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I would sing with the birds if I only knew the words.
Pinned
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I feel like "attention hacking" is most of politics now. The Minnesota aid fraud story is becoming a perfect example.
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
December 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I feel like "attention hacking" is most of politics now. The Minnesota aid fraud story is becoming a perfect example.
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
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“they are lying to your face about something you remember” is a perfect summary of this book as sharply offered by @michaelhobbes.bsky.social on @ifbookspod.bsky.social
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
“they are lying to your face about something you remember” is a perfect summary of this book as sharply offered by @michaelhobbes.bsky.social on @ifbookspod.bsky.social
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Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found.
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
How Walmart’s Financial Services Became a Fraud Magnet
Scammers have duped consumers out of more than $1 billion by exploiting Walmart’s lax security. The company has resisted taking responsibility while breaking promises to regulators and skimping on tra...
www.propublica.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found.
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
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Since my dad was both a radar man and in the FAA, I’ve always had a love of the NORAD Tracks Santa program run every Christmas Eve out of Colorado Springs
If you want to know more @hcrichardson.bsky.social just posted a fun video about its creation.
If you want to know more @hcrichardson.bsky.social just posted a fun video about its creation.
Tracking Santa’s Sleigh | Talk & Draw with Liza Donnelly and Heather Cox Richardson
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 24, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Since my dad was both a radar man and in the FAA, I’ve always had a love of the NORAD Tracks Santa program run every Christmas Eve out of Colorado Springs
If you want to know more @hcrichardson.bsky.social just posted a fun video about its creation.
If you want to know more @hcrichardson.bsky.social just posted a fun video about its creation.
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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
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this is so depressing for a book that has widely been debunked by the actual experts
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
this is so depressing for a book that has widely been debunked by the actual experts
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
We all owe thanks to Chris Whipple if the Vanity Fair piece. Jonathan Karl would have saved it for his next book.
As is often the case these days, we are finding out in real time what in prior eras we would have discovered only through years-long investigations long after the events in question. It’s the Pentagon Papers every day!
December 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We all owe thanks to Chris Whipple if the Vanity Fair piece. Jonathan Karl would have saved it for his next book.
This could break your heart.
I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This could break your heart.
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"under an established WHO framework, zero deaths were deemed “certain” to have been caused by Covid-19 vaccines, two were judged to be “probable/likely,” while five were “possible.”" insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-fda-...
Scoop: FDA vaccine chief’s memo cited 10 pediatric Covid-19 vaccine deaths—but the agency’s own analysis found 0–7.
Dr. Vinay Prasad circulated a memo before FDA scientists finished their work. His conclusions overshot what the agency’s own analysts ultimately found.
insidemedicine.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
"under an established WHO framework, zero deaths were deemed “certain” to have been caused by Covid-19 vaccines, two were judged to be “probable/likely,” while five were “possible.”" insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-fda-...
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
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Mr. Rubio said switching back to Times New Roman would “restore decorum and professionalism to the department’s written work.” Calibri is “informal” when compared to serif typefaces like Times New Roman and “clashes” with the department’s official letterhead. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Rubio Deletes Calibri as the State Department’s Official Typeface
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
TOP TEN REJECTED STATE DEPT FONTS
10. Rubio
9. Tragic Sans
8. Covfefe
7. Fulgencio Handwriting
6. Soviet Underwood
5. Atlas Shrugged
4. Mussolini Neue
3. Von Ribbon-Trop
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1. Trumpf Dingbats
10. Rubio
9. Tragic Sans
8. Covfefe
7. Fulgencio Handwriting
6. Soviet Underwood
5. Atlas Shrugged
4. Mussolini Neue
3. Von Ribbon-Trop
2. Foam Party
1. Trumpf Dingbats
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December 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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It’s got everything: ridiculous music, digital confetti, a giant gold orb trophy, a blue ribbon medal, a fawning corrupt dude, and an orange aspiring fascist
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
It’s got everything: ridiculous music, digital confetti, a giant gold orb trophy, a blue ribbon medal, a fawning corrupt dude, and an orange aspiring fascist
Combined with the increasing attacks by Ukraine on Russian oil tankers this could be very impactful. 🤞
It's decided.
Europe is closing the tap on Russian fossil fuels once and for all.
Energy independence starts now.
→ link.europa.eu/tykVJf
Europe is closing the tap on Russian fossil fuels once and for all.
Energy independence starts now.
→ link.europa.eu/tykVJf
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Combined with the increasing attacks by Ukraine on Russian oil tankers this could be very impactful. 🤞
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Let me get this straight: we trained this guy to be an elite killer, abandoned his country to the Taliban, isolated him, arbitrarily banned him from working and so left his family unsupported.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work newrepublic.com/post/203784/... via @newrepublic.com
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work
The National Guard shooting suspect felt abandoned by the CIA after working together for so long, his fellow unit member said.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Let me get this straight: we trained this guy to be an elite killer, abandoned his country to the Taliban, isolated him, arbitrarily banned him from working and so left his family unsupported.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
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Final stretch in the Tennessee district 7 special election
Sign up for the rally here!
Sign up for the rally here!
November 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Final stretch in the Tennessee district 7 special election
Sign up for the rally here!
Sign up for the rally here!
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31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
A Warning from 1994 of a Two-Tiered Society | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
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November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
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This is by far the best piece I've read on MTG's metamorphosis. Sharing it after reading another dumb take claiming that she's motivated by nothing other than cynicism and ambition. She's ambitious, yes, and crazy. But something has genuinely happened, too. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke
What the Georgia representative learned in Washington
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This is by far the best piece I've read on MTG's metamorphosis. Sharing it after reading another dumb take claiming that she's motivated by nothing other than cynicism and ambition. She's ambitious, yes, and crazy. But something has genuinely happened, too. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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NEW: As President Trump increases pressure on Colorado Governor Polis to free Tina Peters, a close ally of Peters is calling for Gov Polis and Attorney General Weiser to be executed.
MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.
MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
NEW: As President Trump increases pressure on Colorado Governor Polis to free Tina Peters, a close ally of Peters is calling for Gov Polis and Attorney General Weiser to be executed.
MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.
MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
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8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
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Excuse me, Mr Harari, but I can think of at least one animal that understands the concept of money
Dog Always Brings A Leaf To 'Buy' Himself Treats At The Store
This clever dog figured out how commerce works.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Excuse me, Mr Harari, but I can think of at least one animal that understands the concept of money