AEGomezjr
@aegomezjr.bsky.social
“Creation of a world view is work of a generation rather than of an individual, but we each of us, for better or worse, add our brick to the edifice.” John Dos Passos. #nafo
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Communicating why a 50 year mortgage costs more, overall, than a 30 year mortgage should not be a hard task.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Communicating why a 50 year mortgage costs more, overall, than a 30 year mortgage should not be a hard task.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
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“But it turns out that once you’ve built a massive distributed surveillance network, it’s hard to rein in its use.”
The Tech Company Bringing Surveillance Dystopia to Your Town
Flock claims that its technology will literally eliminate crime. But what it’s unleashing may be just as insidious.
newrepublic.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
“But it turns out that once you’ve built a massive distributed surveillance network, it’s hard to rein in its use.”
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November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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It is between fifty and sixty years since I read it (i.e., the Book of Revelations), and I then considered it merely the ravings of a maniac, no more worthy nor capable of explanation than the incoherence of our own nightly dreams.
~ Thomas Jefferson
~ Thomas Jefferson
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
It is between fifty and sixty years since I read it (i.e., the Book of Revelations), and I then considered it merely the ravings of a maniac, no more worthy nor capable of explanation than the incoherence of our own nightly dreams.
~ Thomas Jefferson
~ Thomas Jefferson
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I post this a lot, but it's Sesame Street's birthday and I can't think of a better time to share my favourite clip. Elvis Costello and Elmo duet on "A Monster Went and Ate My Red 2". This version has supplanted the Costello original in my head now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxar...
Sesame Street: Elvis Costello & Elmo Sing a Monster Went and Ate My Red 2
YouTube video by Sesame Street
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I post this a lot, but it's Sesame Street's birthday and I can't think of a better time to share my favourite clip. Elvis Costello and Elmo duet on "A Monster Went and Ate My Red 2". This version has supplanted the Costello original in my head now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxar...
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I promise you you are not prepared for anything in this video.
We live in a tumultuous world. But I take solace in the fact that the 2010 University of Alaska Fairbanks hockey intro video remains the most unhinged thing I’ve ever seen.
November 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I promise you you are not prepared for anything in this video.
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Center?
Where is that?
Princeton and Northwestern did a massive study and concluded the only way to define the US is its an oligarchy run by plutocrats.
Where is the center of that?
This is both parties.
We no l9nger have representation.
And they call progressives radical.
Unbelievable
Where is that?
Princeton and Northwestern did a massive study and concluded the only way to define the US is its an oligarchy run by plutocrats.
Where is the center of that?
This is both parties.
We no l9nger have representation.
And they call progressives radical.
Unbelievable
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Center?
Where is that?
Princeton and Northwestern did a massive study and concluded the only way to define the US is its an oligarchy run by plutocrats.
Where is the center of that?
This is both parties.
We no l9nger have representation.
And they call progressives radical.
Unbelievable
Where is that?
Princeton and Northwestern did a massive study and concluded the only way to define the US is its an oligarchy run by plutocrats.
Where is the center of that?
This is both parties.
We no l9nger have representation.
And they call progressives radical.
Unbelievable
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He’s mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
He’s mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf
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In the last month, the FBI has charged players from two different leagues for roles in sports-betting scandals.
Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there.
Or it’s creating it.
Either answer is terrible for sports.
Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there.
Or it’s creating it.
Either answer is terrible for sports.
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In the last month, the FBI has charged players from two different leagues for roles in sports-betting scandals.
Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there.
Or it’s creating it.
Either answer is terrible for sports.
Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there.
Or it’s creating it.
Either answer is terrible for sports.
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I think @damonberes.com nailed this one: Social media is not social anymore, and with the pivot to AI, companies that build social media are building something that is isolating us even more
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here
The social-media era is over. What’s coming will be much worse.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I think @damonberes.com nailed this one: Social media is not social anymore, and with the pivot to AI, companies that build social media are building something that is isolating us even more
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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“Every person using ChatGPT costs OpenAI more money then they pay them. Every free and paying user asking how to make a fluffy omelette or getting it to draft an email to their kid's teacher drains their resources.”
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
The Gist: AI, The Sound and Fury
We can calculate the amount of money flowing into AI. But what will the full cost be to society when the bubble pops? This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
November 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“Every person using ChatGPT costs OpenAI more money then they pay them. Every free and paying user asking how to make a fluffy omelette or getting it to draft an email to their kid's teacher drains their resources.”
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
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Listen to the poet, the prophet, the photogenic punk.
Phuck whoever hurts people. It's that simple.
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Listen to the poet, the prophet, the photogenic punk.
Phuck whoever hurts people. It's that simple.
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Patti Smith | Interview | TimesTalks
YouTube video by New York Times Events
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November 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Listen to the poet, the prophet, the photogenic punk.
Phuck whoever hurts people. It's that simple.
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Listen to the poet, the prophet, the photogenic punk.
Phuck whoever hurts people. It's that simple.
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Welcome to Pret A Manger!
"The Enforced Happiness of Pret A Manger"
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Welcome to Pret A Manger!
"The Enforced Happiness of Pret A Manger"
newrepublic.com/article/1122... <
November 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Welcome to Pret A Manger!
"The Enforced Happiness of Pret A Manger"
newrepublic.com/article/1122... <
Welcome to Pret A Manger!
"The Enforced Happiness of Pret A Manger"
newrepublic.com/article/1122... <
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Picture a Black employee, her first week on the job, getting hit each day with automated reports that she is being "aggressive" to customers because the surveillance software categorizes Black smiles as hostile.
It's already happened before, elsewhere.
It's already happened before, elsewhere.
November 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Picture a Black employee, her first week on the job, getting hit each day with automated reports that she is being "aggressive" to customers because the surveillance software categorizes Black smiles as hostile.
It's already happened before, elsewhere.
It's already happened before, elsewhere.
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
#itsthecarstupid I wonder how uncommon it is today for adults to allow their children to walk on their own 4+ blocks to run an errand, visit friends, go to school, play, etc.?
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...
It’s More Than Just a Walk
Modern children are almost always under adult supervision. This lack of independence is a barrier to healthy development. Walking to school, alone or with friends, can help.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
#itsthecarstupid I wonder how uncommon it is today for adults to allow their children to walk on their own 4+ blocks to run an errand, visit friends, go to school, play, etc.?
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...
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the thing about this is that a) small states do not have any interests that are inherent to their size (no less than james madison understood this) b) the senate is organized along party lines which makes the small/big distinction almost irrelevant and c) the filibuster has never been used this way
Underrated aspect of killing the filibuster is making pundit hacks at Cook Political p-p-p-piss their pants
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
the thing about this is that a) small states do not have any interests that are inherent to their size (no less than james madison understood this) b) the senate is organized along party lines which makes the small/big distinction almost irrelevant and c) the filibuster has never been used this way
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one thing i find crazy-making is the idea that getting rid of the filibuster would make congress a purely majoritarian institution. bicameralism itself is counter-majoritarian! equal state representation is counter-majoritarian! the fact that senate elections are staggered is counter-majoritarian!
November 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
one thing i find crazy-making is the idea that getting rid of the filibuster would make congress a purely majoritarian institution. bicameralism itself is counter-majoritarian! equal state representation is counter-majoritarian! the fact that senate elections are staggered is counter-majoritarian!
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Elon thinks that his wankslop of a 15 year old with a pained rictus grin is normal because it's been decades since he has ever seen a real uncoerced smile in person.
"What are you talking about, every smile begins with a second long expression of deep sadness and resolving to just get it over with"
"What are you talking about, every smile begins with a second long expression of deep sadness and resolving to just get it over with"
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Elon thinks that his wankslop of a 15 year old with a pained rictus grin is normal because it's been decades since he has ever seen a real uncoerced smile in person.
"What are you talking about, every smile begins with a second long expression of deep sadness and resolving to just get it over with"
"What are you talking about, every smile begins with a second long expression of deep sadness and resolving to just get it over with"
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In my years working in public interest communications, I learned reporters often have the story they plan to tell already formed in their minds before they contact “sources” and will use—and even shape—what is told to them in the service of that narrative.
Peter Coviello testifies to that process:
Peter Coviello testifies to that process:
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In my years working in public interest communications, I learned reporters often have the story they plan to tell already formed in their minds before they contact “sources” and will use—and even shape—what is told to them in the service of that narrative.
Peter Coviello testifies to that process:
Peter Coviello testifies to that process:
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Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
August 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
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An explanation I can understand.
Including that the Trump administration could simply decide to release the money without a court order.
Including that the Trump administration could simply decide to release the money without a court order.
Good longer read on Justice Jackson’s response to a very tricky situation tonight from @stevevladeck.bsky.social: www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
An explanation I can understand.
Including that the Trump administration could simply decide to release the money without a court order.
Including that the Trump administration could simply decide to release the money without a court order.
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Every person who thinks it's just pedantry to argue about what constitutes "fascism" should think very hard about how much damage has been done to American life by the indiscriminate and incorrect usage of words like "terrorism," "war," "treason" and "communist", among many others.
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Every person who thinks it's just pedantry to argue about what constitutes "fascism" should think very hard about how much damage has been done to American life by the indiscriminate and incorrect usage of words like "terrorism," "war," "treason" and "communist", among many others.
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Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
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This should get a Pulitzer. It's going to be an all-time classic.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
This should get a Pulitzer. It's going to be an all-time classic.