Alex Braud
@alexbraud.bsky.social
Whoever designed this set knocked it out of the park. It’s gorgeous and the build was extremely enjoyable.
December 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Whoever designed this set knocked it out of the park. It’s gorgeous and the build was extremely enjoyable.
Treebeard disses Saruman for having “a mind of metal and wheels.”
How much of a Luddite do you have to be to be like “‘man, *fuck* wheels.”
How much of a Luddite do you have to be to be like “‘man, *fuck* wheels.”
December 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Treebeard disses Saruman for having “a mind of metal and wheels.”
How much of a Luddite do you have to be to be like “‘man, *fuck* wheels.”
How much of a Luddite do you have to be to be like “‘man, *fuck* wheels.”
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Forest and trees re Epstein documents, as of now.
Trees: Controversies about particular documents.
Forest: Virtually none of the key documents, ones that we know exist, the ones the victims and knowledgeable observers have been demanding to see, have been released.
And so the coverup continues.
Trees: Controversies about particular documents.
Forest: Virtually none of the key documents, ones that we know exist, the ones the victims and knowledgeable observers have been demanding to see, have been released.
And so the coverup continues.
December 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Forest and trees re Epstein documents, as of now.
Trees: Controversies about particular documents.
Forest: Virtually none of the key documents, ones that we know exist, the ones the victims and knowledgeable observers have been demanding to see, have been released.
And so the coverup continues.
Trees: Controversies about particular documents.
Forest: Virtually none of the key documents, ones that we know exist, the ones the victims and knowledgeable observers have been demanding to see, have been released.
And so the coverup continues.
Coati family out and about at Boyce Thompson today!
December 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Coati family out and about at Boyce Thompson today!
Hey, here's a thought. Wouldn't it be convenient if we had Bari Weiss cancel a CECOT story last minute, then leaked the video in Canada so everyone started paying attention to that because they think they're getting one over on Weiss, taking attention off of the Epstein cover up.
December 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Hey, here's a thought. Wouldn't it be convenient if we had Bari Weiss cancel a CECOT story last minute, then leaked the video in Canada so everyone started paying attention to that because they think they're getting one over on Weiss, taking attention off of the Epstein cover up.
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!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
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suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
I find that if you aren't using math on a semi-regular basis, you aren't digging deep enough into life.
I used a bunch of trig last year because it kept itching my brain that it took so long to descend the stairs in Silo. Turns out it should only be like a 2 mile walk around the central stair.
I used a bunch of trig last year because it kept itching my brain that it took so long to descend the stairs in Silo. Turns out it should only be like a 2 mile walk around the central stair.
For good citizenship, statistics is more important than calculus or geometry.
December 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I find that if you aren't using math on a semi-regular basis, you aren't digging deep enough into life.
I used a bunch of trig last year because it kept itching my brain that it took so long to descend the stairs in Silo. Turns out it should only be like a 2 mile walk around the central stair.
I used a bunch of trig last year because it kept itching my brain that it took so long to descend the stairs in Silo. Turns out it should only be like a 2 mile walk around the central stair.
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Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
The Trump Admin, continuing to far out pace the Onion.
The Trump administration’s release of the Epstein grand jury documents are entirely redacted.
It’s 119 pages of just black rectangles.
It’s 119 pages of just black rectangles.
December 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The Trump Admin, continuing to far out pace the Onion.
Hey, I've seen this movie, Hal.
December 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Hey, I've seen this movie, Hal.
Sometimes culture accidentally gives us weird little incongruities, like a young Yzma singing Santa Baby.
December 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Sometimes culture accidentally gives us weird little incongruities, like a young Yzma singing Santa Baby.
One of the things I've always appreciated about Dr. Levy, (ever since I heard him give a lengthy, scathing lecture on the evil of Calhoun in 2012) is that he doesn't shy away from saying what needs to be said to wake people up from their illusions of business as usual.
Nine years ago— during the transition— I did my first podcast of the Trump era. I think I traumatized the host, and I know my wife listening from the next room gave me a "WHAT THE HELL?" afterward. I was apparently supposed to provide some reassurance. I didn't.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Jacob Levy on Citizens Band Radio | December 2016
YouTube video by The Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
One of the things I've always appreciated about Dr. Levy, (ever since I heard him give a lengthy, scathing lecture on the evil of Calhoun in 2012) is that he doesn't shy away from saying what needs to be said to wake people up from their illusions of business as usual.
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It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.
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No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.
Trump just announced he will be giving members of the military a $1776 bonus. So re-upping this shutdown piece about the dangers of a the leader of a personalist regime presenting himself as the paymaster of the armed forces.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-risks-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-risks-...
The risks of letting Trump become the military paymaster
Trump will demand their loyalty in return
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
Why does Bongino just CONSTANTLY look like he's staring down the man who murdered his entire family.
Just oceans of rage barely contained in every photo.
RSKF**?
**Resting Serial Killer Face
(Gotta be the coke, right?)
Just oceans of rage barely contained in every photo.
RSKF**?
**Resting Serial Killer Face
(Gotta be the coke, right?)
BREAKING: Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino plans to leave his job as soon as this week or as late as mid-January, according to three people with knowledge of his plans.
—NYT
—NYT
December 17, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Why does Bongino just CONSTANTLY look like he's staring down the man who murdered his entire family.
Just oceans of rage barely contained in every photo.
RSKF**?
**Resting Serial Killer Face
(Gotta be the coke, right?)
Just oceans of rage barely contained in every photo.
RSKF**?
**Resting Serial Killer Face
(Gotta be the coke, right?)
13,000 in under a day is wild numbers for this kind of thing. Congrats on the reach.
I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
13,000 in under a day is wild numbers for this kind of thing. Congrats on the reach.
This is a problem w/ attempts to individualize the metaphysics of rights. Rights in the relevant sense aren't *claims* on govt, they're the *right functioning of* govt when appropriately *constituted*, as described in the document.
*Everyone* gets the rights because of how gov't *rightly functions*
*Everyone* gets the rights because of how gov't *rightly functions*
NEW: 6th Cir upholds the fed law barring undocumented immigrants from having guns.
What's shocking, though, is Judge Thapar's separate opinion arguing that noncitizens lack not only 2nd Am rights, but likely 1st, 4th & other const'l rights! 🧵
www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...
What's shocking, though, is Judge Thapar's separate opinion arguing that noncitizens lack not only 2nd Am rights, but likely 1st, 4th & other const'l rights! 🧵
www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...
www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov
December 16, 2025 at 2:11 AM
This is a problem w/ attempts to individualize the metaphysics of rights. Rights in the relevant sense aren't *claims* on govt, they're the *right functioning of* govt when appropriately *constituted*, as described in the document.
*Everyone* gets the rights because of how gov't *rightly functions*
*Everyone* gets the rights because of how gov't *rightly functions*
There's a special place in my heart for two kinds of movies - time travel movies and completely ridiculous action for action's sake movies. Looper is a good example of both, but God, rewatching Tenet scratches such an itch. I love this movie.
December 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
There's a special place in my heart for two kinds of movies - time travel movies and completely ridiculous action for action's sake movies. Looper is a good example of both, but God, rewatching Tenet scratches such an itch. I love this movie.
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This is Bandit. He fell asleep while getting out of bed. We've all been there. 12/10 sweet dreams buddy (u/yarntist)
December 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This is Bandit. He fell asleep while getting out of bed. We've all been there. 12/10 sweet dreams buddy (u/yarntist)
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GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
More of this will get more ADHD students through undergrad
December 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
More of this will get more ADHD students through undergrad
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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The student gotchas might be the second most disruptive thing happening in higherEd. It’s the Heritage “debate me” model with the Turning Point edgelord leveling-up.
You know that OU student who was failed by her professor for getting all biblical in her paper? When you read the actual article she was assigned to respond to, it becomes pretty fucking clear that she didn't do the assignment. She didn't respond to it. She wrote her own bullshit.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The student gotchas might be the second most disruptive thing happening in higherEd. It’s the Heritage “debate me” model with the Turning Point edgelord leveling-up.