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Still wasting time on the internet...but this time, professionally. See also @novium@sfba.social and @novium258
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The truth is that there are many good people in good institutions regretfully making the choice to sacrifice trans people because they fear for their own survival and their institution's survival...
...and it is incumbent on us to show them that their choice is not without consequence.
...and it is incumbent on us to show them that their choice is not without consequence.
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The truth is that there are many good people in good institutions regretfully making the choice to sacrifice trans people because they fear for their own survival and their institution's survival...
...and it is incumbent on us to show them that their choice is not without consequence.
...and it is incumbent on us to show them that their choice is not without consequence.
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"I wish we had a more racially progressive president, like Woodrow Wilson," is not a thing I would have expected to be able to say ten years ago.
December 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"I wish we had a more racially progressive president, like Woodrow Wilson," is not a thing I would have expected to be able to say ten years ago.
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i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
This is also my theory for all the retired people in my life lost a lot of their frustration tolerance
This is related to the explanation for why the COVID lockdowns cooked so many brains. It's also related to one of the many reasons why American-style city planning is bad.
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This is also my theory for all the retired people in my life lost a lot of their frustration tolerance
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I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
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Lithgow saying that a family friend with a trans kid came to him and literally said “please don’t do this” and he did it anyway really gives the game away. they don’t not know
Once again thinking about every actor trying to justify taking the money for the new HP series.
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Lithgow saying that a family friend with a trans kid came to him and literally said “please don’t do this” and he did it anyway really gives the game away. they don’t not know
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"[I]f you believe that Most Red State Voters Suck Forever and Deserve What They Get, you do not have any ideas interesting enough to listen to on these questions."
Culture Wars Are For Cowards
And most people don't like bullies.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"[I]f you believe that Most Red State Voters Suck Forever and Deserve What They Get, you do not have any ideas interesting enough to listen to on these questions."
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Released safely back into the wild after sleeping it off at animal control. Who among us
The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: bottles were smashed and alcohol pooled on the floor.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor
A raccoon broke into a closed Virginia liquor store and drank alcohol from the bottom shelves over the weekend.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Released safely back into the wild after sleeping it off at animal control. Who among us
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“‘After a few hours of sleep and zero signs of injury (other than maybe a hangover and poor life choices), he was safely released back to the wild, hopefully having learned that breaking and entering is not the answer,’ the agency said.”
By poor life choices they mean being a fucking rock star
By poor life choices they mean being a fucking rock star
The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: bottles were smashed and alcohol pooled on the floor.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor
A raccoon broke into a closed Virginia liquor store and drank alcohol from the bottom shelves over the weekend.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 AM
“‘After a few hours of sleep and zero signs of injury (other than maybe a hangover and poor life choices), he was safely released back to the wild, hopefully having learned that breaking and entering is not the answer,’ the agency said.”
By poor life choices they mean being a fucking rock star
By poor life choices they mean being a fucking rock star
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One resident and community organizer said the most effective tool has been the use of whistles.
Chicagoans first observed L.A. residents using them during the summer and decided to start using them, too.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/chic...
Chicagoans first observed L.A. residents using them during the summer and decided to start using them, too.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/chic...
Chicago is a model of resistance for cities battling federal immigration enforcement operations • The TRiiBE
Chicago has been resisting ICE and Border Patrol by building rapid response and mutual aid networks, and providing legal defense funding.
thetriibe.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
One resident and community organizer said the most effective tool has been the use of whistles.
Chicagoans first observed L.A. residents using them during the summer and decided to start using them, too.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/chic...
Chicagoans first observed L.A. residents using them during the summer and decided to start using them, too.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/chic...
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They thought it was an act! They assumed Hegseth was insincere in his open advocacy of war crimes because they too are insincere in their beliefs.
I also think this is why the media lets so many Trump insanities slide: they assume he is insincere because they are too!
I also think this is why the media lets so many Trump insanities slide: they assume he is insincere because they are too!
This person who openly advocates war crimes, who lobbied for pardons for war criminals, and repeatedly disdains the laws and ethics of war, the one we confirmed as Secretary of Defense, turns out to have done war crimes. Shocking!
(But hey, if they're finally coming around, better late than never.)
(But hey, if they're finally coming around, better late than never.)
GOP Senator Says Reporting on Hegseth’s Kill Order ‘Shocked Us All’
December 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
They thought it was an act! They assumed Hegseth was insincere in his open advocacy of war crimes because they too are insincere in their beliefs.
I also think this is why the media lets so many Trump insanities slide: they assume he is insincere because they are too!
I also think this is why the media lets so many Trump insanities slide: they assume he is insincere because they are too!
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"There is no way to create a symphony out of clammy self-interested buskers who (correctly) understand their job as being louder than everyone else, but the goal here is not the creation of anything beautiful or even coherent so much as it is the making of constant, obliterating noise."
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring | Defector
Given his age when he first came to the world’s attention and assuming continued good health in the intervening decade and change, Marine Todd would be in his late 30s today. That would be if he was a...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"There is no way to create a symphony out of clammy self-interested buskers who (correctly) understand their job as being louder than everyone else, but the goal here is not the creation of anything beautiful or even coherent so much as it is the making of constant, obliterating noise."
We should start calling them the know nothings again
Mike Johnson suffers from a sensory deprivation condition common among Republicans: He can't see or hear anything inconvenient.
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We should start calling them the know nothings again
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
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I wrote much of this several months ago, about Ezra Klein's response to the Kirk assassination, and then never ended up publishing it, but I think this UO "controversy" is a such a perfect example of how TPUSA et al actually advance conservative power that I decided to revive and rewrite it.
What Liberals Can Learn from Charlie Kirk
Over the last few days, if you’re active on political media, you have probably seen references to the “controversy” over a student’s failing grade on an essay at Oklahoma Un…
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December 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I wrote much of this several months ago, about Ezra Klein's response to the Kirk assassination, and then never ended up publishing it, but I think this UO "controversy" is a such a perfect example of how TPUSA et al actually advance conservative power that I decided to revive and rewrite it.
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i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
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not to put too fine a point on it but every one of these people—lizza and nuzzi, obviously, but also sundberg herself—are symptoms of the same problem, which is that larping as a journalist is orders of magnitude more lucrative than actually practicing journalism
a paywalled substack chat is an interesting marketing strategy
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
not to put too fine a point on it but every one of these people—lizza and nuzzi, obviously, but also sundberg herself—are symptoms of the same problem, which is that larping as a journalist is orders of magnitude more lucrative than actually practicing journalism
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for anyone unaware, Hong Kong just had its equivalent to the Grenfell Tower fire, but in a block of 8 towers
The contractor appears to have illegally used non-fire rated netting and flammable foam boards to save money. Fire alarms also didn't work.
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
The contractor appears to have illegally used non-fire rated netting and flammable foam boards to save money. Fire alarms also didn't work.
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
Hong Kong apartment fire death toll rises to 146 as city mourns victims
The death toll in Hong Kong's apartment complex blaze rose to 146 on Sunday as investigators discovered more bodies in the burned-out buildings. A steady stream of people placed bouquets of flowers at...
www.pbs.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
for anyone unaware, Hong Kong just had its equivalent to the Grenfell Tower fire, but in a block of 8 towers
The contractor appears to have illegally used non-fire rated netting and flammable foam boards to save money. Fire alarms also didn't work.
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
The contractor appears to have illegally used non-fire rated netting and flammable foam boards to save money. Fire alarms also didn't work.
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
Zinny heard there's turkey
December 2, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Zinny heard there's turkey
Maybe this is more a woman in classics thing , but it's less of a question and more of a "I read a summary of Gibbon (1776) and I'm going to correct you on your subject"
Gonna go with, "So was [Cleopatra, the Romans, the Greeks, the Spartans, the Phoenicians, Octavian, Aeneas somehow, Cyrus II *somehow*] white?"
You may submit as many variants as you like, they're all bad.
You may submit as many variants as you like, they're all bad.
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Maybe this is more a woman in classics thing , but it's less of a question and more of a "I read a summary of Gibbon (1776) and I'm going to correct you on your subject"
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“One person is an autocratic president of the university for decades” certainly wasn’t a flawless system but it’s clear that “admins hop from job to job scaling the career ladder by filling their CV with ‘accomplishments’ that are expensive burdens to the schools they leave behind” is even worse.
The worst thing to happen to academia was the emergence of a nomadic administrative class like the one in corporations who just move from institution to institution setting fires and walking away.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
December 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“One person is an autocratic president of the university for decades” certainly wasn’t a flawless system but it’s clear that “admins hop from job to job scaling the career ladder by filling their CV with ‘accomplishments’ that are expensive burdens to the schools they leave behind” is even worse.
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…Oh. Oh no. Oh no nonono. …And yet: of course.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
…Oh. Oh no. Oh no nonono. …And yet: of course.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
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All 50,000 panels of the National AIDS Memorial Quilt has been fully digitized.
You can search Duane's name and see the panel he made. And someone else made a panel for him, too.
www.aidsmemorial.org/interactive-...
You can search Duane's name and see the panel he made. And someone else made a panel for him, too.
www.aidsmemorial.org/interactive-...
December 21, 2023 at 3:46 PM
All 50,000 panels of the National AIDS Memorial Quilt has been fully digitized.
You can search Duane's name and see the panel he made. And someone else made a panel for him, too.
www.aidsmemorial.org/interactive-...
You can search Duane's name and see the panel he made. And someone else made a panel for him, too.
www.aidsmemorial.org/interactive-...
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If the impossibly wealthy folks pushing this truly believe it will work well and be self-sustaining, they should be willing to fund the completion of a rail line to the project location before they break ground on any neighborhoods
And they should put billions in escrow for future infrastructure
And they should put billions in escrow for future infrastructure
My op-ed w/ Ed Glaeser in today's @latimes.com argues that CA needs a state-level permitting framework for housing projects of statewide significance, like
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Contributor: Clear a path for sweeping urban experiments such as California Forever
As some states have tried with clean energy projects, California should empower a state official to approve important large developments without giving counties and cities a veto.
www.latimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
If the impossibly wealthy folks pushing this truly believe it will work well and be self-sustaining, they should be willing to fund the completion of a rail line to the project location before they break ground on any neighborhoods
And they should put billions in escrow for future infrastructure
And they should put billions in escrow for future infrastructure