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This is a really insane chart and it boggles my mind to think about what it must have felt like living in the 1970-1990 period. Look at that rate of change! Two giant leaps in two decades! Imagine the politics if this happened today
September 21, 2026 at 9:52 PM
This is a really insane chart and it boggles my mind to think about what it must have felt like living in the 1970-1990 period. Look at that rate of change! Two giant leaps in two decades! Imagine the politics if this happened today
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Completely insane decision. Even if you're afraid of Paramount somehow retaliating, drag it out for another 45 days, because the whole world is going to change come November 3.
Here's our story on Rob Bonta's disappointing settlement of the Paramount-Warner Bros merger. Just an awful decision.
prospect.org/2026/09/21/b...
prospect.org/2026/09/21/b...
Bonta Gives Up on the Paramount Case - The American Prospect
Why would California AG Rob Bonta settle the Paramount–Warner Bros. lawsuit when he’s winning?
prospect.org
September 21, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Completely insane decision. Even if you're afraid of Paramount somehow retaliating, drag it out for another 45 days, because the whole world is going to change come November 3.
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How on earth is he a professor of food distribution that doesn't understand the logistics of getting potash from Belarus to US?
Setting aside the fact that Belarus wouldn’t come close to having enough potash available for export to replace Canadian imports, imagine thinking relying on **Belarus** to grow your country’s food supply was a viable option! 🤦🏼♂️
September 21, 2026 at 8:13 PM
How on earth is he a professor of food distribution that doesn't understand the logistics of getting potash from Belarus to US?
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If one’s goal is to live in a more democratic society, removing duly elected officials via assassination or a military coup is highly unlikely to advance that goal.
September 22, 2026 at 9:03 AM
If one’s goal is to live in a more democratic society, removing duly elected officials via assassination or a military coup is highly unlikely to advance that goal.
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I feel the rest of the world (Americans included) have no idea of how aggressively the US is pushing to make Latin America into a giant colony.
Every day we get news about political interference, increase in military presence, absurd trade demands, online propaganda, Venezuela being pillaged, etc
Every day we get news about political interference, increase in military presence, absurd trade demands, online propaganda, Venezuela being pillaged, etc
September 20, 2026 at 1:31 AM
I feel the rest of the world (Americans included) have no idea of how aggressively the US is pushing to make Latin America into a giant colony.
Every day we get news about political interference, increase in military presence, absurd trade demands, online propaganda, Venezuela being pillaged, etc
Every day we get news about political interference, increase in military presence, absurd trade demands, online propaganda, Venezuela being pillaged, etc
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ICE shot a DoorDash driver in Austin, then took him from the hospital into federal custody with the bullet still lodged near his spine.
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social reports on the latest ICE shooting and what happened to Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez afterward. lnk.thebulwark.com/4jmoPp0?utm_...
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social reports on the latest ICE shooting and what happened to Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez afterward. lnk.thebulwark.com/4jmoPp0?utm_...
September 22, 2026 at 3:45 AM
ICE shot a DoorDash driver in Austin, then took him from the hospital into federal custody with the bullet still lodged near his spine.
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social reports on the latest ICE shooting and what happened to Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez afterward. lnk.thebulwark.com/4jmoPp0?utm_...
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social reports on the latest ICE shooting and what happened to Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez afterward. lnk.thebulwark.com/4jmoPp0?utm_...
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"You should be allowed to kill your children" is a bedrock conservative principle.
A couple went on a Fox News podcast and claimed the state of #Massachusetts took away their teen because they won't help the teen transition. But it's actually because the father was charged with beating and threatening to kill the teen and the mother was charged with witness intimidation.
Mass. parents' story about child's gender transition complicated by court records
Joseph Kutzko was charged with assaulting the child in January 2025, not long before the child was removed from the family’s home. Mother Arlene Kutzko was charged with witness intimidation in connect...
www.wbur.org
September 22, 2026 at 1:09 AM
"You should be allowed to kill your children" is a bedrock conservative principle.
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I enjoyed @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com’s conversation with @tpmsocialclub.bsky.social about her analysis of what went wrong in the Prairieland incident, where the administration successfully swept a bunch of adjacent people in and got insane sentence lengths talkingpointsmemo.com/podcasts/the...
On Prairieland
Josh and Joe are joined by Liberal Currents’ executive editor Samantha Hancox-Li...
talkingpointsmemo.com
September 21, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I enjoyed @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com’s conversation with @tpmsocialclub.bsky.social about her analysis of what went wrong in the Prairieland incident, where the administration successfully swept a bunch of adjacent people in and got insane sentence lengths talkingpointsmemo.com/podcasts/the...
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I actually think a tech office with procurement oversight would be good b/c there is a lot of real waste. But a) if you are just rotating in people with no govt experience, you are just going to have bros asking AI to search for "waste" & b) these guys assume it won't affect their govt contracts
“DOGE proved the model worked” - my man on what planet are you living? DOGE proved the model did not work!
We have gone from memory-holing DOGE to outright revisionism. Bezos and Murdoch are here to help with that process.
We have gone from memory-holing DOGE to outright revisionism. Bezos and Murdoch are here to help with that process.
September 21, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I actually think a tech office with procurement oversight would be good b/c there is a lot of real waste. But a) if you are just rotating in people with no govt experience, you are just going to have bros asking AI to search for "waste" & b) these guys assume it won't affect their govt contracts
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This shit is so infuriating. We should make these parents famous. Get their faces out there: "this is the couple that demanded the right to beat and intimidate their children without interference."
A couple went on a Fox News podcast and claimed the state of #Massachusetts took away their teen because they won't help the teen transition. But it's actually because the father was charged with beating and threatening to kill the teen and the mother was charged with witness intimidation.
Mass. parents' story about child's gender transition complicated by court records
Joseph Kutzko was charged with assaulting the child in January 2025, not long before the child was removed from the family’s home. Mother Arlene Kutzko was charged with witness intimidation in connect...
www.wbur.org
September 21, 2026 at 9:12 PM
This shit is so infuriating. We should make these parents famous. Get their faces out there: "this is the couple that demanded the right to beat and intimidate their children without interference."
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one thing that is worth remember apropos this useful piece is that novel technologies do not necessarily require novel political solutions. americans have had to deal with fast-moving, disruptive technological change in the past, and they did so through collective, democratic action.
Opinion | Bernie Sanders, Steve Case and Others on What Washington Should Do Now on A.I.
How can the government reel in the technology? Here are six ideas.
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2026 at 1:12 PM
one thing that is worth remember apropos this useful piece is that novel technologies do not necessarily require novel political solutions. americans have had to deal with fast-moving, disruptive technological change in the past, and they did so through collective, democratic action.
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perhaps its not good to have grandpa running the government
September 21, 2026 at 2:49 AM
perhaps its not good to have grandpa running the government
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The video shows the agents literally just leaving the guy in the street and driving off.
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released
The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
evanstonnow.com
September 21, 2026 at 1:54 AM
The video shows the agents literally just leaving the guy in the street and driving off.
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Re-runs were nature's way of transmitting cultural knowledge across generational boundaries
All of my objections to Gen Z can be summed up by the fact that they rotted their brains on skibidi toilet instead of on re-runs of Scooby Doo, as God intended
September 20, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Re-runs were nature's way of transmitting cultural knowledge across generational boundaries
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this is a bit of an obsession of mine especially here in charlottesville. the cost of commercial real estate is prohibitive if you want to experiment and the city seems categorically opposed to small lots and small units that could allow people to start businesses without a huge capital investment
September 20, 2026 at 11:51 PM
this is a bit of an obsession of mine especially here in charlottesville. the cost of commercial real estate is prohibitive if you want to experiment and the city seems categorically opposed to small lots and small units that could allow people to start businesses without a huge capital investment
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Real artists would never use shared visual language to elicit an emotional response.
Story about not art: I know a lot of people are on the "games not art" weirdo train, but I met a guy once who claimed games can't be art because level design is inherently manipulative. The emotional reactions couldn't be "authentic" because you're led to them.
Kermit the Frog Nods Thoughtfully
ALT: Kermit the Frog Nods Thoughtfully
static.klipy.com
September 21, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Real artists would never use shared visual language to elicit an emotional response.
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ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.
Attorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash delivery
A Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody.
www.statesman.com
September 21, 2026 at 1:28 AM
ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.
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In a massive dataset of over 10,000 cities around the world, the strongest association with distance travelled by cycling was not climate, topography, or even infrastructure - it was *gasoline prices*
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
September 20, 2026 at 6:52 PM
In a massive dataset of over 10,000 cities around the world, the strongest association with distance travelled by cycling was not climate, topography, or even infrastructure - it was *gasoline prices*
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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i fear that the politics of the future in major industrialized powers are HKSG
Hukou
Kafala
Stimmies
Glonzo
Hukou
Kafala
Stimmies
Glonzo
i feel like "american hukou" would be even more popular and disastrous than "govt mandated free parking"
September 21, 2026 at 6:41 AM
i fear that the politics of the future in major industrialized powers are HKSG
Hukou
Kafala
Stimmies
Glonzo
Hukou
Kafala
Stimmies
Glonzo
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with an atrocious safety & environmental record… www.fox5vegas.com/2026/09/16/c...
September 21, 2026 at 12:36 AM
with an atrocious safety & environmental record… www.fox5vegas.com/2026/09/16/c...
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Not really the point, but I'd suggest that if you own 20 "family farms," they probably aren't "family farms."
Republican Governor Jim Pillen has been a champion of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. But at least 20 of his family farms employed undocumented immigrants, according to a new investigation by the Flatwater Free Press and The New York Times. youtu.be/5RZgrR1_7Dc?...
This GOP governor said ‘illegal aliens’ have ‘invaded.’ His family farms EMPLOYED them, report finds
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtu.be
September 20, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Not really the point, but I'd suggest that if you own 20 "family farms," they probably aren't "family farms."
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Stuff for drivers left on sidewalks for pedestrians is just another front in the #WarOnWalking.
September 20, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Stuff for drivers left on sidewalks for pedestrians is just another front in the #WarOnWalking.
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The courts should block this. If they don't, we should tear it down on the very first day of the next administration. If possible, Trump should be made to watch the demolition.
This, the ballroom, whatever he does to the Kennedy Center and all of the rest. Erase it all.
Full damnatio memoriae.
This, the ballroom, whatever he does to the Kennedy Center and all of the rest. Erase it all.
Full damnatio memoriae.
September 20, 2026 at 2:15 PM
The courts should block this. If they don't, we should tear it down on the very first day of the next administration. If possible, Trump should be made to watch the demolition.
This, the ballroom, whatever he does to the Kennedy Center and all of the rest. Erase it all.
Full damnatio memoriae.
This, the ballroom, whatever he does to the Kennedy Center and all of the rest. Erase it all.
Full damnatio memoriae.
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whew good thing trump doesn’t just lie about everything
The future tense of the headline (“will pay him back”) conflicts with the past tense that the president used (“I hear he’s paid him back”). The story doesn’t tell us whether the Times attempted to confirm whether Don Jr. has done this or plans to do so.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/u...
Trump Says His Son Will Pay Back Russian Businessman for Wedding Party
The president said his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., had decided to return the money, but defended the gift worth hundreds of thousands of dollars as “totally allowed.”
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2026 at 10:45 AM
whew good thing trump doesn’t just lie about everything