Jeremy Pierce

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We have to remind ourselves the Old Gray Lady has always been (and apparently always will be) awful.

I wrote about the weirdest decision the NYT has made amongst a slew of weird decisions

How Many New York Times Reporters Does It Take to Count to Six?www.splinter.com Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.

This is why he relates so much to Putin. They're both happy to be the loud figureheads, letting their evil gremlins do evil gremlin things, because they want to be the Big Tough Boy.

i think Trump’s success in distancing himself from the policies of his own people is at least partially because there’s an authenticity to it: he really doesn’t give a shit about the right wing agenda, he’s just willing to trade it in exchange for power

Everyone knows the B in LGBTQ+ is "British aristocracy."

This site’s got the juice

We really refuse to pay attention to lyrics. What the fuck, Isley Brothers

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"get the hell outta my face": boring, cliche, unspecific. "get the hell out of my observable universe": exciting, asks questions and suggests the answers to them, promotes science literacy and science awareness qwantz.com/index.php?co...

The former president is a felon, found liable for rape, and all but proven sex trafficking pedophile. Here's how that's bad for Biden.

NYT : Biden is addled and unfit, unlike Trump, a virile and poweful titan

Trump’s alleged ‘sexual proclivities’ graphically detailed in new Epstein documentswww.independent.co.uk The new papers contain ‘incendiary claims’ about the former president

This is actually kind of growing on me. Biden is ~90% name recognition for most, right? Harris replacing him now would get infinite coverage and fix that for her. Though she isn't a white guy, so it still might not be the best course.

prefacing this by saying my philosophy of quit whining & nut up still applies, but if the biden team can’t hold down the fort with the gormless little weasel brigade of rando dem advisors & backbenchers & media toadies then it’s better to cut bait & kick it to harris because they just love this shit

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I've said it before but I'm genuinely grateful for JK Rowling as a very public example of how trans misogyny rots both your brain and your soul. She's like those anti-drug ads that were just photos of meth users' mouths

Sorry wouldn’t normally put her on the timeline but this might be the most insane thing j k rowlings ever written

Democracy ended yesterday, but have you guys heard about Biden being old? That's definitely more newsworthy.

the times continues its vigorous campaign to end democracy. literally the same playbook they ran in 2016 with the emails. we're so fucked. i'm existentially depressed.

They keep making it crystal clear they are businesses first and journalism second.

"CNN Defends Decision to Not Do a Journalism"

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Hilary Clinton won all her debates vs Trump

omg who cares it's June

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listen all y'all, it's a

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Put “Your therapy bots aren't licensed psychologists, your Al girlfriends are neither girls nor friends, your griefbots have no soul, and your Al copilots are not gods.” on a fucking t-shirt and sell it to me bc I will buy ten holy shit

The Federal Trade Commission, of all entities, is out here writing absolute bangers about AI snake oil. www.ftc.gov/business-gui...

The strategy of attacking universally beloved, charitable celebrities like Dolly Parton or Jack Black seems especially dumb.

Well, folks, they found a video of Jack Black acting clownish with his shirt off. It’s pretty much all over for him.

I was a brilliant, principled thought leader until a few people on the Internet disagreed with me.

catching up on Brianna Wu, and this is the funniest thing she’s said. “we” did not try to ruin Alison Roman’s life, **you** did that because you’re a weird moron. and now you’re doing a “leaving the left” thing because you’re a weird moron. being a weird moron is the primary driver in your life.

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Behold, the Cool S Sword.

Makes his hatred for remote working that much more gross.

Really gross that of among the terrible reasons Elon bought Twitter is “He ran out of women at his other companies to harass and impregnate.”

Sprinting to my boss to ask Exactly how many sex acts are allowed on the job.

But I guess like maybe three sex acts on duty were ok. Nine on the other hand was just too much.

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Today in etymological paths: 'cute, originally short for "acute" (here Trollope 1860) and meaning "clever, sharp, smart, keen, subtle" See also: "Don't be too cute, wisely says the Dry Goods Chronicle. Don't advertise yourself as a brilliant fellow." (1897)

Well that's a weird thing to just say. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Confident Putin warns Europe is ‘defenceless’ - BBC Newswww.bbc.com The Russian leader appears to believe that in the current stand-off, the West will blink first.

A third of American millennials aren't sure the Earth is round. Probably safe to say not everyone knows even the broad details on Biden's LGBTQ+ policies.

I think a lot of politicians and political reporters think "low info voter" is like someone who isn't following congressional budget negotiations when actual low-info voters are like "guy who thinks the president appoints the NFL commissioner and are mad at him for suspending a player on their team"

Hat (singular)

… TEETH FALLING OUT??

Just used "clocked" in verb form, as in to notice something specific, and my teenage son had no idea what I was saying. That not a thing anymore?

Imagine rule of law Republicans fighting against a law that kicked out a son of immigrants guilty of 34 felonies.

Or, hear me out, try to match Trump for cruelty on immigration. Both equally valid ideas.

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all the culture you liked from decades past was made possible by cheap rent and artists' pay keeping up with what things cost

It's because we all have day jobs, advances are pennies, publishers don't market, one underperforming book tanks your career, and we're expected to be well-tuned brand machines on social media websites designed to suck our souls dry.

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Obviously, keep up on your shots (and mask if you're high-risk/uncomfortable doing otherwise), but honestly, this is a textbook pandemic arc (one or more tightly clustered peaks, a sudden drop, a sudden resurgence, and a long steady drop downward) - here's the 1918-19 UK death rate

Weekly COVID deaths are the lowest they've been since tracking started on March 14, 2020. covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-t...

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4 years ago today

Alternatively, after it was discovered Trump defrauded a veteran's charity and opponents attacked him for it, his approval rating went UP.

Biden's team "doesn't expect the verdict to fundamentally alter the presidential race." That is incredibly dumb and self-fulfilling messaging to ever say to a reporter. Simply assert that it's a political earthquake. Loudly. Repeatedly. To an almost deranged degree. Will it into existence!

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another awful side effect of Google deciding to become useless: really really dangerous pet care advice

When my family member put their cat in critical condition from vegan food, I, an utter complete fool, was like "jfc didn't you Google this?" "Yeah. T.C. I'm not an idiot. Google it and see. It's safe and good for the environment. " And then I did and... All the top level sources said that.