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As Stoppard wrote, and as I contemplate often: “I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you're dead.”
November 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
As Stoppard wrote, and as I contemplate often: “I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you're dead.”
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One lesson of the Sandwich Guy Case is now more than ever when you are called to jury duty you should go
November 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
One lesson of the Sandwich Guy Case is now more than ever when you are called to jury duty you should go
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Personally, I do things not because they’re easy, but because I incorrectly thought they’d be easy
November 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Personally, I do things not because they’re easy, but because I incorrectly thought they’d be easy
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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anybody else’s gyre feel wider lately
July 14, 2025 at 5:28 AM
anybody else’s gyre feel wider lately
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VLADIMIR: Well? Shall we log off?
ESTRAGON: Yes, let's log off.
They do not log off.
ESTRAGON: Yes, let's log off.
They do not log off.
November 4, 2024 at 12:48 PM
VLADIMIR: Well? Shall we log off?
ESTRAGON: Yes, let's log off.
They do not log off.
ESTRAGON: Yes, let's log off.
They do not log off.
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Why does the dork at the bottom of the frame at the beginning have a 60-lb. backpack with a canteen? You're in MacArthur Park. There's an El Pollo Loco on 6th and Alvarado -- just pop in and get yourself a Diet Coke, you dork.
July 8, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Why does the dork at the bottom of the frame at the beginning have a 60-lb. backpack with a canteen? You're in MacArthur Park. There's an El Pollo Loco on 6th and Alvarado -- just pop in and get yourself a Diet Coke, you dork.
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Princeton University Will Not Change Polices in Response to Trump Administration Pulling Federal Funding, Says School President www.townandcountrymag.com/society/mone...
Princeton University Will Not Change Polices in Response to Trump Administration Pulling Federal Funding
“We believe it’s important to defend academic freedom, and that's not something that can be compromised,” the school’s president Christopher Eisgruber recently said.
www.townandcountrymag.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Princeton University Will Not Change Polices in Response to Trump Administration Pulling Federal Funding, Says School President www.townandcountrymag.com/society/mone...
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“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
April 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
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Steve Kerr: "I believe in academic freedom. I think it's crucial for all of our institutions to be able to handle their own business the way they want to. And they should not be shaken down and told what to teach, what to say, by our government. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard."
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
April 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Steve Kerr: "I believe in academic freedom. I think it's crucial for all of our institutions to be able to handle their own business the way they want to. And they should not be shaken down and told what to teach, what to say, by our government. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard."
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File impeachment articles that are just direct quotes from the Declaration of Independence
Grievances 16-19 in Declaration of Independence
16. "For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world"
17. "For imposing taxes on us without our consent"
18. "For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Jury trial"
19. "For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences"
16. "For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world"
17. "For imposing taxes on us without our consent"
18. "For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Jury trial"
19. "For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences"
April 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
File impeachment articles that are just direct quotes from the Declaration of Independence
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All the folks who exited NBC today. Seen together, hoo boy. Message received.
February 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
All the folks who exited NBC today. Seen together, hoo boy. Message received.
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Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.
February 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.
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If a woman had 13 kids by four different men, used ketamine and spent all her time running a shadow presidency, I’m not sure our society would celebrate her.
February 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
If a woman had 13 kids by four different men, used ketamine and spent all her time running a shadow presidency, I’m not sure our society would celebrate her.
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An underrated virtue of all other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time
February 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
An underrated virtue of all other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time
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Not for nothing, but the institutions of this economy work because the institutions of this democracy work.
February 11, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Not for nothing, but the institutions of this economy work because the institutions of this democracy work.
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In Rhode Island -
NIH FUNDING:
$256M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
2212
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$502M
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH FUNDING:
$256M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
2212
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$502M
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
February 8, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Merkley: "We have an assumption of a foundation of law. And once that assumption is gone, you erase the line between a republic in which there is a Congress to make the laws and executive to implement them, and a dictator."
February 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Merkley: "We have an assumption of a foundation of law. And once that assumption is gone, you erase the line between a republic in which there is a Congress to make the laws and executive to implement them, and a dictator."
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Senator Schiff (as Dems filibuster the nomination of Project 2025 author Russ Vought): “The moment you say it’s ok to violate the law to shut down USAID you have said it is ok to violate the law and shut down anything.”
February 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Senator Schiff (as Dems filibuster the nomination of Project 2025 author Russ Vought): “The moment you say it’s ok to violate the law to shut down USAID you have said it is ok to violate the law and shut down anything.”
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A teen DOGE staffer recently given access to government systems worked at a startup known for hiring convicted hackers. Someone using a Telegram handle associated with him also solicited a cyberattack-for-hire service in 2022. All raising questions about his vetting. www.wired.com/story/edward...
DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
www.wired.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:43 AM
A teen DOGE staffer recently given access to government systems worked at a startup known for hiring convicted hackers. Someone using a Telegram handle associated with him also solicited a cyberattack-for-hire service in 2022. All raising questions about his vetting. www.wired.com/story/edward...
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Members of Congress need to try again to secure either Treasury or OPM today. Not tomorrow. Today.
With every hour that goes by, we run the risk of these frat boy Musk minions collapsing our Social Security and Medicare disbursement systems and with it, our economy, wreaking untold devastation.
With every hour that goes by, we run the risk of these frat boy Musk minions collapsing our Social Security and Medicare disbursement systems and with it, our economy, wreaking untold devastation.
February 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Members of Congress need to try again to secure either Treasury or OPM today. Not tomorrow. Today.
With every hour that goes by, we run the risk of these frat boy Musk minions collapsing our Social Security and Medicare disbursement systems and with it, our economy, wreaking untold devastation.
With every hour that goes by, we run the risk of these frat boy Musk minions collapsing our Social Security and Medicare disbursement systems and with it, our economy, wreaking untold devastation.
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Amazing article.
"More recently, researchers have found that the viral outrage disseminated on social media ... actually reduces the effectiveness of collective action. The result is a media environment that keeps us in a state of ..fear and anger... instead of organizing against [our oppressors]."
"More recently, researchers have found that the viral outrage disseminated on social media ... actually reduces the effectiveness of collective action. The result is a media environment that keeps us in a state of ..fear and anger... instead of organizing against [our oppressors]."
You can’t post your way out of fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them
🔗 www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them
🔗 www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Amazing article.
"More recently, researchers have found that the viral outrage disseminated on social media ... actually reduces the effectiveness of collective action. The result is a media environment that keeps us in a state of ..fear and anger... instead of organizing against [our oppressors]."
"More recently, researchers have found that the viral outrage disseminated on social media ... actually reduces the effectiveness of collective action. The result is a media environment that keeps us in a state of ..fear and anger... instead of organizing against [our oppressors]."
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