Sam
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THERE IS TOO MUCH NEWS!!!
Just a reminder that actual, accused criminals generally need to be arraigned in 24-48 hours.
Now we know what a "brief encounter" is under "Justice" Kavanaugh's standard:
Having your window smashed, getting tear gassed by masked thugs, and then being held without charges for three days.
'Murica under the GOP.
Having your window smashed, getting tear gassed by masked thugs, and then being held without charges for three days.
'Murica under the GOP.
Veteran detained by ICE: I identified myself as a US citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas into my car, dragged me out. Even after I complied, I was held for 3 days without charges. No phone call, no lawyer, no medical care
December 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Just a reminder that actual, accused criminals generally need to be arraigned in 24-48 hours.
I say this as someone who has a real fondness for Times New Roman - it SUCKS when trying to read things on a screen. My original website 100 years ago used TNR as its default font and it made the whole thing difficult. I switched to Helvetica at some point and that was much more readable.
Calibri: is this really the world’s wokest font?
Calibri: is this really the world’s wokest font?
It was the Windows typeface for 17 years – and adopted by the Biden administration for its readability for those with visual impairments. But Marco Rubio has ruled that Calibri lacks ‘decorum’
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I say this as someone who has a real fondness for Times New Roman - it SUCKS when trying to read things on a screen. My original website 100 years ago used TNR as its default font and it made the whole thing difficult. I switched to Helvetica at some point and that was much more readable.
NY Mag is always my favorite gift guide, because it goes from "here's some fun stuff you can get for less than $50" to "or maybe you want to buy your dad a Maybach" levels of ridiculousness.
We rounded up all our favorite gifts for every kind of woman, from moms and wives to sisters and girlfriends and more. All will arrive by Christmas.
A Gift for Every Woman in Your Life
We rounded up all our favorite gifts for every kind of woman, from moms and wives to sisters and girlfriends and more. All will arrive by Christmas.
nymag.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
NY Mag is always my favorite gift guide, because it goes from "here's some fun stuff you can get for less than $50" to "or maybe you want to buy your dad a Maybach" levels of ridiculousness.
Really the most astounding thing about my lifetime of politics watching was seeing a competent woman propose a massive increase in publicly funded healthcare in this country only to be tarred for the next thirty years as a neoliberal shill for the insurance industry.
I mean we could ditch the criminalization of approximately everything that Clinton pushed and keep the part where Hillary made conservatives apoplectic by suggesting it would be better for the country if we had nationalized health care like the UK.
Democrats have been deemed "too liberal" for my entire life and I'm 40, oh my god shut the fuck up. Literally nobody is clamoring for Clintonism. The people who remember it fondly are turbo libs now thanks to Trump and conservative Genxers are basically Hitler. It has zero constituency.
December 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Really the most astounding thing about my lifetime of politics watching was seeing a competent woman propose a massive increase in publicly funded healthcare in this country only to be tarred for the next thirty years as a neoliberal shill for the insurance industry.
Steve Inskeep’s softball interviews and platforming of fascists are the specific reason I stopped donating to NPR back in 2016. In that case it was Tucker Carlson.
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks conservative commentator Brett Cooper about her YouTube following, her recent criticisms of President Trump and her opinion of Nick Fuentes. n.pr/4oN340T
Brett Cooper says she makes up her own mind — about Trump and everything else
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks conservative commentator Brett Cooper about her YouTube following, her recent criticisms of President Trump and her opinion of Nick Fuentes.
n.pr
December 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Steve Inskeep’s softball interviews and platforming of fascists are the specific reason I stopped donating to NPR back in 2016. In that case it was Tucker Carlson.
This is genuinely good.
Breaking News: Kathryn Garcia, a top aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul, is expected to be named the next executive director of the Port Authority.
Kathryn Garcia Expected to Be Named New Head of the Port Authority
Ms. Garcia, who ran for mayor of New York in 2021 after serving as the city’s sanitation commissioner, would succeed Rick Cotton, who is retiring.
nyti.ms
December 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This is genuinely good.
This is great. And remember, even in the races Dems don’t win, simply running someone in every race motivates dems to come out and vote. They may not overcome a deep red gerrymandered advantage in a particular house race, but will add votes in what’s shaping up to be a close senate race.
Texas Democrats just did something historic under the leadership of new state party chair @kendallscudder.bsky.social. We have filed a candidate in EVERY 2026 race.
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
We Did It, Texas Dems, We Did It
Candidates in every legislative, statewide, and federal race. Now it’s time to build power where it counts.
www.lonestarleft.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This is great. And remember, even in the races Dems don’t win, simply running someone in every race motivates dems to come out and vote. They may not overcome a deep red gerrymandered advantage in a particular house race, but will add votes in what’s shaping up to be a close senate race.
In some ways he’s a hostage of his own success. When the court was 5-4, he could steer the majority to his incremental preferences. Now that it’s 6-3 he has to choose between siding with the radical right or being in the dissent, and his heart is with the radicals.
The part that I can't figure out is what John Roberts thinks he is doing. He used to seem to be a judge who was very attentive to appearances, I think on a theory that you can't draw too much attention to yourself without undermining your ability to continue to shape the law.
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
In some ways he’s a hostage of his own success. When the court was 5-4, he could steer the majority to his incremental preferences. Now that it’s 6-3 he has to choose between siding with the radical right or being in the dissent, and his heart is with the radicals.
have we considered that MANY actors are very good at one specific thing and otherwise are just kinda not very smart?
Sydney Sweeney tried again to address her American Eagle jeans ad controversy, saying she is ‘against hate and divisiveness.’
Sydney Sweeney Says She Is ‘Against Hate’
Sydney Sweeney tried again to address her American Eagle jeans ad controversy, saying she is ‘against hate and divisiveness.’
www.thecut.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
have we considered that MANY actors are very good at one specific thing and otherwise are just kinda not very smart?
My friends and I are now at an age where this is literally 90% of what we talk about when we meet to hang out - everyone sharing the tiny pieces of secret knowledge that they've managed to wrangle out of their doctors.
It’s legitimately insane how little the average woman knows about peri menopause and menopause symptoms.
I just learned that menopause can cause sciatica pain. Literally what the hell man
I just learned that menopause can cause sciatica pain. Literally what the hell man
December 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
My friends and I are now at an age where this is literally 90% of what we talk about when we meet to hang out - everyone sharing the tiny pieces of secret knowledge that they've managed to wrangle out of their doctors.
it's the most wonderful time of the year!
December 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
it's the most wonderful time of the year!
fascinated by the replies insisting that this is just poor people lying to pollsters because they fear getting caught as opposed to what is more likely - that poor people *actually steal less* because they fear getting caught.
(wealthier people almost certainly think they can talk their way out)
(wealthier people almost certainly think they can talk their way out)
December 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
fascinated by the replies insisting that this is just poor people lying to pollsters because they fear getting caught as opposed to what is more likely - that poor people *actually steal less* because they fear getting caught.
(wealthier people almost certainly think they can talk their way out)
(wealthier people almost certainly think they can talk their way out)
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
What if our government was just a cult of personality, but the personality was objectively the worst human being alive?
Tacky ass un-American anti-republican pre-1776 royalist trash. We don't do the f----- King's Birthday here. He's about half a step away from putting his face on all the coins and stamps.
December 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
What if our government was just a cult of personality, but the personality was objectively the worst human being alive?
This is less “we sold the building for $2million” and more “we offloaded the massive renovation expense to the buyer”.
December 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This is less “we sold the building for $2million” and more “we offloaded the massive renovation expense to the buyer”.
Sleeping with a source is next level, but this whole catch and kill, or catch and release only a year later when they can sell a book, is completely endemic to the entire modern media. They care more about saving scoops for profit than actually informing the public.
And suppressed critical information about the child murderer in question she possesed during the campaign and confirmation hearings! And wrote a farcical (but widely defended by other media weasels) puff piece about Trump while encouraging her undisclosed sext partner to endorse him!
I think you should care about whether the Secretary of Health and Human Services, who is in the process of murdering tens of thousands of children, got his job at least in part by sleeping with a journalist who subsequently wrote extensively and critically about his boss' election opponent.
December 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Sleeping with a source is next level, but this whole catch and kill, or catch and release only a year later when they can sell a book, is completely endemic to the entire modern media. They care more about saving scoops for profit than actually informing the public.
the best* part being that, while all of these mergers and consolidations are anti-competitive, netflix acquiring WB is almost certainly LESS anti-competitive than the owner of a full rival movie studio/network/premium cable network (Paramount/CBS/Showtime) doing so.
*not actually best.
*not actually best.
I would be surprised if you don't see some performative "antitrust" action by Trump's FCC and DOJ to try and redirect Warner Brothers to Larry Ellison and CBS/Paramount
It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion
The streaming giant's proposal includes a $5.8 billion breakup fee and promises to maintain Warner Bros. current operations, "including theatrical releases." Theater owners are already speaking out.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
the best* part being that, while all of these mergers and consolidations are anti-competitive, netflix acquiring WB is almost certainly LESS anti-competitive than the owner of a full rival movie studio/network/premium cable network (Paramount/CBS/Showtime) doing so.
*not actually best.
*not actually best.
Reposted by Sam
this is gold and you should read it immediately www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
this is gold and you should read it immediately www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
At this point I’m mostly curious how much longer my grandfathered ‘free HBOMAX with an AT&T subscription’ is gonna last. It’s survived several years so far.
there it is!
*NETFLIX TO BUY WARNER BROS. FOR ENTERPRISE VALUE OF $82.7B
*NETFLIX TO BUY WARNER BROS. FOR $27.75 PER SHARE
*NETFLIX TO BUY WARNER BROS. AFTER DISCOVERY GLOBAL SEPARATION
*NETFLIX TO BUY WARNER BROS. FOR ENTERPRISE VALUE OF $82.7B
*NETFLIX TO BUY WARNER BROS. FOR $27.75 PER SHARE
*NETFLIX TO BUY WARNER BROS. AFTER DISCOVERY GLOBAL SEPARATION
PSKY crash out
Y'day:
*PARAMOUNT RAISES BREAKUP FEE IN WARNER BROS. BID TO $5 BILLION
9:17a today:
*NETFLIX IN THE LEAD IN BID FOR WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY: CNBC
10:03a today:
*PARAMOUNT QUESTIONS WBD ON 'FAIRNESS' OF SALE PROCESS: CNBC
*CNBC CITES A LETTER FROM PARAMOUNT TO WBD CEO DAVID ZASLAV
Y'day:
*PARAMOUNT RAISES BREAKUP FEE IN WARNER BROS. BID TO $5 BILLION
9:17a today:
*NETFLIX IN THE LEAD IN BID FOR WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY: CNBC
10:03a today:
*PARAMOUNT QUESTIONS WBD ON 'FAIRNESS' OF SALE PROCESS: CNBC
*CNBC CITES A LETTER FROM PARAMOUNT TO WBD CEO DAVID ZASLAV
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
At this point I’m mostly curious how much longer my grandfathered ‘free HBOMAX with an AT&T subscription’ is gonna last. It’s survived several years so far.
I have no need for a car, but there was a small moment when I could have ended up converting my prior temp position to permanent up in CT, and I considered getting a car for flexibility - the only cars I even considered were a Smart and a mini cooper. The Fiats came out later, but I like them too.
Unlike Europe and Asia, NHTSA & Congress have failed to create a regulatory category for minicars. Because they flunk US safety rules for full-sized cars, they’re effectively illegal to sell.
Only “collectable” minicars cars 25+ years old can be legally sold (and they’re quite popular).
Only “collectable” minicars cars 25+ years old can be legally sold (and they’re quite popular).
What Do US Vehicle Regulators Have Against Tiny Cars?
Super-small urban vehicles have found a place in European and Asian cities. But in the US, federal and state rulemakers seem determined to keep minicars at bay.
www.bloomberg.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I have no need for a car, but there was a small moment when I could have ended up converting my prior temp position to permanent up in CT, and I considered getting a car for flexibility - the only cars I even considered were a Smart and a mini cooper. The Fiats came out later, but I like them too.
I just regularly like to remind people that in addition to being greedy morals-less fucks, Spotify also pays less to artists than its two biggest competitors, Apple and Tidal.
A fun look back on the year in music hits different when it’s paired with propaganda for Trump’s deportation machine. Remember: don't use Spotify while the platform runs recruitment ads for ICE. app.sosha.ai/s/h3KC1tmh
Spotify: Wrapped in complicity
app.sosha.ai
December 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I just regularly like to remind people that in addition to being greedy morals-less fucks, Spotify also pays less to artists than its two biggest competitors, Apple and Tidal.
I’m a middle aged lady who doesn’t use TikTok AND who belonged to a Zionist jewish youth group when I was in high school and I also think Israel is committing war crimes and possible genocide, and that’s because I have eyes.
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I’m a middle aged lady who doesn’t use TikTok AND who belonged to a Zionist jewish youth group when I was in high school and I also think Israel is committing war crimes and possible genocide, and that’s because I have eyes.
I’m actually really fascinated by the way she is very obviously, even on a zoom, constantly posing and extremely conscious of how she appears on the screen.
Watch til the end. How has no one asked her this before
www.youtube.com/shorts/yhhWj...
www.youtube.com/shorts/yhhWj...
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera."
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I’m actually really fascinated by the way she is very obviously, even on a zoom, constantly posing and extremely conscious of how she appears on the screen.
the utter gutter racism, but also the sheer gall of this asshole sleeping through a televised meeting and then startling awake in order to complain about anyone else not working.
here's Trump's full racist rant about MN's Somali community: "Somalians ripped off that state for billions. And they contribute nothing... Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage. These aren't people that work... They come from hell & do nothing but bitch. We don't want them"
December 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
the utter gutter racism, but also the sheer gall of this asshole sleeping through a televised meeting and then startling awake in order to complain about anyone else not working.
Does she even remember that the Israeli leader that her own husband got to the peace table in the 90s was assassinated *by Israeli right wingers* for making that agreement? I don’t think it’s “young jewish Americans” that don’t know/remember the history.
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Does she even remember that the Israeli leader that her own husband got to the peace table in the 90s was assassinated *by Israeli right wingers* for making that agreement? I don’t think it’s “young jewish Americans” that don’t know/remember the history.