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It is especially insulting because the government isn't even spending our taxes in a legal manner. And we have to pay them. It's like if your local mob boss added a processing fee on top of whatever money he extorted from you. And that processing fee went to his friends.
So frustrating. Killing a free and easy way for Americans to file their taxes in exchange for a more complicated and or fee-based program from private companies is ludicrous. Why would a government want to make it difficult for citizens to pay their taxes?
IRS Direct File won't be available next year. Here's what that means for taxpayers
The Trump administration has decided not to offer the IRS' electronic tax filing system for free next year, and its future is unclear.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
It is especially insulting because the government isn't even spending our taxes in a legal manner. And we have to pay them. It's like if your local mob boss added a processing fee on top of whatever money he extorted from you. And that processing fee went to his friends.
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(1) We don't know that this was a jury nullification situation.
(2) It could as easily be the jurors simply decided that the prosecution failed to demonstrate the crime occurred as charged.
And that's fine. It's what juries are for.
(2) It could as easily be the jurors simply decided that the prosecution failed to demonstrate the crime occurred as charged.
And that's fine. It's what juries are for.
November 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
(1) We don't know that this was a jury nullification situation.
(2) It could as easily be the jurors simply decided that the prosecution failed to demonstrate the crime occurred as charged.
And that's fine. It's what juries are for.
(2) It could as easily be the jurors simply decided that the prosecution failed to demonstrate the crime occurred as charged.
And that's fine. It's what juries are for.
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Obviously she won't win, but you can safely predict that Stefanik's antisemitic conspiracy theories about "Soros" and "globalists" and aides/staffers of hers being in the youth GOP "I love Hitler"/"Throw them in the gas chambers" chat will get nowhere near the scrutiny Mamdani did.
Stefanik poised to announce bid for New York governor on Friday
Stefanik poised to announce bid for New York governor on Friday
New York Republicans have been shut out of statewide office for decades.
dlvr.it
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Obviously she won't win, but you can safely predict that Stefanik's antisemitic conspiracy theories about "Soros" and "globalists" and aides/staffers of hers being in the youth GOP "I love Hitler"/"Throw them in the gas chambers" chat will get nowhere near the scrutiny Mamdani did.
I just had Claude Code make me a one page app that I think I will find useful: Drop a markdown file into it and it rendered it.
Here it is:
[_inchoatemiscellany.nekoweb.org/projects/…](https://inchoatemiscellany.nekoweb.org/projects/dndmdviewer/)
Here it is:
[_inchoatemiscellany.nekoweb.org/projects/…](https://inchoatemiscellany.nekoweb.org/projects/dndmdviewer/)
November 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I just had Claude Code make me a one page app that I think I will find useful: Drop a markdown file into it and it rendered it.
Here it is:
[_inchoatemiscellany.nekoweb.org/projects/…](https://inchoatemiscellany.nekoweb.org/projects/dndmdviewer/)
Here it is:
[_inchoatemiscellany.nekoweb.org/projects/…](https://inchoatemiscellany.nekoweb.org/projects/dndmdviewer/)
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I put my VISAWUS talk about suffragette violence up on my blog -- in an attempt to answer the question "Why was the British women's suffrage movement more violent than the American one?" eleanorcourtemanche.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/w...
Why was the British women’s suffrage movement more violent than the American one?
This post is an edited version of a talk I gave at the VISAWUS conference at St. Louis University on October 3, 2025. It’s more of a straight-up take on Victorian history than I usually post here, …
eleanorcourtemanche.wordpress.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I put my VISAWUS talk about suffragette violence up on my blog -- in an attempt to answer the question "Why was the British women's suffrage movement more violent than the American one?" eleanorcourtemanche.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/w...
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I’m not even arguing here, I’m actually in awe of how durable the resistance is proving to be, and how little it is daunted by what appears (from the outside) an extremely daunting track record of repeated wrongness
October 24, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I’m not even arguing here, I’m actually in awe of how durable the resistance is proving to be, and how little it is daunted by what appears (from the outside) an extremely daunting track record of repeated wrongness
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a dating site where you match solely on dishwasher stacking compatibility
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
a dating site where you match solely on dishwasher stacking compatibility
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We need more leaders, Dems and (come ON!) even Republicans to speak up this way.
Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.
A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.
We need to stand up together and speak up.
A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.
We need to stand up together and speak up.
October 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
We need more leaders, Dems and (come ON!) even Republicans to speak up this way.
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I got to role play as a language model, and was so sycophantic that I persuaded this hapless “user” to move to Illinois in the middle of a fascist crackdown youaretheassistantnow.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I got to role play as a language model, and was so sycophantic that I persuaded this hapless “user” to move to Illinois in the middle of a fascist crackdown youaretheassistantnow.com
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I am old enough to remember when this company used images of MLK, Gandhi, and Muhammad Ali in their ads, after having previously made one of the most famous ads in history by invoking "1984."
SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class
Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.
migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...
Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.
migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...
SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class
Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.
migrantinsider.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I am old enough to remember when this company used images of MLK, Gandhi, and Muhammad Ali in their ads, after having previously made one of the most famous ads in history by invoking "1984."
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October 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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This isn't exactly a surprise, but here's a note that Claude 4.5 Sonnet in Claude Code can write a full working Datasette plugin from a single prompt now simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/8/c...
Claude can write complete Datasette plugins now
This isn’t necessarily surprising, but it’s worth noting anyway. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is capable of building a full Datasette plugin now. I’ve seen models complete aspects of this in the …
simonwillison.net
October 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This isn't exactly a surprise, but here's a note that Claude 4.5 Sonnet in Claude Code can write a full working Datasette plugin from a single prompt now simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/8/c...
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"Information shapes perceptions, drives alliances, corrodes trust, and determines the resilience and power found in democracies." Putin understands and exploits this better than we do. www.thebulwark.com/p/putins-bot...
Putin’s Bots and Drones Target Trust
And the American media ecosystem leaves us vulnerable.
www.thebulwark.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
"Information shapes perceptions, drives alliances, corrodes trust, and determines the resilience and power found in democracies." Putin understands and exploits this better than we do. www.thebulwark.com/p/putins-bot...
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"How to Confront and Defeat an Authoritarian"
As the Trump Administration marches towards authoritarian control, historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social turns to American history after the Civil War for strategies on how the masses can rise up & rally.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
As the Trump Administration marches towards authoritarian control, historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social turns to American history after the Civil War for strategies on how the masses can rise up & rally.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
October 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"How to Confront and Defeat an Authoritarian"
As the Trump Administration marches towards authoritarian control, historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social turns to American history after the Civil War for strategies on how the masses can rise up & rally.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
As the Trump Administration marches towards authoritarian control, historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social turns to American history after the Civil War for strategies on how the masses can rise up & rally.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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This is some of the best messaging I’ve seen so far from the Democratic Party. Please forward far and wide.
@indivisible.org
@indivisiblenoco.com
@indivisible-co.bsky.social
NOCO
#copolitics
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Hold the line -
@hickenlooper.senate.gov
@bennet.senate.gov
@indivisible.org
@indivisiblenoco.com
@indivisible-co.bsky.social
NOCO
#copolitics
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Hold the line -
@hickenlooper.senate.gov
@bennet.senate.gov
October 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is some of the best messaging I’ve seen so far from the Democratic Party. Please forward far and wide.
@indivisible.org
@indivisiblenoco.com
@indivisible-co.bsky.social
NOCO
#copolitics
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Hold the line -
@hickenlooper.senate.gov
@bennet.senate.gov
@indivisible.org
@indivisiblenoco.com
@indivisible-co.bsky.social
NOCO
#copolitics
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Hold the line -
@hickenlooper.senate.gov
@bennet.senate.gov
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Trump sent 20 billion to Argentina for a bailout.
China brokered a deal to quit buying American soybeans and buy beans from Argentina.
Trump bailed out the country that swept the knees of American farmers.
The Art of the Deal…
China brokered a deal to quit buying American soybeans and buy beans from Argentina.
Trump bailed out the country that swept the knees of American farmers.
The Art of the Deal…
October 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Trump sent 20 billion to Argentina for a bailout.
China brokered a deal to quit buying American soybeans and buy beans from Argentina.
Trump bailed out the country that swept the knees of American farmers.
The Art of the Deal…
China brokered a deal to quit buying American soybeans and buy beans from Argentina.
Trump bailed out the country that swept the knees of American farmers.
The Art of the Deal…
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.
September 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.
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There's a wrong way and a right way to report this
September 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
There's a wrong way and a right way to report this
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Nada. Zip. Nothing. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
'No evidence' found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk's shooting and left-wing groups, officials say
Three people familiar with the federal probe into Kirk’s assassination told NBC News that investigators have yet to find a link between the alleged shooter and left-wing groups.
www.nbcnews.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Nada. Zip. Nothing. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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In four minutes I can forget just about anything
September 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In four minutes I can forget just about anything
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It absolutely matters here that Pritzker was effective at sounding the alarm and plainly stating this would be unconstitutional in a profoundly radical and fundamental way, and showing he could rally practical popular opposition, which then gets spun as backing out over "legal headaches."
September 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
It absolutely matters here that Pritzker was effective at sounding the alarm and plainly stating this would be unconstitutional in a profoundly radical and fundamental way, and showing he could rally practical popular opposition, which then gets spun as backing out over "legal headaches."