I found a vintage 90s brand of pants ai really like this year and have a couple of pairs. This morning on w dog walk I bent over and split the entire ass of my pants, so it seems there are some downsides to my old pants plan
December 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I found a vintage 90s brand of pants ai really like this year and have a couple of pairs. This morning on w dog walk I bent over and split the entire ass of my pants, so it seems there are some downsides to my old pants plan
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!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Every time I give my dogs marrow bones they spend ~5 minutes doing a little le Carré routine of figuring out the ideal spot to chomp down safe from the other dog's interference
December 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Every time I give my dogs marrow bones they spend ~5 minutes doing a little le Carré routine of figuring out the ideal spot to chomp down safe from the other dog's interference
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just an fyi for portland ppl, this ursula exhibition is going on until february, it's free, and has a ton of her maps. plan for spending over an hour if you really want to take it all in
www.oregoncontemporary.org/a-larger-rea...
www.oregoncontemporary.org/a-larger-rea...
December 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
just an fyi for portland ppl, this ursula exhibition is going on until february, it's free, and has a ton of her maps. plan for spending over an hour if you really want to take it all in
www.oregoncontemporary.org/a-larger-rea...
www.oregoncontemporary.org/a-larger-rea...
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Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
December 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
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This is precisely the intention of vouchers. They are an elaborate plot to destroy the public education system, which is part of a larger plot to enslave the American population
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This is precisely the intention of vouchers. They are an elaborate plot to destroy the public education system, which is part of a larger plot to enslave the American population
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bobby, if you don't get in that god dang robot right now —
December 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
bobby, if you don't get in that god dang robot right now —
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one if the greatest disservices of my lifetime has been democrats and the media colluding to pretend these evangelical psychos are Fine and Normal People and not dangerous fanatics who should be shunned
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 AM
one if the greatest disservices of my lifetime has been democrats and the media colluding to pretend these evangelical psychos are Fine and Normal People and not dangerous fanatics who should be shunned
I've been walking my dogs for three minutes and I've seen three dads running with strollers. Clearly a I've stumbled upon the Strolling Hour
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I've been walking my dogs for three minutes and I've seen three dads running with strollers. Clearly a I've stumbled upon the Strolling Hour
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this is the message
Extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits for the next year will cost $23 billion.
Donald Trump was happy to round up $20 billion to bail out Argentina, but Republicans won’t lift a finger to help American families who are struggling to pay for health care.
Donald Trump was happy to round up $20 billion to bail out Argentina, but Republicans won’t lift a finger to help American families who are struggling to pay for health care.
December 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
this is the message
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Morrissey just proves my theory that all people have only a finite amount of coolness they can expend before turning into a racist boor. This is why I refuse to risk being cool at all, in even tiny amounts
January 19, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Morrissey just proves my theory that all people have only a finite amount of coolness they can expend before turning into a racist boor. This is why I refuse to risk being cool at all, in even tiny amounts
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Never forget that Portland paid for a subway tunnel, but instead of trains it carries runoff from surface parking lots.
The Big Pipe is great for the river, but it's automobile infrastructure.
The Big Pipe is great for the river, but it's automobile infrastructure.
December 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Never forget that Portland paid for a subway tunnel, but instead of trains it carries runoff from surface parking lots.
The Big Pipe is great for the river, but it's automobile infrastructure.
The Big Pipe is great for the river, but it's automobile infrastructure.
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We took it for granted back then, but "perchance greatly their superiors in all the attainments and virtues which adorn, or elevate, or ennoble human nature" contains more wokeness than a modern politician will get in his whole lifetime
On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”
December 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We took it for granted back then, but "perchance greatly their superiors in all the attainments and virtues which adorn, or elevate, or ennoble human nature" contains more wokeness than a modern politician will get in his whole lifetime
I'm about to watch Laura Gibson record a live album and it's going to be good because the house is playing Emmylou Harris's Wrecking Ball over the PA right before she's scheduled to start and you don't follow that album if your shit is weak
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I'm about to watch Laura Gibson record a live album and it's going to be good because the house is playing Emmylou Harris's Wrecking Ball over the PA right before she's scheduled to start and you don't follow that album if your shit is weak
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what follows immediately after the birthright clause? the privileges and immunities and due process clauses? and what follows them? the equal protection clause. all of this is explicitly to say, "the declaration is the constitutional law of the land"
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
what follows immediately after the birthright clause? the privileges and immunities and due process clauses? and what follows them? the equal protection clause. all of this is explicitly to say, "the declaration is the constitutional law of the land"
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the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
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This goes so incredibly hard.
Does anyone know of any other examples of where a video synchs perfectly to other audio, like the This Is America video clip set to Call Me Maybe?
December 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This goes so incredibly hard.
I appreciate how reliable the French are. I'm watching the Air Tiny Desk Concert and those dudes look *exactly* how you expect the dudes from Air to look. 10/10, no notes
December 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I appreciate how reliable the French are. I'm watching the Air Tiny Desk Concert and those dudes look *exactly* how you expect the dudes from Air to look. 10/10, no notes
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growing problem for the dems is that their voters want progressive candidates but the party leadership generally doesn't. so there's no structure to identify and vet good progressive candidates until it's too late.
The noisiest Dem primary so far is probably Maine Senate, and here for instance I think it’s useful to see that despite all the bad publicity Platner still appears to be the favorite:
December 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
growing problem for the dems is that their voters want progressive candidates but the party leadership generally doesn't. so there's no structure to identify and vet good progressive candidates until it's too late.
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The fear of someone's life being made moderately easier by accident has prevented us from making a lot of peoples lives livable on purpose.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 4, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The fear of someone's life being made moderately easier by accident has prevented us from making a lot of peoples lives livable on purpose.
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1. Smarter cities & communities that use a lot less energy & generate a lot fewer emissions.
2. Rapid transition to sustainable energy sources.
3. Transformation of food systems, industry & air travel.
We know the solutions. We lack the will to defeat those actively blocking them. #ClimateCrisis
2. Rapid transition to sustainable energy sources.
3. Transformation of food systems, industry & air travel.
We know the solutions. We lack the will to defeat those actively blocking them. #ClimateCrisis
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
1. Smarter cities & communities that use a lot less energy & generate a lot fewer emissions.
2. Rapid transition to sustainable energy sources.
3. Transformation of food systems, industry & air travel.
We know the solutions. We lack the will to defeat those actively blocking them. #ClimateCrisis
2. Rapid transition to sustainable energy sources.
3. Transformation of food systems, industry & air travel.
We know the solutions. We lack the will to defeat those actively blocking them. #ClimateCrisis
"[C]an use customers' bowl pictures to train AI" is a cursed clause if ever there were one
NEW: Your "end-to-end encrypted" poop pictures taken by this $599 (+ subscription) smart toilet camera are actually not end-to-end encrypted.
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted | TechCrunch
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
techcrunch.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"[C]an use customers' bowl pictures to train AI" is a cursed clause if ever there were one
My office is on the second floor and some of its ceiling is below the roof and some the attic. There has been an intermittent weird animal noise above it that has been confusing, so I was very glad to see a squirrel on someone else's roof making the same noise of my dogwalk just now.
December 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My office is on the second floor and some of its ceiling is below the roof and some the attic. There has been an intermittent weird animal noise above it that has been confusing, so I was very glad to see a squirrel on someone else's roof making the same noise of my dogwalk just now.