Rafi
@rafil.bsky.social
Not a journalist anymore. Not big on bluesky. Nothing of note to say.
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yeah I kinda don't think Nuzzi and Lizza are themselves generalizable.
the people circling the wagons for them, though....
the people circling the wagons for them, though....
you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
yeah I kinda don't think Nuzzi and Lizza are themselves generalizable.
the people circling the wagons for them, though....
the people circling the wagons for them, though....
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everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
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Rubbing my face in it.
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Rubbing my face in it.
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I'm ICE, boys. I love crashing cars, getting divorced, crashing cars, bargain bin jeans, texting while driving, crashing cars, OLD GLORY, and let's not forget my one true passion in life—crashing cars
ICE agents involved in another vehicle collision, this time in Mesa azmirror.com/briefs/ice-a...
ICE agents involved in another vehicle collision, this time in Mesa | Arizona Mirror
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents collided with a car driven by a person they were attempting to apprehend in a Mesa neighborhood.
azmirror.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'm ICE, boys. I love crashing cars, getting divorced, crashing cars, bargain bin jeans, texting while driving, crashing cars, OLD GLORY, and let's not forget my one true passion in life—crashing cars
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OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
It’s insane how bad the internet is now. You google “how to fix vacuum cleaner” and the first page is all results from AI slop websites with names like “vacuum kingdom dot com”
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It’s insane how bad the internet is now. You google “how to fix vacuum cleaner” and the first page is all results from AI slop websites with names like “vacuum kingdom dot com”
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This is the political fallout of the “down with woke” stance so many people opposed to the “establishment” are praising today.
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
November 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This is the political fallout of the “down with woke” stance so many people opposed to the “establishment” are praising today.
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I still believe in what is basically a South Africa solution but the whites in South Africa did not commit 1,000 Sharpevilles a year for multiple years straight. What does truth and reconciliation look like in this circumstance? It would have to be based on actual foundational principle of justice.
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I still believe in what is basically a South Africa solution but the whites in South Africa did not commit 1,000 Sharpevilles a year for multiple years straight. What does truth and reconciliation look like in this circumstance? It would have to be based on actual foundational principle of justice.
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Great example of what I was talking about, here is Hen Mazzig saying something he knows is untrue but that he thinks you'll believe.
In 1988 the Jordanians ceded its claims on East Jerusalem and the West Bank with the expectation that the Palestinians would soon receive their state.
In 1988 the Jordanians ceded its claims on East Jerusalem and the West Bank with the expectation that the Palestinians would soon receive their state.
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Great example of what I was talking about, here is Hen Mazzig saying something he knows is untrue but that he thinks you'll believe.
In 1988 the Jordanians ceded its claims on East Jerusalem and the West Bank with the expectation that the Palestinians would soon receive their state.
In 1988 the Jordanians ceded its claims on East Jerusalem and the West Bank with the expectation that the Palestinians would soon receive their state.
Just finished listening to @iwriteok.bsky.social’s Thomas Thistlewood episodes and it really throws into relief how demented the insistence on venerating these people is
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Just finished listening to @iwriteok.bsky.social’s Thomas Thistlewood episodes and it really throws into relief how demented the insistence on venerating these people is
Idk how to explain this but the average BlueSky super user is probably way more tolerable than the average Old Twitter user, but the arguments people get into on here are way worse.
November 24, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Idk how to explain this but the average BlueSky super user is probably way more tolerable than the average Old Twitter user, but the arguments people get into on here are way worse.
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Workers in all industries have more in common with each other than the executives making millions. Solidarity with everyone who is not crossing the line or buying Starbucks while we’re on a ULP strike! Special thanks to @Teamsters, for not crossing the picket line and standing with us✊
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Workers in all industries have more in common with each other than the executives making millions. Solidarity with everyone who is not crossing the line or buying Starbucks while we’re on a ULP strike! Special thanks to @Teamsters, for not crossing the picket line and standing with us✊
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You don’t have to like Nuzzi or approve of her conduct to understand that Lizza’s choice to publish the material that he is publishing is meant to sexually humiliate her in public in retaliation for disappointing him romantically. The term for that is revenge porn.
ryan lizza is a bad person
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 AM
You don’t have to like Nuzzi or approve of her conduct to understand that Lizza’s choice to publish the material that he is publishing is meant to sexually humiliate her in public in retaliation for disappointing him romantically. The term for that is revenge porn.
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If you start by saying how many people you are going to arrest, the entire operation should be enjoined. That’s not how anything should work.
Border agents are set to target communities in southeast Mississippi and Louisiana in a major immigration crackdown called "Swamp Sweep.”
Federal agents aim to arrest 5,000 people during the operation.
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Federal agents aim to arrest 5,000 people during the operation.
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Border Agents Target Mississippi Communities in ‘Swamp Sweep’
Border agents are set to conduct a major immigration crackdown called "Swamp Sweep,” targeting immigrants in southeast Mississippi and Louisiana.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
If you start by saying how many people you are going to arrest, the entire operation should be enjoined. That’s not how anything should work.
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I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
Sarah Hurwitz Profanes the Holocaust
Holocaust education has worked too well for the Obama speechwriter, since when she rationalizes Israel's genocide, "I sound obscene." Maybe sit with that, Sarah
www.forever-wars.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
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God, I'll bet this shit hits so hard if you're stupid
“If you actually look at the two of them, the tropes are kind of the same, right? The right is saying that Jews are doing a white genocide, and the left is saying they’re doing a genocide in Gaza, it’s like the same, it’s like very similar tropes.”
— Sarah Hurwitz, former speechwriter for Pres...
— Sarah Hurwitz, former speechwriter for Pres...
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
God, I'll bet this shit hits so hard if you're stupid
Antisemitism is a really big, important problem. There is significant, growing, IRL antisemitism, including by people who style themselves as antizionist. It’s catastrophic that people keep making obviously bad faith arguments on the subject. Maintain your credibility, please.
November 22, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Antisemitism is a really big, important problem. There is significant, growing, IRL antisemitism, including by people who style themselves as antizionist. It’s catastrophic that people keep making obviously bad faith arguments on the subject. Maintain your credibility, please.
I do not understand how people with these personalities decided the job for them was “print journalist”
November 22, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I do not understand how people with these personalities decided the job for them was “print journalist”
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He’s surrounded by such wormy little losers at the White House that I think he was like wow a cool guy
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
He’s surrounded by such wormy little losers at the White House that I think he was like wow a cool guy
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The details in this story are *crazy.* She didn’t just do federal crimes, she permanently scarred her face and body
They’re so desperate to be victims.
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
newjerseyglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The details in this story are *crazy.* She didn’t just do federal crimes, she permanently scarred her face and body
Mostly my job is "write shit" but a very small part of my job is "meticulously correct caption files computer-generated from recordings of scientific talks, often by non-native english speakers, using lots of technical jargon and acronyms" and I am simply not neurologically equipped
November 20, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Mostly my job is "write shit" but a very small part of my job is "meticulously correct caption files computer-generated from recordings of scientific talks, often by non-native english speakers, using lots of technical jargon and acronyms" and I am simply not neurologically equipped
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Here's the rub: the next government of the State of Israel will oppose any and all forms of Palestinian self determination. So will the next one. And the next one. What do you think should be done? If your answer is nothing then you are not my friend.
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Here's the rub: the next government of the State of Israel will oppose any and all forms of Palestinian self determination. So will the next one. And the next one. What do you think should be done? If your answer is nothing then you are not my friend.