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Whatever controversial topic (gender relations, foreign policy, epidemiology, manels, SCOTUS, gun violence, women's rights, systemic racism, wokeness, Ivy League, etc) is trending on Twitter.
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When the next US Congress investigates corruption, Trump's oil-deal-of-the-century with Alejandro Betancourt, the face of Venezuelan corruption, should be top of its list. Two kleptocracies working together. Brilliant essay by @anneapplebaum theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
In addition: Irish Lion (closed), Office Lounge, Lennie's, Ekimae (closed), Johnny Rockits, Scholar's Inn (closed), and Janko's Little Zagreb.
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COLUMN: 4 nostalgic Bloomington restaurants for homecoming - Indiana Daily Student idsnews.com/article/2026/10/…
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Anthropic has filed an S-1 registration statement with the SEC related to its proposed IPO.
Read more: anthropic.com/news/s1-sec
Legal disclaimer: A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the SEC but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold, nor may offers to buy be accepted, prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This post does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
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Striking detail in the big NYT piece on Taiwanese families adjusting to working at the huge new TSMC chip plant in Arizona: their surprise at the lack of rigor in US schools.
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Times have been tough in this Ohio town ever since the woke mob closed the old Cheesecake Factory. So when Vivek Ramaswamy promised to legalize child rape, they finally had something to cheer about again. But then Obama said something elitist.
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Maureen Dowd wields the knife like few can. nytimes.com/2026/10/24/opini…
Honestly, if you can't figure out my locals based upon my social media posts, I don't even want to know you.
esquire.com/food-drink/resta…
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OSSOFF: If you’re late with your rent, the machinery of late fees and eviction is very efficient. But when you tell your landlord about the black mold in your daughter’s bedroom, nobody comes for four months. And then, when you’ve got to take her to the hospital for her asthma attack, you get a $3,000 bill for the ambulance.
Life was already hard enough before Donald Trump lied us into war, before his tariffs made everything more expensive, and before he doubled your health insurance premiums and slashed Medicaid.
It costs more today than ever before in American history to fill up your truck, to stock your fridge, to power your home, to go to the doctor.
Meanwhile, and you’ve seen it, the president and the first family line their pockets to the tune of billions of dollars.
The time has come to wield the power granted to us by our Constitution and rebuke this obscenity.
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In praise of Master and Commander
✍️ Madeline Grant
spectator.com/article/in-pra…
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I wrote about my love for the film Master and Commander, in honour of Trafalgar Day this week spectator.com/article/in-pra…
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The MAGA meltdown over Obama’s Cheesecake Factory joke is fucking hilarious. These people have spent a decade worshipping a man who insults literally everyone, but Obama makes ONE joke about Trump’s tacky, gold-plated dictator aesthetic and suddenly the blue-check brigade is clutching pearls and demanding civility.
Now they’re calling OBAMA an out-of-touch elitist while defending a billionaire who lives in a gold-plated fantasyland and shits in a gold toilet.
The selective outrage is embarrassing. And the complete lack of self-awareness should be studied by scientists.
For people who built their entire political identity around “fuck your feelings,” MAGA sure has a lot of fucking feelings. ❄️❄️❄️❄️
Sorry Barrack Hussein @BarackObama,
Cheesecake Factory has good food and it’s a place Americans can afford.
We can’t all be like you and big Mike. You know, with private 5 star chefs who end up drowning and dying while naked in 2 feet of water at our Martha’s Vineyard mansions.
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"Regardless of how pretty it was, it was gritty, it was gritty as hell, and it's a win, and we're going to celebrate it." #iufb
Indiana is 7-1. The defense is tough as nails. I thought Cig would unlock Hoover, maybe he will maybe he won't. We can't return punts. We're making basic mistakes. But, Hoover is a tough kid. Big moment there. Indiana is a TEAM. I've seen enough Indiana Football in my life I'm going to do what my coach says and I'm going to celebrate it. You should too.
Jeffrey Archer’s career was worthy of his most improbable plots
economist.com/obituary/2026/…
from The Economist
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Josh Hoover’s game-winning TD run in overtime that lifted No. 6 Indiana to a 13-6 overtime win at Michigan, IU’s first win in Ann Arbor since 1967. #iufb
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According to The Economist:
"It appears to have come from a small circle around the president, Mr Musk and Steve Witkoff, the special envoy to Russia. Reports suggest Mr Musk wanted to punish Ukraine for striking Russian refineries. One official says he contacted the White House only after imposing the restrictions."
If true, this suggests Elon Musk imposed the terminal-speed restrictions unilaterally, before notifying the White House.
Congress must urgently investigate whether Musk acted without government authorization. It is unacceptable for a private citizen to exercise unilateral control over a vital military capability. Starshield is a defense system, and decisions to restrict its operational capabilities should rest with the appropriate government authorities, not the CEO of a private contractor.
This should alarm everyone.
The America-Ukraine link grows even spottier economist.com/europe/2026/10…
