Alex Blackwood
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Navigating dystopia. Interested in vaccine and science advocacy, disability and neurodiversity.
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This is actually a pretty standard and unremarkable move, as evidenced by Justice Jackson issuing it. But most people won't believe that for several good reasons. /1
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I will believe corporations are people when one goes to prison for goading an AI user into suicide.
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ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/us/openai-chatgpt-suicide-lawsuit-invs-vis
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The one obituary of James Watson you should read is this one by microbiologist Beth Mole,
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Jonathan Edward Durham
about 5 hours ago
As soon as I figure out how to be born into generational wealth it’s over for you bitches
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What did James Watson co-discover? Rosalind Franklin's work. Read about Photo 51 and the shitheels at King's College anytime you need a cup of rage. Watson lived long enough to show the world exactly who he was. Good riddance.
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Ryan Marino, MD
about 6 hours ago
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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In your name, with your tax dollars 🧵
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Duncan Weldon
about 22 hours ago
A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
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Love her!
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Federally funded memory care unit
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Sahil Kapur
1 day ago
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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Aaron Rupar
1 day ago
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Alice Wong
2 days ago
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
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Maya Lorey
2 days ago
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Federal immigration officers in Los Angeles arrested a U.S. citizen during a raid outside a Home Depot store, then two of them got into his car and drove off with the man’s toddler strapped into a car seat in the back
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Federal agents drive off with 1-year-old girl after arresting her father in Los Angeles
Federal immigration agents arrested a U.S. citizen in Los Angeles and drove off with his car, which had his one-year-old daughter inside.
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-agents-child-arrest-los-angeles-home-depot-2681d62ec00efb09ebe76c47ecedf6c0
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Kevin M. Kruse
1 day ago
Did Knee-Jerk Contrarianism Ruin the New York Times?
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Charlotte Clymer
1 day ago
Every day this year has been a further reminder that Nancy Pelosi only made it look easy.
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jesse
1 day ago
the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
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Ida Bae Wells
1 day ago
We must note that all the condemnation of Tucker Carlson platforming Nick Fuentes has been about anti-Semitism and there has been an alarming and revealing silence around his anti-Black racism and white supremacy. When the head of the Heritage Foundation apologized, he only cited anti-Semitism.
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Tim Onion
1 day ago
Subscribe to The Onion instead of whatever this shit is.
Membership.theonion.com
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Jess Calarco
1 day ago
And if you're dissatisfied with quality of school meals, then the best way to fight for improvements is to start by making them universal. Because, if meals are means-tested, it's too easy for people to dismiss those who qualify for free meals as "undeserving" of high-quality food.
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Jess Calarco
1 day ago
School lunches get a bad rap, but they're healthier than the average packed lunch. And making them free for all amplifies academic and health benefits for low-income kids by removing stigma/shame. So I'm glad Colorado voted to raise taxes on high-income households to make school meals free for all.
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Brynn Tannehill
2 days ago
Oh yeah, it's coming. The "Big Short 2: AI Boogaloo" is going to be a hell of a sequel next year.
www.yahoo.com/finance/news...
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Markets plunge worldwide after ‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry reveals $1.1 billion bet against AI stocks
Wall Street expects tech stocks to take a hammering this morning—again.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/markets-plunging-worldwide-big-short-111554009.html
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Nothing says good riddance to a sex pest like this:
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Prof Gavin Yamey
2 days ago
New York Times having a totally normal one
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Real photo of the White House. The signage lets you know this is the last salon in town that still does beehive hair.
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NY Times Pitchbot
2 days ago
What the blue wave election says about Joe Biden's health by Jake Tapper
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David Simon
3 days ago
There's a joke about aristocrats. I'll say no more.
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Mark Copelovitch
3 days ago
I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
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Kat Abughazaleh
3 days ago
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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Tim Onion
3 days ago
Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
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Mueller, She Wrote
3 days ago
I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
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Lex McMenamin (they/them)
3 days ago
thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
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Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-laidoff-teen-vogue-editors-recover
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Helen Kennedy
3 days ago
The guy who got famous betting against the housing market in 2007 just before that bubble burst - played by Christian Bale jn “The Big Short” - just wagered $1 billion on the collapse of the AI boom.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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Michael Burry Returns With Two Big Shorts: Palantir and Nvidia
Signs of an AI bubble abound: Stock valuations have become uncomfortably rich, AI-related debt is ballooning, and a sustainable financial model for the technology has largely yet to emerge. Now Michae...
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-11-04-2025/card/michael-burry-is-back-with-two-big-shorts-palantir-and-nvidia-zQA6SOnar36KPg0BtGQS
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Barack Obama
9 days ago
Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.
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Kevin M. Kruse
4 days ago
Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter. He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
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NY Times Pitchbot
4 days ago
Opinion | It’s time to close the borders and make the United States a country for Americans again. by Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, David Sachs, Rupert Murdoch, and Patrick Soon-Shiong
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Dr. Richard Pan
4 days ago
RFK Jr came to Sacramento where I debated him twice. He lost both times. I am running for Congress where I dare him to debate me again.
#SB277
#SB276
#Ivax2protect
DrPanforCongress.com
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Adam Isacson
4 days ago
The photos in this Chicago Tribune piece… It's a quiet middle-class inner suburb, but these guys look like they're in Fallujah circa 2006. The uniforms indicate Border Patrol and its BORTAC "special operations" unit.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...
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Lex McMenamin (they/them)
4 days ago
today’s information came out piecemeal, and people should be able to share their own situations on their own time, but I could share this much ^ as it is pretty cut and dry on the facts. Teen Vogue also no longer has any trans staffers as of today.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them)
4 days ago
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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Point Blank Sandwich Hat
4 days ago
Abbott's joke about putting a tariff on people makes sense if you read it in the context of hoping to be able to own people again.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them)
4 days ago
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Mark Chadbourn
4 days ago
They’ve all gone mad. Texas Governor Greg Abbott: “After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC.”
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It's a golden age for disease enthusiasts.
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ICE crashed into her car. Yes, there's video.
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Denise Wheeler
5 days ago
The lawyers for this man need the public's help. If anyone lives in or knows someone in Ontario, Calif.
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6 days ago
This puts the current (known) total at more than 7,500 people, which is FAR more than I had thought
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David Hackney
7 days ago
In the next weeks, doctors should be alert to starvation. Starvation can be a surprisingly difficult diagnosis, as both food insecurity can be embarrassing & undisclosed but also the early medical manifestations can be subtle. Unexplained lab or electrolyte changes? Ask about food.
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Folks who use ACA: have you checked your 2026 monthly premium versus 2025?
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