J
@arthurdeodat.bsky.social
Microbiology PhD, now clinical research scientist in metro LA.
Persuading through marshaling data driven evidence, science, and moral suasion. In the words of U.S. District Judge William Young.
Persuading through marshaling data driven evidence, science, and moral suasion. In the words of U.S. District Judge William Young.
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Folks, i finally found a good use of AI
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Folks, i finally found a good use of AI
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Trying to imagine my son getting excited because I told him that, when bedtime comes around tonight, he can ask me for my permission to stay up until dawn playing video games.
Sure, man, ask away. We both know what the answer is going to be.
Sure, man, ask away. We both know what the answer is going to be.
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Trying to imagine my son getting excited because I told him that, when bedtime comes around tonight, he can ask me for my permission to stay up until dawn playing video games.
Sure, man, ask away. We both know what the answer is going to be.
Sure, man, ask away. We both know what the answer is going to be.
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
I grew up in suburban Detroit. We were not lucky enough to enough to have a mass transit system at all that I’m aware of.
30+ years later, I still remember the 1st time I got on the subway in Toronto. I was afraid the doors would close on me. They didn’t, and I loved taking it thereafter.
30+ years later, I still remember the 1st time I got on the subway in Toronto. I was afraid the doors would close on me. They didn’t, and I loved taking it thereafter.
Here is some unsolicited advice that is unrelated to the current morasse in DC, but also very related: if you have children and lucky enough to live in a place with mass transit, have your kids take public transit.
They will grow up unafraid of busses and other people, both good things.
They will grow up unafraid of busses and other people, both good things.
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I grew up in suburban Detroit. We were not lucky enough to enough to have a mass transit system at all that I’m aware of.
30+ years later, I still remember the 1st time I got on the subway in Toronto. I was afraid the doors would close on me. They didn’t, and I loved taking it thereafter.
30+ years later, I still remember the 1st time I got on the subway in Toronto. I was afraid the doors would close on me. They didn’t, and I loved taking it thereafter.
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The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If Petey Sunshine will admit that, Geno’s hip must be cracked in half.
UPDATE: HC Pete Carroll says Geno Smith has a quad contusion
UPDATE: Geno Smith (right quad) is QUESTIONABLE to return.
November 7, 2025 at 4:57 AM
If Petey Sunshine will admit that, Geno’s hip must be cracked in half.
Though apparently what Rockstar dislikes about Starbucks is not the union-busting. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Though apparently what Rockstar dislikes about Starbucks is not the union-busting. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
UPDATE: Harold Fannin did NOT practice on Thursday due to a hamstring injury.
📢📢📢 PRACTICE UPDATE 📢📢📢
Harold Fannin (undisclosed) was NOT seen practicing Thursday.
Harold Fannin (undisclosed) was NOT seen practicing Thursday.
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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yeah I like that RFK Jr.'s first instinct is to flee, and Trump's first instinct is to stand there like a useless loaf
the leader of the department of health literally runs away
everybody else rushes to the hurt guy and the Make America Healthy Again guy says "I gotta get outta here"
let a hundred gifs bloom
everybody else rushes to the hurt guy and the Make America Healthy Again guy says "I gotta get outta here"
let a hundred gifs bloom
holy shit -- one of Trump's toadies just passed out and the White House event is brought to an abrupt end
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
yeah I like that RFK Jr.'s first instinct is to flee, and Trump's first instinct is to stand there like a useless loaf
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It’s basically all the major airports in the US, including HNL. I wish for a functional government not run by sociopaths.
These are the airports that will reduce flights during the government shutdown
The Federal Aviation Administration is forcing airlines to cut 10% of their flights at 40 of the busiest airports across the nation to reduce pressure on air traffic controllers during the ongoing gov...
apnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It’s basically all the major airports in the US, including HNL. I wish for a functional government not run by sociopaths.
As usual, republicans just want us all to die.
NEW: Following a ProPublica investigation, more than two dozen House Democrats are pressing the Trump administration to reverse a new Department of Veterans Affairs policy that makes it harder for male veterans with breast cancer to get health coverage.
Trump’s VA Made It Harder for Male Veterans to Get Treatment for Breast Cancer. Lawmakers Want to Fix That.
After ProPublica revealed changes to how the Department of Veterans Affairs covers men with breast cancer, House members demanded the agency reverse its decision. Separately, new Senate legislation would require the VA to be more transparent.
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
As usual, republicans just want us all to die.
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This is absolutely the right response at this point. The ADL has abandoned its right to be taken seriously as a voice of the American Jewish community. Politicians should absolutely meet with a diverse array of Jewish constituents. But the ADL must be ignored and dismissed until it loses influence.
A ‘Mamdani Monitor’?? Zohran RESPONDS to the ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt for vowing to “track” his admin for antisemitism.
“I have some doubts in Jonathan's ability to do so honestly, given that he previously said I had not visited any synagogues only to have to correct himself.”
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“I have some doubts in Jonathan's ability to do so honestly, given that he previously said I had not visited any synagogues only to have to correct himself.”
zeteo.com/subscribe
November 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is absolutely the right response at this point. The ADL has abandoned its right to be taken seriously as a voice of the American Jewish community. Politicians should absolutely meet with a diverse array of Jewish constituents. But the ADL must be ignored and dismissed until it loses influence.
Great to know Lina Khan will remain a public servant, though unfortunate it will only be for NYC and not the entire country.
I only know who Lina Khan is because of following @karlbode.com. It’s possible that’s on me, but it seems more likely on the state of our national media environment.
I only know who Lina Khan is because of following @karlbode.com. It’s possible that’s on me, but it seems more likely on the state of our national media environment.
November 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Great to know Lina Khan will remain a public servant, though unfortunate it will only be for NYC and not the entire country.
I only know who Lina Khan is because of following @karlbode.com. It’s possible that’s on me, but it seems more likely on the state of our national media environment.
I only know who Lina Khan is because of following @karlbode.com. It’s possible that’s on me, but it seems more likely on the state of our national media environment.
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first day in Mamdani's new york. I have already been forced to change my gender
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
first day in Mamdani's new york. I have already been forced to change my gender
Several names here we can actually do something about, boycott.
Steve Wynn, a Walton, and several members of the Estée Lauder family pissed away 6-figures+ in a vain effort to defeat Mamdani and install a Trump-endorsed ex-governor who resigned due to multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
Steve Wynn, a Walton, and several members of the Estée Lauder family pissed away 6-figures+ in a vain effort to defeat Mamdani and install a Trump-endorsed ex-governor who resigned due to multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Several names here we can actually do something about, boycott.
Steve Wynn, a Walton, and several members of the Estée Lauder family pissed away 6-figures+ in a vain effort to defeat Mamdani and install a Trump-endorsed ex-governor who resigned due to multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
Steve Wynn, a Walton, and several members of the Estée Lauder family pissed away 6-figures+ in a vain effort to defeat Mamdani and install a Trump-endorsed ex-governor who resigned due to multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
For all the people out there claiming Mamdani is making promises he can’t keep: he knows what he’s talking about.
Two years ago I interviewed a 31-year-old NY state assemblymember about a 7-year-old girl killed by an SUV driver in his district. I hung up the phone, astonished that I'd talked to a legislator who so thoughtfully articulated what actually needs to change on our streets.
He'll make a great mayor
He'll make a great mayor
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
For all the people out there claiming Mamdani is making promises he can’t keep: he knows what he’s talking about.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Forgiveness is not automatically deserved, it is earned. Those who have done nothing to deserve it certainly do not deserve it.
Another thing (and so they should consider leaving me alone) is that this “we need to forgive people for what they said in the past to grow the party” owes a significant discursive debt to the MeToo backlash that has unilaterally sold the idea that “woke feminism” went too far.
November 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Forgiveness is not automatically deserved, it is earned. Those who have done nothing to deserve it certainly do not deserve it.
Texas’ lawsuit is “like Paxton saying, ‘Tylenol labels contain no warning that there is any risk of having an alien Xenomorph burst out of your stomach if a woman ingests the drug while pregnant.’ Warning labels do not have to contain notes regarding mere conjecture.”
— @elienyc.bsky.social
— @elienyc.bsky.social
a skeleton with a helmet on is dancing in a video game .
Alt: A xenomorph dancing
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October 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Texas’ lawsuit is “like Paxton saying, ‘Tylenol labels contain no warning that there is any risk of having an alien Xenomorph burst out of your stomach if a woman ingests the drug while pregnant.’ Warning labels do not have to contain notes regarding mere conjecture.”
— @elienyc.bsky.social
— @elienyc.bsky.social
#MichaelMyers is the least of the 4 monsters trending on Bsky right now. At least he’s fictional.
If there’s a hell, he’s the only one who isn’t a shoe-in.
If there’s a hell, he’s the only one who isn’t a shoe-in.
October 31, 2025 at 5:28 AM
#MichaelMyers is the least of the 4 monsters trending on Bsky right now. At least he’s fictional.
If there’s a hell, he’s the only one who isn’t a shoe-in.
If there’s a hell, he’s the only one who isn’t a shoe-in.
republicans have no interest in deportation. It’s all about fear and power. Nazis, the lot of them.
Many immigrants who registered to self-deport say DHS never followed through.
One mother didn’t enroll her son in school because she thought they would be long gone.
“I don’t want to be here anymore,” she sobbed. “What am I supposed to do?”
One mother didn’t enroll her son in school because she thought they would be long gone.
“I don’t want to be here anymore,” she sobbed. “What am I supposed to do?”
“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America
Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:24 AM
republicans have no interest in deportation. It’s all about fear and power. Nazis, the lot of them.