Scot Polk
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Remember the immigration raid on the apartment complex in Chicago almost two months ago? The one with the Black Hawk helicopter and federal agents rappelling on ropes? @ProPublica decided to take a deeper look. We found little evidence to support the government’s claims. 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Remember the immigration raid on the apartment complex in Chicago almost two months ago? The one with the Black Hawk helicopter and federal agents rappelling on ropes? @ProPublica decided to take a deeper look. We found little evidence to support the government’s claims. 🧵
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TOAD WILL NOW DANCE, AND HE WILL BE WONDERFUL.
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
TOAD WILL NOW DANCE, AND HE WILL BE WONDERFUL.
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A buddy just pointed out there's a new book about Secret Wars (2015) being Kickstarted soon, so it feels like the right time to reshare the oral history I did about that comic featuring Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribic, Tom Brevoort, and more.
Secret Wars (2015) was a massive moment for Marvel's comic history. But how did it happen? In case you missed it, here's an oral history I did back in 2021 that digs into the story behind that story.
Solve Everything: An Oral History of 2015’s Secret Wars and How It Came to Be - SKTCHD
Event comics are designed to change the superhero universe they belong to. That’s their fundamental nature, acting as crescendos to recent, notable storylines. They’re also meant to sell comics, of co...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A buddy just pointed out there's a new book about Secret Wars (2015) being Kickstarted soon, so it feels like the right time to reshare the oral history I did about that comic featuring Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribic, Tom Brevoort, and more.
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Sam Altman gonna single-handedly cause the Second Great Depression
"Many of the deals OpenAI has struck — with chipmakers, cloud computing companies and others — are strangely circular. OpenAI receives billions from tech companies before sending those billions back to the same companies to pay for computing power and other services." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise
Here are seven unusual financial agreements helping to drive the ambitions of the poster child of the A.I. revolution.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Sam Altman gonna single-handedly cause the Second Great Depression
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has now effectively burned more than $200 MILLION OF U.S. TAXPAYER MONEY on rapidly depreciating Argentine pesos...
...as funding for food stamps that needy Americans rely on is due to run out in a matter of days.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
...as funding for food stamps that needy Americans rely on is due to run out in a matter of days.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Treasury Sells Dollars to Keep Peso Within Argentina FX Band
The US Treasury sold dollars again on Tuesday through Banco Santander in Argentina’s currency market as the peso neared the ceiling of its trading band, according to people with direct knowledge of th...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has now effectively burned more than $200 MILLION OF U.S. TAXPAYER MONEY on rapidly depreciating Argentine pesos...
...as funding for food stamps that needy Americans rely on is due to run out in a matter of days.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
...as funding for food stamps that needy Americans rely on is due to run out in a matter of days.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The US government is gang affiliated www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The US government is gang affiliated www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Microsoft hates computers AND everyone who uses them, whereas Apple only hates computers, and Linux only hates the people who use them. In this essay I will
October 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Microsoft hates computers AND everyone who uses them, whereas Apple only hates computers, and Linux only hates the people who use them. In this essay I will
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Earth Is Getting Darker, Literally, and Scientists Are Trying To Find Out Why
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Earth Is Getting Darker, Literally, and Scientists Are Trying To Find Out Why
For decades, scientists assumed that symmetry between the reflectivity of Earth’s hemispheres was a “fundamental property” of our planet. Now, that’s changed.
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October 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Earth Is Getting Darker, Literally, and Scientists Are Trying To Find Out Why
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Despite a government shutdown, Republicans will make sure Argentina gets their $20 billion.
October 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Despite a government shutdown, Republicans will make sure Argentina gets their $20 billion.
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This is huge: “A drug that provides near-perfect protection against H.I.V. with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope… making lenacapavir a realistic choice in countries with constrained resources.”
Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This is huge: “A drug that provides near-perfect protection against H.I.V. with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope… making lenacapavir a realistic choice in countries with constrained resources.”
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The concept of trying to implement geoengineering solutions to #climate change is like trying to design a complicated, expensive, unreliable helmet while you're still hitting yourself in the head with a 2x4.
September 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The concept of trying to implement geoengineering solutions to #climate change is like trying to design a complicated, expensive, unreliable helmet while you're still hitting yourself in the head with a 2x4.
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:Looks smugly over at my shelf of physical media:
September 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
:Looks smugly over at my shelf of physical media:
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this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
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One policy solution to Young Men we should be considering is Universal Basic Electric Guitar (UBEG). I'm not joking, by the way. Kids of any gender should get a low-cost starter kit for some hobby of their choosing once they turn 13. A camera, paints, a cheap sampler, etc.
September 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
One policy solution to Young Men we should be considering is Universal Basic Electric Guitar (UBEG). I'm not joking, by the way. Kids of any gender should get a low-cost starter kit for some hobby of their choosing once they turn 13. A camera, paints, a cheap sampler, etc.
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Right now, your ability to get access to a COVID vaccine this fall is in jeopardy, whether or not you fit the new, restricted eligiblity criteria. Please send a letter to your member of Congress here. And spread the word. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
Write members of Congress - Will COVID-19 vaccines be available this fall?
It is clear that HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is on a dangerous and fast-moving path to make COVID-19 vaccines totally unavailable here in the U.S. With COVID-19 cases on the rise in many parts of the US an...
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August 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Right now, your ability to get access to a COVID vaccine this fall is in jeopardy, whether or not you fit the new, restricted eligiblity criteria. Please send a letter to your member of Congress here. And spread the word. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
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Trump's DC Occupation Costs 4 Times More Than It Would Take to House City's Entire Homeless Population
Trump's DC Occupation Costs 4 Times More Than It Would Take to House City's Entire Homeless Population | Common Dreams
Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, DC costs more than 4 times as much as it would cost to simply house every homeless person in the city, according to researcher Hanna Homestead.
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August 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Trump's DC Occupation Costs 4 Times More Than It Would Take to House City's Entire Homeless Population
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I like this one more every time I see it.
September 7, 1956
September 7, 1956
August 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I like this one more every time I see it.
September 7, 1956
September 7, 1956
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Whenever I purchase a kitschy paperback or a used LP, I always think about how absolutely delighted my grandchildren will be to gaze at it quizzically for a moment before hauling it off to a Dumpster
July 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Whenever I purchase a kitschy paperback or a used LP, I always think about how absolutely delighted my grandchildren will be to gaze at it quizzically for a moment before hauling it off to a Dumpster