Aaron Bady
@zunguzungu.bsky.social
Meat blood, bees, things of that nature
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
Melt ice
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Melt ice
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if mamdani gets this in every interview, republicans should always be asked to respond to the 76% of Black voters who think their party is "very" racsist
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
if mamdani gets this in every interview, republicans should always be asked to respond to the 76% of Black voters who think their party is "very" racsist
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This is so good! You need to watch this interview from The Palestine Festival of Literature. Rare Baconi and Ta-Nehisi Coates talking about Baconi’s queer Palestinian memoir: youtu.be/eYW0Iy5jUcw?...
Tareq Baconi in conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates about "Fire in Every Direction"
YouTube video by The Palestine Festival of Literature
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This is so good! You need to watch this interview from The Palestine Festival of Literature. Rare Baconi and Ta-Nehisi Coates talking about Baconi’s queer Palestinian memoir: youtu.be/eYW0Iy5jUcw?...
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I love the abstraction of the "AI" bubble popping. But the very probable effects haunt me.
Desire to Pop
Desire to Pop
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I love the abstraction of the "AI" bubble popping. But the very probable effects haunt me.
Desire to Pop
Desire to Pop
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Machine learning (umbrella term, I know) is a useful, sometimes transformative tool in the hands of trained researchers who understand how to deploy it and critically assess the results.
A chatbot is not useful in the same ways (though underlying technologies may be, in other contexts).
A chatbot is not useful in the same ways (though underlying technologies may be, in other contexts).
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Machine learning (umbrella term, I know) is a useful, sometimes transformative tool in the hands of trained researchers who understand how to deploy it and critically assess the results.
A chatbot is not useful in the same ways (though underlying technologies may be, in other contexts).
A chatbot is not useful in the same ways (though underlying technologies may be, in other contexts).
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NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
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NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don't want to alarm anyone, but we're 8k words in
I think I need to write the longest and most self-indulgent essay anyone will write about Freaky Tales. I think it probably needs to be 3k words long.
November 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I don't want to alarm anyone, but we're 8k words in
just because www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAME...
Andrew Marlin, Jordan Tice & Christian Sedelmyer "Diamond Joe" (The Aspen Sessions)
YouTube video by Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
just because www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAME...
Trump being a little bit excited to meet the New York mayor is such a good plot twist
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Trump being a little bit excited to meet the New York mayor is such a good plot twist
"When Trump says “quiet, piggy” to a woman journalist and none of the men there say, “You can’t say that, sir” back or tell him that he mustn’t threaten a female colleague because she asked a completely valid question about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi" timothyburke.substack.com/p/hold-their...
Hold Their Manhoods Cheap
Will No One Quiet The Real Piggy?
timothyburke.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"When Trump says “quiet, piggy” to a woman journalist and none of the men there say, “You can’t say that, sir” back or tell him that he mustn’t threaten a female colleague because she asked a completely valid question about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi" timothyburke.substack.com/p/hold-their...
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holy shit this is such a good way of presenting the data jmail.world
Jmail, logged in as [email protected]
You are logged into [email protected], Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
jmail.world
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
holy shit this is such a good way of presenting the data jmail.world
The answer is "not a damn thing," but it is nice that this post is reminding us how much this guy was serving, as I assume the kids say
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The answer is "not a damn thing," but it is nice that this post is reminding us how much this guy was serving, as I assume the kids say
But resurrection's a divine hack beyond physics--Jesus nailed the miracle without venture capital.
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
But resurrection's a divine hack beyond physics--Jesus nailed the miracle without venture capital.
normal stuff over there
November 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
normal stuff over there
I'm sure there ARE ways you could make this more Nazi, but
November 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm sure there ARE ways you could make this more Nazi, but
it really is a fact that Joe Biden, in post-presidential life, is never ever ever ever heard from
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
it really is a fact that Joe Biden, in post-presidential life, is never ever ever ever heard from
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For decades, scholars have argued education’s hidden curriculum is about disciplining and socializing children as future workers, and they just….tweeted it out
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor
Is Trump dismantling the Education Department? Not yet. But changes are coming.
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor and parceling out other core job duties to other agencies. It's the most sweeping effort so f...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
For decades, scholars have argued education’s hidden curriculum is about disciplining and socializing children as future workers, and they just….tweeted it out
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
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Nuclear power sucks. For decades, they've promised better reactors just around the corner. Existing reactor tech is far more expensive than solar/wind, hence the push to deregulate: they want to squeeze out profitability by doing a slipshod job and they don't care if that causes a couple Chernobyls.
People like to argue that nuclear energy mostly died in the US because of fear mongering after Three Mile Island and Chernobyl but it's really cost. And that's exacerbated by the fact that in the US nuclear is mostly a fully for profit enterprise. In most places with lots of nuclear it's state owned
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Nuclear power sucks. For decades, they've promised better reactors just around the corner. Existing reactor tech is far more expensive than solar/wind, hence the push to deregulate: they want to squeeze out profitability by doing a slipshod job and they don't care if that causes a couple Chernobyls.
amaze children and win honor for your village by explaining the difference between "The Melancholy of Resistance" and "The Aesthetics of Resistance"
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
amaze children and win honor for your village by explaining the difference between "The Melancholy of Resistance" and "The Aesthetics of Resistance"
The sum of my investigations was that when Sam Clemens was in San Francisco, there was no there, yet, in Oakland. But a decent place to retire.
Mark Twain's opinion on Oakland: "one of those suburbs." www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/what-did-mar...
What did Mark Twain think of Oakland?
Mostly a place to get away to, from San Francisco.
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The sum of my investigations was that when Sam Clemens was in San Francisco, there was no there, yet, in Oakland. But a decent place to retire.
(spoiler: not much)
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
(spoiler: not much)
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What did Mark Twain think of Oakland? www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/what-did-mar...
What did Mark Twain think of Oakland?
And so, for him, Oakland is mostly a place to get away to, from San Francisco.
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
What did Mark Twain think of Oakland? www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/what-did-mar...