Maximum Scary
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Noir hound, knitter, all around hep kitten
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If 10% of my business was based on defrauding and scamming people, and was called a "pillar of the global fraud economy", I would have some serious moral qualms about my business. Not our friends at Meta though.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If 10% of my business was based on defrauding and scamming people, and was called a "pillar of the global fraud economy", I would have some serious moral qualms about my business. Not our friends at Meta though.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Show trials would fix me.
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Show trials would fix me.
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really appreciate Nate Silver giving us a unifying point during what is otherwise a pretty unpleasant couple days of Bluesky
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
really appreciate Nate Silver giving us a unifying point during what is otherwise a pretty unpleasant couple days of Bluesky
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
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A big part of the problem is people with power not knowing how things work.
Remember that insurance is actually a thing you hope never to use, and then read this critique.
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A big part of the problem is people with power not knowing how things work.
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Raining mucky morning. Shitty news. Perfect time for Satie with theremin and jazz trombone [complementary] youtu.be/Q19xN0kS8ro
Gnossienne n°1 (Satie) - Decostruttori Postmodernisti
YouTube video by Decostruttori Postmodernisti
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Raining mucky morning. Shitty news. Perfect time for Satie with theremin and jazz trombone [complementary] youtu.be/Q19xN0kS8ro
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It is a massive mistake to strip tens of millions of people of their health insurance. It’s an outright betrayal of what families need.
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
It is a massive mistake to strip tens of millions of people of their health insurance. It’s an outright betrayal of what families need.
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thinking back to when eric cantor got knocked out in a primary in 2014
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
thinking back to when eric cantor got knocked out in a primary in 2014
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Chuck Schumer can fucking (my agent palm-strikes my windpipe, killing me instantly)
March 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Chuck Schumer can fucking (my agent palm-strikes my windpipe, killing me instantly)
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I’M LOSING MY MIND BRO EVEN MATTY IS RIGHT ON THIS
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I’M LOSING MY MIND BRO EVEN MATTY IS RIGHT ON THIS
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The US wants to join the long list of countries denying visas to fat people.
Trump Says U.S. Visas Can Be Denied to Fat People From Now On
New State Department guidance encourages embassies and consulates to deny visas to people with obesity or other health issues.
newrepublic.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The US wants to join the long list of countries denying visas to fat people.
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DOZENS REMAIN DEAD IN SOMERSET TOMB COLLAPSE
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
DOZENS REMAIN DEAD IN SOMERSET TOMB COLLAPSE
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criticizing her policies is one thing, but making fun of Kristi Noem for her appearance isn’t fair
she actually does her makeup really well for someone who doesn’t reflect in mirrors
she actually does her makeup really well for someone who doesn’t reflect in mirrors
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
criticizing her policies is one thing, but making fun of Kristi Noem for her appearance isn’t fair
she actually does her makeup really well for someone who doesn’t reflect in mirrors
she actually does her makeup really well for someone who doesn’t reflect in mirrors
Donner party conservatism
Clausewitz was deeply emotionally affected by witnessing famine in the Rhineland, describing skeletal figures scrounging for underripe potatoes that were no doubt already ruined by the blight. It is a crowning achievement of our society to have solved this problem that plagued countless generations.
it drives me actually insane to have people romanticizing subsistence agriculture as if that's not just playing russian roulette with your family's lives year by year, and that every single one of their ancestors would throttle them for suggesting giving up their email jobs
November 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Donner party conservatism
Interesting how “high testosterone” became the measuring stick for middle aged (and up) masculinity when it became something you could buy.
You cannot separate the current nightmare we now inhabit from the collapse/crisis in how rich, powerful middle-aged men perceive masculinity, especially their own insecurities.
I’m sorry, but a goofy looking guy who grew up a privileged son of a pediatrician and has a phd in social theory from the university of Goethe and started in tech by investing an inheritance left to him by his grandfather talking about being a “dude” is very, very funny to me.
November 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Interesting how “high testosterone” became the measuring stick for middle aged (and up) masculinity when it became something you could buy.
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This will pain many Democrats who have consistently been in favor of these government contracts, BUT, my personal opinion is we should end any government contracts for surveillance/tech companies that were willing to carry out and assist in clearly and publicly illegal actions by these agencies.
If the political opposition doesn’t put these ICE & CBP institutional criminals in prison, annihilate their budgets, purge the datasets and repeal their authorities, this will keep happening. And that opposition will reveal itself as a false, controlled opposition that is no less predatory on people
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This will pain many Democrats who have consistently been in favor of these government contracts, BUT, my personal opinion is we should end any government contracts for surveillance/tech companies that were willing to carry out and assist in clearly and publicly illegal actions by these agencies.
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They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
This is what running government like a business looks like
This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This is what running government like a business looks like
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“I know you can’t afford things but we also cannot afford things” will be, I predict, a losing message. The world’s first trillionaire is on the horizon. “We can’t afford transportation, healthcare, food and shelter” will no longer cut it for the “progressive” party.
Hochul a 'no' on Mamdani's free bus plan; 'yes' on statewide universal childcare
The price tag to expand a universal childcare program statewide is $15B.
ny1.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
“I know you can’t afford things but we also cannot afford things” will be, I predict, a losing message. The world’s first trillionaire is on the horizon. “We can’t afford transportation, healthcare, food and shelter” will no longer cut it for the “progressive” party.
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This is what surrender to a foreign power looks like.
Trump is a traitor.
Pass it on.
Trump is a traitor.
Pass it on.
The most corrupt America Last President in history. Every day a new pardon worse than one the day before.
November 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is what surrender to a foreign power looks like.
Trump is a traitor.
Pass it on.
Trump is a traitor.
Pass it on.
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On a museum trip with his mom. Perfection.
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
On a museum trip with his mom. Perfection.
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I do really think these folks are underestimating how bad the AI backlash can get if the industry needs a bailout
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I do really think these folks are underestimating how bad the AI backlash can get if the industry needs a bailout
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago