Ronin journalist. Radio/pod talker. Comic book writer. And some other crap. Views strictly my own and don't represent anyone I've ever worked with, for or on.
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Mark Rahner retweeted
no one is “vilifying” rich people.
They are villains. If you run a billion dollar company, give yourself millions in dollars and benefits, but pay your individual workers less than a living wage and give them pathetic insurance, what are you if not a villain??
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Rupert Murdoch is “the single most destructive force in America, UK and Australia,” argues @karaswisher, though the empire “is in its waning days.” He “created a sort of tsunami of disinformation… I would say it’s laziness, but I think it’s deliberate.” (2023)
nitter.cf/amanpour/status/170744…
In media, Rupert Murdoch is “the single most destructive force in America, England and Australia,” argues @karaswisher, though the empire “is in its waning days.” He “created a sort of tsunami of disinformation… I would say it’s laziness, but I think it’s deliberate.”
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"The writer's role is to menace the public's conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism, and he must focus on the issues of his time."
~Rod Serling
Mark Rahner retweeted
I never get tired of watching this clip of Frank Zappa on Crossfire. Like most great artists he's insightful & prescient. He's running rings around them while they smirk & condescend to him. Their smug confidence in their own superiority is repugnant but he remains perfectly calm
This had better not be a prank.
NETFLIX has reportedly confirmed Season 3 of ‘MINDHUNTER’, with DAVID FINCHER returning to oversee the crime thriller.
The new season is reportedly being planned to continue Holden Ford and Bill Tench’s investigation into some of America’s most disturbing serial killers, with the story introducing a case that could become their most dangerous yet.
For starters.
Economist (and Nobel laureate) Paul Krugman: “Control of Starlink must, one way or another, be taken away from Elon Musk. It’s a matter of national security: we cannot let private individuals make foreign and defense policy, and it would be totally irresponsible to leave a crucial military asset in the hands of a racist, authoritarian conspiracy theorist.”
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/i…
From a global allocation perspective, he can ram his data centers up his “port.”
Mark Rahner retweeted
I wish the miserable, slimy techbros who have constantly told us that AI was coming for our jobs and that were were obsolete for the last two years a very merry "Put your things in a box and vacate the building by noon." this holiday season.
The less literate people are, the easier they are to lie to and control.
Orwell's great observation in "Nineteen Eighty-Four" was that to shrink a person's vocabulary is to shrink his capacity to think.
An impoverished version of English removes the mental tools needed to formulate and communicate complex (and dissenting) ideas. Such is the deep, complex relationship between language and thought.
We don't read "difficult books" to say that we've read difficult books. We read them because they expand the boundaries of what we are capable of thinking and feeling — we ascend to their level. Vocabulary helps us to recognize truths otherwise beyond our grasp.
This revelation is worse than you may think. This must be reversed.
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Grok says the best estimates show @elonmusk is responsible for at least 500,000 deaths so far and millions over the coming years due to his destruction of USAID.
Reliable estimates vary by methodology and assumptions. A July 2025 Lancet study projected over 14 million excess deaths by 2030 (uncertainty 8.5-19.7 million), including 4.5 million children under 5, from an 83% USAID cut, based on historical mortality reductions. Center for Global Development analyses of 2025 spending put annual lives lost at 500,000-1.6 million. Boston University’s Impact Counter estimated 750,000-781,000 deaths in the first year. Actual totals remain uncertain due to disrupted data and other factors.
"MAHA"?
Breaking News: The Trump administration is set to relax rules restricting the emission of methane, a gas considered to be a “super pollutant.” nyti.ms/3WP2qaG
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Elon Musk has spent more money on American elections in the last two years than George Soros has in his entire life.
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The Writers Guild speaks out about tech platforms squashing the @alexgibneyfilm doc about Elon Musk:
“A small handful of billionaires now own virtually every major media company, news outlet, social media platform and are demonstrating how this unchecked concentration threatens democratic discourse.”
@WGAEast @WGAWest
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Even @Variety is trashing @billmaher — his entire show has become an image rehab program for fascists and liars. @hbomax
Where would this malignant narcissist be without an audience forced to laugh and his terrible jokes? 🦗 🦗
variety.com/2026/tv/news/bil…
