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Is enlistment in the Ukrainian Ground Forces legal? Eh, sign me up regardless. Also producer, horror host, author, & veteran.
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The popular DNA test kit company 23andMe announced yesterday that it has filed for bankruptcy and is looking for a buyer. And while the company has promised to continue protecting customer data amidst a possible sale, Wirecutter’s tech experts think you should delete your data now.
23andMe Just Filed for Bankruptcy. You Should Delete Your Data Now.
23andMe is up for sale—which means your data is, too.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The popular DNA test kit company 23andMe announced yesterday that it has filed for bankruptcy and is looking for a buyer. And while the company has promised to continue protecting customer data amidst a possible sale, Wirecutter’s tech experts think you should delete your data now.
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The GOP holds unprecedented power because, each time they faced a political setback, they pushed harder to the right. Meanwhile, the Dems chose to move toward the center and failed to motivate enough voters.
Maybe Democratic party leaders should take their cue from Sanders and AOC. Just a thought.
Maybe Democratic party leaders should take their cue from Sanders and AOC. Just a thought.
March 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The GOP holds unprecedented power because, each time they faced a political setback, they pushed harder to the right. Meanwhile, the Dems chose to move toward the center and failed to motivate enough voters.
Maybe Democratic party leaders should take their cue from Sanders and AOC. Just a thought.
Maybe Democratic party leaders should take their cue from Sanders and AOC. Just a thought.
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Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid
March 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid
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Has anyone coined the phrase “doge shit” yet?
March 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Has anyone coined the phrase “doge shit” yet?
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Crockett: Pam Bondi, if you have an issue with terrorism, maybe you should talk to your boss about locking back up those guys that he let out that participated in January 6th.
March 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Crockett: Pam Bondi, if you have an issue with terrorism, maybe you should talk to your boss about locking back up those guys that he let out that participated in January 6th.
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Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
March 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
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Medicare for All isn't radical.
What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right. Every other major country figured out years ago how to provide health care to all at a much lower cost.
Please don't tell me we can't do the same.
What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right. Every other major country figured out years ago how to provide health care to all at a much lower cost.
Please don't tell me we can't do the same.
March 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Medicare for All isn't radical.
What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right. Every other major country figured out years ago how to provide health care to all at a much lower cost.
Please don't tell me we can't do the same.
What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right. Every other major country figured out years ago how to provide health care to all at a much lower cost.
Please don't tell me we can't do the same.
Well, definitely that, but let's not short the right's ignorant hatreds for anyone not "christian," white, and absolutely binary. Most everyone outside of the tangerine tantrum's circle would be - and are - doing this for free.
The Trump regime's repeated attacks on "DEI," "wokeness," and the trans community have one clear purpose:
If we are angry at each other, we don't look up to see how big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
If we are angry at each other, we don't look up to see how big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
March 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Well, definitely that, but let's not short the right's ignorant hatreds for anyone not "christian," white, and absolutely binary. Most everyone outside of the tangerine tantrum's circle would be - and are - doing this for free.
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This is the type of thing a man who has never had any *real* friends says.
March 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This is the type of thing a man who has never had any *real* friends says.
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Truer words were never spoken.
March 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Truer words were never spoken.
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Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101.
March 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101.
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Imagine if Republicans expressed even half the outrage at children being murdered in school shootings as they do for a few Teslas being vandalized.
March 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Imagine if Republicans expressed even half the outrage at children being murdered in school shootings as they do for a few Teslas being vandalized.
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An article on the Defense Department website devoted to Jackie Robinson’s military career disappeared and then reappeared, joining a series of government web pages on Black figures that have vanished under the Trump administration’s efforts to purge government websites of references to DEI.
Jackie Robinson’s Legacy Vanishes, Then Reappears, on Defense Department Site
A number of military pages focused on African American achievements have been lost amid the Trump administration’s effort to scrub references to diversity and inclusion. Some return. Others don’t.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 5:24 AM
An article on the Defense Department website devoted to Jackie Robinson’s military career disappeared and then reappeared, joining a series of government web pages on Black figures that have vanished under the Trump administration’s efforts to purge government websites of references to DEI.
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
March 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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Schoolchildren are routinely slaughtered by AR-15s. Hundreds die.
[*crickets* "Thoughts and prayers" *crickets*]
A couple unoccupied cars are set on fire. No one is hurt.
["THIS HORROR WILL NOT STAND!!! We MUST act to STOP it from ever happening AGAIN!!!!" We will pass new LAWS BANNING IT!!!]
[*crickets* "Thoughts and prayers" *crickets*]
A couple unoccupied cars are set on fire. No one is hurt.
["THIS HORROR WILL NOT STAND!!! We MUST act to STOP it from ever happening AGAIN!!!!" We will pass new LAWS BANNING IT!!!]
March 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Schoolchildren are routinely slaughtered by AR-15s. Hundreds die.
[*crickets* "Thoughts and prayers" *crickets*]
A couple unoccupied cars are set on fire. No one is hurt.
["THIS HORROR WILL NOT STAND!!! We MUST act to STOP it from ever happening AGAIN!!!!" We will pass new LAWS BANNING IT!!!]
[*crickets* "Thoughts and prayers" *crickets*]
A couple unoccupied cars are set on fire. No one is hurt.
["THIS HORROR WILL NOT STAND!!! We MUST act to STOP it from ever happening AGAIN!!!!" We will pass new LAWS BANNING IT!!!]
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If there's one thing that domestic violence research has taught me, it's that abusers set up no-win scenarios. They punish you whether you cooperate with them or whether you push back.
The only way out is to strengthen ties with people outside of the relationship who can create new, better options.
The only way out is to strengthen ties with people outside of the relationship who can create new, better options.
March 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If there's one thing that domestic violence research has taught me, it's that abusers set up no-win scenarios. They punish you whether you cooperate with them or whether you push back.
The only way out is to strengthen ties with people outside of the relationship who can create new, better options.
The only way out is to strengthen ties with people outside of the relationship who can create new, better options.
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March 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Politics hasn't been this simple in a long time: do you think it's good for one man to exercise unchecked, arbitrary power or not. Those are the two available ideologies right now
March 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Politics hasn't been this simple in a long time: do you think it's good for one man to exercise unchecked, arbitrary power or not. Those are the two available ideologies right now
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Those of us at a point in our lives where being expelled, fired or arrested means nothing need to step in and take the hit for the young people.
That's it. That's the skeet.
That's it. That's the skeet.
March 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Those of us at a point in our lives where being expelled, fired or arrested means nothing need to step in and take the hit for the young people.
That's it. That's the skeet.
That's it. That's the skeet.
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These are terrible times — the worst I’ve lived through, and I’ve lived through some bad ones. But in hundreds of thousands of ways, you are beacon lights. You are the beginnings of positive change. robertreich.substack.com/p/a-sunday-t...
A Sunday thought
Friends,
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March 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
These are terrible times — the worst I’ve lived through, and I’ve lived through some bad ones. But in hundreds of thousands of ways, you are beacon lights. You are the beginnings of positive change. robertreich.substack.com/p/a-sunday-t...