Ted Friedman

The world's wealthy liberal democracies looked the other way on FIFA's corruption for years because they didn't think corruption in sports was a big deal or worth addressing, and now find themselves looking at FIFA as a powerful, increasingly-integrated part of the far-right anti-democracy movement.

The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public

Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.

Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.

This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵

the one hope with the new CBS/TikTok/Paramount/Free Press/MMA Bro superunion is that there's really no evidence this odd assortment of nepobabies and brunchlords have absolutely any idea what they're doing, outside of a vague hope of turning the entertainment dial back to 1987

the fifa peace prize trophy with zombie-like hands holding up a crumbling earth

in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company

A post from “juanbuis” saying “to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here’s one of his best quotes” and the quote text is on a liquid glass background making it totally illegible

lmao

What's changed is that the Court has become more transparent in its corruption. There's not even an argument here beyond the implicit one which is: how do you expect us to hold the House without those seats?

People SUBSCRIBE Halle Berry Draws Gasps for Saying Gavin Newsom Is 'Devaluing' Women and 'Shouldn't Be Our Next President' Moments Before He Comes on Stage The actress made the comments at 'The New York Times' DealBook Summit on Wednesday, Dec. 3 By Becca Longmire Published on December 4, 2025 10:17AM EST

This rules people.com/halle-berry-...

I've said it before, I'll say it again--these sons of bitches on the Court piss me off w this 'presume the legislature acted in good faith and wasn't being racist' thing

why on Earth would I presume that?! what on Earth does it take to overcome that presumption?!
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/supre...

It's simple — @propublica.org workers should not be replaced by artificial intelligence. Our contract proposal specifically says that generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") should not be used to replace employees. Management struck out this entire section in their response to our proposal.

This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.

Detroit finally has a RoboCop statue - Detroit Metro Times Nearly 15 years later, Detroit finally has its statue of RoboCop.  The bronze statue depicting the eponymous cybernetic star of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 set-in-Detroit sci-fi satire was installed in East...

The bronze statue depicting the eponymous cybernetic star of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 set-in-Detroit sci-fi satire was installed in Eastern Market on Wednesday, nearly 15 years after someone proposed it in a viral social media post.

YouTube video by RHINO Booker T. & The MG's - Green Onions (Official Audio)

Steve Cropper has passed. Contributed so much to the Stax music catalog. Starting with his guitar work on "Green Onions," "Soul Man," and "Dock of the Bay," the latter also a writing credit. And he co-wrote "Knock on Wood." A&R for Stax all through the 60s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oox...

Tonight we raised $5k for striking Starbucks baristas at our movie screening @ the Plaza Theatre! 🍿☕️ Every $ goes towards workers’ ability to stay out on the picket line + keep fed & healthy while they fight for a good contract.

Let’s keep it coming! www.gofundme.com/f/starbucks-...

These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.

this clip encapsulates so much of what has been wrong about MSM Trump coverage for the past decade -- treating Trump's lies and bigotry as a valid "side" of a debate instead of calling it out, because calling it out makes it seem as though you're biased

Really appreciate the clarity of the president saying black people are ruining the country and this entire room of groveling empty suits saying nothing bsky.app/profile/just...

he's gotta go

in 2006 Democrats swept into majorities in both the House and the Senate by tenaciously and relentlessly targeting the Tom DeLay Republicans w a narrative of "Republican culture of corruption."

This won't help.

Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."

A webpage that reads "Introducing the world's first PhD in Magic and Occult Sciences"

The @universityofexeter.bsky.social now has a PhD in Magic and Occult Sciences open for applications, check out the website www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...

Feels like "missing" is inaccurate. This child was kidnapped by the secret police and is now either a political prisoner or a trafficking victim.

ripping up trump's gold-plated shit will be one powerful way to communicate to the american people that there's a new game in town

Every mortgage issued is 30 years of rent control, effectively. Tenants should have the same economic predictability.

so it begins

Opinion | A Serious Journalism Scandal Hiding Inside a Frivolous Sexual One

“Lizza may not be a reliable narrator, but her book suggests these charges are at least partly true, making the whole episode a serious journalistic scandal hiding inside a frivolous sexual one.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...

We're doing pogroms in America now

also a good example of why AI summaries are not good for breaking news. it's hallucinating here based off the original november election, where Wilson was slightly ahead but which then prompted a runoff election since he didn't get over 50 percent.

This is a BIG DEAL. Roswell used to be as conservative and stereotypically Southern as it gets. It's one of the most affluent parts of metro Atlanta.

But it's been liberalizing a lot the past 10-15 years, becoming instead a haven for upper-middle class professionals.

STILL MISSING!!
The first grader has been separated from his dad for almost a week, following ICE abducting them for the third time this year! ICE refuses to disclose the 6 yr old’s location.
WHERE IS YUANXIN?

Call your Reps & ask them to pressure ICE/DHS to reunite Fei & Yuanxin & release them!