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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 21h

One curious thing on this site about speaking out against the encroachment of LLMs is that inevitably you get accused of being anti-tech. I don’t hate technology. I’ve used machine learning in my own code before. But I also recognize that oligarchs are so hellbent on pushing this tech for a reason.

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 22h

The character growth of manic productivity following weeks of procrastination is what makes us heroes 😃 and probably pretty good under pressure.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 1d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
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It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 1d

It sucks that exercising your free speech rights puts you in danger.

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 1d

No, it's not just you. People are more road ragey now, at least per some researchers working for my employer!

www.uc.edu/news/article...

Politics follow you on the road

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati found that drivers were far more likely to honk after being cut off by a vehicle bearing a political bumper sticker, particularly one for the opposing polit...

www.uc.edu

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

NEW: PFNA can be found in drinking water systems that serve about 26 million people.

The EPA’s toxicity report on the forever chemical has sat in limbo for months, raising concerns that the Trump administration might change it or not release it at all.

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

The report was completed in mid-April, scientists familiar with the document told ProPublica, but the Trump administration has yet to release it.

www.propublica.org

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 1d

“Shut up and sing” to the damn pope

Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 1d

Womp womp.

Sounds like the "just focus on acting" manta when it's Hollywood figures they don't like (while hold up the Mel Gibson and Jon Voight)

WashPost: As Pope Leo riles conservativew, some say "just focus on the church"

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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 1d

Womp womp.

Sounds like the "just focus on acting" manta when it's Hollywood figures they don't like (while hold up the Mel Gibson and Jon Voight)

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 1d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 2d

Adding to the “evidence we’ve turned into a feudal state where you can negotiate your own personal bespoke legal regime with the state” file

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 2d

That prospect terrifies me.

Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 2d

But if we insist that agencies can do this work themselves, we’re sort of buying into the Trumpy narrative about the deep state. If agencies can save the democratic state, the implication is that they are also somehow responsible for its fall.

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 2d

Can agencies make up for the yawning gap that’s opened up between state and citizen? Maybe. Partly.

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 2d

If legitimacy requires kratos by the demos, parties ain’t providing it anymore. Meanwhile, the disintegration of civil society (a la bowling alone) means it’s hard for citizens to organize themselves outside of parties.

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 2d

They were supposed to be the ones bringing the state closer to citizens by organizing them, aggregating preferences, discovering and then pressing interests within gov’t.

Now they’re sham celebrity cults, riddled with corruption and disfigured by focus-grouped, big-data-fied “policy” platforms.

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 2d

🧵I agree 100% with beau’s diagnosis

My worry is that we are making administration the load-bearing repository for re-establishing the legitimacy of government tout court.

Are we tilting at windmills? The orgs that were supposed to fulfill the promise of rule by the people are political parties.

LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 3d

Today, Beau Baumann grapples with a fundamental challenge for the post-Trump era: to re-build state capacity requires a government that is seen as legitimate, yet it is precisely the erosion of administrative legitimacy that has enabled Trump to carry out his deconstructive agenda.

Rebuilding State Authority In A Post-Trump America

In the ruins of the administrative state after Trump, many on the left see an opportunity to design a New Deal-type reconstruction agenda. But building state capacity requires a government that is…

lpeproject.org

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 2d

And then maybe take a gander at this one 😁😁😁 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Administration as Democratic Trustee Representation | Legal Theory | Cambridge Core

Administration as Democratic Trustee Representation - Volume 29 Issue 4

www.cambridge.org

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 2d

Not that I’m biased when it comes to conceptualizing administration in terms of political representation - but you got to read this one! Beau is 🎯

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 3d

Self-recommending from @beaubaumann.bsky.social. "To wrest the hearts and minds of Americans away from the unitary executive and towards a truly democratic foundation for the administrative state, reconstruction must be centered on representation." lpeproject.org/blog/rebuild...

Rebuilding State Authority In A Post-Trump America

In the ruins of the administrative state after Trump, many on the left see an opportunity to design a New Deal-type reconstruction agenda. But building state capacity requires a government that is…

lpeproject.org

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

I wouldn’t advise anyone in Portland to walk your dog near this building.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 3d

Today, Beau Baumann grapples with a fundamental challenge for the post-Trump era: to re-build state capacity requires a government that is seen as legitimate, yet it is precisely the erosion of administrative legitimacy that has enabled Trump to carry out his deconstructive agenda.

Rebuilding State Authority In A Post-Trump America

In the ruins of the administrative state after Trump, many on the left see an opportunity to design a New Deal-type reconstruction agenda. But building state capacity requires a government that is…

lpeproject.org

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 3d

Self-recommending from @beaubaumann.bsky.social. "To wrest the hearts and minds of Americans away from the unitary executive and towards a truly democratic foundation for the administrative state, reconstruction must be centered on representation." lpeproject.org/blog/rebuild...

Rebuilding State Authority In A Post-Trump America

In the ruins of the administrative state after Trump, many on the left see an opportunity to design a New Deal-type reconstruction agenda. But building state capacity requires a government that is…

lpeproject.org

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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