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Gandhi’s Talisman. Unfortunately for too many world leaders their doubts are dissolving in a way Gandhi did not anticipate.
!["I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test.
Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it?
Will it restore him [her to a control over his [her own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to Swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:givg3amslsq46o3f25ga5esh/bafkreihph4ozfme2iadhcvg2jcexzemiif2xgxmhg2jexeknndhuhx2ewy@jpeg)
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Gandhi’s Talisman. Unfortunately for too many world leaders their doubts are dissolving in a way Gandhi did not anticipate.
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Social media views are not proof of 'demand'. They are proof of what the algorithm was programmed to show to users. And, obviously, some of the accounts which have 'viewed' or 'liked' this are not real.
Debate about Carlson hosting Fuentes has focused on the supply side (who should be hosted and what type of conversation). But there is a huge demand side: On X, the post had 17 million views and 103K likes; on YouTube, the post had 5.6 million views and 249K likes. This is astonishing.
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Social media views are not proof of 'demand'. They are proof of what the algorithm was programmed to show to users. And, obviously, some of the accounts which have 'viewed' or 'liked' this are not real.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
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This is what I picture when anyone mentions using Chatgpt
(I think you are dumb, but I’m also worried about my safety)
(I think you are dumb, but I’m also worried about my safety)
a group of people standing next to each other with a glowing t in the background
Alt: The senior officers of the enterprise in the background looking dumb as hell, in the foreground “the game” being used to mind control the whole crew (this is a Star Trek the next generation episode)
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is what I picture when anyone mentions using Chatgpt
(I think you are dumb, but I’m also worried about my safety)
(I think you are dumb, but I’m also worried about my safety)
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#NoirvemberChallenge 7 > My Favorite Noir dream sequence
Created by Salvador Dali for the psychological noir, Spellbound, his dream sequences highlighted how we communicate with ourselves while sleeping. Starring Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck & Leo G. Carroll. Directed by Hitchcock.
Created by Salvador Dali for the psychological noir, Spellbound, his dream sequences highlighted how we communicate with ourselves while sleeping. Starring Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck & Leo G. Carroll. Directed by Hitchcock.
November 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
#NoirvemberChallenge 7 > My Favorite Noir dream sequence
Created by Salvador Dali for the psychological noir, Spellbound, his dream sequences highlighted how we communicate with ourselves while sleeping. Starring Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck & Leo G. Carroll. Directed by Hitchcock.
Created by Salvador Dali for the psychological noir, Spellbound, his dream sequences highlighted how we communicate with ourselves while sleeping. Starring Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck & Leo G. Carroll. Directed by Hitchcock.
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Nancy Pelosi says she's looking forward to spending more time with her stock portfolio.
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Nancy Pelosi says she's looking forward to spending more time with her stock portfolio.
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The Free Press' front page is four articles of MANDAMI PANIC, a Dick Cheney nostalgia essay, and one of the richest people in the world writing about why he gave $100 million to Bari Weiss' unaccredited anti-woke college.
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The Free Press' front page is four articles of MANDAMI PANIC, a Dick Cheney nostalgia essay, and one of the richest people in the world writing about why he gave $100 million to Bari Weiss' unaccredited anti-woke college.
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I'm hard-pressed to think of a non-Jewish Democratic politician who has spoken to Jews with more respect and empathy than Mamdani. The fact that many Jewish establishment orgs are going after him while staying relatively mum on resurgent Nazism is a disaster, both for American Jews and in general.
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I'm hard-pressed to think of a non-Jewish Democratic politician who has spoken to Jews with more respect and empathy than Mamdani. The fact that many Jewish establishment orgs are going after him while staying relatively mum on resurgent Nazism is a disaster, both for American Jews and in general.
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“I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life”
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
“I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life”
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There’s nothing more American than your family going from being a target of bigotry to being a purveyor of it within a generation or two.
November 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
There’s nothing more American than your family going from being a target of bigotry to being a purveyor of it within a generation or two.
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a helpful starter pack to find stuff you may be interested in and/or is local to you
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November 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
a helpful starter pack to find stuff you may be interested in and/or is local to you
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go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e
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The Democratic gubernatorial nominee in VA is effectively calling the Democratic mayoral nominee in NYC a liar on the eve of close, contentious, and crucial elections for both of them. What a joke this party often is. No wonder Republicans win so much.
Abigail Spanberger takes a swipe at Mamdani, saying "maybe he should be a Democrat" and that his campaign promises are dishonest.
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The Democratic gubernatorial nominee in VA is effectively calling the Democratic mayoral nominee in NYC a liar on the eve of close, contentious, and crucial elections for both of them. What a joke this party often is. No wonder Republicans win so much.
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LLMs are racist snd sexist because the material they’re trained on is racist snd sexist and they’re owned and operated by racist, sexist billionaires.
Stop using this shit. It’s fucking up your brain.
Stop using this shit. It’s fucking up your brain.
When ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants.
Age and gender distortion in online media and large language models - Nature
Stereotypes of age-related gender bias are socially distorted, as evidenced by the age gap in the representations of women and men across various media and algorithms, despite no systematic age differ...
www.nature.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
LLMs are racist snd sexist because the material they’re trained on is racist snd sexist and they’re owned and operated by racist, sexist billionaires.
Stop using this shit. It’s fucking up your brain.
Stop using this shit. It’s fucking up your brain.
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This should be the biggest news story in the world right now
Satellite images show that most of the 260,000 civilians in Sudan’s el-Fasher are likely still trapped, as mass RSF killings continue
Satellite images show most el-Fasher civilians likely still trapped
Latest images suggest that majority of 260,000 civilians still in captured city, as mass RSF killings continue
www.middleeasteye.net
November 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This should be the biggest news story in the world right now
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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He’s also ugly on the inside.
Matt Walsh: “If there's a noncitizen here who would starve without EBT, I would still say we should not give it to them”
www.mediamatters.org/matt-walsh/m...
www.mediamatters.org/matt-walsh/m...
October 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
He’s also ugly on the inside.
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Graham Platner fans today.
I met this guy an hour and a half ago and he is my best friend and I gave him power of attorney. I am very smart.
October 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Graham Platner fans today.
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Graham Platner to join Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
October 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Graham Platner to join Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
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Existing literature distinguishes "purity testing" - withholding support from candidates who fail to meet each and all of a set of standards - and its negation, which treats all standards as expendable. Such a distinction elides a third possibility I call "tattoo inspection". In this essay I will -
October 23, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Existing literature distinguishes "purity testing" - withholding support from candidates who fail to meet each and all of a set of standards - and its negation, which treats all standards as expendable. Such a distinction elides a third possibility I call "tattoo inspection". In this essay I will -
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In our non-DEI meritocracy, Larry Ellison's son bought CBS so that Bari Weiss could then put her sister on air.
UPDATE: Per our scoop last night, Suzy Weiss, sister of Bari, did indeed appear on CBS this morning to talk about her recent article in The Free Press.
Second Free Press writer on CBS this week.
Read more on staff concerns on The Free Press's presence inside the newsroom:
zeteo.com/p/inside-bar...
Second Free Press writer on CBS this week.
Read more on staff concerns on The Free Press's presence inside the newsroom:
zeteo.com/p/inside-bar...
October 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In our non-DEI meritocracy, Larry Ellison's son bought CBS so that Bari Weiss could then put her sister on air.
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"Drama is life with the dull bits cut out." ~ Alfred Hitchcock
October 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Drama is life with the dull bits cut out." ~ Alfred Hitchcock
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The "anti-woke" backlash was always about white collar labor competition from nonwhites, not hr bullshit. bsky.app/profile/phil...
NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams
NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams
The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...
www.thewrap.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The "anti-woke" backlash was always about white collar labor competition from nonwhites, not hr bullshit. bsky.app/profile/phil...
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Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious and has his ribs broken by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part of the ceasefire deal.
Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says
Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious and has his ribs broken by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part of the ceasefire deal.