Satadru Pramanik
@satmandu.bsky.social
DO, BME MEng, MPH.
Smarter half: @kimbeast.bsky.social
He/Him. Cinema snob, ST pessimist, LT optimist.
Also at @[email protected]
Open Source Dev at Chromebrew, and contributor to OpenZFS + sundry other projects.
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Smarter half: @kimbeast.bsky.social
He/Him. Cinema snob, ST pessimist, LT optimist.
Also at @[email protected]
Open Source Dev at Chromebrew, and contributor to OpenZFS + sundry other projects.
Signal: satadru.01
🌩️👀 jr-q3e79ZL9H
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I finally looked up the person to whom this Tombstone belonged, the one that gave me pause when I visited the American cemetery in Normandy last summer when I saw the state I grew up in, Michigan, listed on it.
Kenneth E Bleasdell, of Ann Arbor, MI, was one of 3 brothers who died fighting in WW2.
Kenneth E Bleasdell, of Ann Arbor, MI, was one of 3 brothers who died fighting in WW2.
On this anniversary of D-Day, I'm thinking again about my visit to Normandy last year.
I believe even more firmly that every American should, if able, make at least one summer pilgrimage there.
Also, several decades into this journey, I finally understand the transformative power of pilgrimages.
I believe even more firmly that every American should, if able, make at least one summer pilgrimage there.
Also, several decades into this journey, I finally understand the transformative power of pilgrimages.
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“How bad do you think this is? Do you know anything about heart attacks?”
Ma’am ten minutes ago I was picking up a tweaker from a greyhound station to take them to a budget motel, I do not know, hold on because I am violating every speed law in this 1993 crown vic.
Ma’am ten minutes ago I was picking up a tweaker from a greyhound station to take them to a budget motel, I do not know, hold on because I am violating every speed law in this 1993 crown vic.
December 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
“How bad do you think this is? Do you know anything about heart attacks?”
Ma’am ten minutes ago I was picking up a tweaker from a greyhound station to take them to a budget motel, I do not know, hold on because I am violating every speed law in this 1993 crown vic.
Ma’am ten minutes ago I was picking up a tweaker from a greyhound station to take them to a budget motel, I do not know, hold on because I am violating every speed law in this 1993 crown vic.
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I drove a cab late night in a city in law school and it was not uncommon for people to call A BUDGET TAXI rather than an ambulance because they were judging if their medical emergency was serious enough to justify bankruptcy, so you know, fuck this guy.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I drove a cab late night in a city in law school and it was not uncommon for people to call A BUDGET TAXI rather than an ambulance because they were judging if their medical emergency was serious enough to justify bankruptcy, so you know, fuck this guy.
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When you hire a white man because they’re a white man that’s not identity politics. Identity politics is when you get hired and you’re not a white man. The anti wokeness hysteria was always a backlash to integration of white collar jobs bsky.app/profile/jami...
Hiring a Black woman: “identity politics”
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
December 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
When you hire a white man because they’re a white man that’s not identity politics. Identity politics is when you get hired and you’re not a white man. The anti wokeness hysteria was always a backlash to integration of white collar jobs bsky.app/profile/jami...
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Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a co-chair of new House Democrats' AI commission announced by @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, owns up to tens of millions of dollars worth of stock in tech giants pushing to block states from regulating AI.
The Democrats’ New AI Panel Is Led by Big Tech Allies
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a co-chair of the AI commission, owns up to tens of millions of dollars worth of stock in tech giants pushing to block states from regulating AI.
readsludge.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a co-chair of new House Democrats' AI commission announced by @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, owns up to tens of millions of dollars worth of stock in tech giants pushing to block states from regulating AI.
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🇺🇸🇨🇳 Trump: China has very few windmills. You know why? Because they're smart. We don't like things that kill all our birds.
China is actually the world leader in installed wind power capacity.
China is actually the world leader in installed wind power capacity.
December 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🇺🇸🇨🇳 Trump: China has very few windmills. You know why? Because they're smart. We don't like things that kill all our birds.
China is actually the world leader in installed wind power capacity.
China is actually the world leader in installed wind power capacity.
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"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
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Absolutely chilling read (as a disinformation researcher):
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
The disinformation wars are here
How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.
www.theverge.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Absolutely chilling read (as a disinformation researcher):
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Pro tip: Don’t let your appendix burst until the end of the quarter. You can get a better deal since surgeons are rushing to hit their sales quotas
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Pro tip: Don’t let your appendix burst until the end of the quarter. You can get a better deal since surgeons are rushing to hit their sales quotas
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elite DEI panic is just status competition, part infinity
So...Bari Weiss deposes yet another journalist of color - Maurice DuBois - to install CBS Mornings anchor Tony Dokoupil as lead anchor of the CBS Evening News. I guess DEI is okay if it works in certain directions? https://loom.ly/fNDlGDE
Paramount Press Express | TONY DOKOUPIL NAMED ANCHOR OF THE CBS EVENING NEWS
Dokoupil Will Assume the Role on Jan. 5 Tony Dokoupil – an Emmy Award-winning journalist known for his fairness, curiosity and doggedness – has been n
www.paramountpressexpress.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
elite DEI panic is just status competition, part infinity
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Very notably, this tacked on NDAA includes what would be the first federal sports ban for trans women & a federal definition of sex that would define trans people out of existence.
December 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Very notably, this tacked on NDAA includes what would be the first federal sports ban for trans women & a federal definition of sex that would define trans people out of existence.
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It's been thought since the early 70s that eukaryotes (basically any life with a cell nucleus) wouldn't survive above 62C and no complex life had been shown living above 60C. Until the "fire amoeba"... 🧪
(These are some of my favorite stories to write, just weird neat stuff we're learning.)
(These are some of my favorite stories to write, just weird neat stuff we're learning.)
This Tiny ‘Fire Amoeba’ Just Redefined Life’s Limits
It was thought that complex cells couldn’t survive above a certain temperature, but a tiny amoeba has proven that assumption wrong
www.scientificamerican.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It's been thought since the early 70s that eukaryotes (basically any life with a cell nucleus) wouldn't survive above 62C and no complex life had been shown living above 60C. Until the "fire amoeba"... 🧪
(These are some of my favorite stories to write, just weird neat stuff we're learning.)
(These are some of my favorite stories to write, just weird neat stuff we're learning.)
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the defensiveness and incredulity of a good chunk of the commentary class toward arguments about trump’s racism is, imho, downstream of the same impulse behind the endless trump voter safaris and self-flagellation about being out of touch with the heartland
Thinking back to how people were "hysterical" for calling trump white supremacist and now he's doing nordic theory on the campaign trail
December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the defensiveness and incredulity of a good chunk of the commentary class toward arguments about trump’s racism is, imho, downstream of the same impulse behind the endless trump voter safaris and self-flagellation about being out of touch with the heartland
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I’m sure FIRE will be all over this
December 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I’m sure FIRE will be all over this
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Elizabeth Warren and the rest of the nominal progressives get out of here with your ignorant Tipper Gore bullshit challenge
Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?
From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...
www.teenvogue.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Elizabeth Warren and the rest of the nominal progressives get out of here with your ignorant Tipper Gore bullshit challenge
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This opinion appeals to Musk because it treats women and children as objects without autonomy, which appeals to subhuman techbros in his crowd.
This post by the world’s richest and most divorced man on the site he bought to promote his far right extremism is ripped straight from the Klan messaging of the 1870s or the 1915 film Birth of a Nation that inspired the Klan’s rebirth as a PR stunt/Ponzi scheme/terrorist organization in the 1920s.
December 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This opinion appeals to Musk because it treats women and children as objects without autonomy, which appeals to subhuman techbros in his crowd.
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Bluesky historians and political scientists: has anyone done any research on whether there have been upswings in grand juries no-billing cases during times of political and social upheaval?
December 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Bluesky historians and political scientists: has anyone done any research on whether there have been upswings in grand juries no-billing cases during times of political and social upheaval?
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U don't stop being subservient to public opinion, if U R a Dem consultant. Dem consultants tend to lean Rightward & to define public opinion as leaning Rightward, even when it doesn't.
But since most media are RWng, much of public opinion is cluelessly Rght leaning
upine.medium.com/democratic-p...
But since most media are RWng, much of public opinion is cluelessly Rght leaning
upine.medium.com/democratic-p...
Democratic Politicians Get Terrible Advice
Democrats — the only party strong enough to fight off fascism in the U.S. — are receiving disastrous advice. It’s no wonder the U.S. is at…
upine.medium.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
U don't stop being subservient to public opinion, if U R a Dem consultant. Dem consultants tend to lean Rightward & to define public opinion as leaning Rightward, even when it doesn't.
But since most media are RWng, much of public opinion is cluelessly Rght leaning
upine.medium.com/democratic-p...
But since most media are RWng, much of public opinion is cluelessly Rght leaning
upine.medium.com/democratic-p...
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i will again note the slight of hand here. “respecting” public opinion is defined as being subservient to public opinion. but you can respect where the public lies without making yourself a slave to its whims.
This exchange drives me nuts. Neither the interviewer nor Bazelon acknowledges that 1) abortion rights are really popular! and 2) what ICE is doing is hugely unpopular!
December 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
i will again note the slight of hand here. “respecting” public opinion is defined as being subservient to public opinion. but you can respect where the public lies without making yourself a slave to its whims.
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1/ A few thoughts about @williambaude.bsky.social’s comment in yesterday’s NYT chat that, “It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | At the Supreme Court, Scenes From a Judicial Backlash
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
1/ A few thoughts about @williambaude.bsky.social’s comment in yesterday’s NYT chat that, “It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
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One thing I appreciate about FIRE is that they do actually *try* to be principled. Not always successfully! But I’m sure many of their employees and certainly their donors are fans of Charlie Kirk—and yet they’ll defend his critics.
FIRE is suing on behalf of Monica Meeks, a veteran and Tennessee state employee who was fired for criticizing Charlie Kirk on Facebook following his murder. Argues that "her termination was unlawful retaliation for her protected expression" and demands reinstatement.
www.thefire.org/research-lea...
www.thefire.org/research-lea...
December 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
One thing I appreciate about FIRE is that they do actually *try* to be principled. Not always successfully! But I’m sure many of their employees and certainly their donors are fans of Charlie Kirk—and yet they’ll defend his critics.
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I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress