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T-Bone Burnett’s cover of Marilyn Monroe used to make me laugh so hard when it came out. Granted this was likely my peak pot smoking year, but still: let’s rock again! youtu.be/bOU62YXU_ug?...

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Congrats, Canadian friends! Now watching parliament majority closely.

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She’s in jail for writing an op-ed.

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Well, it's official. We just received notice that all authors on the Sixth National Climate Assessment have just been released from their roles. The NCA is a vital, Congressionally mandated resource for our nation as we prepare for the impacts of climate change. This is a huge loss.

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of course. every negative characterization of the Biden administration on Israel has been unconditionally vindcated.

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San Antonio funeral home mogul Dick Tips

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More: Jackson says FNF told him was fired for "Unsatisfactory performance and violations of company policy." He adds that he has never had a performance review in two years at the company, and FDF had not told him which policy he allegedly violated.

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At Y! Sports: I wrote about Damian Lillard, unfathomable cruelty and the greatest challenge of a Hall of Fame career — a journey that begins before he can take a single step. yhoo.it/3EJlmiC

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BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda. Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them. I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.

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I wrote about the dark joke of The Rehearsal, and the even darker changes to Nathan Fielder's Holocaust-awareness charity.

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there's this thing in journalism that really gets me mad. the ben smiths of the world will look at you like you're crazy for simply stating what is actually happening all the way up to the moment they report on it themselves with wide eyed wonder, and then its their story that goes megaviral.

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Massachusetts is experiencing outmigration, but it’s not multimillionaires who are fleeing slightly higher taxes. It’s young workers fleeing our high cost of living. #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/28/o...

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NEW—In late Feb, Chris Rufo published leaked chats between queer/trans employees at US intel agencies. Then Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said she’d fire all involved. I spoke to chat members who were fired, are on admin leave, and who kept their jobs about the new lavender scare:

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Hanania has the same eugenic beliefs as ever. He just thinks that MAGA is more thrusting even more people he’d call low IQ or low human capital into positions of power than woke did.

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turns out that not even the "permanent" and "immutable" entries on the blockchain are immune to linkrot

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nice to see Salt-N-Pepa getting their flowers

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Wow: the UAW’s Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) reform caucus has voted to dissolve itself, citing internal divisions. Its remaining funds will be split between several other union reform movements, immigrant legal services, a Mexican workers solidarity fund, and Jewish Voice for Peace.

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This is a whole lot of e-waste. www.theverge.com/news/656626/...

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We're now in the week where the import crunch from Trump's tariffs begins. A projected 11% decline in imported containers at the Port of Los Angeles this week and a 31% decline next week. There is something of a recovery the following week but still a double digit % decline.

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Wow a network of pro-Trump people who coordinate on messaging and tactics while publicly pretending to be nonpartisan? Some of them posing as mainstream journalists? Interesting!

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I can’t imagine why any private business would opt for enforcing this over immediately making their toilets all-gender.

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Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan charged with harassment and criminal damage www.itv.com/news/2025-04...

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it's also funny that someone in here wonders how Andreessen has time for these chats, when it's obvious all of these men do nothing at their high-paying, high-position "jobs." Elon's CEO absenteeism was just the most blatant example

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I know The Shrouds (2025) has been polarizing but honestly I think it's the best depiction of a Certain Type of Gross Tech Billionaire, the particular quirks and psychoses and all, that I've seen yet

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"Our parent company, Paramount, is trying to complete a merger. The Trump administration must approve it. Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways"

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NEW: Government officials insist that neither DOGE nor Musk have any real decision-making authority—they merely “advise” or “consult.” But internal DOJ emails provide the most compelling evidence yet that DOGE is not simply advising—it’s calling the shots. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/on-d...

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Not the biggest deal in the world, but I love this simplicity from Bernie and I hope firebrands in the party adopt it

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This book is from more than a few years ago, but it deserves a look. The writer published her one book in 1990 and disappeared. crimereads.com/elaine-perry/

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For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other items has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel. Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare. Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.

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If you have never heard about the Shonda Rhimes and Disney breakup (over Disney park passes for an adult to be with her kid), here you go. It is something I bring up regularly because I remain shocked they were so shortsighted. www.celebitchy.com/686014/shond...

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“He had a green card interview scheduled for that very day-an interview he never reached because ICE chose to meet lawful compliance with brute force.This man was not evading the law. He tried to comply... They responded by slamming him against a car and tasing him unconscious.”

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There are definitely use cases for LLMs. I don't know why their boosters keep trying to push ones where they produce facts or logical arguments.

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In the run up to the 1964 election, 2 speakers went on a barnstorming tour of the Pacific Northwest warning of the dangers posed to the US by Cuban communism & The Beatles' use of hypnotism to turn the nation's children red. FWIW, David Noebel would go on to be a major influence on Michele Bachmann.

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Has not yet been 100 days www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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FT: Trump “has puzzled trade negotiators in Tokyo after complaining about a test where he claims a bowling ball is dropped on a car .. “.. Japan does not carry out such tests ..” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/b545...

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This is horrifying and devastating news. Virginia was hounded and harassed by tabloids, a prominent Substack writer, and lawyers who sought to undermine her allegations. Others ignored her in their jokes and conspiracies about her abusers. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

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The fact of the matter is that the American conservative movement has backed a president now harassing students and destroying academic work on ideological grounds. This entire debate should be suspended until the conservative movement repudiates him. There is nothing to discuss until then.

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Lansing City Council has voted 8-0 to repeal a 1986 ordinance making it a misdemeanor to enter a restroom that doesn’t match an individual’s sex assigned at birth anywhere in Michigan’s capital city. The ordinance had never been enforced but was still on the books until now.

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holy shit want to see a mad judge

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You can tell that a thread is undergoing intense geekification when the first and last post look like this.

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@rebeccamccarthy.bsky.social this is … really something

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i have ian toll brain now so all i can think about is hirohito getting bossed around by rival army and navy factions who hate each other but the only thing they agree on is that the infallible god king just needs their steady guiding hand

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