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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
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When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
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The secret to success in any creative field in the future is not going to be making interchangeable formulaic crap. It's going to be making stuff only you could make.
February 8, 2026 at 4:03 PM
The secret to success in any creative field in the future is not going to be making interchangeable formulaic crap. It's going to be making stuff only you could make.
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The situation now with AI for writers is way worse than piracy or file sharing could ever be for musicians, believe me
February 7, 2026 at 3:29 PM
The situation now with AI for writers is way worse than piracy or file sharing could ever be for musicians, believe me
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“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:29 PM
“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
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Rosa DeLauro was born before The Little Prince was published — in English OR French. She was born before the first production jet aircraft took flight. She was born before Norman Rockwell painted "Rosie the Riveter."
She's entrusted with deciding on behalf of Democrats what gets funded in the govt
She's entrusted with deciding on behalf of Democrats what gets funded in the govt
“Renee Goodman [sic], Alex Pretti – there are no words,” DeLauro said.
“You said there were no words after the murder of those two individuals,” said Rev. Jack Perkins Davidson. “I think the words are ‘Abolish ICE.’”
www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-02...
“You said there were no words after the murder of those two individuals,” said Rev. Jack Perkins Davidson. “I think the words are ‘Abolish ICE.’”
www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-02...
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Rosa DeLauro was born before The Little Prince was published — in English OR French. She was born before the first production jet aircraft took flight. She was born before Norman Rockwell painted "Rosie the Riveter."
She's entrusted with deciding on behalf of Democrats what gets funded in the govt
She's entrusted with deciding on behalf of Democrats what gets funded in the govt
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One of the reasons I so greatly dislike the “can men and women be friends?” nonsense (yes, full stop, shut up) is that it casts suspicion on people with opposite-sex friends instead of where it more often belongs: on people with no opposite-sex friends.
Anyway, yeah. The overwhelming impression one gets from so many of these emails is that a lot of them are guys who have never had a real, serious friendship with a woman in their lives.
Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
February 5, 2026 at 6:47 PM
One of the reasons I so greatly dislike the “can men and women be friends?” nonsense (yes, full stop, shut up) is that it casts suspicion on people with opposite-sex friends instead of where it more often belongs: on people with no opposite-sex friends.
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I genuinely believe that no self-proclaimed Republican should be allowed to be around children unsupervised.
February 6, 2026 at 1:22 PM
I genuinely believe that no self-proclaimed Republican should be allowed to be around children unsupervised.
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It's not just the women and girls we know of. It's all their future work, and everything they could have been, and how we build structures that shelter their abusers. It's how a man's future has always been worth more than my past, present, and future combined.
February 5, 2026 at 9:05 PM
It's not just the women and girls we know of. It's all their future work, and everything they could have been, and how we build structures that shelter their abusers. It's how a man's future has always been worth more than my past, present, and future combined.
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I hope we all understand that the extraction class is building a state media akin to what we've seen in Orban's Hungary and Putin's Russia, and it is not at all subtle.
What's left of the independent press needs to start framing this properly.
What's left of the independent press needs to start framing this properly.
New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.
February 4, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I hope we all understand that the extraction class is building a state media akin to what we've seen in Orban's Hungary and Putin's Russia, and it is not at all subtle.
What's left of the independent press needs to start framing this properly.
What's left of the independent press needs to start framing this properly.
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Dear White Man
The Movement
Is not Your
Karma Mine
The Movement
Is not Your
Karma Mine
January 30, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Dear White Man
The Movement
Is not Your
Karma Mine
The Movement
Is not Your
Karma Mine
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It's been just over a year. But on occasion of Tony Dokoupil's selection as anchor of CBS Evening News, it *really* is worth watching these 5+ minutes of his exchange with Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Especially for the quality of TNC's responses. Worth your time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgWt...
Especially for the quality of TNC's responses. Worth your time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgWt...
Ta-Nehisi Coates on the power of stories, new book, "The Message"
YouTube video by CBS Mornings
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
It's been just over a year. But on occasion of Tony Dokoupil's selection as anchor of CBS Evening News, it *really* is worth watching these 5+ minutes of his exchange with Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Especially for the quality of TNC's responses. Worth your time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgWt...
Especially for the quality of TNC's responses. Worth your time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgWt...
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
December 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
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True. This is history that everyone connected to UVA should know. news.virginia.edu/content/uva-...
January 30, 2026 at 2:36 AM
True. This is history that everyone connected to UVA should know. news.virginia.edu/content/uva-...
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A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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MAGA is defined by its total lack of a theory of mind for its enemies, and the fact that DHS and ICE still haven't wrapped their brains around the fact that their opponents also are able to highly effectively use the Internet to message, organize, and communicate really highlights that.
January 26, 2026 at 7:58 PM
MAGA is defined by its total lack of a theory of mind for its enemies, and the fact that DHS and ICE still haven't wrapped their brains around the fact that their opponents also are able to highly effectively use the Internet to message, organize, and communicate really highlights that.
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this was not just murder, this was the most cowardly possible gang murder of someone who was only trying to protect others
this was evil snuffing out good
this can not stand
this was evil snuffing out good
this can not stand
January 24, 2026 at 7:11 PM
this was not just murder, this was the most cowardly possible gang murder of someone who was only trying to protect others
this was evil snuffing out good
this can not stand
this was evil snuffing out good
this can not stand
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a woman was being assaulted by a federal agent, and the victim placed his body between her and her assailant, trying to protect her... agents pepper spray him twice in the face, gang tackle him, take away the gun he was concealed carrying and made no visible effort to touch, and then murder him
January 24, 2026 at 7:09 PM
a woman was being assaulted by a federal agent, and the victim placed his body between her and her assailant, trying to protect her... agents pepper spray him twice in the face, gang tackle him, take away the gun he was concealed carrying and made no visible effort to touch, and then murder him
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As someone who spent the last 15 years working with aging brains & dementia, I can't stop thinking about this. It is gerontocracy: leaders who are substantially older than most of the adult population. When did we accept this? The new generations can't show up because the old generations never left.
January 21, 2026 at 3:42 PM
As someone who spent the last 15 years working with aging brains & dementia, I can't stop thinking about this. It is gerontocracy: leaders who are substantially older than most of the adult population. When did we accept this? The new generations can't show up because the old generations never left.
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we’re never returning to “normal “
that world is dead and gone
we create a new one, or we live in hell
that world is dead and gone
we create a new one, or we live in hell
January 8, 2026 at 3:51 AM
we’re never returning to “normal “
that world is dead and gone
we create a new one, or we live in hell
that world is dead and gone
we create a new one, or we live in hell
CDs are back! Well maybe not yet but I did just sell my last cd copy of AIR RIDE EQUIPPED 🙏
December 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
CDs are back! Well maybe not yet but I did just sell my last cd copy of AIR RIDE EQUIPPED 🙏
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White people’s inability to think collectively plays into this misunderstanding.
Far too many fundamentally misunderstand what voting is. It's not a form of personal moral expression; it's a large scale harm v benefit equation, & that takes certain sympathetic & critical thinking skills, of which there's a woeful dearth in this country.
Dumb & mean. That's what we are, mostly.
Dumb & mean. That's what we are, mostly.
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
White people’s inability to think collectively plays into this misunderstanding.
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I am in the “blue no matter who” crowd and we should run every single coward in congress that refused to back Mamdani out of Washington.
November 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I am in the “blue no matter who” crowd and we should run every single coward in congress that refused to back Mamdani out of Washington.
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In the most fundamental sense, sovereignty belongs to the people. It can only be relinquished through consent or stolen through fear. If we refuse to consent and remain unafraid, we win.
For one example: I covered the Ayman Soliman situation — the children’s hospital Muslim chaplain beloved here in the Cincy area jailed by Trump’s ICE for weeks, with intention of deporting him to Egypt where he says he’d face political targeting perhaps death — here very closely. Like so many cases…
Nine months ago I put most of my hope in major institutions continuing to hold fascism in check, but had little expectation that regular people with little to no power would step up and put themselves at risk.
I had it exactly backward.
I had it exactly backward.
October 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
In the most fundamental sense, sovereignty belongs to the people. It can only be relinquished through consent or stolen through fear. If we refuse to consent and remain unafraid, we win.