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Baltimore's finest professional anteater. Formerly a member of the Borg. Flying the PhillieDrone flag.
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That article saying David Sacks is corruptly steering federal policy to make money for himself and his friends (bad) is wrong. What's actually happening is David Sacks is corruptly steering federal policy to make money for himself and his friends (good).
Behold this absolutely *artistic* bit of water-carrying for corruption in POLITICO's nightly newsletter. It's "misaligned" to expose an AI investor using his government perch to enrich AI investors!
![Their reaction illustrates the vast, and ever-widening, gap between how the tech world understands the role of government and how Washington does. Sacks serves as what's known as a special government employee in the Trump White House, with a mandate to address questions of tech regulation. The specific details of Sacks' job, though, have become something of a Rorschach test. When you read that a top government official who is an adviser in the AI space is clearing the path for his friends in the industry to profit, do you see a visionary or a compromised leader who is engaged in a base form of
crony capitalism? Many in the tech industry, even those who are not particularly fans of Sacks, understand his role in government as breaking down guardrails and preventing onerous regulation that could hamstring the growth of AI. If his friends who run the country's biggest AI companies — and the venture firms that invest in them - are benefiting as a result,
that's just par for the course. "This is exactly what is expected when you hire an Al investor as an AI advisor to the government. You're betting on his taste," said Aishwarya Khanduja, the founder of Analogue Group, a venture fund focused on
the research and development sector. Khanduja, herself an O-1 visa holder potentially threatened by some Trump administration policies, is far from reflexively pro-Silicon Valley. But in her view, the idea that a pro-AI investor would try to influence government policy to the benefit of fellow pro-Al investors (and his own fund) is obvious. "The piece feels misaligned: it's presenting absolutely normal [special government employee]
dynamics as if they're some big reveal."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ig5djks6d6e6kyet32abh5zs/bafkreie3w5mgfpmbyfsg56oblwja3ruivjjkhfdtioftzzrpxflembdrsy@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
That article saying David Sacks is corruptly steering federal policy to make money for himself and his friends (bad) is wrong. What's actually happening is David Sacks is corruptly steering federal policy to make money for himself and his friends (good).
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perfect is the enemy of good and demanding perfect RCTs for annual flu shots = no flu shots
If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
FDA official proposes ‘impossible’ standards for vaccine testing that could curtail access to immunizations
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
perfect is the enemy of good and demanding perfect RCTs for annual flu shots = no flu shots
Aussie cricket, best cricket
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Aussie cricket, best cricket
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the thing about extreme content in video games is that the most appalling taboo porn game on the internet is still more artstically valid and has more reason to exist than Roblox
December 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
the thing about extreme content in video games is that the most appalling taboo porn game on the internet is still more artstically valid and has more reason to exist than Roblox
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Managers are by definition part of management
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, pressed by the likes of Kenan Thompson and Kevin Hart, said this week that he'd be in favor of MLB adding a salary cap – and a floor.
“You know what? I’m alright with that,” Roberts said. www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
“You know what? I’m alright with that,” Roberts said. www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
Dodgers' Dave Roberts says he supports MLB salary cap, floor in TV appearance
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Managers are by definition part of management
Dave Roberts can go fuck himself
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, pressed by the likes of Kenan Thompson and Kevin Hart, said this week that he'd be in favor of MLB adding a salary cap – and a floor.
“You know what? I’m alright with that,” Roberts said. www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
“You know what? I’m alright with that,” Roberts said. www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
Dodgers' Dave Roberts says he supports MLB salary cap, floor in TV appearance
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Dave Roberts can go fuck himself
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The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is seeking input on Federal policy updates to accelerate the American scientific enterprise.
This is your chance to give some feedback on how the past ~10 months have gone for science.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
I plan to highlight:
This is your chance to give some feedback on how the past ~10 months have gone for science.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
I plan to highlight:
Notice of Request for Information; Accelerating the American Scientific Enterprise
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) requests input from all interested parties on Federal policy updates that aim to accelerate the American scientific enterprise, enable groundbreaking...
www.federalregister.gov
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is seeking input on Federal policy updates to accelerate the American scientific enterprise.
This is your chance to give some feedback on how the past ~10 months have gone for science.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
I plan to highlight:
This is your chance to give some feedback on how the past ~10 months have gone for science.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
I plan to highlight:
Very excited to sacrifice that creepy pervert to the Mole People
December 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Very excited to sacrifice that creepy pervert to the Mole People
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I will vote for whoever puts this guy in prison
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I will vote for whoever puts this guy in prison
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![Flag of Lenin: What would Vladimir Ilyich [Lenin] have done in this situation?
Man in a uniform: The kind Vladimir Ilyich would have shot everybody here.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xxcbvm4arpbg2icwxxhhhul7/bafkreido7o7z3swpdiw2dbflyh35rgt3lrrgvlo5qd5rhq7dv34vmtzk7m@jpeg)
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man these are getting too real
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
man these are getting too real
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Idk if this is the quintessential Onion headline but I've thought of this at least once a week for almost a decade
December 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Idk if this is the quintessential Onion headline but I've thought of this at least once a week for almost a decade
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Wrote about the long history of baseball’s salary cap fight, which dates back to the 1800s:
www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb...
www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb...
What MLB's salary cap history can tell us about the upcoming CBA negotiations
For almost as long as baseball has existed as an organized sport, team owners have been trying to suppress payrolls
www.cbssports.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Wrote about the long history of baseball’s salary cap fight, which dates back to the 1800s:
www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb...
www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb...
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this is a good read and an important one if you wanna be informed about the upcoming negotiations. the dek says so much and how this is just a new version of a long-standing issue: "For almost as long as baseball has existed as an organized sport, team owners have been trying to suppress payrolls"
Wrote about the long history of baseball’s salary cap fight, which dates back to the 1800s:
www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb...
www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb...
What MLB's salary cap history can tell us about the upcoming CBA negotiations
For almost as long as baseball has existed as an organized sport, team owners have been trying to suppress payrolls
www.cbssports.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
this is a good read and an important one if you wanna be informed about the upcoming negotiations. the dek says so much and how this is just a new version of a long-standing issue: "For almost as long as baseball has existed as an organized sport, team owners have been trying to suppress payrolls"
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Very effective at what they're doing, which has never been "altruism."
Learning so much about effective altruism this week!
December 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Very effective at what they're doing, which has never been "altruism."
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Cannot stress how bad shit is about to get if you want to build any kind of PC.
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead. It’s already getting hard to build an affordable PC, and the exit of the longstanding provider of consumer memory is going to make that even more challenging www.theverge.com/news/837594/...
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead
Another blow to PC gaming.
www.theverge.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Cannot stress how bad shit is about to get if you want to build any kind of PC.
Get this crap out of my city.
Waymo driverless rides coming to Baltimore, Moore touts "long, proud tradition of embracing innovation"
Waymo driverless rides coming to Baltimore, Moore touts "long, proud tradition of embracing innovation"
Baltimore has been added to the list of U.S. cities that will welcome autonomous ride-hailing service Waymo to its streets.
www.cbsnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Get this crap out of my city.
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An article that wasn't focused on elite colleges might be capable of considering that disability accommodations are about a student getting a good education for themselves rather than framing things in terms of a hunger games competition for who gets to be elite in society
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
An article that wasn't focused on elite colleges might be capable of considering that disability accommodations are about a student getting a good education for themselves rather than framing things in terms of a hunger games competition for who gets to be elite in society
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Call it what you will, it's a focus group. MLB created a focus group so they can figure out how to move the public to their side on a lockout they plan to implement a year from now.
MLB formed a fan council. It wasn’t long before the league made its pitch on labor issues
www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
MLB formed a Fan Council. It wasn’t long before the league made its pitch on labor issues
“One of the biggest things that came into my mind was like, ‘Why us?’” said one of the fan council members after MLB's presentation.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Call it what you will, it's a focus group. MLB created a focus group so they can figure out how to move the public to their side on a lockout they plan to implement a year from now.
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Let me get this straight: we trained this guy to be an elite killer, abandoned his country to the Taliban, isolated him, arbitrarily banned him from working and so left his family unsupported.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work newrepublic.com/post/203784/... via @newrepublic.com
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work
The National Guard shooting suspect felt abandoned by the CIA after working together for so long, his fellow unit member said.
newrepublic.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Let me get this straight: we trained this guy to be an elite killer, abandoned his country to the Taliban, isolated him, arbitrarily banned him from working and so left his family unsupported.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
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I say this every year: has any man been more vindicated by history than John Brown bsky.app/profile/haym...
Abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia on December 2, 1859.
December 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I say this every year: has any man been more vindicated by history than John Brown bsky.app/profile/haym...
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Wait, does he think the fog of war is literally smoke?
December 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Wait, does he think the fog of war is literally smoke?
It's funny how this guy says “last decade” when this was deployed as an excuse to fight against my accommodations in college *two* decades ago. Blow it out your ass!
Literally any human who has been even casually involved in education in the last decade knows multiple people who have gotten dubious diagnoses to get extra time on exams. I expect more from journalists, certainly, but let’s not pretend like this is a controversial issue.
December 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It's funny how this guy says “last decade” when this was deployed as an excuse to fight against my accommodations in college *two* decades ago. Blow it out your ass!