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Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.
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Columbia University is helping a government filled with literal Nazis to reward millions of dollars to Zionists who oppose free speech against genocide:
NEW: In dealing with the Trump admin, Columbia is paying a $21 million settlement to Jewish or Israeli staff for claims of harassment/discrimination.
Unclear if non-Zionist affiliates who have faced harassment can file a claim, though terms say Trump admin has "sole discretion."
Unclear if non-Zionist affiliates who have faced harassment can file a claim, though terms say Trump admin has "sole discretion."
December 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Columbia University is helping a government filled with literal Nazis to reward millions of dollars to Zionists who oppose free speech against genocide:
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With a Gramscian lens, AOC, while she does use counter hegemonic language, she functions within the institutional limits of the democratic establishment. She could be described as a licensed critic which means she essentially channels discontent into symbolic reformism. For these reasons she effectively stabilizes hegemonic order. There would be no reason to endorse her.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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The only reason not to follow the Prison Rape Elimination Act is if you do not want to eliminate rape
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The only reason not to follow the Prison Rape Elimination Act is if you do not want to eliminate rape
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I need everyone who wants a pet raccoon (and nobody else) to google Baylisascaris procyonis, thank me later
"if they domesticate raccoons i'm definitely getting one" okay listen i'm being so serious right now. have you really actually thought through the consequences of inviting a smart omnivorous cat with thumbs to stay in your home for the entirety of its natural life?
December 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I need everyone who wants a pet raccoon (and nobody else) to google Baylisascaris procyonis, thank me later
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it's also kind of funny bc some of these ppl are pretending CVH is just randomly attacking this guy but Halber ranted about him at a conference that the Maryland governor was at lol
It's also interesting because this is way more combative than anything Mamdani has actually said about any Jewish org guy but CVH is getting way less pushback.
Van Hollen getting a lot of criticism in response to this from institutional Jewish American organizations, will be interesting to see if he backs down. Also should be noted that Halber actually attacked CVH first.
December 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
it's also kind of funny bc some of these ppl are pretending CVH is just randomly attacking this guy but Halber ranted about him at a conference that the Maryland governor was at lol
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Make it make sense
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Make it make sense
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it is infuriating how much of this admin's policy agenda and its strategy for pursuing it rests solely on having SCOTUS as a cheat card. very clear pattern:
A) do something illegal
B) court rules don't do that
C) ignore, continue doing illegal thing until SCOTUS rules it was retroactively legal
A) do something illegal
B) court rules don't do that
C) ignore, continue doing illegal thing until SCOTUS rules it was retroactively legal
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
it is infuriating how much of this admin's policy agenda and its strategy for pursuing it rests solely on having SCOTUS as a cheat card. very clear pattern:
A) do something illegal
B) court rules don't do that
C) ignore, continue doing illegal thing until SCOTUS rules it was retroactively legal
A) do something illegal
B) court rules don't do that
C) ignore, continue doing illegal thing until SCOTUS rules it was retroactively legal
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Why am I not surprised?
NPS has made Trump's birthday a free admission day, while deleting MLK Day and Juneteenth.
NPS has made Trump's birthday a free admission day, while deleting MLK Day and Juneteenth.
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Why am I not surprised?
NPS has made Trump's birthday a free admission day, while deleting MLK Day and Juneteenth.
NPS has made Trump's birthday a free admission day, while deleting MLK Day and Juneteenth.
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if you believe this, every single one of you has to be prepared to demand this of your Dem representatives in 2029 and be prepared to primary them if they stand in the way
New Nuremburg is the moderate option.
December 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
if you believe this, every single one of you has to be prepared to demand this of your Dem representatives in 2029 and be prepared to primary them if they stand in the way
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Ireland, Spain, Netherlands, Slovenia to boycott Eurovision.
65% voted in favour of changes to public voting system to be enough to address disquiet over Israeli "public" support. So there was no vote on opposition on the grounds of war in Gaza
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
65% voted in favour of changes to public voting system to be enough to address disquiet over Israeli "public" support. So there was no vote on opposition on the grounds of war in Gaza
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands to boycott Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete
Decision not to hold vote on Israel’s participation comes in spite of several broadcasters calling for its exclusion
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Ireland, Spain, Netherlands, Slovenia to boycott Eurovision.
65% voted in favour of changes to public voting system to be enough to address disquiet over Israeli "public" support. So there was no vote on opposition on the grounds of war in Gaza
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
65% voted in favour of changes to public voting system to be enough to address disquiet over Israeli "public" support. So there was no vote on opposition on the grounds of war in Gaza
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Holy moly: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope construction is completed! That's fantastic news — much needed right now — and I am very much looking forward to when this beast launches. It has 100X the field of view of Hubble.
One. Hundred. *At the same resolution*.
www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
One. Hundred. *At the same resolution*.
www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Completed - NASA
Two technicians look up at NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope after its inner and outer segments were connected at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight
www.nasa.gov
December 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Holy moly: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope construction is completed! That's fantastic news — much needed right now — and I am very much looking forward to when this beast launches. It has 100X the field of view of Hubble.
One. Hundred. *At the same resolution*.
www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
One. Hundred. *At the same resolution*.
www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
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when i was growing up i was explicitly taught that outside of 'lady jobs' women working *took jobs* from married men with families and that's how a 2 income home, outside of strict necessity and even then - lady jobs, aids the destruction of the family, not just your own.
Chris Rufo—a prominent anti-DEI crusader—-says the “idea that private companies should be able to prioritize hiring married men w/ families is completely within the bounds of rzbl debate, &…it's absurd that individuals cannot hire whomever they want [ie, discriminate] in their own companies…” 1/
December 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
when i was growing up i was explicitly taught that outside of 'lady jobs' women working *took jobs* from married men with families and that's how a 2 income home, outside of strict necessity and even then - lady jobs, aids the destruction of the family, not just your own.
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and assuredly a direct war criminal. if we were a nation who cared about such things or were worried about the hague his entire military record would be in question
but, you know, america. land of the free (war criminals, many of who went to harvard🤷).
but, you know, america. land of the free (war criminals, many of who went to harvard🤷).
I think it's useful to remember that Cotton is an unabashed racist.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
and assuredly a direct war criminal. if we were a nation who cared about such things or were worried about the hague his entire military record would be in question
but, you know, america. land of the free (war criminals, many of who went to harvard🤷).
but, you know, america. land of the free (war criminals, many of who went to harvard🤷).
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
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losing my mind over youtube's suggested reply for this comment
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
losing my mind over youtube's suggested reply for this comment
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Note that Roger Stone refers to Prospera, the Network State city in Honduras, as a "freedom city."
Trump wants to build ten of these cities on federal land, and Stone makes it clear that these fascist cities are, indeed, the Network State.
Trump wants to build ten of these cities on federal land, and Stone makes it clear that these fascist cities are, indeed, the Network State.
Why Did Trump Pardon the Former Honduran President? Follow the Tech Bros.
“Próspera is an example of the tech-right concept of the network state, a phrase coined by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan.”
by @kieraevebutler.bsky.social
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“Próspera is an example of the tech-right concept of the network state, a phrase coined by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan.”
by @kieraevebutler.bsky.social
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Why did Trump pardon the former Honduran president? Follow the Tech Bros.
With Roger Stone taking a victory lap for having come up with the idea in the first place.
www.motherjones.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Note that Roger Stone refers to Prospera, the Network State city in Honduras, as a "freedom city."
Trump wants to build ten of these cities on federal land, and Stone makes it clear that these fascist cities are, indeed, the Network State.
Trump wants to build ten of these cities on federal land, and Stone makes it clear that these fascist cities are, indeed, the Network State.
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Trying to explain what's happening to our country without talking about the Network State is like trying explain 9/11 without mentioning Al Qaeda.
De Kai has a great term: Negative Information (neginformation). It describes misinformation that results from leaving out key parts of the story.
De Kai has a great term: Negative Information (neginformation). It describes misinformation that results from leaving out key parts of the story.
December 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Trying to explain what's happening to our country without talking about the Network State is like trying explain 9/11 without mentioning Al Qaeda.
De Kai has a great term: Negative Information (neginformation). It describes misinformation that results from leaving out key parts of the story.
De Kai has a great term: Negative Information (neginformation). It describes misinformation that results from leaving out key parts of the story.
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Who better to dope the movies with “AI-enhances visual storytelling” www.bikeradar.com/news/no-hand...
Lance Armstrong narrates documentary on history of legendary American bicycle company | BikeRadar
No Hands will debut at film festivals next year and uses “AI-enhanced visual storytelling”
www.bikeradar.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Who better to dope the movies with “AI-enhances visual storytelling” www.bikeradar.com/news/no-hand...
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One of my take-aways from studying all things ‘collective make-believe’ over the last half-decade is that it really truly does not matter if someone is a grifter or a true believer, and the idea that people can lie (to themselves or others) in “good faith” is a pernicious one in a civil society.
December 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
One of my take-aways from studying all things ‘collective make-believe’ over the last half-decade is that it really truly does not matter if someone is a grifter or a true believer, and the idea that people can lie (to themselves or others) in “good faith” is a pernicious one in a civil society.
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The other thing is you can get a bunch of people to do collective suspension of disbelief together, say, for a stage magic performance and tell them exactly how it’s going to work beforehand and it will *still work*. True belief is not required for the function of collective belief to go brrr.
Once the magic circle is drawn around something, it all becomes play. Wither or not you believe what is going on inside the circle is true or not becomes irrelevant while you are inside the circle. Things become BAD when people inside the circle try to tell people outside it what is real.
One of my take-aways from studying all things ‘collective make-believe’ over the last half-decade is that it really truly does not matter if someone is a grifter or a true believer, and the idea that people can lie (to themselves or others) in “good faith” is a pernicious one in a civil society.
December 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The other thing is you can get a bunch of people to do collective suspension of disbelief together, say, for a stage magic performance and tell them exactly how it’s going to work beforehand and it will *still work*. True belief is not required for the function of collective belief to go brrr.
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Big news:
A Missouri appeals court just handed a big win to reproductive supporters by rewriting a summary of a GOP-backed ballot measure to repeal the right to an abortion after concluding the prior version was misleading in many ways.
Decision here: www.aclu-mo.org/sites/defaul...
Decision here: www.aclu-mo.org/sites/defaul...
December 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Big news:
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The postal service reform act also kicked postal retiree's off their earned federal prescription benefit plan and forced them onto medicare and part d. In addition to full cost of our health care we now have to pay full cost of medicare. copays went from $0 to $2000
December 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The postal service reform act also kicked postal retiree's off their earned federal prescription benefit plan and forced them onto medicare and part d. In addition to full cost of our health care we now have to pay full cost of medicare. copays went from $0 to $2000