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I have a thing maybe coming out about this next year but academic freedom is not a tradition, it's the law. People should act like it.
December 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I have a thing maybe coming out about this next year but academic freedom is not a tradition, it's the law. People should act like it.
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Russians are now boasting about Trump being on their side.
Lavrov said that the only Western leader to care about human rights in Ukraine is President Trump.
He then blamed the EU for changing the agreement to call Ukraine to comply with EU human rights policies.
"Feel the difference," Lavrov said.
Matviyenko's face behind him speaks volumes.
He then blamed the EU for changing the agreement to call Ukraine to comply with EU human rights policies.
"Feel the difference," Lavrov said.
Matviyenko's face behind him speaks volumes.
December 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Russians are now boasting about Trump being on their side.
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Yeah a lot of people who don't pay attention to Disabled folks and Disability-related topics probably have similar takes.
It's actually part of a really fucking horrible trend from the current regime, though, to continue to reverse decisions made specifically because they increased accessibility.
It's actually part of a really fucking horrible trend from the current regime, though, to continue to reverse decisions made specifically because they increased accessibility.
Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
December 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Yeah a lot of people who don't pay attention to Disabled folks and Disability-related topics probably have similar takes.
It's actually part of a really fucking horrible trend from the current regime, though, to continue to reverse decisions made specifically because they increased accessibility.
It's actually part of a really fucking horrible trend from the current regime, though, to continue to reverse decisions made specifically because they increased accessibility.
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BREAKING: At one point, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT torture prison in El Salvador to avoid discovery in US courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
BREAKING: At one point, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT torture prison in El Salvador to avoid discovery in US courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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Okay but I would like to talk about "if you're caught up in something detrimental to society, I think that you should die" because there is a lot to unpack there.
She compares the boat strikes to Jesus breaking the sabbath to heal someone.
December 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Okay but I would like to talk about "if you're caught up in something detrimental to society, I think that you should die" because there is a lot to unpack there.
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Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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JFC. The weakening of America continues.
December 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
JFC. The weakening of America continues.
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I can’t believe how much of the Trump era is about solving problems that *don’t* exist while making all the problems that *do* exist, worse.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I can’t believe how much of the Trump era is about solving problems that *don’t* exist while making all the problems that *do* exist, worse.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
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it is actually kind of bananas how unitary executive theorists have taken a straightforward clause requiring the president to "faithfully execute the laws" and transformed it into a grant for the exercise of limitless unenumerated power.
The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
it is actually kind of bananas how unitary executive theorists have taken a straightforward clause requiring the president to "faithfully execute the laws" and transformed it into a grant for the exercise of limitless unenumerated power.
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Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
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New interview on the old kleptocracy youtu.be/Hx2jh93_1Fs?...
Transnational Kleptocracy: What Happens After Trump, Sarah Kendzior
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New interview on the old kleptocracy youtu.be/Hx2jh93_1Fs?...
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My grandpa was born in the US to German parents. He had younger cousins who were in Hitler youth in Germany. Decades later I talked with some of them about it (with the ruthless candor of youth). Why did you do that? What were you thinking? What they described was a lot like this.
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
December 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
My grandpa was born in the US to German parents. He had younger cousins who were in Hitler youth in Germany. Decades later I talked with some of them about it (with the ruthless candor of youth). Why did you do that? What were you thinking? What they described was a lot like this.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
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U.S. Southern Command X account for Latin America/Caribbean pictures a Jerusalem Cross - but no American flag - on this image.
The Trump administration is following Project 2025 blueprint for Christian nationalist regime change, unchecked by the two other branches of government.
The Trump administration is following Project 2025 blueprint for Christian nationalist regime change, unchecked by the two other branches of government.
December 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
U.S. Southern Command X account for Latin America/Caribbean pictures a Jerusalem Cross - but no American flag - on this image.
The Trump administration is following Project 2025 blueprint for Christian nationalist regime change, unchecked by the two other branches of government.
The Trump administration is following Project 2025 blueprint for Christian nationalist regime change, unchecked by the two other branches of government.
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we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
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jumping up and down, yelling 'I have something for that' and waving a copy of The Originalism Trap
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December 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
jumping up and down, yelling 'I have something for that' and waving a copy of The Originalism Trap
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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oooh I've been pushing against "hallucination" for some time for this very reason, and "mirage" never occurred to me as a solution. Now I'm #TeamMirage.
I love learning better and more precise wording. This afternoon's discovery is from Anna Mills and Nate Angell, and their paper I missed from February.
"Using mirage instead of hallucination enables us to stop anthropomorphizing AI and see the incongruities it generates for what they really are."
"Using mirage instead of hallucination enables us to stop anthropomorphizing AI and see the incongruities it generates for what they really are."
Are We Tripping? The Mirage of AI Hallucinations
There is a deep disorder in the discourse of generative artificial intelligence (AI). When AI seems to make things up or distort reality — adding extra fingers
papers.ssrn.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
oooh I've been pushing against "hallucination" for some time for this very reason, and "mirage" never occurred to me as a solution. Now I'm #TeamMirage.
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MAGAts are creeps. They’re all the same:
December 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
MAGAts are creeps. They’re all the same:
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If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
December 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
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Elon Musk has weaponized Twitter to destroy democracies and protect dictatorships. Every action he takes serves this purpose.
December 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Elon Musk has weaponized Twitter to destroy democracies and protect dictatorships. Every action he takes serves this purpose.
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Sarah Jaffe's book Work Won't Love You Back really shaped my thinking on this. The book is all about how mission-oriented industries exploit passion to bypass good labor practices, with examples that include teaching, non-profits, art, and academia.
workwontloveyouback.org
workwontloveyouback.org
December 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Sarah Jaffe's book Work Won't Love You Back really shaped my thinking on this. The book is all about how mission-oriented industries exploit passion to bypass good labor practices, with examples that include teaching, non-profits, art, and academia.
workwontloveyouback.org
workwontloveyouback.org
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