allison
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Hell-based tanghulu sales.
Still watching the Mets for some reason
Still watching the Mets for some reason
This is a lot but I’m so hung up on New Jersey being 8 hours away from NYC I can’t even process the rest of it. Has the author never seen a map? Is the heroine walking the whole way? Is this an alternate geography scenario à la Megachusetts?
Wife took a look at this out of curiosity and it has this incredible passage that sounds more like something out of a Matt Bracken book than a romance novel.
December 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is a lot but I’m so hung up on New Jersey being 8 hours away from NYC I can’t even process the rest of it. Has the author never seen a map? Is the heroine walking the whole way? Is this an alternate geography scenario à la Megachusetts?
Man, I wish I had a nickel for every time I’m halfway through excitedly texting a hypothetical question to one of my lawyer friends and realize it’s probably best to just save it for next time I see them
December 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Man, I wish I had a nickel for every time I’m halfway through excitedly texting a hypothetical question to one of my lawyer friends and realize it’s probably best to just save it for next time I see them
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"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a freshman at Brown, had a condition as a child that required brain surgery. The experience created an unshakable ambition to become a brain surgeon, his sister said.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
Brown shooting victim was pursuing dream of becoming brain surgeon
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, 18, was one of two people killed at Brown University on Saturday.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."
Ok, but: now taking proposals for a four-county district in eastern Mass to compete with Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire. I think we could probably pull off a Suffolk/Norfolk/Middlesex/Essex seat
Why does the Massachusetts senate use such a ridiculous convention for identifying districts? I know MA legislators are allergic to transparency but it’s probably safe to like, number the districts.
December 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Ok, but: now taking proposals for a four-county district in eastern Mass to compete with Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire. I think we could probably pull off a Suffolk/Norfolk/Middlesex/Essex seat
Why does the Massachusetts senate use such a ridiculous convention for identifying districts? I know MA legislators are allergic to transparency but it’s probably safe to like, number the districts.
December 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Why does the Massachusetts senate use such a ridiculous convention for identifying districts? I know MA legislators are allergic to transparency but it’s probably safe to like, number the districts.
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Also, like, aside from feeling violated, doesn't this just highlight how freakish people can be with regards to media. Just LIKE A THING you fucking loser. You don't have to be friends with the characters. Just LIKE IT. Touch grass you pathetic dipshits.
I have just found out that some reprehensible fucking dork has made an AI chatbot based on the character I played on The Magnus Archives and *it has my voice*. I genuinely don't think I have ever felt so fucking violated. My actual voice. Saying things I have never said. I feel sick.
December 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Also, like, aside from feeling violated, doesn't this just highlight how freakish people can be with regards to media. Just LIKE A THING you fucking loser. You don't have to be friends with the characters. Just LIKE IT. Touch grass you pathetic dipshits.
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New from me for @theintercept.com: As public support for the death penalty fell to the lowest level in 50 years, the US is poised to execute 48 people in 2025 -- the highest amount in 15 years. FL drove the surge in executions. I wrote about @deathpenaltyinfo.org's report, which was released today.
Despite Declining Support for the Death Penalty, Executions Nearly Doubled in 2025, Report Says
Fewer Americans support capital punishment. Fewer courts are handing out death sentences. And we’ve got way more executions in 2025.
theintercept.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
New from me for @theintercept.com: As public support for the death penalty fell to the lowest level in 50 years, the US is poised to execute 48 people in 2025 -- the highest amount in 15 years. FL drove the surge in executions. I wrote about @deathpenaltyinfo.org's report, which was released today.
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Everyone's out here talking about what they'll do on The Day It Happens and I'd just like to say, think of the children!
You gotta make sure they can get in on it too, so buy some sparkling cider or something for them. It's important that we all celebrate together.
You gotta make sure they can get in on it too, so buy some sparkling cider or something for them. It's important that we all celebrate together.
December 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Everyone's out here talking about what they'll do on The Day It Happens and I'd just like to say, think of the children!
You gotta make sure they can get in on it too, so buy some sparkling cider or something for them. It's important that we all celebrate together.
You gotta make sure they can get in on it too, so buy some sparkling cider or something for them. It's important that we all celebrate together.
Deb is so real for this. I love hosting because it turns out that it’s not actually that hard to keep your friends fed and watered and having a nice time for a few hours! And you don’t have to go anywhere and when the night is over, you’re already home.
This week's Smitten Kitchen Digest includes a (slightly) selfish argument for having people over more often, plus a few of my favorite dishes to make for friends and family. Nothing is difficult but I hope it all feels a little festive, a little special.
smittenkitchen.substack.com/p/the-decemb...
smittenkitchen.substack.com/p/the-decemb...
December 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Deb is so real for this. I love hosting because it turns out that it’s not actually that hard to keep your friends fed and watered and having a nice time for a few hours! And you don’t have to go anywhere and when the night is over, you’re already home.
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And finally, the assault on Section 230. This is the endgame for independent speech.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
How Democrats’ Attack On Section 230 Plays Right Into Trump’s Censorial Plans
Like clockwork, lawmakers are once again rallying around the idea of eliminating Section 230. That Republicans are leading this charge is hardly surprising—repealing Section 230 is explicitly laid …
www.techdirt.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
And finally, the assault on Section 230. This is the endgame for independent speech.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
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Hey sorry, I can't come in for my shift today, there were some omens. Yeah, like signs and portents. What? Of course they were fell, I wouldn't be calling out otherwise.
December 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Hey sorry, I can't come in for my shift today, there were some omens. Yeah, like signs and portents. What? Of course they were fell, I wouldn't be calling out otherwise.
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Right now from 12-5pm at Bow Market there’s a community bake sale with some of the best bakers in the area and for some reason, me. I made these good cookies, but you should go get some treats because I heard Santa’s gonna be there and there are also cocktails and ornaments?
December 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Right now from 12-5pm at Bow Market there’s a community bake sale with some of the best bakers in the area and for some reason, me. I made these good cookies, but you should go get some treats because I heard Santa’s gonna be there and there are also cocktails and ornaments?
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My most fundamental belief is that we do not have to live like this.
December 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My most fundamental belief is that we do not have to live like this.
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so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
I put the windex down and now it’s gone forever
December 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I put the windex down and now it’s gone forever
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the brits should be so embarrassed by their transphobia, they got completely bamboozled by an American evangelical plot. they think they’re so much smarter than us but they got turned into a country of jug hooting bigots without even needing to be told it’s what God wants.
December 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
the brits should be so embarrassed by their transphobia, they got completely bamboozled by an American evangelical plot. they think they’re so much smarter than us but they got turned into a country of jug hooting bigots without even needing to be told it’s what God wants.
I’ve been doing Pirate Research for D&D lately (turns out when you make a pirate character you will eventually need to know things about sailing ships and how they operate??!?) and I’ve been watching videos from a yt channel that are like, “What is a sloop?”, “What does the captain do all day?”, etc
December 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I’ve been doing Pirate Research for D&D lately (turns out when you make a pirate character you will eventually need to know things about sailing ships and how they operate??!?) and I’ve been watching videos from a yt channel that are like, “What is a sloop?”, “What does the captain do all day?”, etc
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The Cinnabon Story (condensed)
December 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Cinnabon Story (condensed)
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Haha funny bit come back home now
December 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Haha funny bit come back home now
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So, an agency that wants to run ads for gambling funded Australia’s (terrible, misguided, authoritarian) campaign to ban teens from social media because now the government is abandoning a plan to ban gambling ads citing the age verification law as a rationale www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/12/p...
Teen social media ban lobby group 36 Months funded and co-staffed by firm making gambling ads
The revelation comes as the government is expected to abandon plans for an online gambling ad ban, using the teen social media ban as cover.
www.crikey.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
So, an agency that wants to run ads for gambling funded Australia’s (terrible, misguided, authoritarian) campaign to ban teens from social media because now the government is abandoning a plan to ban gambling ads citing the age verification law as a rationale www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/12/p...
Quick q: are you all stupid?
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Quick q: are you all stupid?
Genuinely happy to see it. Newsom isn’t a leader; he’s a weather vane, and he sees that the wind is starting to change
December 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Genuinely happy to see it. Newsom isn’t a leader; he’s a weather vane, and he sees that the wind is starting to change
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In almost every state there is some organization like this. I know I say this A LOT, but if you want to fight back against ICE and you feel safe doing so, documentation and verification is hugely impactful.
Here in Massachusetts, you can do this via LUCE: www.lucemass.org
Here in Massachusetts, you can do this via LUCE: www.lucemass.org
an organization in the Twin Cities is offering "ICE Watch" training
The training provided by States at the Core, or STAC, prepares neighbors to monitor, document, and fight against ICE activity. The organization says it has trained more than 1,000 Minnesotans so far
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
The training provided by States at the Core, or STAC, prepares neighbors to monitor, document, and fight against ICE activity. The organization says it has trained more than 1,000 Minnesotans so far
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Training teaches ICE observers how to document immigration enforcement activities in Minnesota
As Minnesota’s Somali communities deal with the threat from increased ICE enforcement in the state, some citizens have decided to monitor ICE agents. A training program from States at the Core, or STA...
www.mprnews.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In almost every state there is some organization like this. I know I say this A LOT, but if you want to fight back against ICE and you feel safe doing so, documentation and verification is hugely impactful.
Here in Massachusetts, you can do this via LUCE: www.lucemass.org
Here in Massachusetts, you can do this via LUCE: www.lucemass.org
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A few congressional Republicans could vote with Dems to rename a post office and Stephen Miller would be like "YOU TRAITORS HAVE DOOMED OUR PRECIOUS WHITE CHILDREN TO A FUTURE OF MISCEGENATED MISERY, MAY YOU ROT IN HELL WITH THE DUSKY BARBARIAN HORDE"
“…And yet there are Republican lawmakers who eagerly facilitate the disinheritance of their own children.”
That right there is some dark, disturbing shit.
That right there is some dark, disturbing shit.
December 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A few congressional Republicans could vote with Dems to rename a post office and Stephen Miller would be like "YOU TRAITORS HAVE DOOMED OUR PRECIOUS WHITE CHILDREN TO A FUTURE OF MISCEGENATED MISERY, MAY YOU ROT IN HELL WITH THE DUSKY BARBARIAN HORDE"