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The notion that a bunch of committed racists didn't understand the racism they were doing when racism is the sole reason they were interested in doing it is wild to me

14.03.2026 18:28 👍 804 🔁 163 💬 14 📌 1
• If there's one thing controversial CBS News editor Bari Weiss has earned praise for it's her hands-on booking of big names for the network. But there's one booking she seems to have blown up: New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, who had been in talks to appear for an interview on CBS News Sunday Morning with Robert Costa.
Mamdani's team, I'm told, has long been averse to appearing on CBS given the coverage his campaign got from Weiss's The Free Press, but her recent social media post reacting with a fire emoji to an Iranian activist's diatribe against Mamdani was the "nail in the coffin" for him appearing on the network, two sources with knowledge told me. "Bari and her people have a clear axe to grind for him," said one former CBS producer. (CBS News did not respond to a request for comment.) And the network's turn away from news and toward opinion is proving to be a broader problem. "It's not just Zohran," the source said. "It's really

• If there's one thing controversial CBS News editor Bari Weiss has earned praise for it's her hands-on booking of big names for the network. But there's one booking she seems to have blown up: New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, who had been in talks to appear for an interview on CBS News Sunday Morning with Robert Costa. Mamdani's team, I'm told, has long been averse to appearing on CBS given the coverage his campaign got from Weiss's The Free Press, but her recent social media post reacting with a fire emoji to an Iranian activist's diatribe against Mamdani was the "nail in the coffin" for him appearing on the network, two sources with knowledge told me. "Bari and her people have a clear axe to grind for him," said one former CBS producer. (CBS News did not respond to a request for comment.) And the network's turn away from news and toward opinion is proving to be a broader problem. "It's not just Zohran," the source said. "It's really

lol. CBS had been trying to get Zohran Mamdani for an interview, but Bari Weiss' deranged tweeting caused him to turn it down

link.vanityfair.com/view/5df1007...

13.03.2026 21:01 👍 5990 🔁 1070 💬 80 📌 67
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Dark money group offers influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate Progressive House candidate Kat Abughazaleh told MS NOW the secretive campaign is “filled with false and defamatory claims.”

HOLY SHIT.

A dark money group, hidden behind a bunch of shell companies, is paying influencers thousands of dollars PER POST to attack @katmabu.bsky.social on social media a month before her election.

Thank you to the people who declined the money and went forward with this. So who's behind this?

13.03.2026 14:31 👍 19981 🔁 7942 💬 790 📌 557

Hollywood should be ashamed of itself for not casting Holly Hunter in more movies

14.03.2026 12:32 👍 845 🔁 46 💬 55 📌 13

If you're worried about how your story doesn't make sense, bear in mind that one of the highest grossing series in pop history. is about sentient giant robots whose side power is transforming into vehicles already invented by humans

14.03.2026 13:55 👍 515 🔁 55 💬 18 📌 7

She has a whole back catalogue of rubbish like this.

14.03.2026 14:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Audiences Prefer Films With Diverse Casts, UCLA Study Finds UCLA's Hollywood Diversity Report for 2025 reported that audiences prefer diverse casting in films, and the industry's need to focus on diversity.

variety.com/2026/film/ne...

But...but SUPERMAGAWHITE1488 on Twitter assured me "go woke go broke"

13.03.2026 12:22 👍 5327 🔁 773 💬 189 📌 58

Because capitalism and racism have always walked hand in glove.

14.03.2026 13:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#BreonnaTaylor 🙏🏾

14.03.2026 07:07 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Dear god.

14.03.2026 13:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Reform UK's Crypto Provider on Register That Housed North Korean Money Laundering Reform UK processes cryptocurrency donations through a foreign infrastructure that housed a US Treasury sanctioned crime syndicate laundering $4 billion in illicit funds – including proceeds from Nort...

🔴Reform UK’s Crypto Provider on Register That Housed North Korean Money Laundering

Byline Times investigation prompts calls by MPs to ban crypto donations, as alarm is raised about the methods used to finance Nigel Farage’s party

bylinetimes.com/2026/03/12/r...

12.03.2026 16:08 👍 109 🔁 66 💬 1 📌 1
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The Lonesome Death of Daphy Michel Watch now | Haitian Woman, 31, Dies Alone at Pittsburgh Bus Stop Days After ICE Released Her Far From Home to Die.

Haitian woman, 31, dies alone at Pittsburgh bus stop days after ICE released her to the streets far from home to perish. Rest in power, Daphy Michel: migrantinsider.com/p/the-loneso...

14.03.2026 03:02 👍 4931 🔁 2808 💬 142 📌 288

Just the best feeling.

14.03.2026 13:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Whatever else it is, the Trump presidency has always been a family grift.

14.03.2026 13:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This site needs a break. Post 3 good things, none of which are the cessation of a negative.

1. Seeing an old friend after a long time and within 5 minutes it’s like you’ve never been apart.

2. Hearing a song ‘in the wild’ that evokes perfectly a person or memory.

3. Rereading a favourite book.

14.03.2026 13:25 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

One of the requirements of obscene wealth is a total lack of empathy or regard for other people.

14.03.2026 13:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Professors Say AI Is Destroying Their Students' Ability to Think Over a dozen professors spoke of the grim effects that AI is having on their students, and what they're doing to push back against the tech.

Students are "incapable of reading and analyzing, synthesizing data."

14.03.2026 11:48 👍 45 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 15
Trauma in Israel
"For a 19-year-old, killing 20 people a day is not normal."
Children no longer want to live, soldiers are tormented by their experiences: Three wars within three years are plunging Israeli society into a state of psychological emergency.
By Sarah Levy, Tel Aviv
March 12, 2026, 8:48 PM

Trauma in Israel "For a 19-year-old, killing 20 people a day is not normal." Children no longer want to live, soldiers are tormented by their experiences: Three wars within three years are plunging Israeli society into a state of psychological emergency. By Sarah Levy, Tel Aviv March 12, 2026, 8:48 PM

Discuss.

14.03.2026 11:42 👍 563 🔁 86 💬 118 📌 147
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#oscarsnub #1980

13.03.2026 18:23 👍 309 🔁 22 💬 37 📌 11
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DOGE Deposition Videos Taken Down After Judge Order and Widespread Mockery The government asked a judge to stop the spread of the videos on YouTube. The judge agreed, and ordered their immediate removal.

Breaking: the DOGE deposition videos have been taken off YouTube. On Friday the government asked a judge to intervene, said the videos could cause reputational damage, death threats. Judge agreed, ordered them removed: www.404media.co/doge-deposit...

14.03.2026 00:22 👍 4780 🔁 1838 💬 526 📌 860

That’s fantastic. So happy for you xxx

14.03.2026 13:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

At last, Jack Harlow is here to demonstrate authentic Blackness for us all. Let’s watch & learn.

14.03.2026 02:45 👍 18 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 1

Of course if he had any genuine understanding of the culture he’s appropriating he’d never have made such a crass statement.

14.03.2026 13:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Jack Harlow is a prime example of what happens when mediocre white men get a battery put in their back by some Black folks. Jack Harlow is a prime example of what happens when middle of the road white men are allowed to play in Black culture , while getting accolades from some Black folks.

14.03.2026 02:26 👍 122 🔁 40 💬 6 📌 11

I am still of the opinion that journals should take an extremely hard line against the use of generative AI.

14.03.2026 02:49 👍 20 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1

The venn diagram for religion and predators is a circle.

14.03.2026 12:44 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Especially as we know the Academy was a hunting ground for Epstein and Maxwell and the were introduced to girls they were interested in by the then head.

14.03.2026 12:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“Predators” also works.

14.03.2026 12:40 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Nearly six months behind bars. No bail. When they finally dismissed the charges they released her in North Dakota with no winter clothes & no means of getting back home to Tennessee. They upended this woman's life.

14.03.2026 03:37 👍 1608 🔁 756 💬 15 📌 10

🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂

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