Joshua G. Schraiber
@jgschraiber.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist, computational biologist, statistician. I like to develop mathematical models of evolutionary process and see how they fit to data. I also like cities where building apartments is legal.
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They're going to destroy public education in the United States - part of their plot to enslave us - and they don't care how many of our kids need to die to make that happen. This is explicitly what all the people who helped Trump win were trying to achieve.
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
They're going to destroy public education in the United States - part of their plot to enslave us - and they don't care how many of our kids need to die to make that happen. This is explicitly what all the people who helped Trump win were trying to achieve.
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Political reforms which would set us on a path towards a new system which don’t require a constitutional amendment:
- Proportional representation in the House with RCV in the Senate
- Expanding the Supreme Court and limiting its power
- Abolishing the filibuster
- Adding DC and PR as states
- Proportional representation in the House with RCV in the Senate
- Expanding the Supreme Court and limiting its power
- Abolishing the filibuster
- Adding DC and PR as states
December 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Political reforms which would set us on a path towards a new system which don’t require a constitutional amendment:
- Proportional representation in the House with RCV in the Senate
- Expanding the Supreme Court and limiting its power
- Abolishing the filibuster
- Adding DC and PR as states
- Proportional representation in the House with RCV in the Senate
- Expanding the Supreme Court and limiting its power
- Abolishing the filibuster
- Adding DC and PR as states
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Does Trump's sparklemagic libelslander lawyer Alejandro Brito know how supplemental authorities work? What is this shit?
Hearing tomorrow morning in the case Trump filed against the WSJ for saying he drew boobs 20 years ago. Should be amazing!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Hearing tomorrow morning in the case Trump filed against the WSJ for saying he drew boobs 20 years ago. Should be amazing!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Does Trump's sparklemagic libelslander lawyer Alejandro Brito know how supplemental authorities work? What is this shit?
Hearing tomorrow morning in the case Trump filed against the WSJ for saying he drew boobs 20 years ago. Should be amazing!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Hearing tomorrow morning in the case Trump filed against the WSJ for saying he drew boobs 20 years ago. Should be amazing!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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"Putting Tracy Beth (Hoeg) in charge is like dropping an atom bomb," one (FDA) source said, adding that multiple top-level officials are preparing resignations. "It's an extinction level event. (She) has never supervised a drug review...conducted a clinical trial...doesn't understand laws & reg's."🛟
Appointment of controversial FDA official rocking agency like "an atom bomb," scientists there say
The Trump administration's elevation of Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg to lead a high-profile office within the Food and Drug Administration is raising alarm among multiple senior FDA officials.
www.cbsnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"Putting Tracy Beth (Hoeg) in charge is like dropping an atom bomb," one (FDA) source said, adding that multiple top-level officials are preparing resignations. "It's an extinction level event. (She) has never supervised a drug review...conducted a clinical trial...doesn't understand laws & reg's."🛟
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i'll do a longer thread on this because these articles get a lot of things wrong, but the fact that the share of properties owned by corporations has increased is almost entirely due to the fact that it's way easier to own through an LLC now.
the underlying asset ownership is much more durable
the underlying asset ownership is much more durable
"Private-equity might not be causing the housing crisis, but corporate owners could end up making it a lot worse—for everyone," @annielowrey.bsky.social argues:
Private Equity Is America’s New Landlord
Is there someone to blame for the housing crisis?
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM
i'll do a longer thread on this because these articles get a lot of things wrong, but the fact that the share of properties owned by corporations has increased is almost entirely due to the fact that it's way easier to own through an LLC now.
the underlying asset ownership is much more durable
the underlying asset ownership is much more durable
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That is exactly how to describe it
Good to see the Washpost putting this as grafs 2 and 3 of tonight’s Hegseth story.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
December 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
That is exactly how to describe it
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Reupping this, since the unit is still vacant (our LL had to do some work in the bathroom).
If anyone is looking for a 1 BR in South Berkeley, the downstairs unit in our building is opening up.
Great park access, walking distance to BART and Berkeley Bowl, a nice backyard, and excellent neighbors. 😉
Great park access, walking distance to BART and Berkeley Bowl, a nice backyard, and excellent neighbors. 😉
December 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Reupping this, since the unit is still vacant (our LL had to do some work in the bathroom).
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i was once told my posts wind up determining the mood of my trans followers
i am sorry my posts are so fatalistic and depressing tonight
i have nothing left really to say other than tomorrow is going to come and another day and another day
and we must keep building a space for us in the darkness
i am sorry my posts are so fatalistic and depressing tonight
i have nothing left really to say other than tomorrow is going to come and another day and another day
and we must keep building a space for us in the darkness
December 9, 2025 at 12:38 AM
i was once told my posts wind up determining the mood of my trans followers
i am sorry my posts are so fatalistic and depressing tonight
i have nothing left really to say other than tomorrow is going to come and another day and another day
and we must keep building a space for us in the darkness
i am sorry my posts are so fatalistic and depressing tonight
i have nothing left really to say other than tomorrow is going to come and another day and another day
and we must keep building a space for us in the darkness
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Republicans have two bills this week that has an anti-trans rider. Here's the health care bill
bsky.app/profile/eric...
bsky.app/profile/eric...
In addition, it also seems to include a series of definitions for gender-affirming care that could be restricted. All right here.
www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
December 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Republicans have two bills this week that has an anti-trans rider. Here's the health care bill
bsky.app/profile/eric...
bsky.app/profile/eric...
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fellas, is it good when the ruling party requires public institutions to recruit for ideological youth cadres
New: Gov. Greg Abbott and Turning Point USA are launching a partnership to create chapters of the right-wing organization on every Texas high school campus.
Abbott says Turning Point USA will expand in Texas schools
Republican officials in Oklahoma and Florida have also launched plans to expand the presence of the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk.
www.texastribune.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
fellas, is it good when the ruling party requires public institutions to recruit for ideological youth cadres
The smallest, littlest joy I could get from this is Drew Ensign being found in contempt
JUST IN: Judge Boasberg says it'd be "premature" to refer Kristi Noem for a contempt prosecution but orders testimony next week from DOJ whistleblower Erez Rueveni and Deputy Assistant AG Drew Ensign. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The smallest, littlest joy I could get from this is Drew Ensign being found in contempt
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JUST IN: Judge Boasberg says it'd be "premature" to refer Kristi Noem for a contempt prosecution but orders testimony next week from DOJ whistleblower Erez Rueveni and Deputy Assistant AG Drew Ensign. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
JUST IN: Judge Boasberg says it'd be "premature" to refer Kristi Noem for a contempt prosecution but orders testimony next week from DOJ whistleblower Erez Rueveni and Deputy Assistant AG Drew Ensign. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Right; this isn't the sort of thing universal injunctions should address, but the S.G.’s vision of departamentalism — where the Executive gets to go lose in every court in the country without any conclusive resolution — is the same.
December 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Right; this isn't the sort of thing universal injunctions should address, but the S.G.’s vision of departamentalism — where the Executive gets to go lose in every court in the country without any conclusive resolution — is the same.
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When cameras are installed, they issue many violations in the first month, followed by a steep decline in the second month. This suggests that the cameras effectively deter speeding by changing underlying driver behavior rather than relying on sustained revenue extraction.
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
When cameras are installed, they issue many violations in the first month, followed by a steep decline in the second month. This suggests that the cameras effectively deter speeding by changing underlying driver behavior rather than relying on sustained revenue extraction.
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Nope. Doomer nostalgia about a fake past in which "all families were single earners & they all owned homes!" is the reactionary sentiment. Telling the truth is always better for the left.
December 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Nope. Doomer nostalgia about a fake past in which "all families were single earners & they all owned homes!" is the reactionary sentiment. Telling the truth is always better for the left.
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Just so folks know: Habba is stepping down to avoid Supreme Court review. That way, DOJ can keep abusing judges in other districts who are correctly holding these appointments unconstitutional. It is precisely the cynical tactic that Justice Kagan summarized during the universal injunction oral arg.
Important to remember that if this were true (it's not), but just IF there were any colorable case to be made that judges have engaged in "an unconscionable campaign of bias and hostility" there are judicial remedies.
If you disagree with a court, you appeal. You don't throw a tantrum on X.
If you disagree with a court, you appeal. You don't throw a tantrum on X.
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Just so folks know: Habba is stepping down to avoid Supreme Court review. That way, DOJ can keep abusing judges in other districts who are correctly holding these appointments unconstitutional. It is precisely the cynical tactic that Justice Kagan summarized during the universal injunction oral arg.
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This week, Senate Dems will force a vote on our plan to avert massive increases to health care costs that will begin on January 1st.
This is the last chance for Republicans in Congress to help stop these devastating price hikes.
Will they stand with us? Or just keep calling affordability a “hoax”?
This is the last chance for Republicans in Congress to help stop these devastating price hikes.
Will they stand with us? Or just keep calling affordability a “hoax”?
December 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This week, Senate Dems will force a vote on our plan to avert massive increases to health care costs that will begin on January 1st.
This is the last chance for Republicans in Congress to help stop these devastating price hikes.
Will they stand with us? Or just keep calling affordability a “hoax”?
This is the last chance for Republicans in Congress to help stop these devastating price hikes.
Will they stand with us? Or just keep calling affordability a “hoax”?
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We’ve arrested and charged a couple for targeting members of Los Angeles’s Vietnamese community in a $1.9 million investment scheme.
Exploitation of immigrant communities for financial gain – also known as Affinity Fraud – will not be tolerated in California.
Exploitation of immigrant communities for financial gain – also known as Affinity Fraud – will not be tolerated in California.
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
We’ve arrested and charged a couple for targeting members of Los Angeles’s Vietnamese community in a $1.9 million investment scheme.
Exploitation of immigrant communities for financial gain – also known as Affinity Fraud – will not be tolerated in California.
Exploitation of immigrant communities for financial gain – also known as Affinity Fraud – will not be tolerated in California.
This whole situation is as unconditional and impeachable as possible. The President does not hold the power to levy taxes nor the power to distribute funds
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This whole situation is as unconditional and impeachable as possible. The President does not hold the power to levy taxes nor the power to distribute funds
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The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
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the "problem" with virtue signaling wasn't the virtue, it was the idea that the person doing so didn't actually hold those virtues. I wrote about it! www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/m...
‘Virtue Signaling’ Isn’t the Problem. Not Believing One Another Is. (Published 2017)
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
the "problem" with virtue signaling wasn't the virtue, it was the idea that the person doing so didn't actually hold those virtues. I wrote about it! www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/m...
This is by design
New from Michael Miller and me at @thejop.bsky.social: Evidence that, in most areas that were affected by the decision, the Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act in 2013 (Shelby County v Holder) increased the racial turnout gap. A thread...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
December 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is by design
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Overruling Chevron, establishment of MQD, overruling Humphreys, potential return of the nondelegation doctrine: these each purport to police the separation of powers between Congress and the Executive, but what they really do is amass power in SCOTUS for a permanent right-wing deregulatory regime.
December 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Overruling Chevron, establishment of MQD, overruling Humphreys, potential return of the nondelegation doctrine: these each purport to police the separation of powers between Congress and the Executive, but what they really do is amass power in SCOTUS for a permanent right-wing deregulatory regime.
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In a few years, the Roberts Majority will go back to pretending they're returning legislative power to Congress by saying SCOTUS knows better than Congress, all for the same deregulatory purpose: to serve plutocrats rather than the people.
Whiplash gonna be wild when a Dem POTUS stacks the formerly independent agencies with good-government regulators and the Roberts Court turns around and says Congress was never allowed to delegate authority to those agencies in the first place so byebye agencies
hey a fun thing is that if congress is delegating authority to an independent agency then by definition that agency is not "unaccountable." it is still accountable to congress. and it is interesting (read: extremely frustrating) to me that these people just write congress out of existence here.
December 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In a few years, the Roberts Majority will go back to pretending they're returning legislative power to Congress by saying SCOTUS knows better than Congress, all for the same deregulatory purpose: to serve plutocrats rather than the people.
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Rigorous and important empirical study on the impact of SCOTUS’s gutting of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Especially troubling now that Section 2 is also on the chopping block.
New from Michael Miller and me at @thejop.bsky.social: Evidence that, in most areas that were affected by the decision, the Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act in 2013 (Shelby County v Holder) increased the racial turnout gap. A thread...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
December 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Rigorous and important empirical study on the impact of SCOTUS’s gutting of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Especially troubling now that Section 2 is also on the chopping block.