wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis."
The "I am Spartacus" thing doesn't work when a group of people we already know suck associate themselves with a group of people who are also horrible.
very weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
Rattles Silicon Valley? Even if they didn't know the connections to Epstein (and in Bill Gates' case, we know from his divorce) they should have known what kind of people they are.
If I had the money I'd give it away. But secretly, like Prince did, because while generosity makes me feel good, thanks make me uncomfortable.
The Struggles Of Elon Musk 😔
This is amazing. Shakespeare's words, Sir Ian's delivery. And immortal words written as if for this very time.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Kiddies who made it out of the ICE dungeon report sighting a schoolmate. Before this, the school district had no information on their whereabouts. The family has now been connected with a lawyer.
Youngsters who escape a govt dungeon are the only way to track abducted children? This is fine!
The two children who returned to MN today say they saw one of their Valley View schoolmates at a detention center in TX. This is a child whose family was last in contact with the school on January 9. No one has known where they were until now.
I wrote about what I've been calling "The Everything Account"
If you're familiar with The Atmosphere, you already know how to get one, and this should hopefully help you explain it to others.
For those of you who aren't, you'll be surprised to know you already have one; here's how you use it:
The Everything Account
I've been thinking a lot about our accounts lately. We all have an ever-growing pile of digital identities scattered across the web, many forgotten after a brief stint with a random service we found i...
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NAMES MENTIONED IN THE FILES:
•Trump— 38K+
•Reid Hoffman— 2.6K+
•Bill Gates— 2.5K+
•Peter Thiel— 2.2K+
•Elon Musk—1.1K+
•Richard Branson— ~1K
•Howard Lutnick— 653
•Kevin Warsh— 521
•Larry Ellison— 398
•DACA recipients— 0
•Trans people— 0
•Drag queens— 0
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
A list of powerful men named in the Epstein files, from Elon Musk to former Prince Andrew
A who’s who of powerful men make appearances in the huge trove of documents released by the Justice Department in connection with its investigations of Jeffrey Epstein.
1. I am tracking graphics and figures in academic journals made gen AI here:
bit.ly/academic-slop
2. Keeping gen AI of the sort described here should be a completely solvable problem with run of the mill peer review and editorial oversight.
3. Change research assessment incentives.
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If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can:
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
Kind of amazed she had it turned on? I only turn it on when I'm crossing borders or am visiting a country controlled by a repressive regime ahhh shit
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It’s hard to put into perspective how truly massive the warehouse is that was recently sold by the Rockefeller Group to the Department of Homeland Security for $70 million to build a concentration camp in Surprise, AZ. Across the street is a huge neighborhood and a school. It’s 400,000-square-feet.
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This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):
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This is a really detailed and extensive report.
tldr - immigrants' fiscal impact is so positive that it would be absolutely foolish to adopt anti-immigrant policies (which of course this administration is doing bc of racism)
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
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I am calling on
@icegov.bsky.social Director Todd Lyons to immediately confirm or deny the existence of a “domestic terrorist” database. If true, you’re violating the Constitution. If not, maybe talk to your “border czar” to get your stories straight. This isn’t a game–it’s the Constitution.
Some years ago, I was chatting with a Retropolis reader, a young history student, and I mentioned there were several dozen people enslaved in New Jersey up until the day the 13th Amendment kicked in in December 1865.
Y’all. He identified every one of them.
njs.libraries.rutgers.edu/index.php/nj...Never forget: Pam Bondi and Kash said there was nothing in the Epstein files back in March
It’s important to realize that the subtext of Trump freaking out at Kaitlan Collins when she asks him what he’d say to the Epstein survivors is that she may in practice be asking what he’d say to the *Trump* survivors, and they both know that. A well worded question
This isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche needs to resign.
He got the law wrong about patronizing sex parties with alleged child trafficking. He failed to redact names of victims & pictures of children. AND he moved Ghislaine Maxwell to a minimum-security prison & got her a puppy.
Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars?
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
If you hate yourself enough to want to browse the entire Epstein archive in a readable format:
www.jmail.world/abouthttps://www.jmail.world/about
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Best gas masks
“How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.
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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 It was the first all-Black protest in America that most people never heard of. It was the loudest protest ever—all without saying a word.🤫 Let me tell you about The Silent Parade of 1917. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4VictorySome jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...
I testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform:
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Accountability for ICE and CBP
However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.
I went down the rabbithole. Neil's post left a lot to be desired. The Substack he links to? It has a strong chip on your shoulder vibe. And the substacker's subreddit?
Lots of "MeToo went to far posts". Ok then. After reading the Epstein stuff, it's an argument I've never been less receptive to.
Neil Gaiman is crawling out of his bog two years after sexual assault allegations to play the sweet old fantasy uncle again -- complete with name-dropping that book you like & his twee "make good art" catchphrase -- all in order to (of course) sell you his upcoming book. Don't you dare fall for it.
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i have been made aware that an Olympic figure skater for Kazakhstan does a Dune themed routine in a full stillsuit and he is now my personal hero
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