Minister Denby
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Union officer, diplomat. Evansville, Peking, Tientsin.
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Taibbi spent the better part of the 1990s in Moscow writing newspaper columns and then a book about how awesome it was bedding economically desperate Russian teen girls and harassing his paper's female staff.
Ok Matt Taibbi has posted.
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Taibbi spent the better part of the 1990s in Moscow writing newspaper columns and then a book about how awesome it was bedding economically desperate Russian teen girls and harassing his paper's female staff.
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Indonesia on highest alert level after volcano near Bali erupts
Clouds of ash and gas rise above Mount Semeru on Indonesia's main island of Java after eruptions force officials to raise the alert status to its highest level
Clouds of ash and gas rise above Mount Semeru on Indonesia's main island of Java after eruptions force officials to raise the alert status to its highest level
November 20, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Indonesia on highest alert level after volcano near Bali erupts
Clouds of ash and gas rise above Mount Semeru on Indonesia's main island of Java after eruptions force officials to raise the alert status to its highest level
Clouds of ash and gas rise above Mount Semeru on Indonesia's main island of Java after eruptions force officials to raise the alert status to its highest level
Gonna try to Zelensky-ambush him.
BREAKING
President Trump says he will be meeting with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Friday at the White House.
President Trump says he will be meeting with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Friday at the White House.
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Gonna try to Zelensky-ambush him.
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Jonathan Joss' neighbor indicted on murder charge for shooting of 'King of the Hill' actor
Jonathan Joss' neighbor indicted on murder charge for shooting of 'King of the Hill' actor
The man accused of killing 'King of the Hill' actor Jonathan Joss was indicted Monday, five months after the fatal shooting in San Antonio. He faces a single murder charge.
www.latimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Jonathan Joss' neighbor indicted on murder charge for shooting of 'King of the Hill' actor
Elon bought it so that he can start posting secret racist messages on X with a vintage flair.
An extremely rare and operational Nazi Enigma encryption machine, famously cracked by Allied codebreakers during World War II, has sold for nearly half a million euros in Paris, double its expected price, auction house Christie's said Wednesday
u.afp.com/SnCQ
u.afp.com/SnCQ
November 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Elon bought it so that he can start posting secret racist messages on X with a vintage flair.
She’s perpetually in “Notice me, senpai!” mode, and her senpai is Satan.
Mace is a bad person who has done many things to hurt people, and yet more than most of them I find her pitiable.
Nancy Mace: "I don't have any friends"
November 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
She’s perpetually in “Notice me, senpai!” mode, and her senpai is Satan.
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the bricks are alive at this day to testify it;
therefore deny it not.
therefore deny it not.
November 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
the bricks are alive at this day to testify it;
therefore deny it not.
therefore deny it not.
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Macaroni and cheese is basically The American Dish and you can tell because everyone has their own way of making it and there are fierce arguments over which way is the best.
Seems to be a totally US thing because as a side it’s barely heard of here.
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Macaroni and cheese is basically The American Dish and you can tell because everyone has their own way of making it and there are fierce arguments over which way is the best.
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Awesome advice. I had no idea this was even a thing.
People using Chrome may want to know about this.
To disable the new default AI mode. Type chrome://flags in your address bar. Search for AI mode in the search box below and disable the three options displayed.
To disable the new default AI mode. Type chrome://flags in your address bar. Search for AI mode in the search box below and disable the three options displayed.
November 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Awesome advice. I had no idea this was even a thing.
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AfD is out there cooking up new kinds of racism like they're working on the cure for cancer.
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
AfD is out there cooking up new kinds of racism like they're working on the cure for cancer.
Ngl I thought this was about Trump murdering Venezuelans.
One of my favorite parts of being WIRED’s Special Projects editor is working with the team that turns our journalism into films, docs, and TV series. Today, the world gets to see one of those projects with the release of ‘The Carman Family Deaths’ on Netflix. 🧵
www.netflix.com/watch/81664825
www.netflix.com/watch/81664825
Watch The Carman Family Deaths | Netflix Official Site
A young man's dramatic rescue at sea spirals into accusations he murdered two members of his wealthy New England family in this true-crime documentary.
www.netflix.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Ngl I thought this was about Trump murdering Venezuelans.
Meanwhile, in future Olivia Nuzzi news …
Billionaire hedge fund founder Tom Steyer is running for governor
Billionaire hedge fund founder Tom Steyer is running for governor
Billionaire hedge fund founder, climate change warrior and major Democratic donor Tom Steyer is running for governor. Fossil fuel and migrant detention facility investments will likely draw attacks from his fellow Democrats.
www.latimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Meanwhile, in future Olivia Nuzzi news …
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"things happen" = burning risotto, breaking a vase, forgetting a friend's birthday
"things happen" ≠ violently murdering and dismembering a journalist in a consulate
"things happen" ≠ violently murdering and dismembering a journalist in a consulate
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"things happen" = burning risotto, breaking a vase, forgetting a friend's birthday
"things happen" ≠ violently murdering and dismembering a journalist in a consulate
"things happen" ≠ violently murdering and dismembering a journalist in a consulate
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New to me and interesting: DARPA goal is satellites in the 100-200km range that 'harvest' the thin atmosphere, ionize the molecules, and accelerate them out electrically to create a bit of thrust to counter the drag. Like xenon ion thrusters, but self fueling.
Redwire lands $44 million DARPA award to build air-breathing satellite
Program aims to prove a new class of spacecraft that can survive and maneuver in the drag-heavy regime of very low Earth orbit
Program aims to prove a new class of spacecraft that can survive and maneuver in the drag-heavy regime of very low Earth orbit
Redwire lands $44 million DARPA award to build air-breathing satellite
Program aims to prove a new class of spacecraft that can survive and maneuver in the drag-heavy regime of very low Earth orbit
spacenews.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
New to me and interesting: DARPA goal is satellites in the 100-200km range that 'harvest' the thin atmosphere, ionize the molecules, and accelerate them out electrically to create a bit of thrust to counter the drag. Like xenon ion thrusters, but self fueling.
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the actual suicide of the West will be combining a rapidly aging population with hostility to migrants. however we must give credit to East Asia, especially Japan, for pioneering this model.
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
the actual suicide of the West will be combining a rapidly aging population with hostility to migrants. however we must give credit to East Asia, especially Japan, for pioneering this model.
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The year is 2035. World War III enters its third year. The United States has reverse quadruple defected and is currently aligned with Lesotho, the Society for Creative Anachronism, and a rebel faction of penguins in the Falklands. NATO has applied for admission into Ukraine.
SCOOP: The Trump administration has been secretly working in consultation with Russia to draft a new plan to end the war in Ukraine
Scoop: U.S. secretly drafting new plan to end Ukraine war
"We feel the Russian position is really being heard," Russia's envoy told Axios.
www.axios.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The year is 2035. World War III enters its third year. The United States has reverse quadruple defected and is currently aligned with Lesotho, the Society for Creative Anachronism, and a rebel faction of penguins in the Falklands. NATO has applied for admission into Ukraine.
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Really ties all the threads together, this one
Andrew Johnson — a Jan. 6 rioter who went by "Am🇺🇸rican T🇺🇸rrorist” on Elon Musk’s platform — has been arrested on child molestation charges, with police saying he used the promise of a taxpayer-funded payout from Trump's DOJ to try and keep one of the victims silent.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.
theintercept.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Really ties all the threads together, this one
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I can’t wait for historical meme study to become a thing. Like, once people who engage in the study won’t possibly have been alive long enough to understand them firsthand.
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I can’t wait for historical meme study to become a thing. Like, once people who engage in the study won’t possibly have been alive long enough to understand them firsthand.
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10$ says they had a really stupid couple pet name for themselves involving pizza or something with the zz
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
10$ says they had a really stupid couple pet name for themselves involving pizza or something with the zz
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Matthew Macfadyen should helm a Lizza-inspired prestige series.
the only way i am willing to consume olivia nuzzi content is by reading an endless succession of stories about self-serious amoral idiot ryan lizza being cuckolded by an increasingly gross succession of octogenerians
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Matthew Macfadyen should helm a Lizza-inspired prestige series.
Has Ryan dropped part two yet?
Twitter is unavailable, we now have a monopoly on Nuzzi-Lizza discourse
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Has Ryan dropped part two yet?
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Speaking exclusively to BBC News, Sundar Pichai said while the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) investment had been an "extraordinary moment", there was some "irrationality" in the current AI boom.
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an "extraordinary moment", but there was some "irrationality" in it.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, Sundar Pichai said while the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) investment had been an "extraordinary moment", there was some "irrationality" in the current AI boom.
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NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro