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Wallace Shawn Emerges As Frontrunner To Replace Daniel Craig As James Bond

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This is a must-listen summary for the past week. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm... @onthemedia.bsky.social

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

This is probably the most accurate take.

submitted 6 days ago • 2926 comments

More of this, America.

submitted 12 days ago • 1237 comments

A gift to Hedge Fund and corporate landlords. Iowa has just theoretically made tenancy "at will." Landlords are no longer required to give a 30-day eviction notice. It's now just 72 hours. The inequality gap widens. #USDemocracy dailyiowan.com/2025/02/05/i...

submitted 14 days ago • 42 comments

Sometimes you just have to say “fuck you” with a flourish

submitted 16 days ago • 1680 comments

Half the time, when this administration says something about "DEI", it makes just as much sense if you substitute "counter-revolutionary revanchist activities". It's a vague, nebulous term that can apply to anyone at any time.

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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

submitted 16 days ago • 1105 comments

I grew up hearing about this sort of thing going on in the Soviet Union.

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REP. RASKIN: “We don’t have a 4th branch of government called Elon Musk.” 🇺🇸

submitted 18 days ago • 556 comments

Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal theonion.com/think-t...

submitted 18 days ago • 201 comments

Any news outlet reporting Mexico conceded anything to Trump to get him to delay tariffs has not done its homework. Trump boasts he got Mexico to commit to stationing 10K troops at our border. Apparently he didn't realize Mexico already has 15K troops deployed there prami.ibero.mx/informes-y-i...

submitted 18 days ago • 425 comments

Location-Based Themes in Emacs There are lots of Emacs themes out there. People mostly use them to change colors. That's great, but you can do more. As the documentation says: Custom themes are collections of settings that can be enabled or disabled as a unit. That can be any setting, not just…

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Totally lost in the chaos is that American troops have begun setting up a concentration camp

submitted 18 days ago • 7 comments

People have gathered outside USAID HQ for press event with Democratic Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen where they're addressing the building's mysterious shutdown today in the midst of the Trump admin dismantling the agency. (Photos shared with me)

submitted 18 days ago • 383 comments

As I hear people talking about protesting in DC, two bits of local wisdom: 1. There is effectively no parking downtown. Use Metro or a commuter train or take a bus or bring your bike (or just get a hotel you can walk from). 2. Bathrooms on the National mall are also kinda limited.

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

1,100 EPA employees have been notified of imminent termination.

submitted 20 days ago • 292 comments

Reminder: They're trying to demoralize you, and they're doing a great job of it. Part of resisting is making time for joy despite the attempts to make you feel this is not the time for it. Love your people. Dig the art that speaks to you. Go to the places where life flows into you. You deserve joy.

submitted 21 days ago • 304 comments

OPM hijacking continues.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment