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🧵Of all the stupid things I have seen by a pundit allegedly on our side of the aisle, Matthew Yglesias' call for Democrats to embrace big oil is right up there. I won't post a link. Find it if you must.
We are in a fucking climate crisis, Matt-
We are in a fucking climate crisis, Matt-
December 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🧵Of all the stupid things I have seen by a pundit allegedly on our side of the aisle, Matthew Yglesias' call for Democrats to embrace big oil is right up there. I won't post a link. Find it if you must.
We are in a fucking climate crisis, Matt-
We are in a fucking climate crisis, Matt-
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Serious question for the Hobby Lobby family spearheading the “He Gets Us" ad campaign, which includes Super Bowl commercials:
If Jesus already gets us, why are you raising a billion dollars to spend on advertising instead of on food and housing for hungry and homeless people?
If Jesus already gets us, why are you raising a billion dollars to spend on advertising instead of on food and housing for hungry and homeless people?
December 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Serious question for the Hobby Lobby family spearheading the “He Gets Us" ad campaign, which includes Super Bowl commercials:
If Jesus already gets us, why are you raising a billion dollars to spend on advertising instead of on food and housing for hungry and homeless people?
If Jesus already gets us, why are you raising a billion dollars to spend on advertising instead of on food and housing for hungry and homeless people?
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Looking for a musical gift this year, for yourself or a loved one? I am teaching two classes at John C. Campbell Folk School in western N.C. “Songs from the Appalachians to the Ozarks”(Feb 13-15) and “Traditional Songwriting: Write New Songs That Sound Old” (Feb 15-21). folkschool.org/music
December 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Looking for a musical gift this year, for yourself or a loved one? I am teaching two classes at John C. Campbell Folk School in western N.C. “Songs from the Appalachians to the Ozarks”(Feb 13-15) and “Traditional Songwriting: Write New Songs That Sound Old” (Feb 15-21). folkschool.org/music
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What this article doesn't mention is that this was caused by Elon Musk's DOGE.
Because a half a dozen Very Smartest College Dropouts didn't understand why we were spending money stopping bugs in Guatemala.
Because a half a dozen Very Smartest College Dropouts didn't understand why we were spending money stopping bugs in Guatemala.
A flesh-eating fly once eradicated is moving back toward the U.S.
California researchers are preparing for the possible return of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that feeds on living flesh and once devastated U.S. livestock. By monitoring traps and educatin...
www.sciencedaily.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
What this article doesn't mention is that this was caused by Elon Musk's DOGE.
Because a half a dozen Very Smartest College Dropouts didn't understand why we were spending money stopping bugs in Guatemala.
Because a half a dozen Very Smartest College Dropouts didn't understand why we were spending money stopping bugs in Guatemala.
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If you think beef prices are high now, wait until this gets to the US
What this article doesn't mention is that this was caused by Elon Musk's DOGE.
Because a half a dozen Very Smartest College Dropouts didn't understand why we were spending money stopping bugs in Guatemala.
Because a half a dozen Very Smartest College Dropouts didn't understand why we were spending money stopping bugs in Guatemala.
A flesh-eating fly once eradicated is moving back toward the U.S.
California researchers are preparing for the possible return of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that feeds on living flesh and once devastated U.S. livestock. By monitoring traps and educatin...
www.sciencedaily.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If you think beef prices are high now, wait until this gets to the US
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There are people being paid by the federal government to sit around and think of increasingly outrageous posts to titillate Nazis on the 9th most popular social media site in the U.S.
December 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
There are people being paid by the federal government to sit around and think of increasingly outrageous posts to titillate Nazis on the 9th most popular social media site in the U.S.
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The reality for like 80% of guys is that you’d be hit once by a middle linebacker and you’d die
been thinking about that “if you had 10 carries behind an NFL line, could you get a first down” hypothetical
and the trickier question is this: assuming you don’t slide, could you make it through all ten carries without fumbling
and the trickier question is this: assuming you don’t slide, could you make it through all ten carries without fumbling
December 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The reality for like 80% of guys is that you’d be hit once by a middle linebacker and you’d die
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A man named Nicky Crawford transformed a school bus into a mobile laundry service for the homeless called “Flowing with Blessings” He teamed up with Georgia Tech engineering students and created the bus, which provides free laundry, showers, haircuts & meals for the homelessness
October 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
A man named Nicky Crawford transformed a school bus into a mobile laundry service for the homeless called “Flowing with Blessings” He teamed up with Georgia Tech engineering students and created the bus, which provides free laundry, showers, haircuts & meals for the homelessness
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"Chatbot, show me something that is the *opposite* of what a Republican would do to help the disadvantaged?"
A man named Nicky Crawford transformed a school bus into a mobile laundry service for the homeless called “Flowing with Blessings” He teamed up with Georgia Tech engineering students and created the bus, which provides free laundry, showers, haircuts & meals for the homelessness
October 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"Chatbot, show me something that is the *opposite* of what a Republican would do to help the disadvantaged?"
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Bernie sounding the alarm about A.I. tech billionaire oligarchs buying our government and data centers
December 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Bernie sounding the alarm about A.I. tech billionaire oligarchs buying our government and data centers
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I don't do much looking back at my own writing, but I've been thinking about this piece a lot today. From tenderly protecting Trump from criminal consequences to enthusiastically helping him dismantle the administrative state, Roberts owns it all.
The worst chief justice of all time
Move over, Roger Taney and Melville Fuller.
open.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I don't do much looking back at my own writing, but I've been thinking about this piece a lot today. From tenderly protecting Trump from criminal consequences to enthusiastically helping him dismantle the administrative state, Roberts owns it all.
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Video essay: That OU Essay Is Supposed to Be Bad
I approached the OU essay as an editor and realized it didn’t want to be fixed.
Thoughts on craft, refusal, ugliness, and why some writing is bad on purpose.
(Weekends are the perfect time for new content, right?)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvCm...
I approached the OU essay as an editor and realized it didn’t want to be fixed.
Thoughts on craft, refusal, ugliness, and why some writing is bad on purpose.
(Weekends are the perfect time for new content, right?)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvCm...
That OU Essay Is Supposed to Be Bad | An Editor’s Note
YouTube video by Ana Marie Cox
www.youtube.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Video essay: That OU Essay Is Supposed to Be Bad
I approached the OU essay as an editor and realized it didn’t want to be fixed.
Thoughts on craft, refusal, ugliness, and why some writing is bad on purpose.
(Weekends are the perfect time for new content, right?)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvCm...
I approached the OU essay as an editor and realized it didn’t want to be fixed.
Thoughts on craft, refusal, ugliness, and why some writing is bad on purpose.
(Weekends are the perfect time for new content, right?)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvCm...
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Some incredible stuff in this video about the aesthetic of the Trump era, ideas I've been sort of thinking about but hadn't yet heard articulated: Tackiness not as poor taste but as a deliberate choice, a show of force.
Video essay: That OU Essay Is Supposed to Be Bad
I approached the OU essay as an editor and realized it didn’t want to be fixed.
Thoughts on craft, refusal, ugliness, and why some writing is bad on purpose.
(Weekends are the perfect time for new content, right?)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvCm...
I approached the OU essay as an editor and realized it didn’t want to be fixed.
Thoughts on craft, refusal, ugliness, and why some writing is bad on purpose.
(Weekends are the perfect time for new content, right?)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvCm...
That OU Essay Is Supposed to Be Bad | An Editor’s Note
YouTube video by Ana Marie Cox
www.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Some incredible stuff in this video about the aesthetic of the Trump era, ideas I've been sort of thinking about but hadn't yet heard articulated: Tackiness not as poor taste but as a deliberate choice, a show of force.
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The House passed legislation today that would charge doctors with a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providing transition-related care to minors.
Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
House passes bill to criminalize transition care for minors
The House passed legislation today that would charge doctors with a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providing transition-related medical care
www.nbcnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The House passed legislation today that would charge doctors with a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providing transition-related care to minors.
Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
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See also everything happening at CBS currently
Like we literally do not have to take these fucking jagoffs or their thought experiments seriously. And when you tell them they’re full of shit they can’t function because they’ve only ever been told they’re exceptional
December 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
See also everything happening at CBS currently
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The Bank of America sponsorship is the pièce de résistance here. I was born before women could have bank accounts in their own names
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The Bank of America sponsorship is the pièce de résistance here. I was born before women could have bank accounts in their own names
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Nenko Gantchev should still be alive—home with his family. After 30 years contributing to Chicagoland as a small business owner and taxpayer, ICE detained him, ignored his medical needs, and he died in custody. This system is cruel, reckless, and must be held accountable.
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian man from Chicago arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Michigan private prison, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.
abc7chicago.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Nenko Gantchev should still be alive—home with his family. After 30 years contributing to Chicagoland as a small business owner and taxpayer, ICE detained him, ignored his medical needs, and he died in custody. This system is cruel, reckless, and must be held accountable.
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Maybe Congress should pass another law requiring the release of the Epstein Files. That should do the trick
December 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Maybe Congress should pass another law requiring the release of the Epstein Files. That should do the trick
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“Do you support ICE?”
“Not really.”
“Hell f*ckin’ nah.”
These two dudes drink for free on us if we ever run into them in Minnesota 🍻
“Not really.”
“Hell f*ckin’ nah.”
These two dudes drink for free on us if we ever run into them in Minnesota 🍻
December 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“Do you support ICE?”
“Not really.”
“Hell f*ckin’ nah.”
These two dudes drink for free on us if we ever run into them in Minnesota 🍻
“Not really.”
“Hell f*ckin’ nah.”
These two dudes drink for free on us if we ever run into them in Minnesota 🍻
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Jack Smith wants to testify in public - Republicans refuse.
He wants his depo tape made public - no again.
The second strike boat video? - nope.
Epstein files law complied with? - not today.
Vote on ACA? - maybe next year.
Republicans: Hide, obstruct, lie, delay, deny.
He wants his depo tape made public - no again.
The second strike boat video? - nope.
Epstein files law complied with? - not today.
Vote on ACA? - maybe next year.
Republicans: Hide, obstruct, lie, delay, deny.
December 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Jack Smith wants to testify in public - Republicans refuse.
He wants his depo tape made public - no again.
The second strike boat video? - nope.
Epstein files law complied with? - not today.
Vote on ACA? - maybe next year.
Republicans: Hide, obstruct, lie, delay, deny.
He wants his depo tape made public - no again.
The second strike boat video? - nope.
Epstein files law complied with? - not today.
Vote on ACA? - maybe next year.
Republicans: Hide, obstruct, lie, delay, deny.
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It's important to extend yourself the grace to accept that you made the best decisions that you could with the information you had at the time.
December 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
It's important to extend yourself the grace to accept that you made the best decisions that you could with the information you had at the time.
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DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor.
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor.
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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How does privatisation work, and who does it work for?
First billionaires give bribes to politicians, called donations
Then politicians say we need to privatise to 'save' money
Then they sell to the billionaires for peanuts and get kickbacks
Then they privatise something else
First billionaires give bribes to politicians, called donations
Then politicians say we need to privatise to 'save' money
Then they sell to the billionaires for peanuts and get kickbacks
Then they privatise something else
December 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
How does privatisation work, and who does it work for?
First billionaires give bribes to politicians, called donations
Then politicians say we need to privatise to 'save' money
Then they sell to the billionaires for peanuts and get kickbacks
Then they privatise something else
First billionaires give bribes to politicians, called donations
Then politicians say we need to privatise to 'save' money
Then they sell to the billionaires for peanuts and get kickbacks
Then they privatise something else