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The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
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October 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
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At this point, if you're interviewing a Republican about the president's latest transgression and you *don't* have the video or post or whatever cued up and ready to show them when they pretend they haven't seen it yet -- I'm just going to assume you're in on the con yourself.
October 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
At this point, if you're interviewing a Republican about the president's latest transgression and you *don't* have the video or post or whatever cued up and ready to show them when they pretend they haven't seen it yet -- I'm just going to assume you're in on the con yourself.
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I know it's a fool's errand to expect anything from the media but "President posts video of himself dumping diarrhea on America" is an important thing to call attention to for a dozen reasons
October 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I know it's a fool's errand to expect anything from the media but "President posts video of himself dumping diarrhea on America" is an important thing to call attention to for a dozen reasons
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The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.
October 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.
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This strikes me as a pretty major Brexit shift from Starmer.
Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.
Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.
October 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This strikes me as a pretty major Brexit shift from Starmer.
Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.
Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.
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October 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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As America's most pro-business leader in a generation, I will choose one company each week and accuse them of witchcraft
September 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
As America's most pro-business leader in a generation, I will choose one company each week and accuse them of witchcraft
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Fan led, fan funded.
Thank you for your continued assistance in supporting the lads on the pitch, and thank you to every volunteer who brings it to life. Every single bit of last nights display was paid for by our brilliant support.
On we go.
Thank you for your continued assistance in supporting the lads on the pitch, and thank you to every volunteer who brings it to life. Every single bit of last nights display was paid for by our brilliant support.
On we go.
September 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Fan led, fan funded.
Thank you for your continued assistance in supporting the lads on the pitch, and thank you to every volunteer who brings it to life. Every single bit of last nights display was paid for by our brilliant support.
On we go.
Thank you for your continued assistance in supporting the lads on the pitch, and thank you to every volunteer who brings it to life. Every single bit of last nights display was paid for by our brilliant support.
On we go.
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John Oliver on Sinclair. Eight years ago:
youtu.be/GvtNyOzGogc?...
youtu.be/GvtNyOzGogc?...
Sinclair Broadcast Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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September 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
John Oliver on Sinclair. Eight years ago:
youtu.be/GvtNyOzGogc?...
youtu.be/GvtNyOzGogc?...
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People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
September 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
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Never forget whose side the Media is on.
1m+ marched to stop the Genocide in Palestine. They barely covered it.
2m marched to stop Brexit. They barely covered it.
Less than a 1/10th show up for a Far Right Riot, nonstop coverage.
The Far Right thugs are their voters.
1m+ marched to stop the Genocide in Palestine. They barely covered it.
2m marched to stop Brexit. They barely covered it.
Less than a 1/10th show up for a Far Right Riot, nonstop coverage.
The Far Right thugs are their voters.
September 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Never forget whose side the Media is on.
1m+ marched to stop the Genocide in Palestine. They barely covered it.
2m marched to stop Brexit. They barely covered it.
Less than a 1/10th show up for a Far Right Riot, nonstop coverage.
The Far Right thugs are their voters.
1m+ marched to stop the Genocide in Palestine. They barely covered it.
2m marched to stop Brexit. They barely covered it.
Less than a 1/10th show up for a Far Right Riot, nonstop coverage.
The Far Right thugs are their voters.
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The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
September 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
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If I were the UK Government I would simply not route all my communications through the platform whose owner just called for regime change in Britain and said "fight back or die"
September 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
If I were the UK Government I would simply not route all my communications through the platform whose owner just called for regime change in Britain and said "fight back or die"
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“Health insurance costs in the United States are on track for their biggest jump in at least five years…
“For the 24 million enrollees of Affordable Care Act insurance plans, costs are expected to rise by more than 75 percent next year…”
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
“For the 24 million enrollees of Affordable Care Act insurance plans, costs are expected to rise by more than 75 percent next year…”
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Why your health insurance may soon cost a lot more
Millions will be paying substantially more for health insurance next year, according to multiple surveys. Insurers cited tariffs and demand for obesity drugs.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
“Health insurance costs in the United States are on track for their biggest jump in at least five years…
“For the 24 million enrollees of Affordable Care Act insurance plans, costs are expected to rise by more than 75 percent next year…”
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
“For the 24 million enrollees of Affordable Care Act insurance plans, costs are expected to rise by more than 75 percent next year…”
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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THAT WINNING FEELING! 👏
September 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
THAT WINNING FEELING! 👏
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the supreme court says you can never use race to help people but you can always use race to hurt people
September 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
the supreme court says you can never use race to help people but you can always use race to hurt people
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Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago
September 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago
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To trump administration personnel who are afraid to step outside in dc, I agree that it must suck to be targeted randomly in the street by a violent gang of out of control thugs who want to take things from you and your family for no good reason, and don’t respect the basics of the rule of law
August 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
To trump administration personnel who are afraid to step outside in dc, I agree that it must suck to be targeted randomly in the street by a violent gang of out of control thugs who want to take things from you and your family for no good reason, and don’t respect the basics of the rule of law
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Where are all the “don’t tread on me” people?
Just so you know, this is how it always starts. With a marginalized group…
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Just so you know, this is how it always starts. With a marginalized group…
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
DOJ considering banning trans people from gun ownership: report
Justice Department reportedly mulling restrictions in threat to Second Amendment rights fueled by anti-trans rhetoric
www.independent.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Where are all the “don’t tread on me” people?
Just so you know, this is how it always starts. With a marginalized group…
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Just so you know, this is how it always starts. With a marginalized group…
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Democratic politicians humiliated Nigel Farage in Washington today. But if you look hard, you can still see why he may take power in the UK
Piece from me
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
Piece from me
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
Watching Farage fail in Washington, but still seeing how he can win in the UK
His opponents need to change the narrative
open.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Democratic politicians humiliated Nigel Farage in Washington today. But if you look hard, you can still see why he may take power in the UK
Piece from me
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
Piece from me
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
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And if he'd voted to convict after Jan 6, Trump would not be in office today.
Very strange to see such stark warnings from a guy who so effectively advanced Trump's agenda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s second presidency is ‘most dangerous period’ since second world war, Mitch McConnell says
Former Senate leader likens administration’s fixation with tariffs to isolationist policies of the US in the 1930s
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
And if he'd voted to convict after Jan 6, Trump would not be in office today.