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Evil finally figured out how to enslave us by our own free will. That’s why it turned us into digital slaves. But if Moses #2 came to part the sea & free us he’d destroy all the internet cables & everyone would be like “omg stop wtf gtfoutta here bro don’t touch our internet”
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Evil finally figured out how to enslave us by our own free will. That’s why it turned us into digital slaves. But if Moses #2 came to part the sea & free us he’d destroy all the internet cables & everyone would be like “omg stop wtf gtfoutta here bro don’t touch our internet”
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For the record, the turkeys Trump pardoned can still be charged with state crimes.
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
For the record, the turkeys Trump pardoned can still be charged with state crimes.
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Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex.
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex.
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
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Me, cleaning the house
November 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Me, cleaning the house
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.@thirdwaymattb.bsky.social (from @thirdway.bsky.social) and Brooke debate whether running moderate candidates in swing districts is the key to Democrats winning back voters. Plus, why he thinks Zohran Mamdani poses a ‘serious political problem’ for the Dems: https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky
On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
lnk.to
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
.@thirdwaymattb.bsky.social (from @thirdway.bsky.social) and Brooke debate whether running moderate candidates in swing districts is the key to Democrats winning back voters. Plus, why he thinks Zohran Mamdani poses a ‘serious political problem’ for the Dems: https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky
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This is weirder than usual.
Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
November 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This is weirder than usual.
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Did you hear about the Trump administration campaign calling for "civility" and telling people to "dress with respect" when they travel?
Well, I fixed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's ad...
Well, I fixed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's ad...
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Did you hear about the Trump administration campaign calling for "civility" and telling people to "dress with respect" when they travel?
Well, I fixed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's ad...
Well, I fixed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's ad...
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Bari Weiss, I believe this is your moment.
Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Bari Weiss, I believe this is your moment.
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This is pretty amazing. This guy just won a solid victory in Bucks County, PA, one of the most important swing counties in the country, by *explicitly and deliberately* making his race *all about* nationalizing ICE raids. Confirms the point about this now being a winning issue for Dems.
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is pretty amazing. This guy just won a solid victory in Bucks County, PA, one of the most important swing counties in the country, by *explicitly and deliberately* making his race *all about* nationalizing ICE raids. Confirms the point about this now being a winning issue for Dems.
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It really speaks to the values of our society when someone like Epstein was originally charged with "solicitation of prostitution with a minor under the age of 18." A charge that simultaneously places blame on the victim because the perpetrator was rich.
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It really speaks to the values of our society when someone like Epstein was originally charged with "solicitation of prostitution with a minor under the age of 18." A charge that simultaneously places blame on the victim because the perpetrator was rich.
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Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
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"okay, fine. two 4070's and a 5060 Ti. please, i have to feed my family"
the chicken farmer was unimpressed by my midrange offer, but a day of scavenging abandoned data centers didn't yield easy H200s anymore. i would have to rely on his weakness for ray tracing if i wanted to eat meat tonight
the chicken farmer was unimpressed by my midrange offer, but a day of scavenging abandoned data centers didn't yield easy H200s anymore. i would have to rely on his weakness for ray tracing if i wanted to eat meat tonight
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"okay, fine. two 4070's and a 5060 Ti. please, i have to feed my family"
the chicken farmer was unimpressed by my midrange offer, but a day of scavenging abandoned data centers didn't yield easy H200s anymore. i would have to rely on his weakness for ray tracing if i wanted to eat meat tonight
the chicken farmer was unimpressed by my midrange offer, but a day of scavenging abandoned data centers didn't yield easy H200s anymore. i would have to rely on his weakness for ray tracing if i wanted to eat meat tonight
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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Kewl: Thomas Deininger is a Rhode Island artist known for crafting intricate assemblages from found and discarded objects, turning everyday trash into striking visual stories.
November 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Kewl: Thomas Deininger is a Rhode Island artist known for crafting intricate assemblages from found and discarded objects, turning everyday trash into striking visual stories.
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No one demanded the market distorting effects of personalist dictatorship more than capital, they should be happy with their choice. bsky.app/profile/carl...
YELLEN: “.. businesses feel paralyzed by the uncertainty about policies that represent the strong but really personal whims of a single individual.”
@bloomberg.com
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@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
No one demanded the market distorting effects of personalist dictatorship more than capital, they should be happy with their choice. bsky.app/profile/carl...
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Every single one of these particular and nuanced policies that made people's lives just a tiny bit more manageable were the result of sometimes decades of advocacy from every day people. Hours of testimonies, calls, pleas. And all are being wiped away en masse because the cruelty is the point.
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to roll back limits on how much companies can charge incarcerated people and their families for phone and video calls ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/13/r...
FCC allows prisons, jails to charge more for phone and video calls • Ohio Capital Journal
The Federal Communications Commission voted to roll back limits on how much companies can charge incarcerated people and their families for phone and video calls.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Every single one of these particular and nuanced policies that made people's lives just a tiny bit more manageable were the result of sometimes decades of advocacy from every day people. Hours of testimonies, calls, pleas. And all are being wiped away en masse because the cruelty is the point.
(Over the sound of air raid siren the president makes his address): "Prices at the grocery store, an older term sure, but you know a grocery store, this guy knows what I'm talking about, and I keep telling them I say-"
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
(Over the sound of air raid siren the president makes his address): "Prices at the grocery store, an older term sure, but you know a grocery store, this guy knows what I'm talking about, and I keep telling them I say-"
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😳 eye-popping waste of taxpayer dollars.
"We estimate the cumulative cost of deploying the National Guard to all five cities through November 15 is approximately $473,265,435.”
ips-dc.org/fact-sheet-t...
ips-dc.org/fact-sheet-t...
FACT SHEET: What Do Trump's National Guard Deployments Cost? - Institute for Policy Studies
FACT SHEET: What Do Trump's National Guard Deployments Cost?
ips-dc.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
😳 eye-popping waste of taxpayer dollars.
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
The presidents staff trying to get authoritarian work done around the office while he sits slumped at his desk calling everything 'too cute'
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The presidents staff trying to get authoritarian work done around the office while he sits slumped at his desk calling everything 'too cute'
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absolutely hilarious that the line that includes Saint Peter and 400 dudes who named themselves Innocent now includes this guy who absolutely watched every episode of SNL up through 1980 bsky.app/profile/crob...
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
absolutely hilarious that the line that includes Saint Peter and 400 dudes who named themselves Innocent now includes this guy who absolutely watched every episode of SNL up through 1980 bsky.app/profile/crob...
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"no one has a job"
so we don't have to work?
"no, you'll still work, you just won't get paid"
so we don't have to work?
"no, you'll still work, you just won't get paid"
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"no one has a job"
so we don't have to work?
"no, you'll still work, you just won't get paid"
so we don't have to work?
"no, you'll still work, you just won't get paid"