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Samsara surfer. Turning pro. A former ink-stained newspaper wretch who likes photography, similes and the Vajrayana view of the world. New York Times, John Wiley & Sons, Thomson, Ottaway Newspapers/WSJ. Republican turned Independent turned Democrat.
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He was always a used car salesman at heart.

submitted 32 days ago • 1081 comments

It's clear the Administration is on road to self-immolation. They have over-played their thin hand (not Aces high as they fantasize) - and the gated golf-club dandies who salivate for their tax cuts will sour as the potential for destruction becomes manifest. They already see the writing on wall.

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Holy crap. How long before there's irreparable damage here and abroad?

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

submitted 48 days ago • 1044 comments

It's getting to look a lot like chaos.

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Anyone still on Twitter is complicit in the Trump-Musk clusterfuck.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

"The White House neglected to mention that the new president agreed to stop U.S. guns crossing the border, CNBC confirmed."

submitted 68 days ago • 27 comments

submitted 83 days ago • 550 comments

There is a reason TikTok is so good at figuring out what you want to see, and why it’s better than everything else: it’s a weapon, and the best weapon is one you don’t know exists, or worse, one you think you can’t live without

submitted 83 days ago • 2084 comments

I don't need nor want Word for Mac to show its annoying CoPilot icon on every new doc and paragraph. (It's about Microsoft getting users to run out of AI credits and buy more.) ANYONE have a way to disable this for Mac?

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

Does anyone have documentation that Taylor Swift and her boyfriend donated money to the fires? For some reason insults are coming from this thread, which is disheartening.

submitted 90 days ago • 11 comments

China's shameful erasure of Tibetan and Buddhist culture begins by forcing Tibet's children from their homes and into nationalistic indoctrination schools. Long live HHDL. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

“Narcissism is a bad basis for foreign policy, to say nothing of life.” And a warning about Trump: “Brace for impact.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/o...

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

This is it, the key. Trump's ugly reliance on distortion and complete fabrication -- validated and abetted by the right-wing fever-dream factory. How do we cope with America's. break with reality? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/u...

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

Do you know how many F'ing videos there are to show how to use a new gas can??? An absurdity. Also do you know that you probably can't get your plug into a tamper-proof outlet with wiggling and angling? WTF

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

To much fanfare, Trump announced today that SoftBank was going to invest $50 billion in the US because they had confidence in Trump. Except the two of them made the same announcement after Trump won in 2016. And it never happened.

submitted 117 days ago • 430 comments

ProPublica request to hear about your health insurance denials.

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments

What to make of an invitation to join the illuminati via a Bluesky dude? The "illuminati brotherhood organization" will help me achieve my dreams of "fame, power, wealth, peace, protection in life." Illuminati > Q, right?

submitted 127 days ago • 2 comments