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it's Christmas Eve but it's also the 16 year anniversary of the time an art historian for the Hungarian National Gallery spotted a long lost painting while watching Stuart Little with his 3-year-old daughter, recognizing it in the movie set
December 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
it's Christmas Eve but it's also the 16 year anniversary of the time an art historian for the Hungarian National Gallery spotted a long lost painting while watching Stuart Little with his 3-year-old daughter, recognizing it in the movie set
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Told you the “pivot” to only go after the “worst of the worst” touted on Fox News a couple of days ago was bullshit.
Evil shit.
December 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Told you the “pivot” to only go after the “worst of the worst” touted on Fox News a couple of days ago was bullshit.
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OF COURSE it was going to come to this... Indiana now saying it's not enough for adult websites to block people in response to state age-verification law—since VPNs exist, they're still in violation.
That leaves 3 options for porn platforms: check IDs, don't exist, or block all VPNs...
That leaves 3 options for porn platforms: check IDs, don't exist, or block all VPNs...
Porn sites must block VPNs to comply with Indiana's age-verification law, state suggests in new lawsuit
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita says porn sites must block VPNs to satisfy the state’s age-verification requirements.
reason.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
OF COURSE it was going to come to this... Indiana now saying it's not enough for adult websites to block people in response to state age-verification law—since VPNs exist, they're still in violation.
That leaves 3 options for porn platforms: check IDs, don't exist, or block all VPNs...
That leaves 3 options for porn platforms: check IDs, don't exist, or block all VPNs...
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Indiana... U.K... social media ... porn... doesn't matter the particulars, we keep seeing this come back to banning VPNs
OF COURSE it was going to come to this... Indiana now saying it's not enough for adult websites to block people in response to state age-verification law—since VPNs exist, they're still in violation.
That leaves 3 options for porn platforms: check IDs, don't exist, or block all VPNs...
That leaves 3 options for porn platforms: check IDs, don't exist, or block all VPNs...
Porn sites must block VPNs to comply with Indiana's age-verification law, state suggests in new lawsuit
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita says porn sites must block VPNs to satisfy the state’s age-verification requirements.
reason.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Indiana... U.K... social media ... porn... doesn't matter the particulars, we keep seeing this come back to banning VPNs
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House Republicans are going on vacation and letting your health care subsidies lapse.
December 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
House Republicans are going on vacation and letting your health care subsidies lapse.
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How can you address men's emotional needs at a time when the "feminization of everything" has become the consensus source of all society's problems, and emotional needs are coded as feminine?
My sense is that the “male loneliness crisis” is not really about addressing men’s emotional needs but rather the relatively newfound absence of having someone to perform domestic labor for you quietly in the background now that there is a longer gap between your mother and your wife doing it
December 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
How can you address men's emotional needs at a time when the "feminization of everything" has become the consensus source of all society's problems, and emotional needs are coded as feminine?
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Since the end of the Cold War, democrats have created 50M jobs and republicans have created 1M.
The Republican propaganda that Trump “inherited” a bad economy from Biden and is making it better is the exact opposite of true. The numbers don’t lie and people know what they are experiencing.
December 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Since the end of the Cold War, democrats have created 50M jobs and republicans have created 1M.
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Think hard.
Every fact & metric bears it out. Decade after decade.
So WHY does “media” buy the lies of generations of, (yes, White men) born into money, proclaiming “Republicans are better for the economy.”
Did y’all ever bother to ask, “Better for whom?”
Not for YOU, my friend. Nor for me.
Every fact & metric bears it out. Decade after decade.
So WHY does “media” buy the lies of generations of, (yes, White men) born into money, proclaiming “Republicans are better for the economy.”
Did y’all ever bother to ask, “Better for whom?”
Not for YOU, my friend. Nor for me.
Since the end of the Cold War, democrats have created 50M jobs and republicans have created 1M.
The Republican propaganda that Trump “inherited” a bad economy from Biden and is making it better is the exact opposite of true. The numbers don’t lie and people know what they are experiencing.
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Think hard.
Every fact & metric bears it out. Decade after decade.
So WHY does “media” buy the lies of generations of, (yes, White men) born into money, proclaiming “Republicans are better for the economy.”
Did y’all ever bother to ask, “Better for whom?”
Not for YOU, my friend. Nor for me.
Every fact & metric bears it out. Decade after decade.
So WHY does “media” buy the lies of generations of, (yes, White men) born into money, proclaiming “Republicans are better for the economy.”
Did y’all ever bother to ask, “Better for whom?”
Not for YOU, my friend. Nor for me.
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Hearing this is payback for Colorado not honoring Trump/Peters ‘pardon’
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Hearing this is payback for Colorado not honoring Trump/Peters ‘pardon’
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This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it.
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it.
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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Brilliant & insightful thread!
This isn't the first time she's done it, but I just can't get over Susie Wiles making a talking point of how she can run Trump because she's had to mollify an alcoholic father.
There is so much going on there very much including dramatic irony at a level you rarely see outside of Greek tragedy.
There is so much going on there very much including dramatic irony at a level you rarely see outside of Greek tragedy.
December 17, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Brilliant & insightful thread!
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So he's admitting that it's not about drug cartels smuggling drugs on fishing boats. Why did he blow up the fishing boats in the Caribbean? Were they carrying oil too? 🛢🤔
He’s certainly not beating the “alcoholic personality” allegations.
December 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
So he's admitting that it's not about drug cartels smuggling drugs on fishing boats. Why did he blow up the fishing boats in the Caribbean? Were they carrying oil too? 🛢🤔
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A Washington Post investigation found U.S. Forest Service trails are deteriorating due to staff cuts under the Trump administration. https://wapo.st/3YxlZC4
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
A Washington Post investigation found U.S. Forest Service trails are deteriorating due to staff cuts under the Trump administration. https://wapo.st/3YxlZC4
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I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Alleged Bondi shooter charged by Australian police with 59 offenses as first funerals for victims held. https://cnn.it/4iYUXgx
December 17, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Alleged Bondi shooter charged by Australian police with 59 offenses as first funerals for victims held. https://cnn.it/4iYUXgx
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“But the gays and the transgenders are perverts who want to abuse our kids!”
December 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“But the gays and the transgenders are perverts who want to abuse our kids!”
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Barbara Rose Johns was only 16 when she led a walkout in 1951 to protest horrendous conditions at her segregated high school in Virginia.
Now her statue will replace Robert E. Lee’s at the U.S. Capitol. https://wapo.st/3N4yDpy
Now her statue will replace Robert E. Lee’s at the U.S. Capitol. https://wapo.st/3N4yDpy
December 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Barbara Rose Johns was only 16 when she led a walkout in 1951 to protest horrendous conditions at her segregated high school in Virginia.
Now her statue will replace Robert E. Lee’s at the U.S. Capitol. https://wapo.st/3N4yDpy
Now her statue will replace Robert E. Lee’s at the U.S. Capitol. https://wapo.st/3N4yDpy
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If it feels like every tragedy gets twisted by MAGA into proof that people outside their movement are dangerous, you’re not imagining it. That instinct has a name in psychology, and MAGA has turned it into a political strategy.
MAGA Is Weaponizing Basic Human Psychology To Declare War On The Left
The out-group homogeneity effect is having an insidious impact on our politics
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
If it feels like every tragedy gets twisted by MAGA into proof that people outside their movement are dangerous, you’re not imagining it. That instinct has a name in psychology, and MAGA has turned it into a political strategy.
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I know many things are awful but here is one genuinely useful and helpful thing you can do. No matter their party, your representative needs to hear that trans people and our families are not alone and this bill is an unjustifiable and extreme threat to criminalize the health care we need to live.
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I know many things are awful but here is one genuinely useful and helpful thing you can do. No matter their party, your representative needs to hear that trans people and our families are not alone and this bill is an unjustifiable and extreme threat to criminalize the health care we need to live.
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The point of Gaston is that he was an arsehole. We don't need more stories about arseholes right now. Or stories about arseholes seeking redemption.
Gaston's story is he was such an arsehole that he fell off a cliff. deadline.com/2025/12/disn...
Gaston's story is he was such an arsehole that he fell off a cliff. deadline.com/2025/12/disn...
Disney Developing Live-Action ‘Gaston’ Movie From Writer Dave Callaham And Producer Michelle Rejwan
Disney is in early development on a new live-action pic centered on the Beauty and the Beast character Gaston.
deadline.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The point of Gaston is that he was an arsehole. We don't need more stories about arseholes right now. Or stories about arseholes seeking redemption.
Gaston's story is he was such an arsehole that he fell off a cliff. deadline.com/2025/12/disn...
Gaston's story is he was such an arsehole that he fell off a cliff. deadline.com/2025/12/disn...
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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NEW EPISODE! In this Patreon-sponsored review, I look at the first four issues of The Mighty Crusaders!
youtu.be/OrcusYSSdNs
youtu.be/OrcusYSSdNs
The Mighty Crusaders #1-4 - Atop the Fourth Wall
YouTube video by Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall
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December 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
NEW EPISODE! In this Patreon-sponsored review, I look at the first four issues of The Mighty Crusaders!
youtu.be/OrcusYSSdNs
youtu.be/OrcusYSSdNs
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Why didn’t Trump order flags to be flown at half staff for National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom like he did for Charlie Kirk? 🤔
November 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Why didn’t Trump order flags to be flown at half staff for National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom like he did for Charlie Kirk? 🤔
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Community notes don’t get much more brutal than this
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Community notes don’t get much more brutal than this
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"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal