That Magic Pony
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Texan. American. Worried about my country and so very, very tired.
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Finally found a use for that sticker feature on the iPhone
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Reuse and return schemes could help eliminate plastic waste in 15 years – report
Reuse and return schemes could help eliminate plastic waste in 15 years – report
Pew Charitable Trusts finds plastic pollution will more than double globally by 2040 unless action taken
The 66m tonnes of pollution from plastic packaging that enters the global environment each year could be almost eliminated by 2040 primarily by reuse and return schemes, significant new research reveals.
In the most wide-ranging analysis of the global plastic system, the Pew Charitable Trusts, in collaboration with academics including at Imperial College London and the University of Oxford, said plastic, a material once called revolutionary and modern, was now putting public health, world economies and the future of the planet at risk. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Reuse and return schemes could help eliminate plastic waste in 15 years – report
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Anti-immigrant material among AI-generated content getting billions of views on TikTok
Anti-immigrant material among AI-generated content getting billions of views on TikTok
Researchers uncovered 354 AI-focused accounts that had accumulated 4.5bn views in a month
Hundreds of accounts on TikTok are garnering billions of views by pumping out AI-generated content, including anti-immigrant and sexualised material, according to a report.
Researchers said they had uncovered 354 AI-focused accounts pushing 43,000 posts made with generative AI tools and accumulating 4.5bn views over a month-long period. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Anti-immigrant material among AI-generated content getting billions of views on TikTok
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‘Bad girls’ is how society labels women in prison. But what if that label is a lie? | Sabrina Mahtani
‘Bad girls’ is how society labels women in prison. But what if that label is a lie? | Sabrina Mahtani
Incarceration should be a last resort, yet this broken and brutal system punishes marginalised women, most of whom are inside for non-violent crimes
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
‘Bad girls’ is how society labels women in prison. But what if that label is a lie? | Sabrina Mahtani
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Women behind the lens: ‘They waited in a kind of deranged inactivity for the possibility of a visit’
Women behind the lens: ‘They waited in a kind of deranged inactivity for the possibility of a visit’
In her portraits from an overcrowded Venezuelan detention centre, Ana María Arévalo Gosen captures the frustration of women desperate for news from their lawyers and families
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Women behind the lens: ‘They waited in a kind of deranged inactivity for the possibility of a visit’
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The same story over and over again. “The tech we’re creating is either so good it will change everything or so bad it will destroy everything.”
And media outlets keep on publishing the exact same story.
Until the bubble bursts
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
And media outlets keep on publishing the exact same story.
Until the bubble bursts
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
‘The biggest decision yet’: Jared Kaplan on allowing AI to train itself
Anthropic’s chief scientist says AI autonomy could spark a beneficial ‘intelligence explosion’ – or be the moment humans lose control
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The same story over and over again. “The tech we’re creating is either so good it will change everything or so bad it will destroy everything.”
And media outlets keep on publishing the exact same story.
Until the bubble bursts
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
And media outlets keep on publishing the exact same story.
Until the bubble bursts
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
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Rand Paul is an idiot but he’s right on point here.
Sen. Rand Paul says, “I think both strikes are actually illegal” #shorts share.google/PwAX1i1igggQ...
Sen. Rand Paul says, “I think both strikes are actually illegal” #shorts share.google/PwAX1i1igggQ...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Rand Paul is an idiot but he’s right on point here.
Sen. Rand Paul says, “I think both strikes are actually illegal” #shorts share.google/PwAX1i1igggQ...
Sen. Rand Paul says, “I think both strikes are actually illegal” #shorts share.google/PwAX1i1igggQ...
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’Pretty obvious’ Putin does not want peace in Ukraine, Nato foreign ministers warn - Europe live
’Pretty obvious’ Putin does not want peace in Ukraine, Nato foreign ministers warn - Europe live
Comments come after Putin rejected peace deal after US talks and warned that Russia is ‘ready’ for war with Europe
Back to Brussels, the foreign ministers from European Nato countries showed little patience with Moscow this morning.
“What we see is that Putin has not changed any course. He’s pushing more aggressively on the battlefield,” Estonian foreign minister Margus Tsahkna said in comments reported by AP. “It’s pretty obvious that he doesn’t want to have any kind of peace.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
’Pretty obvious’ Putin does not want peace in Ukraine, Nato foreign ministers warn - Europe live
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‘The dinosaurs didn’t know what was coming, but we do’: Marina Silva on what needs to follow Cop30
‘The dinosaurs didn’t know what was coming, but we do’: Marina Silva on what needs to follow Cop30
Exclusive: Brazil’s environment minister talks about climate inaction and the course we have to plot to save ourselves and the planet
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
‘The dinosaurs didn’t know what was coming, but we do’: Marina Silva on what needs to follow Cop30
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The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools. n.pr/48udkF5
50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump
The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools. n.pr/48udkF5
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In Lebanon. Can hear the Israeli drone constantly now. I’ve only been back for a day but folks here deal with it 24/7, for months. It’s psychological torture. You can even see it, just flying around. The Israelis want to let everyone know that they can kill whoever they want whenever they want.
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
In Lebanon. Can hear the Israeli drone constantly now. I’ve only been back for a day but folks here deal with it 24/7, for months. It’s psychological torture. You can even see it, just flying around. The Israelis want to let everyone know that they can kill whoever they want whenever they want.
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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FACT-CHECK: TRUE ✅ 🐔 🐔
December 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
FACT-CHECK: TRUE ✅ 🐔 🐔
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COLLINS: “You’re leaving the door open to potentially running again next year?”
AFTYN: “Perhaps, yeah. Absolutely.” 👀
AFTYN: “Perhaps, yeah. Absolutely.” 👀
December 3, 2025 at 3:53 AM
COLLINS: “You’re leaving the door open to potentially running again next year?”
AFTYN: “Perhaps, yeah. Absolutely.” 👀
AFTYN: “Perhaps, yeah. Absolutely.” 👀
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The Epstein files need to be leaked.
November 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The Epstein files need to be leaked.
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When anyone in the Trump administration says they "got your back", remember...that's where the knife goes in.
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
When anyone in the Trump administration says they "got your back", remember...that's where the knife goes in.
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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So…where are the Epstein files? Trump has no business starting a war to keep our minds off the Epstein files.
December 2, 2025 at 6:11 AM
So…where are the Epstein files? Trump has no business starting a war to keep our minds off the Epstein files.
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Two months ago I wrote about why my law firm is litigating 63 voting and election cases. Today it is 65 cases covering more than half the country. Eleven of them involve redistricting.
Where are the big law firms? Why isn't legacy media covering this? www.democracydocket.com/opinion/why-...
Where are the big law firms? Why isn't legacy media covering this? www.democracydocket.com/opinion/why-...
Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases
Read here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Two months ago I wrote about why my law firm is litigating 63 voting and election cases. Today it is 65 cases covering more than half the country. Eleven of them involve redistricting.
Where are the big law firms? Why isn't legacy media covering this? www.democracydocket.com/opinion/why-...
Where are the big law firms? Why isn't legacy media covering this? www.democracydocket.com/opinion/why-...
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A Vermont second grader is in ICE custody in Texas.
So, that definitely makes America great.
Fuck ICEstapo.
#AbolishICE #vtpoli
So, that definitely makes America great.
Fuck ICEstapo.
#AbolishICE #vtpoli
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
A Vermont second grader is in ICE custody in Texas.
So, that definitely makes America great.
Fuck ICEstapo.
#AbolishICE #vtpoli
So, that definitely makes America great.
Fuck ICEstapo.
#AbolishICE #vtpoli
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TARGET CEO: Our sales are tanking, we are losing money hand over fist, what can we do to win back customers?
MARKETING: Let's take this thing that people hate, that tells them to eat rocks and kill themselves, and shove it down their throats.
TARGET CEO: Brilliant, let's do it.
MARKETING: Let's take this thing that people hate, that tells them to eat rocks and kill themselves, and shove it down their throats.
TARGET CEO: Brilliant, let's do it.
December 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
TARGET CEO: Our sales are tanking, we are losing money hand over fist, what can we do to win back customers?
MARKETING: Let's take this thing that people hate, that tells them to eat rocks and kill themselves, and shove it down their throats.
TARGET CEO: Brilliant, let's do it.
MARKETING: Let's take this thing that people hate, that tells them to eat rocks and kill themselves, and shove it down their throats.
TARGET CEO: Brilliant, let's do it.
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Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
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A fair question. 😕🇺🇸
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A fair question. 😕🇺🇸
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This tired, deeply-damaged man is so needy. He has to have references to him being president on his hat, on his shirt, and on a golf-framed placard next to his overcooked cheeseburger he's almost too-out-of-it to eat.
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This tired, deeply-damaged man is so needy. He has to have references to him being president on his hat, on his shirt, and on a golf-framed placard next to his overcooked cheeseburger he's almost too-out-of-it to eat.
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NPR's Scott Simon explains why The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is a holiday song for those who have troubles and heartache.
Opinion: My kind of holiday song
NPR's Scott Simon explains why The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is a holiday song for those who have troubles and heartache.
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November 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
NPR's Scott Simon explains why The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is a holiday song for those who have troubles and heartache.