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He Killed for the CIA in Afghanistan. Trump Blames Afghan Culture Instead of Langley’s
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He Killed for the CIA in Afghanistan. Trump Blames Afghan Culture Instead of Langley’s

After the National Guard shooting, the US needs to reckon with how its legacy of global violence inevitably comes home. Stephen Miller wants to do anything but.

zeteo.com

November 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM

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== A TRIP THROUGH THE OUTER BURROUGHS ==

R.U. in conversation with Alex Johnson, editor of ‘The Junk Merchants: A Literary Tribute to William S. Burroughs’:

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Bowie Burroughs Black Sabbath Oh My! An Interview with Avant-Garde Writer/Publisher Alex Johnson

A vivid, name-rich conversation with Alex S. Johnson traces the wild intersections of cyberpunk, neurodivergence, cult literature, and countercultural art—told with irreverence, intellect, and unapolo...

magazine.mindplex.ai

November 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM

R.U. Sirius

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also, he DID do this in Afghanistan

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November 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM

R.U. Sirius

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Simcere religious girls!

Tradical Radicalism: Conservatism is Countercultural and ‘Cool’

The 60s free-love revolution proclaimed love and peace as primary values, and especially embraced freedom from social and economic constraints. Epitomized by Timothy Leary’s call to “Turn on, tune in...

www.americanthinker.com

November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM

R.U. Sirius

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Why Mark Cuban Is Wrong About Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are back in the crosshairs. PBMs negotiate drug prices down on behalf of consumers and insurers – to the ire of

www.counterpunch.org

November 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM

R.U. Sirius

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It's Not Just About Venezuela: Trump Intends a Wider Domino Effect

It’s increasingly obvious that the US military threats against Venezuela have a wider agenda. Their game plan is regime change, but not only in Venezuela. This is the objective – on a longer timescale...

www.counterpunch.org

November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM

R.U. Sirius

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Scientists Just Found Another Way Antarctica Is Falling Apart

When ice freezes and melts, it creates vortices that drag warmer waters from the depths to the surface, where they eat away at the continent's rapidly degrading ice shelves.

gizmodo.com

November 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM

R.U. Sirius

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Trump-Backed Crypto Company Promotes 'Sh*t P*ss Skin Can'

gizmodo.com

November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM

R.U. Sirius

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The Score for 'Bugonia' Happened in a Truly Unbelievable Way (Exclusive)

Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons star in the incredible sci-fi mystery, now available at home.

gizmodo.com

November 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM

R.U. Sirius

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Nature Is Healing (Sorta?) on This Week’s ‘Pluribus’

Carol’s loneliness intensifies in ‘Got Milk,’ a turning-point episode of Apple TV’s new sci-fi hit.

gizmodo.com

November 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM

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"6-7" explained by the LA Public Library

The reference desk at your public library is an amazing tool.

boingboing.net

November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM

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Appeal lost: "Trump’s and Habba’s legal arguments were indeed frivolous"

Donald Trump just got a million-dollar reminder that courts aren't where you publish your fanfiction. A federal appeals court has upheld a whopping fine against Trump and his sometime lawyer,…

boingboing.net

November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM

R.U. Sirius

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Former president of Peru off to jail for corruption

Vizcarra was gound guilty of accepting bribes as a state governor on Wednesday and immediately incarcerated.

boingboing.net

November 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM

R.U. Sirius

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Butterfly Nebula revealed by Gemini South telescope

The nebula is 2,500 to 3,800 light years from Earth and made of the matter of the white dwarf star at its center

boingboing.net

November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM

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Arduino’s new terms of service worries hobbyists ahead of Qualcomm acquisition

“Why is reverse-engineering prohibited… for a company built on openly hackable systems?”…

arstechnica.com

November 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM

R.U. Sirius

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== A TRIP THROUGH THE OUTER BURROUGHS ==

R.U. in conversation with Alex Johnson, editor of ‘The Junk Merchants: A Literary Tribute to William S. Burroughs’:

magazine.mindplex.ai/post/bowie-b...

Bowie Burroughs Black Sabbath Oh My! An Interview with Avant-Garde Writer/Publisher Alex Johnson

A vivid, name-rich conversation with Alex S. Johnson traces the wild intersections of cyberpunk, neurodivergence, cult literature, and countercultural art—told with irreverence, intellect, and unapolo...

magazine.mindplex.ai

November 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM

R.U. Sirius

@rusirius.bsky.social

seen on fbook this morning

Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012), Avatar, 1947

November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM

R.U. Sirius

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The Triumph of the Won't

We age how we age
Watch successful people surpass us
We’re tripping falling grasping laughing
Mostly resisting… everything

In an age of remorse
They’re staying the course
They do what we don’t
In the Triumph of the Won’t

November 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM