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A writer is suing Grammarly for turning her and other authors into 'AI editors' without consent | TechCrunch Journalist Julia Angwin is leading a class action lawsuit against Grammarly for violating her privacy and publicity rights.

Journalist Julia Angwin is leading a class action lawsuit against Grammarly for violating her privacy and publicity rights.

12.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

β€œwanting to be a shitty person and hanging out with other shitty people and then being surprised pikachu when they are shitty to you” really is the perfect summary of the modern right

12.03.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 708 πŸ” 122 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 1

Before widespread revulsion forced Polymarket to end more than $800,000 in bets on the question β€œNuclear detonation by ... ?” bettors had put the odds at 22% by yearend.

Clearly, anyone’s inner Captain Obvious should immediately ask: How would these idiot faux shrewdies expect to collect?

12.03.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sen. John Cornyn flips on the filibuster to pass SAVE America Act as Trump weighs endorsement Cornyn, who spent years defending the filibuster, is locked in a competitive GOP runoff in Texas against Ken Paxton, who has aligned with Trump on the issue.

Bad, bad news.

Sen. John Cornyn flips on filibuster to pass SAVE America Act as Trump weighs endorsement

Cornyn, who spent years defending the filibuster, is locked in a competitive GOP runoff in Texas against Ken Paxton, who has aligned with Trump on the issue.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

12.03.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
The Real Reason Windows Hate Is Exploding: It's Not Just the UIβ€”It's the End of Personal Computing
The Real Reason Windows Hate Is Exploding: It's Not Just the UIβ€”It's the End of Personal Computing YouTube video by Rob Braxman Tech

Explained: Microsoft’s expanding assault on your privacy

youtu.be/e7a89ZYcTo8

12.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Republicans Know Trump Will Destroy Democracy β€” And Don't Care | Tim Miller
Republicans Know Trump Will Destroy Democracy β€” And Don't Care | Tim Miller YouTube video by Democracy Docket

NEW EPISODE: I sit down with Tim Miller of The Bulwark. We discussed defending democracy against Trump's authoritarian project. Tim pulls no punches on what he's witnessed from inside the Republican Party β€” and why so many elites are choosing to stay silent www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHcA...

12.03.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 482 πŸ” 176 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 7

I wish everyone at Grammarly a very expensive lawsuit.

12.03.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 339 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Gave up all of the currency and promise of the β€œidea” of America (however flawed), in exchange for β€œwe kill people. We kill lots of people.”

12.03.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 1812 πŸ” 532 πŸ’¬ 170 πŸ“Œ 31
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Heat Wave Shatters March Temperature Records in Cape Town Cape Town and other areas of South Africa’s Western Cape Province saw record temperatures for March as a heat wave sears a region that’s vulnerable to both drought and wildfires.

Cape Town and other areas of South Africa’s Western Cape Province saw record temperatures for March as a heat wave sears a region that’s vulnerable to both drought and wildfires

12.03.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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You just know that Fox News or CBS is cooking up an article like this.

09.03.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Planet Palantir - FPIF How a clique of unhinged techno-optimists is putting humanity at risk.

A new Silicon Valley military complex is emerging around firms like Palantir, whose AI tools fuse surveillance data for warfare, policing, & border control. This shift concentrates power over security policy in a small group of tech billionaires with little public oversight.
fpif.org/planet-palan...

12.03.2026 12:23 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
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Voters: Don’t forget to give Senator Ricketts credit for his β€œpartnership” with the DOGE dumpster fire arsonists

12.03.2026 09:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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www.rawstory.com Swing state GOP advances bill to make it easier for them to silence critics with lawsuits

Swing state GOP advances bill to make it easier for them to silence critics with lawsuits #RawStory

12.03.2026 01:29 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
South Africa summons new US ambassador over β€˜undiplomatic remarks’

South Africa summons new US ambassador over β€˜undiplomatic remarks’

South Africa summons new US ambassador over β€˜undiplomatic remarks’ https://aje.news/x8yx01

12.03.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 131 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 13

To the "I didn't vote for this" folks. You voted for a convicted felon. A twice-impeached president. A man found liable for sexual abuse, who tried to overthrow an election. And now gas prices are surging, we're at war, and soldiers are coming home in coffins. This is what you voted for. All of it.

11.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 7638 πŸ” 2484 πŸ’¬ 394 πŸ“Œ 147
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Iran war may leave Ukraine without critical air defenses Kyiv is already feeling the shockwaves of the U.S.-Israel military option.

Iran war may leave Ukraine without critical air defenses

11.03.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
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Billionaires’ % share of federal election spending in:

2008: 0.3%

2024: 19%

@nytimes.com #GildedAge
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

10.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 3803 πŸ” 1701 πŸ’¬ 130 πŸ“Œ 188

"For the next phase of my career, I look forward to some independence and finding new spaces to share my work in line with my personal goals."

Another CBS News journalist leaving and talking about independence. Bit of a not-so-subtle hint at what's happening over there.

09.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 4186 πŸ” 890 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump *is* doing debt cancellation.

It's just not your student or medical debts.

In his second term alone, Trump has already canceled $1.5 billion of criminal debt β€” payments fraudsters owe the federal government and victims.

They don't mind debt cancellationβ€”for themselves.

09.03.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 866 πŸ” 302 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 6

Millionaires stopped paying into Social Security for the rest of 2026 today.

Billionaires stopped paying in on January 1st.

You're going to pay in for 298 more days.

This makes zero sense. The wealthy should pay in all year like the rest of us.

Scrap the cap.

09.03.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 1193 πŸ” 377 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 15

Not only this β€” but donors who give $1M+ to a Trump-backed group organizing events for the nation's 250th anniversary will gain special access to, and can seek favors from, Trump himself.

Everything is for sale. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/u...

11.03.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 713 πŸ” 358 πŸ’¬ 90 πŸ“Œ 30
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Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

It was not enough for Elon Musk's minions to gut the Social Security Agency.

An ex-DOGE engineer allegedly took SSA's master databases of personal information to a job in the private sector.

DOGE was never about fighting fraud. It was about exposing Americans to more of it.

11.03.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 1764 πŸ” 717 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 36
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It would have to be really something to beat the audio from a TV ad for SD Tourism in 2023, reproduced here in its entirety, with an extra sound effect added at the end.

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Johnson: I think what we are learning from the Epstein files was a well-coordinated act of treason. If you think about how they use blackmail to get policymakers to act outside of the best interests of this nation and our Constitution, that’s treason.

09.03.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 14046 πŸ” 4617 πŸ’¬ 348 πŸ“Œ 230

Cahoots is part of a cabal of words which grab prepositions to surround them, like
Lieu
Spite
Accordance
Addition
Regard
Behalf
Front

11.03.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Link leads nowhere

11.03.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is clearly fine with the GOP.

11.03.2026 00:47 πŸ‘ 12793 πŸ” 5450 πŸ’¬ 533 πŸ“Œ 239
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πŸ‘€ ICE deported two U.S. citizen children with their mother to Guatemala, even though she had apparently elected to leave them with their grandmother in Florida.

The govt is now arranging their return under court order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

11.03.2026 05:18 πŸ‘ 3028 πŸ” 1250 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 43
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Apparently, Kegseth hasn’t destroyed their ability to drop truth bombs.

11.03.2026 02:28 πŸ‘ 14528 πŸ” 3334 πŸ’¬ 391 πŸ“Œ 164

Dave Chapelle?

11.03.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0