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Writer. Featured in Rolling Stone, WIRED, Zeteo and elsewhere. I write about politics, tech and society. Subscribe to my newsletter: madness.ghost.io

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Remarkable. Higher income wage growth is stronger than lower income. Before about a year ago, that was flipped. Lower income wage growth used to be very strong pre 2025. BofA data

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Sounds like you don't have High Hopes

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I don't want to see that kind of dancing at a conference

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That's my representative πŸ™‚

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Britney Spears holding two knives

Britney Spears holding two knives

When someone asks me if global warming might be a good thing

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Progressive advocate Mejia wins Democratic primary for Sherrill’s old House seat Former U.S. Rep. Tom Malinowski has conceded.

It’s official

www.nj.com/news/2026/02...

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ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.

Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.

Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.

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With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.

Ring is a wildly dangerous company. Always has been. But it has sort of flown under the radar the last couple years as it tried to soften its image. Make no mistake that this is an extremely dangerous surveillance dragnet:

www.404media.co/with-ring-am...

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I watch your videos and you're usually laughing and making jokes

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She could have won if she had used the Kirkland Signature x Nike SB Dunk Low

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Age verification? I used to record the radio with a tape

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Sign of the times

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πŸ›Ž

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Name that movie

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Characters dancing in Band of Outsiders (1964)

Characters dancing in Band of Outsiders (1964)

How it feels to subscribe to my newsletter
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Whiskey Monday with Tony Dokoupil

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As an implied question answerer, same

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We need rizz and plans for prosecutions

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Yes, I want them to seduce the nation

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The Democratic presidential candidate should do Zohran-style videos and be like:
-We're going to jail those bad guys πŸ˜‰
-Let's get rid of all of this corruption πŸ™‚πŸ‘‰πŸ‘‰
-Accountability is key πŸ˜ŠπŸ™

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Sir, please get out of your house immediately. Quickly, sir. Ok, now I'm going to need you to touch the grass outside

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Well played

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"Old Man Yells at Cloud" Simpsons meme

"Old Man Yells at Cloud" Simpsons meme

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I've had to look up like eight Gen Z slang terms in the past week and I swear to god I'm going to move to Tibet or something

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Christopher F. Rufo βš”οΈ
@christopherrufo
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The problem with the annual conservative outrage cycle over the Super Bowl halftime show is that it has no impact on the NFL and makes conservatives look weak and left behind. Kid Rock does not change this calculusβ€”he reinforces it. The ghettoization of conservative culture.

Christopher F. Rufo βš”οΈ
@christopherrufo
I'm a right-winger, I love country music, but c'mon, Kid Rock did not "mog" Bad Bunny. This wasn't a "stunning culture war victory." Advertisers are not going to "flock away from the Super Bowl."

Conservatives have started lying to themselves and to their audiencesβ€”not good.

Christopher F. Rufo βš”οΈ @christopherrufo Β· 3h The problem with the annual conservative outrage cycle over the Super Bowl halftime show is that it has no impact on the NFL and makes conservatives look weak and left behind. Kid Rock does not change this calculusβ€”he reinforces it. The ghettoization of conservative culture. Christopher F. Rufo βš”οΈ @christopherrufo I'm a right-winger, I love country music, but c'mon, Kid Rock did not "mog" Bad Bunny. This wasn't a "stunning culture war victory." Advertisers are not going to "flock away from the Super Bowl." Conservatives have started lying to themselves and to their audiencesβ€”not good.

Chris Rufo doesn't have a career outside of being a "culture warrior." This is his movement. He made his bed. Now he gets to lie in it.

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The awkward laugh my grandpa did when I said I wanted to marry him (I was 6)

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How is it useful to focus on global electricity use here? This is disproportionately affecting a small number of countries

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