Jon Crisp
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Tar Heels, Keeping Durm Dirty, COYS, Woke AF
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What is it with NC GOP senate candidate Michael Whatley and his increasingly numerous convicted pedophile friends?
cardinalpine.com/news/michael...
cardinalpine.com/news/michael...
Convicted sex offender offered opening prayer at Michael Whatley rally
A registered sex offender kicked off a recent campaign stop for Michael Whatley, the Republican nominee for Senate from North Carolina.
cardinalpine.com
September 15, 2026 at 1:14 AM
What is it with NC GOP senate candidate Michael Whatley and his increasingly numerous convicted pedophile friends?
cardinalpine.com/news/michael...
cardinalpine.com/news/michael...
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It's a Python loop and a chatbot. The people responsible didn't accidentally create god: they created autonomous malicious software and then failed to closely monitor it, resulting in it doing something both foreseeable and bad.
September 12, 2026 at 11:24 AM
It's a Python loop and a chatbot. The people responsible didn't accidentally create god: they created autonomous malicious software and then failed to closely monitor it, resulting in it doing something both foreseeable and bad.
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"AI" - chatbots that wake up, "set their own goals," and "spontaneously" start hacking servers - is fake. It doesn't have "a 10% chance of ending the human race." The Hugging Face hack isn't a mysterious, supernatural occurrence.
September 12, 2026 at 11:24 AM
"AI" - chatbots that wake up, "set their own goals," and "spontaneously" start hacking servers - is fake. It doesn't have "a 10% chance of ending the human race." The Hugging Face hack isn't a mysterious, supernatural occurrence.
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Once you understand the corporate culture of AI hyperscalers is everyone cooking their brains by locking themselves in the bathroom, holding flashlights under their chins, and saying "Aaaaaaaaaay Eyeeeeeee" until they wet themselves in terror, things snap into focus:
pluralistic.net/2023/06/04/a...
pluralistic.net/2023/06/04/a...
September 12, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Once you understand the corporate culture of AI hyperscalers is everyone cooking their brains by locking themselves in the bathroom, holding flashlights under their chins, and saying "Aaaaaaaaaay Eyeeeeeee" until they wet themselves in terror, things snap into focus:
pluralistic.net/2023/06/04/a...
pluralistic.net/2023/06/04/a...
Horrible, even for Trump
Trump called into a local television station a few hours after the 9/11 attacks and said he watched the explosion from his Trump Tower window more than four miles away.
Yesterday, he said he was pulled from Ground Zero that day by first responders.
Yesterday, he said he was pulled from Ground Zero that day by first responders.
Watch Trump falsely suggest he was pulled from Ground Zero on 9/11.
What on earth?
www.motherjones.com
September 9, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Horrible, even for Trump
There will be lots of blame to go around, but top of the list needs to be whoever gave out all those helmet stickers before Michigan had played a game
September 6, 2026 at 2:34 AM
There will be lots of blame to go around, but top of the list needs to be whoever gave out all those helmet stickers before Michigan had played a game
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Operatives for the Senate Leadership Fund, the main Republican U.S. Senate super PAC, lied to the father of a young man murdered in Charlotte.
Full story: https://ncnewsline.com/2026/08/31/nc-father-at-center-of-us-senate-ad-says-he-was-swindled-by-gop-political-operatives/
Full story: https://ncnewsline.com/2026/08/31/nc-father-at-center-of-us-senate-ad-says-he-was-swindled-by-gop-political-operatives/
September 5, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Operatives for the Senate Leadership Fund, the main Republican U.S. Senate super PAC, lied to the father of a young man murdered in Charlotte.
Full story: https://ncnewsline.com/2026/08/31/nc-father-at-center-of-us-senate-ad-says-he-was-swindled-by-gop-political-operatives/
Full story: https://ncnewsline.com/2026/08/31/nc-father-at-center-of-us-senate-ad-says-he-was-swindled-by-gop-political-operatives/
Unreal
Rajendra Dawadi's decision to evacuate the school saved at least 900 students from last week's devastating flash floods in Nepal, unleashed after a glacial collapse in the Himalayas.
https://to.pbs.org/3UrLLsU
https://to.pbs.org/3UrLLsU
This principal in Nepal evacuated 900 students before flooding swept away their school
School principal Rajendra Dawadi's quick decision to evacuate his school saved at least 900 students from devastating flash floods in Nepal last week.
www.pbs.org
September 1, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Unreal
I’m still going to watch (of course) but this might be the least excited I’ve ever been about a new season of Carolina football.
August 29, 2026 at 1:01 PM
I’m still going to watch (of course) but this might be the least excited I’ve ever been about a new season of Carolina football.
It’s not just Flock
The surveillance industry is a key enabler of vast and untold violations of human rights and civil liberties, but people around the world are pushing back against the mass surveillance that is undermining privacy and free expression for everyone. Go to takebackctrl.org to learn more.
August 28, 2026 at 5:44 PM
It’s not just Flock
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Trump is promising to boost the U.S. economy by making it harder for Americans to trade with the rest of the world.
He is also promising to destroy Iran's economy by making it harder for Iranians to trade with the rest of the world.
He is also promising to destroy Iran's economy by making it harder for Iranians to trade with the rest of the world.
August 24, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Trump is promising to boost the U.S. economy by making it harder for Americans to trade with the rest of the world.
He is also promising to destroy Iran's economy by making it harder for Iranians to trade with the rest of the world.
He is also promising to destroy Iran's economy by making it harder for Iranians to trade with the rest of the world.
So wait, Americans pay for these tariffs after all?
President Donald Trump announced a pause on ground beef tariffs Friday in an attempt to lower prices for consumers.
Trump posted on social media that the U.S. will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of beef to be imported over 90 days without triggering higher tariff rates.
Trump posted on social media that the U.S. will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of beef to be imported over 90 days without triggering higher tariff rates.
August 23, 2026 at 7:22 PM
So wait, Americans pay for these tariffs after all?
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I have a trade deficit with my beer store. I give them money, they give me beer.
In his speech yesterday, Canada PM Mark Carney seemed to try to explain to the President what a “trade deficit” is. You’re not just giving another country 100s of millions of dollars…
You’re buying things from them! That you want!
You’re buying things from them! That you want!
August 23, 2026 at 5:50 PM
I have a trade deficit with my beer store. I give them money, they give me beer.
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In his speech yesterday, Canada PM Mark Carney seemed to try to explain to the President what a “trade deficit” is. You’re not just giving another country 100s of millions of dollars…
You’re buying things from them! That you want!
You’re buying things from them! That you want!
August 23, 2026 at 12:03 PM
In his speech yesterday, Canada PM Mark Carney seemed to try to explain to the President what a “trade deficit” is. You’re not just giving another country 100s of millions of dollars…
You’re buying things from them! That you want!
You’re buying things from them! That you want!
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I know which America I choose.
August 9, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I know which America I choose.
What a fascinating article about how Duke’s Conservative Union fostered the rogue’s gallery of arch conservatives currently ruining our country
in one decade, duke enrolled stephen miller, richard spencer, the doj lawyer trying to end birthright citizenship, the lawyer in charge of trump's immigration cases, a trump speechwriter fired for going to a white supremacist event, and more
www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
Dukes in Trump’s Court
Duke University alumni have played high-profile roles in the Trump administration. A 2000s culture clash helps explain why.
www.theassemblync.com
July 23, 2026 at 7:34 PM
What a fascinating article about how Duke’s Conservative Union fostered the rogue’s gallery of arch conservatives currently ruining our country
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This is incredible journalism by the INDY Every Durhamites' blood should boil: corporate landlords getting major property tax breaks + county tax office incompetence = big budget holes for the city
indyweek.com/news/durham-...
indyweek.com/news/durham-...
How $4 Billion Came Off Durham’s Tax Rolls Last Year, Mostly Benefiting Corporate Landlords—and Blowing a Hole in the City Budget
Landlords and national companies won billions in property tax reductions. City leadership, banking on the revenue, didn’t know until April.
indyweek.com
June 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
This is incredible journalism by the INDY Every Durhamites' blood should boil: corporate landlords getting major property tax breaks + county tax office incompetence = big budget holes for the city
indyweek.com/news/durham-...
indyweek.com/news/durham-...
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As usual, it's either “we need this to protect you against the dangerous terrorists” or “will someone please think of the children?”.
(This cartoon is at least 20 years old, by the way. Some things just don't change. People fall for it every time.)
(This cartoon is at least 20 years old, by the way. Some things just don't change. People fall for it every time.)
July 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
As usual, it's either “we need this to protect you against the dangerous terrorists” or “will someone please think of the children?”.
(This cartoon is at least 20 years old, by the way. Some things just don't change. People fall for it every time.)
(This cartoon is at least 20 years old, by the way. Some things just don't change. People fall for it every time.)
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The three players in this photo:
1. Nigerian heritage, grew up in England, and is only a citizen thanks to birthright citizenship.
2. Born + raised in Holland, has a dad who immigrated to the US from Suriname.
3. Said he wanted to “make people who look like me proud” while playing on Juneteenth
1. Nigerian heritage, grew up in England, and is only a citizen thanks to birthright citizenship.
2. Born + raised in Holland, has a dad who immigrated to the US from Suriname.
3. Said he wanted to “make people who look like me proud” while playing on Juneteenth
June 19, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The three players in this photo:
1. Nigerian heritage, grew up in England, and is only a citizen thanks to birthright citizenship.
2. Born + raised in Holland, has a dad who immigrated to the US from Suriname.
3. Said he wanted to “make people who look like me proud” while playing on Juneteenth
1. Nigerian heritage, grew up in England, and is only a citizen thanks to birthright citizenship.
2. Born + raised in Holland, has a dad who immigrated to the US from Suriname.
3. Said he wanted to “make people who look like me proud” while playing on Juneteenth
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once again the Guardian is showing U.S. editors what an accurate headline looks like
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Trump hails Iran deal that fixes nothing except a problem his war caused
Deal will leave things almost exactly as they were before feckless war of choice started
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2026 at 2:08 AM
once again the Guardian is showing U.S. editors what an accurate headline looks like
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Cheerwine makes you better at hockey
June 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Cheerwine makes you better at hockey
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I have to say, removing a usurper king's name from a building really is a great way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our founding.
June 13, 2026 at 3:53 AM
I have to say, removing a usurper king's name from a building really is a great way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our founding.