Steve Randy Waldman
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heard it called a divide by zero moment
January 11, 2026 at 4:11 AM
heard it called a divide by zero moment
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someone's gotta go in and tighten the gyre. we can't be having all this widening, it's not sustainable
January 11, 2026 at 3:24 AM
someone's gotta go in and tighten the gyre. we can't be having all this widening, it's not sustainable
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has once again proposed convening constituent assemblies across several countries—Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama—to revive Simón Bolívar’s vision of Gran Colombia, arguing that together “we would be a power.”
January 11, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has once again proposed convening constituent assemblies across several countries—Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama—to revive Simón Bolívar’s vision of Gran Colombia, arguing that together “we would be a power.”
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RFE/RL, which has sued Kari Lake to block her termination of its federal funding grants, resumes shortwave radio broadcasts into Iran following the imposition of an internet blackout by the Islamic Republic. about.rferl.org/article/radio...
Radio Farda Returns to Shortwave, Bypassing Iran’s Digital Blackout
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has today resumed shortwave radio broadcasts into Iran following the imposition of an internet blackout by the Islamic Republic.
about.rferl.org
January 11, 2026 at 3:24 AM
RFE/RL, which has sued Kari Lake to block her termination of its federal funding grants, resumes shortwave radio broadcasts into Iran following the imposition of an internet blackout by the Islamic Republic. about.rferl.org/article/radio...
leaving on a jet plane.
January 11, 2026 at 3:47 AM
leaving on a jet plane.
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Sec Noem signed a new policy barring congressional visits to ICE facilities without a week's advance notice.
January 11, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Sec Noem signed a new policy barring congressional visits to ICE facilities without a week's advance notice.
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Like the current situation is that porn and sexualized images of children are banned from the apple and Google app stores *except for X* and that situation is a result of political pressure from Republicans. Dems are asking the platforms to enforce the same rules they enforce on everyone else
January 10, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Like the current situation is that porn and sexualized images of children are banned from the apple and Google app stores *except for X* and that situation is a result of political pressure from Republicans. Dems are asking the platforms to enforce the same rules they enforce on everyone else
for a minute there, it seemed he was a lame duck rather than a horseman of the apocalypse.
January 10, 2026 at 11:24 AM
for a minute there, it seemed he was a lame duck rather than a horseman of the apocalypse.
morons learn lessons.
January 10, 2026 at 7:05 AM
morons learn lessons.
come spring the ice melts.
January 10, 2026 at 3:40 AM
come spring the ice melts.
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I wrote this almost 11 years ago theweek.com/articles/444...
January 10, 2026 at 2:14 AM
I wrote this almost 11 years ago theweek.com/articles/444...
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It's incredibly demoralizing to constantly see the highest institutions of government and academia and the most important and widely seen news outlets knuckle under one after another, but then to see the gulf between that and the bravery of communities and neighbors and teachers - that's something
January 10, 2026 at 12:33 AM
It's incredibly demoralizing to constantly see the highest institutions of government and academia and the most important and widely seen news outlets knuckle under one after another, but then to see the gulf between that and the bravery of communities and neighbors and teachers - that's something
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It’s interesting that Trumpism itself is one of the most obvious negative examples of this, where participation in a bad political project has had a morally corrupting effect on people who started out somewhat decent
January 10, 2026 at 12:40 AM
It’s interesting that Trumpism itself is one of the most obvious negative examples of this, where participation in a bad political project has had a morally corrupting effect on people who started out somewhat decent
the fundamental mistake the contemporary right makes is to confuse the product of successful institutions with personal characteristics of the people that perform them. since they think good outcomes are about good people, they happily dismantle the institutions under which people become good.
January 10, 2026 at 12:16 AM
the fundamental mistake the contemporary right makes is to confuse the product of successful institutions with personal characteristics of the people that perform them. since they think good outcomes are about good people, they happily dismantle the institutions under which people become good.
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January 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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What a year this week has been.
January 9, 2026 at 2:24 AM
What a year this week has been.
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Gizmodo has 2.5 MILLION followed on X, and this has been up for 14 hours.
All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Gizmodo has 2.5 MILLION followed on X, and this has been up for 14 hours.
All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
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The world in 2026
January 9, 2026 at 1:14 PM
The world in 2026
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i would like things to stop happening
January 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
i would like things to stop happening
Trump tells Hannity he will accept Machado’s Nobel Prize when she gives it to him.
So embarrassing.
So embarrassing.
January 9, 2026 at 7:44 AM
it’s worth pointing out that which abstract, polled issues the public cares about and what *stories* the public cares about may be entirely different things, and the stories may matter much more. 1/
New YouGov polling shows more people say inflation is their #1 issue now than said the same at any point in 2023-2024 today.yougov.com/politics/art...
January 8, 2026 at 10:21 PM
it’s worth pointing out that which abstract, polled issues the public cares about and what *stories* the public cares about may be entirely different things, and the stories may matter much more. 1/
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This is also why I've been mostly uninterested in alignment work. I'm not sure why the technical problem is interesting when the "alignment to whom" question just overrides everything
January 8, 2026 at 5:04 AM
This is also why I've been mostly uninterested in alignment work. I'm not sure why the technical problem is interesting when the "alignment to whom" question just overrides everything
just waiting for the argument, “if they don’t burn down portland it shows how racist the left is against white people.”
January 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
just waiting for the argument, “if they don’t burn down portland it shows how racist the left is against white people.”
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really aggravating that the NYT has a huge pack of the best journalists on the planet, and then nearly all of the key decisions regarding attention, framing, and overall coverage are driven by a crypto right wing nepo baby and a dozen-ish of his toadies
January 8, 2026 at 2:21 PM
really aggravating that the NYT has a huge pack of the best journalists on the planet, and then nearly all of the key decisions regarding attention, framing, and overall coverage are driven by a crypto right wing nepo baby and a dozen-ish of his toadies