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Clsn

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Middle-aged union member and newspaper subscriber. I Don't Even Own a Television was a good podcast: I don't have the files, if you want them, try the Facebook group.

  1. And another thing. I didn't hand a reporter a random assortment of bills in an off-brand potato chip bag. Please don't put in the newspaper that I handed a reporter a random assortment of bills in an off-brand potato chip bag.

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  2. When they shutoff the LLMs some people's emails are gonna be like "me client, me want deliverable, you make good, you incorporate brand strategy"

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  3. Vance is accidentally telling the truth here — when they say “crime” they mean “possibility you might see a homeless person”

    REPORTER: Why are troops stationed here at Union Station and at the National Mall instead of areas where crime is higher?

    JD VANCE: Crime is actually extremely high here at Union Station. You have vagrants.

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  4. There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation. Which is why it makes my head explode when people surrender in advance verbally, which they do all the time about politics.

    There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context. Words have power. They not ...

    On Not Surrendering in Advance, or During, or At Any Point Thereafter

    There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context. Words have power. They not ...

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  5. El Pollo Loco workers in San Jose are ON STRIKE to demand the company address the ongoing issue of extreme heat. The kitchen recently reached 90+ degrees

    We're also demanding the company rescind an unlawful letter of intimidation they sent after we organized strikes at our store earlier this year🧵

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    I mean, I have some guesses why people who work at newspapers might not want to stake out a hard stance against corruption, cronyism, and incompetence.

    One of the biggest cultural issues we have is that no major media or journalistic institutions have been reinforcing norms of what things should look like. That corruption isn’t normal, that cronyism isn’t normal, that lies and scandals should be punished, that incompetence is disqualifying.

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    Orwollian nightmare: you forget to hide your jerk off material before the reporters get to your shack

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