Shawn Fleek
@shawnfleek.com
Portland political creative.
Hype man for humanity and cage free futures.
Northern Arapaho husband and dad.
Hype man for humanity and cage free futures.
Northern Arapaho husband and dad.
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this is basically the insoluble contradiction of left-wing politics over the last 15 years in a nutshell: sweeping, nigh-fatalistic structuralism welded to absurdly harsh and inescapable judgments about individual agency that would make the most prudish victorian moralists blush
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
this is basically the insoluble contradiction of left-wing politics over the last 15 years in a nutshell: sweeping, nigh-fatalistic structuralism welded to absurdly harsh and inescapable judgments about individual agency that would make the most prudish victorian moralists blush
The only guy who voted against the release is a police officer who held a gun to his first wife’s head.
jesus i just looked at the vote tally for the epstein bill
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The only guy who voted against the release is a police officer who held a gun to his first wife’s head.
More poor mayors please.
After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
More poor mayors please.
Marc Maron has a great ten minutes of his newest special about how all the “free speech” comics actually just wanted to be able to say mean things about people whose rights are being taken away. They want to speak POWER to TRUTH. They don’t care about free speech and never did.
Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Marc Maron has a great ten minutes of his newest special about how all the “free speech” comics actually just wanted to be able to say mean things about people whose rights are being taken away. They want to speak POWER to TRUTH. They don’t care about free speech and never did.
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NYT continues its long history of publishing op-eds pushing criminal wars of aggression
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
If you email us proof of cancellation of your New York Times subscription (send to [email protected]), we’ll give you a FREE year-long digital subscription to Current Affairs.
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So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
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you say "i asked chatgpt"
i hear "i asked [an improv comedy group]"
an improv group wrote this report
instead of a therapist i use an improv comedy group
i hear "i asked [an improv comedy group]"
an improv group wrote this report
instead of a therapist i use an improv comedy group
chatgpt is much like an improv comedy group
1) you are the audience, giving it prompts
2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt
3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And
4) it has the factual accuracy of improv
5) it does not understand comedy
1) you are the audience, giving it prompts
2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt
3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And
4) it has the factual accuracy of improv
5) it does not understand comedy
This is fascinating: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/s/I...
Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…
Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…
July 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
you say "i asked chatgpt"
i hear "i asked [an improv comedy group]"
an improv group wrote this report
instead of a therapist i use an improv comedy group
i hear "i asked [an improv comedy group]"
an improv group wrote this report
instead of a therapist i use an improv comedy group
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
I refuse to choose among these three because an absolute banger year 2000 was:
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Radiohead - Kid A
Dead Prez - Let’s Get Free
I refuse to choose among these three because an absolute banger year 2000 was:
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Radiohead - Kid A
Dead Prez - Let’s Get Free
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
I refuse to choose among these three because an absolute banger year 2000 was:
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Radiohead - Kid A
Dead Prez - Let’s Get Free
I refuse to choose among these three because an absolute banger year 2000 was:
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Radiohead - Kid A
Dead Prez - Let’s Get Free
Look, I’m not so reckless as to PLACE “Trump Supporter Food Bank” graffiti on all the public toilets in my area. I’m simply saying I would laugh every time I saw it.
November 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Look, I’m not so reckless as to PLACE “Trump Supporter Food Bank” graffiti on all the public toilets in my area. I’m simply saying I would laugh every time I saw it.
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Major businesses are adding significant square footage and there is urgency to lease even more office space in New York City with no sign of any looming corporate exodus caused by democratic socialist Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s election win.
No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's democratic socialist views spark fears companies and capital will flee, but top real estate CEOs say it's not true.
www.cnbc.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Major businesses are adding significant square footage and there is urgency to lease even more office space in New York City with no sign of any looming corporate exodus caused by democratic socialist Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s election win.
“I voted for Donald Trump because I thought he WAS in the Pedo-files, but since he said he isn’t, I AM MAD. I am now a Democrat and will vote for Kamala if she runs again.” - Some people Chuck Schumer imagines make up a middle majority.
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“I voted for Donald Trump because I thought he WAS in the Pedo-files, but since he said he isn’t, I AM MAD. I am now a Democrat and will vote for Kamala if she runs again.” - Some people Chuck Schumer imagines make up a middle majority.
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We should reboot journalism completely. Start from scratch. They should get those old timey hats and a pencil and figure it out from there
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We should reboot journalism completely. Start from scratch. They should get those old timey hats and a pencil and figure it out from there
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"We need a huge tent, big enough to accommodate Freddy Krueger from Nightmare on Elm Street!"
How about a tent big enough to accommodate someone slightly to the left of Bill Clinton?
"What? No! Ew!"
How about a tent big enough to accommodate someone slightly to the left of Bill Clinton?
"What? No! Ew!"
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"We need a huge tent, big enough to accommodate Freddy Krueger from Nightmare on Elm Street!"
How about a tent big enough to accommodate someone slightly to the left of Bill Clinton?
"What? No! Ew!"
How about a tent big enough to accommodate someone slightly to the left of Bill Clinton?
"What? No! Ew!"
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There's a big argument to be made that Trumpism is a revolt of America's hereditary elites who are apoplectic that the beginnings of a true meritocracy threatened to replace some of them.
The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
November 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
There's a big argument to be made that Trumpism is a revolt of America's hereditary elites who are apoplectic that the beginnings of a true meritocracy threatened to replace some of them.
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Deni Avdija on end of 4th Q: "I take responsibility about that last shot. I could have done better. It's on me. I wasted the clock too much and went for that three. I should have either drove a little bit or gotten closer. But I'm learning from it. I should have been smarter."
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Deni Avdija on end of 4th Q: "I take responsibility about that last shot. I could have done better. It's on me. I wasted the clock too much and went for that three. I should have either drove a little bit or gotten closer. But I'm learning from it. I should have been smarter."
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I don't want A.I. to replace my brain, I want to be able to afford a walkable green neighborhood
November 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I don't want A.I. to replace my brain, I want to be able to afford a walkable green neighborhood
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relatedly, ralph nader deserves to be remembered for the rest of time as someone who voluntarily assisted in a critical attack on american democracy, the importance of which far outweighs any of his consumer advocacy
bush v gore is the hinge upon which basically everything awful from the last quarter century swings on
i don't think that bush v. gore is the *worst* ruling in the history of the supreme court, but i do think it is the most openly *corrupt* ruling in its history. a real disgrace.
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
relatedly, ralph nader deserves to be remembered for the rest of time as someone who voluntarily assisted in a critical attack on american democracy, the importance of which far outweighs any of his consumer advocacy
No bailouts for theft tech.
None of us who posted online for twenty years got compensated for that posting. AI scammers processed all our posts into a sophisticated autocomplete they swore was worth trillions, but they’re about to go broke and demand a bailout. Hell to the -fuck no- they don’t
None of us who posted online for twenty years got compensated for that posting. AI scammers processed all our posts into a sophisticated autocomplete they swore was worth trillions, but they’re about to go broke and demand a bailout. Hell to the -fuck no- they don’t
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
No bailouts for theft tech.
None of us who posted online for twenty years got compensated for that posting. AI scammers processed all our posts into a sophisticated autocomplete they swore was worth trillions, but they’re about to go broke and demand a bailout. Hell to the -fuck no- they don’t
None of us who posted online for twenty years got compensated for that posting. AI scammers processed all our posts into a sophisticated autocomplete they swore was worth trillions, but they’re about to go broke and demand a bailout. Hell to the -fuck no- they don’t
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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These refs are so goddamn atrocious. A plague on all of their future endeavors.
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
These refs are so goddamn atrocious. A plague on all of their future endeavors.
Center for American Progress, emergency meeting. Gavin Newsom enters on a chair being carried by four Chuck Schumer interns. But then! The doors blow open, smoke pours in. Emerging from the smoke is a more racist than ever Pete Buteigeig. Neera Tanden hisses: “Now it’s a primary.”
J-MART, on Newsom:
“.. Ask yourself: How many other potential candidates .. can transcend the political-pop culture divide ..?
“.. there may not be a modern political figure who was simultaneously so well-positioned to be his party’s nominee ..”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
“.. Ask yourself: How many other potential candidates .. can transcend the political-pop culture divide ..?
“.. there may not be a modern political figure who was simultaneously so well-positioned to be his party’s nominee ..”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
November 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Center for American Progress, emergency meeting. Gavin Newsom enters on a chair being carried by four Chuck Schumer interns. But then! The doors blow open, smoke pours in. Emerging from the smoke is a more racist than ever Pete Buteigeig. Neera Tanden hisses: “Now it’s a primary.”
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the implicit assertion that the reader is a dumb fucking hog who begs to be fed slop is one of my least favorite things about media and commentary in the twenty first century
J-MART, on Newsom:
“.. Ask yourself: How many other potential candidates .. can transcend the political-pop culture divide ..?
“.. there may not be a modern political figure who was simultaneously so well-positioned to be his party’s nominee ..”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
“.. Ask yourself: How many other potential candidates .. can transcend the political-pop culture divide ..?
“.. there may not be a modern political figure who was simultaneously so well-positioned to be his party’s nominee ..”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
November 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
the implicit assertion that the reader is a dumb fucking hog who begs to be fed slop is one of my least favorite things about media and commentary in the twenty first century
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She's very clearly trying to be the Marine Le Pen to Trump's Jean-Marie, and has made a smart bet on the utter credulity of a large swath of the pundit class.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is standing up to Trump on the Epstein files, but she's also urging Dana Bash to interview outspoken antisemite Nick Fuentes. She wants to push Trump aside for something even worse.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Apologizes for Her ‘Toxic Politics’
Greene’s comments come as she is embroiled in a public feud with Trump over his refusal to release the Epstein files.
time.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
She's very clearly trying to be the Marine Le Pen to Trump's Jean-Marie, and has made a smart bet on the utter credulity of a large swath of the pundit class.