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Data and Politics.
Engineer, then academic, now engineer again.
Daytime is AI/ML research.
I care a lot about the open Internet and security. Wikipedia administrator.
Very San Francisco with an ATLien heart.
A widow who misses their husband. 🏳️🌈
Engineer, then academic, now engineer again.
Daytime is AI/ML research.
I care a lot about the open Internet and security. Wikipedia administrator.
Very San Francisco with an ATLien heart.
A widow who misses their husband. 🏳️🌈
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Data Bear 🏳️🌈
@dataandpolitics.net
· Oct 15
The Blurring
What I live with isn't forgetting, it's the blurring. A meditation on grief, memory, and continuing without answers three years after loss.
www.dataandpolitics.net
Three years after my husband died, I’m still trying to prove our life together was worth losing his family.
What I live with isn’t forgetting — it’s the blurring of memory.
On the third anniversary, I wrote about grief, memory, and continuing without answers.
www.dataandpolitics.net/the-blurring/
What I live with isn’t forgetting — it’s the blurring of memory.
On the third anniversary, I wrote about grief, memory, and continuing without answers.
www.dataandpolitics.net/the-blurring/
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Why the fuck is an AI baby Kim Jong Un selling me a gym membership?
January 14, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Why the fuck is an AI baby Kim Jong Un selling me a gym membership?
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Seems like you're questioning things. Mission accomplished
January 14, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Seems like you're questioning things. Mission accomplished
Why the fuck is an AI baby Kim Jong Un selling me a gym membership?
January 14, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Why the fuck is an AI baby Kim Jong Un selling me a gym membership?
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There you have it; the Trump admin allows ICE lawyer James Rodden to stay on the job. His personal social media account praised Hitler, supported white nationalism, and said that America started going downhill the day that Lincoln was elected.
BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, who the Observer identified last year as the operator of the account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:12 AM
There you have it; the Trump admin allows ICE lawyer James Rodden to stay on the job. His personal social media account praised Hitler, supported white nationalism, and said that America started going downhill the day that Lincoln was elected.
Did his three year old then say Ruthkanda Forever?
recreating lib cringe from first principles. this movement is finished
January 14, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Did his three year old then say Ruthkanda Forever?
… wut.
Wild reporting from Bloomberg. Jeanine Pirro apparently freelanced the subpoenas and criminal investigation of Jerome Powell.
January 13, 2026 at 5:53 AM
… wut.
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If you didn’t know, the Iranian government has blocked all internet and phones inside the country.
January 13, 2026 at 3:26 AM
If you didn’t know, the Iranian government has blocked all internet and phones inside the country.
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*ORSTED WINS RULING TO RESUME US WIND PROJECT HALTED BY TRUMP
January 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
*ORSTED WINS RULING TO RESUME US WIND PROJECT HALTED BY TRUMP
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BERNANKE/YELLEN/GREENSPAN JOINT STATEMENT:
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
January 12, 2026 at 3:27 PM
BERNANKE/YELLEN/GREENSPAN JOINT STATEMENT:
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
I like how green the landscape becomes after the rain.
January 12, 2026 at 6:34 AM
I like how green the landscape becomes after the rain.
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Sunday Scaries (hyperinflation).
January 12, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Sunday Scaries (hyperinflation).
I can’t believe the potential end of Fed independence is only causing a 0.5% slide in Dow futures.
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/11/s...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/11/s...
Stock futures slide as Trump's DOJ opens criminal investigation into Fed Chair Powell: Live updates
Traders are preparing for the kickoff of earnings season, with major Wall Street banks set to report results in the days ahead.
www.cnbc.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:06 AM
I can’t believe the potential end of Fed independence is only causing a 0.5% slide in Dow futures.
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/11/s...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/11/s...
Oh, never mind then.
According to Trump, he is unaware of any DOJ investigation into Powell.
January 12, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Oh, never mind then.
The only proper response to anyone claiming republicans are better for the economy is to laugh in their face.
January 12, 2026 at 2:45 AM
The only proper response to anyone claiming republicans are better for the economy is to laugh in their face.
The people on the streets of Minneapolis have more spine than the leadership of the Democratic Party.
January 12, 2026 at 2:34 AM
The people on the streets of Minneapolis have more spine than the leadership of the Democratic Party.
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the DSA, the Federal Reserve, and the ladies who lunch have formed a popular front — it remains only to see if any elected Democrats will join them.
January 12, 2026 at 12:59 AM
the DSA, the Federal Reserve, and the ladies who lunch have formed a popular front — it remains only to see if any elected Democrats will join them.
We are not even one year in.
This is not sustainable.
This is not sustainable.
January 12, 2026 at 2:22 AM
We are not even one year in.
This is not sustainable.
This is not sustainable.
This is one of the scariest things I have ever seen.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:17 AM
This is one of the scariest things I have ever seen.
….. ok??????
Rahm Emanuel is coming — whether Democrats like it or not.
Rahm Emanuel targets GOP and Dems as he tests 2028 campaign for president
The former Chicago mayor wants to lead a post-Trump "renewal wing" of the Democratic Party.
www.axios.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:47 PM
….. ok??????
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Also, the guy who killed someone dropped an F bomb. So the only difference between him and Frey is killing someone.
WELKER: Do you bear any responsibility to bring down the temperature?
FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
January 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Also, the guy who killed someone dropped an F bomb. So the only difference between him and Frey is killing someone.
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we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
January 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff