@alycejewess.bsky.social
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The #2 prize-winner in our Terminological Twists protocol science fiction contest, 40-hour work week, by Étienne Fortier-Dubois has an old-school kind of poignancy/irony. Reminds me of Saki a bit
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/the-40-hou...
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/the-40-hou...
The 40-Hour Work Week
Issue #20: Protocol Studies Seminar in ~30 Minutes
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The #2 prize-winner in our Terminological Twists protocol science fiction contest, 40-hour work week, by Étienne Fortier-Dubois has an old-school kind of poignancy/irony. Reminds me of Saki a bit
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/the-40-hou...
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/the-40-hou...
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Glad to see Block Party coming to Bluesky!
We’re excited to announce support for Bluesky! We’re here to help you fine-tune your settings, take advantage of built-in features, and get the most out of your new digital space.
Learn more about Block Party's latest checklist and content cleanup tools here: www.blockpartyapp.com/blog/getting...
Learn more about Block Party's latest checklist and content cleanup tools here: www.blockpartyapp.com/blog/getting...
May 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Glad to see Block Party coming to Bluesky!
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Imho Carr is the thirstiest man in DC www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
A federal agency goes full Trumpist
For years, the FCC's Brendan Carr was a low-key conservative policy player. Now he’s using an entire agency to wage Trump’s battles.
www.politico.com
May 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Imho Carr is the thirstiest man in DC www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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Statement from the NJAG Matt Platkin
May 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Statement from the NJAG Matt Platkin
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The crypto cavers: My latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Democrats Are Greenlighting Trump's Crypto Corruption
Sixteen senators backed a disastrous bill that enshrines the crypto industry's flagrant abuses into law.
www.thenation.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The crypto cavers: My latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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That’s because he got his money’s worth in regulatory relief. If a Dem would help him, he’s shift like a badly built building on an earthquake www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Musk to step back from political spending: ‘I think I’ve done enough’
“If I see a reason to do political spending in the future, I will do it. I don't currently see a reason,” he said.
www.politico.com
May 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
That’s because he got his money’s worth in regulatory relief. If a Dem would help him, he’s shift like a badly built building on an earthquake www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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The people who called this a campaign of mass extermination and ethnic cleansing were right from the start, and those who downplayed that obvious truth will have to live the rest of their lives with the knowledge of their complicity.
May 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The people who called this a campaign of mass extermination and ethnic cleansing were right from the start, and those who downplayed that obvious truth will have to live the rest of their lives with the knowledge of their complicity.
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They will use anything to distract from their shitty performance
Trump's eldest son was quick to claim that Biden’s devastating health news is part of the “biggest cover-up in modern history.”
Don Jr. Says It’s Clear Deep State Was Running Biden Presidency After Cancer Diagnosis
The former president has faced questions on what he knew about state of his health while in office.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
They will use anything to distract from their shitty performance
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Trump's plan to gut Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for the rich could not be more politically toxic.
www.messageboxnews.com/p/trump-want...
www.messageboxnews.com/p/trump-want...
Trump Wants to Cut Medicaid; Here's How Dems Can Stop Him
Dems can make Republicans feel real heat for cutting Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy
www.messageboxnews.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Trump's plan to gut Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for the rich could not be more politically toxic.
www.messageboxnews.com/p/trump-want...
www.messageboxnews.com/p/trump-want...
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Ranked-choice voting was pitched as a fix for polarization, to reward consensus candidates. But without strong parties, it just rewards name recognition. Money for ads, fame, or incumbency wins. Most democracies center parties and ideas—not simply personalities who voters have heard of.
May 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Ranked-choice voting was pitched as a fix for polarization, to reward consensus candidates. But without strong parties, it just rewards name recognition. Money for ads, fame, or incumbency wins. Most democracies center parties and ideas—not simply personalities who voters have heard of.
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May 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Louis Prevost, the MAGA-supporting brother of Pope Leo, met with Donald Trump in the Oval Office last night.
“This is the baggage of being the first American Pope ... you bring with you the first truly American family,” @adamwren.bsky.social quips on today's #playbookpod: ow.ly/gr2m50VWglF
“This is the baggage of being the first American Pope ... you bring with you the first truly American family,” @adamwren.bsky.social quips on today's #playbookpod: ow.ly/gr2m50VWglF
May 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Louis Prevost, the MAGA-supporting brother of Pope Leo, met with Donald Trump in the Oval Office last night.
“This is the baggage of being the first American Pope ... you bring with you the first truly American family,” @adamwren.bsky.social quips on today's #playbookpod: ow.ly/gr2m50VWglF
“This is the baggage of being the first American Pope ... you bring with you the first truly American family,” @adamwren.bsky.social quips on today's #playbookpod: ow.ly/gr2m50VWglF
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Donald Trump lashed out at a journalist on Tuesday during a press conference on Capitol Hill, asking where they worked.
He was not impressed with the answer, apparently.
He was not impressed with the answer, apparently.
Trump Snaps At Reporter In Viral Clip: ‘Get A Real Job’
The president asked where the journalist worked—and was not impressed with the answer.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Donald Trump lashed out at a journalist on Tuesday during a press conference on Capitol Hill, asking where they worked.
He was not impressed with the answer, apparently.
He was not impressed with the answer, apparently.
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The billionaire executive was Trump's biggest donor in 2024. Now, however, he is planning to cut back his spending on politics, he said on Tuesday.
Musk to slow down political spending: 'I think I've done enough'
The billionaire executive was Trump's biggest donor in 2024. Now, however, he is planning to cut back his spending on politics, he said on Tuesday.
www.npr.org
May 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The billionaire executive was Trump's biggest donor in 2024. Now, however, he is planning to cut back his spending on politics, he said on Tuesday.
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Pope Leo XIV’s older brother Louis Prevost hit a MAGA milestone on Tuesday when he met President Donald Trump.
Pope’s MAGA Brother Pictured With Trump at the White House
Louis Prevost and his wife Deborah posed for photos with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Pope Leo XIV’s older brother Louis Prevost hit a MAGA milestone on Tuesday when he met President Donald Trump.
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We were told it was an antisemitic blood libel to speculate that the IDF would attack a medical facility. Now, the last remaining cancer hospital in Gaza has shut down after being bombed. Any pretense of concern for Palestinian life has been replaced by brazen indifference.
Israel bombed Gaza’s last cancer & cardiac hospital, then released a video claiming Hamas tunnels were below it.
Now they admit the footage was from somewhere else.
The hospital is shut, and innocent people died.
#Gaza #WarCrimes #auspol #Genocide
Now they admit the footage was from somewhere else.
The hospital is shut, and innocent people died.
#Gaza #WarCrimes #auspol #Genocide
Israel concedes error in video claiming to show Hamas tunnels under hospital
The Israeli military says a video it released that claimed to show Hamas-built tunnels underneath a southern Gaza hospital actually show different buildings.
www.abc.net.au
May 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
We were told it was an antisemitic blood libel to speculate that the IDF would attack a medical facility. Now, the last remaining cancer hospital in Gaza has shut down after being bombed. Any pretense of concern for Palestinian life has been replaced by brazen indifference.
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Winner of our Terminological Twists protocol fiction contest. Noise Ordinance by Spencer Nitkey
What I liked about this is how it inverted my default sympathies.
This is a dystopia defined by people like me having too much power. open.substack.com/pub/protocol...
What I liked about this is how it inverted my default sympathies.
This is a dystopia defined by people like me having too much power. open.substack.com/pub/protocol...
Noise Ordinance
Issue #21: 1st Place Story, LA Meetup, Argument Engineering for Dummies
open.substack.com
May 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Winner of our Terminological Twists protocol fiction contest. Noise Ordinance by Spencer Nitkey
What I liked about this is how it inverted my default sympathies.
This is a dystopia defined by people like me having too much power. open.substack.com/pub/protocol...
What I liked about this is how it inverted my default sympathies.
This is a dystopia defined by people like me having too much power. open.substack.com/pub/protocol...
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Casar: You can quickly explain Doge with just two numbers.
First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.
Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…
First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.
Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…
March 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Casar: You can quickly explain Doge with just two numbers.
First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.
Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…
First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.
Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…
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If you're a food writer of any prominence you're going to get more attention and possibly special treatment at dinner. Hiding your identity is one way to have a normal-ass meal on a personal night out instead of sending a kitchen into overdrive over your existence
May 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
If you're a food writer of any prominence you're going to get more attention and possibly special treatment at dinner. Hiding your identity is one way to have a normal-ass meal on a personal night out instead of sending a kitchen into overdrive over your existence
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Over public dissents from Justices Sotomayor and Jackson (the latter of whom wrote separately), #SCOTUS *grants* emergency relief to a Maine legislator who is challenging her censure by the legislature for public comments about transgender athletes:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
May 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Over public dissents from Justices Sotomayor and Jackson (the latter of whom wrote separately), #SCOTUS *grants* emergency relief to a Maine legislator who is challenging her censure by the legislature for public comments about transgender athletes:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Alina Habba made it clear she would use her appointment as New Jersey's interim U.S. attorney to bludgeon Democrats.
She found an opening this month, charging Rep. LaMonica McIver with felony assault on law enforcement after a scuffle with law enforcement at a migrant detention center.
She found an opening this month, charging Rep. LaMonica McIver with felony assault on law enforcement after a scuffle with law enforcement at a migrant detention center.
Alina Habba targeted Democrats when she became New Jersey’s top prosecutor. Now she’s following through.
The 41-year-old Trump loyalist is under fire for charging a sitting House member with assault.
www.politico.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Alina Habba made it clear she would use her appointment as New Jersey's interim U.S. attorney to bludgeon Democrats.
She found an opening this month, charging Rep. LaMonica McIver with felony assault on law enforcement after a scuffle with law enforcement at a migrant detention center.
She found an opening this month, charging Rep. LaMonica McIver with felony assault on law enforcement after a scuffle with law enforcement at a migrant detention center.
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Well, ditching one of the most enduring brands in media history went about as well as everyone expected
May 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Well, ditching one of the most enduring brands in media history went about as well as everyone expected
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This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
March 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
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I think it's kind of weird to get hung up on the fake name, which is pretty normal practice for food critics. But even setting aside that it's a known widespread practice, like, it's not somehow more ethical to use your real name and signal you're a food critic when you're just trying to have dinner
May 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I think it's kind of weird to get hung up on the fake name, which is pretty normal practice for food critics. But even setting aside that it's a known widespread practice, like, it's not somehow more ethical to use your real name and signal you're a food critic when you're just trying to have dinner