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Glad to see some of the better parts of Twitter here. Formerly a library tech guy. Now doing library adjacent things but a little less adjacent than before. Wolves Twitter. Loons. Spurs. Disc golf nerd. Took up TTRPGs. Fully support 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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Epstein Island Video Shows Windowless Buildings with Bedrooms
The House Oversight Committee just released never before seen video of Epstein Island revealing the opulence of his surroundings and its clandestine nature. @therealnews.com
#epstein #epsteinfiles #epsteinisland #FBI #inequalitywatch
The House Oversight Committee just released never before seen video of Epstein Island revealing the opulence of his surroundings and its clandestine nature. @therealnews.com
#epstein #epsteinfiles #epsteinisland #FBI #inequalitywatch
December 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Epstein Island Video Shows Windowless Buildings with Bedrooms
The House Oversight Committee just released never before seen video of Epstein Island revealing the opulence of his surroundings and its clandestine nature. @therealnews.com
#epstein #epsteinfiles #epsteinisland #FBI #inequalitywatch
The House Oversight Committee just released never before seen video of Epstein Island revealing the opulence of his surroundings and its clandestine nature. @therealnews.com
#epstein #epsteinfiles #epsteinisland #FBI #inequalitywatch
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"hates everyone and everything"
relatable as heck
relatable as heck
When it comes to politics, Gen Z generally hates everyone and everything. But they may still be primed to deliver for Democrats in 2026.
Young Americans Hate Both Parties. They May Still Pick Democrats in 2026.
When it comes to politics, Gen Z generally hates everyone and everything. But they may still be primed to deliver for Democrats in 2026.A new national poll of 18-to 29-year-olds, conducted by the Inst...
www.cookpolitical.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"hates everyone and everything"
relatable as heck
relatable as heck
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“I’ve been canceled for being the worst possible journalist, the worst possible writer, and the worst possible person all at the same time.”
Breaking: Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi agreed to part ways after new revelations and allegations about an affair with RFK Jr. and her behavior while reporting on him.
Exclusive | Vanity Fair to Part Ways With Journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Nuzzi’s contract with Vanity Fair expires at year-end, following new allegations and revelations about her conduct while she reported on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
on.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“I’ve been canceled for being the worst possible journalist, the worst possible writer, and the worst possible person all at the same time.”
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JUST IN: A 2-1 panel of the D.C. Circuit rules that Trump may remove members of the NLRB or MSPB regardless of laws meant to shield them from removal without cause.
Majority: Rao (Trump), Katsas (Trump)
Dissent: Pan (Biden)
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Majority: Rao (Trump), Katsas (Trump)
Dissent: Pan (Biden)
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
JUST IN: A 2-1 panel of the D.C. Circuit rules that Trump may remove members of the NLRB or MSPB regardless of laws meant to shield them from removal without cause.
Majority: Rao (Trump), Katsas (Trump)
Dissent: Pan (Biden)
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Majority: Rao (Trump), Katsas (Trump)
Dissent: Pan (Biden)
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Exactly. It's disingenuous to call it a purity test to say "You shouldn't be beholden to right-wing billionaires pushing right-wing policies and right-wing candidates."
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
No, Progressives Don’t Want “Purity.” They Just Want Some Courage.
When left-leaning Democrats complain about corporate influence, it’s not a “purity test.” It’s a demand for a better politics.
newrepublic.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Exactly. It's disingenuous to call it a purity test to say "You shouldn't be beholden to right-wing billionaires pushing right-wing policies and right-wing candidates."
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
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It might be funny coming from a person who does interviews for a living, but these tech guys need to sit down (in this case actually) and shut up. The more they talk, the more we see and what we see is unearned aggrievement and deep insecurity that manifests as exhausting arrogance.
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It might be funny coming from a person who does interviews for a living, but these tech guys need to sit down (in this case actually) and shut up. The more they talk, the more we see and what we see is unearned aggrievement and deep insecurity that manifests as exhausting arrogance.
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The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
Um.... This is an actual judicial opinion (dissenting in the TX gerrymandering case)
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
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Strike on Jbaa follows warnings for more attacks as Israel continues daily attacks despite year-old ceasefire.
Israel hits multiple towns in southern Lebanon as attacks intensify
Strike on Jbaa follows warnings for more attacks as Israel continues daily attacks despite year-old ceasefire.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Strike on Jbaa follows warnings for more attacks as Israel continues daily attacks despite year-old ceasefire.
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"Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement… The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
December 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement… The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
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Since I published, other federal employees have reached out with examples of overt Christianity in the workplace.
Before Thanksgiving, Director of the US Marshals sent out this message to all employees: "Your work is not just a job; it is an opportunity to contribute and to honor God."
Full text:
Before Thanksgiving, Director of the US Marshals sent out this message to all employees: "Your work is not just a job; it is an opportunity to contribute and to honor God."
Full text:
December 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Since I published, other federal employees have reached out with examples of overt Christianity in the workplace.
Before Thanksgiving, Director of the US Marshals sent out this message to all employees: "Your work is not just a job; it is an opportunity to contribute and to honor God."
Full text:
Before Thanksgiving, Director of the US Marshals sent out this message to all employees: "Your work is not just a job; it is an opportunity to contribute and to honor God."
Full text:
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one thing worth observing here is that so many of these pundits aren't earnestly trying to understand what happened in the world as much as they are shadowboxing with people they don't like on the internet. stringinamaze.net/p/the-pundit...
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
one thing worth observing here is that so many of these pundits aren't earnestly trying to understand what happened in the world as much as they are shadowboxing with people they don't like on the internet. stringinamaze.net/p/the-pundit...
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Find yourself someone who loves you the way unearned social hierarchy loves defending itself through moral panics & means testing.
The NYTimes, The Atlantic, and the WSJ have piled on in the past week. Time for WaPo to get on the too-many-kids-have-diagnoses beat.
Opinion | ADHD Is Exploding. Are the Kids All Right?
‘It’s impossible to ignore the school system’s role in overdiagnosis and prescription.’
www.wsj.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Find yourself someone who loves you the way unearned social hierarchy loves defending itself through moral panics & means testing.
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I told you they would do this.
Hegseth and Trump are cowards. They think they are playing in some sort of childish war game.
Then when they fuck up.
They will blame the military.
When just last week Trump was saying Democrats should be executed for the military NOT obeying these things.
Hegseth and Trump are cowards. They think they are playing in some sort of childish war game.
Then when they fuck up.
They will blame the military.
When just last week Trump was saying Democrats should be executed for the military NOT obeying these things.
December 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I told you they would do this.
Hegseth and Trump are cowards. They think they are playing in some sort of childish war game.
Then when they fuck up.
They will blame the military.
When just last week Trump was saying Democrats should be executed for the military NOT obeying these things.
Hegseth and Trump are cowards. They think they are playing in some sort of childish war game.
Then when they fuck up.
They will blame the military.
When just last week Trump was saying Democrats should be executed for the military NOT obeying these things.
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She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
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I just accidentally hit a truck loaded with electric guitars.
Luckily it was just a fender bender.
Luckily it was just a fender bender.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I just accidentally hit a truck loaded with electric guitars.
Luckily it was just a fender bender.
Luckily it was just a fender bender.
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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The point of having a standards editor is that you bring in a skilled, disinterested person to read or watch a story and point out possible bias, errors and lapses.
The actual story editors can miss those things because they're so closely tied to the production and reporting of the piece.
The actual story editors can miss those things because they're so closely tied to the production and reporting of the piece.
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The point of having a standards editor is that you bring in a skilled, disinterested person to read or watch a story and point out possible bias, errors and lapses.
The actual story editors can miss those things because they're so closely tied to the production and reporting of the piece.
The actual story editors can miss those things because they're so closely tied to the production and reporting of the piece.
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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!
December 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!
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can our journalism scientists create a form of news that Mike Johnson can read?
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
can our journalism scientists create a form of news that Mike Johnson can read?
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The whole point is to control the message. Trump seeks to silence dissent by going after journalists, outlets, critics, activists, academics, even law firms and judges. This is complimented by his billionaire allies buying up up outlets & platforms — resulting in a winnowing of diverse speech.
The Orban playbook: use the regulatory powers of the state to ensure media is owned by your allies who turn it into propaganda for the regime.
Here’s Trump intervening to help his ally Ellison’s bid for Warner Bros (and CNN).
Here’s Trump intervening to help his ally Ellison’s bid for Warner Bros (and CNN).
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The whole point is to control the message. Trump seeks to silence dissent by going after journalists, outlets, critics, activists, academics, even law firms and judges. This is complimented by his billionaire allies buying up up outlets & platforms — resulting in a winnowing of diverse speech.
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Has any man ever known less, been less aware of the world, been more disengaged from his job?
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Has any man ever known less, been less aware of the world, been more disengaged from his job?
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"