Ace Sigma
@acesigma.bsky.social
doctor of philosophy and displaced Mets fan
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One thing I wish people understood about authoritarianism is life often looks more or less the same. Troops aren’t marching down the street every day; people go to restaurants, have their office jobs. But everyone knows that stepping out of line, even slightly, can derail your life with no recourse
April 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
One thing I wish people understood about authoritarianism is life often looks more or less the same. Troops aren’t marching down the street every day; people go to restaurants, have their office jobs. But everyone knows that stepping out of line, even slightly, can derail your life with no recourse
“The administration has been sowing terror in the hearts of international students. Now that’s spreading to school officials as well,” he said. “It’s all part of this revenge-driven policy.”
Trump Administration = Domestic Terrorists
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
Trump Administration = Domestic Terrorists
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
How Trump Is Wreaking Havoc on the Student Visa System
The Trump administration is upending the student visa bureaucracy to deport foreign students. University officials are struggling to keep up.
www.insidehighered.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
“The administration has been sowing terror in the hearts of international students. Now that’s spreading to school officials as well,” he said. “It’s all part of this revenge-driven policy.”
Trump Administration = Domestic Terrorists
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
Trump Administration = Domestic Terrorists
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
denmark should say “GET F——D $1000 A DOZEN”
March 15, 2025 at 3:04 AM
denmark should say “GET F——D $1000 A DOZEN”
time to invest in carrier pigeons.
March 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
time to invest in carrier pigeons.
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For my Patreon blog, I wrote about Trump's speech and why he kept circling back to trans people over and over. www.patreon.com/posts/trans-...
Trans people are MAGA's shiny object | Katelyn Burns
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March 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
For my Patreon blog, I wrote about Trump's speech and why he kept circling back to trans people over and over. www.patreon.com/posts/trans-...
oh shit. they really are trying to kill us. www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/h...
FDA meeting to choose flu vaccine composition canceled without explanation | CNN
A March meeting of outside advisers to the United States Food and Drug Administration to discuss the composition of flu vaccines for this fall’s flu season has been canceled, a member of the advisory ...
www.cnn.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
oh shit. they really are trying to kill us. www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/h...
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Newsletter: There is no AI Revolution. Consumer adoption of generative AI outside of ChatGPT is barely 100 million people, every single company in generative AI is deeply unprofitable, Microsoft is pulling capex, and OpenAI spent $9bn in 2024 to lose $5bn.
www.wheresyoured.at/wheres-the-m...
www.wheresyoured.at/wheres-the-m...
There Is No AI Revolution
Soundtrack: Mack Glocky - Chasing Cars
Last week, I spent a great deal of time and words framing the generative AI industry as a cynical con where OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei hav...
www.wheresyoured.at
February 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Newsletter: There is no AI Revolution. Consumer adoption of generative AI outside of ChatGPT is barely 100 million people, every single company in generative AI is deeply unprofitable, Microsoft is pulling capex, and OpenAI spent $9bn in 2024 to lose $5bn.
www.wheresyoured.at/wheres-the-m...
www.wheresyoured.at/wheres-the-m...
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If you want to make America Healthy Again, you don’t cut Medicaid or Medicare.
February 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
If you want to make America Healthy Again, you don’t cut Medicaid or Medicare.
well since NIH has been gutted i assume DOGE will get working on this once someone tells the 19 year olds what a uterus is.
February 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
well since NIH has been gutted i assume DOGE will get working on this once someone tells the 19 year olds what a uterus is.
LA resident here. this burns :(
One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
February 14, 2025 at 5:48 AM
LA resident here. this burns :(
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They want to destroy the universities because they believe that it's the universities that are turning kids away from far-right reactionary cultural preferences. Thus they want the universities either indoctrinating young people into far-right beliefs, or they want them gone.
February 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
They want to destroy the universities because they believe that it's the universities that are turning kids away from far-right reactionary cultural preferences. Thus they want the universities either indoctrinating young people into far-right beliefs, or they want them gone.
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It’s not even the fact that Marko Elez was caught for racist tweets, what Elon and JD Vance object to is the idea that he should be accountable at all.
None of them asked him to apologize. Vance even bristled at the idea on behalf of Elez. They want to not just be above the law, but above criticism
None of them asked him to apologize. Vance even bristled at the idea on behalf of Elez. They want to not just be above the law, but above criticism
February 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
It’s not even the fact that Marko Elez was caught for racist tweets, what Elon and JD Vance object to is the idea that he should be accountable at all.
None of them asked him to apologize. Vance even bristled at the idea on behalf of Elez. They want to not just be above the law, but above criticism
None of them asked him to apologize. Vance even bristled at the idea on behalf of Elez. They want to not just be above the law, but above criticism
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GovWayback: access historical versions of U.S. government pages by replacing ".gov" in the URL with ".govwayback.com" https://govwayback.com/
February 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
GovWayback: access historical versions of U.S. government pages by replacing ".gov" in the URL with ".govwayback.com" https://govwayback.com/
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Amazon, as with other big tech companies, still plans to spend a ton of money on AI.
www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon...
www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon...
Amazon’s outlook underwhelms as it forecasts ‘lumpy’ cloud growth in years ahead
Amazon shares slid after the online-retail and cloud-services giant offered a first-quarter outlook that came up short of Wall Street’s expectations while forecasting bumpy trends in its cloud busines...
www.marketwatch.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Amazon, as with other big tech companies, still plans to spend a ton of money on AI.
www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon...
www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon...
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"Trump-appointed commission chair Brendan Carr said he opened the investigation after KCBS shared the live locations and vehicle descriptions of immigration officials on Jan. 26."
www.kqed.org/news/1202597...
www.kqed.org/news/1202597...
FCC Investigates SF Radio Station for ICE Reporting, Sparking Press Freedom Fears | KQED
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said the agency is investigating San Francisco-based KCBS for its coverage of immigration enforcement actions in San José.
www.kqed.org
February 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
"Trump-appointed commission chair Brendan Carr said he opened the investigation after KCBS shared the live locations and vehicle descriptions of immigration officials on Jan. 26."
www.kqed.org/news/1202597...
www.kqed.org/news/1202597...
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How unfillable is the hole in your soul that one could be the literal richest person in the world and then be upset that America has an agency that helps the poorest in the world?
February 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
How unfillable is the hole in your soul that one could be the literal richest person in the world and then be upset that America has an agency that helps the poorest in the world?
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A US Attorney is saying that he will prosecute anyone who who targets Musk employees. Meanwhile, a Heritage Foundation-affiliated organization has a website that literally lists federal employees as "targets."
Don't hold your breath for prosecutions.
Don't hold your breath for prosecutions.
February 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
A US Attorney is saying that he will prosecute anyone who who targets Musk employees. Meanwhile, a Heritage Foundation-affiliated organization has a website that literally lists federal employees as "targets."
Don't hold your breath for prosecutions.
Don't hold your breath for prosecutions.
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“There was no way to predict this” says only country in the world where Donald Trump was already President once.
February 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
“There was no way to predict this” says only country in the world where Donald Trump was already President once.
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The bad news is that the source code for how the US Government runs all its finances is going to get dumped onto some Russian-run archive site
The good news is it’s in COBOL, which no scriptkiddie can hack
The good news is it’s in COBOL, which no scriptkiddie can hack
February 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The bad news is that the source code for how the US Government runs all its finances is going to get dumped onto some Russian-run archive site
The good news is it’s in COBOL, which no scriptkiddie can hack
The good news is it’s in COBOL, which no scriptkiddie can hack
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New waffle house economic index just dropped
February 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
New waffle house economic index just dropped
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I wrote about Musk and this bureaucratic coup as plainly as I could. There's reporting in here & the particulars are overwhelming but what's happening is so clear: He's not trying to run the federal govt like a software company He's trying to turn it into a political weapon. (gift link)
Elon Musk’s Bureaucratic Coup
Welcome to the “rapid unscheduled disassembly” of the United States government.
www.theatlantic.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I wrote about Musk and this bureaucratic coup as plainly as I could. There's reporting in here & the particulars are overwhelming but what's happening is so clear: He's not trying to run the federal govt like a software company He's trying to turn it into a political weapon. (gift link)