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“Why is literacy important?”
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“Why is literacy important?”
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
@schumer.senate.gov this could be us but you playin.
When the Conservative Party in Korea declared martial law, the Korean Democrats knew if they didn’t send them to hell there would be no opposition afterwards. And look at them. They’re taking the ex conservative president and ensuring he never breathes free ever again.
South Korea special prosecutor indicts ex-President Yoon on more charges reut.rs/3Xka3TD
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
@schumer.senate.gov this could be us but you playin.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Expel the yes votes from the party and cut off all their access to fundraising, then remove Schumer from leadership. Anything less is mealy-mouthed coward bullshit.
As this vote moves to the House, I stand with Democratic leadership as they refuse to rubber stamp the full-scale Republican assault on Americans’ health care and I am proud of the majority of Senate Democrats who opposed this vote.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Expel the yes votes from the party and cut off all their access to fundraising, then remove Schumer from leadership. Anything less is mealy-mouthed coward bullshit.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
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It all makes sense when you look at this simple graphical representation of who is providing services to whom, which companies are investing in other AI companies who are in turn leasing hardware from another company and ... oh, I think I pulled something ...
November 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
It all makes sense when you look at this simple graphical representation of who is providing services to whom, which companies are investing in other AI companies who are in turn leasing hardware from another company and ... oh, I think I pulled something ...
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man, dick cheney and james watson dying, zohran mamdani winning, bolsonaro sobbing himself into hiccups because hes going to prison.....bad week for racist crackers huh!
November 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
man, dick cheney and james watson dying, zohran mamdani winning, bolsonaro sobbing himself into hiccups because hes going to prison.....bad week for racist crackers huh!
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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It's really important to note that not only was Watson a racist and misogynist but his contribution to the double helix was listening to a Rosalind Franklin lecture and getting mad because Francis Crick wouldn't invite him to his sex parties.
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
It's really important to note that not only was Watson a racist and misogynist but his contribution to the double helix was listening to a Rosalind Franklin lecture and getting mad because Francis Crick wouldn't invite him to his sex parties.
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I see James Watson has died.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I see James Watson has died.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
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This is how I found out James Watson died and, appropriate
I love this website, where “this person died” is swiftly followed up by “shame he was a racist motherfucker”
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This is how I found out James Watson died and, appropriate
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Intuit, parent company of TurboTax, donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration. Always follow the money.
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Intuit, parent company of TurboTax, donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration. Always follow the money.
Damn. We should be paid better for all this work.
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Damn. We should be paid better for all this work.
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I agree: Sean Dunn is not guilty.
This has been a “moments in living out the responsibilities you’ve assumed by selecting your username like seven years ago”
This has been a “moments in living out the responsibilities you’ve assumed by selecting your username like seven years ago”
November 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I agree: Sean Dunn is not guilty.
This has been a “moments in living out the responsibilities you’ve assumed by selecting your username like seven years ago”
This has been a “moments in living out the responsibilities you’ve assumed by selecting your username like seven years ago”
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Get their asses
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Get their asses
Hey, there's also a petition to retain Bad Bunny. Can we see if we can surpass? c.org/xb8vcBnrKR
November 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hey, there's also a petition to retain Bad Bunny. Can we see if we can surpass? c.org/xb8vcBnrKR
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I know I already re-posted this, but given they just called the race for Frey, it bears repeating over and over and over again.
Frey didn't win because we in MPLS like him. He won because the GOP helped him stay there.
Frey didn't win because we in MPLS like him. He won because the GOP helped him stay there.
GOP realized years ago they’d never successfully run a Republican for Mpls mayor so they just bought Frey.
November 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I know I already re-posted this, but given they just called the race for Frey, it bears repeating over and over and over again.
Frey didn't win because we in MPLS like him. He won because the GOP helped him stay there.
Frey didn't win because we in MPLS like him. He won because the GOP helped him stay there.
Humbly requesting that @omarfatehmn.com and @dewayneforminneapolis.com create the Minneapolis equivalent of a Shadow Cabinet to respond to every single decision the Mayor and Council make during the next four year. Document how things could be better. Armchair the hell out of that quarterback.
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Humbly requesting that @omarfatehmn.com and @dewayneforminneapolis.com create the Minneapolis equivalent of a Shadow Cabinet to respond to every single decision the Mayor and Council make during the next four year. Document how things could be better. Armchair the hell out of that quarterback.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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This year is the 40th anniversary of Back To The Future! Nov 5-12, we are offering adult full weekend CONvergence 2026 passes at the discount rate of $85 in order to celebrate the dates that Marty McFly was in 1955. Use code BTTF40 when you register!
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November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This year is the 40th anniversary of Back To The Future! Nov 5-12, we are offering adult full weekend CONvergence 2026 passes at the discount rate of $85 in order to celebrate the dates that Marty McFly was in 1955. Use code BTTF40 when you register!
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#CVG2026
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The president doesn’t have dementia, and you can tell because he needs one of the most famous locations in the country labeled on the outside.
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The president doesn’t have dementia, and you can tell because he needs one of the most famous locations in the country labeled on the outside.
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Thanks to Donald Trump, giant tax prep companies are popping champagne, while Americans are forced to spend more time and more money to file their taxes.
Filing your taxes should be free and easy.
This fight isn’t over.
Filing your taxes should be free and easy.
This fight isn’t over.
Direct File won’t happen in 2026, IRS tells states
The free service that allowed taxpayers to file online directly with the IRS was used by hundreds of thousands of taxpayers in 2024 and 2025, who gave it high marks — although tax prep companies and R...
www.nextgov.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Thanks to Donald Trump, giant tax prep companies are popping champagne, while Americans are forced to spend more time and more money to file their taxes.
Filing your taxes should be free and easy.
This fight isn’t over.
Filing your taxes should be free and easy.
This fight isn’t over.
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I stand by the assertion that Mamdani should hire Sliwa as his Cuomo Czar. When Curtis was talking trash on Bill Ackman's shitty tennis playing in Newport, it was clear he knew where all the NYC politics bodies were buried. Sliwa can help the government cut ties with every Cuomo adjacent hanger-on
Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I stand by the assertion that Mamdani should hire Sliwa as his Cuomo Czar. When Curtis was talking trash on Bill Ackman's shitty tennis playing in Newport, it was clear he knew where all the NYC politics bodies were buried. Sliwa can help the government cut ties with every Cuomo adjacent hanger-on
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Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.