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Phil Wrede
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· Oct 16
Only one promo image for today's toy comic, because I think it's a pretty good one
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Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
February 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
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The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
February 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
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Jameel Jaffer shares remarks from a recent lecture:
“The spirit of liberty is still easy to find in the United States, … beyond the leadership of elite institutions. Among ordinary citizens, there’s no scarcity of civic courage.”
“The spirit of liberty is still easy to find in the United States, … beyond the leadership of elite institutions. Among ordinary citizens, there’s no scarcity of civic courage.”
The Spirit of Liberty—Horace E. Read Memorial Lecture
Knight Institute Director Jameel Jaffer on the role of ordinary citizens in defending democracy when powerful institutions fail.
www.justsecurity.org
February 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Jameel Jaffer shares remarks from a recent lecture:
“The spirit of liberty is still easy to find in the United States, … beyond the leadership of elite institutions. Among ordinary citizens, there’s no scarcity of civic courage.”
“The spirit of liberty is still easy to find in the United States, … beyond the leadership of elite institutions. Among ordinary citizens, there’s no scarcity of civic courage.”
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nothing can turn the country and world into a poisonous hellscape faster than the 'update' to the Endangerment Finding this week. Credit: Trump and his staffing provider, The Heritage Foundation
February 14, 2026 at 5:38 PM
nothing can turn the country and world into a poisonous hellscape faster than the 'update' to the Endangerment Finding this week. Credit: Trump and his staffing provider, The Heritage Foundation
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The denaturalization project, no matter how it is cloaked in law, is inherently a politically targeted abuse of power until they go after the single most prominent case of naturalization fraud in the country: Elon Musk obtaining his citizenship by lying about his prior immigration status violations.
cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
February 13, 2026 at 1:17 AM
The denaturalization project, no matter how it is cloaked in law, is inherently a politically targeted abuse of power until they go after the single most prominent case of naturalization fraud in the country: Elon Musk obtaining his citizenship by lying about his prior immigration status violations.
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Patience pays off once again - the third issue of my Stargate toy comic is available to read, right now!
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February 11, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Patience pays off once again - the third issue of my Stargate toy comic is available to read, right now!
www.pizzarat.net/2026/02/11/s...
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They were hoping to get headlines like this, and it worked bsky.app/profile/poli...
Minneapolis retreat could undercut Democrats’ message as shutdown looms
Minneapolis retreat could undercut Democrats’ message as shutdown looms
The end of the Trump administration's Minnesota operation comes as immigration hawks have pushed Trump officials to avoid caving to Democratic policy demands.
dlvr.it
February 12, 2026 at 10:54 PM
They were hoping to get headlines like this, and it worked bsky.app/profile/poli...
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Pretty sure this guy got his ass kicked in Black Dynamite
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Pretty sure this guy got his ass kicked in Black Dynamite
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I’m currently writing a book about the attempted Nazi demonstration in Skokie in 1977. This is indistinguishable from how American Nazis talked in public.
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I’m currently writing a book about the attempted Nazi demonstration in Skokie in 1977. This is indistinguishable from how American Nazis talked in public.
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two days ago, the WSJ described young people as "splurging on" rotisserie chicken, the $6 item that, by weight, is the cheapest meat at the grocery store. the ruling class tells each other with increasing desperation that we deserve what they're doing to us
February 12, 2026 at 9:28 PM
two days ago, the WSJ described young people as "splurging on" rotisserie chicken, the $6 item that, by weight, is the cheapest meat at the grocery store. the ruling class tells each other with increasing desperation that we deserve what they're doing to us
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"President Trump has seen his rating by the agency slip in recent months, peaking at 47% last February and dipping to less than 37% in its last poll taken in December."
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 8:06 PM
"President Trump has seen his rating by the agency slip in recent months, peaking at 47% last February and dipping to less than 37% in its last poll taken in December."
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I don't care about the rational guy "this stuff is actually going to be pretty important one day" takes either. OK! Well let me know when it actually works man.
We don't usually have hear about the run up to any other experimental product every day of our lives for years.
We don't usually have hear about the run up to any other experimental product every day of our lives for years.
February 11, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I don't care about the rational guy "this stuff is actually going to be pretty important one day" takes either. OK! Well let me know when it actually works man.
We don't usually have hear about the run up to any other experimental product every day of our lives for years.
We don't usually have hear about the run up to any other experimental product every day of our lives for years.
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like the problem isn't SKYNET, the problem is letting amoral extraction class assholes apply half-cooked automation onto deeply broken sectors in exploitative ways in a country that's too corrupt to have functioning regulators
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
arstechnica.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:26 PM
like the problem isn't SKYNET, the problem is letting amoral extraction class assholes apply half-cooked automation onto deeply broken sectors in exploitative ways in a country that's too corrupt to have functioning regulators
Patience pays off once again - the third issue of my Stargate toy comic is available to read, right now!
www.pizzarat.net/2026/02/11/s...
www.pizzarat.net/2026/02/11/s...
February 11, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Patience pays off once again - the third issue of my Stargate toy comic is available to read, right now!
www.pizzarat.net/2026/02/11/s...
www.pizzarat.net/2026/02/11/s...
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A former USAID employee saved 60 years of development project data before the Trump administration shut the platform down (which was worth over $30 billion). She speaks to me about what her open source LLM found, and the lessons that could be applied to conservation projects and international aid:
60 years of buried lessons on conservation projects from USAID have been saved
A year ago, U.S. President Donald Trump shut down public access to the Development Experience Clearinghouse, a $30 billion database holding 60 years’ worth of institutional knowledge from more than 15...
news.mongabay.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:56 AM
A former USAID employee saved 60 years of development project data before the Trump administration shut the platform down (which was worth over $30 billion). She speaks to me about what her open source LLM found, and the lessons that could be applied to conservation projects and international aid:
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In a similar project, I will begin studying my freezer's ability to bake a cake
The National Cancer Institute will begin studying ivermectin's ability to kill cancer cells, @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social reports
www.statnews.com/2026/02/10/i...
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National Cancer Institute studying ivermectin’s ‘ability to kill cancer cells,’ alarming career scientists
The National Cancer Institute is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to its top official, alarming career scientists.
www.statnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:02 AM
In a similar project, I will begin studying my freezer's ability to bake a cake
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Like, one time, I used Brett Kavanaugh's lies as an excuse to explain the game of Cee-Lo to white people. :). I miss those days.
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Yo, Did Brett Kavanaugh Roll Aces And Get Emotional About Losing His Stash? Sheldon Whitehouse Thinks So. - Above the Law
Translation for white people: Does Brett Kavanaugh Have Gambling Debts From Dice Games?
abovethelaw.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Like, one time, I used Brett Kavanaugh's lies as an excuse to explain the game of Cee-Lo to white people. :). I miss those days.
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This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 AM
This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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Congress should act to categorically exempt statistical agency staff from this schedule.
Statistical agencies by definition do not set policy.
Their only power and purpose is collecting data & publishing credible, informative stats. Without political independence, they can't do this.
Statistical agencies by definition do not set policy.
Their only power and purpose is collecting data & publishing credible, informative stats. Without political independence, they can't do this.
February 9, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Congress should act to categorically exempt statistical agency staff from this schedule.
Statistical agencies by definition do not set policy.
Their only power and purpose is collecting data & publishing credible, informative stats. Without political independence, they can't do this.
Statistical agencies by definition do not set policy.
Their only power and purpose is collecting data & publishing credible, informative stats. Without political independence, they can't do this.
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ICYMI: U.S. Reps. Jason Crow and Joe Neguse conducted an unannounced oversight visit Thursday at an ICE detention center in Aurora. The visit came a few days after a federal judge temporarily blocked a Trump administration policy that prevented such oversight visits.
Crow, Neguse visit Aurora ICE facility after court ruling restored right to unannounced visits | Colorado Newsline
Two Colorado Democrats in Congress conducted an unannounced oversight visit Thursday at an immigration detention center in Aurora.
coloradonewsline.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:26 PM
ICYMI: U.S. Reps. Jason Crow and Joe Neguse conducted an unannounced oversight visit Thursday at an ICE detention center in Aurora. The visit came a few days after a federal judge temporarily blocked a Trump administration policy that prevented such oversight visits.
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I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
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No Kings includes Draft Kings
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
No Kings includes Draft Kings
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Kind of gives away the whole game that all the crypto ads this year have been replaced with gambling and AI ads.
February 9, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Kind of gives away the whole game that all the crypto ads this year have been replaced with gambling and AI ads.
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While many of you are likely yelling “GO PATRIOTS” or “GO SEAHAWKS” I’m yelling “GO HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE” and “The rule of law!”
February 9, 2026 at 12:22 AM
While many of you are likely yelling “GO PATRIOTS” or “GO SEAHAWKS” I’m yelling “GO HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE” and “The rule of law!”