Devindra Hardawar
@devindra.bsky.social
Immigrant. Tech/movie 🇬🇾 guy. Engadget Editor. Filmcast co-host. ATL Film Critics Circle member. He/Him. [email protected] @[email protected]
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RIP Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
December 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
RIP Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
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Who are these people texting? Other Tesla owners?
Like the villains in an Indiana Jones movie, Tesla seemingly doesn't care about the potential consequences as long as the automaker nears its obscene goal.
Elon Musk Tells Tesla Owners To Text And Drive, What's That Worst That Could Happen - Jalopnik
www.jalopnik.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Who are these people texting? Other Tesla owners?
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I love Quentin Tarantino's movies, they're a vital part of my career and my life, and every time he does a podcast or gives in an interview it's a sharp reminder of the genuine intellectual danger of spending 30 years of your life with everyone around you treating you like a genius at all times
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I love Quentin Tarantino's movies, they're a vital part of my career and my life, and every time he does a podcast or gives in an interview it's a sharp reminder of the genuine intellectual danger of spending 30 years of your life with everyone around you treating you like a genius at all times
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Happy 10th Anniversary to the time an episode of Broad City made me laugh so hard I ended up in the hospital for 5 days.
www.slashfilm.com/2041859/the-...
www.slashfilm.com/2041859/the-...
10 Years Ago, One Of The Funniest TV Episodes Ever Literally Put Me In The Hospital - SlashFilm
10 years ago, I laughed so hard at an episode of Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson's Broad City that it put me in the hospital.
www.slashfilm.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Happy 10th Anniversary to the time an episode of Broad City made me laugh so hard I ended up in the hospital for 5 days.
www.slashfilm.com/2041859/the-...
www.slashfilm.com/2041859/the-...
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This is where we are now. Families are starving in the wealthiest nation in the world.
Meanwhile the president is intentionally trying to cut off food for hungry people who live in states that did not vote for him.
It's not just immoral — it's un-American.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Meanwhile the president is intentionally trying to cut off food for hungry people who live in states that did not vote for him.
It's not just immoral — it's un-American.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Agriculture Dept. Threatens to Withhold Food Stamps From Democratic States
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is where we are now. Families are starving in the wealthiest nation in the world.
Meanwhile the president is intentionally trying to cut off food for hungry people who live in states that did not vote for him.
It's not just immoral — it's un-American.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Meanwhile the president is intentionally trying to cut off food for hungry people who live in states that did not vote for him.
It's not just immoral — it's un-American.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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Facts ✊🏼✊🏼
Addressing the claim that America was built by "hard working people" by reminding everyone that America was *actually* built on the backs of enslaved Africans and on the genocide of Indigenous people.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Facts ✊🏼✊🏼
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If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
He was always great, RIP
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, prolific actor known for his roles in “Mortal Kombat,” “Last Emperor” and “Man In The High Castle,” has died at 75
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Dies: ‘Mortal Kombat, ‘Last Emperor’ & ‘Man In The High Castle’ Actor Was 75
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the actor best known for his roles in the Mortal Kombat films, The Last Emperor and The Man in the High Castle, has died.
deadline.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
He was always great, RIP
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Jeff Bezos and Tim Apple and the CEO of Ford all stand around glazing Trump while he debuts the White House's new golden lawn jockeys; regular working people across the country keep telling the Nazis to go fuck themselves
NEW: The Trump Justice Department failed to secure an indictment today against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Grand jury declines to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed
Federal officials failed to secure the new indictment against James, whom Trump has targeted, after a judge said the previous one was secured by an unlawfully appointed prosecutor.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Jeff Bezos and Tim Apple and the CEO of Ford all stand around glazing Trump while he debuts the White House's new golden lawn jockeys; regular working people across the country keep telling the Nazis to go fuck themselves
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it is infuriating how much of this admin's policy agenda and its strategy for pursuing it rests solely on having SCOTUS as a cheat card. very clear pattern:
A) do something illegal
B) court rules don't do that
C) ignore, continue doing illegal thing until SCOTUS rules it was retroactively legal
A) do something illegal
B) court rules don't do that
C) ignore, continue doing illegal thing until SCOTUS rules it was retroactively legal
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
it is infuriating how much of this admin's policy agenda and its strategy for pursuing it rests solely on having SCOTUS as a cheat card. very clear pattern:
A) do something illegal
B) court rules don't do that
C) ignore, continue doing illegal thing until SCOTUS rules it was retroactively legal
A) do something illegal
B) court rules don't do that
C) ignore, continue doing illegal thing until SCOTUS rules it was retroactively legal
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Welp.
A Somali immigrant who campaigned for Trump responds to Trump calling Somalis “Garbage.”
“We see hope in you. Please differentiate between good, bad and evil… We’re getting killed out here.”
“We see hope in you. Please differentiate between good, bad and evil… We’re getting killed out here.”
December 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Welp.
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Pete Hegseth is a sadistic serial killer.
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Pete Hegseth is a sadistic serial killer.
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BREAKING: In a shadow docket 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS reinstates Texas' racist gerrymandered maps that disenfranchise Black & brown people.
But if you think this is new, a reminder—with receipts—that SCOTUS has ALWAYS upheld white supremacy in America.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-suprem...
But if you think this is new, a reminder—with receipts—that SCOTUS has ALWAYS upheld white supremacy in America.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-suprem...
The Supreme Court Has Always Upheld White Supremacy
Receipts show the current Court's right wing extremist rulings are not aberrations, but manifestations of SCOTUS history—and that must change
www.qasimrashid.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
BREAKING: In a shadow docket 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS reinstates Texas' racist gerrymandered maps that disenfranchise Black & brown people.
But if you think this is new, a reminder—with receipts—that SCOTUS has ALWAYS upheld white supremacy in America.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-suprem...
But if you think this is new, a reminder—with receipts—that SCOTUS has ALWAYS upheld white supremacy in America.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-suprem...
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The constitution is colorblind unless you want to discriminate against nonwhites. Then it’s fine apnews.com/article/supr...
Supreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map favorable to Republicans in 2026
The Supreme Court is allowing the challenged Texas congressional redistricting plan to be used in next year’s election, despite a lower-court ruling that the map likely discriminates on the basis of r...
apnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The constitution is colorblind unless you want to discriminate against nonwhites. Then it’s fine apnews.com/article/supr...
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
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I'll be honest: I do not care if these artists ever get paid. You perform at the Trumpified Kennedy Center, you should expect to get the full Trump treatment (which often means that you're getting screwed over).
December 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I'll be honest: I do not care if these artists ever get paid. You perform at the Trumpified Kennedy Center, you should expect to get the full Trump treatment (which often means that you're getting screwed over).
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Gwinnett just made history, electing 21-year-old Akbar Ali as Georgia’s youngest state legislator. Fresh out of Kennesaw State, he’s leading in a Republican-heavy chamber ready to push on gun safety shaped by a generation raised on school safety drills.
https://bit.ly/4iEeuSZ
https://bit.ly/4iEeuSZ
Gwinnett elects 21-year-old to Georgia state house
Fresh out of Kennesaw State, Ali won the special election District 106 runoff on Tuesday.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Gwinnett just made history, electing 21-year-old Akbar Ali as Georgia’s youngest state legislator. Fresh out of Kennesaw State, he’s leading in a Republican-heavy chamber ready to push on gun safety shaped by a generation raised on school safety drills.
https://bit.ly/4iEeuSZ
https://bit.ly/4iEeuSZ
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Must-read: the NPR public editor's explanation of how the whole "underage women" thing made it on air. The transparency is a model for the rest of the industry:
www.npr.org/sections/npr...
www.npr.org/sections/npr...
NPR described Jeffrey Epstein's victims as "underage women," then quickly corrected the error …
… But not before the audience heard it. How did this happen?
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Must-read: the NPR public editor's explanation of how the whole "underage women" thing made it on air. The transparency is a model for the rest of the industry:
www.npr.org/sections/npr...
www.npr.org/sections/npr...
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The postal service is not a business, measuring it by revenue is the wrong frame for understanding its worth.
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The postal service is not a business, measuring it by revenue is the wrong frame for understanding its worth.
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"Here's what the reenactment would've looked like, had it happened at all."
This was literally a Bob's Burgers episode about the Mad Pooper. Which is fitting, given her preoccupation with restrooms.
This was literally a Bob's Burgers episode about the Mad Pooper. Which is fitting, given her preoccupation with restrooms.
December 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"Here's what the reenactment would've looked like, had it happened at all."
This was literally a Bob's Burgers episode about the Mad Pooper. Which is fitting, given her preoccupation with restrooms.
This was literally a Bob's Burgers episode about the Mad Pooper. Which is fitting, given her preoccupation with restrooms.
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I would pay good money to watch this Admiral open a can of whupa** on Pete Hegseth even though it would probably take two seconds. That man looks like the walking definition of "FAFO"
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I would pay good money to watch this Admiral open a can of whupa** on Pete Hegseth even though it would probably take two seconds. That man looks like the walking definition of "FAFO"
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this is extraordinary. too many people in my profession have circled the wagons around someone who lacks the moral sense of a child
@timmiller.bsky.social: "He's being nominated to HHS Secretary…You had information that you could have shared…and you didn't share anything about him. Why? Did you still love him?"
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
this is extraordinary. too many people in my profession have circled the wagons around someone who lacks the moral sense of a child
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Geneticist here. Anyone telling you that they can just change intelligence (which isn't what IQ measures well anyways) by fiddling with a few genes is just straight-up grifting, it doesn't work like that. And yes it's basically definitionally eugenics.
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 5:17 PM
Geneticist here. Anyone telling you that they can just change intelligence (which isn't what IQ measures well anyways) by fiddling with a few genes is just straight-up grifting, it doesn't work like that. And yes it's basically definitionally eugenics.
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"Fat, illiterate, and violent is no way to go through life, son."
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December 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"Fat, illiterate, and violent is no way to go through life, son."
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@radiofreetom.bsky.social @kenwhite.bsky.social
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This is ASTOUNDINGLY evil.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is ASTOUNDINGLY evil.