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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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anywayyyyyy gonna go back to thinking about how dorothy day could mop the floor with basically any of the catholic converts running right wing tv right now
July 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
anywayyyyyy gonna go back to thinking about how dorothy day could mop the floor with basically any of the catholic converts running right wing tv right now
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To be 100% clear:
Parents do NOT have "legitimate concerns" about trans girls on sports teams.
They have knee-jerk assumptions, made up of sexist stereotypes, that self-serving politicians and media-types have fanned into a groundless moral panic.
Trans girls playing sports hurts no one.
Parents do NOT have "legitimate concerns" about trans girls on sports teams.
They have knee-jerk assumptions, made up of sexist stereotypes, that self-serving politicians and media-types have fanned into a groundless moral panic.
Trans girls playing sports hurts no one.
Buttigieg said parents have legitimate concerns.
To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything.
www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...
To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything.
www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...
Pete Buttigieg weighs in on ‘fairness’ of transgender kids playing girls’ sports
He said he rejected blanket policies about trans participation in sports.
www.advocate.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
To be 100% clear:
Parents do NOT have "legitimate concerns" about trans girls on sports teams.
They have knee-jerk assumptions, made up of sexist stereotypes, that self-serving politicians and media-types have fanned into a groundless moral panic.
Trans girls playing sports hurts no one.
Parents do NOT have "legitimate concerns" about trans girls on sports teams.
They have knee-jerk assumptions, made up of sexist stereotypes, that self-serving politicians and media-types have fanned into a groundless moral panic.
Trans girls playing sports hurts no one.
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Here in the northeast we don’t check our boots for snakes very often but we do check our Chuck Taylors for vestigial Puritanism and Catholic guilt
July 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Here in the northeast we don’t check our boots for snakes very often but we do check our Chuck Taylors for vestigial Puritanism and Catholic guilt
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If any of the dozens of congresspeople responsible for overseeing the Pentagon could say something, anything, that'd be great
🚨 The US has quietly deployed nuclear weapons to the UK for the first time since the end of the Cold War.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/nuclear-th...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/nuclear-th...
Nuclear Threats Are Back
Washington responds to Russia with escalation
www.kenklippenstein.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
If any of the dozens of congresspeople responsible for overseeing the Pentagon could say something, anything, that'd be great
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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A statistic in honor of tomorrow's rent control hearing on Beacon Hill:
A minimum-wage worker would need to work 101 hours a week to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment at fair-market rent
Learn more at nlihc.org/oor/state/ma.
A minimum-wage worker would need to work 101 hours a week to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment at fair-market rent
Learn more at nlihc.org/oor/state/ma.
Out of Reach: Massachusetts | National Low Income Housing Coalition
#OOR25 shows how difficult it is for renters to find affordable housing. Find out how much a renter must earn to afford a modest home at https://nlihc.org/oor
nlihc.org
July 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
A statistic in honor of tomorrow's rent control hearing on Beacon Hill:
A minimum-wage worker would need to work 101 hours a week to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment at fair-market rent
Learn more at nlihc.org/oor/state/ma.
A minimum-wage worker would need to work 101 hours a week to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment at fair-market rent
Learn more at nlihc.org/oor/state/ma.
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I was talking with a teenager recently who is not a transphobe but said he didn’t think it was fair for trans women to play women’s sports . I said that I didn’t think it was fair that people who are taller than me get to play basketball and he paused for a moment and then said, ok you’re right.
July 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I was talking with a teenager recently who is not a transphobe but said he didn’t think it was fair for trans women to play women’s sports . I said that I didn’t think it was fair that people who are taller than me get to play basketball and he paused for a moment and then said, ok you’re right.
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typos are just a symptom of having a brain so smart it can outpace your fingers… in many cultures they’re a sign of great wisdom…
June 25, 2024 at 4:12 PM
typos are just a symptom of having a brain so smart it can outpace your fingers… in many cultures they’re a sign of great wisdom…
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Follow up question what was your job from 1997-2001?
The Governor has enormous powers to solve New York’s housing crisis, both in NYC and across the state.
This claim is ridiculous, and New Yorkers aren’t falling for it.
This claim is ridiculous, and New Yorkers aren’t falling for it.
July 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Follow up question what was your job from 1997-2001?
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I think that the fascists have a different political project and that they do not have to actually deliver anything except cruelty against the out groups. Trump is authentically cruel and crass. People like that because they believe him on those things.
it's amazing the amount of time and effort Democrats spend painstakingly critiquing their messaging while Trump just fires from the hip while his brain leaks out of his ears and it's good enough for 312 electoral votes and winning control of the entire federal government
July 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I think that the fascists have a different political project and that they do not have to actually deliver anything except cruelty against the out groups. Trump is authentically cruel and crass. People like that because they believe him on those things.
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All those data stealing apps? There used to be free websites with that information.
Now people are making "content" that they don't enjoy making because social media will bury them otherwise. Creatives are getting burnt out churning out soulless garbage designed to go viral.
Now people are making "content" that they don't enjoy making because social media will bury them otherwise. Creatives are getting burnt out churning out soulless garbage designed to go viral.
July 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
All those data stealing apps? There used to be free websites with that information.
Now people are making "content" that they don't enjoy making because social media will bury them otherwise. Creatives are getting burnt out churning out soulless garbage designed to go viral.
Now people are making "content" that they don't enjoy making because social media will bury them otherwise. Creatives are getting burnt out churning out soulless garbage designed to go viral.
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the Washington Post’s methodology for “what jobs can AI replace vs. enhance” was “we asked the chatbot” things are going super duper over there
July 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
the Washington Post’s methodology for “what jobs can AI replace vs. enhance” was “we asked the chatbot” things are going super duper over there
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This stuff is all awful, but far & away the most important capitulation to date is the total Article I failure/crisis. Congress has done nothing as a runaway Mad King has stolen its power of the purse & closed down entire portions of the government it created by law. All of 👇 is secondary to that.
o3's ranking of the most important capitulations to date:
1. SC immunity decision
2. Jack Smith drops Trump cases
3. Preemptive resignations: Wray (FBI), Barr (Fed vice chair), Santos (Census)
4. Columbia settlement
5. Harvard concessions
6. Law firm deals
Who will be next?
1. SC immunity decision
2. Jack Smith drops Trump cases
3. Preemptive resignations: Wray (FBI), Barr (Fed vice chair), Santos (Census)
4. Columbia settlement
5. Harvard concessions
6. Law firm deals
Who will be next?
Not even seven months - six. After 186 days, one of America's leading universities and two of its most prestigious news outlets have already capitulated. And Trump's henchmen are just starting to wield the full powers of the federal government.
July 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This stuff is all awful, but far & away the most important capitulation to date is the total Article I failure/crisis. Congress has done nothing as a runaway Mad King has stolen its power of the purse & closed down entire portions of the government it created by law. All of 👇 is secondary to that.
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The Night of the Hunter was released 70 years ago today, and I'm always amused when people ask "Why didn't they let Charles Laughton direct more films?"
Like: Have you watched it?
Like: Have you watched it?
July 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Night of the Hunter was released 70 years ago today, and I'm always amused when people ask "Why didn't they let Charles Laughton direct more films?"
Like: Have you watched it?
Like: Have you watched it?
This picture jfc
Every. Single. Story. about women not using AI as much as men portray it as bad for their future career prospects (without a shred of evidence) and a result of women being fearful little ladies rather than looking at AI's output and saying "this sucks, it's not going to help me."
For women, the increase of AI use in the workplace may affect their careers: Harvard study
Women are using AI significantly less then men and it’s going to have a major impact on their careers, according to extensive research on the topic.
www.ctvnews.ca
July 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This picture jfc
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They waited *more than an hour* to enter the Hortman home after watching Mark Hortman get shot in the doorway
Unbelievably tragic & heartbreaking
And, of course, they publicly congratulated themselves on a great, lifesaving police response when they’d let a lawmaker bleed out. Uvalde is everywhere
Unbelievably tragic & heartbreaking
And, of course, they publicly congratulated themselves on a great, lifesaving police response when they’d let a lawmaker bleed out. Uvalde is everywhere
New details about police activity after lawmaker shootings raise questions about response
The Minnesota Star Tribune found that Brooklyn Park police waited more than 60 minutes to enter the Hortman home and that several law enforcement agencies were unaware of the situation for hours.
www.startribune.com
July 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
They waited *more than an hour* to enter the Hortman home after watching Mark Hortman get shot in the doorway
Unbelievably tragic & heartbreaking
And, of course, they publicly congratulated themselves on a great, lifesaving police response when they’d let a lawmaker bleed out. Uvalde is everywhere
Unbelievably tragic & heartbreaking
And, of course, they publicly congratulated themselves on a great, lifesaving police response when they’d let a lawmaker bleed out. Uvalde is everywhere
The night of the 2024 election, the clearest thought I had was “None of us, including the people who voted for him, deserves what’s about to happen.” I still believe that.
or like
i dunno if someone has a different view of the world and how to deal with society’s problems
even if i deem some of their views immoral, i can’t “break ties” with those people anymore
i kind of just don’t have it in me
because it feels so … exclusionary. it feels like being a cop
i dunno if someone has a different view of the world and how to deal with society’s problems
even if i deem some of their views immoral, i can’t “break ties” with those people anymore
i kind of just don’t have it in me
because it feels so … exclusionary. it feels like being a cop
July 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The night of the 2024 election, the clearest thought I had was “None of us, including the people who voted for him, deserves what’s about to happen.” I still believe that.
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incredibly funny to try to claim that mamdani is inserting activist language about freedom into his Passover messages when the entire holiday is about freedom
This is some of the weakest shit I've ever seen. Why is it a scandal that he "affirmed his opposition to antisemitism—but only while also condemning Islamophobia"?
July 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
incredibly funny to try to claim that mamdani is inserting activist language about freedom into his Passover messages when the entire holiday is about freedom
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New Zealand engineers have figured out how to turn Earth’s most abundant mineral into zero-waste battery metals. They dissolve olivine to yield silica (50%), magnesium (40%) and nickel-manganese-cobalt hydroxide (10%) for lithium-ion cathodes, leaving only brine. buff.ly/NSzykIk
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Is Olivine the Future of Battery Material Supply Chains?
Aspiring Materials' process extracts valuable minerals from olivine, offering a cleaner, sustainable solution for battery material supply chains.
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July 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
New Zealand engineers have figured out how to turn Earth’s most abundant mineral into zero-waste battery metals. They dissolve olivine to yield silica (50%), magnesium (40%) and nickel-manganese-cobalt hydroxide (10%) for lithium-ion cathodes, leaving only brine. buff.ly/NSzykIk
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💯💯💯
Many ancient homes all over the world had no private kitchens/food prep spaces, period! Especially if you were poor!
This is why the discovery of a largely-intact "fast food" shopfront in Pompeii was such a huge deal, a few years ago. These places rarely survive the passage of time.
Many ancient homes all over the world had no private kitchens/food prep spaces, period! Especially if you were poor!
This is why the discovery of a largely-intact "fast food" shopfront in Pompeii was such a huge deal, a few years ago. These places rarely survive the passage of time.
July 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
💯💯💯
Many ancient homes all over the world had no private kitchens/food prep spaces, period! Especially if you were poor!
This is why the discovery of a largely-intact "fast food" shopfront in Pompeii was such a huge deal, a few years ago. These places rarely survive the passage of time.
Many ancient homes all over the world had no private kitchens/food prep spaces, period! Especially if you were poor!
This is why the discovery of a largely-intact "fast food" shopfront in Pompeii was such a huge deal, a few years ago. These places rarely survive the passage of time.
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Venus Williams just won her first match in two years and at the end when they were interviewing her about what a miracle it was, she said she had to come back and play a match; they told her she was on cobra and she’s always at the doctor so **she needs the health insurance**
Venus Williams literally a millionaire working for healthcare coverage
July 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Venus Williams just won her first match in two years and at the end when they were interviewing her about what a miracle it was, she said she had to come back and play a match; they told her she was on cobra and she’s always at the doctor so **she needs the health insurance**
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What will always enrage me is how we’re seeing with our own eyes how much republicans are accomplishing WITHOUT a SUPER majority and yet when democrats had the same razor thin margins, they were too “helpless” to codify Roe, to pass universal healthcare, tax the shit out of the wealthy, etc…
July 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
What will always enrage me is how we’re seeing with our own eyes how much republicans are accomplishing WITHOUT a SUPER majority and yet when democrats had the same razor thin margins, they were too “helpless” to codify Roe, to pass universal healthcare, tax the shit out of the wealthy, etc…
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Abysmal framing, once again from The NY Times: this is not a “fight” between equals but Trump’s unilateral attack on universities theorized by Chris Rufo and Steven Miler. And wtf: “the administration’s efforts to bring elite universities to heel”?
July 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Abysmal framing, once again from The NY Times: this is not a “fight” between equals but Trump’s unilateral attack on universities theorized by Chris Rufo and Steven Miler. And wtf: “the administration’s efforts to bring elite universities to heel”?