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DAILY MEMO: Over 20 Kidnapped by ICE and CBP, Including Another U.S. Citizen, Amid Escalating Southern California Raids
December 5, 2025 at 5:56 AM
DAILY MEMO: Over 20 Kidnapped by ICE and CBP, Including Another U.S. Citizen, Amid Escalating Southern California Raids
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Animation Guild President Danny Lin shares a statement on the proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix . The proposed merger raises undeniable concerns about job security and the future of our industry. Read complete statement.
December 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Animation Guild President Danny Lin shares a statement on the proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix . The proposed merger raises undeniable concerns about job security and the future of our industry. Read complete statement.
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It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
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 6:53 PM
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This is an example of why these racist ass people should leave BW alone. I mean nothing good has happened to them since they tried this bs.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Prosecutor who subpoenaed Letitia James could be disqualified, judge suggests
The New York attorney general argued in court that U.S. Attorney John Sarcone III wasn’t legally appointed.
www.politico.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This is an example of why these racist ass people should leave BW alone. I mean nothing good has happened to them since they tried this bs.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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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...
Never gonna be president now…
Plays on an eternal loop in Gavin’s mind.
Plays on an eternal loop in Gavin’s mind.
Gov. @gavinnewsom says he disagrees with Mayor @zohrankmamdani about the need for a wealth tax on billionaires, which he is “adamantly against” - says Dems are a “big tent party” with both views.
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
December 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Never gonna be president now…
Plays on an eternal loop in Gavin’s mind.
Plays on an eternal loop in Gavin’s mind.
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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President rapist. Cabinet full of rapists. A rapist and an abuser on the Supreme Court. Pro-rape policies.
The Republican Party is objectively pro-rape.
The Republican Party is objectively pro-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 1:43 AM
President rapist. Cabinet full of rapists. A rapist and an abuser on the Supreme Court. Pro-rape policies.
The Republican Party is objectively pro-rape.
The Republican Party is objectively pro-rape.
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Somebody did something racist and he wanted to support them because he's also racist. So he did put out a statement to support that other request, and people called him racist, so he went on to join a racist chat to continue his racism. I mean it's just that simple.
How a Kansas Republican Became Part of a Racist, Antisemitic Group Chat www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
How a Kansas Republican Became Part of a Racist, Antisemitic Group Chat
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Somebody did something racist and he wanted to support them because he's also racist. So he did put out a statement to support that other request, and people called him racist, so he went on to join a racist chat to continue his racism. I mean it's just that simple.
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Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is technically not a color at all — meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
Pantone makes a surprising choice for its 2026 color of the year
We did not see that coming.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Uh...I think the fuck not.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Uh...I think the fuck not.
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Chiitan Knight will continue to spread his message until there are no more transgender people who are subjected to unjustified criticism and slander♡
Let's create a world where we can all love freely🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Let's create a world where we can all love freely🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
December 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Chiitan Knight will continue to spread his message until there are no more transgender people who are subjected to unjustified criticism and slander♡
Let's create a world where we can all love freely🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Let's create a world where we can all love freely🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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The Administration that claims to fight drug trafficking — while its Defense Secretary is tied to the killing of two disarmed foreign nationals in the Caribbean — has now pardoned former Honduran President Orlando Hernández, who was sentenced to 45 years for aiding cocaine traffickers.
Former Honduras President Hernández freed after Trump pardon
The wife of former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández says he has been released from prison following a pardon from President Donald Trump. The U.S.
apnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Administration that claims to fight drug trafficking — while its Defense Secretary is tied to the killing of two disarmed foreign nationals in the Caribbean — has now pardoned former Honduran President Orlando Hernández, who was sentenced to 45 years for aiding cocaine traffickers.
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feels like few reporters (besides @jacobsilverman.com) are really clocking the implications of literal Saudi/Emirati/Qatari investment in the consolidation and conservative overhaul of American media variety.com/2025/biz/new...
Paramount Skydance’s Latest Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Backed by Three Middle Eastern Wealth Funds
The second round of offers for all or part of Warner Bros. Discovery are in from Paramount Skydance, Netflix and Comcast. And the new, higher offer for all of WBD from David Ellison's Paramount is bac...
variety.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
feels like few reporters (besides @jacobsilverman.com) are really clocking the implications of literal Saudi/Emirati/Qatari investment in the consolidation and conservative overhaul of American media variety.com/2025/biz/new...
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"[James] Cameron is on the board of directors at Stability AI, and is therefore among a group of (generally very wealthy) people who think that using generative AI to replace jobs and depress wages further is the key to saving the mainstream film industry."
As the summer season ends, Hollywood executives are nervous about its disappointing box office numbers. What can the industry do in response? A few thoughts:
filmstories.co.uk/features/sum...
filmstories.co.uk/features/sum...
Summer box office 2025 | Profits may be down, but Hollywood needs to watch where it makes cuts
As the summer season ends, Hollywood executives are nervous about its disappointing box office numbers. What can the industry do in response?
filmstories.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"[James] Cameron is on the board of directors at Stability AI, and is therefore among a group of (generally very wealthy) people who think that using generative AI to replace jobs and depress wages further is the key to saving the mainstream film industry."
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If there’s one thing fascists hate, it’s an actual meritocracy.
In a marketplace of ideas where the game is not rigged in their favor, they never win.
In a marketplace of ideas where the game is not rigged in their favor, they never win.
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
If there’s one thing fascists hate, it’s an actual meritocracy.
In a marketplace of ideas where the game is not rigged in their favor, they never win.
In a marketplace of ideas where the game is not rigged in their favor, they never win.
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Incredibly weird behavior from a man who has previously sexually harassed me. AI makes it even easier to spread low-effort misogyny, so I'm not surprised the online right is using it so much that it's melting their brains.
Exhausting, but expected.
Exhausting, but expected.
December 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Incredibly weird behavior from a man who has previously sexually harassed me. AI makes it even easier to spread low-effort misogyny, so I'm not surprised the online right is using it so much that it's melting their brains.
Exhausting, but expected.
Exhausting, but expected.
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🔴 Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev Must Be Investigated in a New Public Inquiry into Russian Influence
If you think the Gill conviction is bad, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin’s inner circle…
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
If you think the Gill conviction is bad, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin’s inner circle…
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev Must Be Investigated in a New Public Inquiry into Russian Influence
If you think the Gill conviction is bad, linking the Reform UK Party leader's closest aide to the Kremlin, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin's inner circle
bylinetimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🔴 Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev Must Be Investigated in a New Public Inquiry into Russian Influence
If you think the Gill conviction is bad, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin’s inner circle…
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
If you think the Gill conviction is bad, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin’s inner circle…
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
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Charles Whitaker et al are making people mad for wasting money. They have paid me NOT to teach for 3 yea & have pissed away the Renberg Chair, taking $3 million from the late Gene Kapaloski (RIP) for LGBTQ journalism courses while not allowing me to teach them. Meanwhile, they give $75 mil to Trump
Yes, Northwestern and @medillschool.bsky.social, go hide in shame. You realize that no one will want to give you money to turn around and give it to Donald Trump. My alma mater is dead to me.
December 2, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Charles Whitaker et al are making people mad for wasting money. They have paid me NOT to teach for 3 yea & have pissed away the Renberg Chair, taking $3 million from the late Gene Kapaloski (RIP) for LGBTQ journalism courses while not allowing me to teach them. Meanwhile, they give $75 mil to Trump
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Some might say, hacking billboards is noble work. 😉
December 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Some might say, hacking billboards is noble work. 😉
Brought to you by Disney+ who probably pushed for this, I seriously doubt Madhouse did... unless they wanted a serious laugh.
Yes, it has been removed, but this atrocity will live on in clips and my memory rent free forever.
Yes, it has been removed, but this atrocity will live on in clips and my memory rent free forever.
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Brought to you by Disney+ who probably pushed for this, I seriously doubt Madhouse did... unless they wanted a serious laugh.
Yes, it has been removed, but this atrocity will live on in clips and my memory rent free forever.
Yes, it has been removed, but this atrocity will live on in clips and my memory rent free forever.
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News --> The commander who oversaw Pete Hegseth's alleged killing of two boat bombing survivors is now likely to come in and face questions from the House Armed Services Committee, ranking Dem Adam Smith tells me.
In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Trump Boat Bombings Suddenly on Shakier Ground as Damning Info Emerges
Will Republicans give us a real investigation into Trump’s bombings, now that we just learned horrific new details about them? Or are they seriously going to fall on their swords for Pete Hegseth?
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
News --> The commander who oversaw Pete Hegseth's alleged killing of two boat bombing survivors is now likely to come in and face questions from the House Armed Services Committee, ranking Dem Adam Smith tells me.
In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
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The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.