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Based on this alone I can say with absolute certainty Chris Quinn is a bad editor, a worse leader and she certainly dodged a bullet
A conscientious journalism grad withdraw from a job when she learned the Cleveland Plain Dealer uses AI to write its stories.
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
February 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Based on this alone I can say with absolute certainty Chris Quinn is a bad editor, a worse leader and she certainly dodged a bullet
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This is a hell of a headline:
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, but the administration has continued jailing people indefinitely.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:25 PM
This is a hell of a headline:
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It really is amazing how much of political punditry, *especially* elite outfits in NYC and Washington, still embrace this bizarre idea that rural spaces represent the "Real America" while metropolitan areas, where most (presumably real) Americans actually live, should be held in contempt.
Just going to point out again that our arbitrary political rules permit Republicans to attack urban areas with impunity but strictly forbid the faintest whiff of condescension toward rural areas by Democrats
“The first thing I thought was, ‘What is she talking about?’” said Bryan Fish, the vice mayor of Culver City, whom everyone calls Bubba but doesn’t look like someone whom everyone calls Bubba. “The only crime here,” he added, “is like the $18 strawberry at Erewhon.”
culver city, crime haven! lmaooo
culver city, crime haven! lmaooo
February 14, 2026 at 10:41 PM
It really is amazing how much of political punditry, *especially* elite outfits in NYC and Washington, still embrace this bizarre idea that rural spaces represent the "Real America" while metropolitan areas, where most (presumably real) Americans actually live, should be held in contempt.
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I really don't care about anyone's "he can't do this because states run elections!" argument.
This is an explicit pledge to rule lawlessly by the commander-in-chief of the world's most powerful military, who is also currently constructing a nationwide system of detention camps.
This is an explicit pledge to rule lawlessly by the commander-in-chief of the world's most powerful military, who is also currently constructing a nationwide system of detention camps.
“There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!”
February 13, 2026 at 9:55 PM
I really don't care about anyone's "he can't do this because states run elections!" argument.
This is an explicit pledge to rule lawlessly by the commander-in-chief of the world's most powerful military, who is also currently constructing a nationwide system of detention camps.
This is an explicit pledge to rule lawlessly by the commander-in-chief of the world's most powerful military, who is also currently constructing a nationwide system of detention camps.
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Utterly unacceptable in a democracy. In a sane world, House Republicans would be drafting impeachment articles today and Senate Republicans would be preparing for a trial to convict and remove him from office
February 14, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Utterly unacceptable in a democracy. In a sane world, House Republicans would be drafting impeachment articles today and Senate Republicans would be preparing for a trial to convict and remove him from office
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The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
February 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
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Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.
February 14, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.
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Just as ICE and CBP have no legitimate role in "election security" neither does the head of DHS. The mere existence of this press conference should be a scandal, much less this tone-deaf comment.
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Just as ICE and CBP have no legitimate role in "election security" neither does the head of DHS. The mere existence of this press conference should be a scandal, much less this tone-deaf comment.
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This is blackout poetry to me
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This is blackout poetry to me
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Just a reminder that the UC system was not a party in this litigation. Faculty, staff and the @aaup.org fought on their own. UCLA, and the entire UC system, should be ashamed of themselves, and their leaders should be reminded of their submissives every day.
NEW: The Trump administration has dropped its appeal of a federal court order blocking its $1.2-billion settlement demand to UCLA over alleged campus civil rights violations: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump administration drops its appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. But it ...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Just a reminder that the UC system was not a party in this litigation. Faculty, staff and the @aaup.org fought on their own. UCLA, and the entire UC system, should be ashamed of themselves, and their leaders should be reminded of their submissives every day.
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I'm old enough to remember when LAST YEAR, Republicans in Congress were mad at the Biden administration for allegedly pressuring social media companies to censor accounts based on the views expressed. What's changed?
It's almost as if their entire jawboning argument was insincere.
It's almost as if their entire jawboning argument was insincere.
February 13, 2026 at 11:29 PM
I'm old enough to remember when LAST YEAR, Republicans in Congress were mad at the Biden administration for allegedly pressuring social media companies to censor accounts based on the views expressed. What's changed?
It's almost as if their entire jawboning argument was insincere.
It's almost as if their entire jawboning argument was insincere.
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"Republicans were ready. Democrats weren't." is an apt description of most of the major social & political developments of my lifetime.
Antonin Scalia’s death 10 years ago today gave the conservative legal movement the chance it had spent decades preparing for. Republicans were ready. Democrats weren’t.
The Conservative Legal Movement Was Ready For Antonin Scalia’s Death
The sequence of events kicked off by Scalia’s death a decade ago might feel improbable. But the right was waiting for its chance to capture the Court, and didn’t let it go to waste.
ballsandstrikes.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:26 PM
"Republicans were ready. Democrats weren't." is an apt description of most of the major social & political developments of my lifetime.
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They’re just out there setting records at everything.
Love in a cold climate: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days
Free condoms for competitors at the Winter Olympics have run out within a record-breaking three days
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:58 PM
They’re just out there setting records at everything.
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barker is a real one
The funniest part about this line of thinking is later Clive Barker revealed just how homophobic his publisher was, and I think about the number of times this has happened that we will never hear about. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/clive-b...
February 13, 2026 at 4:44 PM
barker is a real one
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every medievally inspired artist must eventually make a pastiche of their favourite piece of medieval art
not very hard to guess which one's mine 🩸🦄🌷
not very hard to guess which one's mine 🩸🦄🌷
February 1, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every medievally inspired artist must eventually make a pastiche of their favourite piece of medieval art
not very hard to guess which one's mine 🩸🦄🌷
not very hard to guess which one's mine 🩸🦄🌷
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Brilliant analysis of where we are and how we got here, and applies more broadly than just in the US. The so-called resurgence of far-right politics around the globe is a mirage propped up via social media by self-serving shills on the right and cowardly doomsayers on the left. Fuck them all.
Trump has lost the culture. But what if the universal conventional wisdom—that he won the culture in the first place—was never true? What if our warped media environment, then Trump's victory, created an illusion of MAGA cultural dominance that is now slipping. This is a long one, so strap in.
The Nonresponse To Donald Trump
How an obscure quirk of statistics and human nature explains the liberal crisis of confidence—and why it may finally be lifting.
www.offmessage.net
February 13, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Brilliant analysis of where we are and how we got here, and applies more broadly than just in the US. The so-called resurgence of far-right politics around the globe is a mirage propped up via social media by self-serving shills on the right and cowardly doomsayers on the left. Fuck them all.
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a perennial issue is that people just refuse to believe that the republican party is as far gone as it is.
February 12, 2026 at 5:43 PM
a perennial issue is that people just refuse to believe that the republican party is as far gone as it is.
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It worries me deeply how determined Danielle Smith and others in Alberta appear to be in following the MAGA Project 2025 playbook.
Criminalize DEI
Blame immigrants.
Privatize everything.
I applaud Professor @amirattaran.bsky.social (University of Ottawa) in publicly opposing this.
Criminalize DEI
Blame immigrants.
Privatize everything.
I applaud Professor @amirattaran.bsky.social (University of Ottawa) in publicly opposing this.
February 12, 2026 at 5:10 PM
It worries me deeply how determined Danielle Smith and others in Alberta appear to be in following the MAGA Project 2025 playbook.
Criminalize DEI
Blame immigrants.
Privatize everything.
I applaud Professor @amirattaran.bsky.social (University of Ottawa) in publicly opposing this.
Criminalize DEI
Blame immigrants.
Privatize everything.
I applaud Professor @amirattaran.bsky.social (University of Ottawa) in publicly opposing this.
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It's astonishing to see this data in chart form:
February 12, 2026 at 5:17 PM
It's astonishing to see this data in chart form:
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“I think democracy versus oligarchy is going to be the battle of the 21st century. I don’t know how long it’s going to take for the Democratic Party to actually understand that.”
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
“I think democracy versus oligarchy is going to be the battle of the 21st century. I don’t know how long it’s going to take for the Democratic Party to actually understand that.”
Let's be friends in Pokémon GO! My Trainer Code is 448529406677!
February 12, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Let's be friends in Pokémon GO! My Trainer Code is 448529406677!