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Creative technology, tech policy, film, music. Cleveland isn't the Midwest.
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can’t help but notice it’s ‘they’ when a single mother might manage to use SNAP benefits for food that actually tastes good but it’s ‘we’ when a handful of ketamine addicts wanna ruin the economy
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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JICYMI: Republican pushback against Trumpian redistricting has gotten lot of attention. But, keep an eye on Missouri - where local organizers are fighting the good fight. So much so that MO Republicans are threatening to sic ICE on them.

They are getting desperate ...
Missouri attorney general involves ICE in push to halt anti-gerrymandering group
The attorney general did not provide any evidence to support her claims, which the campaign called false.
www.kansascity.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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THEN I SAID “MAYBE THIS YEAR THE TURKEY SHOULD’VE PARDONED ME” AND MY LAWYERS JUST SHOOK THEIR HEADS AND LEFT THE ROOM.
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Angering all the right people. And Hanania running to Yglesias like a grade school kid snitching on classmates is pitch perfect.
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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fuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
Highly specific siren: Nick Cave and Rod Dreher hung out
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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think the story here is that DoD is trying to lever BSA into being Hitlerjugend
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
You too can sign up for ICE
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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These are deeply evil men who are perjuring themselves so that a 70-year-old grandfather will die alone in federal prison for daring to stand up to their crimes.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Fuentes, in dismissing Midway Blitz-related charges against Dana Briggs last week, said he was lifting restrictions on relevant video.

Today he made the video available through the clerk's office at no cost to the public. Here's the first.
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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My "My Company Isn't Enron" memo has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the memo.
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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White House Reclassifies Nursing As Hobby https://theonion.com/white-house-reclassifies-nursing-as-hobby/
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Happy to report that, at least in this present moment, AI will not be taking my job.
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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When you decide to start sacrificing children to keep your seat maybe it's time to find a different career
In case anyone is wondering what kind of campaign Collins intends to run next year, now we know. No achievements, only hate:

Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
Collins' office said she signed onto the petition because she agrees with President Donald Trump’s interpretation of Title IX.
www.bangordailynews.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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the left nimby crashout bc Zohran actually wants to build more housing is genuinely so funny
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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"Our guy has the leather jacket. The comparison is preposterous and quite frankly offensive."
it's happening dot gif
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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JUST IN: Judge Chutkan orders expedited processing of a FOIA request for files related to DOJ's handling of the Epstein files. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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this reminds me of the macedonian fake news industry
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.

My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The Gay Woke agenda made the Polar Bears gay
November 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Wait a minute...you mean to tell me thousands of the most beautiful women on earth didn't all randomly decide to join Twitter in 2023?????
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.

The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Swedish Nazi is Indian
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.

OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Ooh, available open access! www.fulcrum.org/epubs/3x816q...
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.

www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM