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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 8h

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h

Trump will just have to keep murdering fishermen until you stupid jerks give him the peace prize

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 12h

David Meyer @dajmeyer.bsky.social · 12h

In my email this morning. Well done, @mit.edu.

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 12h

Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social · 18h

The other day a student asked me about the prevalence of insider trading in prediction markets. I now have an answer.

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 13h

Sounds like a message to the Nobel committee. Maybe she was washing her hair on the day she was asked to give it.

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 1d

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 1d

I stand with Attorney General Letitia James. This attack won’t silence the truth.

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 1d

Tore Ellingsen @toreellingsen.bsky.social · Aug 4

Could someone please teach this massively influential Nobel laureate some game theory and political economy?

”Of course, we’ve got to make sure it gets distributed fairly, but that’s more of a political question”

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Demis Hassabis on our AI future: ‘It’ll be 10 times bigger than the Industrial Revolution – and maybe 10 times faster’

The head of Google’s DeepMind says artificial intelligence could usher in an era of ‘incredible productivity’ and ‘radical abundance’. But who will it benefit? And why does he wish the tech giants had...

www.theguardian.com

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 1d

Tore Ellingsen @toreellingsen.bsky.social · Aug 27

Europe is selling its soul to Trump

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 1d

Roberto Weber @robertoweber.bsky.social · Aug 28

A brave and powerful statement. More people need to speak up about what they are seeing, rather than keeping their heads down and hoping that the administration's ill-informed and spiteful destruction of American institutions will somehow stop when confronted only with silence.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Aug 28

Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back.
"The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 1d

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 1d

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 4d

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 4d

First Monday of October.

Happy First Day of the Supreme Court's 2025 Term to all who commemorate.

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 4d

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4d

/2 ...for the anti-SLAPP statute to protect speech in connection with it. My point is she was capable of good and right.

It's always more upsetting when someone like that chooses evil. Because make no mistake, she's chosen evil, and she wallows in it.

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 6d

God @thegodpodcast.com · 6d

Thou shalt not shut down your entire government just to protect billionaire pedophiles.

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 6d

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6d

the usual story. rich guy wants to punish universities for not clamping down on pro-palestinian protests and for doing too much to recruit minorities. at base these guys want the top tier of american universities to become, once more, safe-spaces for their dunderheaded failsons

The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities

www.nytimes.com

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 6d

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7d

“The source told CBS News that [Kash Patel and Dan Bongino] asked for "large, beefy" agents to conduct an arrest of Comey "in full kit," including Kevlar vests and exterior wear emblazoned with the FBI logo.” The leadership of the FBI is now in the hands of infantile psychopaths.

The FBI is weighing an arrest and perp walk for Comey — and suspended an agent for refusing to help, sources say

The FBI is considering carrying out a "showy" arrest and perp walk of the agency's now-indicted ex-Director James Comey, sources tell CBS News.

www.cbsnews.com

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 8d

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 13d

Part of ICE’s efforts will be setting up random traffic stops and checkpoints throughout the city and making educated guesses about who to detain and who not to detain. These 'Guess Stops' will be staffed by special agents known as Guess Stop Officers, or 'Guess-Stop-O for short.

ICE’s Training Manual for Determining Who to Terrorize

“The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a federal judge’s order prohibiting government agents from making indiscriminate immigration-related stops in t...

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 9d

Or, snowy paperweight. James Thurber had a famous collection of them.

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 9d

I’m sorry, please help. It’s round. A globe. You shake it and the things inside it fall down.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 9d

I’m sorry, please help. It’s round. A globe. You shake it and the things inside it fall down.

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 10d

Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 10d

Once again I’m reminded, trust is gained in drops and lost in buckets.

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Annie R @anet2111.bsky.social · 10d

This is my dad’s flag. He was a naval officer. The flag was presented to my mom on a day that my heart was breaking into a thousand pieces. It lives with me now. I hope that wherever dad and mom are, they aren’t watching what these fine officers are being subjected to.

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 11d

Well worth your time, whatever your politics.

Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 11d

My latest in @thebulwark.com

www.thebulwark.com/p/what-to-ex...

What to Expect at the Meeting of the Generals

This is not the kind of military audience Trump has addressed before.

www.thebulwark.com

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Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 11d

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11d

The cult of swaggering thuggery. A collection of insecure weaklings.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Rep. Mark Alford on Trump's meeting today with Democratic leaders: "Let's bring them into the Oval Office, let's give them a little taste of what we gave Zelenskyy back in the spring."

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 12d

Joanna Schwartz @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social · 12d

Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully
in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12d

79. American citizen.

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 13d

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · Feb 2

A government that deliberately abandons the rule of law is not morally entitled to its protections.

Vince Crawford @vincecrawford.bsky.social · 15d

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15d

"The idea that he lied to Congress is just, pardon me, horseshit."

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @lawfaremedia.org's @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org go in on the possible indictment of Comey

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