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My Conversation with Marc Maron | WTF Podcast
YouTube video by Barack Obama My Conversation with Marc Maron | WTF Podcast

There's always been a fight over the true story of America. I believe deeply in the story that says weโ€™re all created equal, and that if we can treat each other with decency and respect, all of us will be better off.

I talk about this and more on the final episode of WTF with Marc Maron. Watch now:

15.10.2025 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8522    ๐Ÿ” 2064    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 211    ๐Ÿ“Œ 62
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WTF with Marc Maron Podcast Comedy Podcast ยท Updated twice weekly ยท Marc Maron welcomes comedians, actors, directors, writers, authors, musicians and folks from all walks of life to his home for amazingly revealing conversations...

The fight back begins! President Obama on the last ever episode of WTF podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/w...

14.10.2025 10:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"More than half of the worldโ€™s population is under the age of 30, meaning that the majority of humans alive today have only lived in those 11 secondsโ€”an era that is, without question, the weirdest period in human history."

13.10.2025 10:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We are different from all other humans in history Countless experiences that have become routine for us are unprecedented in the history of our species. Here's why that matters.

"If the history of humanity were condensed into a single 24-hour day, this is roughly what it would look like:

Hunter-Gatherer Ageโ€”23 hours and 3 minutes
Agrarian Ageโ€”55 minutes and 32 seconds
Industrial Ageโ€”1 minute and 17 seconds
Information Ageโ€”11 seconds

www.forkingpaths.co/p/we-are-dif...

13.10.2025 10:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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OpenAIโ€™s era-defining money furnace Actually weโ€™re not even mad; thatโ€™s amazing

"OpenAI spent more on marketing and equity options for its employees than it made in revenue in the first half of 2025." www.ft.com/content/908d...

30.09.2025 12:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump's Labor Day payday Yesterday, millions of Americans took the day off to celebrate Labor Day, a holiday that honors the achievements of organized labor.

Trump didnโ€™t โ€œdrain the swamp.โ€
He built a new one made of crypto.

Trumpโ€™s family started a crypto company to profit off his presidency, where shady investors can buy influence and get investigations dropped.

This is what corruption looks like.
popular.info/p/trumps-lab...

02.09.2025 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 131    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm with you @kenlburns.bsky.social

02.09.2025 08:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Ken Burns on Trumpโ€™s America: 'Whatโ€™s happened to the party of Abraham Lincoln?'
YouTube video by MSNBC Ken Burns on Trumpโ€™s America: 'Whatโ€™s happened to the party of Abraham Lincoln?'

Ken Burns believes the American story boils down to a simple choice โ€“ a question posed in the timeless Frank Capra classic โ€œItโ€™s a Wonderful Lifeโ€: Do you want to live in Pottersville or Bedford Falls? youtu.be/f_nC3p0Yyvk?...

02.09.2025 08:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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A New Twist in the U.K. Phone-Hacking Scandal Was Will Lewisโ€”now publisher of The Washington Postโ€”complicit in covering up the crimes that brought down an infamous British tabloid?

Well done Nick airmail.news/issues/2025-...

30.08.2025 08:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#NUFC #BBCSport and #SkySports are shamless.

26.08.2025 10:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Beaten on the night but we hold our heads high.

We are United. ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿค

25.08.2025 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 209    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#NUFC HADAWAY N SHITE ISAK!

25.08.2025 21:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers As technology marches on, some people get trapped using decades-old software and devices. Here's a look inside the strange, stubborn world of obsolete Windows machines.

ATMโ€™s, Lifts, transport systemsโ€ฆhttps://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250516-the-people-stuck-using-ancient-windows-computers

24.08.2025 16:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"In simpler terms, 35% of the US stock market is held up by five or six companies buying GPUs. If NVIDIA's growth story stumbles, it will reverberate through the rest of the Magnificent 7, making them rely on their own AI trade stories." www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g... @edzitron.com

22.07.2025 06:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Peter Thielโ€™s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans | Robert Reich Working with the Trump administration, the data company could be used to target the presidentโ€™s opponents

Shame the comments closed for this. I'd have shared this podcast (youtu.be/vV7YgnPUxcU?...) where Theil 'critiques artificial intelligence, longevity science and space travel โ€” and warns that our lack of progress could lead to the emergence of the Antichrist.' ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

30.06.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Life Changing - The Girl Gambler - BBC Sounds When Stacey Goodwin got a new job, it triggered a destructive gambling addiction.

Life Changing - The Girl Gambler www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social

24.06.2025 08:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜Allegory for the times we live inโ€™: De Niro and Scorsese reunite for Casino at 30 Director and star of the Vegas-set mafia drama spoke to an audience as part of this yearโ€™s Tribeca film festival, looking back at their 1995 hit and its timeless themes

โ€œIs Vegas better when itโ€™s run by the mafia, or is it better now when itโ€™s run by the corporations?โ€

โ€œIs there a difference?โ€ Scorsese smirked as the crowd roared. โ€œThatโ€™s all Iโ€™m saying.โ€

โ€œThese days especially,โ€ De Niro chimed in.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...

06.06.2025 15:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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OpenAI chief Sam Altman: โ€˜This is genius-level intelligenceโ€™ The tech entrepreneur on the risks and opportunities of AI, his dispute with Elon Musk and why he has the โ€˜most important job maybe in historyโ€™

"Comments have not been enabled for this article.". Also on LinkedIn ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ
OpenAI chief Sam Altman: โ€˜This is genius-level intelligenceโ€™ www.ft.com/content/a3d6...

09.05.2025 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | An Age of Extinction Is Coming. Hereโ€™s How to Survive. Everything is under threat. What you care about can make it to the other side.

Bottlenecks www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...

01.05.2025 15:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thoma Bravo: The Bridge Trolls of Enterprise Software? Private equity giant Thoma Bravo bought two ID management service firms over the summer, Ping and SailPoint. Now it's buying ForgeRock. Should we care?

CEOs, ever since the turn to monopoly and finance in the early 80s, have become bankers, not engineers. So the Thoma Bravo model works, because no one with power listens to the IT nerds offering sage warnings about software quality and risk www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopolies...

01.05.2025 13:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A luxury lighthouse stay in northern Spain: โ€˜Windows look east and west to sunrise and sunsetโ€™ A renovated lighthouse on the Bay of Biscay is the perfect base for exploring Asturiasโ€™s maritime delights

Flights direct from Gatwick ๐Ÿ‘‡ www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/... @turismoasturias.bsky.social

01.05.2025 07:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump โ€˜erodingโ€™ US brand, has made the country 20% poorer, Citadel chief says Citadel CEO Ken Griffin told Semafor Wednesday that there are โ€˜no great opportunitiesโ€™ in todayโ€™s rattled markets.

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www.semafor.com/article/04/2...

27.04.2025 11:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What Is This Nation? - Boston Review Palantirโ€™s military-industrial plan for America.

"The โ€œtechnological republicโ€ for America is Singapore on steroidsโ€”a centralized authoritarian state that invests heavily in technological systems of repression and violence on a global scale." www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...

24.04.2025 07:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pope Francisโ€™s last sacrifice in a lifetime of sacrifice: granting an audience to JD Vance www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

23.04.2025 04:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Which Year - Photo Year Guessing Game Guess the year real-world photos were taken. Test your history knowledge with a daily challenge featuring a new set of photos each day.

WhichYear 4/22/25
4891 pts (top 3%)
1๏ธโƒฃ avg. years off

๐ŸŽฏ 2๏ธโƒฃ ๐ŸŽฏ 5๏ธโƒฃ ๐ŸŽฏ

whichyr.com

22.04.2025 07:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Financial TimesFinancial Times News, analysis and opinion from the Financial Times on the latest in markets, economics and politics

๐Ÿ˜ณ"Stake, which is the shirt sponsor of Everton FC, last month closed its non-crypto UK platform operated by Isle of Man-based white label provider TGP Europe after the Gambling Commission launched an investigation into a social media video promoting the brand and featuring an adult performer."

21.04.2025 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜ณ"Roobet and Rollbit also respectively partner with Premier League football clubs Chelsea and Leicester City."

21.04.2025 10:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Crypto casino takings top $80bn as gamblers bypass blocks Platforms now rival traditional betting groups in scale despite their services being illegal in most countries

Crypto casino takings top $80bn as gamblers bypass blocks www.ft.com/content/66f8... @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social

21.04.2025 10:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Johnny Cash - Hurt
YouTube video by JohnnyCashVEVO Johnny Cash - Hurt

As I wake to the 81st day of the Fall of the American Empire, the question I contemplate:

Which version of "Hurt" is more appropriate as a soundtrack to the decline? The Johnny Cash cover, or the Nine Inch Nails original? ๐Ÿค”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHC...

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This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED

This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...

12.04.2025 12:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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