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There are so many people living lives of quiet dignity despite horrific medical news or poverty or tragedy where every day they still wake up and try to be good people in the world even as the world pushes against them and it makes me even angrier at the absolute shitheads that rule over things
December 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
There are so many people living lives of quiet dignity despite horrific medical news or poverty or tragedy where every day they still wake up and try to be good people in the world even as the world pushes against them and it makes me even angrier at the absolute shitheads that rule over things
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The left has been saying for 10 years that the Democrats prefer Trump in power because they don’t have to govern and can fundraise off him. Voters are only realizing in the last year that this is actually quite true.
Every elected Republican was a united front opposing and criticizing everything Obama did for 8 straight years, even if it was a policy they fundamentally agreed with. Why. In the fuck. Is it asking too much for Democrats to do the same with a legitimate fascist?
Democratic voters are working hard to stop fascism. It would be nice if the leaders of the party joined them.
December 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The left has been saying for 10 years that the Democrats prefer Trump in power because they don’t have to govern and can fundraise off him. Voters are only realizing in the last year that this is actually quite true.
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I’m old enough to remember when the promise of the internet was the removal of middlemen and now it exists solely to create, maintain, and multiply middlemen
We wrap our affordability series with a look at the hidden economic culprits of the cost of living crisis: middlemen. They sit in between transactions and take their profit, raising costs for everyone else. And their interventions can even turn deadly. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social reports:
Meet the Connectors - The American Prospect
Middlemen, our economy’s most shadowy characters, sit in between buyers and sellers and get rich in the process. It can even be a matter of life or death.
prospect.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I’m old enough to remember when the promise of the internet was the removal of middlemen and now it exists solely to create, maintain, and multiply middlemen
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turbo libs are negatively polarizing themselves into defending F-150s in the quote tweets lol
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
turbo libs are negatively polarizing themselves into defending F-150s in the quote tweets lol
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the irony of hegseth saying this the same day trump stood inside an institute that he renamed for himself and declared world peace
December 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
the irony of hegseth saying this the same day trump stood inside an institute that he renamed for himself and declared world peace
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if these guys truly were trying to drug traffic after getting bombed then we need to respect that grindset because I'll tell you what, if Pete Hegseth bombs me, no way I keep posting
there is no more shared reality. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
December 5, 2025 at 5:44 AM
if these guys truly were trying to drug traffic after getting bombed then we need to respect that grindset because I'll tell you what, if Pete Hegseth bombs me, no way I keep posting
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But the memes are somehow still worth it right gang
Gov. @gavinnewsom says he disagrees with Mayor @zohrankmamdani about the need for a wealth tax on billionaires, which he is “adamantly against” - says Dems are a “big tent party” with both views.
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
But the memes are somehow still worth it right gang
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I have the displeasure of watching Peter Thiel's keynote at the 2013 "Effective Altruism (EA) Summit".
Yes. I too didn't understand what Thiel and "altruism" have to do with each other, but it made sense after I knew that EAs are super effective at the opposite.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8Kk...
Yes. I too didn't understand what Thiel and "altruism" have to do with each other, but it made sense after I knew that EAs are super effective at the opposite.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8Kk...
Peter Thiel's Keynote - Effective Altruism Summit 2013
YouTube video by nnevvinn
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I have the displeasure of watching Peter Thiel's keynote at the 2013 "Effective Altruism (EA) Summit".
Yes. I too didn't understand what Thiel and "altruism" have to do with each other, but it made sense after I knew that EAs are super effective at the opposite.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8Kk...
Yes. I too didn't understand what Thiel and "altruism" have to do with each other, but it made sense after I knew that EAs are super effective at the opposite.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8Kk...
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they blew up these guys to prevent a body from being identified
December 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
they blew up these guys to prevent a body from being identified
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Hakeem Jeffries Calls For Execution Of Central Park Five
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Hakeem Jeffries Calls For Execution Of Central Park Five
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i don't want to minimize any of the kinds of cruelty of this administration, but given the nature of the american justice system versus the american educational system, this harms way more actual trans people than sports bans in a way more immediate and way more dangerous manner
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
i don't want to minimize any of the kinds of cruelty of this administration, but given the nature of the american justice system versus the american educational system, this harms way more actual trans people than sports bans in a way more immediate and way more dangerous manner
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They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.
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I am a threat to the Israelis insofar as my very existence threatens their ambitions to have me not exist. I suppose it's tautological in that way.
Yeah notably the thing that makes Ukraine a threat to Russia is the fact that Russia wants to kill all of them or seize their land and liquidate the state and Ukrainians will shoot them for trying. Much in the same way Algerians were a threat to the French I suppose or the MPLA to the Portuguese.
December 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I am a threat to the Israelis insofar as my very existence threatens their ambitions to have me not exist. I suppose it's tautological in that way.
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Shocking how fast the average American adopted the politics of schizophrenic John 3:16 van owners
December 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Shocking how fast the average American adopted the politics of schizophrenic John 3:16 van owners
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A fun fact about subway ads is that they are often just slotted into the frame and very easy to remove
I saw this ad on the train and I’m curious how yall feel about it… I’m very much in the center, but slightly more towards than against…
December 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A fun fact about subway ads is that they are often just slotted into the frame and very easy to remove
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I know it's pointless to point out MAGA hypocrisy, but it really is stunning how the guy who ran in the GOP primary on the highly unorthodox message of "wars of regime change like Iraq were terrible mistakes" is now pushing us headlong into a war of regime change in Venezuela.
December 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I know it's pointless to point out MAGA hypocrisy, but it really is stunning how the guy who ran in the GOP primary on the highly unorthodox message of "wars of regime change like Iraq were terrible mistakes" is now pushing us headlong into a war of regime change in Venezuela.
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The billboards on that stretch of 80 after the Bay Bridge is so telling. it’s always been various B2B companies aimed at tech commuters. Right now it’s like 20 AI companies you’ve never heard of. (“Real heads know to use SplookAI for their procurement systems 🤪”)
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The billboards on that stretch of 80 after the Bay Bridge is so telling. it’s always been various B2B companies aimed at tech commuters. Right now it’s like 20 AI companies you’ve never heard of. (“Real heads know to use SplookAI for their procurement systems 🤪”)
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It’s extremely funny how we no longer have any basis, whatsoever, to trust the claims and process of federal law enforcement lol
December 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It’s extremely funny how we no longer have any basis, whatsoever, to trust the claims and process of federal law enforcement lol
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A first-of-its-kind Texas law takes effect today. It aims to dam the flood of abortion pills into the red state — by letting people sue one another.
@daniellestephens.bsky.social and I went deep on the new law for a special episode of Politics Weekly America.
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
@daniellestephens.bsky.social and I went deep on the new law for a special episode of Politics Weekly America.
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
Has a Texas law created ‘abortion bounty hunters’? – podcast
In this special episode, the Guardian US reproductive health and justice reporter Carter Sherman speaks to people who are using, providing and protecting abortion pills and those fighting against them...
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A first-of-its-kind Texas law takes effect today. It aims to dam the flood of abortion pills into the red state — by letting people sue one another.
@daniellestephens.bsky.social and I went deep on the new law for a special episode of Politics Weekly America.
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
@daniellestephens.bsky.social and I went deep on the new law for a special episode of Politics Weekly America.
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
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this is unrelated but i really did laugh a lot seeing his big collection of DC comics in the background. Another reminder that the best way to understand politics right now is recognising that the most influential talking heads are resentful nerds and gamers
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
this is unrelated but i really did laugh a lot seeing his big collection of DC comics in the background. Another reminder that the best way to understand politics right now is recognising that the most influential talking heads are resentful nerds and gamers
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Kavanaugh should never be allowed to live down the Kavanaugh stop
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Kavanaugh should never be allowed to live down the Kavanaugh stop
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the main problem with British politics is that transphobia brainworms infected basically all of their elites (which, yes, everyone being too online)
you cannot effectively fight back against people who want ethnic purges when you want gender purges
you cannot effectively fight back against people who want ethnic purges when you want gender purges
a lot of it genuinely comes down to the fact that almost all their elites were too online on X and the post-Musk thing has basically driven the socially conservative, fiscally socialist types insane (see e.g. the Blue Labour guy) and the right is basically now calling for ethnic purges
The UK is weird and getting weirder right? Thats not my imagination? I know that's rich coming from an American, but still, I'm right on this arent I?
December 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
the main problem with British politics is that transphobia brainworms infected basically all of their elites (which, yes, everyone being too online)
you cannot effectively fight back against people who want ethnic purges when you want gender purges
you cannot effectively fight back against people who want ethnic purges when you want gender purges
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Something we discovered in our ep is that the account that initially reported on her essay was created just a few days before this incident. Her mom is a known Qanon lawsuit grifter btw. There’s almost 0 chance this wasn’t a setup. We went through the Fulnecky history with @parkermolloy.com here:
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Something we discovered in our ep is that the account that initially reported on her essay was created just a few days before this incident. Her mom is a known Qanon lawsuit grifter btw. There’s almost 0 chance this wasn’t a setup. We went through the Fulnecky history with @parkermolloy.com here:
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Senator Mark Kelly has seen the Trump admin's classified justification for the boat strikes and said they should be released to the public. Kelly can release the info himself due legislative immunity; but when asked if he would, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Why Hegseth's Alleged War Crime Will Never Be Revealed
Lethal strike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean is shrouded in an above-top secret world
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Senator Mark Kelly has seen the Trump admin's classified justification for the boat strikes and said they should be released to the public. Kelly can release the info himself due legislative immunity; but when asked if he would, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.