Zhi Zhu 🕸️
@zhizhu.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy
"All mimsy were the borogoves..." Avid reader, occasional world traveler, raises chickens in Texas.
Interested in #Books #SFF #Photography #Travel #Nature […]
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This is a surgical dismantling of yet another dumb Matt Yglesias argument by a former clean energy exec and current Representative. This is the sort of thing that should make people stop listening to people like Yglesias.
Read the whole thing.
Read the whole thing.
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This is a surgical dismantling of yet another dumb Matt Yglesias argument by a former clean energy exec and current Representative. This is the sort of thing that should make people stop listening to people like Yglesias.
Read the whole thing.
Read the whole thing.
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Kristen Welker will be "interviewing" Todd Blanche on MTP tomorrow.
Do you think she'll ask why Ghislaine got moved and has a puppy?
Will she ask why Blanche ordered the kidnapping of Ras Baraka?
Will she ask about Trump's witch hunt against Comey and James?
Do you think she'll ask why Ghislaine got moved and has a puppy?
Will she ask why Blanche ordered the kidnapping of Ras Baraka?
Will she ask about Trump's witch hunt against Comey and James?
December 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Kristen Welker will be "interviewing" Todd Blanche on MTP tomorrow.
Do you think she'll ask why Ghislaine got moved and has a puppy?
Will she ask why Blanche ordered the kidnapping of Ras Baraka?
Will she ask about Trump's witch hunt against Comey and James?
Do you think she'll ask why Ghislaine got moved and has a puppy?
Will she ask why Blanche ordered the kidnapping of Ras Baraka?
Will she ask about Trump's witch hunt against Comey and James?
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oh no all the fake journalists funded by billionaires to divide the electorate and destroy informed consensus are now fighting with each other
Megyn Kelly Hits Back at ‘Coward’ Ben Shapiro, Says Bari Weiss Is ‘Afraid’ of Her
Megyn Kelly sparred with CBS News editor-in-chief Barri Weiss on Friday, calling her and Ben Shapiro "cowards" and accusing them of attacking her in public "without so much as a phone call."
www.mediaite.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
oh no all the fake journalists funded by billionaires to divide the electorate and destroy informed consensus are now fighting with each other
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as an aside I think it would be nifty if the few remaining journalists we do have could make it clear these fake journalists are being funded by billionaires (and in some cases foreign intelligence) to divide the electorate and destroy informed consensus
December 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
as an aside I think it would be nifty if the few remaining journalists we do have could make it clear these fake journalists are being funded by billionaires (and in some cases foreign intelligence) to divide the electorate and destroy informed consensus
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RAW STORY: “@RepJamesClyburn joined @RepRoKhanna in calling for the impeachment of AG Pam Bondi over her agency’s failure to release all of its files on Jeffrey Epstein...” www.rawstory.com/pam-bondi-26...
December 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
RAW STORY: “@RepJamesClyburn joined @RepRoKhanna in calling for the impeachment of AG Pam Bondi over her agency’s failure to release all of its files on Jeffrey Epstein...” www.rawstory.com/pam-bondi-26...
![Photo of a text message sent to Jeffrey Epstein.
"I have a friend scout she sent me some girls today"
"But she asks 1000$ per girl"
"I will send u girls now"
"Maybe someone will be good for J"
"Name: redacted
18 y old, redacted
Height: redacted
Measurements: redacted
Weight: redacted kg
Schengen [with a check mark by it]
Departure city: Redacted Russia"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gcp5ldm4uzm7cmwxbb7fjel2/bafkreiey7wrva44fcus45nkpsbnirscu2mc7l25mpy4a3gf5ndetqdhqku@jpeg)
December 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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"It gets presented as a business story with powerful individuals as the protagonists, but there is very little discussion of the public interest."
Excellent piece by @sulliview.bsky.social in @theguardian.com. Grateful that she references our recent @rooseveltinstitute.org report on the media crises facing US democracy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The tug-of-war over CNN shows how dysfunctional US media has become | Margaret Sullivan
The network’s fate has become a battle of corporate ownership, not a question of what benefits Americans
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"It gets presented as a business story with powerful individuals as the protagonists, but there is very little discussion of the public interest."
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(AP) — At least 16 files disappeared from the DoJ’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing President Trump — less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the public […]
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journa.host
December 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
(AP) — At least 16 files disappeared from the DoJ’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing President Trump — less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the public […]
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The missing files, which were available Friday & no longer accessible by Saturday, included images of paintings depicting nude women, & 1 showing a series of photographs along a credenza & in drawers. In that image, inside a drawer among other photos, was a photograph of #trump, alongside […]
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masto.ai
December 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The missing files, which were available Friday & no longer accessible by Saturday, included images of paintings depicting nude women, & 1 showing a series of photographs along a credenza & in drawers. In that image, inside a drawer among other photos, was a photograph of #trump, alongside […]
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At least 16 files disappeared from the DOJ’s public webpage for documents related to #jeffreyepstein — including a photograph showing #trump — less than 1 day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government & no notice to the public.
#epsteinfiles #congress #doj #law #criminal […]
#epsteinfiles #congress #doj #law #criminal […]
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masto.ai
December 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
At least 16 files disappeared from the DOJ’s public webpage for documents related to #jeffreyepstein — including a photograph showing #trump — less than 1 day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government & no notice to the public.
#epsteinfiles #congress #doj #law #criminal […]
#epsteinfiles #congress #doj #law #criminal […]
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THE CRIMINAL TRUMP
At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing President Donald Trump — less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the […]
At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing President Donald Trump — less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the […]
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mstdn.social
December 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
THE CRIMINAL TRUMP
At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing President Donald Trump — less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the […]
At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing President Donald Trump — less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the […]
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@ZhiZhu Nobody seems to have picked up on the point that the phrase "patriot game," singular, originally referred to the activities of the Irish Republican Army. It's from a song, "The Patriot Game," by Dominic Behan, the younger brother of the playwright Brendan Behan, which describes those […]
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sfba.social
December 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
@ZhiZhu Nobody seems to have picked up on the point that the phrase "patriot game," singular, originally referred to the activities of the Irish Republican Army. It's from a song, "The Patriot Game," by Dominic Behan, the younger brother of the playwright Brendan Behan, which describes those […]
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> This new form of riches [--finance--] is based on gambling. [97% of it literally is gambling.] What does it mean about us that we reward so generously this work which does so little? What kind of society are we really? And what does it mean that we think about this so little? […]
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hachyderm.io
December 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
> This new form of riches [--finance--] is based on gambling. [97% of it literally is gambling.] What does it mean about us that we reward so generously this work which does so little? What kind of society are we really? And what does it mean that we think about this so little? […]
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Another "plan" for Gaza with the same visual aesthetic as all Network State dystopias.
Beware tech fascist billionaires bearing promises of AI-enhanced abundance.
Gift Link: U.S Pitches Project Sunrise to Turn Gaza Into High-Tech Metropolis
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Beware tech fascist billionaires bearing promises of AI-enhanced abundance.
Gift Link: U.S Pitches Project Sunrise to Turn Gaza Into High-Tech Metropolis
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Exclusive | U.S. Pitches ‘Project Sunrise’ Plan to Turn Gaza Into High-Tech Metropolis
The Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff drafted blueprint could see the U.S. commit to roughly 20% of some reconstruction costs over 10 years.
www.wsj.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Another "plan" for Gaza with the same visual aesthetic as all Network State dystopias.
Beware tech fascist billionaires bearing promises of AI-enhanced abundance.
Gift Link: U.S Pitches Project Sunrise to Turn Gaza Into High-Tech Metropolis
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Beware tech fascist billionaires bearing promises of AI-enhanced abundance.
Gift Link: U.S Pitches Project Sunrise to Turn Gaza Into High-Tech Metropolis
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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This is the best argument for wealth caps. There are levels of individual wealth and power that are fundamentally incompatible with democracy and broadly-enjoyed human freedom.
In our book, @kateconger.com and I argued that Musk knows he is too big to fail.
There is nothing that can hold him or his wealth accountable. His enormous wealth allows him to buy whole companies or boost political candidates on a whim. And that will become even more apparent in coming years.
There is nothing that can hold him or his wealth accountable. His enormous wealth allows him to buy whole companies or boost political candidates on a whim. And that will become even more apparent in coming years.
December 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This is the best argument for wealth caps. There are levels of individual wealth and power that are fundamentally incompatible with democracy and broadly-enjoyed human freedom.
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Excellent news: Paulina Borsook's "Cyberselfish"—which warned of toxic tech politics back in 2000—will be republished in 2026!
Will share full details when they become public.
You can support her work here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Will share full details when they become public.
You can support her work here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
December 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Excellent news: Paulina Borsook's "Cyberselfish"—which warned of toxic tech politics back in 2000—will be republished in 2026!
Will share full details when they become public.
You can support her work here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Will share full details when they become public.
You can support her work here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
🔥 "The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of." 🔥
-Senator Ron Wyden
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ydtsvzzsl6nlfkmnuooeqcmc/post/3maetcqp2ak2y
#DonaldTrump #jeffreyepstein #trump #epstein #epsteinfiles #gop #politics #uspol #us #usa #UnitedStates #america
-Senator Ron Wyden
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ydtsvzzsl6nlfkmnuooeqcmc/post/3maetcqp2ak2y
#DonaldTrump #jeffreyepstein #trump #epstein #epsteinfiles #gop #politics #uspol #us #usa #UnitedStates #america
December 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
🔥 "The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of." 🔥
-Senator Ron Wyden
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ydtsvzzsl6nlfkmnuooeqcmc/post/3maetcqp2ak2y
#DonaldTrump #jeffreyepstein #trump #epstein #epsteinfiles #gop #politics #uspol #us #usa #UnitedStates #america
-Senator Ron Wyden
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ydtsvzzsl6nlfkmnuooeqcmc/post/3maetcqp2ak2y
#DonaldTrump #jeffreyepstein #trump #epstein #epsteinfiles #gop #politics #uspol #us #usa #UnitedStates #america
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The strategy is "delay, delay, delay, declare war, distract, hope it all goes away...?"
I mean it seems like the administration just keeps stepping on rakes. By releasing a buffoonishly redacted and incomplete set of docs they just prolong the story and suspicion. What’s the strategy here?
Uh oh
December 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The strategy is "delay, delay, delay, declare war, distract, hope it all goes away...?"
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This Epstein files document says that Epstein allegedly threatened to burn a young woman’s house down if she revealed that he had stolen and sold personal photographs she had taken of her sisters.
The sisters were 12 and 16 years old.
The sisters were 12 and 16 years old.
December 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This Epstein files document says that Epstein allegedly threatened to burn a young woman’s house down if she revealed that he had stolen and sold personal photographs she had taken of her sisters.
The sisters were 12 and 16 years old.
The sisters were 12 and 16 years old.
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Bannon’s like, “What can I say to make people forget that I knowingly coached a sexual predator to help him repair his image?”
Steve Bannon reportedly said: 'You raised a kid that slit your throat!' about the late Rob Reiner.
A reminder that not a single prominent Democrat or liberal pundit said anything even vaguely akin to this when Charlie Kirk was murdered.
Oh the hypocrisy.
A reminder that not a single prominent Democrat or liberal pundit said anything even vaguely akin to this when Charlie Kirk was murdered.
Oh the hypocrisy.
Turning Point crowd boos Rob Reiner: 'You raised a kid that slit your throat!'
A crowd at Turning Point USA's AmFest event booed slain Hollywood director Rob Reiner after MAGA influencer Steve Bannon said liberals believed he had a larger impact on culture than Charlie Kirk."Jus...
www.rawstory.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Bannon’s like, “What can I say to make people forget that I knowingly coached a sexual predator to help him repair his image?”
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#epsteinfiles Link →
#congress #doj #law #criminal #trump #epstein #bestfriendsforever #rape #sexualassault #childsexcrimes #pedohilia #sextrafficking #felon47 #rapistinchief #coverup
https://www.justice.gov/epstein
#congress #doj #law #criminal #trump #epstein #bestfriendsforever #rape #sexualassault #childsexcrimes #pedohilia #sextrafficking #felon47 #rapistinchief #coverup
https://www.justice.gov/epstein
December 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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What Daphne said here. But even leaving all that aside, if your entire business is built off of scraping the web, it's QUITE a look to then file a lawsuit saying "scraping *our* site might violate copyright law."
Read the room.
Read the room.
As the former Google Associate General Counsel for web search -- a product built on scraping third party content without permission -- I'm having a lot of trouble processing Google's new lawsuit against someone else for scraping search results. storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog...
storage.googleapis.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
What Daphne said here. But even leaving all that aside, if your entire business is built off of scraping the web, it's QUITE a look to then file a lawsuit saying "scraping *our* site might violate copyright law."
Read the room.
Read the room.
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Wow! The Radical transparency is overwhelming!
December 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Wow! The Radical transparency is overwhelming!