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It’s funny Zuck says “I started building social media to give people a voice” when in fact, he started building social media to publicly rate the hotness of undergrads.

submitted 137 days ago • 587 comments

There’s a nontrivial chance that Trump’s new term is the actual catastrophe that liberals imagined his first one would be. I don’t mean authoritarian, I mean economic, military and social collapse.

submitted 138 days ago • 5 comments

OMG, it is fitting.

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Born #onthisday in 1827, the French astronomer, artist, and amateur entomologist Étienne Léopold Trouvelot. See a collection of his stunning astronomical art here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t.... #otd (And prints to buy here: publicdomainreview.org/shop/fine-ar...)

submitted 149 days ago • 3 comments

Of course Americans are ready for a female President. 65 million people tried to elect one in 2016, but were thwarted by an archaic, democratic institution. Then 10 million more people voted for a woman in 2024.

submitted 149 days ago • 0 comments

Get you a library card and download hoopla to get access to books in your state! I can’t wait to read even more than I did this year

submitted 153 days ago • 55 comments

The monopoly round-up is out. Steve Bannon says it's a populist revolution and an end to crony capitaism. Elon Musk says otherwise. www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...

submitted 152 days ago • 1 comment

Under a new expansion, families in 35 of Oregon’s 36 counties have full access to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, which gifts books every month to children from birth until age five: www.kptv.com/2024/12/18/d...

submitted 154 days ago • 269 comments

Ladies and gentlemen, the realignment!

submitted 160 days ago • 1 comment

The American people have rejected practical health care reforms in every decade since the New Deal, and just elected a person who offered merely a “concept of a plan“ but you all aren’t ready to have that conversation.

submitted 161 days ago • 0 comments

Is there any connection between the support for a scofflaw assassin and the recent election of a scofflaw for President of the United States?

submitted 166 days ago • 1 comment

“It’s so monopolistic." That's CNBC's Jim Cramer cheerleading how Trump is going to allow new monopolies to form. Cramer is specifically talking about how Omnicom-Interpublic will monopolize the ad agency industry. x.com/matthewstoll...

submitted 166 days ago • 1 comment

Show's up! @drewharwell.com & @epcalabro.bsky.social on Trump's cabinet of influencers. @ilyamarritz.bsky.social brings us the first part of our new investigative series with @bostonglobe.com about the ouster of Claudine Gay. Listen here or on your podcast app: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

submitted 168 days ago • 3 comments

Grifters gonna grift.

submitted 171 days ago • 0 comments

From OTM, @ilyamarritz.bsky.social, and @bostonglobe.com: a new investigative three-parter on Claudine Gay's ouster. Tune in this Friday!

submitted 171 days ago • 0 comments

Good piece from @drewharwell.com: "Trump allies’ moves online offer an example of what some researchers call 'influencer creep,' in which traditional public figures start adopting the rhythms of digital creators to promote or reinvent themselves." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

submitted 174 days ago • 2 comments

Clemency for Leonard Peltier youtu.be/T22gpBq8VPg?...

submitted 176 days ago • 0 comments

Liz Dye is amazing! youtu.be/_V8mE3xmtLw?...

submitted 178 days ago • 0 comments

James Bond movies never show the part where the supervillain collects government subsidies to build his death tech.

submitted 178 days ago • 709 comments

Very clever!

submitted 180 days ago • 0 comments

I also highly recommend rereading something from your childhood. You can see something new and glimpse who you used to be at the same time.

submitted 181 days ago • 0 comments

Hi, I’m God. You deserve a raise. Tell your boss I said that. Love, God

submitted 181 days ago • 209 comments

People, not bots and troll farms.

submitted 184 days ago • 0 comments

The Nazis will always be the villains.

submitted 184 days ago • 0 comments

Visa stopped posting on X. Etsy stopped posting on X. Adobe stopped posting on X. Android stopped posting on X. Mastercard stopped posting on X. McDonald's stopped posting on X. CVS Pharmacy stopped posting on X. Walmart stopped posting on X. Did You? #cdnpoli #peipoli

submitted 187 days ago • 3325 comments