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Sat, 25/10/2025 - 21:23

They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it, starting way back in 1997. Wired: March 1, 1997: “You can kiss your web browser goodbye” – Kevin Kelly and Gary Wolf, The Big Story. Inspired by […]

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Sat, 25/10/2025 - 04:01

Let us set the record straight: President Trump is not a king, and the White House is not a castle.

To those suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, a big, beautiful ballroom might reek of the worst of eighteenth-century Versailles; however, this particular gilded, jumbo-sized event space reeks of American spirit, unrigged elections, and Brut by Fabergé. This is a privately funded ballroom for the people—the ticket-holding, well-connected, Stephen Miller–vetted people—all at no cost to the American public.

Also duty-free? The crocodile moat we’re installing around the White House grounds.

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Sat, 25/10/2025 - 00:04
So… NASA’s civil servant workforce has varied in size over the years, peaking during the Apollo program. During the 1990s, the Clinton administration reduced the workforce by 25% over five years, a process that some claim laid the groundwork for the shuttle Columbia disaster. This budget proposes to slash NASA’s workforce by nearly 1/3 in […]
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Fri, 24/10/2025 - 23:00

Oh, my god. You knew? Why didn’t you say something? Sweet mother of Mozart, Janice! I think I’m going to be sick.

Do you have any idea how awkward tonight was? I was knee-deep into my anecdote about the Raindrop Prelude—do you know how many times I’ve told that story, Janice?!—when Ricky raised his hand. He actually raised his hand, Janice, like a second grader asking for a hall pass to use the bathroom, a little embarrassed to have to say it out loud but finding it necessary nonetheless. And I’m all, like, “I think I know how to pronounce the name of my favorite composer, Ricky.” Haha.

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Fri, 24/10/2025 - 21:58

On 23rd October, I testified in front of the Jury of Conscience in the context of the Gaza Tribunal. My speech focused on the economic forces underpinning the genocide of the Palestinian people. Here it is:  My name is Yanis Varoufakis. I am an economist, a politician and activist representing Greece’s MeRA25 as well as […]

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