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If you are too young to remember Surya, she was a fucking ICON. The only person in history to do a BACKFLIP with a SPLIT ON THE AIR, which she’d land ON ONE FOOT
Of course she wasn’t properly appreciated in her time because racism.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pAhy...
Of course she wasn’t properly appreciated in her time because racism.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pAhy...
February 8, 2026 at 1:46 AM
If you are too young to remember Surya, she was a fucking ICON. The only person in history to do a BACKFLIP with a SPLIT ON THE AIR, which she’d land ON ONE FOOT
Of course she wasn’t properly appreciated in her time because racism.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pAhy...
Of course she wasn’t properly appreciated in her time because racism.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pAhy...
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.
January 24, 2026 at 9:22 PM
You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.
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At 11:31 Star-Tribune confirms victim is dead. So it is murder.
What will you learn from watching it that you can’t know from words? The *particular* shock of this *particular* murder or attempted murder. This moment in time. If you feel you can’t be shocked anymore, all the more reason. Fascism counts on us becoming “knowing” as a form of numbness & inertia.
January 24, 2026 at 4:43 PM
At 11:31 Star-Tribune confirms victim is dead. So it is murder.
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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the whole article could have just been ten pages of “Brilliant Things Eleanor O’Brien Said,” and some gold was left on the cutting room floor, but this is such a banger of a closer and it’s so very much the theme of today
October 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
the whole article could have just been ten pages of “Brilliant Things Eleanor O’Brien Said,” and some gold was left on the cutting room floor, but this is such a banger of a closer and it’s so very much the theme of today
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“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”
October 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”
U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut rejected the federal government’s assertion that Portland faces a “danger of rebellion” and said she wasn’t persuaded by the U.S. Justice Department’s argument that “regular forces” are unable to execute federal law.
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
National Guard troops temporarily blocked from deploying to Portland, judge rules
The president, the judge wrote, is entitled to a "great level of deference" but not "ignoring the facts on the ground.”
www.oregonlive.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut rejected the federal government’s assertion that Portland faces a “danger of rebellion” and said she wasn’t persuaded by the U.S. Justice Department’s argument that “regular forces” are unable to execute federal law.
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
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They did this to a sitting senator while they knew cameras were rolling. Imagine what they are doing to more vulnerable people in the dark.
June 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
They did this to a sitting senator while they knew cameras were rolling. Imagine what they are doing to more vulnerable people in the dark.
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Oh my God... it was all ChatGPT.
They didn't even care enough about the American economy to do any of the work themselves.
It almost feels... impeachable?
How could sloppily using AI to create domestic policy, then hiding it, be consistent with the Oath of Office?
They didn't even care enough about the American economy to do any of the work themselves.
It almost feels... impeachable?
How could sloppily using AI to create domestic policy, then hiding it, be consistent with the Oath of Office?
Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s
ChatGPT may be the White House’s latest economic advisor.
www.theverge.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Oh my God... it was all ChatGPT.
They didn't even care enough about the American economy to do any of the work themselves.
It almost feels... impeachable?
How could sloppily using AI to create domestic policy, then hiding it, be consistent with the Oath of Office?
They didn't even care enough about the American economy to do any of the work themselves.
It almost feels... impeachable?
How could sloppily using AI to create domestic policy, then hiding it, be consistent with the Oath of Office?
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White House says no one will be fired over the Signal scandal because no one involved was trying to cure cancer.
March 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
White House says no one will be fired over the Signal scandal because no one involved was trying to cure cancer.
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NEW from me -
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
Tim Walz to launch national tour of town halls in Republican House districts | CNN Politics
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans, some of whom have stopped holding town halls amid the raucous receptions their colleagues...
www.cnn.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
NEW from me -
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
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Countless emails asking how Americans can directly aid Ukrainian soldiers. Here’s an easy answer:
savelife.in.ua/en/
savelife.in.ua/en/
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March 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Countless emails asking how Americans can directly aid Ukrainian soldiers. Here’s an easy answer:
savelife.in.ua/en/
savelife.in.ua/en/
Watching in real time the current administration mirror Tony Soprano and his minions when they took over the sports equipment store and looted it to destruction. There will be nothing left for us but empty racks and regret.
March 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Watching in real time the current administration mirror Tony Soprano and his minions when they took over the sports equipment store and looted it to destruction. There will be nothing left for us but empty racks and regret.
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attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"
February 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"
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Forget nukes, this country shouldn’t be allowed to have the pointy scissors
A guy with his mind fried by ketamine and a 24/7/365 diet of Nazi shitposts is inside the federal government’s general payments system canceling whatever he personally decides looks like fraud while taking legal advice from his own busted AI chatbot, that’s the status report?
February 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Forget nukes, this country shouldn’t be allowed to have the pointy scissors
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in addition to musk stealing the data for his own purposes, I imagine that they think they can simply shut off payments to whoever doesn’t comply. I would not be shocked if they tried to turn off Social Security for an entire state of course that’s dissolution of the union territory.
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
February 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
in addition to musk stealing the data for his own purposes, I imagine that they think they can simply shut off payments to whoever doesn’t comply. I would not be shocked if they tried to turn off Social Security for an entire state of course that’s dissolution of the union territory.
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Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince,
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!
December 29, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince,
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!
What a legacy of kindness and good works President Carter leaves behind. He modeled decency in a way we will not see again.
December 29, 2024 at 9:50 PM
What a legacy of kindness and good works President Carter leaves behind. He modeled decency in a way we will not see again.