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Language may change, but people don’t, and the mirror Dante holds up in his Divine Comedy has made him a constant contemporary. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/01/dante-the-essential-commedia-prue-shaw-book-review
Where Dante Guides Us
The Divine Comedy, the poet’s tour of the Christian afterlife, is filled with strikingly modern touches—and a poetic energy rooted in the imperfectly human.
www.newyorker.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Language may change, but people don’t, and the mirror Dante holds up in his Divine Comedy has made him a constant contemporary. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/01/dante-the-essential-commedia-prue-shaw-book-review
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So denaturalize and deport Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, both of whom are public charges and security risks who undermine domestic tranquility and routinely promote radical foreign ideologies incompatible with America's pluralistic, scholarly, and secular traditions.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
So denaturalize and deport Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, both of whom are public charges and security risks who undermine domestic tranquility and routinely promote radical foreign ideologies incompatible with America's pluralistic, scholarly, and secular traditions.
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Me about to piss off the capitalists even more: I actually think investing money in genAI and all its data centres should be banned until it proves it does not harm the environment (spoiler, it will not) and also proves it is actually useful (spoiler, it is not).
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Me about to piss off the capitalists even more: I actually think investing money in genAI and all its data centres should be banned until it proves it does not harm the environment (spoiler, it will not) and also proves it is actually useful (spoiler, it is not).
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Me about to piss off a bunch of capitalists: If Bezos doesn’t want to pay his fair share in corporate taxes, I don’t see why we shouldn’t nationalise Amazon and make it a subsidiary of the post office.
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Me about to piss off a bunch of capitalists: If Bezos doesn’t want to pay his fair share in corporate taxes, I don’t see why we shouldn’t nationalise Amazon and make it a subsidiary of the post office.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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there's a whole Tom Scott on it - www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYgi...
The long-forgotten history of the British moon spacesuit
YouTube video by Tom Scott
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
there's a whole Tom Scott on it - www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYgi...
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real Lunar spacesuit designed by the British interplanetary society.
I think it would be perfect for a comic, (it even has a cape!!!!)
I think it would be perfect for a comic, (it even has a cape!!!!)
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
real Lunar spacesuit designed by the British interplanetary society.
I think it would be perfect for a comic, (it even has a cape!!!!)
I think it would be perfect for a comic, (it even has a cape!!!!)
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An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” John Cassidy writes. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/mlYgP3
The A.I.-Profits Drought and the Lessons of History
Like the steam engine, electricity, and computers, generative artificial intelligence could take longer than expected to transform the economy.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” John Cassidy writes. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/mlYgP3
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Really cool that Biden's DOJ handled everything to do with investigating and eventually prosecuting Trump with extra soft kid gloves so that they could avoid looking "political" only to have Trump re-elected so that he could launch investigations of...Barack Obama
Nice work. Good job all around
Nice work. Good job all around
Jeebus. Just look at this shit:
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Really cool that Biden's DOJ handled everything to do with investigating and eventually prosecuting Trump with extra soft kid gloves so that they could avoid looking "political" only to have Trump re-elected so that he could launch investigations of...Barack Obama
Nice work. Good job all around
Nice work. Good job all around
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Called my both of my US Senators to express my opinion that they should demand Schumer and Durbin step down from their leadership positions immediately.
You can do the same by dialing the US Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121. An operator will connect you directly with your Senator's office.
You can do the same by dialing the US Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121. An operator will connect you directly with your Senator's office.
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Called my both of my US Senators to express my opinion that they should demand Schumer and Durbin step down from their leadership positions immediately.
You can do the same by dialing the US Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121. An operator will connect you directly with your Senator's office.
You can do the same by dialing the US Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121. An operator will connect you directly with your Senator's office.
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Sounds about right…
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Sounds about right…
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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POS who used bankruptcy court six separate times to avoid paying millions to contractors, is now using the Supreme Court to avoid paying SNAP benefits to families with children.
His demise can’t come soon enough.
His demise can’t come soon enough.
November 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
POS who used bankruptcy court six separate times to avoid paying millions to contractors, is now using the Supreme Court to avoid paying SNAP benefits to families with children.
His demise can’t come soon enough.
His demise can’t come soon enough.
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Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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We’re 36 days into the longest shutdown in American history.
All it would take to end this shutdown is for Republicans to agree to extend ACA tax credits, something that would directly help millions of Americans.
It’s way past time to get to the negotiating table and end this.
All it would take to end this shutdown is for Republicans to agree to extend ACA tax credits, something that would directly help millions of Americans.
It’s way past time to get to the negotiating table and end this.
November 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
We’re 36 days into the longest shutdown in American history.
All it would take to end this shutdown is for Republicans to agree to extend ACA tax credits, something that would directly help millions of Americans.
It’s way past time to get to the negotiating table and end this.
All it would take to end this shutdown is for Republicans to agree to extend ACA tax credits, something that would directly help millions of Americans.
It’s way past time to get to the negotiating table and end this.
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Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
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So Trump says he knows nothing about the pardon he issued for a billionaire who just so happened to make his family a fortune in crypto.
This clip is going viral for a reason.
Don’t underestimate a struggling American public’s slowly building intolerance for this kind of blatant corruption.
This clip is going viral for a reason.
Don’t underestimate a struggling American public’s slowly building intolerance for this kind of blatant corruption.
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
So Trump says he knows nothing about the pardon he issued for a billionaire who just so happened to make his family a fortune in crypto.
This clip is going viral for a reason.
Don’t underestimate a struggling American public’s slowly building intolerance for this kind of blatant corruption.
This clip is going viral for a reason.
Don’t underestimate a struggling American public’s slowly building intolerance for this kind of blatant corruption.
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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"If you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" Billie Eilish speaking directly to Mark Zuckerberg, as she donates $11.5m to food poverty and climate justice organisations.
'Give your money away,' Billie Eilish tells billionaires
The singer called on the mega wealthy to donate more to charity, during a speech at the WSJ Awards attended by the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and George Lucas.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"If you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" Billie Eilish speaking directly to Mark Zuckerberg, as she donates $11.5m to food poverty and climate justice organisations.
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It seems some are under the impression that the war continues because Ukraine keeps hoping to liberate its territories, whereas it continues because Russia keeps hoping to occupy all of Ukraine.
October 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It seems some are under the impression that the war continues because Ukraine keeps hoping to liberate its territories, whereas it continues because Russia keeps hoping to occupy all of Ukraine.
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Florence + the Machine: Everybody Scream review – alt-rock survivor surveys her kingdom with swagger
Florence + the Machine: Everybody Scream review – alt-rock survivor surveys her kingdom with swagger
On her self-deprecating, viscera-flecked sixth record, Florence Welch picks apart the compulsions and contradictions of fame
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Florence + the Machine: Everybody Scream review – alt-rock survivor surveys her kingdom with swagger
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Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?