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For the first time in a decade, no hurricanes made landfall in the US this year. However, we won’t always be this lucky, and when the next disaster hits, a FEMA gutted by Trump will not be equipped to respond. From Kenny Stancil:
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trib.al/4dTp8sK
Trump’s Katrina Is Coming - The American Prospect
The president’s FEMA sabotage has all but guaranteed us more acute disasters in the future.
trib.al
December 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
For the first time in a decade, no hurricanes made landfall in the US this year. However, we won’t always be this lucky, and when the next disaster hits, a FEMA gutted by Trump will not be equipped to respond. From Kenny Stancil:
trib.al/4dTp8sK
trib.al/4dTp8sK
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I mean I’m glad Paramount lost, but as someone who enjoys theatrical releases and, ya know, quality content, Netflix acquiring Warner Bros is…not great!
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I mean I’m glad Paramount lost, but as someone who enjoys theatrical releases and, ya know, quality content, Netflix acquiring Warner Bros is…not great!
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IRW — a Pulitzer-winning nonprofit newsroom at American — and @thebarbedwire.com traced the history of anti-trans legislation. Houston conservatives realized homophobia didn’t fly anymore, weaponized girls’ safety, and parroted segregationist language. It worked.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
Where Did Anti-Trans Laws Start? How a Forgotten Houston Ordinance Turned Into a Massive, Nationwide Culture War
In fighting for bathroom bills in Houston, Texas conservatives provided a blueprint for the rest of the country.
thebarbedwire.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
IRW — a Pulitzer-winning nonprofit newsroom at American — and @thebarbedwire.com traced the history of anti-trans legislation. Houston conservatives realized homophobia didn’t fly anymore, weaponized girls’ safety, and parroted segregationist language. It worked.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
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Today’s Bad Faith Times by @dennycarter.bsky.social is a beauty and must-read for most men (probably all men)
bad-faith-times.ghost.io/r/78bb0031?m...
bad-faith-times.ghost.io/r/78bb0031?m...
'Alpha Energy' Is Not What You Think It Is
Senator Elissa Slotkin says Democrats need the "goddamn alpha energy" of Dan Campbell. She's half right.
bad-faith-times.ghost.io
April 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Today’s Bad Faith Times by @dennycarter.bsky.social is a beauty and must-read for most men (probably all men)
bad-faith-times.ghost.io/r/78bb0031?m...
bad-faith-times.ghost.io/r/78bb0031?m...
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there is no more shared reality. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
there is no more shared reality. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
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Prison rape is wrong.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Prison rape is wrong.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
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euphoric experience being in the blast zone for a John Carpenter Q&A. one of the coolest men ever to live and quite possibly the funniest Q&A I've ever attended.
December 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
euphoric experience being in the blast zone for a John Carpenter Q&A. one of the coolest men ever to live and quite possibly the funniest Q&A I've ever attended.
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Add in the trans element in a deeply transphobic country, and protecting transgender people from rape in prison is not a high priority in a country that routinely laughs at trans people and at prison rape.
Hence the need for abolition. NOW
Hence the need for abolition. NOW
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Add in the trans element in a deeply transphobic country, and protecting transgender people from rape in prison is not a high priority in a country that routinely laughs at trans people and at prison rape.
Hence the need for abolition. NOW
Hence the need for abolition. NOW
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Prison rape is actually not just widely tolerated, but celebrated. Many people think prisoners deserve to be raped. It’s a staple of Hollywood comedy, as widely popular as slipping on a banana peel www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
December 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Prison rape is actually not just widely tolerated, but celebrated. Many people think prisoners deserve to be raped. It’s a staple of Hollywood comedy, as widely popular as slipping on a banana peel www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Essential point here is #2: Big talk about small government. "Another conservative tenet shot to hell. The administrative state grew larger—as well as more complicated, intrusive and labor-intensive—with the addition of cumbersome requirements."
"You always hurt the one you love" should be the GOP theme song. The party's own voters and principles are collateral damage in its endless quest to sabotage health care coverage and access. My latest, at @thebulwark.com, on the 3 dumbest Republican self-owns. www.thebulwark.com/p/three-dumb...
The Three Dumbest Republican Self-Owns on Health Care
How the party hurts itself, its voters, and the country.
www.thebulwark.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Essential point here is #2: Big talk about small government. "Another conservative tenet shot to hell. The administrative state grew larger—as well as more complicated, intrusive and labor-intensive—with the addition of cumbersome requirements."
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Ugh, this is very demoralizing news. Our institutions continue to fail us mightily.
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Ugh, this is very demoralizing news. Our institutions continue to fail us mightily.
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For the matter, time ticks by the same as it ever has.
For the matter: time ticks by the same as it ever has.
For the matter, time, ticks by the same. As it ever has.
For the matter time; ticks by the same as it. Ever has?
For the matter: time ticks by the same as it ever has.
For the matter, time, ticks by the same. As it ever has.
For the matter time; ticks by the same as it. Ever has?
1. Why is there a long description of black holes in your book about sexting an anti-vaxxer.
2. That is not what Hawking radiation is.
3. lol what
2. That is not what Hawking radiation is.
3. lol what
December 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
For the matter, time ticks by the same as it ever has.
For the matter: time ticks by the same as it ever has.
For the matter, time, ticks by the same. As it ever has.
For the matter time; ticks by the same as it. Ever has?
For the matter: time ticks by the same as it ever has.
For the matter, time, ticks by the same. As it ever has.
For the matter time; ticks by the same as it. Ever has?
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Sometimes I try to estimate what percentage of the US population is politically unreachable. By the Manhattan Institute's measurements, just north of 1/3 of GOP voters do not believe in the efficacy of vaccines or the historical record of the Holocaust or 9/11
manhattan.institute/article/the-...
manhattan.institute/article/the-...
The New GOP: Survey Analysis of Americans Overall, Today’s Republican Coalition, and the Minorities of MAGA
A new national survey conducted by the Manhattan Institute examines today’s Republican Party and the coalition assembled by Donald Trump in 2024. It is one of the most exhaustive studies to date of th...
manhattan.institute
December 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Sometimes I try to estimate what percentage of the US population is politically unreachable. By the Manhattan Institute's measurements, just north of 1/3 of GOP voters do not believe in the efficacy of vaccines or the historical record of the Holocaust or 9/11
manhattan.institute/article/the-...
manhattan.institute/article/the-...
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Musk's hatred of Wikipedia is, for instance, just one facet of a larger project to destroy the very concept of veracity and shared knowledge.
December 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Musk's hatred of Wikipedia is, for instance, just one facet of a larger project to destroy the very concept of veracity and shared knowledge.
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It's hard to pick from the rogues gallery of murderous ideas, but sometimes I feel the most dangerous thing about modern conservatism is its transparent desire to destroy the fabric of truth in daily life.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It's hard to pick from the rogues gallery of murderous ideas, but sometimes I feel the most dangerous thing about modern conservatism is its transparent desire to destroy the fabric of truth in daily life.
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I am not pleased to discover that I have the relevant domain knowledge to evaluate any part of this book.
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I am not pleased to discover that I have the relevant domain knowledge to evaluate any part of this book.
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It honestly feels kind of mean to keep going. How did no one stop her from doing this? I read bad books for a living and I've never seen such a trainwreck.
December 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It honestly feels kind of mean to keep going. How did no one stop her from doing this? I read bad books for a living and I've never seen such a trainwreck.
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It probably seems like I'm taking these out of context but no.
She has a little vignette about attending a Trump rally in 2020, some shower thoughts about manta rays and then a dissection of January 6.
She has a little vignette about attending a Trump rally in 2020, some shower thoughts about manta rays and then a dissection of January 6.
December 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It probably seems like I'm taking these out of context but no.
She has a little vignette about attending a Trump rally in 2020, some shower thoughts about manta rays and then a dissection of January 6.
She has a little vignette about attending a Trump rally in 2020, some shower thoughts about manta rays and then a dissection of January 6.
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I am more than a third of the way into the book. She has not described her upbringing, her career, her education, her previous romantic relationships or how she met RFK Jr. She has, however, held forth on Britney Spears, black holes and manta rays.
December 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I am more than a third of the way into the book. She has not described her upbringing, her career, her education, her previous romantic relationships or how she met RFK Jr. She has, however, held forth on Britney Spears, black holes and manta rays.
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1. Why is there a long description of black holes in your book about sexting an anti-vaxxer.
2. That is not what Hawking radiation is.
3. lol what
2. That is not what Hawking radiation is.
3. lol what
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
1. Why is there a long description of black holes in your book about sexting an anti-vaxxer.
2. That is not what Hawking radiation is.
3. lol what
2. That is not what Hawking radiation is.
3. lol what
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Reading these painful excerpts from AMERICAN CANTO, I'm reminded of one of Stephen Glass's editors (Hanna Rosin maybe?) pointing out in reviewing his novel that his prose was so bad that editing his TNR drafts required an all-hands-on-deck effort to make them readable
1. Why is there a long description of black holes in your book about sexting an anti-vaxxer.
2. That is not what Hawking radiation is.
3. lol what
2. That is not what Hawking radiation is.
3. lol what
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Reading these painful excerpts from AMERICAN CANTO, I'm reminded of one of Stephen Glass's editors (Hanna Rosin maybe?) pointing out in reviewing his novel that his prose was so bad that editing his TNR drafts required an all-hands-on-deck effort to make them readable
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I was going to do a 20-post grumpy-old-defense-lawyer-and-former-prosecutor about how these kids these days don’t know how to do attribution right, but I will spare you.
I don’t like summary & generic attribution, which I think obscures probable cause.
I don’t like summary & generic attribution, which I think obscures probable cause.
UPDATE: Prosecutors helped ID Brian Cole Jr. as the suspected pipe bomber by tracing purchases he made in 2019 and 2020 that include all the components of the pipe bombs discovered outside the RNC and DNC. See the full complaint:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I was going to do a 20-post grumpy-old-defense-lawyer-and-former-prosecutor about how these kids these days don’t know how to do attribution right, but I will spare you.
I don’t like summary & generic attribution, which I think obscures probable cause.
I don’t like summary & generic attribution, which I think obscures probable cause.
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k now do their GAAP losses
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
k now do their GAAP losses
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The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."