Modern Day Bartleby
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Former Clevelander, STL, SF now Tokyoite
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One of the things I love about living in Tokyo is how I am always walking to stations, through stations, towards destinations. As a result, my everyday activities result in exercise. I don’t really…
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I wrote a little essay about my changing relationship with burgers - #Burgers #FoodSky #Foodies #Tokyo
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DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g.
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
ChatGPT cuts in action
www.politico.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:49 PM
DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g.
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
The Profa Republican Party is an international crime syndicate of epistemic irresponsibility
New: Military officers could soon find dozens of top colleges and universities across the US (list in replies) abruptly off limits for tuition assistance as part of Hegseth’s campaign against schools he describes as being biased against the US military
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...
Pentagon may bar tuition aid for top universities in Hegseth’s crackdown on ‘biased’ schools | CNN Politics
Military officers could soon find dozens of top colleges and universities across the United States abruptly off limits for tuition assistance as part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s campaign again...
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:58 PM
The Profa Republican Party is an international crime syndicate of epistemic irresponsibility
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The default assumption should be that they’re lying
February 13, 2026 at 10:33 PM
The default assumption should be that they’re lying
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ICE thugs, who are armed much like army commandos and travel in large packs, routinely claim they were forced to beat or shoot victims because they were "threatened" with things like snow shovels and weeding sheers.
February 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
ICE thugs, who are armed much like army commandos and travel in large packs, routinely claim they were forced to beat or shoot victims because they were "threatened" with things like snow shovels and weeding sheers.
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Although President Trump may be ending the surge of immigration agents in Minneapolis, small towns, like Cornelius, Oregon, and Coon Rapids, Minnesota, are dealing with the arrival of ICE agents. Even a single incident can shatter the tranquillity of neighborhoods unaccustomed to turmoil.
Beyond the Big Cities, ICE Is Rattling Small-Town and Exurban America
Far from the national spotlight, towns like Cornelius, Ore., and Coon Rapids, Minn., are dealing with President Trump’s expanding mass deportation effort, and the effects can be acute.
nyti.ms
February 13, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Although President Trump may be ending the surge of immigration agents in Minneapolis, small towns, like Cornelius, Oregon, and Coon Rapids, Minnesota, are dealing with the arrival of ICE agents. Even a single incident can shatter the tranquillity of neighborhoods unaccustomed to turmoil.
He's not the Democrat we need right now
Governor Newsom proclaims Ronald Reagan Day
Governor Newsom proclaims Ronald Reagan Day | Governor of California
www.gov.ca.gov
February 13, 2026 at 10:52 PM
He's not the Democrat we need right now
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I want people to really understand and grapple with how bad it is for victims and all of us to live in a system where sexual violence is not punished, but victims are punished more for coming forward. I need people to see it for what it is so that we can actually do something about it
February 13, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I want people to really understand and grapple with how bad it is for victims and all of us to live in a system where sexual violence is not punished, but victims are punished more for coming forward. I need people to see it for what it is so that we can actually do something about it
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There are lots of ways that institutions punish survivors for coming forward. Sometimes that is literal punishment, like when survivors get charged with crimes in response to reporting abuse. It can also look like surveillance, intimidation, leaks, and acting like they don’t matter or even exist.
February 13, 2026 at 8:59 PM
There are lots of ways that institutions punish survivors for coming forward. Sometimes that is literal punishment, like when survivors get charged with crimes in response to reporting abuse. It can also look like surveillance, intimidation, leaks, and acting like they don’t matter or even exist.
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Not just refusal to act, but retaliation, too. Publishing unredacted information that puts them in danger, including nude photos, while redacting and withholding files containing information about perpetrators.
February 13, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Not just refusal to act, but retaliation, too. Publishing unredacted information that puts them in danger, including nude photos, while redacting and withholding files containing information about perpetrators.
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The complete refusal from the Department of Justice and FBI to investigate the allegations in the Epstein Files and made by Epstein survivors is also proof of what victims everywhere go through every day when authority figures refuse to do anything about what happened to them
February 13, 2026 at 8:55 PM
The complete refusal from the Department of Justice and FBI to investigate the allegations in the Epstein Files and made by Epstein survivors is also proof of what victims everywhere go through every day when authority figures refuse to do anything about what happened to them
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“Have you ever had somebody come to your job and tell you to do a job that you’re already doing? Well, that is what Kristi Noem just did to the State of Arizona and my office.”
story via @jerodmacevoy.com
story via @jerodmacevoy.com
Kristi Noem was unable to cite single election fraud case during secretive Arizona visit
DHS Secretary Noem visits Phoenix, claims Arizona election fraud but can't provide examples as state officials rebuke false claims
azmirror.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:48 PM
“Have you ever had somebody come to your job and tell you to do a job that you’re already doing? Well, that is what Kristi Noem just did to the State of Arizona and my office.”
story via @jerodmacevoy.com
story via @jerodmacevoy.com
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And Kavanaugh Kidnappings!
February 12, 2026 at 2:29 AM
And Kavanaugh Kidnappings!
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Kavanaugh sorting.
February 12, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Kavanaugh sorting.
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
This is fascism
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:50 PM
This is fascism
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Immigration was never the worry. Look, Biden had a deal that was on the table by a bipartisan group of Senators. Trump called the Republicans and sabotaged it. It was never about Immigration. It was about racism. The plan was to get rid of brown people and move to the next group.
“.. what he’s doing now in our cities, pitting the military against our people, these are gestapo tactics,” said independent Brenda Shaw .. “They’re shooting U.S. citizens in the face and in the back.”
@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/trum...
@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/trum...
February 12, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Immigration was never the worry. Look, Biden had a deal that was on the table by a bipartisan group of Senators. Trump called the Republicans and sabotaged it. It was never about Immigration. It was about racism. The plan was to get rid of brown people and move to the next group.
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It does some stuff well but needs constant supervision, and when it messes up, people often don’t know why or how. This makes it both worse and dangerous. I would not structure my economy out of this just as I wouldn’t allow an anonymous man to build my house with materials I’ve never heard of.
February 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM
It does some stuff well but needs constant supervision, and when it messes up, people often don’t know why or how. This makes it both worse and dangerous. I would not structure my economy out of this just as I wouldn’t allow an anonymous man to build my house with materials I’ve never heard of.
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Maybe take seriously the idea that the people at the levers of implementation will try it even if it's *not actually any good*.
www.nobhillgazette.com/arts_and_cul...
www.nobhillgazette.com/arts_and_cul...
February 11, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Maybe take seriously the idea that the people at the levers of implementation will try it even if it's *not actually any good*.
www.nobhillgazette.com/arts_and_cul...
www.nobhillgazette.com/arts_and_cul...
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how bad do you have to fuck up to allow an exploit in fucking NOTEPAD
The AI features added to Notepad created a critical exploit vulnerable to loading a compromised txt file.
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
AI-upgraded Notepad now exposes Windows users to critical exploit
A critical remote code execution vulnerability found in the AI-upgraded Windows 11 Notepad has fueled renewed criticism of Microsoft's forced AI feature creep.
cybernews.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM
how bad do you have to fuck up to allow an exploit in fucking NOTEPAD
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This is interesting. Federal court finds a woman faced with serious harm from pregnancy but not death has a right to terminate the fetus not b/c abortion is a constitutional right but because of the ancient and well-recognized right to self-defense! Yes! storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
This is interesting. Federal court finds a woman faced with serious harm from pregnancy but not death has a right to terminate the fetus not b/c abortion is a constitutional right but because of the ancient and well-recognized right to self-defense! Yes! storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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WSJ editorial board hits FDA: It’s hard to recall a regulator who has done as much damage to medical innovation in as little time as Vinay Prasad who rejected Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine without even a cursory review.
www.wsj.com/opinion/vina...
www.wsj.com/opinion/vina...
Opinion | Vinay Prasad’s Vaccine Kill Shot
Does the White House know the harm he’s doing to public health?
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:49 AM
WSJ editorial board hits FDA: It’s hard to recall a regulator who has done as much damage to medical innovation in as little time as Vinay Prasad who rejected Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine without even a cursory review.
www.wsj.com/opinion/vina...
www.wsj.com/opinion/vina...
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Fascists only need to win one election to destroy democracy, whereas democrats have to win every election to preserve it. That’s why fascists cannot be allowed into politics, why a tolerant society must never tolerate fascism or it will lose its tolerance. It’s the Popper Paradox and we’re living it
February 12, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Fascists only need to win one election to destroy democracy, whereas democrats have to win every election to preserve it. That’s why fascists cannot be allowed into politics, why a tolerant society must never tolerate fascism or it will lose its tolerance. It’s the Popper Paradox and we’re living it
This is fascism
Internal Revenue Service improperly shared confidential tax information of thousands of individuals with immigration enforcement officials, according to three people familiar with the situation, appearing to breach a legal fire wall intended to protect taxpayer data.
IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS
The tax agency only recently discovered it improperly disclosed tax information on thousands of the wrong people to immigration enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:50 AM
This is fascism
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Internal Revenue Service improperly shared confidential tax information of thousands of individuals with immigration enforcement officials, according to three people familiar with the situation, appearing to breach a legal fire wall intended to protect taxpayer data.
IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS
The tax agency only recently discovered it improperly disclosed tax information on thousands of the wrong people to immigration enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Internal Revenue Service improperly shared confidential tax information of thousands of individuals with immigration enforcement officials, according to three people familiar with the situation, appearing to breach a legal fire wall intended to protect taxpayer data.