But I guess all I’ll ever be is that “pro-Palestinian” guy. It’s bigotry
I’m on the DNC for 32 yrs: 16 on the Executive Committee, 11 as chair of the resolutions committee, & on the Unity/Reform Committee. I’m pushing for budget transparency & accountability, & party democracy. But I guess all I’ll ever be is that “pro-Palestinian” guy. It’s bigotry
November 19, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Via Zogby's twitter:
I’m on the DNC for 32 yrs: 16 on the Executive Committee, 11 as chair of the resolutions committee, & on the Unity/Reform Committee. I’m pushing for budget transparency & accountability, & party democracy. But I guess all I’ll ever be is that “pro-Palestinian” guy. It’s bigotry
I’m on the DNC for 32 yrs: 16 on the Executive Committee, 11 as chair of the resolutions committee, & on the Unity/Reform Committee. I’m pushing for budget transparency & accountability, & party democracy. But I guess all I’ll ever be is that “pro-Palestinian” guy. It’s bigotry
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Just fyi @kopyrite.bsky.social sent this to a woman who lost 23 members of her family in a bombing literally designated as a war crime
November 19, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Just fyi @kopyrite.bsky.social sent this to a woman who lost 23 members of her family in a bombing literally designated as a war crime
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November 19, 2024 at 10:32 AM
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Said this before but it’s weird to go back to pretending that a bunch of mainstream journalists who were absolutely baying for the destruction of Gaza are normal libs
November 18, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Said this before but it’s weird to go back to pretending that a bunch of mainstream journalists who were absolutely baying for the destruction of Gaza are normal libs