John P.
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As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
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A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.
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We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
December 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
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"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
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In courts of law, this is known as consciousness of guilt.
Steve Bannon: "If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included."
December 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
In courts of law, this is known as consciousness of guilt.
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It’s wild to me that there’s a senior government official who posts daily about how they don’t like Black & Brown people on social media and it’s not a scandal.
It’s just background noise in the overall awfulness of the Trump administration.
It’s just background noise in the overall awfulness of the Trump administration.
December 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
It’s wild to me that there’s a senior government official who posts daily about how they don’t like Black & Brown people on social media and it’s not a scandal.
It’s just background noise in the overall awfulness of the Trump administration.
It’s just background noise in the overall awfulness of the Trump administration.
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The immediate threat has always been not that it would take jobs, but that some dipshit exec would spend a billion dollars integrating it into the business, drive everything off the cliff, and 5-8 years later the rest of us are left picking up the pieces.
The exec that said "we thought it was farther along then it was" is absolutely the greatest issue right now. Not only is it not capable of doing any of these things on a broad scale, it will do them significantly worse than any employee. Going all in on something to boost stock value that fails.
Honestly im shocked
Well
Not that shocked
Well
Not that shocked
December 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The immediate threat has always been not that it would take jobs, but that some dipshit exec would spend a billion dollars integrating it into the business, drive everything off the cliff, and 5-8 years later the rest of us are left picking up the pieces.
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(For those new to the home game, the reason I'm SO much a convert to trackball mice, the under-thumb version in specific, is that it is a MASSIVE improvement to the wrist, elbow and shoulder discomfort or pain all-day mouse usage used to cause: situate the mouse right, and those are GONE. And this
December 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
(For those new to the home game, the reason I'm SO much a convert to trackball mice, the under-thumb version in specific, is that it is a MASSIVE improvement to the wrist, elbow and shoulder discomfort or pain all-day mouse usage used to cause: situate the mouse right, and those are GONE. And this
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The next time someone tells me that you can’t say Merry Christmas anymore, I’m going to look at them and whisper in a horrified voice “you have said the forbidden words” and then I’m gonna run away from them screaming
December 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The next time someone tells me that you can’t say Merry Christmas anymore, I’m going to look at them and whisper in a horrified voice “you have said the forbidden words” and then I’m gonna run away from them screaming
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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
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The condescension and moral preening are getting all the glory in this email, but don’t sleep on the new head of CBS News declaring that the last 7 days were a “slow news week.”
New Bari Weiss & CBS leadership note to staff—
“…Americans say they do not trust the press…To win back their trust, we have to work hard.”
“Sometimes it means telling unexpected stories…sometimes it means holding a piece about an important subject to make sure it is comprehensive and fair.”
“…Americans say they do not trust the press…To win back their trust, we have to work hard.”
“Sometimes it means telling unexpected stories…sometimes it means holding a piece about an important subject to make sure it is comprehensive and fair.”
December 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The condescension and moral preening are getting all the glory in this email, but don’t sleep on the new head of CBS News declaring that the last 7 days were a “slow news week.”
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I never again want to hear about how the Republican Party is the party of national security. You don’t incinerate our diplomatic capacity & violate all of our treaty commitments if you care about national security.
Context for Trump withdrawing dozens of ambassadors
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
December 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I never again want to hear about how the Republican Party is the party of national security. You don’t incinerate our diplomatic capacity & violate all of our treaty commitments if you care about national security.
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I'm pretty fucking sick of assholes putting other people at risk because they don't believe in science
Measles exposure possible in Boston, Westborough, officials warn - The Boston Globe
The person diagnosed with measles spent time at Logan Airport and a hotel in Westborough earlier this month, officials said.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I'm pretty fucking sick of assholes putting other people at risk because they don't believe in science
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Important to read and understand this part of Vance’s July speech at Claremont. His argument about heritage Americans over creedal Americans as the proper standard is going to be a dominant debate at the heart of the next Presidential cycle.
December 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Important to read and understand this part of Vance’s July speech at Claremont. His argument about heritage Americans over creedal Americans as the proper standard is going to be a dominant debate at the heart of the next Presidential cycle.
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My daughter is having a bad asthma day and I would be angry if I weren't so worried and tired www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My daughter could have died. I blame US insurance companies | Melody Schreiber
I asked my doctor for a shot to protect my premature daughter against RSV. Then we realized we didn’t qualify for insurance
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December 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
My daughter is having a bad asthma day and I would be angry if I weren't so worried and tired www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“Slow news week” the President of the United States was credibly accused of murdering a baby but sure
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“Slow news week” the President of the United States was credibly accused of murdering a baby but sure
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There are 53 stock art photos of me on Getty Images and there are 83,600 of Taylor Swift, and as it turns out this is a staggeringly precise representation of the difference between our levels of fame
December 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
There are 53 stock art photos of me on Getty Images and there are 83,600 of Taylor Swift, and as it turns out this is a staggeringly precise representation of the difference between our levels of fame
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No, you don't have to like any given take, and you can dislike it for any reason that strikes you, that's cool. But "not faithful" or "not accurate" is, IMO, not a particularly good way to express that dislike.
Not telling you what to do, you do you, just saying what I think.
Not telling you what to do, you do you, just saying what I think.
December 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
No, you don't have to like any given take, and you can dislike it for any reason that strikes you, that's cool. But "not faithful" or "not accurate" is, IMO, not a particularly good way to express that dislike.
Not telling you what to do, you do you, just saying what I think.
Not telling you what to do, you do you, just saying what I think.
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They're doing it in our current context, to say...something. Something about our current context, maybe something about the ways our current context interacts with the ancient context, maybe just something about "armor and spears are cool."
And that's ok! That's how art works.
And that's ok! That's how art works.
December 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
They're doing it in our current context, to say...something. Something about our current context, maybe something about the ways our current context interacts with the ancient context, maybe just something about "armor and spears are cool."
And that's ok! That's how art works.
And that's ok! That's how art works.
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even if the result wasn't going to look *exactly* like my book.
So, you know, Homer has been dead a long, long time. And we don't even know who they were, or if they were a single person or many. That cultural context is long gone, and anyone adapting The Odyssey now is not doing it for Homer.
So, you know, Homer has been dead a long, long time. And we don't even know who they were, or if they were a single person or many. That cultural context is long gone, and anyone adapting The Odyssey now is not doing it for Homer.
December 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
even if the result wasn't going to look *exactly* like my book.
So, you know, Homer has been dead a long, long time. And we don't even know who they were, or if they were a single person or many. That cultural context is long gone, and anyone adapting The Odyssey now is not doing it for Homer.
So, you know, Homer has been dead a long, long time. And we don't even know who they were, or if they were a single person or many. That cultural context is long gone, and anyone adapting The Odyssey now is not doing it for Homer.
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I'd argue it's worse than a blank page, in the same way that garment pieces cut slightly off the grain are worse than not having cut yet.
When a thing is wrong, it will suck your energy into making it Less Wrong, which is often not the same as making it right.
When a thing is wrong, it will suck your energy into making it Less Wrong, which is often not the same as making it right.
Just a thing about this: a common statement in writing is that you can fix crap, but you can't fix a blank page.
I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft.
Now, to be clear, fuck this.
But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.
I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft.
Now, to be clear, fuck this.
But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.
I know I don’t talk about writing much. It is because I am writing so slowly.
But I want you to know that I am taking a part of this story that absolutely sucked and took me months to produce four of the worst chapters I have ever written and in the edit I figured out how to fix it.
But I want you to know that I am taking a part of this story that absolutely sucked and took me months to produce four of the worst chapters I have ever written and in the edit I figured out how to fix it.
December 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I'd argue it's worse than a blank page, in the same way that garment pieces cut slightly off the grain are worse than not having cut yet.
When a thing is wrong, it will suck your energy into making it Less Wrong, which is often not the same as making it right.
When a thing is wrong, it will suck your energy into making it Less Wrong, which is often not the same as making it right.
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With that smug smile on the interviewer’s face, you’d barely know that this is about the kidnapping, torture, and sexual assault of innocent people.
Stephen Miller wants everyone at 60 Minutes who “engaged in this revolt” (aka told the truth) fired
December 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
With that smug smile on the interviewer’s face, you’d barely know that this is about the kidnapping, torture, and sexual assault of innocent people.
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Just gonna keep posting my adventures with socialized healthcare. Today I did my next day appointment for:
- eye exam
- digital eye imaging and pressure check
- contact and glasses prescription
- new glasses and frames, with coating and progressive lenses
I splurged $100 on designer frames
- eye exam
- digital eye imaging and pressure check
- contact and glasses prescription
- new glasses and frames, with coating and progressive lenses
I splurged $100 on designer frames
December 23, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Just gonna keep posting my adventures with socialized healthcare. Today I did my next day appointment for:
- eye exam
- digital eye imaging and pressure check
- contact and glasses prescription
- new glasses and frames, with coating and progressive lenses
I splurged $100 on designer frames
- eye exam
- digital eye imaging and pressure check
- contact and glasses prescription
- new glasses and frames, with coating and progressive lenses
I splurged $100 on designer frames
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.