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A reminder from @sarahbecan of one of the many ways immigration makes our lives better
“…the images create an almost surreal air. It felt as if a group of twelve-year-old boys in a basement had been handed control of the most lethal military in history—and were using it to boost their online brands.”
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/life-under-a-clicktatorship
“The Trump Administration is an autoimmune disorder sabotaging the things that actually made America if not great at least powerful”
https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/notes-on-unbearable-stupidity-january-6-2026-edition/
"A year ago, I went to Copenhagen to write about the political crisis Trump had created over Greenland," Anne Appelbaum said the other day on the hellsite formerly known as Twitter. "Danes told me that because the US can already do whatever it wants on the island, they had come
even with the holiday decorations arms race, this 20-year old mini-doc about NYC xmas obsessives is still impressive.
I especially love the custom animatronics builder who has a real Gepetto vibe
on the EU’s regulatory assumptions: “Musk’s choices do not make sense from the perspective of a business textbook, but do make sense if you understand the platform as Musk’s personal project, with changes made haphazardly and erratically to suit his needs.”
https://connectedplaces.online/the-digital-services-act-and-theories-of-power/
“We've compiled 12 of the biggest disputed allegations by DHS officials and the evidence or court actions that overturned them.”
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/12/08/dhs-claims-contradicted-video-court
“The beast lashes out when he's cornered, and good on them for cornering him.”
There's been a lot of fuss about Trump recently calling female journalists "stupid" and "piggy" though there's nothing really new about his misogyny toward that sub-population (I am so old I remember 2016 candidate Trump saying weird things about Megyn Kelly when she asked him a tough question about his
Ben Werdmuller
