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Philosopher by training; cranky by nature. Professional in science and technology policy. Also photography, combatting antisemitism, politics, and ethics.
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There’s a Smithsonian museum across the mall from the White House that’s literally called “The Museum of the American Indian.”
November 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
There’s a Smithsonian museum across the mall from the White House that’s literally called “The Museum of the American Indian.”
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NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Just going to put this right here in case anyone needs it.
www.americanbar.org/groups/busin...
www.americanbar.org/groups/busin...
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just going to put this right here in case anyone needs it.
www.americanbar.org/groups/busin...
www.americanbar.org/groups/busin...
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NSA Contractor Groomed Teenage Girls On Reddit, DOJ Alleges
NSA Contractor Groomed Teenage Girls On Reddit, DOJ Alleges
A Booz Allen Hamilton contractor for the NSA allegedly used his work computer to coerce teenagers into sharing nude images. One of his handles was Charming_Analyst5077, per court records.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
NSA Contractor Groomed Teenage Girls On Reddit, DOJ Alleges
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One deeply underappreciated aspect of MAHA is how much it's often a fig leaf for domestic abuse. I'm not surprised doctors on the ground belive men are withholding kids' vaccines as a way to control and terrorize their wives. They obviously are!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
One deeply underappreciated aspect of MAHA is how much it's often a fig leaf for domestic abuse. I'm not surprised doctors on the ground belive men are withholding kids' vaccines as a way to control and terrorize their wives. They obviously are!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
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Good Fast Times article on New York Times headlines. I was interviewed. One thing I should have noted: the rage-bait comes increasingly from the opinions section.
www.fastcompany.com/91450316/nyt...
www.fastcompany.com/91450316/nyt...
Annoyed by a 'New York Times' headline? It seems like that's increasingly the Gray Lady's goal
Several ‘New York Times’ headlines in 2025 have earned severe social media backlash. Is it happening on purpose?
www.fastcompany.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Good Fast Times article on New York Times headlines. I was interviewed. One thing I should have noted: the rage-bait comes increasingly from the opinions section.
www.fastcompany.com/91450316/nyt...
www.fastcompany.com/91450316/nyt...
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My lifelong friend Democrat Peter Chatzky is running to unseat MAGA Congressman Mike Lawlor in New York. Hope you’ll give him a follow! #NY17
My favorite part of the campaign has been meeting so many new people, talking, and learning from all of you. I’m thankful for the memories we’ve made along the way.
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My lifelong friend Democrat Peter Chatzky is running to unseat MAGA Congressman Mike Lawlor in New York. Hope you’ll give him a follow! #NY17
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
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Mike Huckabee just visited a church in Jerusalem whose unambiguous purpose is to convert Israeli Jews to belief in Jesus in order to bring the End Times. Here's a sermon on this from church leader Rick Ridings in Nov 2023, preached from where Huckabee just stood 👇
November 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Mike Huckabee just visited a church in Jerusalem whose unambiguous purpose is to convert Israeli Jews to belief in Jesus in order to bring the End Times. Here's a sermon on this from church leader Rick Ridings in Nov 2023, preached from where Huckabee just stood 👇
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"We have a first amendment right to coordinate our market activity" is not going to be a viable claim, guys
BREAKING: RealPage is suing New York, challenging a new state law that bans landlords from using algorithms to set rents.
RealPage claims that its software, which landlords have used to collude on rents, is protected by the First Amendment.
RealPage claims that its software, which landlords have used to collude on rents, is protected by the First Amendment.
November 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"We have a first amendment right to coordinate our market activity" is not going to be a viable claim, guys
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This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
Why am I giving up on Jewish-Christian relations as an area of social and political work? Because this stuff gets posted and lots of Jewish scholars respond to it, but Christian communities don't bother to do the work of educating one another or holding each other accountable.
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Why am I giving up on Jewish-Christian relations as an area of social and political work? Because this stuff gets posted and lots of Jewish scholars respond to it, but Christian communities don't bother to do the work of educating one another or holding each other accountable.
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I'm certain that this is an exploration of the sheer beauty of the rabbinic tradition and the brilliance of its expositive method, rather than antisemitic nonsense. Gonna go read it to confirm
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I'm certain that this is an exploration of the sheer beauty of the rabbinic tradition and the brilliance of its expositive method, rather than antisemitic nonsense. Gonna go read it to confirm
When he initially laid out his opposition to Prop 50, Kiley was careful to avoid criticizing Texas and Greg Abbott. He only acknowledged this after it became clear that (a) Prop 50 was massively popular in California (+30 points) and (b) his partisan hypocrisy was raised repeatedly in interviews.
California Republican suddenly supporting a national partisan gerrymandering ban. IT’S GAME THEORY BABY THINK OF THE STRATEGERY, WE PLAYING DEFECT-DEFECT NOT DEFECT-COOPERATE, IT’S TIT FOR TAT, CONSIDER THE INCENTIVES
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
When he initially laid out his opposition to Prop 50, Kiley was careful to avoid criticizing Texas and Greg Abbott. He only acknowledged this after it became clear that (a) Prop 50 was massively popular in California (+30 points) and (b) his partisan hypocrisy was raised repeatedly in interviews.
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"The most stirring contemporary defenses of liberalism, like Elizabeth Anderson’s 𝘏𝘪𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥, demonstrate a combined commitment to liberalism’s merits along with an honest understanding of where we have gone wrong. Unfortunately, many others adopt a small-c conservative defensiveness."
Liberalism or Inertia? Cass Sunstein's "Liberalism: In Defense of Freedom"
Cass Sunstein’s book adopt a small-c conservative defensiveness that belies a now requisite rejuvenating liberal imagination.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"The most stirring contemporary defenses of liberalism, like Elizabeth Anderson’s 𝘏𝘪𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥, demonstrate a combined commitment to liberalism’s merits along with an honest understanding of where we have gone wrong. Unfortunately, many others adopt a small-c conservative defensiveness."
Boss: So, we just found out Jonathan Haidt’s going to be on a panel. Can you write a briefing showing that Haidt is a hack?
Me, cracking my knuckles: Yes please!
Me, cracking my knuckles: Yes please!
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Boss: So, we just found out Jonathan Haidt’s going to be on a panel. Can you write a briefing showing that Haidt is a hack?
Me, cracking my knuckles: Yes please!
Me, cracking my knuckles: Yes please!
Blue Moon of Kentucky.
Trump’s approval collapses nationwide, turning several deep-red states negative — Economist tracker
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Blue Moon of Kentucky.
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
The number of times I see documents about critical AI literacy that plainly include mistakes resulting from the use of GenAI…
Saw some howlers today, doing some work on AI in education. University administrators, even professors… FFS.
Saw some howlers today, doing some work on AI in education. University administrators, even professors… FFS.
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The number of times I see documents about critical AI literacy that plainly include mistakes resulting from the use of GenAI…
Saw some howlers today, doing some work on AI in education. University administrators, even professors… FFS.
Saw some howlers today, doing some work on AI in education. University administrators, even professors… FFS.
Well, we all know that bankers’ forecasts are good and they never overpromise with catastrophic effects on the economy.
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Well, we all know that bankers’ forecasts are good and they never overpromise with catastrophic effects on the economy.
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Breaking: A federal judge in Denver has ruled that ICE has a pattern of conducting illegal arrests in Colorado because its agents arrest people without checking if they’re a flight risk. Judge orders ICE to end monitoring of 4 people arrested this year & to stop arresting people in similar way.
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Breaking: A federal judge in Denver has ruled that ICE has a pattern of conducting illegal arrests in Colorado because its agents arrest people without checking if they’re a flight risk. Judge orders ICE to end monitoring of 4 people arrested this year & to stop arresting people in similar way.
“We really need to invest more money into Madoff, to ensure all of the other investors get paid.”
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“We really need to invest more money into Madoff, to ensure all of the other investors get paid.”
Oh no. Chotiner is evolving.
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Oh no. Chotiner is evolving.