Super interesting reporting on Palantir‘s efforts to be used in Swiss governmental services and the military. They decided against it, because they worried Palantir was giving information to CIA and NSA and feared a loss of national sovereignty. www.republik.ch/2025/12/08/w...

The “same legal apparatus that set up & represented [a proposed online Catholic charter school]…is now organizing a Jewish charter school in OK,” an apparent “attempt to push the same issue—this time w/ a majority of conservatives ready to strike down religious public funding bans...” 12/11/25 … 1/

If either candidate hadn’t run, WaPo would have claimed that Democrats were denying voters a chance to choose their favorite and were being anti-democratic. There’s no way to please an adversarial press.

This is just Spiderman 2.0 and not in a good way.

This is, objectively, sick as hell

Denton area. Google him. He was arrested for a gas station thing that went viral over a protest sign, then he was the lawyer for the Patriot Front, and you know they're from Grapevine. I had some exchanges with him on Twitter a few years back.

Tonight you'll be visited by three spirits

“You sure about that? You sure about that?”

Jeff Bezos’s personal PR department endorses segregation. Cool stuff!

115 Democrats just voted to codify the first federal trans segregation law.

ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground. Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse. Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.

You see, we'd save the planet and also solve most of our energy problems (even for hungry data centers), but we wouldn't make obscene profit margins for a few organizations so it can't happen.

Unreal mess all around

Looking forward to pulling this clip up and setting it right next to pix of empty stands at the World Cup next year, gonna be great

the fellows yearn for temperance 2

A for-profit education firm called Stride is opening a school inside a for-profit immigration prison run by CoreCivic. Stride has been accused of defrauding investors and providing substandard education to children. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social spotted the job listings: prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...

If that was headed for China, watch out.

the Laken Reilly Act has officially become a liability in a high-profile Dem primary

“Keep showing up,” she said, “use your voice and love who you love.”

As usual with the Trump regime, this is literal Nazi rhetoric:

They cut off her wedding ring. Wanton cruelty, just because. When this is all over all of these people need to go to prison

@404media.co getting shadow down ranked on instagram? @jasonkoebler.bsky.social @josephcox.bsky.social Very difficult to search for.

one of the many things I hate about now is the humiliating experience of being a Soviet citizen in the late 1970s/early 80s forced to speculate, guess, and tea leaf read about the health of aged and visibly rotting leader while the state tells us he's the most health man ever to live.

What’s that saying, hit dog holler

A new law allows judges to refuse to perform same-sex weddings. An Austin judge responded by doing eight weddings and two vow renewals at a flower-filled event. Published in partnership with @thebarbedwire.com:

What I argued in October: www.salon.com/2025/10/16/f...

Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.

Honestly I think THIS is how Mamdani really represents the future of the Democratic party: Turning away from nasty primary fights for more collaborative "we're both on the same side in the end" mutual love-ins.

Soundiiz is a better alternative since they're not based in Israel like tunemymusic is. soundiiz.com

New from 404 Media: a man has been charged for allegedly wiping a Google Pixel phone before CBP could search it. Search was by a CBP Tactical Terrorism Response Team, which ACLU says "interrogate innocent travelers." Man is described as an activist online www.404media.co/man-charged-...

UNHAND YER DOUBLOONS, LAD

Community health centers were created to be medical safety nets for people who struggle to afford primary care. But we found that several are suing patients and garnishing their paychecks – which experts say contradicts their mission. www.propublica.org/article/fede...

New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."

DUFFY: You should wear a tuxedo to your flight. ALSO DUFFY: But the airport will be a gym.

Duffy: "It's maybe a little odd for three guys to talk about nursing and options for nursing, but ...

Formula is a miracle get fukt you melting candle

not sure how to square ‘no one person can be reasonably expected to pay for every media subscription’ with ‘sorely underpaid writers need to make a living’ but my inclination is not to locate that problem with any of the broke ass people on either end of the complaint

The depressing part is that Netflix winning would be objectively terrible for viewers and society and yet somehow a successful Paramount bid would be far more terrible

After right-wing podcast hosts spent months calling for the total end of dual citizenship, GOP efforts to reject dual citizenships are escalating.

He singlehandedly fucked up the economy, and now he’s singlehandedly trying to hide all the evidence.

pals you gotta quit spotify

🇵🇸 The last Columbia University protester still in ICE detention, Leqaa Kordia, describes conditions inside the Texas facility where she has been held for the past 9 months. KORDIA: “Right now, we’re 87 people and the capacity is 37. A lot of people are sleeping on the floor.” “Another word for...

Dalia Hatuqa's "Israel Revoked a Palestinian's Work Permit. When He Tried to Cross the Wall, They Shot Him and Left Him to Die." December 4, 2025. 3/12 🧵

The most frustrating thing about the faces of the transphobic corporate media (Singal, Stalker Ben Ryan, Helen Lewis, etc. ...) is that they're so fucking lame and self-absorbed and incredibly self-assured in their wrongness. It's *really* not about you, you sick fucks.

Not just Jared but almost all the gulf monarchies plus a pass through entity for the ccp.

Horrible things at Fort Bliss