The Infinitely Prolonged
@wowbaggert.bsky.social
he/him/his
Either way - patriot or treason
it's gonna be one long hard ride
- Melissa Etheridge
Either way - patriot or treason
it's gonna be one long hard ride
- Melissa Etheridge
Pinned
"AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations"
- Corey Doctorow
pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...
- Corey Doctorow
pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...
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I want to reiterate that this shit is nuts. A federal invasion of state-run elections, an intelligence community invasion of federal law enforcement, a White House invasion of a criminal investigation, and a president’s insane treasonable sore loser obsession all rolled up and muddled together.
February 5, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I want to reiterate that this shit is nuts. A federal invasion of state-run elections, an intelligence community invasion of federal law enforcement, a White House invasion of a criminal investigation, and a president’s insane treasonable sore loser obsession all rolled up and muddled together.
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not the most important thing, but these slides have very obviously been run through some ai-slop "beautify slide" option
February 5, 2026 at 11:21 PM
not the most important thing, but these slides have very obviously been run through some ai-slop "beautify slide" option
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Social Security was created for a purpose.
Before Social Security was enacted, half of seniors lived in poverty.
Today, fewer than 10% do.
Before Social Security was enacted, half of seniors lived in poverty.
Today, fewer than 10% do.
February 5, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Social Security was created for a purpose.
Before Social Security was enacted, half of seniors lived in poverty.
Today, fewer than 10% do.
Before Social Security was enacted, half of seniors lived in poverty.
Today, fewer than 10% do.
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Immigration detention passed 70,000 in January minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/05/r...
Immigration detention passed 70,000 in January • Minnesota Reformer
Despite U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in Minnesota, ICE arrests were down slightly in January compared to December, according to new data. Immigrant detention nationwide reached a n...
minnesotareformer.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Immigration detention passed 70,000 in January minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/05/r...
we become what we pretend to be
Before you move in permanently with the ants, just be sure about it. #never-look-back #symbiosis 🐜🪲🔬https://www.science.org/content/article/these-beetles-wear-chemical-invisibility-cloaks-and-will-die-if-they-re-removed
These beetles wear chemical ‘invisibility cloaks’—and will die if they’re removed
Coatings used by symbiotic residents of ant colonies may represent an evolutionary dead end
www.science.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:42 PM
we become what we pretend to be
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I don’t consider the Bill of Rights “unrealistic.”
Here's what Republicans think is "unrealistic"
1) Need a judicial warrant to enter private property
2) Require verification that someone is not a US citizen before sending them to immigration detention
3) No masks
4) No secret police: Officers must have ID
5) Keep enforcement away from
1) Need a judicial warrant to enter private property
2) Require verification that someone is not a US citizen before sending them to immigration detention
3) No masks
4) No secret police: Officers must have ID
5) Keep enforcement away from
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
February 5, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I don’t consider the Bill of Rights “unrealistic.”
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Legislators have tried since 2011 to change Massachusetts’ 15-year statute of limitations for rape — one of the shortest windows in the nation.
The governor’s proposal would eliminate the deadline to prosecute rape when there’s a DNA match.
With @wbur.org
The governor’s proposal would eliminate the deadline to prosecute rape when there’s a DNA match.
With @wbur.org
Mass. Governor Proposes Eliminating Statute of Limitations for Rape When DNA Evidence Exists
A WBUR-ProPublica investigation found that no DNA match, testimony or even confession could allow a rape to be prosecuted after the state’s 15-year deadline. The governor aims to “help survivors who h...
www.propublica.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Legislators have tried since 2011 to change Massachusetts’ 15-year statute of limitations for rape — one of the shortest windows in the nation.
The governor’s proposal would eliminate the deadline to prosecute rape when there’s a DNA match.
With @wbur.org
The governor’s proposal would eliminate the deadline to prosecute rape when there’s a DNA match.
With @wbur.org
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CRITICAL
Hopefully by now you've heard of #Palantir, Peter Theil's AI platform that has codified every person living in America - both citizens and non-citizens, and assigned them "threat" codes.
If not, sorry; your anxiety is going to spike. Please share.
Hopefully by now you've heard of #Palantir, Peter Theil's AI platform that has codified every person living in America - both citizens and non-citizens, and assigned them "threat" codes.
If not, sorry; your anxiety is going to spike. Please share.
February 5, 2026 at 8:47 PM
CRITICAL
Hopefully by now you've heard of #Palantir, Peter Theil's AI platform that has codified every person living in America - both citizens and non-citizens, and assigned them "threat" codes.
If not, sorry; your anxiety is going to spike. Please share.
Hopefully by now you've heard of #Palantir, Peter Theil's AI platform that has codified every person living in America - both citizens and non-citizens, and assigned them "threat" codes.
If not, sorry; your anxiety is going to spike. Please share.
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There is no non-crime use case for Bitcoin and there never will be. And here we are.
February 5, 2026 at 9:51 PM
There is no non-crime use case for Bitcoin and there never will be. And here we are.
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Talked this week about why removing the fascist boot from your neck will help you find a much bigger audience and, also, your soul.
"There's a reason the Washington Post is going to die before The Onion becomes one of the biggest newspapers in the country: They licked the boot, and we kicked back."
"There's a reason the Washington Post is going to die before The Onion becomes one of the biggest newspapers in the country: They licked the boot, and we kicked back."
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Talked this week about why removing the fascist boot from your neck will help you find a much bigger audience and, also, your soul.
"There's a reason the Washington Post is going to die before The Onion becomes one of the biggest newspapers in the country: They licked the boot, and we kicked back."
"There's a reason the Washington Post is going to die before The Onion becomes one of the biggest newspapers in the country: They licked the boot, and we kicked back."
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Folks outside SF/F don't know that Asimov was a sexual harasser because while he was alive fandom thought it was cute (up to and including Asimov being invited to give a lecture on "The Power of Positive Posterior Pinching" at Worldcon, which he, wisely, declined).
daily.jstor.org/asimovs-empi...
daily.jstor.org/asimovs-empi...
February 5, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Folks outside SF/F don't know that Asimov was a sexual harasser because while he was alive fandom thought it was cute (up to and including Asimov being invited to give a lecture on "The Power of Positive Posterior Pinching" at Worldcon, which he, wisely, declined).
daily.jstor.org/asimovs-empi...
daily.jstor.org/asimovs-empi...
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When are we going to collectively wake up and realize that it's all a scam and the main (sole?) purpose is crime?
How cryptocurrency’s second largest coin missed out on the industry’s boom
How cryptocurrency’s second largest coin missed out on the industry’s boom
A leaked pitch to reshape Ethereum’s leadership exposed deep divisions over politics, power and Ether’s static price
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:42 PM
When are we going to collectively wake up and realize that it's all a scam and the main (sole?) purpose is crime?
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infanticidal practices on the rise among South Carolina parents
Children in South Carolina are developing rare brain swelling complications after measles outbreak trib.al/YRnKgEt
Children in South Carolina are developing rare brain swelling after measles outbreak
The majority of the Southeast state’s 876 cases have been in unvaccinated children
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
infanticidal practices on the rise among South Carolina parents
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Crypto was funding every piece of shit person and cause in the country.
February 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Crypto was funding every piece of shit person and cause in the country.
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the republican party is led by a criminal and is affirmatively a pro-crime party
February 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
the republican party is led by a criminal and is affirmatively a pro-crime party
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The death of Kanzi, the language-trained bonobo, was a tremendous loss for science. But before his passing last march, he left the field of comparative cognition with a parting gift . . .
Read my latest for @science.org to learn more: lnkd.in/gaG9eg4A.
Thanks to @michaelgreshko.bsky.social!
Read my latest for @science.org to learn more: lnkd.in/gaG9eg4A.
Thanks to @michaelgreshko.bsky.social!
LinkedIn
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lnkd.in
February 5, 2026 at 7:59 PM
The death of Kanzi, the language-trained bonobo, was a tremendous loss for science. But before his passing last march, he left the field of comparative cognition with a parting gift . . .
Read my latest for @science.org to learn more: lnkd.in/gaG9eg4A.
Thanks to @michaelgreshko.bsky.social!
Read my latest for @science.org to learn more: lnkd.in/gaG9eg4A.
Thanks to @michaelgreshko.bsky.social!
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"She's 16. It's not like she's four."
And that's how it *starts* 🤢
And that's how it *starts* 🤢
The culture around sexualizing teenage girls has thankfully shifted in recent decades, but there was never a time in my life when traveling to a rich guy's secluded island with an expectation he would supply a 16 year old girl to have sex with you was not obviously horrific
This level of apologia (from Megan McArdle in a podcast with Josh Barro and Ross Douthat) is fucking appalling. Idk what else there is to say.
February 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
"She's 16. It's not like she's four."
And that's how it *starts* 🤢
And that's how it *starts* 🤢
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golden age of committing crimes you’ll probably get away with
The top federal prosecutor in Minnesota says his short-staffed office has been abandoning "pressing and important priorities" to manage the flood of immigration cases.
Daniel Rosen says his office is buckling under the crushing weight of emergency lawsuits filed by immigrants detained by ICE.
Daniel Rosen says his office is buckling under the crushing weight of emergency lawsuits filed by immigrants detained by ICE.
Top Minnesota prosecutor says ICE cases are sidelining ‘pressing priorities’
The office has been swamped with cases stemming from Operation Metro Surge.
www.politico.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:55 PM
golden age of committing crimes you’ll probably get away with
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Back of napkin math is Bitcoin has lost over $1T in fake value. This is a meteor.
February 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Back of napkin math is Bitcoin has lost over $1T in fake value. This is a meteor.
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Apparently it may be false and defamatory to suggest that Kash Patel’s girlfriend is an undercover spy being utilized by a foreign government to gain intel.
February 5, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Apparently it may be false and defamatory to suggest that Kash Patel’s girlfriend is an undercover spy being utilized by a foreign government to gain intel.
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Last year the GOP invented the idea of federal agents wearing masks and having no real uniforms, and now they are saying it is unreasonable and sort of nuts to insist on the status quo ante.
February 5, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Last year the GOP invented the idea of federal agents wearing masks and having no real uniforms, and now they are saying it is unreasonable and sort of nuts to insist on the status quo ante.
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Why is bitcoin crashing today? Did people finally figure out that it's fake?
February 5, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Why is bitcoin crashing today? Did people finally figure out that it's fake?
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New photo essay up on Patreon!
This month: bringing a little bit of Oxford home because billionaires can't have every beautiful thing...
(I'm so so excited about this one)
www.patreon.com/posts/denize...
This month: bringing a little bit of Oxford home because billionaires can't have every beautiful thing...
(I'm so so excited about this one)
www.patreon.com/posts/denize...
Denizen of the Month: The Bird and Baby | Catherynne M. Valente
Get more from Catherynne M. Valente on Patreon
www.patreon.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:46 PM
New photo essay up on Patreon!
This month: bringing a little bit of Oxford home because billionaires can't have every beautiful thing...
(I'm so so excited about this one)
www.patreon.com/posts/denize...
This month: bringing a little bit of Oxford home because billionaires can't have every beautiful thing...
(I'm so so excited about this one)
www.patreon.com/posts/denize...
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Hey, remember that time I said that pointing out that AI is giving bad data to ICE is missing the point because ICE doesn't actually care if the data is good? Check out how right I am.
NEW: Records reviewed by WIRED show DHS’s facial recognition app (Mobile Fortify) isn’t designed to actually "verify" identity—despite DHS claims and its agents relying on its matches to support probable cause in the field.
ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy r...
www.wired.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Hey, remember that time I said that pointing out that AI is giving bad data to ICE is missing the point because ICE doesn't actually care if the data is good? Check out how right I am.