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its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further

Take The Near Impossible Literacy Test Louisiana Used to Suppress the Black Vote (1964) In William Faulkner’s 1938 novel The Unvanquished, the implacable Colonel Sartoris takes drastic action to stop the election of a black Republican candidate to office after the Civil War, destroying t...

Yes. But isn't the point of a voter ID law to allow those enforcing it to select those who can vote without an ID, not to deny voting to everyone without an ID?

Probably not news, but: The State of Louisiana literacy test was just a rationale. Most voters there would have failed that one, too.

"foodways"

This man has gorged himself on Woke 1, performatively acted out hating it for attention, and gone back for a masters programme

Excellent. Also, definitely want to hear whatever went on in unimelb's chancellery

if you played sonic the hedgehog and put down the controller, sonic would look at you and tap his foot impatiently. this was proof that sega genesis cartridges had souls. the decision was made to make the storage cases a lot larger than the cartridges so they would have room to move around in there

sigh

one reason it would be pro-capitalism and pro-innovation and yadda yadda to institute a wealth tax so no one could be worth more than like $10b maximum is its very obvious that once these guys reach truly mind-melting levels of wealth they get lazy, decadent, druggy, and just generally washed-up.

"Horseshoe Theory" is the theory that horses need shoes. It's controversial because most animals don't wear shoes.

Ron Wyden Only Talks Like This When The Spies Do Something *Real* Bad No, I don't know what they did. But I have a lot of experience with the senator

The clarity of @attackerman.bsky.social on @wyden.senate.gov's cryptic public letter to Ratcliffe is something more journalists should be doing. Explaining stuff is important; explaining stuff you don't know but understanding the mechanics is just as important.

www.forever-wars.com/ron-wyden-on...

I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.

one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things

This part of our response essay is where I'm at. Boiling down all of politics to electoralism has been absolutely terrible for resisting rising authoritarianism.

www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...

To: adam@evehusband.net
From: jeevacation@gmail.com[jeevacation@gmail.com]
Sent: Sun 01/01/-4004bc 01:03:09 a.m.
Subject: apple

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Tonight other dumb napkin cartoon…

Person: say, i am alive. Computer: I am alive. Person: oh my god.

Chotiner: Tell me what you found interesting about these vampires.

Documentarian: Well, it's just -- the group dynamics, I guess.

Chotiner: I can see that. I can see finding Nandor, Laszlo and Nadia entertaining.

Documentarian: Exactly.

Chotiner: So. How many people did you watch them murder?

Chotiner shot that man right in the face with his own gun and he never heard the *click*.

From: Jeffrey Epstein
To: Cain From The Bible
Date: March 7th, 3000BC
Subject: Re: Thinking of killing my brother? 👀👀

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Elon Musk publicly slandering that cave diver as a "pedo guy" after he begged Jeffrey Epstein for island party invites is just incredible

xbox live took stronger action against jeffrey epstein than the entire us government

Tonight I watched Prime Minister Mark Carney take the actual Heated Rivalry Canada fleece from Hudson Williams, slip it on and say: “This is true soft power.”

quite obviously the mandate for bari weiss was to neuter the fact finding and journalistic functions of CBS news for all the obvious reasons. but im pretty sure she herself isn't in on that joke. i think she thinks she's doing a great job at vital work

Screenshot of the article text: He is charged with intent to do harm in such a way as to endanger life, health or safety, and with making or possessing explosives under suspicious circumstances. Police allege he "removed an item from his bag and threw it into the crowd from a first-floor walkway before fleeing the scene." Police said about 2,500 people were present in the area at the time. Subhead: Device 'had potential to kill' Commissioner Blanch said it will be alleged the device was designed to explode upon impact.

Don't worry, I'm sure it's all okay now. He's "due to face court later today" after "spending the night in police custody."

It all sounds very warm and comfy.

Maybe it was a really soft bomb and the ball bearings were just there for warmth, weight and texture.

Device allegedly thrown into Invasion Day crowd designed to 'explode on impact', say police A 31-year-old man is charged with making explosives in suspicious circumstances after a device was allegedly thrown into a crowd of hundreds of people attending an Invasion Day rally in central Perth ...

A white guy threw a homemade bomb into a crowd protesting colonialism in Australia and the media have broadly reframed it in more gentle terms, eg this describing it as a "device" that was 'designed to explode'.

Living in the trump era makes me feel very connected to my ancestors, who lived as serfs under a succession of insane moron god kings

I grew up with Alex Pretti The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

CHARLES RAFFERTY The Problem with Early Warnings People don't like to leave a party unless the house is actually on fire. Even then, if the flames are far enough away to be pretty, they'll finish their drink, take one more pass at the hors d'oeuvres. How things happen has always been unclear. Hurricanes begin in a place where no one lives. Agents of the government start to wear masks. Fascism is a word my neighbors won't use yet. They are following the law, they say, and the sirens are coming for someone else.

This hit so fucking hard today.

greg bovino next to stalin, in an image from stalin era infamous for removing the person where bovino is standing