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V.A. Begins Drive to Put Homeless Veterans Into Guardianship

I can’t possibly imagine that this would ever be abused.

V.A. Begins Drive to Put Homeless Veterans Into Guardianship www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...

11.03.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m glad to hear you say that.

06.03.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Because politics are ugly and Melanie Shekita is an asset to this community. Just sayin’. People have been run out before.

06.03.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Seems like they’re talking about cover bands. In that scenario, I wouldn’t see it as much different than an auto generated playlist based on tempo and instrumentation, which can be pretty good sometimes. Probably way less fun for the band though, which I think is the point of being in a cover band.

06.03.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Then don’t fire one of your best because they got into the race before you.

05.03.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This will undoubtedly make Anthropic the A.i. company of choice around the world aka β€œThe Colbert/Kimmel Effect”.

27.02.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Orders Government to Stop Using Anthropic After Pentagon Standoff

Anthropic’s demands are 1) not using their software to surveil Americans and 2) not kill some one where there is no human involved in the decision. THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE D.O.D. SAYS THEY WON’T DO ANYWAY. Yet they apparently don’t like not having the option?

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/u...

27.02.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Labor Secretary’s Husband Barred From the Department After Sexual Assault Reports

WTF?!

Labor Secretary’s Husband Barred From the Department After Sexual Assault Reports www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/b...

20.02.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

How many is that now?

11.02.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s pretty weird to stand right in front of the band facing the audience.

08.02.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Officials Pressed Schumer to Help Name Penn Station, Dulles for Trump

Fuck this douchebag.

Officials Pressed Schumer to Help Name Penn Station, Dulles for Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

06.02.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Trump Administration exempts new nuclear reactors from environmental review The announcement comes just days after NPR revealed the administration had secretly rewritten safety and environmental standards.

Nope, no problems here at all.
www.npr.org/2026/02/02/n...

03.02.2026 04:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Links His Push for Greenland to Not Winning Nobel Peace Prize

Every goddamn day I wake up, something more ridiculous and insane happens.

Trump Links His Push for Greenland to Not Winning Nobel Peace Prize www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/w...

19.01.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

No shit. If WWE can’t trademark and own your name, they done want you.

15.01.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Riho needs to sue for gimmick infringement. I’m sure Taz has a lawyer he can recommend.

12.01.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Says U.S. Is β€˜In Charge’ of Venezuela, While Rubio Stresses Coercing It

Sounds like pretty clear messaging to me.

β€œWhen asked what he needed from Ms. RodrΓ­guez, Mr. Trump said: β€œWe need total access. We need access to the oil and to other things in their country that allow us to rebuild their country.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/u...

05.01.2026 12:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So…we just invaded and conquered Venezuela?

03.01.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device? (Gift Article) A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.

This is a long read but captivating and insane.

How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

28.12.2025 02:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving

Why do billionaires even care about taxes? Once you’ve got a billion dollars, how many more millions or billions you have is irrelevant to your quality of life.

A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/t...

27.12.2025 19:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing that a company can pay its employees well, give them benefits, not be obsessed with unsustainable quarter-over-quarter growth, and still somehow be successful in the shitty end of late-stage American capitalism.

26.12.2025 19:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What does that even mean?

23.12.2025 02:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He’ll always be Jay Malachi to me.

23.12.2025 01:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...

"Pot, this is kettle."

09.12.2025 14:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have generally reduced my social media consumption overall. The confluence of Musk and the enshittification of Facebook/ Instagram mostly just sent me to cloistered small communities but mostly I spend way less time dealing with people, in general, and assholes, specifically, on the internet.

08.12.2025 00:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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National parks fee-free calendar drops MLK Day, Juneteenth and adds Trump's birthday The Trump administration, which has railed against what it describes as "woke" policies, removed MLK Day and Juneteenth from next year's list of fare-exempt days for visitors at dozens of national par...

Now you can celebrate oil drilling and logging in national parks without and entrance fee. JesusfuckingChrist, this guy just keeps blowing my mind.
www.npr.org/2025/12/06/g...

08.12.2025 00:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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White House renames building the β€˜Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace’ The change comes as Trump’s administration has touted his peace deals and ahead of a signing of a deal between the leaders from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo this week.

I just threw up in my mouth a little reading this headline. wapo.st/4iHmUt8

04.12.2025 13:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal This is a comic about AI art.

Articulates a lot of truths. theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

03.12.2025 15:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’d love to read this but some ad is making it impossible to load.

26.11.2025 00:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThings happen”….you know, like murder and pedophilia. Time to move on.

20.11.2025 17:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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White House Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights

You can feel the greatness.

15.11.2025 21:59 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0