ballerina X
@ballerinax.bsky.social
I don't have a podcast. I often quip to cope. I Follow leash laws, you should too.
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St. Paul looks to be getting hit incredibly hard this morning by federal and state forces in an attempt to ethnically cleanse the city. bsky.app/profile/stel...
Cops have their whacking sticks out but haven’t used them
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
St. Paul looks to be getting hit incredibly hard this morning by federal and state forces in an attempt to ethnically cleanse the city. bsky.app/profile/stel...
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Ice is gassing neighbors in St. Paul this morning g during a paramilitary fascist raid on the city.
November 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ice is gassing neighbors in St. Paul this morning g during a paramilitary fascist raid on the city.
Just paid property taxes and was delighted to be reminded that the county treasurer wasn't some weirdo.
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Just paid property taxes and was delighted to be reminded that the county treasurer wasn't some weirdo.
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Five people answered a summons and paid traffic fines in a county courthouse in Tennessee last week. They emerged in shackles, detained by agents with their faces covered.
The latest on ICE in traffic court from @anitawadhwani.bsky.social / @tennesseelookout.com:
The latest on ICE in traffic court from @anitawadhwani.bsky.social / @tennesseelookout.com:
ICE’s latest focus in Tennessee: traffic court • Tennessee Lookout
In Robertson County, Tennessee federal law enforcement agencies are arresting en mass immigrants appearing in court for traffic violations.
tennesseelookout.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Five people answered a summons and paid traffic fines in a county courthouse in Tennessee last week. They emerged in shackles, detained by agents with their faces covered.
The latest on ICE in traffic court from @anitawadhwani.bsky.social / @tennesseelookout.com:
The latest on ICE in traffic court from @anitawadhwani.bsky.social / @tennesseelookout.com:
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“In these lectures, Thiel doesn’t just flirt with the apocalyptic. He goes all in — openly discussing the Antichrist, naming Pope Leo XIV as a potential manifestation of that figure, and, most disturbingly, advising JD Vance to ignore the pope on moral matters altogether.”
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“In these lectures, Thiel doesn’t just flirt with the apocalyptic. He goes all in — openly discussing the Antichrist, naming Pope Leo XIV as a potential manifestation of that figure, and, most disturbingly, advising JD Vance to ignore the pope on moral matters altogether.”
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After Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row last year, the Trump administration is retaliating by sending them to the supermax. Prisoners are locked in cells smaller than a parking space 22-24 hours a day.
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
After Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row last year, the Trump administration is retaliating by sending them to the supermax. Prisoners are locked in cells smaller than a parking space 22-24 hours a day.
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
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We typically think of administrative burdens as a public sector phenomena but plenty of sludge in the private sector also. What is forgotten is that Biden/Harris had a plan for that, but that regulatory burden was killed under Trump.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/about-time...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/about-time...
About Time: Biden-Harris Wants Companies to Stop Putting You Through Unnecessary Hassles
How the Burden Reduction Agenda is Evolving
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We typically think of administrative burdens as a public sector phenomena but plenty of sludge in the private sector also. What is forgotten is that Biden/Harris had a plan for that, but that regulatory burden was killed under Trump.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/about-time...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/about-time...
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Me, to the prosecutor, if I were the judge:
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Me, to the prosecutor, if I were the judge:
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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US business inventories unexpectedly flat in August as stocks at retailers fall reut.rs/48mvSah
US business inventories unexpectedly flat in August as stocks at retailers fall
U.S. business inventories were unexpectedly unchanged in August, with stocks at retailers falling amid strong sales.
reut.rs
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
US business inventories unexpectedly flat in August as stocks at retailers fall reut.rs/48mvSah
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On November 14, Border Patrol posted a propaganda video that uses the “Sesame Street” song “Who are the people in your neighborhood?” to promote its anti-immigrant agenda. Sesame Street did not respond to an immediate request for comment. www.thecarceralreport.com/p/trump-admi...
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
On November 14, Border Patrol posted a propaganda video that uses the “Sesame Street” song “Who are the people in your neighborhood?” to promote its anti-immigrant agenda. Sesame Street did not respond to an immediate request for comment. www.thecarceralreport.com/p/trump-admi...
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Because it’s going to keep happening until some does lose their license.
Because it’s going to keep happening until some does lose their license.
Using AI hallucinated cites should get you immediately referred to the bar for discipline, including disbarment.
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Because it’s going to keep happening until some does lose their license.
Because it’s going to keep happening until some does lose their license.
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I have a lot to say about the X location feature/scandal but in the meantime @cwarzel.bsky.social is here to remind you that it was not a surprise (see next post), the incentives are misaligned, and the corporations generally do not want to fix it.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I have a lot to say about the X location feature/scandal but in the meantime @cwarzel.bsky.social is here to remind you that it was not a surprise (see next post), the incentives are misaligned, and the corporations generally do not want to fix it.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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The Justice Department is Being Systematically Dismantled: Stacey Young Explains open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
The Justice Department is Being Systematically Dismantled: Stacey Young Explains
"You are not seeing career DOJ lawyers violate rules. You’re not. You’re seeing a lot of them resign because they refuse to follow illegal or unethical orders."
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The Justice Department is Being Systematically Dismantled: Stacey Young Explains open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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nationalize or die
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
nationalize or die
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Here it is, the most damning academic figure in the history of all figures: Russian IRA accounts deeply embedded in both sides of the 2016 Twitter BLM "discussion" (by @katestarbird.bsky.social & team, 2018).
THIS is what our information ecosystem supports. Twitter just made it 1% more visible.
THIS is what our information ecosystem supports. Twitter just made it 1% more visible.
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Here it is, the most damning academic figure in the history of all figures: Russian IRA accounts deeply embedded in both sides of the 2016 Twitter BLM "discussion" (by @katestarbird.bsky.social & team, 2018).
THIS is what our information ecosystem supports. Twitter just made it 1% more visible.
THIS is what our information ecosystem supports. Twitter just made it 1% more visible.
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Also damning (and perhaps even more meaningful in retrospect) is how Jack was in there RTing Crystal1Johnson, revealing how the “new elites” of Twitter have long been high on their own supply (of disinformation). Jack just got his from the Gabbard wing of the “left” and now Elon from the hard right.
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Also damning (and perhaps even more meaningful in retrospect) is how Jack was in there RTing Crystal1Johnson, revealing how the “new elites” of Twitter have long been high on their own supply (of disinformation). Jack just got his from the Gabbard wing of the “left” and now Elon from the hard right.
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🧪 The NIH is dropping public "paylines," ending funding based strictly on peer review. While aimed at portfolio balance, the move raises concerns about transparency and the potential for political meddling in science. #AcademicSky
NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling
Policy drops “paylines” based on peer-review scores and requires geography and other factors to guide approvals
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🧪 The NIH is dropping public "paylines," ending funding based strictly on peer review. While aimed at portfolio balance, the move raises concerns about transparency and the potential for political meddling in science. #AcademicSky
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I’m still annoyed that scrotum head the toilet salesman is NATO ambassador.
NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker admits "there's some truth" to the criticism that Putin hasn't made a single concession during negotiations
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I’m still annoyed that scrotum head the toilet salesman is NATO ambassador.
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A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
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$10B and Counting: Trump Administration Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms: “In the absence of a clearly articulated strategy,” he said, the concern was that “this could just devolve to arbitrary deals that favor friends or disfavor foes.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
$10 Billion and Counting: Trump Administration Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
$10B and Counting: Trump Administration Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms: “In the absence of a clearly articulated strategy,” he said, the concern was that “this could just devolve to arbitrary deals that favor friends or disfavor foes.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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As more private equity firms buy health care physician practices and facilities, states are pushing back on acquisitions that some critics say could potentially gut health care infrastructure. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/25/r...
New state laws tackle private equity’s growing role in health care • Ohio Capital Journal
As more private equity firms buy health care physician practices and facilities, states are pushing back on acquisitions that some critics say could potentially gut health care infrastructure.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
As more private equity firms buy health care physician practices and facilities, states are pushing back on acquisitions that some critics say could potentially gut health care infrastructure. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/25/r...