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“Life is a path lit only by the light of those I’ve loved” - Tom Waits He/Him

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Imagine working at ABC or CNN and seeing your brand get dogwalked on TV by Karoline Leavitt. Just her saying out loud "look how easy it is to make them do what we want" kinda kills the last scraps of trust you might have for either of them.

15.03.2026 02:38 👍 258 🔁 42 💬 8 📌 0
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The Washington Post Is Using Reader Data to Set Subscription Prices. How Does That Work? - Washingtonian If recent events have not compelled you to cancel your Washington Post subscription, then you might have been in for sticker shock at the dawn of your latest billing cycle. Many readers have been…

Many Washington Post readers have been notified via email that their subscription rates are set to increase. Nestled at the bottom of these emails, you’ll find an asterisk and the following: “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data.”

13.03.2026 19:18 👍 1772 🔁 900 💬 172 📌 412

You know what? Fine, tech bros. You win. You get to do algorithmic pricing.

But in return, we get to do algorithmic taxing on everyone with a net-worth over $5million. As a little treat.

14.03.2026 22:02 👍 1393 🔁 290 💬 45 📌 15
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Inside the Dirty, Dystopian World of AI Data Centers The race to power AI is already remaking the physical world.

A frightening reading!

"[...] by 2030, U.S. data centers will consume more electricity than all of the country’s heavy industries—more than the cement, steel, chemical, car, and other industrial facilities put together."

13.03.2026 13:07 👍 103 🔁 45 💬 8 📌 5

It’s not a plot hole that Elmo has been 3 years old for 50 years. He was bitten by The Count, willingly. Elmo asked for the Dark Gift

12.02.2026 13:22 👍 2288 🔁 579 💬 24 📌 22
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DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned ‘Illegal’ Orders Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, WIRED has learned.

Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, WIRED has learned.

14.03.2026 15:35 👍 1494 🔁 808 💬 27 📌 55

Never fund DHS again. Abolish it completely.

If someone wants to moan about "but but we have to ____" yeah fine we can discuss a new department, but *this* department has to go.

14.03.2026 22:02 👍 3645 🔁 1209 💬 48 📌 27

They made them take down the videos because they would cause "reputational damage" to people like this young man, Nathan Cavanuagh, so definitely don't post this all over the internet with the name Nathan Cavanaugh attached, or this guy might suffer reputational damage. This guy, Nathan Cavanaugh.

14.03.2026 20:15 👍 6659 🔁 3428 💬 287 📌 205
A black & cream colored Shih Tzu sits in a car, wearing a green neckerchief printed with four leaf clovers. She looks impossibly adorable.

A black & cream colored Shih Tzu sits in a car, wearing a green neckerchief printed with four leaf clovers. She looks impossibly adorable.

Here’s Nami, sporting a jaunty St. Paddy’s themed neckerchief after visiting the groomer!

14.03.2026 21:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Calendar entry for March 13th reading “Frodo & Sam meet Shelob “

Calendar entry for March 13th reading “Frodo & Sam meet Shelob “

Calendar entry for March 13th reading “Merry rides with the Rohirrim down Stonewain Valley”

Calendar entry for March 13th reading “Merry rides with the Rohirrim down Stonewain Valley”

Calendar entry for March 13th reading “Pippin watches Denethor go mad in burning Minas Tirith”

Calendar entry for March 13th reading “Pippin watches Denethor go mad in burning Minas Tirith”

Boy howdy, March 13th was a rough day to be a hobbit.
#Tolkien

14.03.2026 01:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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WBAL in Baltimore helping viewers understand the difference between watches and warnings

12.03.2026 00:29 👍 9122 🔁 1882 💬 142 📌 260

post a great photo of a musician

12.03.2026 21:51 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 2

WIRED named the DOGE operative accused here of planning to take Social Security data to his new job. It's John Solly, and he works for the government contractor Leidos, a company that has millions in contracts with SSA.

read more here:

12.03.2026 20:53 👍 2098 🔁 1048 💬 43 📌 51

This is like unlocking an ancient text. Bakc in my youth, listening to the Rocky Horror soundtrack & & hearing Frank sing, “We can take in an old Steve Reeves movie…”

12.03.2026 23:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

These are the choices Jews are forced to make.

- Hire security (whether they can afford it or not) because people want to massacre us.
- Security is off duty police (because on-duty police often refuse to protect us) and now we’re at risk from white supremacist officers INSIDE our congregations.

12.03.2026 23:28 👍 132 🔁 12 💬 4 📌 0

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

12.03.2026 23:32 👍 37 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
12.03.2026 23:03 👍 3942 🔁 787 💬 23 📌 26

God, is McConnell even alive anymore? I forgot about him. I must be sure to keep watch for updates on that old ghoul, so I can celebrate his demise, when it occurs.

12.03.2026 22:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Just so that we are clear, Israel drops criminal charges on five Israeli soldiers who were caught on camera sexually assaulting a Palestinian detainee. But Israel will keep kids in prison for decades because they were throwing rocks? Make it make sense 🤦🏽‍♀️

12.03.2026 19:54 👍 1555 🔁 404 💬 41 📌 8

Word of the day is "Kalsarikännit" (Finnish) which translates roughly to “pantsdrunk" or "underweardrunk" and refers to the practice of drinking at home with very little clothes on instead of going out

12.03.2026 14:43 👍 228 🔁 19 💬 14 📌 6

Not a surprise. Per a new study from Careerminds, two out of three employers that reduced headcount “because of AI” are already rehiring laid-off staff.

www.hcamag.com/us/specializ... 

12.03.2026 18:00 👍 36 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 2

Alright fam, here it is

Moby-Dick Rocks!!!; or, put down the AI and read a fucking book.
by
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

earrings by Ear Art by Ebony London

11.03.2026 17:34 👍 727 🔁 191 💬 44 📌 52

it took just over a year to get from "I'll lower costs on day one" to "I'm raising prices and it's good, actually"

12.03.2026 17:16 👍 15161 🔁 3898 💬 368 📌 129

Very fair Q to this administration of perpetually disingenuous chucklefucks:

Would they spend a day or two or three’s worth of war 💰 to ensure these voting IDs they insist everyone needs are in the hands of every eligible voter in the USA long before midterms—no matter what it takes. If not, GTFOH

12.03.2026 13:59 👍 1359 🔁 315 💬 65 📌 8

im just really fucking sick of spending my entire adult life lurching from one worldwide economic disaster to another all because people pretend republicans arent dumb as dog shit morons completely detached from reality

12.03.2026 13:50 👍 5643 🔁 1333 💬 84 📌 46

One last thought on jealousy and envy of more successful peers:

You’re not a monster for feeling it. Jealousy is a reaction, nearly an instinct. It’s the easy way

Being happy for ppl’s success takes practice. It’s a *conscious decision* you make over and over. It’s hard at first, but it’s worth it

22.05.2025 07:32 👍 678 🔁 168 💬 8 📌 20
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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 👍 4000 🔁 1800 💬 132 📌 194

The Plot to Enslave America

12.03.2026 16:53 👍 155 🔁 30 💬 2 📌 0
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This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon.

Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

12.03.2026 15:33 👍 8229 🔁 3337 💬 1168 📌 1885

“Anna,” the pseudonymous right wing influencer woman who is the focus of this article’s opening, cones close to insight when she calls herself “frivolous with ideas,” but she’s frivolous in the way Tom and Daisy Buchanan were. Idk if that’s fixable.

12.03.2026 16:54 👍 23 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0