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Executive editor, features, CNN. Serial fiction and archives of nonfiction at Indignity.net. This Bluesky is about the Machines.

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I have questions about the decimal precision

23.01.2026 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And before that!

23.01.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry yes I am realizing to my alarm that the writer of that line was NOT the only person who didn't already know the extremely well advertised history of Gatorade and its marketing!

23.01.2026 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, explicitly and entirely

23.01.2026 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nikes have been recast as athletic gear engineered for performance

23.01.2026 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Cornflakes have been recast as part of nutritious breakfast

23.01.2026 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

"Even decades-old products have been newly recast as miracles of modern chemistry: After years of selling itself purely impressionistically, via close-up shots of hot athletes dripping sweat and swilling neon liquid, Gatorade has recently begun touting itself as 'Lab Tested.'"

23.01.2026 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 6
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MR WRONG: Into the white Indignity Vol. 6, No. 6

Indignity Vol. 6, No. 6, COLUMN DEP'T, MR WRONG: Big Snow Is a Big Treat If You Don't Let It Kill You www.indignity.net/mr-wrong-into-the-white/

23.01.2026 05:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Now we may understand where in the brain [liliputian hallucinations] originate"β€”somebody making several key assumptions

23.01.2026 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Hallucinate" or "see"?

23.01.2026 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 115    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1

Is he going to mail him a printout of the Truth Social post or

23.01.2026 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes I sift through Newspapers dot Com

23.01.2026 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Google Ngrams?

23.01.2026 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of text: 

Singer then asked the jury if prosecutors proved that $10,000 was offered for Bovino’s murder.

β€œWas it true? Who knows. But you can’t guess. Because they have to answer those questions,” Singer said. β€œAnd if they can’t answer those questions β€” which they can’t β€” Juan is not guilty.”

[Highlighting begins] Singer also said prosecutors didn’t highlight an β€œlol” message from Espinoza Martinez, which goes against their claim that he never indicated he was joking. [Highlighting ends]

Screenshot of text: Singer then asked the jury if prosecutors proved that $10,000 was offered for Bovino’s murder. β€œWas it true? Who knows. But you can’t guess. Because they have to answer those questions,” Singer said. β€œAnd if they can’t answer those questions β€” which they can’t β€” Juan is not guilty.” [Highlighting begins] Singer also said prosecutors didn’t highlight an β€œlol” message from Espinoza Martinez, which goes against their claim that he never indicated he was joking. [Highlighting ends]

HUGE development in Posting Law

22.01.2026 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 166    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 12

A legal argument so strong you don't allow anybody to make copies of it, classic law-abiding behavior

21.01.2026 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 319    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.

The fourth amendment would like a word apnews.com/article/ice-...

21.01.2026 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Live: Appeals court pauses order mandating ICE not β€˜retaliate’ against protesters A federal judge previously issued an injunction meant to prevent immigration agents from detaining and pepper-spraying β€˜peaceful’ observers.

From the live blog: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

21.01.2026 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1055    πŸ” 361    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 77

Steve Bannon's Flood the Zone With Shirt strategy has unfortunately conquered the ruling class

21.01.2026 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Like when the guy who's in the middle of delivering and installing an appliance says "Sir, can I show you something?"

21.01.2026 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pivoting from shooting priests in the face with pepper balls to denouncing protesters who "almost violently" demonstrated in a church

21.01.2026 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 753    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3

"I’m not racist in the sense that is morally pejorative."

20.01.2026 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Undersecretary Sarah Rogers on free speech, Europe’s tech crackdown, and the internet she misses The State Department’s undersecretary for public diplomacy joins Mixed Signals for a wide-ranging conversation about free speech, tech regulation, and why she’s been rattling the patience of some Euro...

The Trump official previously reported to have nursed a grudge about being banned from the Gawker comments now tells Semafor that she kept four separate accounts for sockpuppeting purposes www.semafor.com/article/01/1...

20.01.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Mamdani ran on three concrete promises representing an affordability agenda: free buses, free childcare, and a rent freeze. What is Schumer promising to do?

20.01.2026 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 245    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3

It's true no Fed chair has previously, while under threat of arbitrary firing by the president, weighed in on the arbitrary firing of another Fed member by the president

19.01.2026 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

It's always interesting to see where the word "unusual" appears in headlines and stories these days

19.01.2026 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Oh me too

19.01.2026 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot from the New York Times Spelling Bee of the word DORKWAD, in black text on white background with the D's in yellow, above which is a black box with white letters reading "Not in word list"

Screenshot from the New York Times Spelling Bee of the word DORKWAD, in black text on white background with the D's in yellow, above which is a black box with white letters reading "Not in word list"

Oh really

19.01.2026 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

This doesn't really engage with the text of what Hanania posted and what Ganz was responding to

19.01.2026 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Remembering how the Homeland Security secretary wrote about how she got mad and killed a puppy for misbehaving and presented her choice to shoot the puppy like it was a proportionate and relatable decision

18.01.2026 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1228    πŸ” 241    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 7

(Technically ON Jan. 6)

18.01.2026 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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