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NEW: A prominent free speech group helped right-wing dark money score a legal win against an Ohio school board and its anti-bullying policy, which protected transgender and nonbinary students.
www.importantcontext.news/p/how-a-free...
www.importantcontext.news/p/how-a-free...
How a Free Speech Group Helped Right-Wing Dark Money Undermine Protections for Trans and Nonbinary Students
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression weighed in on a case brought by Parents Defending Education in Ohio.
www.importantcontext.news
December 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NEW: A prominent free speech group helped right-wing dark money score a legal win against an Ohio school board and its anti-bullying policy, which protected transgender and nonbinary students.
www.importantcontext.news/p/how-a-free...
www.importantcontext.news/p/how-a-free...
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Found the actual men in women's bathrooms assaulting women.
ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
December 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Found the actual men in women's bathrooms assaulting women.
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bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
Guards began beating him. Beat him until he bled. Knocked his face into the wall, broke all his teeth. No access to outdoors, no contact with relatives.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
December 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
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December 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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It’s really strange the vice president of the United States is a white supremacist, who says white supremacist slogans, who publicly praises and follows the work of white supremacists, and it’s simply not mentioned or discussed in political media
December 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It’s really strange the vice president of the United States is a white supremacist, who says white supremacist slogans, who publicly praises and follows the work of white supremacists, and it’s simply not mentioned or discussed in political media
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The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
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now seems like a good time to remind you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free, and/or reader funded news how and where you can.
December 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
now seems like a good time to remind you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free, and/or reader funded news how and where you can.
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Congress’s three favorite lines:
1. Sorry we can’t do anything, we’re in the minority
2. Sorry we can’t do anything, we need a supermajority
3. Sorry we can’t do anything, our party’s in the White House and we have to support the president
1. Sorry we can’t do anything, we’re in the minority
2. Sorry we can’t do anything, we need a supermajority
3. Sorry we can’t do anything, our party’s in the White House and we have to support the president
December 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Congress’s three favorite lines:
1. Sorry we can’t do anything, we’re in the minority
2. Sorry we can’t do anything, we need a supermajority
3. Sorry we can’t do anything, our party’s in the White House and we have to support the president
1. Sorry we can’t do anything, we’re in the minority
2. Sorry we can’t do anything, we need a supermajority
3. Sorry we can’t do anything, our party’s in the White House and we have to support the president
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Extra wild sprinkles on the bananas sundae of citation--and as thread notes, it's automated from Google scholar's end, not the library's fault
When viewing the fake article in Google scholar on my university network, there is a link to access the article via my uni's library. That link sends me to a library page that makes fake article appear real... Turns out library page is made programmatically from info on Google scholar 🤦
December 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Extra wild sprinkles on the bananas sundae of citation--and as thread notes, it's automated from Google scholar's end, not the library's fault
Absolutely on point. The research process is invaluable in honing these skills. If someone doesn’t care to do research, or never learns, they will never understand what history actually entails. As the OP notes, they will also lack an ability to find offline sources and produce new knowledge.
A big part of being a historian is being a detective! Who did this? Why? Where? Why does it matter in the grand scheme of things? You have to learn how to probe, how to uncover, how to read against the grain, how to find unusual sources, how to interpret those sources. How to piece together a puzzle
It also robs students of learning *how* to research.
December 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Absolutely on point. The research process is invaluable in honing these skills. If someone doesn’t care to do research, or never learns, they will never understand what history actually entails. As the OP notes, they will also lack an ability to find offline sources and produce new knowledge.
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One of the central tenets of AI artists is that their refining prompts makes them equal (or even superior) to any artist, analog or digital.
They are so, so close to a breakthrough but they always U-turn just in time to avoid it.
They are so, so close to a breakthrough but they always U-turn just in time to avoid it.
December 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
One of the central tenets of AI artists is that their refining prompts makes them equal (or even superior) to any artist, analog or digital.
They are so, so close to a breakthrough but they always U-turn just in time to avoid it.
They are so, so close to a breakthrough but they always U-turn just in time to avoid it.
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fwiw, for me the whole discourse about AI "summarizing" materials comes from the idea that doing the Humanities is "easy" and books/ articles are simply information conveyance mechanisms, not the thing they are - knowledge creation machines with nuanced arguments
December 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
fwiw, for me the whole discourse about AI "summarizing" materials comes from the idea that doing the Humanities is "easy" and books/ articles are simply information conveyance mechanisms, not the thing they are - knowledge creation machines with nuanced arguments
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Absolutely right.
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
Not a historian but like to research. The AI might summarize what I'm looking for, but it doesn't find what I'm *not* looking for. The book on the shelf next to the one I wanted. The insight in chapter 6 based on the quote I needed from chapter 4.
December 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Absolutely right.
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
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I wrote about the conservative quest to restore the "true" Constitution, the Antebellum Constitution, shorn of the egalitarian nonsense in the Reconstruction Amendments, a document that replaces equality with a society of dominators and the dominated. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I wrote about the conservative quest to restore the "true" Constitution, the Antebellum Constitution, shorn of the egalitarian nonsense in the Reconstruction Amendments, a document that replaces equality with a society of dominators and the dominated. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The FBI has launched “criminal and domestic terrorism investigations” into “threats" against ICE in at least 23 regions across the US, according to a file obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org and shared with the Guardian.
Some cases are linked to Trump's memo on thwarting "terroristic activities".
Some cases are linked to Trump's memo on thwarting "terroristic activities".
Revealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across US
Internal report shared with Guardian shows FBI has launched cases in 23 regions, some linked to Trump memo on thwarting ‘terroristic activities’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The FBI has launched “criminal and domestic terrorism investigations” into “threats" against ICE in at least 23 regions across the US, according to a file obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org and shared with the Guardian.
Some cases are linked to Trump's memo on thwarting "terroristic activities".
Some cases are linked to Trump's memo on thwarting "terroristic activities".
I was unaware of the use of AI assets as “placeholders” in Clair Obscur until recently. 1) I think I’ll need to follow games news a bit more closely before a purchase and 2) I probably won’t support Sandfall moving forward. Maybe it sounds “ridiculous” to some, but I don’t think it is.
December 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I was unaware of the use of AI assets as “placeholders” in Clair Obscur until recently. 1) I think I’ll need to follow games news a bit more closely before a purchase and 2) I probably won’t support Sandfall moving forward. Maybe it sounds “ridiculous” to some, but I don’t think it is.
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I just saw someone yell “they’re just using it to generate ideas!”
And
I hate to say it
But if you work in the ART DEPARTMENT and you need a death machine stuffed with your colleagues’ work to give you ideas
Quit.
And
I hate to say it
But if you work in the ART DEPARTMENT and you need a death machine stuffed with your colleagues’ work to give you ideas
Quit.
December 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I just saw someone yell “they’re just using it to generate ideas!”
And
I hate to say it
But if you work in the ART DEPARTMENT and you need a death machine stuffed with your colleagues’ work to give you ideas
Quit.
And
I hate to say it
But if you work in the ART DEPARTMENT and you need a death machine stuffed with your colleagues’ work to give you ideas
Quit.
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Not even a year ago multiple mainstream media outlets tried to frame RFK jr as a guy with "controversial" opinions on vaccines who just really cared about healthy food.
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Not even a year ago multiple mainstream media outlets tried to frame RFK jr as a guy with "controversial" opinions on vaccines who just really cared about healthy food.
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When the slightest bit of research shows he was consistently racist and a daddy issues Confederate fanboy.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
December 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
When the slightest bit of research shows he was consistently racist and a daddy issues Confederate fanboy.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
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"concept artists can experiment with AI to make their lives easi-"
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
December 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"concept artists can experiment with AI to make their lives easi-"
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
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They buried it because it blamed the same exact consultants and orgs that scapegoated trans people and "the groups" for the loss. They can never accept any responsibility for their failures. The Dem establishment can never fail, it can only ever be failed.
A big reason this is bad is it could let the Future Forward Super PAC escape any accountability for the 2024 loss. It had hundreds of millions of dollars in donor money, and the DNC report was reportedly going to fault them. Now this will remain undisclosed:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
December 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
They buried it because it blamed the same exact consultants and orgs that scapegoated trans people and "the groups" for the loss. They can never accept any responsibility for their failures. The Dem establishment can never fail, it can only ever be failed.
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Death cult
Vaccination rates are plummeting across the country, as part of a larger, troubling trend of growing vaccine hesitancy that is fueling a resurgence of preventable diseases, an NBC News and Stanford University investigation found.
Whooping cough cases soar as vaccination rates drop
In an NBC News data investigation of 31 states, about 70% of counties and jurisdictions fell below the target vaccination rate needed for community protection.
nbcnews.to
December 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Death cult
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The wildest part is when it leaks whatever fallout they were trying to avoid will be ten times worse. In its own way that explains quite a bit www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
The D.N.C. Is Scrapping Its Report on What Went Wrong in 2024
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The wildest part is when it leaks whatever fallout they were trying to avoid will be ten times worse. In its own way that explains quite a bit www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
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This would not have passed if those chickenshit Dems Davis, Cellar, and Gonzalez had not voted for it. They voted to put the parents of trans youth in prison for ten years.
Primary them all.
Primary them all.
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
December 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This would not have passed if those chickenshit Dems Davis, Cellar, and Gonzalez had not voted for it. They voted to put the parents of trans youth in prison for ten years.
Primary them all.
Primary them all.