Russell E Taylor III
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Next week the House E&C Committee is looking to run something of a shock and awe campaign, debating at least 19 bills that they say are related to "protecting kids online." Most of which are actually about censorship and control. Don't buy the framing. It's always the same damn thing.
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Next week the House E&C Committee is looking to run something of a shock and awe campaign, debating at least 19 bills that they say are related to "protecting kids online." Most of which are actually about censorship and control. Don't buy the framing. It's always the same damn thing.
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I tend to read two books at a time most often, and just finished two so now I get to start “Read This When Things Fall Apart,” which was an instant preorder months ago and I’m happy to get to it.
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I tend to read two books at a time most often, and just finished two so now I get to start “Read This When Things Fall Apart,” which was an instant preorder months ago and I’m happy to get to it.
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I am looking respectfully at the lady cyclist who is noted for her athletic power
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I am looking respectfully at the lady cyclist who is noted for her athletic power
Celebrating a hard-fought #GIS victory over Connecticut (and institutional intransigence in the face of shifting realities) with the best New Haven pie in town, plus these regional beverages.
PSA: If you are a state, please do not completely redraw your counties.
PSA: If you are a state, please do not completely redraw your counties.
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Celebrating a hard-fought #GIS victory over Connecticut (and institutional intransigence in the face of shifting realities) with the best New Haven pie in town, plus these regional beverages.
PSA: If you are a state, please do not completely redraw your counties.
PSA: If you are a state, please do not completely redraw your counties.
So busy that I've not had much time to plot what to do in New Orleans next week - what are your bike-from-Treme recommendations?
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#TrinityKnot #SlowFashion #FoldingBike #Brompton #NewOrleans
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#TrinityKnot #SlowFashion #FoldingBike #Brompton #NewOrleans
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
So busy that I've not had much time to plot what to do in New Orleans next week - what are your bike-from-Treme recommendations?
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#TrinityKnot #SlowFashion #FoldingBike #Brompton #NewOrleans
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#TrinityKnot #SlowFashion #FoldingBike #Brompton #NewOrleans
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I answered “strongly agree” on VIA’s customer feedback survey when they ask if I share my opinions about travel on social media
November 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I answered “strongly agree” on VIA’s customer feedback survey when they ask if I share my opinions about travel on social media
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A party that couldn't endorse Mamdani. . . has room for Marjorie Taylor Greene
The party can burn in hell
The party can burn in hell
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A party that couldn't endorse Mamdani. . . has room for Marjorie Taylor Greene
The party can burn in hell
The party can burn in hell
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She ran as a moderate. Maybe you think that’s good and maybe you think that’s bad. All I am arguing is that the endless takes about how Democrats should pivot to the center should explain why it didn’t work in this election (there are good reasons!) rather than pretending she didn’t.
November 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
She ran as a moderate. Maybe you think that’s good and maybe you think that’s bad. All I am arguing is that the endless takes about how Democrats should pivot to the center should explain why it didn’t work in this election (there are good reasons!) rather than pretending she didn’t.
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A reminder, a person who claims to be a YIMBY but backs the deportation of people to "solve" the housing crisis is just a NIMBY.
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
A reminder, a person who claims to be a YIMBY but backs the deportation of people to "solve" the housing crisis is just a NIMBY.
Everyone is spinning this ALL WRONG! Imagine the bipartisanship that would be possible if every president was required to go down on a previous president of a different party.
I think it would help us to cum together as a country.
I think it would help us to cum together as a country.
November 15, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Everyone is spinning this ALL WRONG! Imagine the bipartisanship that would be possible if every president was required to go down on a previous president of a different party.
I think it would help us to cum together as a country.
I think it would help us to cum together as a country.
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PragerU, a conservative media company with millions of followers, moved beyond producing videos into teacher licensing by creating an exam designed to screen out "woke" teachers in Oklahoma. The company's influence over who can teach is expanding. buff.ly/do7H7jT
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
PragerU, a conservative media company with millions of followers, moved beyond producing videos into teacher licensing by creating an exam designed to screen out "woke" teachers in Oklahoma. The company's influence over who can teach is expanding. buff.ly/do7H7jT
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From the outside it might look like ICE officers wear masks to avoid accountability, but in reality they are a way to avoid accountability.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
From the outside it might look like ICE officers wear masks to avoid accountability, but in reality they are a way to avoid accountability.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
New lockscreen: let's get vertical
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
New lockscreen: let's get vertical
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of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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"No dot paints, sponges, or other tools that encourage abstraction. Renderings should be clearly identifiable and nonthreatening. Reduce art time in general, especially for boys."
Make Preschool Great Again: A Federal Compact
“Seven of the nine universities that the White House initially approached about a plan to steer more federal money toward schools aligned with Pres...
buff.ly
November 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"No dot paints, sponges, or other tools that encourage abstraction. Renderings should be clearly identifiable and nonthreatening. Reduce art time in general, especially for boys."
I wrote about public libraries as spaces of civic solidarity, common knowledge, and public infrastructure — all endangered by commercial and federal saboteurs
Extralibrary Loan: Making the Civic Infrastructure We Need
Amid a war on public knowledge, libraries are pushing outward, enlarging the commons through new configurations of civic and creative life.
placesjournal.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Happy Halloween, y'all!
November 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Happy Halloween, y'all!
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Just discovered that the Michelin Man used to ride a bike while wearing slutty little red boots and smoking a huge stogie. I don't know where else to put this information except in the Cool Files
October 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Just discovered that the Michelin Man used to ride a bike while wearing slutty little red boots and smoking a huge stogie. I don't know where else to put this information except in the Cool Files
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Consider how few anecdotes it took for the media to declare a Free Speech on Campus crisis.
Every day we get more evidence that the Republican Party is teeming with white supremacists yet elite institutions refuse to frame this as a crisis that needs the nation’s attention.
Every day we get more evidence that the Republican Party is teeming with white supremacists yet elite institutions refuse to frame this as a crisis that needs the nation’s attention.
DHS posted a disturbing video today featuring a song that’s popular with Nazi creators
DHS Posts Video Featuring Song Popular With Nazi Creators
The agency denied making
gizmodo.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Consider how few anecdotes it took for the media to declare a Free Speech on Campus crisis.
Every day we get more evidence that the Republican Party is teeming with white supremacists yet elite institutions refuse to frame this as a crisis that needs the nation’s attention.
Every day we get more evidence that the Republican Party is teeming with white supremacists yet elite institutions refuse to frame this as a crisis that needs the nation’s attention.
I know it's far afield from Austin, but the NYC mayoral race is such a beacon of hope, especially as an urbanist geographer. Cuomo going turbo-racist now is so telling.
October 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I know it's far afield from Austin, but the NYC mayoral race is such a beacon of hope, especially as an urbanist geographer. Cuomo going turbo-racist now is so telling.