Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."

I just googled this man like 'ew who tf is this Tom Barrack guy' and the answer is the sitting, Donald Trump-appointed U.S. Ambassador to Turkey

I think I know how to heal the analytic-continental divide…

Holy shit finally an Op-Ed that Gets It

What I find frustrating about the pro and anti Leninism debates - as well as pro and anti authoritarianism - is that it was never meant to be long term. Lenin theorised that communists needed to kick off revolution in an exploited country outside of the imperial core...

THE MEDIAN AGE OF A U.S. HOME BUYER NOW SITS AT A RECORD HIGH OF 61 YEARS, PER NAR.

Tacitly affirming that, within the British military security rubric, Palestinian civilians are either legitimate military targets, or do not register as human.

i dont think there’s ever been a point where corporate america has had a sincere sense of morality but it is probably a sign of the times that the culture at most major firms does not even pretend to encourage ethical behavior anymore. the transformation is really stark in tech.

Finally read this piece on ICE/CBP’s recruiting and it didn’t disappoint www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/pol...

for Canadians who are overdosing on bad American news, here is some news about OUR shit government:

I am at a company that works for other companies, and I recall when we started they made a big deal about never working for tobacco companies (which was an easy feat in our field), now we have Imperial Tobacco and Amway on our client list…

lol she got his ass and he knows it

“Generalissimo Zohran Mamdani”

I wasn’t expecting commentary on the weaving trade in Middlemarch

Family jumping their dying relative to negotiate their inheritance in Middlemarch

Did the New York Times ruin journalism?

The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody. Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.

The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to

But who would actually write such a ridiculous thi--

good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx

Dimitri Soudas, former Harper comms guy, told RadCan this morning that he's hearing Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux will cross the floor to the Liberals today. If this happens, the Liberals are one seat short of a majority. You know what that means. That's right. Elizabeth May is Kingmaker.

Zohran Mamdani won. So why does it feel like he lost?

If you’re still in line, STAY IN LINE

The views of the average pro-Palestinian student broadly match what the academic literature says, what international courts say, what the relavant UN officials & orgs say and what the relevant NGOs say. It is views of Clinton and her peers in Western capitals which are largely divorced from reality.

In Memoriam: Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War

i'm a very biased party here but pretty much everything about the Mamdani campaign and the discourse around it thus far is a pretty thorough vindication of Africana Studies

every science news article is like "chinese researchers invent cure for hurting your back getting out of bed" and every science policy news article is like "uncomfortable bed lobby successfully lobbies trump admin with $500 bribe"

#Thugs "Leaving his home in Ontario to work at a food bank Thursday morning, Carlos Jimenez pulled over to warn a group of federal agents that they should wrap up their stop of a car quickly because school-age children would soon gather there to take the bus, his lawyers said Sunday."

Journey of the Magi by TS Eliot

The description could apply much better to Cuomo, who was a literal nepotism case and spent his career tearing down the postwar liberalism that made the US a superpower and that his father championed.

Think this might start to get interesting if Trump continues to escalate

i'm reminded of that one anecdote where focus groups straight up didn't believe Romney's actual policy positions were real because they were too austere i think a similar thing is happening for media people who live in denial of what the American right is all about, it's not just Twitter edgelords

Borg cube: We are the Borg. We will add your biological & technological distinctiveness to our- Starfleet captain, sighing: You're such good drones. Borg cube: Uhm... you w-will be assimil- Starfleet captain: Such good drones. So good and obedient. Borg cube, shuddering: A-ah... th-thank you…///

Now to cause mass hunger and destroy air travel during Thanksgiving and then ruin Christmas with tariffs.

Man Wouldn't Have Worn Costume To Work If He'd Known He Was Getting Laid Off

aim for the jugular

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

I was right about her 10 years ago.

My opinion of union leadership is unpublishable if the AFL doesn’t start the ball rolling towards a general strike this week. Anything less is effectively agreeing to the voluntary dissolution of organized labour in Alberta.

People really want the project and its marketing to be put on equal footing

This gets at the core problem the Democrats have right now: Consultants keep telling them to focus on ‘kitchen table issues’ but they don’t have an inspiring kitchen table agenda! ‘Expanding drug price negotiation’ is technocratic and taxing the wealthy is something they refuse to deliver on.

43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.

What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible. Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.

“The Alberta Government’s use of the notwithstanding clause is reckless, authoritarian, and ideological overreach." AUPE reiterates its support for Alberta teachers as it condemns the province's move to legislate them back to work.

The Alberta Legislature grounds today 👊 ♥️