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Backing off all my criticism of the NYT after finding out that someone who works there thinks it’s good

Most of the podcasts I listen to just lost half their sponsorships.

Is Megyn Kelly’s source who is in “a position to know virtually everything” about the case Donald Trump? Inquiring minds want to know who has insider knowledge of this case and what position they currently may occupy in the government

Seeing this poll activated the official President Defender bat signal at the NYT - looking forward to the inevitable op-ed on why it’s actually ok to rape teenagers

Perfect case of @internethippo.bsky.social "New right wing thing":

Making all those THC products illegal again is really disheartening because of just how effortless it was - decades of activism by people who recognized the myriad harms of drug criminalization had resulted in a real win and it’s all undone just like that.

Kind of amazing how much they protected him even before he got the nomination - their commitment to “objectivity “ that masks their cowardice to accurately describe the GOP being applied after he became the standard bearer makes sense, but why before unless they just really like him

With the steady drip of Epstein stuff, I feel like we’re about two months away from conservatives just openly defending pedophilia without any equivocation. They’re already like 60% of the way there and once it becomes easier to defend Trump’s association to deny it, they will simply make the leap

2024 Dem campaign presented Trump as a fascist and an existential threat to America - they were right on both counts but seemingly didn’t believe it as they refused to do even the bare minimum to damage his chances. If the GOP had similar files on Kamala they never would have sat on them

This is going to make a ton of weird right wing freaks who LARP as “reconstructed” Norse pagans mad

Oh really did he ALLEGE it or did he just state it as a fact known to him?

Thanks to @mmfa.bsky.social for highlighting more "Fall of Rome" fear mongering -- this time in a transphobic segment -- on the podcast of a major right wing media figure. I wrote about it on Pharos pharos.vassarspaces.net/2025/11/12/m...

consent manufacturing machine is humming nicely over on X, the Everything App

The biggest indicator in favor of the “Elon doesn’t read” theory is that the sci-fi books which have influenced him the most is The Culture series from Iain M. Banks and the entire point of the novels is that automated gay space communism is amazing

“finally it will be clear to americans that republicans dont like obamacare” will you listen to yourself man, listen to the actual words coming out of your mouth

Hello Donald this is your campaign manager speaking. I am advising you today to please keep saying this shit

Look at this shit man. They fold for nothing and then act like the people who wanted a Democratic policy win are the ones standing in the way of electoral successes. What’s the point of winning elections in November if no good policy comes out of it?

When the Conservative Party in Korea declared martial law, the Korean Democrats knew if they didn’t send them to hell there would be no opposition afterwards. And look at them. They’re taking the ex conservative president and ensuring he never breathes free ever again.

When Palestinians present mountains of evidence regarding the daily horrors of war and occupation, NYT will always hem and haw and note that figures come from “Hamas-run ministries” or insinuate a link to Iran or Qatar. But a Zionist group can slander with no evidence and they take it seriously

Pretty sure that just happened, Senator

I am sure stepping out of his bubble was rough but Fortunately for him his brain is goop and he has completely forgotten about it already

I do not think a single constituent has ever said that to her. I do think she hears it a lot from people with net worths over 8 figures that she meets at fundraisers though

This is why this surrender isn't just about this narrow issue but is rather the whole constitutional ballgame: Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever

What donor do you think called Chuck Schumer to snap him to attention like this?

Love when football games have a soccer score

can’t stand to wait at the airport. can’t stand to be in session. can’t be bothered to create parliamentary inconveniences. it would be cool to have some senators who didn’t treat the us senate like an annoying second job keeping them from more important things

Chuck Schumer didn’t vote for Mamdani because he’s gearing up to run as an independent after he loses the 2028 senate primary to AOC

Media finally seems to be realizing that a 1.5% Trump victory last year does not mean America is entering a 10,000 year racism dynasty

There’s such a concerted effort to present Mamdani’s win as narrow and effectively predetermined by NYC being deep blue but no one who trots out this line includes that he beat a (formerly) popular Democratic governor (twice), not some empty suit GOP placeholder

Grok Imagine prompt: She smiles and says "I will always love you"

Ah, I see. "The state," and therefore not of a "religious background". I look forward to seeing the courts figure out how this only applies to federal torture facilities and not schools, universities, hospitals, courtrooms, city hall, the county clerk's office, etc.

Fred! Fred! It's your cousin, MARVIN DURST? You know that new rock rap sound you've been looking for? Well listen to this

Michael Crichton-ass timeline phys.org/news/2025-11...

If you want another data point in favor of an imminent AI collapse, Zuckerberg has stopped giving to charity

A chorus of annoying guys like this complaining all the time will work wonders for his poll numbers

So much of the conservative rage at the world stems from the fact that they spurn real friendship opportunities in order to maintain credibility with right wing posters they have never met and never will. X is more important than real life and they wonder why they hate their lives

Maxx Crosby looks exactly how you imagine a guy named Maxx to look

The New York Times uses a Francoist freak and evopsych to say women ruin working and The Economist is excited AI is going to determine if your skullshape should qualify you for loans. Elon Musk got approved for a trillion dollars. And yet, wokeness is still going to win. The people will win.

Unbelievable cult shit

If a sector of our society as significant and all-encompassing as the workplace is “ruined” by the inclusion of half the population then by definition it was never working to begin with.

I try not to do these anymore because like, what do we expect, but jesus christ this newspaper

The age of imperial crisis is upon us

I'm so excited for woke(r) Spartacus personally

I love when restaurants tout that they are seed oil free on their social pages because it lets me know the owners are complete freaks so I can avoid it forever

Lmao

supreme court poised to side with "No We Shouldn't" in landmark case "We Should Shoot The Economy In The Head For No Reason v. No We Shouldn't"

Liberal socialist woke Rome is coming as part of Woke 2 and Pope Leo is leading the charge

Literally less than a week ago Spanberger said that Zohran is not in her party.