@writelight.bsky.social
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Sorry guys. If you had actually been “our own” instead of getting friendly with our enemies trying to kill our neighbors and our families, maybe you wouldn’t be getting attacked now, food for thought.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
‘They’re attacking their own’: DC Democrats irked by surge of left-wing challengers with House majority on the line | CNN Politics
When Rep. Dan Goldman first ran for Congress in 2022, he was cheered on the left as the party’s top lawyer during President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.
www.cnn.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Sorry guys. If you had actually been “our own” instead of getting friendly with our enemies trying to kill our neighbors and our families, maybe you wouldn’t be getting attacked now, food for thought.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
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Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
December 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
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This tells you that Vance thinks the MAGA base isn’t just full of diehard racists; he thinks it’s full of diehard racists who are also too cowardly to be openly racist if they think people might disapprove
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This tells you that Vance thinks the MAGA base isn’t just full of diehard racists; he thinks it’s full of diehard racists who are also too cowardly to be openly racist if they think people might disapprove
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The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips
The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
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They want us to be appalled, because caring about rules of war and human lives and the law all mark us out as inferior to them in their sick worldview.
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
They want us to be appalled, because caring about rules of war and human lives and the law all mark us out as inferior to them in their sick worldview.
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The problem with the Torment Nexus is that it wasn’t optimized for user experience. Average daily users experience a ratio of roughly 70% torment vs non-torment in the nexus. The changes we’re implementing should reduce that to a staggering 60% torment. Our goal is 50/50 torment/non-torment by 2028.
November 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The problem with the Torment Nexus is that it wasn’t optimized for user experience. Average daily users experience a ratio of roughly 70% torment vs non-torment in the nexus. The changes we’re implementing should reduce that to a staggering 60% torment. Our goal is 50/50 torment/non-torment by 2028.
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vote to retain, kids
Pennsylvania Republicans are pushing to oust three Democratic justices on Tuesday. That would erase Democrats' supreme court majority.
Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court
The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.
boltsmag.org
November 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
vote to retain, kids
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"Every tyrant tries to convince the public that support for them is all but universal and opposition is both dangerous and futile. Trump will keep saying that. But after No Kings, it will be even harder to believe than it was before." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
No Kings was a huge success. Just look at Trump's response.
Turnout was enormous. There was no violence. And the wannabe king is triggered.
www.publicnotice.co
October 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"Every tyrant tries to convince the public that support for them is all but universal and opposition is both dangerous and futile. Trump will keep saying that. But after No Kings, it will be even harder to believe than it was before." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
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The allure of this technology is skipping the learning curve but then you don’t actually know how to do it
Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
AI’s Invasive Species
The slop is winning.
www.theatlantic.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The allure of this technology is skipping the learning curve but then you don’t actually know how to do it
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Update from the Mayor of Fairhope, who is hopelessly wrong: 1819news.com/news/item/pe...
Wearing a costume is peaceful.
This is not profanity, but profanity is protected by the First Amendment. Cohen v. California.
This is not obscene. If you think this is erotic, you are alone.
Wearing a costume is peaceful.
This is not profanity, but profanity is protected by the First Amendment. Cohen v. California.
This is not obscene. If you think this is erotic, you are alone.
October 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Update from the Mayor of Fairhope, who is hopelessly wrong: 1819news.com/news/item/pe...
Wearing a costume is peaceful.
This is not profanity, but profanity is protected by the First Amendment. Cohen v. California.
This is not obscene. If you think this is erotic, you are alone.
Wearing a costume is peaceful.
This is not profanity, but profanity is protected by the First Amendment. Cohen v. California.
This is not obscene. If you think this is erotic, you are alone.
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Actually do things with homeless people — they are members of your community, half of them have jobs, they’re not people to play safari with and volunteer at a soup kitchen once and think you’re one and done — and you will find that the line between them and you becoming them is shockingly thin
If you have fears about homeless people in your neighborhood, I advise that you go talk to them. Bring a handful of twenties, if you can afford it, hand them out and talk to them like human beings.
You’ll stop feeling as scared and start feeling sad and angry that people have to suffer needlessly.
You’ll stop feeling as scared and start feeling sad and angry that people have to suffer needlessly.
July 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Actually do things with homeless people — they are members of your community, half of them have jobs, they’re not people to play safari with and volunteer at a soup kitchen once and think you’re one and done — and you will find that the line between them and you becoming them is shockingly thin
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Fearing reprisals from the smallminded bigot Donald Trump, corporations are withholding hundreds of thousands of dollars from Pride events this summer. This proves that their "support" was never genuine. Pride was just seen as another opportunity to advertise.
www.edgemedianetwork.com/story/339627
www.edgemedianetwork.com/story/339627
Pride Events Face Budget Shortfalls as US Corporations Pull Support Ahead of Summer Festivities | EDGE United States
Pride Events Face Budget Shortfalls as US Corporations Pull Support Ahead of Summer Festivities
www.edgemedianetwork.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Fearing reprisals from the smallminded bigot Donald Trump, corporations are withholding hundreds of thousands of dollars from Pride events this summer. This proves that their "support" was never genuine. Pride was just seen as another opportunity to advertise.
www.edgemedianetwork.com/story/339627
www.edgemedianetwork.com/story/339627
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if you think that "no one is protesting this time" it says less about what's happening in the world and more about your media consumption habits and how the news media is lying to you.
Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:
March 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
if you think that "no one is protesting this time" it says less about what's happening in the world and more about your media consumption habits and how the news media is lying to you.
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Read the whole article.
And ponder this:
And ponder this:
March 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Read the whole article.
And ponder this:
And ponder this:
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Coming around to the view that a certain kind of narcissist simply needs Musk to be a genius rather than a fraud, because they want to believe there’s a hereditary Brahmin class of accomplished, beautiful minds—and that they’re a part of that class.
February 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Coming around to the view that a certain kind of narcissist simply needs Musk to be a genius rather than a fraud, because they want to believe there’s a hereditary Brahmin class of accomplished, beautiful minds—and that they’re a part of that class.
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There are estimated to be more than 300 people with measles infections in west Texas right now, cases have shown up in eastern New Mexico, and there are new cases in New Jersey, Alaska and at least a couple southeastern states. This is a national problem and there is no federal infrastructure for it
No word from CDC as Texas measles outbreak continues to grow. The CDC measles page hasn't been updated since Feb 7 so this outbreak isn't reflected. No MMWR report, no Health Advisory, no nothing. We are on a dangerous path.
Ten more measles cases—58 total—confirmed in Texas outbreak
The latest update includes a case from Lubbock County, pushing the number of affected counties to 5.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
February 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
There are estimated to be more than 300 people with measles infections in west Texas right now, cases have shown up in eastern New Mexico, and there are new cases in New Jersey, Alaska and at least a couple southeastern states. This is a national problem and there is no federal infrastructure for it
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Being a fucking idiot has consequences. Unfortunately, they’re for everybody.
Laid-off IRS employee said he had voted for Trump: "I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason."
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
February 21, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Being a fucking idiot has consequences. Unfortunately, they’re for everybody.
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The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?
February 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?
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What a disgrace.
Bezos and the newspaper he has destroyed should be grateful that anyone thinks it’s still worthwhile to buy ad space from them.
*This* is how democracy dies.
Bezos and the newspaper he has destroyed should be grateful that anyone thinks it’s still worthwhile to buy ad space from them.
*This* is how democracy dies.
Washington Post backs out of ‘Fire Elon Musk’ ad order
The Washington Post this week backed out of a “Fire Elon Musk” advertising order that was to run as a wrap on some of its Tuesday editions, according to the advocacy group Common Cause. The group …
thehill.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
What a disgrace.
Bezos and the newspaper he has destroyed should be grateful that anyone thinks it’s still worthwhile to buy ad space from them.
*This* is how democracy dies.
Bezos and the newspaper he has destroyed should be grateful that anyone thinks it’s still worthwhile to buy ad space from them.
*This* is how democracy dies.
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Anyone using "woke" as a pejorative should be presumed to be a racist and a segregationist; anyone who doesn't fall into those categories who does so has chosen to accept segregationist framing, and the further we go, the more this choice has to be ascribed not to unawareness but to deliberation.
February 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Anyone using "woke" as a pejorative should be presumed to be a racist and a segregationist; anyone who doesn't fall into those categories who does so has chosen to accept segregationist framing, and the further we go, the more this choice has to be ascribed not to unawareness but to deliberation.
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There's a clarity, directness & eloquence in @juliusgoat.bsky.social 's writing that appeals to me in general but especially speaks to me right now in distilling the craziness of WTF is going on.
www.the-reframe.com/the/
www.the-reframe.com/the/
February 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
There's a clarity, directness & eloquence in @juliusgoat.bsky.social 's writing that appeals to me in general but especially speaks to me right now in distilling the craziness of WTF is going on.
www.the-reframe.com/the/
www.the-reframe.com/the/
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People in tech talk about the idea of a “10x programmer” — someone whose work is worth that of 10 others. I get the impression Musk etc think they can apply it all over the federal workforce but like… there’s no such thing as a 10x ATC navigational aid maintenance worker. Some jobs just need people.
Abruptly firing people who work in air traffic control is like murdering your own soldiers in the middle of a war.
Even if you think things now aren’t working as efficiently as they should there’s no clear path to recovering from this; it’s just a really extremely foolish and dangerous thing to do.
Even if you think things now aren’t working as efficiently as they should there’s no clear path to recovering from this; it’s just a really extremely foolish and dangerous thing to do.
On the heels of multiple airplane disasters, including one less than a month ago that killed 67 people, and after years of warnings about our understaffed air traffic control system, Trump has begun firing hundreds of FAA air traffic control workers.
apnews.com/article/doge...
apnews.com/article/doge...
February 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
People in tech talk about the idea of a “10x programmer” — someone whose work is worth that of 10 others. I get the impression Musk etc think they can apply it all over the federal workforce but like… there’s no such thing as a 10x ATC navigational aid maintenance worker. Some jobs just need people.
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It's a horrendous flu season. It's killing kids, it's killing adults. It's killing people who were perfectly healthy before and people who, like most Americans, have chronic illness. It costs NOTHING to keep existing resources available. Our government is spending money to make Americans sicker.
On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down.
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
February 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It's a horrendous flu season. It's killing kids, it's killing adults. It's killing people who were perfectly healthy before and people who, like most Americans, have chronic illness. It costs NOTHING to keep existing resources available. Our government is spending money to make Americans sicker.