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Just an old curmudgeon from the Nutmeg State.
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This morning my son came up to me asking “Is this real or a toy?” waving around what I quickly realized to my horror was a broom with a dead mouse stuck in it. At least we now know where the funny smell was coming from 😆 Merry Christmas everyone!
December 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This morning my son came up to me asking “Is this real or a toy?” waving around what I quickly realized to my horror was a broom with a dead mouse stuck in it. At least we now know where the funny smell was coming from 😆 Merry Christmas everyone!
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Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.
December 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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We really need more town halls with marginalized voices, like the Vice President of the United States and the richest men in the world.
December 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We really need more town halls with marginalized voices, like the Vice President of the United States and the richest men in the world.
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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1. None
2. Yuge
2. Yuge
So...
1. How much pressure was placed on the broadcast networks by FCC Chair Carr to air what turned out to be an idiotic tantrum?
2. How much of a mistake was it for the Trump regime to expose Trump's dementia/insanity to a much larger TV audience while preempting very popular programming?
1. How much pressure was placed on the broadcast networks by FCC Chair Carr to air what turned out to be an idiotic tantrum?
2. How much of a mistake was it for the Trump regime to expose Trump's dementia/insanity to a much larger TV audience while preempting very popular programming?
December 18, 2025 at 5:57 AM
1. None
2. Yuge
2. Yuge
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This x 1,000,000
December 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This x 1,000,000
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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Trump grifters and AI scammers support one another.
AI slop makes the information landscape unusable, which helps hide the various Trump cons; the lack of regulation from an administration too busy lining its own pockets gives the AI slop lords free rein to do whatever they want.
AI slop makes the information landscape unusable, which helps hide the various Trump cons; the lack of regulation from an administration too busy lining its own pockets gives the AI slop lords free rein to do whatever they want.
The titans of artificial intelligence have fired the first shot in a regulatory battle poised to dominate the 2026 midterms, and the industry’s prospects for victory are already looking good.
AI Billionaires' 2026 Intimidation Campaign Is Already Working
bit.ly
December 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Trump grifters and AI scammers support one another.
AI slop makes the information landscape unusable, which helps hide the various Trump cons; the lack of regulation from an administration too busy lining its own pockets gives the AI slop lords free rein to do whatever they want.
AI slop makes the information landscape unusable, which helps hide the various Trump cons; the lack of regulation from an administration too busy lining its own pockets gives the AI slop lords free rein to do whatever they want.
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Tom Nichols on Kristi Noem: “There is no plausible world, there is no other planet, on which Kristi Noem and Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel and others would occupy senior jobs in government.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Tom Nichols on Kristi Noem: “There is no plausible world, there is no other planet, on which Kristi Noem and Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel and others would occupy senior jobs in government.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
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Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
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This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
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"Why does he keep doing this to himself? It's like masochism. He's going to keep going on and trying to claim that he's a farmer?"
Tim Miller and Bill Kristol discuss Scott Bessent repeatedly alleging he's a soybean farmer.
Tim Miller and Bill Kristol discuss Scott Bessent repeatedly alleging he's a soybean farmer.
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"Why does he keep doing this to himself? It's like masochism. He's going to keep going on and trying to claim that he's a farmer?"
Tim Miller and Bill Kristol discuss Scott Bessent repeatedly alleging he's a soybean farmer.
Tim Miller and Bill Kristol discuss Scott Bessent repeatedly alleging he's a soybean farmer.
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a lot of this shit might make more sense if trump were going to live another decade or two in power, but he isn't going to. these people are all behaving as if trump at 79 years old is putin when he was 48 years old, and that there'll never be any negative consequences.
New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
Behind Paramount’s Relentless Campaign to Woo Warner Discovery and President Trump
David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal.
www.wsj.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:43 AM
a lot of this shit might make more sense if trump were going to live another decade or two in power, but he isn't going to. these people are all behaving as if trump at 79 years old is putin when he was 48 years old, and that there'll never be any negative consequences.
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New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
Behind Paramount’s Relentless Campaign to Woo Warner Discovery and President Trump
David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal.
www.wsj.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
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We really are on the brink of a health golden age.
Blood cancer therapy reverses incurable leukaemia in some patients
Seven out of 11 patients with incurable cancer who had the treatment appear to be cancer-free.
www.bbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:43 AM
We really are on the brink of a health golden age.
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"It’s not yet time to indulge thoughts of peace and good will to all men (if that’s your thing). For the next two weeks, the kind of Christmas spirit we need is Washington crossing the Delaware and winning a victory for the cause of freedom."
All Gas. No Brakes. Trump Quakes.
It’s dark out there, literally and politically. But there is hope, too.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"It’s not yet time to indulge thoughts of peace and good will to all men (if that’s your thing). For the next two weeks, the kind of Christmas spirit we need is Washington crossing the Delaware and winning a victory for the cause of freedom."
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Yesterday, I held a music festival in my district to register voters and speak directly to young people who don’t usually attend political events. 4,500 tickets. Music + advocacy go hand in hand. Madsoul Festival 2025 was a success.
December 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Yesterday, I held a music festival in my district to register voters and speak directly to young people who don’t usually attend political events. 4,500 tickets. Music + advocacy go hand in hand. Madsoul Festival 2025 was a success.
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“All these cabinet members can go over [to the Kennedy Center] and get prizes instead of doing the kind of things they’re doing” @comstockb.bsky.social says Trump’s FIFA peace prize is a great performative distraction from the awful things he and his administration are doing.
December 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“All these cabinet members can go over [to the Kennedy Center] and get prizes instead of doing the kind of things they’re doing” @comstockb.bsky.social says Trump’s FIFA peace prize is a great performative distraction from the awful things he and his administration are doing.
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MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics