matty
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· Nov 14
Mutual aid/DIY/survival thread
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Proud of you, Bill Maher! New episode of The Downside now available on The Patreon
April 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Proud of you, Bill Maher! New episode of The Downside now available on The Patreon
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The reason that the US is locking up tourists for weeks in hellish detention centers rather than letting them book tickets back home is because the detention centers are owned by corporations. They are charging the taxpayers fortunes to cage these people, and making bonanzas off their suffering.
March 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The reason that the US is locking up tourists for weeks in hellish detention centers rather than letting them book tickets back home is because the detention centers are owned by corporations. They are charging the taxpayers fortunes to cage these people, and making bonanzas off their suffering.
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“None of your hunger is because someone else has the food”
March 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“None of your hunger is because someone else has the food”
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You know that thing you’re about to order from Amazon? See if you can get it from literally any locally owned business first.
March 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
You know that thing you’re about to order from Amazon? See if you can get it from literally any locally owned business first.
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Stephen A saying he would divorce Serena Williams for cripwalking for Kendrick’s Super Bowl performance is hilarious considering how hard he tap dances for Hannity’s show
February 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Stephen A saying he would divorce Serena Williams for cripwalking for Kendrick’s Super Bowl performance is hilarious considering how hard he tap dances for Hannity’s show
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This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!
Okay what is going on here. Are the accounts at a private banking entity? Does the federal government have direct debit permission set up? So many questions as to how Treasury instructed this payment. (Via NY Post’s Craig McCarthy)
February 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!
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Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
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The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
February 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
thinking about how the autoworkers unions are some of the strongest in the united states, and this would absolutely gut those.
February 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
thinking about how the autoworkers unions are some of the strongest in the united states, and this would absolutely gut those.
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hey question, is this bad?
January 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
hey question, is this bad?
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If AI were plagiarising Disney, Warners, etc, it would have been shut down. But it plagiarises freelance writers & artists. Publishers response? Tumbleweed…PRH’s anti-scraping line is belied by its intention to “use generative AI tools […] where we see a clear case that they can advance our goals.”
January 31, 2025 at 1:50 AM
If AI were plagiarising Disney, Warners, etc, it would have been shut down. But it plagiarises freelance writers & artists. Publishers response? Tumbleweed…PRH’s anti-scraping line is belied by its intention to “use generative AI tools […] where we see a clear case that they can advance our goals.”
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A white woman recently took to TikTok in shock after being fired.
She expressed surprise, believing perhaps that DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) hires were exclusively people of color.
However, a lesser-known fact is that white women are the largest demographic of DEI hires in the U.S.
She expressed surprise, believing perhaps that DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) hires were exclusively people of color.
However, a lesser-known fact is that white women are the largest demographic of DEI hires in the U.S.
January 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A white woman recently took to TikTok in shock after being fired.
She expressed surprise, believing perhaps that DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) hires were exclusively people of color.
However, a lesser-known fact is that white women are the largest demographic of DEI hires in the U.S.
She expressed surprise, believing perhaps that DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) hires were exclusively people of color.
However, a lesser-known fact is that white women are the largest demographic of DEI hires in the U.S.
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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
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girl whatever
This is Musk's new pinned tweet.
- It's Latin meaning "no one provokes me and gets away with it."
- He attributes it to Sulla, the Roman general who marched on Rome, named himself dictator and launched a notorious reign of terror, executing much of the city's elite.
- It's never linked to Sulla.
- It's Latin meaning "no one provokes me and gets away with it."
- He attributes it to Sulla, the Roman general who marched on Rome, named himself dictator and launched a notorious reign of terror, executing much of the city's elite.
- It's never linked to Sulla.
January 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
girl whatever
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Wow, it’s really been a rough few years for the university
January 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Wow, it’s really been a rough few years for the university
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I think we can extend the “it’s okay to punch N*zi’s” rule to people who claim he wasn’t doing a N*zi salute
January 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I think we can extend the “it’s okay to punch N*zi’s” rule to people who claim he wasn’t doing a N*zi salute
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I'd stupidly assumed that after decades of Hollywood movies we'd all learned to pick up on evil vibes immediately
They are really not hiding the ball here
They are really not hiding the ball here
January 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I'd stupidly assumed that after decades of Hollywood movies we'd all learned to pick up on evil vibes immediately
They are really not hiding the ball here
They are really not hiding the ball here
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No, I don't need a bloody copilot for this document, thank you.
Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.
Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.
January 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
No, I don't need a bloody copilot for this document, thank you.
Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.
Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.
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From the Twitter archives.
January 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
From the Twitter archives.
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Creativity is like a houseplant, not an endless well. You need to seek out sunlight, water, and nutrients in art, shows, music, experiences, and more to tend to it. And just like plants it has its dormant and active periods and you may not seem improvement for some time.
January 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Creativity is like a houseplant, not an endless well. You need to seek out sunlight, water, and nutrients in art, shows, music, experiences, and more to tend to it. And just like plants it has its dormant and active periods and you may not seem improvement for some time.
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This is perfect explanation
January 23, 2025 at 6:22 AM
This is perfect explanation
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You won't believe this. My team and I make this show called SciShow that works hard to be rigorous and accurate while also being appealing and entertaining.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.
January 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
You won't believe this. My team and I make this show called SciShow that works hard to be rigorous and accurate while also being appealing and entertaining.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.