Andi Zeisler
@andizeisler.bsky.social
Senior culture writer, Salon.com. Formerly Bitch Media. Forever fan of print magazines. Tell your dog I said hello.
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My neighbor was at Albany Bulb in the East Bay and met a photographer named Charlie who had captured this amazing shot there. If you know him, send me his last name to credit.
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
My neighbor was at Albany Bulb in the East Bay and met a photographer named Charlie who had captured this amazing shot there. If you know him, send me his last name to credit.
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If you want to know why Hegseth is panicking about reminders that there is accountably for giving or carrying out illegal orders, it’s likely because he knows he has given illegal orders to murder people.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If you want to know why Hegseth is panicking about reminders that there is accountably for giving or carrying out illegal orders, it’s likely because he knows he has given illegal orders to murder people.
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Pete Hagueseth. We should make it a thing.
Hagueseth
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Pete Hagueseth. We should make it a thing.
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obviously plenty of other things should have already been disqualifying but people willing to defy Trump publicly and appeal to decency as their reason for doing so both seem pretty good
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
obviously plenty of other things should have already been disqualifying but people willing to defy Trump publicly and appeal to decency as their reason for doing so both seem pretty good
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December should be for sleepytime tea drinkin and that’s it
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
December should be for sleepytime tea drinkin and that’s it
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My brother’s first grade assignment is way more seasonally specific.
November 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
My brother’s first grade assignment is way more seasonally specific.
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it's like doing a BUCKLE UP CHUCKLEFUCKS true crime podcast about a crime that you were an accessory to
this fuckin guy ...dropping allegations of journalistic malpractice and source betrayal in separate piece meal events like it’s delicious media gossip and then writing, “we haven’t reached the halfway point, and I haven’t yet described the most bizarre, consequential, and newsworthy events”
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
it's like doing a BUCKLE UP CHUCKLEFUCKS true crime podcast about a crime that you were an accessory to
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Just thinking about the profound impact on our lives that the craven, selfish, petty choices made by ‘access journalists’ has had. Never working again is the bare minimum of accountability.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Just thinking about the profound impact on our lives that the craven, selfish, petty choices made by ‘access journalists’ has had. Never working again is the bare minimum of accountability.
verdict: Everyone Sucks Here
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
verdict: Everyone Sucks Here
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this is an insane response for basically any shooter profile and motivation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration orders 500 more National Guard members to Washington after shooting, Hegseth says.
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
this is an insane response for basically any shooter profile and motivation
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the mother of her nephew!!!
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
the mother of her nephew!!!
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No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
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And did absolutely nothing to stop them.
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
And did absolutely nothing to stop them.
someone pulled a bag of brown sugar off the counter and ate through it (nb: small amount of sugar, mostly bag) and after running around from room to room barfing is now a lil weary
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 AM
someone pulled a bag of brown sugar off the counter and ate through it (nb: small amount of sugar, mostly bag) and after running around from room to room barfing is now a lil weary
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Boss, the FASCISM.
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Boss, the FASCISM.
I actually think it’s okay to take a ridiculous scandal seriously when it involves a wingnut conspiracy theorist in charge of things like vaccine policy and pandemic preparedness
Sorry to be a wet blanket 🤷🏻♀️
Sorry to be a wet blanket 🤷🏻♀️
She never misses a beat, of course, but Marina's first paragraph this week is *chef's kiss*
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What can we learn from RFK's 'erotic poetry'? That Americans need to get better at enjoying a scandal | Marina Hyde
The US health secretary’s ‘digital affair’ with Olivia Nuzzi doesn’t need sombre analysis. Take it from this Brit: sometimes laughter is the only option, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I actually think it’s okay to take a ridiculous scandal seriously when it involves a wingnut conspiracy theorist in charge of things like vaccine policy and pandemic preparedness
Sorry to be a wet blanket 🤷🏻♀️
Sorry to be a wet blanket 🤷🏻♀️
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I don’t recommend yelling “more vulgar” repeatedly in your boss’ office
Let the record show: Shortly after Manisha attempted to “roast” me using Grok, I asked her to leave my office:
Elon Musk Said Grok’s Roasts Would Be ‘Epic’ at Parties—So I Tried It on My Coworkers
It went about as well as you’d expect.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I don’t recommend yelling “more vulgar” repeatedly in your boss’ office
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"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
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Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
Lord give me the confidence of a white guy who thinks “Accusing Isaac Chotiner of not checking his facts will go well for me”
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Lord give me the confidence of a white guy who thinks “Accusing Isaac Chotiner of not checking his facts will go well for me”
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A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
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Any time corporate executives are in a room together and don't know they're being recorded, the transcript is like: "Christ, I hate our customers. We're agreed that we all hate our customers? Let's lie to the IRS, criminally. Did I mention the Holocaust never happened? Put more lead in our soda."
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Any time corporate executives are in a room together and don't know they're being recorded, the transcript is like: "Christ, I hate our customers. We're agreed that we all hate our customers? Let's lie to the IRS, criminally. Did I mention the Holocaust never happened? Put more lead in our soda."
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If every question out of your mouth isn’t about mass death you’re not doing it right. This man shouldn’t be comfortable talking to anyone who does journalism.
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
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November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
If every question out of your mouth isn’t about mass death you’re not doing it right. This man shouldn’t be comfortable talking to anyone who does journalism.
Conservatives painted themselves into a corner with WOMEN HAVE RUINED EVERYTHING! and now can’t credibly tell women that they’re needed to fix men’s trouble and instead are like “Men, please report to the Big Family store”
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Conservatives painted themselves into a corner with WOMEN HAVE RUINED EVERYTHING! and now can’t credibly tell women that they’re needed to fix men’s trouble and instead are like “Men, please report to the Big Family store”