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Shopping a debut comedic novel. Prior words and photos in NYT, Gizmodo, Gawker, Time Out, The Awl. Potty-mouthed anti-fascist.

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Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them Utilities are convincing lawmakers around the U.S. to delay bills that would allow people to buy solar panels, plug them into an outlet and begin generating electricity.

www.npr.org/2026/03/12/n...?

12.03.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 156 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 5
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Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI β€˜Expert Review’ Feature The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academicsβ€”without their consent.

I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent.

State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes.

www.wired.com/story/gramma...

11.03.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 7791 πŸ” 2373 πŸ’¬ 119 πŸ“Œ 199

For the millionth time today, how can companies be sooooooooooooo fucking stupid?

12.03.2026 01:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1/ Ukrainian drone attacks deep in the Russian rear have prompted alarm among Russian warbloggers. They warn that the 'kill zone' behind the front line has expanded far into the rear of the Russian-occupied Donbas region. ⬇️
bsky.app/profile/mili...

11.03.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 237 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Huh.

11.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Schultz fleeing a prospective wealth tax--just like his fellow billionaires in California--goes to show that state level wealth taxes should include common sense provisions to imprison billionaires until they pay it.

11.03.2026 18:30 πŸ‘ 256 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 3

Seems like striking national infrastructure will not damage Hezbollah much and may strengthen them.

11.03.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you have not read How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr I highly recommend it. Incredible how much Americans just don’t get taught about American history

11.03.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 831 πŸ” 142 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 13
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Because you sickos love this, here's the updated flip count in legislative seats since the start of Trump's second term, following tonight's Dem win in New Hampshire:

Democrats: 28

Republicans: 0

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

11.03.2026 02:39 πŸ‘ 971 πŸ” 335 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 25

Satire doesn't solve the problem.

11.03.2026 04:39 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Republican leadership still hasn't condemned Ogles for his streak of genocidal anti-Muslim comments.

This is who they are.

Also, Democratic leadership hasn't called for him or Randy Fine to be censured.

11.03.2026 04:51 πŸ‘ 772 πŸ” 233 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 15

I had to turn off comments due to jerks

11.03.2026 04:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the way

10.03.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We Were Right About Havana Syndrome In late 2017, while traveling to Moscow on official duty, I experienced a sudden, debilitating health incident. After a long and arduous battle with the

Uh-oh. Tulsi is in a bind. The up-side (for her) would be the ability to blame the Biden Administration. The downside (again, for her) would be to acknowledge that the Russians are attacking American citizens. Such a dilemma.

warontherocks.com/2026/03/we-w...

10.03.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 156 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 3
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Fox News erased fallen soldiers to make Trump look better The network apologized for airing old footage of Trump at Dover. But it has a pattern of covering for him

No American president has ever worn a baseball cap - especially his own $55 merchandise - at a dignified transfer. Like any good propaganda outlet designed to protect a supreme leader, Fox replaced the clip with one showing Trump in a better light.

10.03.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 354 πŸ” 101 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 6
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Along an Increasingly Tense Border, Calls for Revenge Are Mounting As Syrian families flee home from Lebanon, anger toward Hezbollah is resurfacing

NEW: As tensions mount on the Lebanon-Syria border and the region braces for escalation, thousands of Syrians are making the crossing home from exile, and some are threatening to settle scores with Hezbollah, reports Paloma Dinechin for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/al...

10.03.2026 12:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Zelensky had the cards, was going to provide the cards to us to save American lives, and Trump didn't want the cards. Because he has the brain of a lump of cow shit.

10.03.2026 14:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent map alert 🚨🚨🚨🚨

10.03.2026 06:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is very good

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I don’t know how reliable this site is but

10.03.2026 05:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Grammarly used her name without her knowledge or permission and without paying her, and then it attributed words to her that she did not write. Absolutely fucking evil.

10.03.2026 04:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Haha they should fuck off right into the sun

10.03.2026 04:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t have much interest in seeing live opera or ballet but I wouldn’t trash them if I were a public figure.

10.03.2026 04:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

10.03.2026 04:12 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

What the Times is doing with the science quote is falsely crediting AI with writing done by humans. It’s telling people they β€œliked” the AI version, they were not in fact liking the AI version! Sagan and Hawking should sue Anthropic and the NYT.

10.03.2026 04:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As I was reading it I half recognized some of the language and felt that i had read it before and that it was written by a human. But the NYT is falsely giving the fascist plagiarism machine credit for human words.

10.03.2026 04:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This was the winning reply to that drek-post

10.03.2026 04:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œI was just following orders.”

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You see this reply? The naked plagiarism should be an article.

10.03.2026 03:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0