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Toaster ovens generate Bible images that go viral with Christians.
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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You can laugh but this proves that in five more years and billions of dollars later we’ll have AI vending machines that take your money and give you your selection without losing all its profit and items…like a vending machine!
December 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
You can laugh but this proves that in five more years and billions of dollars later we’ll have AI vending machines that take your money and give you your selection without losing all its profit and items…like a vending machine!
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Being even baseline literate in the 2020s is like never working out but slowly becoming the strongest person on earth as everyone around you eats shredded newspaper and chugs poison
December 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Being even baseline literate in the 2020s is like never working out but slowly becoming the strongest person on earth as everyone around you eats shredded newspaper and chugs poison
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
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Really do check out the @startribune.com live coverage today. They're doing a beautiful job under difficult conditions.
Link: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Link: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
December 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Really do check out the @startribune.com live coverage today. They're doing a beautiful job under difficult conditions.
Link: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Link: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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Most US media are oblivious to Melania's role in the Epstein world and do no reporting on it. But Melania was introduced to Trump by Epstein while she was working for a modeling agency which Epstein controlled. This has appeared in UK media, but Melania struggling to keep it unpublished in the US.
December 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Most US media are oblivious to Melania's role in the Epstein world and do no reporting on it. But Melania was introduced to Trump by Epstein while she was working for a modeling agency which Epstein controlled. This has appeared in UK media, but Melania struggling to keep it unpublished in the US.
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‘wind farm gave rise to benthic ecosystem—dominated by seafloor organisms - colonies of oysters and barnacles—that was nonexistent…researchers think rough turbine surfaces provided optimal habitat…predatory fish followed the food…developed stable ecosystem’
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
‘wind farm gave rise to benthic ecosystem—dominated by seafloor organisms - colonies of oysters and barnacles—that was nonexistent…researchers think rough turbine surfaces provided optimal habitat…predatory fish followed the food…developed stable ecosystem’
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The economy has lost even more manufacturing jobs under Trump than the monthly jobs data indicate deanbaker22.substack.com/p/how-many-m...
How Many Manufacturing Jobs Has Trump Actually Lost?
The picture is even less MAGA than the monthly jobs data show
deanbaker22.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The economy has lost even more manufacturing jobs under Trump than the monthly jobs data indicate deanbaker22.substack.com/p/how-many-m...
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Americans & Europeans needlessly exposing African babies to preventable diseases just to see if they can find something that would justify their preexisting antivaccine beliefs is not only unscientific and actually anti-science, it is very much reminiscent of colonialist, racist human rights abuses
“It is not clear what the research question is. It seems to be about the safety of the vaccine rather than its effectiveness, but both are already well-established, and to undertake such a study in a population where almost 1/5 of the adult population has a marker of infection seems extremely risky”
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Americans & Europeans needlessly exposing African babies to preventable diseases just to see if they can find something that would justify their preexisting antivaccine beliefs is not only unscientific and actually anti-science, it is very much reminiscent of colonialist, racist human rights abuses
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fun fact: the chairman of the board of the student publication that used Nazi slogans and imagery to advocate the mass execution of a “parasitic” underclass is…. Alex “US Attorney who gave Jeffrey Epstein a sweetheart deal” Acosta
December 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
fun fact: the chairman of the board of the student publication that used Nazi slogans and imagery to advocate the mass execution of a “parasitic” underclass is…. Alex “US Attorney who gave Jeffrey Epstein a sweetheart deal” Acosta
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The world would be better off if the Palestinians just didn't exist, says former president of the United States
December 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The world would be better off if the Palestinians just didn't exist, says former president of the United States
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Exhibit 3422 in case that there is no news on American news channels
Imani Tafari-Ama on the drastic consequences of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica for mental health: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/focu...
Imani Tafari-Ama | Hurricane Melissa didn’t end — It moved inside us
When the winds died down and the floodwaters receded, what remained was not only broken infrastructure, but broken routines, broken security and broken peace of mind. And yet, our recovery discourse s...
jamaica-gleaner.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Exhibit 3422 in case that there is no news on American news channels
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The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
December 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
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Catherine Rampell: "In Alabama, a U.S.-born construction worker has been detained not once but twice, at different job sites twenty miles apart from one another. The first time, agents kept him handcuffed for over an hour even after seeing his REAL ID." His problem—wrong skin color.
Trump Is Walloping Construction Businesses. The Industry Stays Quiet.
Raids on work sites. Roofers under siege. But builders keep mum.
open.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Catherine Rampell: "In Alabama, a U.S.-born construction worker has been detained not once but twice, at different job sites twenty miles apart from one another. The first time, agents kept him handcuffed for over an hour even after seeing his REAL ID." His problem—wrong skin color.
Didn't Larry Summers recently loss of a few sinecures make him the first Epstein associate to face the faintest of consequences outside the Gates divorce?
The fact that one of the very richest men on earth could get a very public divorce due to his association with Epstein, and not even 5 years later it's just memory-holed.
No one really brings it up, he's still out there doing his thing.
No one really brings it up, he's still out there doing his thing.
December 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Didn't Larry Summers recently loss of a few sinecures make him the first Epstein associate to face the faintest of consequences outside the Gates divorce?
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Israel’s Airstrikes on Lebanese Reconstruction Equipment, Factories are War Crimes
Israel’s Airstrikes on Lebanese Reconstruction Equipment, Factories are War Crimes
Criminal intent means the violation was carried out deliberately; those who order, assist, and aid offenses are also responsible for war crimes
dlvr.it
December 20, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Israel’s Airstrikes on Lebanese Reconstruction Equipment, Factories are War Crimes
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1/4 of Syrian Expat Refugees Have Returned, but many to Destroyed Homes, Land Disputes
1/4 of Syrian Expat Refugees Have Returned, but many to Destroyed Homes, Land Disputes
Why are so many Syrians going back, and will these returns last? Moreover, what conditions are they returning to?
dlvr.it
December 20, 2025 at 5:28 AM
1/4 of Syrian Expat Refugees Have Returned, but many to Destroyed Homes, Land Disputes
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
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The conservative movement seems to be trying to chart a course between Ben Shapiro on its far left edge and Hitler-loving Nick Fuentes on its right edge, and let’s just say the Shapiro faction seems to not be doing so great. I can’t believe these freaks are making me root for Ben Shapiro.
"Ben Shapiro is like a cancer, and cancer spreads," Bannon says. "It metastasizes"
December 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The conservative movement seems to be trying to chart a course between Ben Shapiro on its far left edge and Hitler-loving Nick Fuentes on its right edge, and let’s just say the Shapiro faction seems to not be doing so great. I can’t believe these freaks are making me root for Ben Shapiro.
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Zohran Mamdani scares the ADL more than these guys and I think it's fair to ask why
December 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Zohran Mamdani scares the ADL more than these guys and I think it's fair to ask why
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(I should clarify this; the first example was from a deposition _describing_ the Mae West play (she was prosecuted for obscenity), not in the text of the play itself.)
December 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
(I should clarify this; the first example was from a deposition _describing_ the Mae West play (she was prosecuted for obscenity), not in the text of the play itself.)
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Oh hello! I wrote the OED entry for this, and found the earliest known example, which is 1927, in a Mae West play. It's also in A Farewell to Arms (1929); Orwell uses it in the 1930s. These examples are all clear. So, definitely established by the 1920s.
December 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Oh hello! I wrote the OED entry for this, and found the earliest known example, which is 1927, in a Mae West play. It's also in A Farewell to Arms (1929); Orwell uses it in the 1930s. These examples are all clear. So, definitely established by the 1920s.
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EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
Opposed to Data Centers? The Working Families Party Wants You to Run for Office
The influential progressive third party announced Thursday that it was putting out a recruitment call for candidates specifically opposed to data centers.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
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This is like reverse Yglesiasism
simultaneously a good news story on McBride's deftness and a real shattering account of how many Democrats still need to get punted into a hole in the ocean
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
Sarah McBride knew some Democrats would betray trans people, so she lobbied Republicans
Sarah McBride successfully lobbied a handful of Republicans to vote against a ban on gender-affirming care for youth.
www.advocate.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is like reverse Yglesiasism