Jonathan Tisdall

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Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.

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“To use a book authored by E.B. White as your name is an offense to history. White was a leading voice for American democracy & freedom & against fascism & tyranny."

Great piece—esp. White’s poetically fierce support of freedom

Yes, Keymer has started to fascinate me, his games have become so chaotic, very interesting to watch.

He's such a tremendous fighter and entertainer, and more well rounded a player than most notice. He seems to be nearly cursed at the threshold though.

I've known him for ages, so all these near misses for the Candidates really hurt

Yeah, but I really weep for good old Arjun...

But we should always complain about what a mess it is...

I might try 26. I'll never give it up completely either.

Ha! So well put. Actually, I now do most of my work in SCID...

Saw a vanishing post about install time, and had to say that I recently updated a major database and ChessBase narrowly beat its predicted 50 hours of processing...

SECURITY QUESTION: What was the last name of your first grade teacher?

MY FIRST GRADE TEACHER HACKING MY BANK ACCOUNT: I'm in

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Ridiculous situation. A man who has spent the last thirty years being one of the most inventive, prolific and funniest stand-ups out there. You should make a beeline for this, I'd say.

A Fish Falls From the Sky and Sparks a Brush Fire in British Columbia

For a medieval monastic chronicler, a headline to die for

Post from "The Rundown" July 18 at 5:30 PM · DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online. The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery. While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material. Source: TechCrunch

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

It's funny how we say "a bug hit my windshield" when we are the ones going 70mph. I'll bet the bug's family describes it differently.

... I have decided to seek out the Burryman this year...

I think I'd probably find the whole notion of banning kids from social media easier to swallow if adults accepted that it is also obviously driving them mad.

I was relieved recently to read that that factoid about how many spiders you eat in your sleep was a hoax/made up, but this morning I woke up with a large spider mashed under my face...

Treasure this moment cause you’ll never have fewer microplastics in you than you do right now

Sitting here sweltering in a fairly rare Norwegian heat wave and just got two ads in my inbox, one for sweaters, the other for Christmas decorations, and I don't understand how commerce works

People have obviously been reporting on the Trump Epstein connection for awhile but it does seem like there’s a bit of “Joe Rogan and Shane Gillis are talking about it so we can too” going on and I can’t express enough how if you’re doing that as the news you’ve got alot of stuff backwards

Resistance Summer School is officially in Session! Columbia cancelled my class on Race and Media, but I'm teaching the people anyway.

Columbia canceled my class on Race and Media. But I decided to teach it anyway. So I built a school, instead.

500+ students online and in person.

My first independently operated course and lecture begins TONIGHT!

WE MOVE!!

karenattiah.substack.com/p/resistance...

...and there it is. He's saying it right out loud. If you're a lefty they're coming for you. They're coming.

Hello gents! Very surprised you hadn't heard of the place. I'd be very curious to know if there are modern stories of working or visiting there. I dropped in once ... and it was very ... odd.

We want to be able to say stuff that other people, for institutional reasons, can’t say, or they’re too afraid to say. You may be the only CEO in America making that promise. We’re in a unique position, certainly. And other places have to learn from this — being afraid all the time and just constantly making transactional moves. How long can you survive like this? What is even the point of being alive if you’re just gonna continue managing rot? And it seems like that’s what 98 percent of people are doing in these media companies right now. I don’t know, take a chance. Nobody likes what’s happening. Especially if you’re a journalism company or a media company, you’re [meant to be] actually reflecting what people want or what people believe. So get some guts and do something interesting. It’s not that hard.

I had a REALLY lovely time talking to @milesklee.bsky.social at Rolling Stone about why The Onion is thriving.

It's because we're one of the only legacy outlets unafraid to accurately reflect the mood of this country.

That mood? Everyone fucking hates this.

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

The US Supreme Court rules that there is no law and there is no constitution

It is BRILLIANT how inexpensively Blackwells can send books from the UK to the US and Canada. I urge more people to take advantage of it.