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Pablo Torre + True Anon - the podcast mashup we all need. Please keep 'em coming! pca.st/episode/fe74...
Share & Call the President & Tell with Brace Belden and Liz Franczak
The hosts of TrueAnon and Pablo Torre obtain Trump’s personal cell number and debate what to ask him. Plus: “FreddyLA7,” Nicholas Adamopoulos, special presidential envoys, America 250, Woke 2, Tom…
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Gonna take me a minute to readjust to watching Atlanta United after basking in the glory of World Cup play for the last month. 😫
"In America, we spent a few weeks as a soccer nation and a few days as a team everyone else on earth hoped would lose. The beginning was worth it. The ending was unbearable." www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...
The United States’ dream didn’t die. It was overturned (Gift Article)
Folarin Balogun and the USMNT's "dream" start was an uplifting story while it lasted. The beginning was worth it. The ending was unbearable.
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A continuity of conflict, 1776-2026 I wrote about how to approach a history that is complicated, inspiring, frustrating, uplifting, and horrifying – all at once, all the time. From the Declaration to Donald Trump. Some thoughts from my new piece (no paywall - please consider subscribing): 🧵
From the Declaration to Donald Trump
Wrestling with a history that is complicated, inspiring, frustrating, uplifting, and horrifying. A continuity of conflict, 1776-2026
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Where's the PSA campaign to get folks to walk (and run) on the side of the road facing traffic?
This is such a disturbing flex. He’s basically acknowledging that he and Trump have raised the bar on what scandals presidents can get away with so much that Watergate was nothing compared to them today. True. But yikes.
At least #Atlanta is #1 for something soccer-related! 😅 #AtlantaUnited #WorldCup2026 www.nytimes.com/athletic/737...
"Two studies published this week suggest that updated COVID-19 booster vaccines continue to provide meaningful protection against major adverse outcomes, cardiovascular complications, hospitalization, and all-cause death" www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/upd...
Updated COVID vaccines cut risk of hospital care, heart complications, new data reveal
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The Trump administration just paid Invenergy $765 million to cancel four wind projects. That brings the running total to roughly $2.5 billion in taxpayer money spent to stop energy from being built. Think about that. At a time when electricity demand is rising,
"Provided you do not care about or pay attention to the world, this worldview absolutely rocks."
Defector@defector.com · last mo.You can now be arrested for sticking your hand in Donald Trump's disgusting reflecting pool: defector.com/you-can-now-...
How many calories are in every fucking piece of mulch along the street in my neighborhood?! (asking for my dogs)
Trump promised an unconditional surrender in Iran. Today, he delivered on that promise.
World Cup haters coming out hard (for good reason)! International football, bowing to nationalism. www.nytimes.com/athletic/733...
Who, exactly, is this World Cup for?
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How has life improved for regular Americans as advertisements have increasingly consumed every waking minute of our lives the last 40+ years?
This Pride, make sure every trans woman that you follow, are mutuals with, goon over, or consume their work in general, has a roof over their head, their bills paid, and food in their kitchens. You wanna call yourselves allies? This is the work. Do it.
Born on third, act like we hit a triple. 🇺🇸 pca.st/episode/79da...
100 Objects #2: 60-Degree Screw
In the early 20th century, nothing quite fit — fire hoses couldn't connect to one another, football teams played with different balls, traffic lights meant different things in different states.…
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Today is our anniversary! We've gone through multiple iterations since 2018, but our vision remains the same: to provide you with actionable information to grow healthy, thriving communities. Make a tax-deductible donation to support our award-winning reporting: www.giveinmay.org/organization...
New research suggests that reliance on AI assistants can have a negative impact on people’s ability to think and problem solve.
Using AI for Just 10 Minutes Might Make You Lazy and Dumb, Study Shows
New research suggests that reliance on AI assistants can have a negative impact on people’s ability to think and problem solve.
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Weekend reading: I wrote about why Reconstruction is such a key historical reference - and about the lessons from the way America’s first attempt at biracial democracy was drowned in ostensibly “race-neutral” laws and white supremacist violence. This week’s piece:
Multiracial Democracy is Young and Fragile
A history of the struggle to reconstitute a nation built on racial hierarchy around the principle of equality – Part I: Lessons from the rise and fall of Reconstruction
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Throughline doing the lord's work pca.st/episode/b12e...
The origins of the Socialist Party of America
Rapid industrialization reshaped American life in the mid-19th century. But as corporations grew larger and more powerful, working conditions for many everyday Americans worsened while wages stalled.…
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Better news than many of us might expect ⚡ pca.st/episode/9b68... Thank you, @volts.wtf
The big stories from the last year in electricity
The think tank Ember just released its yearly Global Electricity Review. In this episode, I chat with co-authors Nicolas Fulghum & Kostantsa Rangelova about the biggest stories in the global…
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You ever notice the difference between the patriotic marketing for a war movie and the actual content of the film? Especially over the last 15-20 years.
