Hegseth conscripts the Pentagon for Trump’s ‘retribution campaign’ In threatening to deploy the military justice system against Democrats, Hegseth has joined Trump’s norm-shattering bid to punish political foes. Read free: wapo.st/4rtZZ8u

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@cwarzel.bsky.social on three years of ChatGPT: www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

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They aren’t going to scrutinize the legality/executive overreach of the strikes, though. Craven bastards. wapo.st/48k7g1S

Once upon a time, nobody spoke about the thing with 4 big letters ADHD...that was the time I grew up in 🤔 [Free to read link ⬇️]

Realtors know that, in many parts of the country, if you educate people about climate risk, the housing market will collapse. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...

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Do you know someone who is disabled and uses a rollator or a walker? Discrimination is still happening. Use this free friend link to read my article on Medium.com. drpatfarrell.medium.com/a-rollator-b...

He assured me that he had “a legitimate business opportunity” that was not a pyramid scheme. I wish I had the clarity to see that if someone keeps insisting their business is not a pyramid scheme… chances are, it probably is. buff.ly/48E3tjX #LGBTQ #Loneliness #MLM #PyramidScheme

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www.wsj.com/finance/inve... No good reason for this article other than it alerts US to failed Trump leadership. He is incompetent at all levels. NOP'ers love his butt. Control all 3 levels of Governance. No Budget. No balanced budget. Plenty of waste and fraud. Spurious illegal roundups. 0!

That cover! Have you picked up Remender and Acuña’s Escape yet? Think it’d be up your alley too. interminablerambling.medium.com/the-cost-of-...

Saw someone rave about Martian Manhunter here. Being easily suggestible, I bought it. Oh, my. Deep brilliant weird. Some of the story is of a type, much is not. All of the art, which is also story, is startling. I’m following this artist to his other new book here.

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No Lies Detected, Ms. Welch......

Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop

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I have become a dedicated diary-user. This is a great article on some of the perks of this practice (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/o...

Colleges Are Preparing to Self-Lobotomize The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

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Fascinating interview with Logitech ceo esp on initial bumpy relationship with co-founder By @andrewtghill.ft.com on.ft.com/4ot0Zah Logitech CEO: ‘The mouse built this house’

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Rubio is in charge of the special military operation foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/03/m...

I get why this old white lucky guy has a beef. I’m appalled that he thought he had a legal case, that a lawyer took it. That it may win. It’s Bakke all over. The goddamn entitlement to think that you can’t ever lose out. Gift link: share.inquirer.com/4du7Kq

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Is this corruption or what 😮 ? (gifting this article for free) The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...

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Speaking of corruption... 🎁 #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...

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NYT on a roll today! Great primer on Trump’s AI *AND* Crypto czar, David Sacks. Gift link, read & share. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...

This front page from the normally pliant NYT + the defecting GOP House members (following the protests/elections we just had) suggests we’re @ to witness a lame duck era for the ages. Anyone who wants my support draw up a plan to imprison all tech execs & we’ll talk. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...

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Quite a thread....

But the first succession is the weakest point, especially when, as with Trump, he’s “ruled” so badly and done so much damage and hurt so many people. There’s a huge backlash coming. Which of his successors could so distance himself from Trump that he’s not swept away, and still share the projection?

13/This is not a return to great power politics or even national interest transactionalism. We are on the cusp of a world order marked not by state but cliques. The stakes are not just about Trump family wealth but (mis)understanding US foreign policy writ large. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mxthh...

12/Why does Trump keep denigrating the EU? Because it is a remnant of the old order and must be delegitimized to make way for the new order. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

7/In a neo-royalist world, hierarchy replaces sovereign equality. See Denmark/Greeland or Canada. The royalist clique can decide who matters rather than the rules. doggett.house.gov/media/in-the...

4/And nothings seems more obvious than the Swiss dumping some gold, a few watches, and a clock on your desk to get you to remove tarriffs. www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...

5/Its easy (or difficult to swallow) this as corruption/crony capitalism. But in a new paper w/ @segoddard.bsky.social in IO, we argue these interactions suggest something much more fundamental -- a shift in the international order which we call neo-royalism. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mxthh...

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Hegseth ordered what may amount to be a war crime.  
The admin knows it too, because it’s actively hiding the evidence from Congress and the public. wapo.st/49KbUJ1

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... Great piece.