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Caligula making his horse a senator was a more sane choice than this
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The president of South Korea attempted a coup because he fell down the YouTuber conspiracy theorist rabbit hole. This is a thing now.
i really do think we underestimate Fetterman's usage of X
October 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Democrats are the real Nazi party now.
October 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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People seem to really really love agrivoltaics.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/c...
This Solar Farm in Alaska Provides Something Extra: Free Food
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Israel has the right to exist as a Jewish State.
October 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Our Polish friends deserve much better from us.
Allies are aghast as US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker fails even to show up at the NATO emergency meeting following the incursion over Poland. Guess he was too busy measuring men's urinals again.
September 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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I do think Biden is right to feel kinda fucking pissed about how the economy was covered ngl
September 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Same. I knew someone who more than doubled and also kept insisting it was a terrible economy and hated Biden. Wanted to throttle them.
September 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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TV tonight: Domhnall Gleeson tries to save a failing newspaper in new mockumentary
TV tonight: Domhnall Gleeson tries to save a failing newspaper in new mockumentary
The Gervais- and Merchant-produced comedy The Paper pokes fun at US journalism. Plus, Mitchell and Webb reunite for a new sketch show. Here’s what to watch this evening
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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melania constantly refreshing the tl
August 30, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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Motivated by Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York, the Democratic Socialists of America are dreaming big, Arash Azizi writes. But little from their recent convention suggested a movement intent on winning elections and coming to power:
The Real Reason American Socialists Don’t Win
Only part of the left’s most promising political party even wants to win elections or come to power.
bit.ly
August 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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A man suspected of killing four people at a Montana bar faces four counts of murder.
Montana man who evaded authorities for a week after bar shooting faces four counts of murder
A man suspected of killing four people at a Montana bar faces four counts of murder. Defendant Michael Paul Brown lived next door to The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana, where a bartender and three patrons were shot and killed Aug. 1.
bit.ly
August 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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For those who thought it was a book about translating: I am also doing a collection of essays about ancient literature and translation.
August 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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First pass pages (a.k.a. page proofs). LFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I print the whole thing out. Yes, I go line-by-line using a wooden ruler I have had since college. #oldschool
August 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
You guys fucking cheered on Oct 7 thinking it would herald a new era for Palestinians. You thought it would mean a short war followed by negotiations, that Gazans would get a new life out of Israel’s bargaining for hostages. FAFO
August 29, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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This is Thanos. He has figured out how to rest and babysit at the same time. Very impressive, very Montessori. 13/10 (TT: thanosthesaint)
August 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Spoken like a true leftist
August 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Ghislaine Maxwell says she's never seen Trump's hands looking anything other than healthy.
both of these photos of Trump's hand were taken today (Getty)
August 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Hundo loves gochujang chicken! He is the only dog I know that clearly prefers spicy food to the same food without the spicy.
August 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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"ahhh checkmate, good game, wanna play ag-"
"SIRI TELL ME RIGHT NOW IF I REALLY LOST TO THIS FUCKING LIAR THERE'S NO WAY-"
man how are you not embarrassed that this is your ad campaign
August 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Trump administration fires the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency weeks after it drafted a preliminary report that contradicted Trump’s contention that Iran’s nuclear sites had been “obliterated.” @julianbarnes.bsky.social Eric Schmitt www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
Pentagon Fires the Defense Intelligence Agency Chief
www.nytimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Haven't read the indictment, but is Donald Trump's Justice Department by any chance taking the position here that the criminal justice system should punish people for creating false financial or other documentation to cover up a sexual relationship?
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cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · Aug 15
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is charged with trying to hide a romantic relationship with her bodyguard, and paying him when they met alone and went wine tasting.

Read more: cnn.it/4lubjNw
August 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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The reason why a bunch of German and Japanese war criminals escaped the noose is that the US wanted to recruit them
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Aug 15
The release of WWII-era military documents this year has given a boost to researchers digging into Japan's germ warfare program. Japan's government has never apologized for the atrocities.
New details emerge about Japan's notorious WWII germ warfare program
The release of WWII-era military documents this year has given a boost to researchers digging into Japan's germ warfare program. Japan's government has never apologized for the atrocities.
n.pr
August 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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August 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Couldn't re-up my phone service. Subsisting on WiFi. What if an employer tries to call me.
August 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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youtu.be/_wGFMMBrTzE?...

Holy crap! I read the Iliad 50 years ago. It didn't sound like this!
The Iliad: Emily Wilson, Juliet Stevenson, Tobias Menzies and Edith Hall
YouTube video by London Review of Books (LRB)
youtu.be
April 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM