@shimsham14.bsky.social
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They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
Instead of hiring more immigration judges, the Department of Justice just posted an ad for "deportation judges." join.justice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
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The committee that settled on the phrase “underscoring his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy” should be dissolved and its members compelled to take a remedial course on the scientific method.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The committee that settled on the phrase “underscoring his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy” should be dissolved and its members compelled to take a remedial course on the scientific method.
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Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
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Considering all the NDA work I do, this feels vaguely illegal on Gmail's part.
Anyways.
You gotta do this for EVERY gmail account you use. Even if they fall under the same umbrella.
Anyways.
You gotta do this for EVERY gmail account you use. Even if they fall under the same umbrella.
Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Considering all the NDA work I do, this feels vaguely illegal on Gmail's part.
Anyways.
You gotta do this for EVERY gmail account you use. Even if they fall under the same umbrella.
Anyways.
You gotta do this for EVERY gmail account you use. Even if they fall under the same umbrella.
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The Salt Lake Tribune, which went from for-profit to non-profit 6 years ago, is about to drop its paywall. "The Tribune cannot afford to limit who has access to independent and trusted news."
Meanwhile, it just launched a new newspaper in southern Utah.
www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11...
Meanwhile, it just launched a new newspaper in southern Utah.
www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11...
The Salt Lake Tribune will drop its paywall next year, CEO tells donors at NewsMakers gala
After years of requiring people to pay for online news content, The Tribune announced an upcoming change during its 2025 annual NewsMakers Gala.
www.sltrib.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The Salt Lake Tribune, which went from for-profit to non-profit 6 years ago, is about to drop its paywall. "The Tribune cannot afford to limit who has access to independent and trusted news."
Meanwhile, it just launched a new newspaper in southern Utah.
www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11...
Meanwhile, it just launched a new newspaper in southern Utah.
www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11...
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Hegseth invading Venezuela
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Hegseth invading Venezuela
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“it’s a tiktok trend” are four of the most ominous words in the twenty first century english language
It's a TikTok trend basically. I've had discussions about this with our video guy at work. We hate it, but also that's "the thing" now and so everyone adopts that style.
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“it’s a tiktok trend” are four of the most ominous words in the twenty first century english language
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This is a level of blood libeling of immigrants (and their citizen children, being lumped in as 'illegals') comparable to the demonization of Tutsis in the time immediately preceding the Rwandan Genocide, or the libels against Jews in the buildup to the Holocaust.
Their intentions are clear.
Their intentions are clear.
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is a level of blood libeling of immigrants (and their citizen children, being lumped in as 'illegals') comparable to the demonization of Tutsis in the time immediately preceding the Rwandan Genocide, or the libels against Jews in the buildup to the Holocaust.
Their intentions are clear.
Their intentions are clear.
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New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
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Welcome to the wild world of Chinese kids' smartwatches, where they socialize, date, shop, give out likes, buy likes, build bots for likes, and enter high society when they get over 800,000 likes.
Absolutely eye-opening. It's great to have Stephanie report this story in this week's Made in China.
Absolutely eye-opening. It's great to have Stephanie report this story in this week's Made in China.
In China, parents are buying smartwatches for children as young as five, connecting them to a digital world that blends socializing with fierce competition. www.wired.com/story/kids-i...
Kids in China Are Using Bots and Engagement Hacks to Look More Popular on Their Smartwatches
In China, parents are buying smartwatches for children as young as five, connecting them to a digital world that blends socializing with fierce competition.
www.wired.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Welcome to the wild world of Chinese kids' smartwatches, where they socialize, date, shop, give out likes, buy likes, build bots for likes, and enter high society when they get over 800,000 likes.
Absolutely eye-opening. It's great to have Stephanie report this story in this week's Made in China.
Absolutely eye-opening. It's great to have Stephanie report this story in this week's Made in China.
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it's a very strange time to be alive, and also a student of history.
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
it's a very strange time to be alive, and also a student of history.
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MPS and Carmen Are Breaking Up by @jeramey.urbanmilwaukee.com
MPS and Carmen Are Breaking Up
Charter network must find a new home for all of its schools.
urbanmilwaukee.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
MPS and Carmen Are Breaking Up by @jeramey.urbanmilwaukee.com
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
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The U.S. unemployment rate just hit a four-year high at 4.4%. Now, try wrapping your head around the idea of a 43% unemployment rate.
That’s the reality formerly incarcerated Black women face, thanks to the prison penalty:
That’s the reality formerly incarcerated Black women face, thanks to the prison penalty:
November 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The U.S. unemployment rate just hit a four-year high at 4.4%. Now, try wrapping your head around the idea of a 43% unemployment rate.
That’s the reality formerly incarcerated Black women face, thanks to the prison penalty:
That’s the reality formerly incarcerated Black women face, thanks to the prison penalty:
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A federal judge has set a timeline for reviewing classified documents in John Bolton’s criminal case that will likely push his trial into 2027.
Trump’s former national security adviser was indicted on charges of mishandling classified material.
Trump’s former national security adviser was indicted on charges of mishandling classified material.
Classified data likely to delay John Bolton’s trial until 2027
Determining how to handle classified information is likely to delay the trial of former national security adviser John Bolton.
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A federal judge has set a timeline for reviewing classified documents in John Bolton’s criminal case that will likely push his trial into 2027.
Trump’s former national security adviser was indicted on charges of mishandling classified material.
Trump’s former national security adviser was indicted on charges of mishandling classified material.
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Bots and bad actors are now revealed in all their duplicity on X ...
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Bots and bad actors are now revealed in all their duplicity on X ...
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Watching videos of hoplite reenactors, I am struck by how many of them use the 'a-hoo' grunt from 300 or a 'huh huh huh' marching cadence, but none of them do the *actually attested* things of the "alale!" (ἀλαλή) battle-cry or singing a song (a παιᾶν).
Gotta do cool fake movie stuff, I guess.
Gotta do cool fake movie stuff, I guess.
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Watching videos of hoplite reenactors, I am struck by how many of them use the 'a-hoo' grunt from 300 or a 'huh huh huh' marching cadence, but none of them do the *actually attested* things of the "alale!" (ἀλαλή) battle-cry or singing a song (a παιᾶν).
Gotta do cool fake movie stuff, I guess.
Gotta do cool fake movie stuff, I guess.
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how like...how bad is it
⚠️ The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued a NOTAM for airspace over Venezuela and nearby areas.
(NOTAM = Notice to Air Missions)
The notice cites as cause:
“WORSENING SECURITY SITUATION AND HEIGHTENED MILITARY ACTIVITY IN OR AROUND VENEZUELA”
(NOTAM = Notice to Air Missions)
The notice cites as cause:
“WORSENING SECURITY SITUATION AND HEIGHTENED MILITARY ACTIVITY IN OR AROUND VENEZUELA”
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
how like...how bad is it
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The Trump administration is steaming forward on its plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, but the plan has drawn pushback from some state and school district leaders, who see no benefit and no hope for a seamless transition, reports @apnews.com.
Schools fear disruptions as the White House dismantles the Education Department
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says its plan to dismantle the Education Department offers a fix for the nation's lagging academics — a solution that could free schools from ...
pbswisconsin.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The Trump administration is steaming forward on its plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, but the plan has drawn pushback from some state and school district leaders, who see no benefit and no hope for a seamless transition, reports @apnews.com.
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Mamdani looking down on Trump like you’d watch a dog try to open a locked door with their paws
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Mamdani looking down on Trump like you’d watch a dog try to open a locked door with their paws
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"[These Palestinian refugees] are the refugees that were forcibly displaced and expelled in 1948, and their descendants [...] And now they've been forced to move once again and been denied return."
HRW's Nadia Hardman on our report on Israel’s forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank:
HRW's Nadia Hardman on our report on Israel’s forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank:
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"[These Palestinian refugees] are the refugees that were forcibly displaced and expelled in 1948, and their descendants [...] And now they've been forced to move once again and been denied return."
HRW's Nadia Hardman on our report on Israel’s forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank:
HRW's Nadia Hardman on our report on Israel’s forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank:
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As Wisconsin Eyes Mobile Sports Betting, Studies Warn of Financial Fallout
As Wisconsin Eyes Mobile Sports Betting, Studies Warn of Financial Fallout
Mobile sportsbooks make gambling effortless—but new research shows they also impose several hidden costs.
urbanmilwaukee.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
As Wisconsin Eyes Mobile Sports Betting, Studies Warn of Financial Fallout
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Trump is so obviously happy to actually be spending time with a cool dude instead of the vile shit-nosed flunkies that are constantly squirming between his toes. It must be incredibly refreshing to breathe even one lungful of air that doesn't have the fetid taste of Stephen Miller thick upon it.
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Trump is so obviously happy to actually be spending time with a cool dude instead of the vile shit-nosed flunkies that are constantly squirming between his toes. It must be incredibly refreshing to breathe even one lungful of air that doesn't have the fetid taste of Stephen Miller thick upon it.