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How to become the most hated person in the world

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Today somehow marks 20 years of writing/editing/designing/producing kottke.org as my full-time job (and almost 27 years in total). Thanks for reading! [kottke.org]

submitted 15 hours ago • 14 comments

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

submitted 18 hours ago • 1831 comments

This is why they fired him. I know we're all so proud of you General Brown. You showed up without selling out. Thank you for your service, sacrifice & endurance. "Keep your eyes on the prize. Hold on, hold on"

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This was the moment, just over a month ago, when the ADL could've put an end to Republicans doing Nazi salutes. They didn't. They chose instead to provide cover by calling it "an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm." Now the sieg heil salute has been normalized. The ADL literally had ONE JOB.

submitted 18 hours ago • 146 comments

But of course!

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J.D. Vance and Elon Musk’s efforts to help the AfD party win the German election goes beyond trolling liberals, writes Peter Wehner. “They see in the AfD an undiluted version of MAGA.”

submitted 21 hours ago • 27 comments

Hackers steal $1.5bn from crypto exchange Bybit in historic heist https://www.ft.com/content/5d0121b9-f2ee-4674-a841-11e6f1b713ce

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A Financial Times investigative documentary has found evidence that Russian executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war are not isolated incidents but are likely to be part of a broader pattern that points to a systematic policy. Watch the full documentary here: on.ft.com/3Qs7oDW

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Without friends

submitted 3 days ago • 335 comments

this week’s economist, on point

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There are moments in these deportation fights when I can just FEEL how pissed off they are that I’m Puerto Rican 😂 they want to threaten me with it so bad 😂

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spotted on the european side of the internet:

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🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸

submitted 3 days ago • 967 comments

The Trump administration has moved more than 150 Venezuelan men from an immigration holding site in Texas to the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay. Here are some of the things we have learned about the migrant mission so far.

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and after all of this, I've still not heard a single person admit "hmm maybe you all were right and racism is indeed systemic"

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The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

submitted 6 days ago • 2403 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 6 days ago • 2287 comments

How many lives until they realise they don’t know what they are doing and things were actually just fine.

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ICE, Guantanamo Bay and the "low-hanging fruit" of Trump's mass deportation plans More than 100 Venezuelans, most of whom have been convicted of no crime sent to infamous Caribbean detention center LATEST by me for PWS

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"Modern societies, as Americans are soon to learn, cannot function without experts in every field, especially the many thousands who work in public service," writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social.

submitted 6 days ago • 40 comments

Fascinating profile of a park ranger in San Francisco who works with unhoused residents and has adopted the novel tactic of treating them like human beings, building relationships, and helping them access resources on their own timeline.

submitted 6 days ago • 147 comments

wait... hold on... the guy who woke up and thought "what if I combined the gig economy with landlords?" turns out to be a baddie?

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My first Kindle purchase was in August 2008. Today I spent my morning downloading all 300+ books I've purchased in these 17 years, and buying a new e-reader device (a refurbished Boox Color 7 if you were wondering).

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Enterandome de que JD Vance entró en Yale por el programa DEI www.nytimes.com/2024/07/21/o...

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Veterans, the answer is veterans www.youtube.com/watch?v=pODU...

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Colombia’s leftist government in chaos as elections loom https://www.ft.com/content/7570a368-532d-496c-9ecc-929682e6ac65

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“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”

submitted 7 days ago • 382 comments

Of course the Democrats will be going to Houston to find and interview voters who were laid off , to ask them what their expectations of the new administration were and how they feel they are doing at the moment. And posting here and everywhere. Right ?

submitted 9 days ago • 1422 comments

Bravo @warren.senate.gov youtu.be/dQgbte6EFKI?... AOC + Warren for 2025

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On a scale of +10 (full democracy) to -10 (full autocracy), the US now scores a 0, its lowest score since the Civil War. “The USA is no longer considered a democracy and lies at the cusp of autocracy.” [systemicpeace.org]

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A worsening measles outbreak has taken root in Texas, sickening two dozen and hospitalizing nine on the western edge of the state, where childhood vaccination rates have dwindled in recent years.

submitted 10 days ago • 592 comments

THEY ARE DEFUNDING MEDICAID AND BUYING CYBERTRUCKS WITH THE MONEY. Dems stop saying "uh he promised he would lower the cost of living" and take the layup

submitted 10 days ago • 64 comments

This is like a bank robber getting to fire the cops and disable the alarms just before he strolls into the bank lobby.

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“The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, is stealing money from you to put in his pocket” has to be the easiest political argument ever www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

submitted 10 days ago • 121 comments

Overheard in the work slack: "If you look around and you can't tell who the DBA is, you're the DBA"

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mitch mcconnell on rfk's confirmation: “i’m a survivor of childhood polio. in my lifetime, I’ve watched vaccines save millions of lives…i will not condone the re-litigation of proven cures, and neither will millions of americans."

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Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... For more—and to sign— go to saynotoethniccleansing.org

submitted 10 days ago • 788 comments

Still Hope www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRJj...

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Breaking News: The Trump administration fired FEMA officials after Elon Musk misleadingly claimed the agency used disaster relief funds for migrant shelters.

submitted 11 days ago • 386 comments

not everything you love in your teenage years holds up but Green Day was cooking with American Idiot

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Donald Trump said he’d return decision making to democratically elected officials. Instead, he’s handed it over to the world’s richest man, @dgraham.bsky.social writes.

submitted 11 days ago • 23 comments

Elon Musk, from the Oval Office with President Trump by his side, offered no evidence for his claims that federal agencies were corrupted by cheats supporting “fraudsters.” He defended his so called DOGE cost-cutting team, which has operated in secret and claims to have uncovered waste and fraud.

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Elon Musk is on the front lines of the new US administration’s push to slash and shake up federal agencies. But arguably the commander of the operation is Russell Vought. www.ft.com/content/2a41...

submitted 12 days ago • 20 comments

The nazi army www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

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Trump puso al Nazi a cargo de destruir todo el gobierno de USA y los gringos mirando como si nada. Esto lo ves en una película hace 20 años y parece imposible. Y le votaron a violador y al nazi, como si nada.

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