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Gee wouldn't it be weird if we got into a pointless war every time a republican president was embattled and unpopular?
December 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Gee wouldn't it be weird if we got into a pointless war every time a republican president was embattled and unpopular?
CW: Age-related violence
This album’s release date is closer to Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood” than to today.
This album’s release date is closer to Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood” than to today.
December 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
CW: Age-related violence
This album’s release date is closer to Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood” than to today.
This album’s release date is closer to Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood” than to today.
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Hmm. It’s really *interesting * that ICE are behaving similarly to the people who terrorized the twin cities during the George Floyd uprisings. Wonder what that’s about
December 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Hmm. It’s really *interesting * that ICE are behaving similarly to the people who terrorized the twin cities during the George Floyd uprisings. Wonder what that’s about
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Building good transit requires building good systems to deliver it - planned networks; ridership models; engineered standards and cost/benefit analyses.
The problem is precisely that we require each locality to reinvent what should be a well-understood wheel, discarding learning after each project.
The problem is precisely that we require each locality to reinvent what should be a well-understood wheel, discarding learning after each project.
December 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Building good transit requires building good systems to deliver it - planned networks; ridership models; engineered standards and cost/benefit analyses.
The problem is precisely that we require each locality to reinvent what should be a well-understood wheel, discarding learning after each project.
The problem is precisely that we require each locality to reinvent what should be a well-understood wheel, discarding learning after each project.
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
Someone recently referred to my parents’ house—the house where I grew up & where my parents lived for 52 years—as a “starter home.” What internalized neoliberal bullshit! How TF has “home” become something that has to grow like an index fund? It’s your fucking home.
December 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Someone recently referred to my parents’ house—the house where I grew up & where my parents lived for 52 years—as a “starter home.” What internalized neoliberal bullshit! How TF has “home” become something that has to grow like an index fund? It’s your fucking home.
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just going to reiterate this.
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
If Immigrants Don’t Have Due Process, No One Has Due Process
How do you prove you’re a citizen?
www.everythingishorrible.net
December 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
just going to reiterate this.
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
Disney paid OpenAI $1 billon. I guess this means OpenAI had no way to make the character art available for Disney to use without adding it to the whole Sora data pile. Expect Sora-generated work from Disney. Disney clearly thinks they'll save more than $1 billion on animation. Bye bye animators.
So... nearly 100 years of aggressive copyright protection lawsuits against anyone who drew pictures of Mickey were just... for kicks and giggles? A computer program with no soul can do it & they'll just say "sure, what the heck"?
Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Disney paid OpenAI $1 billon. I guess this means OpenAI had no way to make the character art available for Disney to use without adding it to the whole Sora data pile. Expect Sora-generated work from Disney. Disney clearly thinks they'll save more than $1 billion on animation. Bye bye animators.
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I am honestly having some trouble following “the health care industry is a huge powerful malevolent machine ripping off America and we want you to negotiate directly with it for your insulin.”
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I am honestly having some trouble following “the health care industry is a huge powerful malevolent machine ripping off America and we want you to negotiate directly with it for your insulin.”
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WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly:
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
December 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly:
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
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Remember that Trump and his propagandists tried to gaslight you into believing there was no percentage in taking on this fight, that it was hopeless. And a certain cadre of pundits tried to persuade you that Dems didn't dare discuss this in public.
Still not over yet but a big step forward.
Still not over yet but a big step forward.
HUGE. Judge Xinis grants the writ of habeas corpus and orders that the government "SHALL release [Kilmar] Abrego Garcia from ICE custody immediately."
December 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Remember that Trump and his propagandists tried to gaslight you into believing there was no percentage in taking on this fight, that it was hopeless. And a certain cadre of pundits tried to persuade you that Dems didn't dare discuss this in public.
Still not over yet but a big step forward.
Still not over yet but a big step forward.
So... nearly 100 years of aggressive copyright protection lawsuits against anyone who drew pictures of Mickey were just... for kicks and giggles? A computer program with no soul can do it & they'll just say "sure, what the heck"?
Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
So... nearly 100 years of aggressive copyright protection lawsuits against anyone who drew pictures of Mickey were just... for kicks and giggles? A computer program with no soul can do it & they'll just say "sure, what the heck"?
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These folks can seriously go fuck themselves.
December 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
These folks can seriously go fuck themselves.
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Jasmine Crockett: “Democrats that believe the only way that you can win is by being soft & sounding like a Republican — That is not true —
What people are looking for are people that are tough & are going to fight for them
fight for better health care
fight for access to jobs
fight for education”
What people are looking for are people that are tough & are going to fight for them
fight for better health care
fight for access to jobs
fight for education”
December 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Jasmine Crockett: “Democrats that believe the only way that you can win is by being soft & sounding like a Republican — That is not true —
What people are looking for are people that are tough & are going to fight for them
fight for better health care
fight for access to jobs
fight for education”
What people are looking for are people that are tough & are going to fight for them
fight for better health care
fight for access to jobs
fight for education”
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Congress just gave $900 billion to the US military in case you were wondering if there were any repercussions for blowing up civilian ships on the high seas. Meanwhile, the FIFA peace participation trophy guy still manages to keep the Epstein list out of the headlines.
December 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Congress just gave $900 billion to the US military in case you were wondering if there were any repercussions for blowing up civilian ships on the high seas. Meanwhile, the FIFA peace participation trophy guy still manages to keep the Epstein list out of the headlines.
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If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.
December 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.
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Richest 1/1000th of world’s population controls 3 times more wealth than the poorest 50%. "The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies & democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency..." www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined | Common Dreams
A landmark report on global inequality shows that
the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else
continued to expand this year
www.commondreams.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Richest 1/1000th of world’s population controls 3 times more wealth than the poorest 50%. "The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies & democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency..." www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
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The MA Dems in super-safe seats voting yes to give Trump a massive military budget really give away the game
Clark, Moulton, Neal & Trahan are not playing 3D political chess to save their seats
They’re cowards who don’t belong in Congress
Clark, Moulton, Neal & Trahan are not playing 3D political chess to save their seats
They’re cowards who don’t belong in Congress
The House just voted for a bloated $900B Pentagon budget despite the fact that the Pentagon can't even pass an audit and despite the fact that Trump is getting ready for a war on Venezuela and despite the fact that so many people are about to lose health care.
Here are the 115 Dem YES votes.
Here are the 115 Dem YES votes.
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The MA Dems in super-safe seats voting yes to give Trump a massive military budget really give away the game
Clark, Moulton, Neal & Trahan are not playing 3D political chess to save their seats
They’re cowards who don’t belong in Congress
Clark, Moulton, Neal & Trahan are not playing 3D political chess to save their seats
They’re cowards who don’t belong in Congress
The quid pro quo's and outright bribes are just so bold! They don't even bother covering them up! This is what happens when "bipartisan" Democrats don't exact consequences.
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The quid pro quo's and outright bribes are just so bold! They don't even bother covering them up! This is what happens when "bipartisan" Democrats don't exact consequences.
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
Actually Times New Roman is wasteful: all those unnecessary serifs add up to a lot of toner & ink!
(SNARK, for god's sake, this is SNARK.)
(SNARK, for god's sake, this is SNARK.)
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
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Actually Times New Roman is wasteful: all those unnecessary serifs add up to a lot of toner & ink!
(SNARK, for god's sake, this is SNARK.)
(SNARK, for god's sake, this is SNARK.)
Absolute fucking idiots are deciding the future for us.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Absolute fucking idiots are deciding the future for us.
Hahahahahaha... colleges and universities have spent the last several decades showering more and more $$$$ on VP, dean, and deanlet positions that undermine faculty representation & replace full time faculty with powerless adjuncts. Blame the fucking VP's calling the shots.
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Hahahahahaha... colleges and universities have spent the last several decades showering more and more $$$$ on VP, dean, and deanlet positions that undermine faculty representation & replace full time faculty with powerless adjuncts. Blame the fucking VP's calling the shots.
The stupidity of right-wingers when they think they've won. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
There's a post over on Twitter that I've been laughing to myself about. Some right-wing guy is celebrating that a school took down "All-Gender" bathroom signs and replaced them with "Single Occupancy Restroom" signs. And like... it's the same thing, man. You're celebrating a pointless relabeling.
December 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The stupidity of right-wingers when they think they've won. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Man proving he has no fucking clue: "you can Google or AI it or ChatGPT"
Hassett: "AI is making it so there's a great coach for every worker. So instead of having to get the supervisor to explain why the machine isn't working right, you can Google or AI it or ChatGPT & it tells you how to do it right away & you become more productive & it saves the supervisor time"
December 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Man proving he has no fucking clue: "you can Google or AI it or ChatGPT"