Social Scientist (Mostly) in Exile
@exiledsocscientist.bsky.social
Exiled Political Economist, Silicon Valley's Public Finance Attorney, Lecturer in Political Economy, Comic Book Character, Corporate and Private Equity Lawyer, Startup Attorney, Advisor, Dad, Husband, Teacher, Former Europeanist.
Opponent of Fascism.
Opponent of Fascism.
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this... isn't an exaggeration
Trump is already responsible for the deaths of more Americans than anyone in history not named Jefferson Davis, and it's clear he's not content with second place.
February 13, 2026 at 4:41 AM
this... isn't an exaggeration
Some people may think that it is edgy and transgressive, but I find the lyrics from RFK Jr.'s debut rap album pretty disgusting.
I have to question the moral character of the white, elite, east coast cultural milieu that fosters and lionizes this kind of behavior.
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I have to question the moral character of the white, elite, east coast cultural milieu that fosters and lionizes this kind of behavior.
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RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Some people may think that it is edgy and transgressive, but I find the lyrics from RFK Jr.'s debut rap album pretty disgusting.
I have to question the moral character of the white, elite, east coast cultural milieu that fosters and lionizes this kind of behavior.
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I have to question the moral character of the white, elite, east coast cultural milieu that fosters and lionizes this kind of behavior.
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Cool. Now that there's an open source template, can we just let AI generate these on a loop and ignore the elite newspapers' opinion pages entirely?
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February 12, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Cool. Now that there's an open source template, can we just let AI generate these on a loop and ignore the elite newspapers' opinion pages entirely?
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Happiness among truly brilliant people is a very rare thing, in my experience.
Having a brain that overclocks on everything, all the time is not conducive to contentment or personal satsfaction - it's not easy being a doorway through which knowledge enters the world.
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Having a brain that overclocks on everything, all the time is not conducive to contentment or personal satsfaction - it's not easy being a doorway through which knowledge enters the world.
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Happiness among truly brilliant people is a very rare thing, in my experience.
Having a brain that overclocks on everything, all the time is not conducive to contentment or personal satsfaction - it's not easy being a doorway through which knowledge enters the world.
bsky.app/profile/lett...
Having a brain that overclocks on everything, all the time is not conducive to contentment or personal satsfaction - it's not easy being a doorway through which knowledge enters the world.
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Personally, I would prefer that in 20 years the merely obscenely wealthy whisper stories of what happened to the entire early 21st century tech- & finance bro-industrial complex to explain to their kids why there are no more "billionaires" at all, but I like to dream big.
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i don’t know how much stock i put in it happening, but 20 years from now, I would like to see the story of the trumps be a ghost story billionaires tell to their children
Taking what they have stolen serves two future goals in demonstrating severe punishments to anyone who might try this again and denying the wealth to the family lest they try to seek power or influence again.
February 12, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Personally, I would prefer that in 20 years the merely obscenely wealthy whisper stories of what happened to the entire early 21st century tech- & finance bro-industrial complex to explain to their kids why there are no more "billionaires" at all, but I like to dream big.
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Between this racist tantrum, the "build a sapient sun" plan for synergy between Xai and SpaceX, and the secret catapult moon base on the moon, I would be asking some very basic questions if I were invested in a company whose primary value proposition is Elon Musk's name.
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February 12, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Between this racist tantrum, the "build a sapient sun" plan for synergy between Xai and SpaceX, and the secret catapult moon base on the moon, I would be asking some very basic questions if I were invested in a company whose primary value proposition is Elon Musk's name.
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I honestly would never have pegged Bernie Sanders as someone who would fully buy into the obviously over-hyped marketing of the AI industry.
Apparently even flinty Vermont socialism doesn't guarantee immunity to Silicon Valley brainworms.
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Apparently even flinty Vermont socialism doesn't guarantee immunity to Silicon Valley brainworms.
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Electricity, the automobile, radio, TV, computers, the internet—all changed the way we live.
But they pale in comparison to the revolution AI will bring about.
The question is: who benefits? It must work for working families, not just billionaires.
But they pale in comparison to the revolution AI will bring about.
The question is: who benefits? It must work for working families, not just billionaires.
February 12, 2026 at 6:18 PM
I honestly would never have pegged Bernie Sanders as someone who would fully buy into the obviously over-hyped marketing of the AI industry.
Apparently even flinty Vermont socialism doesn't guarantee immunity to Silicon Valley brainworms.
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Apparently even flinty Vermont socialism doesn't guarantee immunity to Silicon Valley brainworms.
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Aside from the obvious, flashy heroes like wine moms and ordinary people in Minnesota, the legal profession has been the strongest bulwark protecting Americans' rights.
Amazing to see and quite different from most other historical cases of attempted fascist consolidation.
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Amazing to see and quite different from most other historical cases of attempted fascist consolidation.
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BREAKING: Judge blocks Hegseth effort to punish Sen. Kelly.
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARK KELLY,
Plaintiff,
Civil Case No. 26-81 (RJL)
V.
PETE HEGSETH, et al.,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
February 12, 2026 [Dkt. #2]
United States Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, has been censured by
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for voicing certain opinions on military actions and
policy. In addition, he has been subjected to proceedings to possibly reduce his retirement
rank and pay and threatened with criminal prosecution if he continues to speak out on these
issues.
Secretary Hegseth relies on the well-established doctrine that military
servicemembers enjoy less vigorous First Amendment protections given the fundamental
obligation for obedience and discipline in the armed forces. Unfortunately for Secretary
Hegseth, no court has ever extended those principles to retired servicemembers, much less a retired servicemember serving in Congress and exercising oversight responsibility over
the military. This Court will not be the first to do so!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiclbgaenrhgnor6zvmnfql4d3olwzqp7zikm3maum5ylc4m6epys4@jpeg)
February 12, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Aside from the obvious, flashy heroes like wine moms and ordinary people in Minnesota, the legal profession has been the strongest bulwark protecting Americans' rights.
Amazing to see and quite different from most other historical cases of attempted fascist consolidation.
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Amazing to see and quite different from most other historical cases of attempted fascist consolidation.
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Stating that "The 'Moon economy' is about to boom" as though it were a fact is grossly irresponsible journalism.
Financial reporting is always vulnerable to speculative industry hype, but there is no current or prospective "moon economy." Saying otherwise is just a lie.
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Financial reporting is always vulnerable to speculative industry hype, but there is no current or prospective "moon economy." Saying otherwise is just a lie.
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The 'Moon economy' is about to boom. Deutsche Bank thinks this one space stock will benefit
The 'Moon economy' is about to boom. Deutsche Bank thinks this one space stock will benefit
This stock is a play on lunar infrastructure and connectivity, the firm said.
cnb.cx
February 12, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Stating that "The 'Moon economy' is about to boom" as though it were a fact is grossly irresponsible journalism.
Financial reporting is always vulnerable to speculative industry hype, but there is no current or prospective "moon economy." Saying otherwise is just a lie.
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Financial reporting is always vulnerable to speculative industry hype, but there is no current or prospective "moon economy." Saying otherwise is just a lie.
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February 12, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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Actual images of CBP "directed energy/laser counter drone technology" tested in Texas against deadly Mexican cartel drones.
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February 12, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Actual images of CBP "directed energy/laser counter drone technology" tested in Texas against deadly Mexican cartel drones.
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It's good to know that Michael Douglas' character from "Falling Down" went on to a successful career in government.
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February 12, 2026 at 7:09 AM
It's good to know that Michael Douglas' character from "Falling Down" went on to a successful career in government.
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We live in such a vulgar and degraded age that future historians will treat the Epstein E-mails and texts as our version of the Asquith letters to Venetia Stanley.
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I don't talk to anyone this much
www.economist.com/interactive/...
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February 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
We live in such a vulgar and degraded age that future historians will treat the Epstein E-mails and texts as our version of the Asquith letters to Venetia Stanley.
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Just because they are in a small town in Iowa rather than a village in Ukraine and they don't yet have the legal stature or sense of impunity to murder their victims, the word for these gangs is still "Einsatzgruppen."
And they will get worse unless we stop them now.
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And they will get worse unless we stop them now.
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
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February 12, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Just because they are in a small town in Iowa rather than a village in Ukraine and they don't yet have the legal stature or sense of impunity to murder their victims, the word for these gangs is still "Einsatzgruppen."
And they will get worse unless we stop them now.
bsky.app/profile/joro...
And they will get worse unless we stop them now.
bsky.app/profile/joro...
It's good to know that Michael Douglas' character from "Falling Down" went on to a successful career in government.
bsky.app/profile/hunt...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:09 AM
It's good to know that Michael Douglas' character from "Falling Down" went on to a successful career in government.
bsky.app/profile/hunt...
bsky.app/profile/hunt...
Actual images of CBP "directed energy/laser counter drone technology" tested in Texas against deadly Mexican cartel drones.
bsky.app/profile/lowr...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Actual images of CBP "directed energy/laser counter drone technology" tested in Texas against deadly Mexican cartel drones.
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"The Pentagon let Customs and Border Protection use an anti-drone laser [...]"
Wait! Hold on. You can stop now. I see your problem right there.
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Wait! Hold on. You can stop now. I see your problem right there.
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BREAKING: The Pentagon let Customs and Border Protection use an anti-drone laser before the FAA closed El Paso airspace, AP sources say.
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
bit.ly
February 12, 2026 at 2:49 AM
"The Pentagon let Customs and Border Protection use an anti-drone laser [...]"
Wait! Hold on. You can stop now. I see your problem right there.
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Wait! Hold on. You can stop now. I see your problem right there.
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Cool! A developer has created a hack to cause intensely stupid people to lose money in hilarious ways. This should generate some excellent social media content as the world points and laughs at the pioneers of a new genre we can call agentic wallet Schadenfreude.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Cool! A developer has created a hack to cause intensely stupid people to lose money in hilarious ways. This should generate some excellent social media content as the world points and laughs at the pioneers of a new genre we can call agentic wallet Schadenfreude.
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It is objectively kind of impressive that you can end democracy in America using the labor of people who not only think that their toaster is spying on them, but who are willing to give a 2-hour interview to explain this belief.
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Meet the ‘Cabal’-Hating ‘Special Government Employee’ Involved in the Fulton County FBI Raid
Clay Parikh unloaded in a nearly two hour conversation with TPM.
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February 12, 2026 at 12:22 AM
It is objectively kind of impressive that you can end democracy in America using the labor of people who not only think that their toaster is spying on them, but who are willing to give a 2-hour interview to explain this belief.
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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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August 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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“The Railway Labor Act does not apply to space travel”
The new Gilded Age shows a lot of potential to be even more corrupt and intellectually dishonest than the last one.
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The new Gilded Age shows a lot of potential to be even more corrupt and intellectually dishonest than the last one.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
US decides SpaceX is like an airline, exempting it from Labor Relations Act
US labels SpaceX a common carrier by air, will regulate firm under railway law.
arstechnica.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:15 PM
“The Railway Labor Act does not apply to space travel”
The new Gilded Age shows a lot of potential to be even more corrupt and intellectually dishonest than the last one.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
The new Gilded Age shows a lot of potential to be even more corrupt and intellectually dishonest than the last one.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
They put it in the newspaper that she got mad.
And damn, that's a grade school-level insult to level at a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
And damn, that's a grade school-level insult to level at a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘You’re a washed-up loser lawyer’: Pam Bondi taunts Democrats over Epstein
US attorney general goes on attack during questioning by House judiciary committee over handling of files
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:50 PM
They put it in the newspaper that she got mad.
And damn, that's a grade school-level insult to level at a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
And damn, that's a grade school-level insult to level at a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
This was . . . not a "blowout" jobs report.
Sure, some people might argue that it was a bad idea to outsource MiniTru to private contractors, but I think it's pretty clear that private enterprise can be much more dynamic and efficient as a provider of mass propaganda.
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Sure, some people might argue that it was a bad idea to outsource MiniTru to private contractors, but I think it's pretty clear that private enterprise can be much more dynamic and efficient as a provider of mass propaganda.
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A blow-out job report is always good news for the American people, but it sets up a volatile year for Trump's pick to lead the Fed, @jonathanjlevin says
Kevin Warsh’s Fed Job Already Looks Impossible
The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report showed that the unemployment rate slipped to 4.3% in January, from a prior 4.4%, as US payrolls expanded at twice the rate that economists had been expecting. While that’s great news for workers, it will make life a lot more challenging for Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s pick to become the next chair of the Federal Reserve.
bloom.bg
February 11, 2026 at 10:43 PM
This was . . . not a "blowout" jobs report.
Sure, some people might argue that it was a bad idea to outsource MiniTru to private contractors, but I think it's pretty clear that private enterprise can be much more dynamic and efficient as a provider of mass propaganda.
bsky.app/profile/opin...
Sure, some people might argue that it was a bad idea to outsource MiniTru to private contractors, but I think it's pretty clear that private enterprise can be much more dynamic and efficient as a provider of mass propaganda.
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Hast Du etwas Zeit für mich . . .
Donald Trump really is a horrible, undying revenant of the Reagan Era.
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Donald Trump really is a horrible, undying revenant of the Reagan Era.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Hast Du etwas Zeit für mich . . .
Donald Trump really is a horrible, undying revenant of the Reagan Era.
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Donald Trump really is a horrible, undying revenant of the Reagan Era.
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