Jonathan Massaquoi
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The core argument by Prasad’s sycophants is that it is wrong and inappropriate for private citizens to ask their government for reliable data.
In reality, we don’t need anyone’s permission to do that.
We just want data.
Nothing they wrote changes that.
In reality, we don’t need anyone’s permission to do that.
We just want data.
Nothing they wrote changes that.
December 1, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The core argument by Prasad’s sycophants is that it is wrong and inappropriate for private citizens to ask their government for reliable data.
In reality, we don’t need anyone’s permission to do that.
We just want data.
Nothing they wrote changes that.
In reality, we don’t need anyone’s permission to do that.
We just want data.
Nothing they wrote changes that.
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In 2023 the top three cruise lines spent around $2bn on ingredients alone. On “The Weekend Intelligence” we explore the big business of dining at sea. Listen now
Mise en masse
How do you prepare 100,000 meals at sea?
econ.st
December 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
In 2023 the top three cruise lines spent around $2bn on ingredients alone. On “The Weekend Intelligence” we explore the big business of dining at sea. Listen now
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Really great article about a city that decided to do things.
Contrast this with Los Angeles not being able to build an eight-mile bike path in nearly a decade with the final bill now projected to be $1 billion.
Contrast this with Los Angeles not being able to build an eight-mile bike path in nearly a decade with the final bill now projected to be $1 billion.
Montreal's New Rail Line Is the Future - Macleans.ca
Canada has forgotten how to build fast, cheap transit. A new megaproject has the fix.
macleans.ca
December 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Really great article about a city that decided to do things.
Contrast this with Los Angeles not being able to build an eight-mile bike path in nearly a decade with the final bill now projected to be $1 billion.
Contrast this with Los Angeles not being able to build an eight-mile bike path in nearly a decade with the final bill now projected to be $1 billion.
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This will probably get me yelled at, because I can see the consensus forming here that "strong floors, no ceiling" is the dumbest of all possible slogans. I would argue that it's actually not that bad, but that it's wrong for this moment (please read 🧵before yelling at me)...
November 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This will probably get me yelled at, because I can see the consensus forming here that "strong floors, no ceiling" is the dumbest of all possible slogans. I would argue that it's actually not that bad, but that it's wrong for this moment (please read 🧵before yelling at me)...
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A+ headline work from the AP apnews.com/article/dona...
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A+ headline work from the AP apnews.com/article/dona...
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reading at airport gate and deffo recommend this essay
Indian speculative fiction evolved through Bengali "kalpavigyan" and post-Independence "scientifiction." Today, as this piece shows, Indian SF is finding its voice anew—bridging caste, gender, and global imagination with universal storytelling.
By @gautambhatia88.bsky.social
By @gautambhatia88.bsky.social
The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
buff.ly
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
reading at airport gate and deffo recommend this essay
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Teacher Janet Standeven was working on bringing synthetic biology to high schools all across Georgia, but the Trump administration cut the money, claiming it fell under DEI – diversity, equity, and inclusion. cbsn.ws/4407YjH
December 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Teacher Janet Standeven was working on bringing synthetic biology to high schools all across Georgia, but the Trump administration cut the money, claiming it fell under DEI – diversity, equity, and inclusion. cbsn.ws/4407YjH
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This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
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Another great summary & critique of last week's Fed-Alberta energy deal, courtesy of @thenarwhal.ca. I highly recommend the embedded video too:
A guide to Carney’s pipeline deal — and the climate policies it weakens: thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
A guide to Carney’s pipeline deal — and the climate policies it weakens: thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
A guide to Carney’s Alberta pipeline deal | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ‘grand bargain’ isn’t just about an Alberta pipeline —it also proposes rolling back a host of climate policies
thenarwhal.ca
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Another great summary & critique of last week's Fed-Alberta energy deal, courtesy of @thenarwhal.ca. I highly recommend the embedded video too:
A guide to Carney’s pipeline deal — and the climate policies it weakens: thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
A guide to Carney’s pipeline deal — and the climate policies it weakens: thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
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And needless to say, obviously there have been exceptions all along with some reporters doing great work. You know what I'm talking about with the far-too-general pattern.
The best thing the national political press could do is stop it with their special Trump Rules and cover him like they would have covered any other president. They should have done that 10 years ago, but it's never too late.
December 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
And needless to say, obviously there have been exceptions all along with some reporters doing great work. You know what I'm talking about with the far-too-general pattern.
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This.
The second strike is important bc AFTER that one, they started leaving survivors (plus, why the fuck can't Whiskey Pete's DOD manage to destroy a boat in uncontested waters the first strike?).
But all these are murder. Murder murder murder murder.
The second strike is important bc AFTER that one, they started leaving survivors (plus, why the fuck can't Whiskey Pete's DOD manage to destroy a boat in uncontested waters the first strike?).
But all these are murder. Murder murder murder murder.
The first strike was also murder. You can’t just up and kill civilians on the high seas and then claim you were at war with them.
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This.
The second strike is important bc AFTER that one, they started leaving survivors (plus, why the fuck can't Whiskey Pete's DOD manage to destroy a boat in uncontested waters the first strike?).
But all these are murder. Murder murder murder murder.
The second strike is important bc AFTER that one, they started leaving survivors (plus, why the fuck can't Whiskey Pete's DOD manage to destroy a boat in uncontested waters the first strike?).
But all these are murder. Murder murder murder murder.
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He's genuinely incapable of retaining new information. He immediately slides into an unrelated talking point from years ago. Likewise doubling down on "acing" a cognitive test, that's an old bit. It's entirely possible he really can't recall what his doctors (or anybody) very recently told him.
Reporter: Governor Walz called for the release of your MRI results
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
December 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
He's genuinely incapable of retaining new information. He immediately slides into an unrelated talking point from years ago. Likewise doubling down on "acing" a cognitive test, that's an old bit. It's entirely possible he really can't recall what his doctors (or anybody) very recently told him.
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They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
I say bad journalism is having the same liars on TV over and over and expecting to learn the truth.
I say bad journalism is having the same liars on TV over and over and expecting to learn the truth.
WELKER: What vetting did the Trump administration do before giving this suspect asylum?
KRISTI NOEM: The vetting process happens when the person comes into the country and Joe Biden completely did not vet any of these individuals
KRISTI NOEM: The vetting process happens when the person comes into the country and Joe Biden completely did not vet any of these individuals
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
I say bad journalism is having the same liars on TV over and over and expecting to learn the truth.
I say bad journalism is having the same liars on TV over and over and expecting to learn the truth.
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Lots of smart stuff here =>
US public transit advocates: Don't just envy Europe. Start by envying Canada.
Great piece on Montreal's remarkably cheap new rapid transit system.
macleans.ca/society/mont...
Great piece on Montreal's remarkably cheap new rapid transit system.
macleans.ca/society/mont...
Montreal's New Rail Line Is the Future - Macleans.ca
Canada has forgotten how to build fast, cheap transit. A new megaproject has the fix.
macleans.ca
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Lots of smart stuff here =>
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They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
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TPUSA brands itself as “guiding citizens through development of knowledge, skills, values, and motivation so they can meaningfully engage in their communities to restore traditional American values like patriotism” but what it really does is it finds the biggest crybabies and snitches in your area
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
TPUSA brands itself as “guiding citizens through development of knowledge, skills, values, and motivation so they can meaningfully engage in their communities to restore traditional American values like patriotism” but what it really does is it finds the biggest crybabies and snitches in your area
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Lucy White's overt racism - she wants Nus Ghsni banned from the Commons (birthplace), and Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Shabana Mahmood banned from office - may have finally gone too far for TalkTV. The GB News response is disingenuous.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
GB News urged to cut ties with contributor accused of racism
Rightwing activist claimed Commons deputy speaker Nusrat Ghani should be barred because she was born in Pakistan
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Lucy White's overt racism - she wants Nus Ghsni banned from the Commons (birthplace), and Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Shabana Mahmood banned from office - may have finally gone too far for TalkTV. The GB News response is disingenuous.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Imagine the uproar in the media if @kamalaharris.com had her brother-in-law at meetings like this. And her brother-in-law was the 3rd-highest ranking official in the Obama Department of Justice, not a nepo baby like Kushner.
I’d rather question why is Kushner there and why is he laying out a vision? We did not vote him into any gov position nor the senate we voted for has approved his candidacy.
This isn’t a grey zone anymore, it’s 50 shades of grey.
This isn’t a grey zone anymore, it’s 50 shades of grey.
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Imagine the uproar in the media if @kamalaharris.com had her brother-in-law at meetings like this. And her brother-in-law was the 3rd-highest ranking official in the Obama Department of Justice, not a nepo baby like Kushner.
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This is the point:
“Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property,” said Art Carter [CRLS CEO]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
“Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property,” said Art Carter [CRLS CEO]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is the point:
“Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property,” said Art Carter [CRLS CEO]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
“Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property,” said Art Carter [CRLS CEO]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
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I still remember the 3.0e players handbook had skull diagrams in the chapter on player races. I think tink it's a good thing the hobby has ditched that and become more welcoming.
A game where you can do anything and they’re mad that people are doing anything.
November 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I still remember the 3.0e players handbook had skull diagrams in the chapter on player races. I think tink it's a good thing the hobby has ditched that and become more welcoming.
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Wild to see this on a Windows fan site, but also probably true. They want to be infrastructure so they can get bailed out of their debt commitments and be the last app standing when the collapse comes.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Wild to see this on a Windows fan site, but also probably true. They want to be infrastructure so they can get bailed out of their debt commitments and be the last app standing when the collapse comes.
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This is what happens when you let consultants set your agenda: you end up spending time and energy on anodyne messaging that doesn’t connect to Americans’ concerns or values.
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This is what happens when you let consultants set your agenda: you end up spending time and energy on anodyne messaging that doesn’t connect to Americans’ concerns or values.
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When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
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