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Sometimes you have to say it out loud to appreciate how dire t all is:
The president just openly declared his plans to steal the midterm elections — in an interview with the former number two person at the FBI.
The president just openly declared his plans to steal the midterm elections — in an interview with the former number two person at the FBI.
Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"
February 2, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Sometimes you have to say it out loud to appreciate how dire t all is:
The president just openly declared his plans to steal the midterm elections — in an interview with the former number two person at the FBI.
The president just openly declared his plans to steal the midterm elections — in an interview with the former number two person at the FBI.
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Breaking News: Rejecting decades of science, the chair of the federal panel that recommends vaccines for Americans said that shots against polio and measles — and perhaps all diseases — should be optional. The vaccines are credited with preventing disability and millions of deaths worldwide.
Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional, Rejecting Decades of Science
Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said a person’s right to refuse a vaccine outweighed concerns about illness or death from infectious diseases.
nyti.ms
January 23, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Breaking News: Rejecting decades of science, the chair of the federal panel that recommends vaccines for Americans said that shots against polio and measles — and perhaps all diseases — should be optional. The vaccines are credited with preventing disability and millions of deaths worldwide.
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Calamity far beyond your borders...
The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman.
January 21, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Calamity far beyond your borders...
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Yes, this is my overwhelming impression listening to it. He repeatedly demanded full ownership of Greenland, and made an explicit threat to punish the Europeans if they don't give in. He then threatened to punish Canada over its prime minister's speech!
If you're only reading headlines and see "Trump Says He Won't Use Force" it will give you a misimpression of both how bellicose this speech is and how dug in he is on Greenland.
January 21, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Yes, this is my overwhelming impression listening to it. He repeatedly demanded full ownership of Greenland, and made an explicit threat to punish the Europeans if they don't give in. He then threatened to punish Canada over its prime minister's speech!
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Nathan Cullen: "I think watching the US leadership and the way they're handling this tragedy today is another underline for Canadians to say maybe our American cousins are more distant cousins than we thought politically, ethically, legally."
January 8, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Nathan Cullen: "I think watching the US leadership and the way they're handling this tragedy today is another underline for Canadians to say maybe our American cousins are more distant cousins than we thought politically, ethically, legally."
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David Cochrane on Trump and Trumpism: "America isn't the way it is because he's president. He's president because America is the way it is."
January 7, 2026 at 1:01 AM
David Cochrane on Trump and Trumpism: "America isn't the way it is because he's president. He's president because America is the way it is."
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This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner
January 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner
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The President of the United States appears to be getting regular IV infusions, the public doesn’t know anything about it, & the DC media evidently doesn’t care.
We are months into the mystery of Trump’s hands, the White House is lying, & I’ve seen a grand total of one serious news story about it.
We are months into the mystery of Trump’s hands, the White House is lying, & I’ve seen a grand total of one serious news story about it.
Trump looked pretty rough today -- note that both of his hands are discolored
(Joe Raedle/Getty)
(Joe Raedle/Getty)
December 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The President of the United States appears to be getting regular IV infusions, the public doesn’t know anything about it, & the DC media evidently doesn’t care.
We are months into the mystery of Trump’s hands, the White House is lying, & I’ve seen a grand total of one serious news story about it.
We are months into the mystery of Trump’s hands, the White House is lying, & I’ve seen a grand total of one serious news story about it.
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Remember when Fox News settled a defamation suit for $800m because it lied about the 2020 election and then all the Fox News watchers kept watching it?
December 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Remember when Fox News settled a defamation suit for $800m because it lied about the 2020 election and then all the Fox News watchers kept watching it?
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Neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post published stories about Trump writing 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day
You almost have to feel bad for an ugly old man with no family or friends to keep him company on Christmas Day that he makes 200 crazy posts ranting about everything under the sun.
Almost.
Almost.
December 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post published stories about Trump writing 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day
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This is why it’s so important to trace things back to the beginning whenever possible.
I believe @rauchway.bsky.social calls these “historical urban legends”
I believe @rauchway.bsky.social calls these “historical urban legends”
looking up the source of quotes, whether for a book or a video script, is great for figuring out when a quote everyone "knows" and has repeated for ages is actually just weird bullshit someone else made up
December 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This is why it’s so important to trace things back to the beginning whenever possible.
I believe @rauchway.bsky.social calls these “historical urban legends”
I believe @rauchway.bsky.social calls these “historical urban legends”
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I can’t get over a media that spent years dwelling on gaffes telling us which Presidential crimes aren’t a big deal
October 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I can’t get over a media that spent years dwelling on gaffes telling us which Presidential crimes aren’t a big deal
It seems to me that Trump has already been totally “normalized” by virtue of having been twice elected president. There is no going back.
October 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It seems to me that Trump has already been totally “normalized” by virtue of having been twice elected president. There is no going back.
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
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This book title sounds like something an old Newfoundlander would say as profanity
September 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This book title sounds like something an old Newfoundlander would say as profanity
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That Trump and Trumpism are fascist doesn’t explain the sheer vandalism of unleashing mass murdering mayhem via RFK to replace medical/scientific institutions of immense value and prestige with medieval peasant superstitions. That is a criminal madness facilitated by but above and beyond fascism.
August 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
That Trump and Trumpism are fascist doesn’t explain the sheer vandalism of unleashing mass murdering mayhem via RFK to replace medical/scientific institutions of immense value and prestige with medieval peasant superstitions. That is a criminal madness facilitated by but above and beyond fascism.
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Scalpers Jack Up Price Of Colorado Rockies Ticket To $11 https://theonion.com/scalpers-jack-up-price-of-colorado-rockies-ticket-to-11/
August 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Scalpers Jack Up Price Of Colorado Rockies Ticket To $11 https://theonion.com/scalpers-jack-up-price-of-colorado-rockies-ticket-to-11/
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The reason why older generations burnt the shit out of their meat and boiled the shit out of their vegetables, was your kid died if you didn't.
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
www.seattletimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The reason why older generations burnt the shit out of their meat and boiled the shit out of their vegetables, was your kid died if you didn't.
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
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Donald Trump’s immediate family is making a dizzying sum of money that would be unimaginable without his Presidencies, including profits from overseas deals and at least five different crypto ventures. nyer.cm/zB0NNxq
August 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Donald Trump’s immediate family is making a dizzying sum of money that would be unimaginable without his Presidencies, including profits from overseas deals and at least five different crypto ventures. nyer.cm/zB0NNxq
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I had a great time talking Parker, Stark, and Westlake with a new Parker-focused site, Tough Business. We’ve needed a Parker site since Trent Reynolds idled his Violent World of Parker, so it’s good to see that gap being filled.
New interview over on Tough Business, our Richard Stark's Parker website! @lilyslabo.bsky.social & I had the pleasure of interviewing @levistahl.bsky.social about the University of Chicago Press editions, Parker's enduring appeal, & much more! Link below:
toughbusiness.neocities.org/interviewlev...
toughbusiness.neocities.org/interviewlev...
August 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I had a great time talking Parker, Stark, and Westlake with a new Parker-focused site, Tough Business. We’ve needed a Parker site since Trent Reynolds idled his Violent World of Parker, so it’s good to see that gap being filled.
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1) Build text and image generators, and the best chatbots anyone's ever seen.
2) Call that artificial intelligence.
3) ??????
4) Digital genie that can do anything.
Hype and planning for step 4, all relying on the assumption that step 3 will just sorta happen if we throw money and compute at it.
2) Call that artificial intelligence.
3) ??????
4) Digital genie that can do anything.
Hype and planning for step 4, all relying on the assumption that step 3 will just sorta happen if we throw money and compute at it.
Zuckerberg writes a manifesto on bringing "personal superintelligence" to everyone to improve humanity, but doesn't even define what superintelligence means.
www.meta.com/superintelli...
www.meta.com/superintelli...
Personal Superintelligence
Explore Meta's vision of personal superintelligence, where AI empowers individuals to achieve their goals, create, connect, and lead fulfilling lives. Insights from Mark Zuckerberg on the future of AI...
www.meta.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
1) Build text and image generators, and the best chatbots anyone's ever seen.
2) Call that artificial intelligence.
3) ??????
4) Digital genie that can do anything.
Hype and planning for step 4, all relying on the assumption that step 3 will just sorta happen if we throw money and compute at it.
2) Call that artificial intelligence.
3) ??????
4) Digital genie that can do anything.
Hype and planning for step 4, all relying on the assumption that step 3 will just sorta happen if we throw money and compute at it.
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These are choices. Editorial framing is a choice. Points of emphasis are a choice. Placement is a choice.
Someone high up at NY Times decided that the Trump-Epstein story is about how Trump’s cooperating and working to disclose info. They chose to paint a picture that is the opposite of accurate.
Someone high up at NY Times decided that the Trump-Epstein story is about how Trump’s cooperating and working to disclose info. They chose to paint a picture that is the opposite of accurate.
July 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
These are choices. Editorial framing is a choice. Points of emphasis are a choice. Placement is a choice.
Someone high up at NY Times decided that the Trump-Epstein story is about how Trump’s cooperating and working to disclose info. They chose to paint a picture that is the opposite of accurate.
Someone high up at NY Times decided that the Trump-Epstein story is about how Trump’s cooperating and working to disclose info. They chose to paint a picture that is the opposite of accurate.