Luz Quintero
@luzquintero.bsky.social
Radical cosmopolitan
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This is why the Justice Department should be removed from the Exec branch & placed under the federal judiciary. And yes, there's a pathway to do that without resort to the constitutional amendment process. I'll have more to say about that in a future piece.
Breaking News: Pam Bondi assigned a prosecutor to look into Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to prominent Democrats including Bill Clinton, at President Trump’s urging.
Trump Live Updates: Bondi Assigns Prosecutor to Look Into Epstein’s Ties to Prominent Democrats
nyti.ms
November 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This is why the Justice Department should be removed from the Exec branch & placed under the federal judiciary. And yes, there's a pathway to do that without resort to the constitutional amendment process. I'll have more to say about that in a future piece.
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“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
Exclusive: Democratic-led states are inadvertently sharing drivers' data with ICE - www.reuters.com/world/democr...
www.reuters.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Exclusive: Democratic-led states are inadvertently sharing drivers' data with ICE - www.reuters.com/world/democr...
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Sometimes when people ask me why I’m wearing a mask I say I’m traveling or have some important thing soon and can’t afford to get sick and miss it and that’s pretty much always true but I think it would be nice if it were more normalized to just say “I don’t want to get sick” and leave it at that
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Sometimes when people ask me why I’m wearing a mask I say I’m traveling or have some important thing soon and can’t afford to get sick and miss it and that’s pretty much always true but I think it would be nice if it were more normalized to just say “I don’t want to get sick” and leave it at that
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Personality cults are the crabs of human social organization. We just keep endlessly producing them, regardless of the context.
Where is your god now, economists?
Hmm
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Personality cults are the crabs of human social organization. We just keep endlessly producing them, regardless of the context.
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48% yes, 19% no, 32% don't know for proportional representation. That's with very little public campaign for PR so far.
Tracks similar results we found a couple of years ago polling various reforms in Wyoming. It's not some wonky thing only nerds get. The concept is intuitive and naturally popular.
Tracks similar results we found a couple of years ago polling various reforms in Wyoming. It's not some wonky thing only nerds get. The concept is intuitive and naturally popular.
Wow! That's a lot higher support level than I expected. And that 32%"don't know" means there's a high ceiling
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
48% yes, 19% no, 32% don't know for proportional representation. That's with very little public campaign for PR so far.
Tracks similar results we found a couple of years ago polling various reforms in Wyoming. It's not some wonky thing only nerds get. The concept is intuitive and naturally popular.
Tracks similar results we found a couple of years ago polling various reforms in Wyoming. It's not some wonky thing only nerds get. The concept is intuitive and naturally popular.
Territories should be given the offer to become states or to become independent countries
youtube.com/watch?v=iCxL...
youtube.com/watch?v=iCxL...
Should U.S. Territories Be States? | Civics Made Easy
YouTube video by PBS
youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Territories should be given the offer to become states or to become independent countries
youtube.com/watch?v=iCxL...
youtube.com/watch?v=iCxL...
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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Concentration camps for the homeless
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Concentration camps for the homeless
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We should judge a political philosophy by total net value it offers to add if implemented. If your ideology offers benefits for the few, if it requires scapegoating, if it reduces the bounty for all, then your beliefs are garbage.
October 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
We should judge a political philosophy by total net value it offers to add if implemented. If your ideology offers benefits for the few, if it requires scapegoating, if it reduces the bounty for all, then your beliefs are garbage.
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this is the moderate position
I am a single issue voter and that issue is I want the Republican Party in federal prison.
That rage you feel, as you watch the White House get leveled? That's how we beat Trump. Harness that, refine it, find ways to get other people equally enraged. Get them so mad they can't see straight. None of this kumbaya BS. White-hot, unreasoning anger, that demands the people who did this PAY.
October 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
this is the moderate position
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This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
October 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
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Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
October 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
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Have you ever been lost in a video game level, wandering empty halls, until you know you're going the right way because you finally run into enemies? Because you don't know what to do without conflict? Well some people live their real lives that way
October 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Have you ever been lost in a video game level, wandering empty halls, until you know you're going the right way because you finally run into enemies? Because you don't know what to do without conflict? Well some people live their real lives that way
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new polls website just dropped fiftyplusone.news
October 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
new polls website just dropped fiftyplusone.news
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Trump is now calling up National Guard troops from states to send them into other states.
He’s trying to send California troops into Oregon & Texas troops into Illinois.
This is illegal & threatens to tear apart our country even further.
He is trying to provoke a civil war.
He’s trying to send California troops into Oregon & Texas troops into Illinois.
This is illegal & threatens to tear apart our country even further.
He is trying to provoke a civil war.
October 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Trump is now calling up National Guard troops from states to send them into other states.
He’s trying to send California troops into Oregon & Texas troops into Illinois.
This is illegal & threatens to tear apart our country even further.
He is trying to provoke a civil war.
He’s trying to send California troops into Oregon & Texas troops into Illinois.
This is illegal & threatens to tear apart our country even further.
He is trying to provoke a civil war.
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The end of due process for immigrants is the end of due process for citizens.
Few understand this.
Few understand this.
October 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The end of due process for immigrants is the end of due process for citizens.
Few understand this.
Few understand this.
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ACS data is far from perfect, but I think it helps illustrate the reality that most "vacant" units are short-term vacancies related to either typical housing market churn, special / seasonal use cases, repairs, etc
70% of vacant units have been empty for less than 1 year
70% of vacant units have been empty for less than 1 year
September 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
ACS data is far from perfect, but I think it helps illustrate the reality that most "vacant" units are short-term vacancies related to either typical housing market churn, special / seasonal use cases, repairs, etc
70% of vacant units have been empty for less than 1 year
70% of vacant units have been empty for less than 1 year
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The sub-categories of this "other vacancy" category that most closely approximate a long-term, chronically vacated unit together comprise about 1.4 million units (or 1% of all "vacant" units nationwide)
But keep in mind that many of these are not in good condition
But keep in mind that many of these are not in good condition
September 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The sub-categories of this "other vacancy" category that most closely approximate a long-term, chronically vacated unit together comprise about 1.4 million units (or 1% of all "vacant" units nationwide)
But keep in mind that many of these are not in good condition
But keep in mind that many of these are not in good condition
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The backlash to Trump's immigration agenda has impacted broader attitudes about the value of immigration in America apnorc.org/projects/abo...
September 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The backlash to Trump's immigration agenda has impacted broader attitudes about the value of immigration in America apnorc.org/projects/abo...
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he was instrumental in getting trump to pardon war criminals during trump’s first term and is participating in war crimes at the moment. i bet if you pushed him just a little bit he’d tell you that his much vaunted “warrior mindset” just means a willingness to kill civilians
September 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
he was instrumental in getting trump to pardon war criminals during trump’s first term and is participating in war crimes at the moment. i bet if you pushed him just a little bit he’d tell you that his much vaunted “warrior mindset” just means a willingness to kill civilians
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me, trepidantly: we inherit the legacy of these war crimes, still; strange as it may seem, whether we like it or not it must be said that these were in a meaningful sense "our" war crimes.
MAGA, enthusiastically: these were our war crimes!!!!
MAGA, enthusiastically: these were our war crimes!!!!
September 26, 2025 at 4:36 AM
me, trepidantly: we inherit the legacy of these war crimes, still; strange as it may seem, whether we like it or not it must be said that these were in a meaningful sense "our" war crimes.
MAGA, enthusiastically: these were our war crimes!!!!
MAGA, enthusiastically: these were our war crimes!!!!
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We should build more homes near public transit stops. That’s why we introduced & passed SB 79 — more homes, stronger transit systems, less traffic congestion, lower carbon emissions.
It’s a win all around.
It’s a win all around.
September 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
We should build more homes near public transit stops. That’s why we introduced & passed SB 79 — more homes, stronger transit systems, less traffic congestion, lower carbon emissions.
It’s a win all around.
It’s a win all around.