Tom Quinn
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A million years ago, this was a national scandal. Today, it is just an every day occurrence that we all tacitly accept.
June 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A million years ago, this was a national scandal. Today, it is just an every day occurrence that we all tacitly accept.
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Every 70mm IMAX screening of Ryan Coogler’s ‘SINNERS’ has sold out, crashing AMC’s website.
May 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Every 70mm IMAX screening of Ryan Coogler’s ‘SINNERS’ has sold out, crashing AMC’s website.
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Damon Hininger, CEO of private prison giant Core Civic, just told investors: " I've worked at CoreCivic for 32 years, and this is truly one of the most exciting periods in my career ... we're anticipating .. the most significant growth in our company's history."
theintercept.com/2025/02/11/c...
theintercept.com/2025/02/11/c...
Private Prison CEO on Trump Deportation Surge: “One of the Most Exciting Periods in My Career”
CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger could barely contain his excitement about the Laken Riley Act and Trump’s anti-immigration executive orders.
theintercept.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Damon Hininger, CEO of private prison giant Core Civic, just told investors: " I've worked at CoreCivic for 32 years, and this is truly one of the most exciting periods in my career ... we're anticipating .. the most significant growth in our company's history."
theintercept.com/2025/02/11/c...
theintercept.com/2025/02/11/c...
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remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards
robert f. kennedy jr. submits his application to harvard university. his application is, in its entirety, a single page with his name "Robert F. Kennedy Jr."
he is accepted immediately.
he is accepted immediately.
January 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards
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When history starts repeating itself 💔
January 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
When history starts repeating itself 💔
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Powerful message from Jim Acosta as he resigns from CNN today:
“It is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant…Do not give in to the lies. Don’t give into the fear. Hold on to the truth and to hope.”
“It is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant…Do not give in to the lies. Don’t give into the fear. Hold on to the truth and to hope.”
January 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Powerful message from Jim Acosta as he resigns from CNN today:
“It is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant…Do not give in to the lies. Don’t give into the fear. Hold on to the truth and to hope.”
“It is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant…Do not give in to the lies. Don’t give into the fear. Hold on to the truth and to hope.”
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"But unbeknownst to Hammer, he was being followed. A longtime Mainer was determined to wipe the smirk off the neo-Nazi’s face. Indeed, he hoped to run Hammer out of the state for good."
How Concerned Citizens Ran a Neo-Nazi Out of Rural Maine
Before he promoted lies about Haitians eating pets in Ohio, Christopher Pohlhaus tried to build a fascist compound in America's whitest state. His neighbors had other plans.
magazine.atavist.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:00 PM
"But unbeknownst to Hammer, he was being followed. A longtime Mainer was determined to wipe the smirk off the neo-Nazi’s face. Indeed, he hoped to run Hammer out of the state for good."
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with the brain worm, it’s kind of a two-for-one opportunity
November 14, 2024 at 8:53 PM
with the brain worm, it’s kind of a two-for-one opportunity
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between anti-abortion extremists and rfk the trump administration seems to be a targeted effort to increase maternal and early childhood mortality
November 14, 2024 at 10:02 PM
between anti-abortion extremists and rfk the trump administration seems to be a targeted effort to increase maternal and early childhood mortality
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Trump wants to slash EV subsidies—with Musk's support. Why? Bc Musk thinks this will increase his competitive advantage.
This shows how the climate ppl who worship Musk fundamentally misunderstand capitalism. He's not trying to change the system, but to own a niche.
www.axios.com/2024/11/14/t...
This shows how the climate ppl who worship Musk fundamentally misunderstand capitalism. He's not trying to change the system, but to own a niche.
www.axios.com/2024/11/14/t...
Trump expected to pursue demise of EV tax credits
The Trump administration and congressional Republicans are expected to pursue the demolition of electric vehicle tax credits.
www.axios.com
November 14, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Trump wants to slash EV subsidies—with Musk's support. Why? Bc Musk thinks this will increase his competitive advantage.
This shows how the climate ppl who worship Musk fundamentally misunderstand capitalism. He's not trying to change the system, but to own a niche.
www.axios.com/2024/11/14/t...
This shows how the climate ppl who worship Musk fundamentally misunderstand capitalism. He's not trying to change the system, but to own a niche.
www.axios.com/2024/11/14/t...
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While there are checks and balances to mitigate attacks on health policy, it's important not to understate the power of the bully pulpit RFK Jr will be given as head of HHS. So much harm will be done by handing him a larger platform to spread vaccine and health disinformation.
November 14, 2024 at 10:56 PM
While there are checks and balances to mitigate attacks on health policy, it's important not to understate the power of the bully pulpit RFK Jr will be given as head of HHS. So much harm will be done by handing him a larger platform to spread vaccine and health disinformation.
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The number of times this account has stopped me in my tracks… The vaccine’s double edged gift was that it let people memory hole scenes like this and treat Covid like the flu. But those moments when your mind slips back to those dark days…
Thursday April 9, 2020
As New York's dead mount, coffins begin to fill a mass grave on Hart Island, the 150-year-old potter's field in the Bronx where those with no next of kin or families that cannot pay for a funeral are buried.
As New York's dead mount, coffins begin to fill a mass grave on Hart Island, the 150-year-old potter's field in the Bronx where those with no next of kin or families that cannot pay for a funeral are buried.
April 9, 2024 at 1:36 PM
The number of times this account has stopped me in my tracks… The vaccine’s double edged gift was that it let people memory hole scenes like this and treat Covid like the flu. But those moments when your mind slips back to those dark days…
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Just another day when I'm struck again by the terrible societal failure represented by the fact that GoFundMe has become an entirely normalized part of the process of getting critical health care for thousands of people in this country.
February 21, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Just another day when I'm struck again by the terrible societal failure represented by the fact that GoFundMe has become an entirely normalized part of the process of getting critical health care for thousands of people in this country.
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Twenty-somethings didn’t used to have heart attacks! Thirty-somethings didn’t used to have heart attacks! Or at least it was rare enough that it required explanation when they did! There didn’t used to be a perpetual “mystery bug” going around—that’s Covid!
February 20, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Twenty-somethings didn’t used to have heart attacks! Thirty-somethings didn’t used to have heart attacks! Or at least it was rare enough that it required explanation when they did! There didn’t used to be a perpetual “mystery bug” going around—that’s Covid!
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Democratic candidate for Senate in North Dakota. She’s a real long shot to win, but holy cow is this a good ad. youtu.be/I44L1pzi4gk?...
Wolves - Katrina for U.S. Senate
View the launch video for Katrina's campaign for U.S. Senate in North Dakota in 2024, "Wolves"
youtu.be
February 14, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Democratic candidate for Senate in North Dakota. She’s a real long shot to win, but holy cow is this a good ad. youtu.be/I44L1pzi4gk?...
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A UT man has been barred from attending school sport events after "belligerently" accusing a 17-year-old girl of being transgender--even after being told the student had submitted their birth certificate to comply with UT's ban on trans athletes.
“I wasn’t born yesterday, I know that’s a boy"
“I wasn’t born yesterday, I know that’s a boy"
An angry Utah parent accused a high school basketball player of being transgender. Will it keep happ...
A father attending a junior varsity basketball game in Canyons School District was banned from future games after he wrongly insisted a player on the opposing team was transgender.
www.sltrib.com
January 28, 2024 at 2:48 PM
A UT man has been barred from attending school sport events after "belligerently" accusing a 17-year-old girl of being transgender--even after being told the student had submitted their birth certificate to comply with UT's ban on trans athletes.
“I wasn’t born yesterday, I know that’s a boy"
“I wasn’t born yesterday, I know that’s a boy"
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Only quote I ever feel like sharing on MLK Day is this one
January 15, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Only quote I ever feel like sharing on MLK Day is this one
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Humans are so dumb that anything they don't personally remember doesn't seem real to them.
People have no personal experience of a virus making dogs go crazy and bite everyone that is 100% fatal to both the dog and the humans, so they think it's no big deal.
www.npr.org/sections/hea...
People have no personal experience of a virus making dogs go crazy and bite everyone that is 100% fatal to both the dog and the humans, so they think it's no big deal.
www.npr.org/sections/hea...
January 10, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Humans are so dumb that anything they don't personally remember doesn't seem real to them.
People have no personal experience of a virus making dogs go crazy and bite everyone that is 100% fatal to both the dog and the humans, so they think it's no big deal.
www.npr.org/sections/hea...
People have no personal experience of a virus making dogs go crazy and bite everyone that is 100% fatal to both the dog and the humans, so they think it's no big deal.
www.npr.org/sections/hea...
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This was one of the most prescient pieces of journalism written in the last decade deadspin.com/the-future-o...
The Future Of The Culture Wars Is Here, And It's Gamergate
Over the weekend, a game developer in Boston named Brianna Wu fled her home after an online stalker vowed to rape and kill her. She isn't the first woman who's been forced into hiding by aggrieved vid...
deadspin.com
January 4, 2024 at 2:19 AM
This was one of the most prescient pieces of journalism written in the last decade deadspin.com/the-future-o...
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BREAKING: Norway’s United Federation of Trade Unions says it will start blocking Teslas bound for Sweden unless Musk signs a collective bargaining agreement with the Swedish Industrial Workers’ Union.
They will join workers in Denmark who have taken Sweden's Tesla strike international.
They will join workers in Denmark who have taken Sweden's Tesla strike international.
December 6, 2023 at 2:25 PM
BREAKING: Norway’s United Federation of Trade Unions says it will start blocking Teslas bound for Sweden unless Musk signs a collective bargaining agreement with the Swedish Industrial Workers’ Union.
They will join workers in Denmark who have taken Sweden's Tesla strike international.
They will join workers in Denmark who have taken Sweden's Tesla strike international.
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If he wasn't a powerful and litigious white supremacist, what Elon's going through would be deeply sad. He clearly has a bottomless need for approval, has been used to getting it for years and is now destroying his life to seek it out from the dwindling number of losers willing to give it to him.
December 1, 2023 at 9:16 PM
If he wasn't a powerful and litigious white supremacist, what Elon's going through would be deeply sad. He clearly has a bottomless need for approval, has been used to getting it for years and is now destroying his life to seek it out from the dwindling number of losers willing to give it to him.