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lindseyboylan.bsky.social
Protecting abusers is a full time job
December 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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cait.bsky.social
joining the "cybertruck owners only" group on fb is one of the best decisions i've ever made. every so often when i'm scrolling through fb getting pissed off, i get to see a little treat like this
Cybertruck Owners Only Joe Sawyer • 19h • O ... X Had an issue stopping my Cybertruck from a low speed the other day and had to make a choice to crash it or risk going tumbling down a mountain to probable death. Sucks to see, but it held up well and only a few minor scrapes and bruises. Still going over every choice made and trying to understand why it would not stop and was gaining speed from 5 mph to 12+ while on the brakes. ABS was probably hurting more than helping on this 26° downhill angle. Hoping to be able to talk to someone at Tesla as I have the crash recorder data already. [cybertruck upside down like the shitty little brick it is
December 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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originalsp.in
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
Stephen Miller • @St... • 13m Ø Watched the Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra Family Christmas with my kids. Imagine watching that and thinking America needed infinity migrants from the third world.
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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mrhenrymorris.substack.com
If we can't kill foxes, we'll kill our dogs.

Your move.
December 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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eschatonblog.com
So many bad takes
Going Postal Tomorrow’s $5.5 billion default is the beginning of the end for the U.S. Postal Service. It’s time to privatize it. By Matthew Yglesias July 31, 20122:46 PM
December 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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rspb.bsky.social
POV: You try and have a nice game of Monopoly

📷 Paul Browning
Two Starlings face off in an intense standoff, beaks wide open as though mid-argument. Their glossy, speckled plumage shimmers with iridescent greens and purples, but their flared wings and sharp postures steal the show. One bird leans forward, as if shouting, while the other appears just as indignant...capturing the chaos when tensions soar and everyone takes the game a little too seriously.
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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elyon113.bsky.social
Your power bill has tripled and you can't afford new PC parts just to create this.
December 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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joshuaerlich.bsky.social
I’d make fun of this but we passed a federal Havana Syndrome law so
juanescalante.com Juan Escalante @juanescalante.com · 2d
Shamp’s Senate Bill 1070 would direct the #Arizona Dept of Health Services to conduct or support research to “advance the understanding of Trump Derangement Syndrome, including its origins, manifestations and long-term effects on individuals, communities and public discourse.”
Arizona lawmaker wants state to study ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’
What, your heart isn't bursting with love for the commander in chief? Are you feeling OK?
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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edburmila.bsky.social
Here, as ever, “empowering educators” is clever code for administrators dumping another problem on teachers and saying “here, you deal with this.”
rweingarten.bsky.social Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 3d
We know students, like the rest of the world, are using AI. Teachers need to be equipped to deal w/all the issues AI creates. Our approach starts with maximizing safety & privacy and empowering educators to make educational decisions, so AI tools can benefit not harm www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
AI has become the norm for students. Teachers are playing catch-up.
At a New York City training session, educators explored how artificial intelligence could support teaching while also discussing their concerns around the technology.
www.nbcnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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rspb.bsky.social
It’s nearly Christmas! We’re so excited we might just join today’s festive friend for a little dance…

#RSPBAdvent25
December 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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justinbaragona.bsky.social
Just want to point out that this man was leading the whole Turning Point USA crowd in prayer last week.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Russell Brand charged with further counts of rape and sexual assault
The alleged offences took place in 2009, the Crown Protection Service said
www.independent.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
uh

www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Age: dec DOB: Additional Info: I am just wanting to reconnect with the original detective that called me and I offered information about this. How is Contact Known: He was orchestrating a deal, along with my uncle where different men, and a few women and girls, would come to a variety of boats and yachts and pay money to force me to do with them when I was 13 and pregnant. Type: Other Address: City: Zip: Witness Information First Name: Donald Middle Name: Last Name: Trump Age: 70 DOB: Additional Info: Again, just trying to find out the NYPD detective on the FBI sex trafficking task force that called me a couple of weeks ago and spoke to me about some of these issues. How is Contact Known: He participated regularly in paying money to force me to with him and he was present when my uncle murdered my newborn child and disposed of the body in Lake Michigan. Type: Business Address: City: Washington DC State: District of Columbia Zip: 20500 Country: United States
December 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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upshot.nytimes.com
On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
also interesting that the administration thinks it has a say in CBS News personnel matters. perhaps they've been given an indication that they do.
epicciuto.bsky.social Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 3d
It’s interesting that the administration wants you to know that Bari Weiss is in league with them.
December 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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edzitron.com
I covered this in my premium last week, it’s laughable!

www.wheresyoured.at/ai-mythbuste...
"You Need Al Skills Today To Be Ready For The Future"/"The Future Belongs To Those Who Know AI" So, you've probably seen a lot of stuff — maybe even in your own workplace! — about how you're gonna need Al skills in the future, because, uh. Well, you're gonna need them, and you're gonna get left behind if you don't have them. If anybody ever says this to you, please ask them to be specific, because at this point I'm not even confident I can make up a task that Al can do for me. In fact, here's a simple one: please name me somebody who has gotten significantly better at their job using Al. One person you know. One. Just one. Try it. I am, in theory, exactly the person who should be getting the most out of Al. I write a lot. I research a lot. I constantly have to keep an eye on stuff. I pull stuff out of large piles of data. I think I make like 500 searches a week, I'm a complete animal. I talk back and forth with my editor Matt Hughes constantly to brainstorm ideas. So why don't I use Al? Surely it would be perfect, right? Nope! Al is a terrible researcher. I've used everything from Al mode on Google to the most expensive generative search engines available for large hedge funds, and in 99.9% of cases I've found nothing new or interesting or novel. That edge case was one time when a search engine pulled up a single quote from an earnings statement. Once. One time. So, what do people mean by "Al skills"? Prompt engineering. They mean "how can you get this product that's sold and hyped as a panacea for every informational problem to do the thing that it's meant to do," and the answer is usually "it can't do it, but the way to get it close is to find nuanced ways to ask it to do stuff." In a very real sense, "Al skills training" is actually Al training you - making you fill in the gaps, making you do the work that this alleged "intelligence" does.
December 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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wittywebhandle.bsky.social
92% OF GDP GROWTH IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2025 WAS AI DATA CENTER FRAUD THAT WILL NEVER BE BROKEN GROUND ON!

WHY WOULD THIS IS BE ANYTHING BUT?!
Treasuries Slip as US GDP Posts Fastest Growth in Two Years
Treasuries edged lower after data showed the US economy expanded at the fastest pace in two years, denting expectations for interest-rate cuts in 2026.
www.bloomberg.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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mnateshyamalan.bsky.social
[first day as a shepherd]

boss: where are you going?

me: [pointing] star

boss: what? why

me: [shrugging] baby
December 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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reformexposed.bsky.social
Plans by Reform UK to cut the aid budget by 90% would not cover existing contributions to global bodies such as the UN and World Bank, shredding Britain’s international influence and risking its standing within those organisations.
Reform plan to cap aid at £1bn would damage UK’s international influence, critics warn
Exclusive: Campaigners say slashing overseas aid would leave UK unable to meet existing commitments
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Inheritance tax is one of the fairest systems of taxation, and everything was in place to protect working farms, so this just looks pathetic frankly.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government waters down farm inheritance tax plan
The government has now said it will lift the intended threshold from £1m to £2.5m.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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mcduff.bsky.social
Look man, if think everyone is clear on this. We don't enjoy seeing tigers eat people, but if a guy climbs into the tiger enclosure and claims to be an expert at tiger dressage, we aren't going to exert ourselves to save him. FAFO can also apply to rich people, and, honestly, it should do so more.
pbump.com Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3d
This is as easy a test of your belief in the American system as is conceivable: Should this be an acceptable argument from a president?
December 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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parkermolloy.com
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:

is.gd/paU8Ko

(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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rincewind.run
here’s the 60 Minutes CECOT segment, which is temporarily available in Canada

you all know what to do
December 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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wittywebhandle.bsky.social
Bars
Facebook Post from Joshua Harris-Till: The fact that Jake Paul thought he could go toe to toe with Anthony Joshua and got his ass whooped so thoroughly is an apt encapsulation of how a lot of people think DEI works vs. how it actually works. A white guy who has created a career out of exploiting his clear advantages over his opponents assumes that, based on his manufactured record, his accomplishments are "merit based" and feels like he's entitled to challenge an overqualified Black person for his status that he actually earned Below is a photo of Jake Paul w/ his tongue out and acting wild next to Anthony Joshua at the weight in. Joshua is bronze statue ripped and stoic as fuck.
December 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM