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(Written by Ash Smith: link in quoted post)
Otis.
Leon.
Say their names.
Again.
Slower.
Otis.
Leon.
Because their stories
were still becoming.
Because there were thoughts,
hopes, fears, desires
denied the chance to be known,
questions not yet asked,
ways of being
only you
would have shown us.
Otis.
Leon.
Say their names.
Again.
Slower.
Otis.
Leon.
Because their stories
were still becoming.
Because there were thoughts,
hopes, fears, desires
denied the chance to be known,
questions not yet asked,
ways of being
only you
would have shown us.
Mosman Park: Mother of child with autism pens moving poem for Otis and Leon Clune - The West Australian https://ift.tt/Hgd5K4M
Google News
Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.
news.google.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:21 AM
(Written by Ash Smith: link in quoted post)
Otis.
Leon.
Say their names.
Again.
Slower.
Otis.
Leon.
Because their stories
were still becoming.
Because there were thoughts,
hopes, fears, desires
denied the chance to be known,
questions not yet asked,
ways of being
only you
would have shown us.
Otis.
Leon.
Say their names.
Again.
Slower.
Otis.
Leon.
Because their stories
were still becoming.
Because there were thoughts,
hopes, fears, desires
denied the chance to be known,
questions not yet asked,
ways of being
only you
would have shown us.
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Trump’s Profiteering Hits $4 Billion www.newyorker.com/news/a-repor...
Trump’s Profiteering Hits $4 Billion
In August, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position. After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned.
www.newyorker.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Trump’s Profiteering Hits $4 Billion www.newyorker.com/news/a-repor...
ABC News (Australia) forgets to mention that officers removed Pretti’s gun before the first shots were fired.
Article published today.
Article published today.
January 30, 2026 at 3:12 AM
ABC News (Australia) forgets to mention that officers removed Pretti’s gun before the first shots were fired.
Article published today.
Article published today.
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‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump
‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump
In a speech at Davos, written by Carney himself, the Canadian prime minister laid out his doctrine for a world of fractured international norms
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:32 AM
‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump
Kudos to the Guardian journalists for this well-researched, emotionally charged investigative series. (Trigger warning)
I note these con artists refer to ‘sovereign births’. There’s considerable overlap between pseudoscience and pseudolaw (sovereign citizen mumbojumbo).
I note these con artists refer to ‘sovereign births’. There’s considerable overlap between pseudoscience and pseudolaw (sovereign citizen mumbojumbo).
The Birth Keepers is our latest podcast series from the Guardian Investigates, following a year-long investigation on two influencers who made millions selling a radical version of free birth.
Listen to all episodes now wherever you get your podcasts.
theguardian.com/thebirthkeepers
Listen to all episodes now wherever you get your podcasts.
theguardian.com/thebirthkeepers
January 13, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Kudos to the Guardian journalists for this well-researched, emotionally charged investigative series. (Trigger warning)
I note these con artists refer to ‘sovereign births’. There’s considerable overlap between pseudoscience and pseudolaw (sovereign citizen mumbojumbo).
I note these con artists refer to ‘sovereign births’. There’s considerable overlap between pseudoscience and pseudolaw (sovereign citizen mumbojumbo).
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We have a lot more video and information on our visual archive of that day
apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
apps.npr.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:43 PM
We have a lot more video and information on our visual archive of that day
apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
Reposted
Reposted
December 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Great article. Trump is a bystander in his own admin. He says “We’ll see what happens” as though he’s audience, not cast or director.
“Ask Trump for insight into … a choice or to explain a particular decision, and he’ll be at a loss for words. ... He’ll plead ignorance. “I know nothing about it””
“Ask Trump for insight into … a choice or to explain a particular decision, and he’ll be at a loss for words. ... He’ll plead ignorance. “I know nothing about it””
my latest is on the odd confluence of unitary executive theory with a president who is mostly AWOL from the business of governance (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Is a Lost Cause
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Great article. Trump is a bystander in his own admin. He says “We’ll see what happens” as though he’s audience, not cast or director.
“Ask Trump for insight into … a choice or to explain a particular decision, and he’ll be at a loss for words. ... He’ll plead ignorance. “I know nothing about it””
“Ask Trump for insight into … a choice or to explain a particular decision, and he’ll be at a loss for words. ... He’ll plead ignorance. “I know nothing about it””
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"Generative AI is designed to create things that look real; predictive AI identifies what is real.
A misunderstanding that generative systems are retrieving things when they are actually creating them has led to grave consequences"
A misunderstanding that generative systems are retrieving things when they are actually creating them has led to grave consequences"
Was really challenging to participate in this, but I think I was able to pen something real, important, and personal to my experience in AI. Remember that GenAI is not *all* of AI nor all of what it should be.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
December 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"Generative AI is designed to create things that look real; predictive AI identifies what is real.
A misunderstanding that generative systems are retrieving things when they are actually creating them has led to grave consequences"
A misunderstanding that generative systems are retrieving things when they are actually creating them has led to grave consequences"
The Australian, with no trace of embarrassment about the behaviour of its journalist Ms Albrechtsen, continues to misreport the earlier findings of Kaye J. Drumgold was successful in obtaining a declaration by Kaye J that a reasonable person would apprehend Sofronoff to be biased against D.
December 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The Australian, with no trace of embarrassment about the behaviour of its journalist Ms Albrechtsen, continues to misreport the earlier findings of Kaye J. Drumgold was successful in obtaining a declaration by Kaye J that a reasonable person would apprehend Sofronoff to be biased against D.
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eSafety highlights:
"We've published our views on whether some platforms will be age-restricted social media platforms to provide additional certainty to Australianot families and industry.
But we expect all online platforms that operate in Australia to assess their obligations under Aus'n law."
"We've published our views on whether some platforms will be age-restricted social media platforms to provide additional certainty to Australianot families and industry.
But we expect all online platforms that operate in Australia to assess their obligations under Aus'n law."
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
eSafety highlights:
"We've published our views on whether some platforms will be age-restricted social media platforms to provide additional certainty to Australianot families and industry.
But we expect all online platforms that operate in Australia to assess their obligations under Aus'n law."
"We've published our views on whether some platforms will be age-restricted social media platforms to provide additional certainty to Australianot families and industry.
But we expect all online platforms that operate in Australia to assess their obligations under Aus'n law."
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My article on the social media minimum age obligation for the Alternative Law Journal is now online:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
(and open access)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
(and open access)
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
My article on the social media minimum age obligation for the Alternative Law Journal is now online:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
(and open access)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
(and open access)
Lots of incorrect info online today about which platforms are included in Australia’s new social media restrictions.
The Online Safety Act has a broad definition of “age restricted social media platform“. Then Regulations provide some exemptions (e.g. primary purpose is prof networking).
The Online Safety Act has a broad definition of “age restricted social media platform“. Then Regulations provide some exemptions (e.g. primary purpose is prof networking).
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Lots of incorrect info online today about which platforms are included in Australia’s new social media restrictions.
The Online Safety Act has a broad definition of “age restricted social media platform“. Then Regulations provide some exemptions (e.g. primary purpose is prof networking).
The Online Safety Act has a broad definition of “age restricted social media platform“. Then Regulations provide some exemptions (e.g. primary purpose is prof networking).
The Australian tells us that a single person can have $972,500 in super+assets, earning $20k/yr in interest, and still receive a full pension of $30,646/yr.
The pension in that scenario is substantially offsetting living costs, and preserving assets for the estate beneficiaries.
Ridiculous.
The pension in that scenario is substantially offsetting living costs, and preserving assets for the estate beneficiaries.
Ridiculous.
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The Australian tells us that a single person can have $972,500 in super+assets, earning $20k/yr in interest, and still receive a full pension of $30,646/yr.
The pension in that scenario is substantially offsetting living costs, and preserving assets for the estate beneficiaries.
Ridiculous.
The pension in that scenario is substantially offsetting living costs, and preserving assets for the estate beneficiaries.
Ridiculous.
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We've updated our Study.
New stats (jaw-dropping imho):
1. DOJ noncompliance with court orders:
26 cases
2. Courts’ distrust of government information and representations:
Over 60 cases
3. Court findings of arbitrary and capricious government conduct:
68 cases
New stats (jaw-dropping imho):
1. DOJ noncompliance with court orders:
26 cases
2. Courts’ distrust of government information and representations:
Over 60 cases
3. Court findings of arbitrary and capricious government conduct:
68 cases
The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation
Comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."
www.justsecurity.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We've updated our Study.
New stats (jaw-dropping imho):
1. DOJ noncompliance with court orders:
26 cases
2. Courts’ distrust of government information and representations:
Over 60 cases
3. Court findings of arbitrary and capricious government conduct:
68 cases
New stats (jaw-dropping imho):
1. DOJ noncompliance with court orders:
26 cases
2. Courts’ distrust of government information and representations:
Over 60 cases
3. Court findings of arbitrary and capricious government conduct:
68 cases
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New information here on how Trump has turned the Department of Justice—which is supposed to work on your behalf—into his own personal law firm, punishing his enemies and rewarding his friends.
"Worse than Watergate" doesn't begin to cover it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"Worse than Watergate" doesn't begin to cover it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
New information here on how Trump has turned the Department of Justice—which is supposed to work on your behalf—into his own personal law firm, punishing his enemies and rewarding his friends.
"Worse than Watergate" doesn't begin to cover it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"Worse than Watergate" doesn't begin to cover it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
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There have been at least 154 cases in which federal district courts have issued preliminary relief against a Trump administration policy.
Those rulings have come from 121 *different* judges appointed by seven presidents (including 15 appointed by Trump) sitting in 29 district courts in 10 circuits:
Those rulings have come from 121 *different* judges appointed by seven presidents (including 15 appointed by Trump) sitting in 29 district courts in 10 circuits:
193. The "War" on Judges
Deputy Attorney General Blanche's attack on lower courts is an impressive combination of light on substance; shamelessly hypocritical; and profoundly dangerous. More people should be condemning it.
www.stevevladeck.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
There have been at least 154 cases in which federal district courts have issued preliminary relief against a Trump administration policy.
Those rulings have come from 121 *different* judges appointed by seven presidents (including 15 appointed by Trump) sitting in 29 district courts in 10 circuits:
Those rulings have come from 121 *different* judges appointed by seven presidents (including 15 appointed by Trump) sitting in 29 district courts in 10 circuits:
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Let them eat ballroom
Trump on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."
November 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Let them eat ballroom
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If each dollar in Nvidia's $5 trillion valuation was a single second of time, the total would be over 150,000 years, the time it takes The North American Tectonic Plate, and a person's fingernails, to advance 2.5 miles.
AI valuations made simple.
thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com/p/ai-analogi...
AI valuations made simple.
thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com/p/ai-analogi...
AI Analogies "R" US
Making the big numbers bite-sized, like they do in Journalism.
thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
If each dollar in Nvidia's $5 trillion valuation was a single second of time, the total would be over 150,000 years, the time it takes The North American Tectonic Plate, and a person's fingernails, to advance 2.5 miles.
AI valuations made simple.
thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com/p/ai-analogi...
AI valuations made simple.
thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com/p/ai-analogi...
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The opening and conclusion of the 161-page findings of fact and rulings of law from Young — a Reagan appointee who has already made headlines — will be getting attention.
It is a response to a post card he received, apparently in response to one of his rulings (likely in the NIH funding case):
It is a response to a post card he received, apparently in response to one of his rulings (likely in the NIH funding case):
September 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The opening and conclusion of the 161-page findings of fact and rulings of law from Young — a Reagan appointee who has already made headlines — will be getting attention.
It is a response to a post card he received, apparently in response to one of his rulings (likely in the NIH funding case):
It is a response to a post card he received, apparently in response to one of his rulings (likely in the NIH funding case):
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This only happens to you once
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This only happens to you once