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really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
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SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves.
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
www.404media.co
December 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
December 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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EEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEE OH MY
A forgotten Tennessee Williams horror play, written for radio as part of his University of Iowa coursework and performed on air perhaps only once, has been published in the Strand Magazine.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Unseen Tennessee Williams radio play published in literary magazine
The Strangers, a horror tale written during the playwright’s college days, appeared in the Strand magazine this week
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
EEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEE OH MY
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An absolutely magnificent Freudian slip! 🤌🏼
December 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
An absolutely magnificent Freudian slip! 🤌🏼
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Things are Terrible, but this isn't.
Be weird.
Be weird.
December 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Things are Terrible, but this isn't.
Be weird.
Be weird.
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I worked on the UK publication/marketing of this book back in the day and reread it last year—farsighted on technology and society, great characters, a damn good thriller.
Supergood dystopian science fiction of the surveillance state. Hard to believe it was written in 2007 because it accurately depicts where we are now
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December 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I worked on the UK publication/marketing of this book back in the day and reread it last year—farsighted on technology and society, great characters, a damn good thriller.
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From CHICAGO, of course. I hope Susie Wiles is taking notes.
December 19, 2025 at 3:21 AM
From CHICAGO, of course. I hope Susie Wiles is taking notes.
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“Or moral…”
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Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:06 AM
“Or moral…”
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🥺😢
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Between this and the hundreds of thousands of layoffs in sectors like… oh, say, the tech industry? At some point, someone’s going to have to admit we’re in a recession, even if they stop reporting numbers and keep inflating the AI bubble.
December 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Between this and the hundreds of thousands of layoffs in sectors like… oh, say, the tech industry? At some point, someone’s going to have to admit we’re in a recession, even if they stop reporting numbers and keep inflating the AI bubble.
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Being a prime dick himself, Dr. Oz would know.
Dr Oz: "The creation of a penis costs on average in America $150,000 per child ... if you add testicles, that's extra"
December 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Being a prime dick himself, Dr. Oz would know.
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Remember, his children’s grandparents are refugees. When I say this man’s a piece of shit, it’s impossible to overstate the depth of my sincerity.
Zuck continues to back away from causes he previously championed. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Zuckerberg Cut Ties With Pro-Immigration Organization He Founded
Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy has cut ties with the pro-immigration advocacy group that he founded more than a decade ago, a move that parallels other sweeping changes he’s made to his company’s poli...
www.bloomberg.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Remember, his children’s grandparents are refugees. When I say this man’s a piece of shit, it’s impossible to overstate the depth of my sincerity.
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Here in Delaware we have a statue of Thomas Garrett, a white man found guilty of obstructing the recapture of fugitives from slavery – ordered to pay damages to the point of ruin for it.
We don't, to my knowledge, have any statues celebrating the judges or jury members who found him guilty.
We don't, to my knowledge, have any statues celebrating the judges or jury members who found him guilty.
December 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Here in Delaware we have a statue of Thomas Garrett, a white man found guilty of obstructing the recapture of fugitives from slavery – ordered to pay damages to the point of ruin for it.
We don't, to my knowledge, have any statues celebrating the judges or jury members who found him guilty.
We don't, to my knowledge, have any statues celebrating the judges or jury members who found him guilty.
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I do think more people should appreciate that Sarah has to be selective about when she draws attention to her identity given the obsessive focus on it by some of her colleagues--she is in a uniquely impossible position. But it also makes it more impactful when she does.
December 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I do think more people should appreciate that Sarah has to be selective about when she draws attention to her identity given the obsessive focus on it by some of her colleagues--she is in a uniquely impossible position. But it also makes it more impactful when she does.
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Who could’ve possibly foreseen
December 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Who could’ve possibly foreseen
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men’s loneliness gets “more airtime”?
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
December 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
men’s loneliness gets “more airtime”?
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
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among many other things, this now completes the loop. it incentivizes people to stage disruptive geopolitical events for pump and dump schemes
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
among many other things, this now completes the loop. it incentivizes people to stage disruptive geopolitical events for pump and dump schemes
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a brambled heart to choke // a perfect burden to carry, watercolor and gouache
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
a brambled heart to choke // a perfect burden to carry, watercolor and gouache
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Today's holiday book rec is A LARGER REALITY by URSULA K. LE GUIN. Just a lovely volume.
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Today's holiday book rec is A LARGER REALITY by URSULA K. LE GUIN. Just a lovely volume.