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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 3d

As Kevin correctly notes, this is a template straight from the playbook of the Caesars. It's how the republic became the principate, and how the principate later became the dominate. A military dependent on no other institution except the patronage of the emperor.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 3d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

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The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Joel Waterman 🧢🦔🐻☪☮𝔼✡ℹ️☯✝🗽🇺🇸🎲 @xtrole.bsky.social · 3d

Abolish ICE and replace it with nothing.

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Reason Policy @reasonpolicy.bsky.social · 8d

Big tech companies in the US invest more in R&D than do most nations. This has huge spillover effects on research across the board as well as innovation in all sectors of the economy. itif.org/publications...

Tip of the Iceberg: Understanding the Full Depth of Big Tech’s Contribution to US Innovation and Competitiveness

While critics attack “big tech” from many angles, these five companies develop frontier technologies that require large-scale development, build infrastructure ranging from data centers to subsea cabl...

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Reason Policy @reasonpolicy.bsky.social · 11d

When concerned about the impact of AI on jobs, its worth remembering how technological change played a huge role in liberating women. It’s hard to know what good will come when people can do new things. open.substack.com/pub/vpostrel...

From the Archives: How Job-Killing Technologies Liberated Women

Progress is more than space adventures.

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Filter | harm reduction journalism @filtermag.bsky.social · 12d

“'Poisoning' lets bereaved parents tell the world that their child wasn’t a drug user—they were a good person. But it belies the fact that fentanyl users not only deserve to live, they didn’t have the information they needed either."

New "Fentanyl Poisonings" Act Would Target Social Media Sales, Again - Filter

In late September, Representatives Adam Gray (D-CA) and Gabe Evans (R-CO) introduced the “Combatting Fentanyl Poisonings Act of 2025.” It’s ...

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Micah @rincewind.run · 12d

this is an all timer of a Florida Man story

drunk Florida Man goes to the wrong house, breaks in, is immediately beaten up by an even purer Florida Man who does MMA

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 12d

MMA fighter takes down intruder during South #Florida home break-in: "I don't have guns ... just God and my hands." www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/m... via @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy

MMA fighter takes down intruder during South Florida home break-in: "I don't have guns ... just God and my hands"

A trained MMA fighter in Broward used his skills and faith to subdue an alleged intruder who broke into his family's home, leaving the suspect injured and later jailed.

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Reason Policy @reasonpolicy.bsky.social · 12d

Philadelphia's city government can address legitimate quality-of-life concerns like crime and homey in Kensington without constraining lifesaving services. reason.org/commentary/r... @reason.org

Restricting mobile health vans in Philadelphia will lead to more overdose deaths

Philadelphia's city government can address legitimate quality-of-life concerns in Kensington without constraining lifesaving services.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 14d

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

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Reason Policy @reasonpolicy.bsky.social · 14d

Uber-like ride services focusing on taking kids to and from school are so popular in some places, they are displacing, traditional school buses. Markets for everything… stateline.org/2025/09/30/s...

School ride-hailing services may be nudging aside traditional buses • Stateline

A pathway has opened for an industry of small-car, ride-hailing and private transport services to ferry children to and from school.

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Reason Policy @reasonpolicy.bsky.social · 14d

Astonishing! According to @urbaninstitute, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida lead the nation is 4th grade reading test scores that compare kids of similar demographics. www.urban.org/research/pub...

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 18d

The Constitution is meant to protect ordinary people from their government rather than the other way around.

Masked agents are the unmistakable sign of a police state.

California got this one right: ICE agents shouldn't be allowed to wear masks

Masked agents are the unmistakable sign of a police state.

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Reason Policy @reasonpolicy.bsky.social · 20d

Join us to watch @reason and @NRO debate the merits of mass immigration! www.eventbrite.com/e/reason-ver...

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Reason Policy @reasonpolicy.bsky.social · 22d

Abolish the FCC reason.com/2024/11/14/a... via @reason.com

Abolish the FCC

Let the invisible hand regulate the invisible resource.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26d

2022 — a confession:

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Reason Policy @reasonpolicy.bsky.social · 26d

This is the future a rush to regulate AI will prevent. www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/17/1...

AI-designed viruses are here and already killing bacteria

Can AI create a life form? These “generative” genomes are a start

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 28d

The attorney general is now getting called out by fellow conservatives.

Pam Bondi is really wrong about hate speech

Bondi should know that hate speech is vigorously protected by the First Amendment, and as such, cannot be policed.

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Owen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social · 28d

Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to -17 in our tracker, the worst of his second term www.economist.com/interactive/...

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Micah @rincewind.run · 28d

this is, I think, the future of american foreign policy

the entire weight of the country used to shut down criticism of the president or anyone he likes on a global scale

the charlie kirk crackdown applied to random social media users an ocean away

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28d

President Trump warns an Australian reporter that he’s hurting Australia because he asked him about his business activity: You are hurting Australia very much right now. They want to get along with me. Your leader is coming to see me soon, I'm going to tell him about you.

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Reason Policy @reasonpolicy.bsky.social · 28d

So now the MAGA logic is you can’t force a baker to make a gay wedding cake, but you can force a printer to print pro Charlie Kirk posters. Not a single principle in sight.

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