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Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt
A Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023
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today @prismreports.org is launching its partnership with Visualizing Palestine, featuring this reporting on media bias from the incredible Laura Albast. i'm proud as hell of prism's work every day, but i'm especially proud of this; please give it a read. prismreports.org/2025/09/09/j...
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Judge is a great player, but Cal Raleigh had the best ever season by a catcher and should have been the MVP. Bad enough that the oligarch teams dominate the sport. They shouldn't geta leg up in post-season awards too.
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Judge is a great player, but Cal Raleigh had the best ever season by a catcher and should have been the MVP. Bad enough that the oligarch teams dominate the sport. They shouldn't geta leg up in post-season awards too.
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I have the most wonderful story for you all today: baby alligator spotted in Charles River, then immediately rescued by local reptile enthusiast
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I have the most wonderful story for you all today: baby alligator spotted in Charles River, then immediately rescued by local reptile enthusiast
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Someone handed this to my grandpa in an Inwood bar, c. 1946
January 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Someone handed this to my grandpa in an Inwood bar, c. 1946
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this and previous excerpt from this book, coming in June. With a kick-ass intro by @kimkelly.bsky.social! beltpublishing.com/products/ame...
American Made: Stories of Work from the WPA
June 16, 2026edited by Anne Trubek with an introduction by Kim Kelly During the Great Depression, out-of-work writers were hired by the federal government to interview American working-class workers ...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
this and previous excerpt from this book, coming in June. With a kick-ass intro by @kimkelly.bsky.social! beltpublishing.com/products/ame...
i hate when my least favorite literary critic and i agree
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
i hate when my least favorite literary critic and i agree
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Continuing the celebration of autumn’s beauty from the Cleveland Museum of Art collection:
🍂 Autumn Scene in the Adirondacks, 1877 by William Hart
🍂 Autumn in the Catskills, 1873 by Jervis McEntee
🍂 The Golden Hour, 1865 by Samuel Palmer
Each captures the glow & serene atmosphere of the season.
🍂 Autumn Scene in the Adirondacks, 1877 by William Hart
🍂 Autumn in the Catskills, 1873 by Jervis McEntee
🍂 The Golden Hour, 1865 by Samuel Palmer
Each captures the glow & serene atmosphere of the season.
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Continuing the celebration of autumn’s beauty from the Cleveland Museum of Art collection:
🍂 Autumn Scene in the Adirondacks, 1877 by William Hart
🍂 Autumn in the Catskills, 1873 by Jervis McEntee
🍂 The Golden Hour, 1865 by Samuel Palmer
Each captures the glow & serene atmosphere of the season.
🍂 Autumn Scene in the Adirondacks, 1877 by William Hart
🍂 Autumn in the Catskills, 1873 by Jervis McEntee
🍂 The Golden Hour, 1865 by Samuel Palmer
Each captures the glow & serene atmosphere of the season.
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Here it is, from @clairewillett.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Here it is, from @clairewillett.bsky.social
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Sloppers fuck off. If you can’t do it yourself maybe learn to be happy as the audience
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November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Sloppers fuck off. If you can’t do it yourself maybe learn to be happy as the audience
www.sonnyross.com/shop/aisucks
www.sonnyross.com/shop/aisucks
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The New York Times should apologize to the country and just close in shame. For the last 10+ years, everything they printed was two-faced shit. There's great work there — all tainted by shit.
These emails are shittily written and so gross and repulsive as to be near unreadable.
Bring them all down
These emails are shittily written and so gross and repulsive as to be near unreadable.
Bring them all down
I just want to mention that this was a New York Times reporter Epstein was talking to, and the NYT has never disclosed these emails or any photos conveyed.
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The New York Times should apologize to the country and just close in shame. For the last 10+ years, everything they printed was two-faced shit. There's great work there — all tainted by shit.
These emails are shittily written and so gross and repulsive as to be near unreadable.
Bring them all down
These emails are shittily written and so gross and repulsive as to be near unreadable.
Bring them all down
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This is a live cam of the sky in Iceland. If you’re in the US, it could give you a few hours heads up on what kind of night it might be!
And if you live somewhere cloudy, well, it’s also useful then
lavacentre.is/live/norther...
And if you live somewhere cloudy, well, it’s also useful then
lavacentre.is/live/norther...
Northern Lights at Lava Centre, live aurora borealis web cam
LAVA Centre's Live Aurora Borealis Webcam. The best way to Experience the Northern Lights in Iceland is by staying outside Reykjavík.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This is a live cam of the sky in Iceland. If you’re in the US, it could give you a few hours heads up on what kind of night it might be!
And if you live somewhere cloudy, well, it’s also useful then
lavacentre.is/live/norther...
And if you live somewhere cloudy, well, it’s also useful then
lavacentre.is/live/norther...
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Our editorial stance is kidnappings are bad. This is not Real Journalism because it's important to be neutral about atrocities
Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Our editorial stance is kidnappings are bad. This is not Real Journalism because it's important to be neutral about atrocities
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
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The first time I read about this case, I cried. The second time, I was angry. The third time, I remembered that RBG and Scalia were fast friends, and it changed the way I saw the court forever.
In 1999, a woman named Jessica Gonzales sought and obtained an order of protection against her physically abusive husband ("AH"), who had repeatedly threatened to kill her and their three children. The order included language specifically limiting when and where AH was allowed to see the children.
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The first time I read about this case, I cried. The second time, I was angry. The third time, I remembered that RBG and Scalia were fast friends, and it changed the way I saw the court forever.
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In 1999, a woman named Jessica Gonzales sought and obtained an order of protection against her physically abusive husband ("AH"), who had repeatedly threatened to kill her and their three children. The order included language specifically limiting when and where AH was allowed to see the children.
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In 1999, a woman named Jessica Gonzales sought and obtained an order of protection against her physically abusive husband ("AH"), who had repeatedly threatened to kill her and their three children. The order included language specifically limiting when and where AH was allowed to see the children.
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The judge who issued the order was horrified by the facts of the case, and told Jessica to be sure to call the police if AH ever violated the order, because he would be arrested.
Within a month, AH did just that, kidnapping the children from Jessica's front yard. Jessica did what the judge said,
Within a month, AH did just that, kidnapping the children from Jessica's front yard. Jessica did what the judge said,
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The judge who issued the order was horrified by the facts of the case, and told Jessica to be sure to call the police if AH ever violated the order, because he would be arrested.
Within a month, AH did just that, kidnapping the children from Jessica's front yard. Jessica did what the judge said,
Within a month, AH did just that, kidnapping the children from Jessica's front yard. Jessica did what the judge said,
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and immediately called the police. She explained that the children had been kidnapped and that AH was violating a domestic violence order of protection. The two responding officers mocked Jessica, told her to let the children be with their father,
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
and immediately called the police. She explained that the children had been kidnapped and that AH was violating a domestic violence order of protection. The two responding officers mocked Jessica, told her to let the children be with their father,
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and to call them back if the children weren't back in a few hours.
So that's what Jessica did. At 10:00 pm that night, she called the police for a third time, only to be mocked again by the police. The responding officer told her to stop being so emotional and went to dinner.
So that's what Jessica did. At 10:00 pm that night, she called the police for a third time, only to be mocked again by the police. The responding officer told her to stop being so emotional and went to dinner.
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
and to call them back if the children weren't back in a few hours.
So that's what Jessica did. At 10:00 pm that night, she called the police for a third time, only to be mocked again by the police. The responding officer told her to stop being so emotional and went to dinner.
So that's what Jessica did. At 10:00 pm that night, she called the police for a third time, only to be mocked again by the police. The responding officer told her to stop being so emotional and went to dinner.
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At 3:00 am the following morning, AH followed Jessica to the police station in his truck and opened fire. The police shot and killed him. In his truck were the already dead bodies of the children. AH had killed them whilst the officer was at dinner.
Jessica sued the police department,
Jessica sued the police department,
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
At 3:00 am the following morning, AH followed Jessica to the police station in his truck and opened fire. The police shot and killed him. In his truck were the already dead bodies of the children. AH had killed them whilst the officer was at dinner.
Jessica sued the police department,
Jessica sued the police department,
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alleging that they owed her a duty to enforce the order of protection entered against her, and because they failed to do so, her children were killed. The case went to the SCOTUS as Castle Rock v. Gonzales in 2005. In ruling for the police, Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority,
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
alleging that they owed her a duty to enforce the order of protection entered against her, and because they failed to do so, her children were killed. The case went to the SCOTUS as Castle Rock v. Gonzales in 2005. In ruling for the police, Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority,
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explained that police have no duty to protect people because their only job is to protect property rights, and an order of protection was "not the sort of 'entitlement' out of which a property interest is created." The right to be protected from harm by police, wrote Scalia,
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
explained that police have no duty to protect people because their only job is to protect property rights, and an order of protection was "not the sort of 'entitlement' out of which a property interest is created." The right to be protected from harm by police, wrote Scalia,
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"would not, of course, resemble any traditional conception of property." As such, the SCOTUS held that police owe people no duty to enforce laws or court orders whose aim is the protection of people instead of property interests.
"We conclude, therefore, that [Jessica] did not,
"We conclude, therefore, that [Jessica] did not,
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"would not, of course, resemble any traditional conception of property." As such, the SCOTUS held that police owe people no duty to enforce laws or court orders whose aim is the protection of people instead of property interests.
"We conclude, therefore, that [Jessica] did not,
"We conclude, therefore, that [Jessica] did not,
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for purposes of the Due Process Clause, have a property interest in police enforcement of the restraining order against her husband." And because nonproperty interests weren't protectable, said SCOTUS, she had no legal remedy.
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
for purposes of the Due Process Clause, have a property interest in police enforcement of the restraining order against her husband." And because nonproperty interests weren't protectable, said SCOTUS, she had no legal remedy.
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Trump is basing his entire presidency, and the right wing bases its current fascist project, on cases like Castle Rock. Because if the government has no duty to protect you from others, it need not protect you from itself.
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Trump is basing his entire presidency, and the right wing bases its current fascist project, on cases like Castle Rock. Because if the government has no duty to protect you from others, it need not protect you from itself.
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my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said
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When I talk about the invention of "AI" as an attempt to manifest the Infinite Money God, this is part of what I'm talking about. Private equity achieved the ability to make money without a good or service—AI is the attempt to make money without even customers or employees.
This is one of the things I hate most about modern capitalism. The idea of making money has been fully peeled away from delivering any kind of goods or services that people would want to pay money for.
What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
When I talk about the invention of "AI" as an attempt to manifest the Infinite Money God, this is part of what I'm talking about. Private equity achieved the ability to make money without a good or service—AI is the attempt to make money without even customers or employees.