Chaosaurus Bex
@bexfish.bsky.social
I was a knitter, I am a writer, and I will pet all the cats.
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Congress is on the verge of passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Its failure to right-size industry’s role in developing AI for national security purposes could have lasting repercussions, writes Brennan Center Liberty and National Security Program senior counsel Amos Toh.
The Good, Bad and Really Weird AI Provisions in the Annual US Defense Policy Bill | TechPolicy.Press
Congress' failure to right-size industry’s role in developing AI for national security purposes could have lasting repercussions, writes Amos Toh.
www.techpolicy.press
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Congress is on the verge of passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Its failure to right-size industry’s role in developing AI for national security purposes could have lasting repercussions, writes Brennan Center Liberty and National Security Program senior counsel Amos Toh.
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UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
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This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants
December 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants
What accounts are best for billionaires accountability? Is there anyone who just focuses on billionaires?
December 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
What accounts are best for billionaires accountability? Is there anyone who just focuses on billionaires?
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The A.I. oligarch takeover of 🇺🇸 continues:
“Google paid state lawmakers upwards of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit with “educational” sessions extolling the benefits of A.I. & other issues they’ll vote on…” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...
“Google paid state lawmakers upwards of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit with “educational” sessions extolling the benefits of A.I. & other issues they’ll vote on…” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...
December 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The A.I. oligarch takeover of 🇺🇸 continues:
“Google paid state lawmakers upwards of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit with “educational” sessions extolling the benefits of A.I. & other issues they’ll vote on…” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...
“Google paid state lawmakers upwards of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit with “educational” sessions extolling the benefits of A.I. & other issues they’ll vote on…” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...
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Factory farming humans — one more reason there should be no billionaires
“Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites build mega-families, testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them”
www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
“Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites build mega-families, testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them”
www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate
Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites are building mega-families—testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them.
www.wsj.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Factory farming humans — one more reason there should be no billionaires
“Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites build mega-families, testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them”
www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
“Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites build mega-families, testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them”
www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
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This is fascism
The Trump admin is refusing to deny that it has the authority to summarily execute people it seems ‘domestic terrorists.’
Recall that it’s definition of ‘domestic terrorist’ includes those who advocate for open borders/vs. ICE deportations, anti-capitalists, critics of America, and non-transphobes.
Recall that it’s definition of ‘domestic terrorist’ includes those who advocate for open borders/vs. ICE deportations, anti-capitalists, critics of America, and non-transphobes.
December 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This is fascism
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Brown University says there's an active shooter on campus. Emergency scanner says multiple victims, but unclear how many.
Video footage viewed by the Brown Daily Herald "depicted several individuals lying on the ground near the Sciences Library appearing to be assisted by police."
Video footage viewed by the Brown Daily Herald "depicted several individuals lying on the ground near the Sciences Library appearing to be assisted by police."
Active shooter on campus, Department of Public Safety reports
The alert and call was sent to students immediately by DPS following the incident, urging students to hide, run or evacuate until further notice.
www.browndailyherald.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Brown University says there's an active shooter on campus. Emergency scanner says multiple victims, but unclear how many.
Video footage viewed by the Brown Daily Herald "depicted several individuals lying on the ground near the Sciences Library appearing to be assisted by police."
Video footage viewed by the Brown Daily Herald "depicted several individuals lying on the ground near the Sciences Library appearing to be assisted by police."
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For some students, the Brown massacre was the SECOND school shooting they’ve had to endure
That’s heartbreaking
And unacceptable
We are failing our youth. Badly.
We can do better
We MUST do better
Because they DESERVE better
That’s heartbreaking
And unacceptable
We are failing our youth. Badly.
We can do better
We MUST do better
Because they DESERVE better
December 14, 2025 at 5:40 AM
For some students, the Brown massacre was the SECOND school shooting they’ve had to endure
That’s heartbreaking
And unacceptable
We are failing our youth. Badly.
We can do better
We MUST do better
Because they DESERVE better
That’s heartbreaking
And unacceptable
We are failing our youth. Badly.
We can do better
We MUST do better
Because they DESERVE better
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Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
December 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
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No cherry-picking. No party filter. Just receipts.
And a lot of powerful men are terrified right now.
KASIE HUNT: “Do you have pictures of people engaged in sexual acts as part of this?”
REP. SUBRAMANYAM: “Yes, there are people engaged in sexual acts.”
@repsuhas.bsky.social
And a lot of powerful men are terrified right now.
KASIE HUNT: “Do you have pictures of people engaged in sexual acts as part of this?”
REP. SUBRAMANYAM: “Yes, there are people engaged in sexual acts.”
@repsuhas.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
No cherry-picking. No party filter. Just receipts.
And a lot of powerful men are terrified right now.
KASIE HUNT: “Do you have pictures of people engaged in sexual acts as part of this?”
REP. SUBRAMANYAM: “Yes, there are people engaged in sexual acts.”
@repsuhas.bsky.social
And a lot of powerful men are terrified right now.
KASIE HUNT: “Do you have pictures of people engaged in sexual acts as part of this?”
REP. SUBRAMANYAM: “Yes, there are people engaged in sexual acts.”
@repsuhas.bsky.social
He’s just so fucking evil.
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
December 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM
He’s just so fucking evil.
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BREAKING: Republicans blocked our clean, three-year extension of the ACA tax credits—guaranteeing health insurance premiums skyrocket for millions in the new year.
The GOP owns the health care crisis to come.
The GOP owns the health care crisis to come.
December 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
BREAKING: Republicans blocked our clean, three-year extension of the ACA tax credits—guaranteeing health insurance premiums skyrocket for millions in the new year.
The GOP owns the health care crisis to come.
The GOP owns the health care crisis to come.
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NEW: Doxing-for-hire services are using forging emergency data requests from law enforcement to trick major tech companies like Apple and Amazon into handing over people's private information. @davidgilbert.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/doxers...
Doxers Posing as Cops Are Tricking Big Tech Firms Into Sharing People's Private Data
A spoofed email address and an easily faked document is all it takes for major tech companies to hand over your most personal information.
www.wired.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
NEW: Doxing-for-hire services are using forging emergency data requests from law enforcement to trick major tech companies like Apple and Amazon into handing over people's private information. @davidgilbert.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/doxers...
How is this democracy in action?
“Trump has made it clear” that “if the Indiana Senate fails to pass the map, all federal funding will be stripped from the state *** Roads will not be paved. Guard bases will close. Major projects will stop,” & “every NO vote will be to blame.” - Heritage Action (Translation: no “states rights”) 1/
December 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
How is this democracy in action?
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"Smug is the emotional tone of Mastermind. I want the buyer to feel judged by the box. Like the box is already disappointed in them. If you don’t want smug, don’t name the game Mastermind. This isn’t fucking checkers. This is a duel in a seminar room at Davos."
The Mastermind Box Cover: What the Hell Were They Thinking?
- - -INVICTA GAMES, LTD. Packaging Team — Official Minutes Project: Mastermind / New Cover Presentation MARTIN SMITH (Marketing Senior Vice Presi...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"Smug is the emotional tone of Mastermind. I want the buyer to feel judged by the box. Like the box is already disappointed in them. If you don’t want smug, don’t name the game Mastermind. This isn’t fucking checkers. This is a duel in a seminar room at Davos."
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Back in 2019 I wrote about how Rex Tillerson discovered in a HPSCI hearing that Jared had been withholding his private plans from then Secretary of State.
We haven't skipped a beat since.
www.emptywheel.net/2019/06/28/a...
We haven't skipped a beat since.
www.emptywheel.net/2019/06/28/a...
Amid Description of Kushner's Shadow Foreign Policy, Tillerson Counters a Jared Claim to Mueller about Kirill Dmitriev's Plan - emptywheel
Rex Tillerson told the HFRC some pretty alarming things about how Jared pursued his own diplomatic plans without informing him. That makes Tillerson's claim -- that Kushner did not (as Kushner told Mu...
www.emptywheel.net
December 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Back in 2019 I wrote about how Rex Tillerson discovered in a HPSCI hearing that Jared had been withholding his private plans from then Secretary of State.
We haven't skipped a beat since.
www.emptywheel.net/2019/06/28/a...
We haven't skipped a beat since.
www.emptywheel.net/2019/06/28/a...
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Remember this when dealing with Republicans @democrats.org
How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Remember this when dealing with Republicans @democrats.org
No person has done more damage to the Republican Party’s crafted image of Charlie Kirk’s murder than his wife.
So much grieving for the father of her children, at least 1 or 2 days. Maybe 3.
If I was a believer in conspiracy theories, I'd almost think she had something to do with her husband being unalived, she's definitely out there making bank from it. Just sayin...🤷♀️
If I was a believer in conspiracy theories, I'd almost think she had something to do with her husband being unalived, she's definitely out there making bank from it. Just sayin...🤷♀️
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
No person has done more damage to the Republican Party’s crafted image of Charlie Kirk’s murder than his wife.
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I just realized that DOJ did not comply with this part of Judge Kollar-Kotelly's order in the Dan Richman bid to get his files back.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I just realized that DOJ did not comply with this part of Judge Kollar-Kotelly's order in the Dan Richman bid to get his files back.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Impeach him now @housedemocrats.bsky.social
Trump on Zelenskyy: "He's going to have to start accepting things, when you're losing. He's losing."
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Impeach him now @housedemocrats.bsky.social
This asshole needs an impeachment.
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This asshole needs an impeachment.
Worst president ever.
POLITICO: Do you believe the second strike was necessary?
TRUMP: Uhhhh. Well it looked like they were trying to turn back over the boat. But I don't get involved in that. That's up to them.
TRUMP: Uhhhh. Well it looked like they were trying to turn back over the boat. But I don't get involved in that. That's up to them.
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Worst president ever.
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holy shit this is a helluva ad from the democrat running for michigan secretary of state. watch and pass it on!
December 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
holy shit this is a helluva ad from the democrat running for michigan secretary of state. watch and pass it on!