Adam J O’Donnell

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My wife @debdebdeb.bsky.social and I are heartbroken to share the sad news that our old friend @jasonsnitker.bsky.social AKA Parmaster, has passed away.

National Cancer Institute studying ivermectin’s ‘ability to kill cancer cells,’ alarming career scientists The National Cancer Institute is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to its top official, alarming career scientists.

A year ago, we were on the cusp of turning many cancers into chronic rather than terminal diseases through immunotherapy and mRNA vaccines. Today, we're working through the curative qualities of a magical horse paste instead.

I remember my dad explaining to me what the Yamato was when I was watching it.

"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.

yes i want my trans am with gull wing doors that can now fly because of jet engines at the bottom of the doors yes this can obviously work.

I have been overwhelmed by friends and readers reaching out in kindness and with appreciation for my work. It comes as more of a shock than it should, were we not in a time of such hatred and vitriol, and has done me so much good that I am seriously considering getting fired more often. THANK YOU.

A cheesesteak hoagie is still an acceptable answer for changing it up, as evidence by many years of Drexel lunch truck visits. Otherwise yes the only answer is provolone or American, and grilled onions, and maybe sweets and hots.

Ok, that is some excellent news.

1/I have been tracking the Mobile Fortify Database. The most accurate public information is the privacy tech assessment waved through by the Privacy Officer of DHS. A key point: (1) it is based off the CPB Travel Verification App; and (2) it was only supposed to track detained immigrants.

The misnomered 'mansion tax' below makes no distinction, in its language, between single- and multi-family housing — so by applying to multifamily projects worth $5M in a city where single-family homes cost >$1M, the tax has sharply throttled apartment construction.

As was the intention, I suspect.

Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning

Walz: "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody is gonna write that children's story about Minnesota."

I went to high school with the woman in red to the left of Krasner.

“The Conscience of a Hacker” by The Mentor is 40 years old today.

It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.

It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.

60 Minutes, dead at 57. The murder weapon was Bari Weiss.

Spiking a news story the day before publication to protect an authoritarian regime is like stuffing ballot boxes after the polls close to rig an election. It's not how the pros do it; if you waited that long, you're already in trouble; and you're not fooling anyone.

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:

Rick Steves steps in to save Seattle-area hygiene center serving homeless residents Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020.

Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020. n.pr/3MKbmJH

Cult of the Dead Cow revised paperback with 2.5" circular purple embroidered patches with the "V" fur Veilid logo. Also 2.5" round holographic stickers with the cDc Cult of the Dead Cow logo.

Checking out the NYT Book Review nod to @joemenn.bsky.social Cult of the Dead Cow paperback?

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YouTube video by The Dead Milkmen Santa Claus is Coming for Your Eyes

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Important Holiday Content from cDc's spiritual herdmates, The Dead Milkmen!

mixed use, walkable neighborhoods. rome, 1967

spicy.

Woohoo. New book. Well, the second copy of this book but this one is updated. My old copy will be donated to my lending library I have in front of my house. Thank you @medus4.com and @cultdeadcow.com for an awesome read.

Garlic and acid?

Central beats Northeast, 22-14!

People ask what it’s like to work inside the media meltdown. It used to be like musical chairs. Now it’s the opening scene in Saving Private Ryan.

CULT OF THE DEAD COW can neither confirm nor deny widespread media reports that the Revised Edition of the cDc book contains ascii art of Dildog's butt and/or the activation codes for the cDc Monster Truck Launcher buried somewhere beneath the Mojave desert.