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This captures the tension at the heart of modern conservatism: The desire to dismantle the government. The desire to use the government to enforce ideology.

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Here's a weird thing: AI-generated articles are now quoting me for things I haven't said. For example, this piece provides quotes that I allegedly gave to Reuters. I haven't talked to Reuters about this. The quotes are close to what I might say, but not correct. opentools.ai/news/elon-mu...

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Timeline cleanse

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Timeline cleanse

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Movie you’ve watched more than 6 times, gifs only.

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WaPo’s use of “unusual” further obscures the blunt racism of the white 3-star’s elevation. “Unusual” is a raised eyebrow; more accurately, this never happens. Until now. To replace a 4-star Black general w/ an undistinguished white 3-star ass-kisser.

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www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

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“…irreparable damage to everything from the quality of health care to the public’s access to next-generation consumer technologies. The US took nearly a century to craft its rich scientific ecosystem; if the unraveling continues, Americans will feel the effects for decades to come.”

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“Investing in early literacy isn’t just about books—it’s about breaking cycles of poverty, closing education gaps, and opening the doors of opportunity for every child in our community,” said Councilmember Tyler Maxwell, who was one of those who worked to bring the library to Fresno County 👇🏽

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Flanked by Stewart Rhodes and other militia group leaders in Washington, the Proud Boys' Enrique Tarrio announced plans today to sue the Justice Department with funds from a new crypto coin. He said the lawsuit would be for about $150 million and filed within two to three weeks.

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UVA students are gathering outside the rotunda to protest a closed meeting of the board of visitors scheduled to discuss the fate of gender affirming care at UVA hospital

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Timeline cleanse

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I found this conversation very useful. Fight, gather, connect And other lessons from social psychologist Alexandra Stein (in conversation with Nastaran Tavakoli-Far) The.Ink the.ink?utm_source=n...

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Who needs fancy gadgets when you have an old tyre? Korbessa’s found the perfect plaything—and she’s not letting go! After some enthusiastic rolling around, she’s even managed to stand up with it still wrapped around her middle; a tyre fashionista! sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans

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This is Buster. He's having the best day ever. Gets to play in the pool AND get rained on at the same time. 13/10 every lab's dream

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I wrote a book about how QAnon assimilated the GOP, and its origins as part currency scam, part violent extremist fantasy, and part prophecy cult. QAnon promoter Kash Patel running the FBI now seems both shocking and inevitable in retrospect. www.amazon.com/Storm-Upon-U...

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If you are a cis person please take 2 minutes to do this. Trans people with non-updated gender markers, historical gender marker changes, and X markers are terrified to travel right now; rolling back this policy would mean a lot.

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If I had a band or a label, I would do a punk cover of "No More Kings" from Schoolhouse Rock. And then I would gather a bunch of people to write a whole album of next-generation Schoolhouse Rock songs, with songs about Social Security and Medicaid and NOAA. I am not kidding in the least.

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🏛 The 5th century BCE temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Attica, Greece. 📷 Stefano Zaccaria / Alamy

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“He came walking out through those doors, and he was confident. He shook the hands of all of the corrections officers and the transition staff, and they were all supportive of him leaving” “He was dignified, and he was respected by all of them." www.yahoo.com/news/leonard...

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@drewtuma.bsky.social You told me it wouldn’t rain today, but it’s raining in Oakland! It’s not your fault, but I thought you should know. ☔️

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To the feckless, Democratic consultants, here’s a free one: buy a billboard highlighting Musk cutting the veterans suicide hotline program and have it placed across the street from Pete Hegseth’s favorite bar.

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I've noted some of the procedural things Democrats could be doing in Congress, but this point from @edgeofsports.bsky.social's great piece in the Nation deserves emphasis. This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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30 years ago Gingrich did this on a mini scale in the House. He killed the Office of Technology Assessment & did other things to get rid of staff expertise so he could cosplay as the smartest guy in the room. Now Musk is doing this on a whole-of-government, whole-of-society scale.

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A propos of everything, my @straightwhitejc.bsky.social interview with @katherinestewart.bsky.social: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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I have remained fairly silent over the past few weeks, largely because I have been processing the reality of an organization dedicated to improving government services being repurposed into the vector of destruction of those very same services. I wrote up some thoughts. Quick tl;dr🧵

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Post a female character that you love

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Trump is telling us to our faces that he's going to stand by while Musk guts and likely steals the social security that several generations have paid into. He's counting on his flock being perfectly fine with it. And sadly, they probably will be.

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Food safety chief at the FDA quits saying Trump's mass layoffs make his job "fruitless" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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A friend from the VA just sent this and asked me to share. PMDB is Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior in the workplace. THIS is the real war against women: being forced to say there are only 2 genders but not being allowed to mention 96% of violence is perpetrated by men.

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I just want people to look around and notice that politicians and pundits are accepting crazy ideas like taking over Canada and building concentration camps for immigrants and people on medication and debating them. The problem isn’t just Trump. He’s a symptom of a larger disease.

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