Leslie Ehrlich
@leslieehrlich.bsky.social
Trained economist. Ex-global financial institutions (consumer focused). Payments nerd. Native New Yorker. Parent. Knitter. Bridge player. Petter of dogs.
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Leslie Ehrlich
@leslieehrlich.bsky.social
· Oct 24
The GOP — a fraction of its Congresspeople, not even half — could make *ALL THIS* stop by impeaching and removing him
Simple majority in the House would require 3 — 3! — GOP votes w all Dems
2/3 in Senate would required 20 Senators out of 53 to vote with Dems, not even 40%.
They own all of it
Simple majority in the House would require 3 — 3! — GOP votes w all Dems
2/3 in Senate would required 20 Senators out of 53 to vote with Dems, not even 40%.
They own all of it
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November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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The boy's family's lawyer called the response "disturbing."
OpenAI Says Boy's Death Was His Own Fault for Using ChatGPT Wrong
OpenAI has argued that the 16-year-old, who took his own life, used ChatGPT incorrectly and that his tragic death was his own fault.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The boy's family's lawyer called the response "disturbing."
I am ashamed… seems as if even some of the agents arresting these spouses applying for green cards are, too
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I am ashamed… seems as if even some of the agents arresting these spouses applying for green cards are, too
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Much in this document is totally divorced from reality
Skandalakis sets out his reasons for seeking dismissal of the case here:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
request-for-dead-docketnolle-prosequi
www.documentcloud.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Much in this document is totally divorced from reality
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Coco Gauff, with the help of the USTA, matched her $3 million earnings for winning the 2023 U.S. Open to renovate tennis courts at Joe W. Brown Park in New Orleans.
Coco dropped in for a surprise visit. This one kid was serious about making his moment count. Look at the concentration!
Coco dropped in for a surprise visit. This one kid was serious about making his moment count. Look at the concentration!
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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This this this so much this
Good analytics has been making many fields better for decades.
Advanced computing will continue to do that!
That’s different from AI slop, “friends”, and other deleterious applications
Surely we can differentiate and regulate appropriately, though so far, not so much
Good analytics has been making many fields better for decades.
Advanced computing will continue to do that!
That’s different from AI slop, “friends”, and other deleterious applications
Surely we can differentiate and regulate appropriately, though so far, not so much
the genAI bubble relies on you conflating the genuinely tremendous potential of using machine learning for e.g. image recognition in radiotherapy, protein folding, simulations in power systems etc with the child abuse image generators and schizophrenic delusions generators
People on BlueSky: AI is useless! A stochastic parrot!
Mathematicians/biologists/physicists: It is already helping us do frontier technical research and in some cases solve open problems arxiv.org/pdf/2511.16072
(There are of course, as always, many caveats, but the paper is genuinely remarkable)
Mathematicians/biologists/physicists: It is already helping us do frontier technical research and in some cases solve open problems arxiv.org/pdf/2511.16072
(There are of course, as always, many caveats, but the paper is genuinely remarkable)
November 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This this this so much this
Good analytics has been making many fields better for decades.
Advanced computing will continue to do that!
That’s different from AI slop, “friends”, and other deleterious applications
Surely we can differentiate and regulate appropriately, though so far, not so much
Good analytics has been making many fields better for decades.
Advanced computing will continue to do that!
That’s different from AI slop, “friends”, and other deleterious applications
Surely we can differentiate and regulate appropriately, though so far, not so much
Yep
The tech leaders who championed DOGE are gonna try to get back into influencing the Democratic Party, and I think it’s a different situation than welcoming back regretful Trump 2024 voters
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Yep
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Back in August, Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered DHS to start treating people humanely at 26 Fed. Plaintiffs says DHS has fixed none of the problems there and are asking for sanctions.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Back in August, Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered DHS to start treating people humanely at 26 Fed. Plaintiffs says DHS has fixed none of the problems there and are asking for sanctions.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Jesus. What the fuck? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Jesus. What the fuck? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
Point not limited to journalism but indeed
At Status_ @oliverdarcy.bsky.social asks questions about Bari Weiss' both-sides approach to being CBS editor-in-chief:
"How does a newsroom create a good-faith debate when one side shows little regard for basic facts and decency, and refuses to play by a normal set of rules?
"How does a newsroom create a good-faith debate when one side shows little regard for basic facts and decency, and refuses to play by a normal set of rules?
Business Insider’s Paywall Backslide
The Axel Springer-owned outlet is pivoting back to clicks this holiday season, Status has learned, as internal pressures mount and its subscription bet shows new cracks.
www.status.news
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Point not limited to journalism but indeed
Whole thread is great but here’s an important point about why you shouldn’t put your grease down your drain
grease floats.
when it flows in sewage and into our plants, it thickens as temps fall, separating in our settling tanks.
the churning water forms grease globs that build like snowballs, and operators remove them so they don’t clog the process.
listen. don’t pour grease down your drains.
when it flows in sewage and into our plants, it thickens as temps fall, separating in our settling tanks.
the churning water forms grease globs that build like snowballs, and operators remove them so they don’t clog the process.
listen. don’t pour grease down your drains.
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Whole thread is great but here’s an important point about why you shouldn’t put your grease down your drain
Thanks for bringing this to my attention and I recommend reading it
Have to admit "asset managers discover Mollie Orshansky" was not on my 2025 bingo card.
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Thanks for bringing this to my attention and I recommend reading it
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To be clear (since NPR isn't), the "joke" is premised on the fact that Trump is kidnapping people w/o due process and shipping them to offshore concentration slave camps in defiance of court orders, human rights accordances, the U.S. constitution, all tenets of common decency, and international law.
President Trump brought grievances to the Thanksgiving pardoning ceremony on Tuesday. He joked about sending the turkeys to a prison in El Salvador, and claimed that last year's turkey pardons were invalid. n.pr/48nUsYx
Trump spares turkeys — but not his political opponents — at annual pardoning ceremony
President Trump brought grievances to the Thanksgiving pardoning ceremony on Tuesday. He joked about sending the turkeys to a prison in El Salvador, and claimed that last year's turkey pardons were invalid.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
To be clear (since NPR isn't), the "joke" is premised on the fact that Trump is kidnapping people w/o due process and shipping them to offshore concentration slave camps in defiance of court orders, human rights accordances, the U.S. constitution, all tenets of common decency, and international law.
Bug, feature etc
Trump has wanted to go ever-bigger with his planned White House ballroom.
One person who disagrees: Trump’s handpicked architect
James McCrery is worried about the size of Trump’s addition overshadowing the main White House mansion, per people we’ve spoken to.
with @jonathanreports.bsky.social
One person who disagrees: Trump’s handpicked architect
James McCrery is worried about the size of Trump’s addition overshadowing the main White House mansion, per people we’ve spoken to.
with @jonathanreports.bsky.social
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.
The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Bug, feature etc
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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
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The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
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So, ordering enforced disappearance—an international crime.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
So, ordering enforced disappearance—an international crime.
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The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
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when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
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This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
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This is super fascinating and I'm interested in thinking about what we gain and lose with this kind of thing but the subfields that could benefit from this kind of technology are the first ones to have been completely hollowed out in higher ed.
New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition
One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved
newsletter.dancohen.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This is super fascinating and I'm interested in thinking about what we gain and lose with this kind of thing but the subfields that could benefit from this kind of technology are the first ones to have been completely hollowed out in higher ed.
No criminal history
BREAKING: ICE Detention Crosses Record 65,000, October Arrests Top Record 40,000, Biggest Growth Among People with No Criminal History
open.substack.com/pub/austinko...
open.substack.com/pub/austinko...
BREAKING: ICE Detention Crosses Record 65,000, October Arrests Top Record 40,000, Biggest Growth Among People with No Criminal History
After over two months of no data, ICE's new detention numbers show a record 65,135 people in detention, biggest growth among immigrants with no criminal histories. GPS ankle monitors also grow to 35k.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
No criminal history
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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The thing about the ongoing media scandal du jour is that RFK Jr is actually killing people.
The idea a reporter could fall in love with that - and that major magazines and publishers - would find it appealing is appalling.
The idea a reporter could fall in love with that - and that major magazines and publishers - would find it appealing is appalling.
Another baby has just died of whooping cough in Kentucky, thanks to RFK Jr. and his merry band of anti-vaxxers.
My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
Third Kentucky infant dies from whooping cough as statewide cases surge
A third Kentucky infant has died from whooping cough in the last 12 months, the Kentucky Department for Public Health said Monday.
www.wlwt.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The thing about the ongoing media scandal du jour is that RFK Jr is actually killing people.
The idea a reporter could fall in love with that - and that major magazines and publishers - would find it appealing is appalling.
The idea a reporter could fall in love with that - and that major magazines and publishers - would find it appealing is appalling.
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I keep saying, Google intentionally making its search worse is a world-historical fumble, and it's a huge opportunity for so many others across the internet, if they'll just seize it..
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I keep saying, Google intentionally making its search worse is a world-historical fumble, and it's a huge opportunity for so many others across the internet, if they'll just seize it..