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Opinion | How Kristi Noem got herself fired Hayes Brown: Noem had an extremely reduced concept of her role heading the Department of Homeland Security. She failed to live up even to that.

"Being fully fired might have been more of a kindness, as it would have freed her up to carve a new path β€” or at least write a tell-all book."

06.03.2026 03:46 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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Opinion | How Kristi Noem got herself fired Hayes Brown: Noem had an extremely reduced concept of her role heading the Department of Homeland Security. She failed to live up even to that.

"Being fully fired might have been more of a kindness, as it would have freed her up to carve a new path β€” or at least write a tell-all book."

06.03.2026 03:46 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
Teens in households making under $75K are more likely to use chatbots for help with all or most schoolwork

% of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 who say they do all or most of their schoolwork with the help of AI chatbots

U.S. teens β€” 10

Household income
<$30,000 β€” 20
$30K–$74,999 β€” 15
$75,000+ β€” 7

Note: Those who did not answer or gave other responses are not shown.
Source: Survey conducted Sept. 25–Oct. 9, 2025.
β€œHow Teens Use and View AI”

PEW RESEARCH CENTER

Teens in households making under $75K are more likely to use chatbots for help with all or most schoolwork % of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 who say they do all or most of their schoolwork with the help of AI chatbots U.S. teens β€” 10 Household income <$30,000 β€” 20 $30K–$74,999 β€” 15 $75,000+ β€” 7 Note: Those who did not answer or gave other responses are not shown. Source: Survey conducted Sept. 25–Oct. 9, 2025. β€œHow Teens Use and View AI” PEW RESEARCH CENTER

According to PEW, teens in households making under $75K are more likely to use chatbots for help with all or most schoolwork. I read a comment on another platform that said this is amazing news because we are "finally going to close the achievement gap." That is not how I would interpret this data.

03.03.2026 11:33 πŸ‘ 1161 πŸ” 237 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 89

ah, thank you!

02.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

v low priority thought: i just think it's funny that trump has moved to rename precisely zero things after his wife and kids

02.03.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 584 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

I'm looking around to find which case they said this or which administration leaned on this interpretation and coming up blank. Can you point me in the right direction?

02.03.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I look away and come back and the war has gotten even dumber

02.03.2026 03:56 πŸ‘ 113 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Opinion | Anthropic was right not to trust Pete Hegseth The AI company's redlines asked very little of the Pentagon. Their rejection showed how little the Defense Department should be trusted with AI.

the pentagon said it was about letting an outside company put restrictions on the military. but anthropic’s redlines show how the bar is low enough to be in hell for what counts as responsibility from an AI company

28.02.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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This is some next-level swiftboating

01.03.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 5382 πŸ” 989 πŸ’¬ 422 πŸ“Œ 271
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The judges in WV have seen enough.

They say that if the ICE continues detaining people in ways they have unanimously deemed illegal they will start issuing civil fines and contempt findings β€” including against state officials who help them carry it out.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

28.02.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 9700 πŸ” 2790 πŸ’¬ 304 πŸ“Œ 218

There we go: bsky.app/profile/pass...

28.02.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

this timeline refuses to challenge the β€œdumbest dystopia” accusations

28.02.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 167 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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Opinion | Anthropic was right not to trust Pete Hegseth The AI company's redlines asked very little of the Pentagon. Their rejection showed how little the Defense Department should be trusted with AI.

the pentagon said it was about letting an outside company put restrictions on the military. but anthropic’s redlines show how the bar is low enough to be in hell for what counts as responsibility from an AI company

28.02.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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They Thought It Was Burnout or Aging. It Was ADHD. A wave of midlife diagnoses in women is revealing the disorder’s hormonal link.

hello. it me. www.thecut.com/article/surg...

26.02.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

just stumbled upon an antique shop named 'the past & the curious' which

26.02.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 1008 πŸ” 154 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 10
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The Rise of the Manhattan Mega-Mansion In the West Village and other historic neighborhoods, buyers are consolidating apartments and combining townhomes, a sign of New York’s allure to the ultra-rich.

Ultra-rich buyers are consolidating New York townhouse apartments into giant single-family homes. Some are buying two, even three adjacent townhomes to build a franken-house.

Step inside a Manhattan mega-mansion, the latest status symbol in this second Gilded Age:

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

26.02.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 12
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The dark tension at the heart of Trump's State of the Union The president wants us to believe that this is "America's golden age" while only he can protect us from dangers lurking around every corner.

"As much as Trump wants to present America as a utopia under his benevolent rule, there is no need for a dictator without a healthy dose of fear among the populace."

25.02.2026 04:37 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The President boasts of "no tax on tips", but this expires in 2028.
He boasts of "no tax on overtime," but it is taxed, and the break expires in 2028.
He boasts of "no tax on social security," but it is taxed, and his break expires in 2028.

He also passed tax cuts for the rich. They're permanent.

25.02.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 6152 πŸ” 2515 πŸ’¬ 149 πŸ“Œ 79
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Opinion | Trump’s State of the Union address was oddly cheery β€” and disturbingly violent Anthony L. Fisher: The president seemed like he was in a great mood as he wallowed in the horrific details of gory crimes and attacked Democrats.

Trump brought a cheery monstrousness to his State of the Union address, smiling as he relished the gory details of horrific crimes β€” when he wasn't slandering Somalis and attacking Democrats as "sick" and "crazy."

My take @ms.now.

25.02.2026 05:47 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

we are losing our queer icons.

25.02.2026 05:13 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The dark tension at the heart of Trump's State of the Union The president wants us to believe that this is "America's golden age" while only he can protect us from dangers lurking around every corner.

"As much as Trump wants to present America as a utopia under his benevolent rule, there is no need for a dictator without a healthy dose of fear among the populace."

25.02.2026 04:37 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜KPOP DEMON HUNTERS’ is joining The Criterion Collection.

#KPopDemonHunters #CriterionCollection

πŸ”— variety.com/2026/film/ne...

23.02.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 249 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 100

looks like the one hangup from the liberals was the need to invoke the "major questions" doctrine since less weighted interpretations would've sufficed. but on the main substance all six agreed that the "emergency powers" use of tariffs doesn't fly

20.02.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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As Trump Weighs Iran Strikes, He Declines to Make Clear Case for Why, or Why Now

β€œ[Trump] has not explained why he has chosen this moment to confront Iran instead of, for example, North Korea, which in the years after Mr. Trump’s failed negotiations in the first term has expanded its nuclear arsenal to 60 or more warheads”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/u...

20.02.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 160 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 39
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β€œI Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps Cities often take belongings β€” including important documents and irreplaceable mementos β€” when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th...

We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city β€œsweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.

β€œThey took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.

(Published Dec. 2024)

20.02.2026 04:00 πŸ‘ 1806 πŸ” 722 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 61
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Opinion | Kevin Hassett's aggressive tariff defense doesn't add up It's troubling that the White House would call for 'disciplined' researchers over a tariff analysis. It's galling given the slapdash work that went into the tariffs.

OPINION by MS NOW writer @hayesbrown.bsky.social

"even in the face of hard data that shows foreign companies are not, as Trump has often claimed, paying for the tariffs, his administration must continue to pretend otherwise"

READ MORE: www.ms.now/opinion/kevi...

19.02.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1
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Prince Andrew's Arrest Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

19.02.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 33792 πŸ” 7834 πŸ’¬ 1934 πŸ“Œ 786

you can take the subway to ski slopes in Oslo!!!

19.02.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Tricia McLaughlin made her choice Some PR people treat their job as just a job. Tricia McLaughlin can’t be one of them when she steps away after months of defending the indefensible.

"Maybe McLaughlin is one of the PR specialists for whom a job is a job is a job β€” but at some point, even the most studied amorality tips into immorality. There are some asks that are so great that they can’t be fully shed like a cloak at the doorway when returning home each night."

18.02.2026 14:28 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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Opinion | Tricia McLaughlin made her choice Some PR people treat their job as just a job. Tricia McLaughlin can’t be one of them when she steps away after months of defending the indefensible.

"Maybe McLaughlin is one of the PR specialists for whom a job is a job is a job β€” but at some point, even the most studied amorality tips into immorality. There are some asks that are so great that they can’t be fully shed like a cloak at the doorway when returning home each night."

18.02.2026 14:28 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2