Napoleon Bonarpant
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People should be asking themselves "What would Frederick Douglass say about this?" more often
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If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
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Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
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Benghazi ain't going away!
November 5, 2023 at 10:51 PM
Benghazi ain't going away!
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it's really a deliberate white supremacist choice that "lynching" is now a generic term for any public shaming. 1
December 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
it's really a deliberate white supremacist choice that "lynching" is now a generic term for any public shaming. 1
December 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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One thing worth thinking about is the reason no quarter is a war crime in a way that many other nonetheless very bad things are not is that recognition lowers the chance of you starring in an independent film against your will.
man, between the UK press on gender/immigration stuff or Fox on this, not a great time in Anglosphere politics
December 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
One thing worth thinking about is the reason no quarter is a war crime in a way that many other nonetheless very bad things are not is that recognition lowers the chance of you starring in an independent film against your will.
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people died for birthright citizenship. i get that it’s more fun to be a pundit when your team has the white house and you get to brag to friends about visiting the oval office; but what i’m wondering is if maybe that’s actually not a good reason to throw away something we fought a civil war to win?
December 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
people died for birthright citizenship. i get that it’s more fun to be a pundit when your team has the white house and you get to brag to friends about visiting the oval office; but what i’m wondering is if maybe that’s actually not a good reason to throw away something we fought a civil war to win?
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I continue to think that Matty coming out against birthright citizenship a few months ago should have been taken as a major warning sign that the group chats have already decided to surrender on this.
December 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I continue to think that Matty coming out against birthright citizenship a few months ago should have been taken as a major warning sign that the group chats have already decided to surrender on this.
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The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’ www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’
The use of ‘nudify’ apps is becoming more and more prevalent, with hundreds of teachers having seen images created by pupils, often of their peers. The fallout is huge – and growing fast
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’ www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
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"A Chinese hospital ship quietly docked in hurricane-hit Jamaica this week, projecting soft power into the heart of the Caribbean where a US armada is conducting a controversial anti-narcotics mission targeted at Venezuela."
Chinese Hospital Ship Visits Jamaica as US Gunboats Ply Caribbean
A Chinese hospital ship quietly docked in hurricane-hit Jamaica this week, projecting soft power into the heart of the Caribbean where a US armada is conducting a controversial anti-narcotics mission ...
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"A Chinese hospital ship quietly docked in hurricane-hit Jamaica this week, projecting soft power into the heart of the Caribbean where a US armada is conducting a controversial anti-narcotics mission targeted at Venezuela."
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The year is 2894. Mecha-Hitler has secured the votes of 69.7% of the US electro-quantum consensus and begun his invasion of the New African Empire. In retaliation, Chicago is destroyed by atomic bombardment. On Mars, the DNC-in-Exile pledges to disavow the "basket of deplorables" comment once again.
December 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The year is 2894. Mecha-Hitler has secured the votes of 69.7% of the US electro-quantum consensus and begun his invasion of the New African Empire. In retaliation, Chicago is destroyed by atomic bombardment. On Mars, the DNC-in-Exile pledges to disavow the "basket of deplorables" comment once again.
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I actually think we should stop telling the people responsible for this country's problems that they're the innocent ones rather than the architects of what's happening to them
White voters in small towns earned this. They brought it on us all, and they should be blamed.
White voters in small towns earned this. They brought it on us all, and they should be blamed.
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I actually think we should stop telling the people responsible for this country's problems that they're the innocent ones rather than the architects of what's happening to them
White voters in small towns earned this. They brought it on us all, and they should be blamed.
White voters in small towns earned this. They brought it on us all, and they should be blamed.
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This is Newt Gingrich erasure.
Ultimately I blame Mitch McConnell - all of this - gestures broadly - could and should have been avoided
December 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is Newt Gingrich erasure.
The Capitol Hill Club is pretty much the social arm of the RNC, this is a meaningless distinction
Why does everyone keep saying a pipe bomb was planted by RNC headquarters in DC on January 6, 2021 when it was actually left next to the Capitol Hill Club. This has been known for years!
Gross negligence by the FBI and the media.
From the FBI website:
www.fbi.gov/contact-us/f...
Gross negligence by the FBI and the media.
From the FBI website:
www.fbi.gov/contact-us/f...
December 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The Capitol Hill Club is pretty much the social arm of the RNC, this is a meaningless distinction
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You have been told to be calm, to maintain the faith, and to be loyal to the party for close to 20 years and now they can’t even properly condemn serial murder in the ocean nor the wildcat internment camps here at home. You don’t even know if they’ll let you vaccinate your own kids a year from now.
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
You have been told to be calm, to maintain the faith, and to be loyal to the party for close to 20 years and now they can’t even properly condemn serial murder in the ocean nor the wildcat internment camps here at home. You don’t even know if they’ll let you vaccinate your own kids a year from now.
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Also, Tom Cotton's description of this as two guys trying to "get back into the fight" is psychopathic. There was no fight. No U.S. forces were taking contact. There isn't even a legal state of hostilities.
December 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Also, Tom Cotton's description of this as two guys trying to "get back into the fight" is psychopathic. There was no fight. No U.S. forces were taking contact. There isn't even a legal state of hostilities.
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the thing is that blowing up drug boats is just murder. no law licenses it. it is just war crimes. but to say out loud what the penalty for committing them is puts us in the position of accusing high government officials of capital crimes.
it is critically important to be able to say the obvious.
it is critically important to be able to say the obvious.
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
the thing is that blowing up drug boats is just murder. no law licenses it. it is just war crimes. but to say out loud what the penalty for committing them is puts us in the position of accusing high government officials of capital crimes.
it is critically important to be able to say the obvious.
it is critically important to be able to say the obvious.
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At least one other boat, the one with the Colombian fisherman, was adrift and displaying a distress signal with its engine out of the water. To attack a disabled vessel in distress and signaling for assistance is basically in the same category as killing shipwrecked survivors clinging to wreckage.
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
At least one other boat, the one with the Colombian fisherman, was adrift and displaying a distress signal with its engine out of the water. To attack a disabled vessel in distress and signaling for assistance is basically in the same category as killing shipwrecked survivors clinging to wreckage.
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Pinning this one because Jamelle truly said it best! Please give us your support: gofund.me/518bd8669
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Pinning this one because Jamelle truly said it best! Please give us your support: gofund.me/518bd8669
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The “independents” here are someone who helped organize the tea party and a Trump campaign pollster
Using artificial intelligence to identify Congressional districts where independent candidates could win, an organization called the Independent Center is aiming to disrupt the two-party system. n.pr/48mmSlu
An independent effort says AI is the secret to topple 2-party power in Congress
Using artificial intelligence to identify congressional districts where independent candidates could win, an organization called the Independent Center is aiming to disrupt the two-party system.
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The “independents” here are someone who helped organize the tea party and a Trump campaign pollster
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Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Happy Victory for US Arms and Down With Treasonous Slavers Day!
Uncomfortable with the First Thanksgiving Narrative? Good News, it’s Actually a Civil War Holiday
Take heart, all you who grow unsettled at the time of year where the narrative of friendly Pilgrims and American Indians is spread around to make us feel good about a brief moment in American histo…
angrystaffofficer.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Happy Victory for US Arms and Down With Treasonous Slavers Day!
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The vibe here is really "guy who was part of a U.S.-aligned death squad got told he's getting sent back to Afghanistan to die"
well that tracks
(also should put to rest any bleating about “vetting” but we live in hell so)
(also should put to rest any bleating about “vetting” but we live in hell so)
November 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The vibe here is really "guy who was part of a U.S.-aligned death squad got told he's getting sent back to Afghanistan to die"