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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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It’s that time of year. Time to celebrate the Yuletide season with @tomgauld.bsky.social ‘s John Le Carre advent calendar.
December 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It’s that time of year. Time to celebrate the Yuletide season with @tomgauld.bsky.social ‘s John Le Carre advent calendar.
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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Today we launch at new @EmpirePodUK series-
WRITERS ON EMPIRE
We kick off with a four-part look at George Orwell
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
WRITERS ON EMPIRE
We kick off with a four-part look at George Orwell
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
October 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Today we launch at new @EmpirePodUK series-
WRITERS ON EMPIRE
We kick off with a four-part look at George Orwell
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
WRITERS ON EMPIRE
We kick off with a four-part look at George Orwell
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
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Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
October 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
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The destruction of the East Wing is a reminder that America has violated the only check-and-balance that actually ends up mattering: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-c...
The only check-and-balance that actually matters
www.doomsdayscenario.co
October 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The destruction of the East Wing is a reminder that America has violated the only check-and-balance that actually ends up mattering: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-c...
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New from @EmpirePodUK
Our Gaza series reaches its climax with a double bill:
THE BRITISH MANDATE & THE OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE
and
THE PALESTINIAN REVOLT, 1936
Our Gaza series reaches its climax with a double bill:
THE BRITISH MANDATE & THE OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE
and
THE PALESTINIAN REVOLT, 1936
October 19, 2025 at 7:51 AM
New from @EmpirePodUK
Our Gaza series reaches its climax with a double bill:
THE BRITISH MANDATE & THE OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE
and
THE PALESTINIAN REVOLT, 1936
Our Gaza series reaches its climax with a double bill:
THE BRITISH MANDATE & THE OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE
and
THE PALESTINIAN REVOLT, 1936
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Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
October 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
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I wrote about the ascendance of Bari Weiss from a hack columnist to media royalty, and what it means for the future of CBS News.
Bari Weiss Takes Her Grift Mainstream
Journalism's biggest fraud takes the reins at CBS
stringinamaze.net
October 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I wrote about the ascendance of Bari Weiss from a hack columnist to media royalty, and what it means for the future of CBS News.
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Melbourne Movies
Silence of the Trams
My Left Footscray
Jurassic Parksville
Wantirna & Hooch
Black Rock Down
Raging Bulleen
El Wood
Kew Largo
Full Jolimonty
School Of Ruck
The Southbank Job
Attack of the Keilor Tomatoes
Silence of the Trams
My Left Footscray
Jurassic Parksville
Wantirna & Hooch
Black Rock Down
Raging Bulleen
El Wood
Kew Largo
Full Jolimonty
School Of Ruck
The Southbank Job
Attack of the Keilor Tomatoes
September 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Melbourne Movies
Silence of the Trams
My Left Footscray
Jurassic Parksville
Wantirna & Hooch
Black Rock Down
Raging Bulleen
El Wood
Kew Largo
Full Jolimonty
School Of Ruck
The Southbank Job
Attack of the Keilor Tomatoes
Silence of the Trams
My Left Footscray
Jurassic Parksville
Wantirna & Hooch
Black Rock Down
Raging Bulleen
El Wood
Kew Largo
Full Jolimonty
School Of Ruck
The Southbank Job
Attack of the Keilor Tomatoes
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The difference between the text of the post and the headline of the article below it is staggering
About two-thirds of patients who were flagged by the AI stethoscope as potentially having heart failure did not actually have it.
AI stethoscope can detect heart issues in 15 seconds, UK doctors find
About two-thirds of patients who were flagged by the AI stethoscope as potentially having heart failure did not actually have it.
l.euronews.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The difference between the text of the post and the headline of the article below it is staggering
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I genuinely think one thing that trips up folks on the left is that they can't imagine not sharing certain core values. Lemme explain. Here's an intuition pump:
Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
August 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I genuinely think one thing that trips up folks on the left is that they can't imagine not sharing certain core values. Lemme explain. Here's an intuition pump:
Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
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This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
July 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
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It sounded better in German:
July 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It sounded better in German:
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Damn, it looks just like the photos of the disappeared that were put up by relatives in the South American dictatorships
July 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn, it looks just like the photos of the disappeared that were put up by relatives in the South American dictatorships
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Wimbledon tennis champion Arthur Ashe and South Africa: 'The first free black man I'd ever seen'
Wimbledon tennis champion Arthur Ashe and South Africa: 'The first free black man I'd ever seen'
The tennis champion wanted to be remembered for fighting racism, not just his sporting prowess.
www.bbc.com
July 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Wimbledon tennis champion Arthur Ashe and South Africa: 'The first free black man I'd ever seen'
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A thing that makes that Times story especially odious is that Zohran Mamdani's father was LITERALLY expelled from Uganda during Idi Amin's fascist effort to scapegoat Asian Ugandans as not really African www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Mahmood Mamdani · The Asian Question: On Leaving Uganda
President Yoweri Museveni was careful not to refer to Asians as citizens; he explained that they were ‘investors’,...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
A thing that makes that Times story especially odious is that Zohran Mamdani's father was LITERALLY expelled from Uganda during Idi Amin's fascist effort to scapegoat Asian Ugandans as not really African www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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86 fucking years old.
June 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
86 fucking years old.
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Just a reminder that Orwell’s protagonist in 1984, Winston Groom, works as a copy editor, except that his job entails endlessly “correcting the data” so that the archival record conforms to the Party’s preferred fictions, and what is “known” becomes a principal instrument of conformity.
June 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Just a reminder that Orwell’s protagonist in 1984, Winston Groom, works as a copy editor, except that his job entails endlessly “correcting the data” so that the archival record conforms to the Party’s preferred fictions, and what is “known” becomes a principal instrument of conformity.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUWH...
A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally.
The technology’s ability to read and summarize text is already making it a useful tool for scholarship. How will it change the stories we tell about the past?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/m...
A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally.
The technology’s ability to read and summarize text is already making it a useful tool for scholarship. How will it change the stories we tell about the past?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/m...
Tom, The Devil
YouTube video by Ali
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June 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUWH...
A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally.
The technology’s ability to read and summarize text is already making it a useful tool for scholarship. How will it change the stories we tell about the past?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/m...
A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally.
The technology’s ability to read and summarize text is already making it a useful tool for scholarship. How will it change the stories we tell about the past?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/m...