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A billionaire couple is under scrutiny for consuming more water than LA. The Resnicks: owners of Fiji Water, Wonderful Pistachios, POM, and a majority stake in the Kern Water Bank. They bill themselves as philanthropists, but are really greenwashers and reputation launderers. youtu.be/faTuVnXzb9I

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An excellent documentary about how vigilante “vote fraud hunters” purged millions of American voters from the rolls in 2024- primarily people of color. youtu.be/P_XdtAQXnGE?...

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The news media is really burying the lead on this one. The implications are clear. The U.S. is a young, attractive woman on a boat, and Donald Trump is Dennis Reynolds. And we are a long, long way from shore.

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Ahoy, my fellow mortals! This time, I'm talking about Hell. Don't let the impending sense of dread get to you, that's all fake. Everything is wonderful. youtu.be/Np8x63oNCuQ

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Tip for the Secret Service: Look, I can’t be sure, but I think there’s a carbon dioxide leak in the Oval Office.

submitted 22 days ago • 3 comments

Is there a coup, specifically an autocoup, occurring in the United States? With the unilateral and unconstitutional dismantling of key US agencies, it certainly looks that way. youtu.be/g2v2rY9AH6I

submitted 26 days ago • 7 comments

Me and the wife were sick this week from influenza, or COVID, or RSV, or Norovirus or whatever, we’re not sure because America. Consider watching this video about Teddy Mellencamp and her starvation diet instead, perhaps. Cheers. x.com/grockallschm...

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I was just reading this in Minecraft last night. Amusing stuff.

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MrBeast says he wants to make the world a better place. But his business model is the exploitation of societal problems, while reaping massive financial gains, and calling it charity. Child labor chocolate, lead-laced junk food, pump and dumps, and more. This is Beast's Game. youtu.be/tGKW4h-sOCI

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Leaked memo from US House Budget Committee Republicans reveals Trump tax handouts to the wealthy estimated at $1.2 Trillion, includes: -Repeal 15% corporate profit minimum tax -Elimination of estate tax for millionaires -Lowers corporate tax rate to 15% -Reinstate corporate tax loopholes #OpCanary🧵

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Funny, actual neo-nazis on Twitter didn’t think this was a mistake. x.com/UncutSpeech

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MrBeast TikTok bid is being overseen by Trump's Attorney General pick's brother, Brad Bondi. The Attorney General would be responsible for enforcing any ban on TikTok should it fail to find an American buyer. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/mrbeast-ti...

submitted 43 days ago • 28 comments

Abiotic Factor: Triple-A Antidote Abiotic Factor is an indie game that does so much right that I thought it was worth talking about here. So it's 1993 and you're a soup-obsessed scientist on your first day at work at Black Mes- I mean, GATE. What could go wrong? youtu.be/oRNYnd5Dk5Y

submitted 47 days ago • 3 comments

In a world where the loudest voices are often the least trustworthy, we need more people like Dr. Lustig.

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Dead Air 31 This time we're talking about Abiotic Factor, Squid Game season 2, Disco Elysium, Severance season 2, the Project Zomboid update, and our growing menagerie of stray cats. youtu.be/cihy5xrzLC0

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In a nation whose education system is among the most unequal in the industrialized world, many Americans are being failed twice: first, by public schools that lack resources; and next, by the backup system intended to catch those failed by the first. (Published Dec. 2022)

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12 Days of Xmas #13 And the thirteenth day of Xmas is Threads (1984), directed by Mick Jackson and written by Barry Hines. Merry Christmas! youtu.be/knCAODG2wLQ

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12 Days of Xmas #12 The twelfth day of Xmas is The Last Unicorn (1982), directed by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass, starring Mia Farrow, Jeff Bridges, Christopher Lee, Alan Arkin, and Angela Lansbury. youtu.be/l64zt6z1azo

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The Gates report is damning. Especially telling is that the DOJ seemed to try to cover for him at every opportunity. I look forward to absolutely nothing being done about this.

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12 Days of Xmas #11 The eleventh day of Xmas is Children of Darkness (1983), a documentary from Richard Kotuk and Ara Chekmayan about public and private psychiatric institutions for children. youtu.be/GMc6gyU5jcI

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12 Days of Xmas #10 The tenth day of Xmas is The Runner (1984), directed by Amir Naderi and starring Abbas Nazeri, Majid Niroumand, and Musa Torkizadeh. youtu.be/wYH5Pvznu-g

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12 Days of Xmas #9 The ninth day of Xmas is Woyzeck (1979), written and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Klaus Kinski and Eva Mattes. youtu.be/JLoPs91gpYo

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12 Days of Xmas #8 The eighth day of Xmas is Romper Stomper (1992), an Australian film written and directed by Geoffrey Wright and starring Russell Crowe, Daniel Pollock, Jacqueline McKenzie, Tony Le-Nguyen and Colin Chin. youtu.be/s4JImxgEQLE

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12 Days of Xmas #7 The seventh day of Xmas is The Death of Stalin (2017), directed by Armando Iannucci and starring Steve Buscemi, Jason Isaacs, Jeffrey Tambor, Michael Palin, Simon Russell Beale, Adrian McLoughlin, and Rupert Friend. youtu.be/Jn3ex5qQm7w

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12 Days of Xmas: Your Job in Germany The sixth day of Xmas is Your Job in Germany (1945), a short film produced by the United States War Department for soldiers preparing to occupy Germany. youtu.be/uz8Cv64fup0

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12 Days of Xmas #5: Fellini Satyricon (1969) The fifth day of Xmas is Fellini Satyricon, written and directed by Federico Fellini. youtu.be/fFUvqIY3ERA

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12 Days #4 The fourth day of Xmas is The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005), a neo-western directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones. youtu.be/jTayuSyjego

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12 Days of Xmas #3: The White Ribbon The third day of Xmas is The White Ribbon (2009), a masterpiece written and directed by Michael Haneke about mysterious events in a small German village just before World War I. youtu.be/hgFr35Be0R8

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12 Days #2: Father Ted The second day of Xmas is Father Ted (1995-1998), a British sitcom about three Irish Roman Catholic priests exiled by the church to a remote island. youtu.be/bG1qFT6c_lE

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12 Days of Xmas One movie or show each day leading up to Christmas, that are worth watching for one reason or another. And the first day of Xmas is... Soylent Green (1973). youtu.be/YI2rz4_kBAE

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The Shameful Case of Temu The e-commerce platform has impossibly low prices. Why? Loopholes, counterfeiting, stolen designs, and dangerous products full of toxic subtsances made with nonexistent safety standards and literal slave labor. It isn't cheap. Someone always pays. youtu.be/qnu_UcaRZv8

submitted 82 days ago • 4 comments

This Fox segment on the search for the shooter is incredible. Look at how the NYPD searches Central Park lol

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“The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating HelloFresh, the popular meal kit service company, over allegations that migrant children were working at its cooking and packaging facility in Illinois as recently as this summer… At least six teenagers…were found working night shifts”

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The Shameful Case of Rick Scott and Healthcare Fraud This is the story of Rick Scott and his company Columbia/HCA, which committed one of the biggest healthcare frauds in American history. youtu.be/vlvH3DSTOL0

submitted 89 days ago • 17 comments

Suspect is hatless, repeat, hatless

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