What about taking written statements (like tweets) and using AI audio generation that clones the author’s voice?
Feels like that’s over the line today, but something we will see/hear in the near future.
Feels like that’s over the line today, but something we will see/hear in the near future.
Both parties should support this. Using AI to generate a video of a candidate saying something he didn’t say should be illegal. Especially since many voters think it is real. I will condemn any candidate from either party who does this.
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
What about taking written statements (like tweets) and using AI audio generation that clones the author’s voice?
Feels like that’s over the line today, but something we will see/hear in the near future.
Feels like that’s over the line today, but something we will see/hear in the near future.
This is what I've been thinking as well — and it is absolutely stunning that Dem messaging didn't coalesce along these lines. Such a simple and strong message could have broken through. Instead, they're allowing Republicans to write their own version of events.
i think the argument the cavers should’ve made/should make is “i couldn’t let people starve - we made a run thinking they would fold on aca, but trump really is that psychotic”
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
like this is basically it, the melts melted under pressure
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is what I've been thinking as well — and it is absolutely stunning that Dem messaging didn't coalesce along these lines. Such a simple and strong message could have broken through. Instead, they're allowing Republicans to write their own version of events.
Schumer has been consistent in saying that his focus is on winning elections in 2026/2028. It seems clear that the only outcome he really wanted from the shutdown was to move public opinion. He may have hoped for, but certainly didn't expect Senate Republicans to concede anything meaningful.
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Schumer has been consistent in saying that his focus is on winning elections in 2026/2028. It seems clear that the only outcome he really wanted from the shutdown was to move public opinion. He may have hoped for, but certainly didn't expect Senate Republicans to concede anything meaningful.
Obviously these results are not as consequential as last year, but damn does tonight feel nice. A clear step in the right direction.
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Obviously these results are not as consequential as last year, but damn does tonight feel nice. A clear step in the right direction.
Do most people know what bergamot is? I didn’t until I finally looked it up this morning.
Prior to today, I would’ve guessed something loosely citrus, which at least is in the ballpark.
Prior to today, I would’ve guessed something loosely citrus, which at least is in the ballpark.
October 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Do most people know what bergamot is? I didn’t until I finally looked it up this morning.
Prior to today, I would’ve guessed something loosely citrus, which at least is in the ballpark.
Prior to today, I would’ve guessed something loosely citrus, which at least is in the ballpark.
At the rate we're going, I think we'll see George W. Bush enter the fray before Chuck Schumer
great news! you're not actually seeing karl rove, john yoo, and david frum criticize the administration's lawlessness more stridently than dem leadership. you, reader, were infected with rabies by a brown bat 36 hours ago and this is all just the virus working its way through your nervous system
September 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
At the rate we're going, I think we'll see George W. Bush enter the fray before Chuck Schumer
This morning I finished reading @andreapitzer.bsky.social’s “One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps”.
Very well written, and I appreciated how the author was able to
blend firsthand accounts into the evolution/progression of 100+ years of extrajudicial detention.
Very well written, and I appreciated how the author was able to
blend firsthand accounts into the evolution/progression of 100+ years of extrajudicial detention.
September 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This morning I finished reading @andreapitzer.bsky.social’s “One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps”.
Very well written, and I appreciated how the author was able to
blend firsthand accounts into the evolution/progression of 100+ years of extrajudicial detention.
Very well written, and I appreciated how the author was able to
blend firsthand accounts into the evolution/progression of 100+ years of extrajudicial detention.
You should consider adding “appears in crosswords more than any other sports analyst” to your bio @minakimes.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
You should consider adding “appears in crosswords more than any other sports analyst” to your bio @minakimes.bsky.social
Frustrating how short-sighted they continue to be. Kitchen table issues might be enough to win in 2026 & 2028, but they won’t give Dem legislators a mandate for meaningful, badly needed democratic reform.
Jeffries and Schumer were cultivated to be peace time leaders. They’re fundamentally not well-suited to lead the opposition.
September 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Frustrating how short-sighted they continue to be. Kitchen table issues might be enough to win in 2026 & 2028, but they won’t give Dem legislators a mandate for meaningful, badly needed democratic reform.
Someone needs to get Schumer and Senate Dems to re-watch that episode of Seinfeld where George does the complete opposite of what he usually does.
Democrats’ big plan to fight the encroach of fascism is to replay the same fight they had in 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024, which as it happens is the exact period during which fascism has endlessly encroached. Except this time they’re just going to be vaguer than ever: “healthcare subsidies”
September 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Someone needs to get Schumer and Senate Dems to re-watch that episode of Seinfeld where George does the complete opposite of what he usually does.
Also ties into MSM’s framing on this and other authoritarian moves — if Dem leadership doesn’t talk about it with urgency, journalists won’t either.
Why are Democrats not fighting the DC federal militarization? Because they believe their quantbrain data people, who have limited tools for measuring persuasion and so they get incorrect answers.
Look at this!
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Look at this!
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If you’re mad about Dems avoiding talking about DC, you can blame the Democratic quants, as demonstrated in this memo from David Shor’s Blue Rose Research
August 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Also ties into MSM’s framing on this and other authoritarian moves — if Dem leadership doesn’t talk about it with urgency, journalists won’t either.
Anytime I want to roleplay as mayor, I just open up Cities Skylines
August 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Anytime I want to roleplay as mayor, I just open up Cities Skylines
Voting should be compulsory for all citizens (with reasonable exceptions)
what is your most "scare the hoes" political opinion
August 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Voting should be compulsory for all citizens (with reasonable exceptions)
Beyond frustrating. Mainstream reporting trips over itself trying to analyze this stuff as if the administration is acting in good faith.
I have lost all patience with the apparently unshakeable conviction that striking a reasonable, moderate pose means assuming the sincerity of transparently pretextual horseshit. Donald Trump does not care about reducing crime in DC. He is testing and normalizing paramilitary deployments in cities.
Is that what he is doing? Fighting crime? Phew. I thought he was using federal power to assert power over the country’s capital
August 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Beyond frustrating. Mainstream reporting trips over itself trying to analyze this stuff as if the administration is acting in good faith.
I agree with Mark, at least in that meaningful change is difficult to sustain without also adjusting incentive structures.
Want to use rich people like me to your advantage? Incent us to help those who need it the most. Lower corp taxes for comps that pay a min of $25 per hour. Lower corp taxes if employees get stock at the same pct as the CEO.
Bottom up incentives work. Dems never innovate. They bitch
Bottom up incentives work. Dems never innovate. They bitch
August 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I agree with Mark, at least in that meaningful change is difficult to sustain without also adjusting incentive structures.
I’d been thinking about this for years, and when I first heard the Edge of Midnight remix with Miley and Stevie Nicks, I knew I’d found my entrance music. It’s perfect.
youtu.be/7CoOLtQbmJI
youtu.be/7CoOLtQbmJI
August 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I’d been thinking about this for years, and when I first heard the Edge of Midnight remix with Miley and Stevie Nicks, I knew I’d found my entrance music. It’s perfect.
youtu.be/7CoOLtQbmJI
youtu.be/7CoOLtQbmJI
Happy birthday to the Thundergod himself (@brianrosenworcel.bsky.social) on a beautiful night in Grand Rapids!
July 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Happy birthday to the Thundergod himself (@brianrosenworcel.bsky.social) on a beautiful night in Grand Rapids!
I'm torn on Hakeem Jeffries, but I do like the tagline "Rubber Stamp Republicans".
Repeated widely and often, that feels like something which will resonate with indie (and some subset of Republican) voters in 2026.
Repeated widely and often, that feels like something which will resonate with indie (and some subset of Republican) voters in 2026.
July 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I'm torn on Hakeem Jeffries, but I do like the tagline "Rubber Stamp Republicans".
Repeated widely and often, that feels like something which will resonate with indie (and some subset of Republican) voters in 2026.
Repeated widely and often, that feels like something which will resonate with indie (and some subset of Republican) voters in 2026.
It’s no longer hypothetical. We are starting to see reporting on the real outcomes of the rushed, careless, and oftentimes illegal DOGE cuts from earlier this year.
June 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It’s no longer hypothetical. We are starting to see reporting on the real outcomes of the rushed, careless, and oftentimes illegal DOGE cuts from earlier this year.
The past 48 hours (and beyond) have made it clear that Schumer is not really interested in being a champion for active Democratic opposition.
March 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The past 48 hours (and beyond) have made it clear that Schumer is not really interested in being a champion for active Democratic opposition.
The point of this speech, to this point, is clearly to reclaim and pivot the narrative.
“The problems of the moment are all because of Biden.”
This will probably work, at least for a little while.
“The problems of the moment are all because of Biden.”
This will probably work, at least for a little while.
March 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The point of this speech, to this point, is clearly to reclaim and pivot the narrative.
“The problems of the moment are all because of Biden.”
This will probably work, at least for a little while.
“The problems of the moment are all because of Biden.”
This will probably work, at least for a little while.
Did I seriously just listen to the president describe, to a joint session of Congress, the return values of a few MySQL database queries? As if it’s somehow evidence of massive social security fraud?
March 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Did I seriously just listen to the president describe, to a joint session of Congress, the return values of a few MySQL database queries? As if it’s somehow evidence of massive social security fraud?
First order of business on bsky ... overthink and change my handle many many times
November 13, 2024 at 5:23 PM
First order of business on bsky ... overthink and change my handle many many times