"I do not like drama" says the conspiracy troll as he very publicly rage quits

Is it part number 22765AE05G? It _looks like_ some online suppliers have it?

Oof. Sadly, I suspect this sort of thing will be more common in the next get years

We're working to quash this subpoena to protect our client's First Amendment rights.

Muppet a rated r (or worse) movie

Muppetness

Alt-text: A cream-colored scanned page with a hand-drawn, schematic-style cartoon. At the top, typed text reads: “Why don’t you ever talk about your spiritual beliefs?” then “My spiritual beliefs:” and a big header: “THE HODGE/PODGE TRANSFORMER.” The diagram is a goofy metaphysical machine of pipes, plugs, and arrows wrapped around a central bar labeled “FIFTH DIMENSIONAL CHAOS MATRIX,” with arrows showing flow up and down through it. On the left side, the vertical label “ANERISTIC” sits by a flaming plug; on the right, a matching flaming plug is labeled “ERISTIC.” Several labeled “inputs” hang off the tubing: a small circle near the top reads “HOT AIR,” an apple on a little table is labeled “KALLISTI,” a dangling pentagon tag says “THEIST,” and a hanging weight reads “↓5 TONS FLAX.” The vibe is Discordian satire: Chaos as the underlying frame, with Order (Aneristic) and Disorder (Eristic) in push–pull interplay, all shoved through a ridiculous transformer to produce one’s “spiritual beliefs.” Bottom margin includes archival-looking text “28 DAY RECORDING,” handwritten “65,” a faint circled mark, and a stamped number “00052.” Generated with Bluesky AltText, a CustomGPT.

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From Old English to Modern American English in One Monologue YouTube video by Simon Roper

From Old English to Modern American English in One Monologue:
youtu.be/842OX2_vCic?...

It's so frustrating that theories like this seem so plausible now

News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we

have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.

We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

And that's not even the worst thing I've read about them lately

He was 41 when the first one came out 😶‍🌫️

From the Washington Post: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi-era insignia as "potentially divisive" under its new guidelines. The new policy, set to take effect Dec. 15, similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag, though display of the latter remains banned, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post. A Coast Guard official who had seen the new wording called the policy changes chilling. "We don't deserve the trust of the nation if we're unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas," the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to a fear of reprisal.

They won’t what now

“Potentially divisive” Nazi-swastikas?

🧑‍🎓 New foreign student enrollment at U.S. colleges and universities is down by 17% over last year: “American universities have suffered one of the sharpest ever declines in foreign enrollments in the face of tough policies from President Donald Trump, with the number of new international students falling 17 percent this year.”

The White House just blasted this out under the headline "Good News You May Have Missed"

FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...

“FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other newly hired senior FBI staff members, exempting them from passing polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information…”

www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...

Nickels and dimes should be next. Both are worth less than the US half penny was when it was discontinued

14/21 wow

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Everyone who is afraid to join a No Kings or other protests needs to understand this; you're afraid of the wrong thing. You should be afraid of what will happen if we all stay home.

We should be terrified of the consequences of staying silent. Not of the consequences of speaking out.

My preference is more control. I want chronological, and the option for other views

Well if Brazil can do it....

The newly established “Make America Beautiful Again Commission,” created under a Trump executive order, may sound harmless, or even beneficial, but beneath the surface, it represents a major threat to public lands.

MAGA keeps scolding us "NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW" without even a trace of self-awareness.

The rot keeps spreading

Almost a year later, this looks like excellent reporting by @rollingstone.com

It's incredible hubris to assert that reality must conform to our puny words

Also the "mother god" documentary (woman in the pic) is a wild ride

Trump’s Attacks on Press Freedom Are Paving the Way for Authoritarianism A leading global democracy research institute says democratic “backsliding” must be turned around quickly—warning that after 10 years, recovery is “close to impossible.”

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