If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud. Just unspeakable assholery.

Please listen to historian Joanne Freeman from 45:29-46:00 into this video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=isBC...

Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...

Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:

🇬🇪BBC has confirmed that Georgian Dream used a WW1 chemical agent, Bromobenzyl cyanide, against peaceful protesters. People suffered chemical burns, respiratory distress and long-term injuries. www.bbc.com/news/article...?

Ukrainians say that Belgium's Prime Minister Bart de Wever holds the key to Russia's defeat, after he said that Russia's loss in Ukraine was a "total illusion."

This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year. Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.

Wtf are we doing? "CNN partners with Kalshi to integrate prediction markets into its global newsroom. The first major news network to embrace Kalshi prediction markets."

This week’s free to read looks at the strange disappearance of the White Star line vessel Naronic in 1893 #history #maritimehistory jerijerod14.substack.com/p/god-let-al...

I have come to the conclusion that all gambling should be made illegal again; or at the very least, must all be conducted in person at bookies.

If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.

“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.

My take on the Moscow talks: the Kremlin has no confidence that the administration can enforce the terms of any deal on Ukraine, on the Europeans, the U.S. Congress or even on a successor president. The U.S. side can give no such assurances. Two big questions remain: 1/

Are we in a game of chicken to see how far a handful of freaks can push things until we bring back consequences and / or guillotines? How have we hyper-normalized them saying this shit out loud in public?

University of Alabama suspended publication of two student-run magazines, claiming they weren’t in compliance with federal guidance on DEI “This is an attack on the student press and nothing less”

NEW: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged that Putin’s theory of victory and negotiating tactics assume that Russia can outlast the West and Ukraine in a war of attrition. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Dec. 3, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar120325 More🧵⬇(1/7)

⚡️Pope Francis left funds in his will to buy ambulances for Ukraine, nun says. "He did tell me, in our meetings, that he would help me in some way, but I didn't imagine he would do it like this," Dominican nun Lucia Caram said.

“There is a difference between being surrounded by a religion & having it foisted upon you. The efforts of the Trump administration are the latter, creating uncomfortable & unsafe working conditions for federal employees who either practice a religion that is not Christianity—or no religion at all.”

I used to think Republicans fell in line because they feared Trump would attack them in a primary election. Now, I realize it's much worse. They are physically afraid of Trump's supporters and the risk of violence.

This nation would be a better place if just one White House reporter had the courage to ask "what the hell are you rambling about, old man?"

I saw "2000 metres to Avdiivka" yesterday. It's an amazing, gut-wrenching film. Especially jarring for me was the juxtaposition of Ukrainian soldiers' sincerity and optimism amidst sacrifice and the cynical, cruel commentary by Western commentators criticizing and dooming the counteroffensive.

Anytime you encounter this in the wild, just reply "so?" The only reason anyone would care if white people "went extinct" (and, Christ, get a grip) would be if they thought white people were inherently superior for some reason. Make them say that with their whole chest.

Someone should show Musk this story so his head explodes xpressenglish.com/our-stories/...

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

To learn more about the “Green Run,” sign up for this webinar on Friday, presented by one of the experts who first brought it to public attention and who has a wealth of knowledge about the health and environmental harms caused by Hanford’s more than four decades of plutonium production operations.

Today in 1949, the US Atomic Energy Commission and US Air Force conducted a secret experiment at the Hanford Reservation in Washington State, exposing thousands of people living downwind to dangerous levels of radioactive iodine-131 and xenon-133 from freshly-irradiated or “green” uranium fuel.

YEah but most profs and HS teachers will tell you from experience that this is an expanding thing and that it causes increasing complexities (and often doesn't pass the smell test). The article draws on research that shows these accommodations have expanded most dramatically at elite schools/

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Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.

Trump admin drug interdiction policy: Some we murder. Some we let go home. Some we pardon.

That’s a very attractive red shirt you’re wearing Admiral Bradley

Idly, I wonder if Hegseth knows Franklin the Turtle is Canadian.

Would more My Lais have won the Vietnam war? How did the US win the Guif War without tons of war crimes? Trump loosened rules of engagement in Afghanistan, killed more civilians, then… surrendered. Hegseth is very small and this makes him feel big, but the sick fantasy over reality is remarkable.

Posting stupid memes after being accused of murder is the response of a sneering, spoiled punk who has been caught doing wrong and is now daring the local fuzz to take him in and risk the anger of his rich dad—a role fulfilled by Donald Trump, in this case. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

A guest speaker who previously worked at Facebook had some words of wisdom for my son's high school class today: "If an app is free, you're not using it, it's using you."

“Scholarly effort is in decline everywhere as never before. Indeed, cleverness is shunned at home and abroad. What does reading offer to pupils except tears?” this guy has his finger on the pulse amirite www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-in-p... 🗃️

"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."

I’m going to get an engineering degree from OU by saying bridges can only be measured in cubits and shekels www.oudaily.com/news/ou-stat...

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I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better. kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...

Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom: We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.

There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home. They are lawless bestial scum.

I would call Pete Hegseth a war criminal, but we aren’t at war. He’s just a mass murderer.

Absolutely. Doing this remotely with drones or bombs is no different than pulling up in a boat and shooting them in the water. If this isn’t an illegal order, hard to imagine what could be.

Well said

Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️ That's what I call great ambassador

Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.

This is nauseating. As reported, about as clear cut a war crime as it's possible to imagine.