Ambrellite
@ambrellite.bsky.social
Anxiety-ridden nerd, moss-grower, nature enthusiast, tabletop gamer, anime watcher, aspiring human.
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Well this leads to an uncomfortable question I think the electeds themselves are avoiding, who do we think the police will listen to?
We still have not had an elected that controls the police give the order to protect people. We know that bc there have been no firings of chiefs, commissioners, etc. None of the levers of control over the cops has been exercised. I don’t know that the outcome would change at all?
October 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Well this leads to an uncomfortable question I think the electeds themselves are avoiding, who do we think the police will listen to?
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Honestly, we're getting past rebuilding the existing system. Any change will have to be radical, not because I'm some sort of radical, but because so many systems have been broken. A new foundation has to be set, and that requires a sea change in public values.
September 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Honestly, we're getting past rebuilding the existing system. Any change will have to be radical, not because I'm some sort of radical, but because so many systems have been broken. A new foundation has to be set, and that requires a sea change in public values.
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
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I think for me it’s less weakness than bald hypocrisy. They don’t fight for the values they claim to hold because they don’t hold them. They had no problem fighting their base on Palestine, fighting partners on policing, and fighting colleagues on safety net spending.
Many voters view the Democratic Party as weak, and elite centrists want that to mean "too feminine" because they gender strength as masculine. But people view the party as weak because it so rarely fights for the values it claims to hold.
April 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I think for me it’s less weakness than bald hypocrisy. They don’t fight for the values they claim to hold because they don’t hold them. They had no problem fighting their base on Palestine, fighting partners on policing, and fighting colleagues on safety net spending.
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1. In a new leaked memo, Pam Bondi is directing the DOJ to go after trans care providers under "anti-FGM" laws.
She also has directed the investigation of HRT manufacturers.
She calls transgender people "infectious."
The latest from S. Baum.
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She also has directed the investigation of HRT manufacturers.
She calls transgender people "infectious."
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
“Infected an Entire Generation”: AG Bondi Targets Trans-Affirming Health Care in Leaked Memo
The memo isn’t law, but it is the latest escalation in Trumpian efforts to wage war on trans people.
www.erininthemorning.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
1. In a new leaked memo, Pam Bondi is directing the DOJ to go after trans care providers under "anti-FGM" laws.
She also has directed the investigation of HRT manufacturers.
She calls transgender people "infectious."
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
She also has directed the investigation of HRT manufacturers.
She calls transgender people "infectious."
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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People are running around looking for compost bags...Some scientists have bought their own soap and cleaning supplies.
A snapshot of the chaos at one NOAA lab as contracts for basic services expire. My latest:
www.propublica.org/article/noaa...
A snapshot of the chaos at one NOAA lab as contracts for basic services expire. My latest:
www.propublica.org/article/noaa...
NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire
A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000.
www.propublica.org
April 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
People are running around looking for compost bags...Some scientists have bought their own soap and cleaning supplies.
A snapshot of the chaos at one NOAA lab as contracts for basic services expire. My latest:
www.propublica.org/article/noaa...
A snapshot of the chaos at one NOAA lab as contracts for basic services expire. My latest:
www.propublica.org/article/noaa...
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HAPPENING NOW: Following the Supreme Court's decision requiring the government to "facilitate" the release of Abrego Garcia, a hearing before Judge Paula Xinis is about to begin.
I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social
Follow along for updates
I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social
Follow along for updates
April 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Following the Supreme Court's decision requiring the government to "facilitate" the release of Abrego Garcia, a hearing before Judge Paula Xinis is about to begin.
I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social
Follow along for updates
I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social
Follow along for updates
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Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
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I want you all to look at this conclusion in the fucking eye, next to the actual things said by the trans women interviewed.
From the repeated testimony that trans women have no family support, are unhirable, and need to both survive and pay for transition care, the researchers concluded THIS.
From the repeated testimony that trans women have no family support, are unhirable, and need to both survive and pay for transition care, the researchers concluded THIS.
April 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I want you all to look at this conclusion in the fucking eye, next to the actual things said by the trans women interviewed.
From the repeated testimony that trans women have no family support, are unhirable, and need to both survive and pay for transition care, the researchers concluded THIS.
From the repeated testimony that trans women have no family support, are unhirable, and need to both survive and pay for transition care, the researchers concluded THIS.
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I’ll just point out he’s sure giving the govt a lot of that due process they’re denying everyone else
April 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I’ll just point out he’s sure giving the govt a lot of that due process they’re denying everyone else
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Updated just now. Six pages so far. The breadth of destruction is staggering.
I've created a shareable document with a list of the HHS offices gutted today that I'll be updating as often as possible. Have something to add? Message marisakabas.04 on Signal or email [email protected]
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
April 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Updated just now. Six pages so far. The breadth of destruction is staggering.
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🧵WaPo: A secret memo from SecDef Hegseth tells military: get ready for war with China over Taiwan. Everything else [Russia, Iran, terror groups] is secondary
The memo copies parts of a 2024 Heritage Foundation report, now DOD guidance—almost word for word. The report’s co-author runs Pentagon policy
The memo copies parts of a 2024 Heritage Foundation report, now DOD guidance—almost word for word. The report’s co-author runs Pentagon policy
April 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
🧵WaPo: A secret memo from SecDef Hegseth tells military: get ready for war with China over Taiwan. Everything else [Russia, Iran, terror groups] is secondary
The memo copies parts of a 2024 Heritage Foundation report, now DOD guidance—almost word for word. The report’s co-author runs Pentagon policy
The memo copies parts of a 2024 Heritage Foundation report, now DOD guidance—almost word for word. The report’s co-author runs Pentagon policy
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“We now expect a 3°C world,” Morgan Stanley analysts wrote earlier this month. They predicted this would be good for air conditioning stocks. Something it would not be good for? Life on Earth. www.eenews.net/articles/big...
Big banks predict catastrophic warming, with profit potential
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that climate change will likely exceed the Paris Agreement's 2 degree
www.eenews.net
March 31, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“We now expect a 3°C world,” Morgan Stanley analysts wrote earlier this month. They predicted this would be good for air conditioning stocks. Something it would not be good for? Life on Earth. www.eenews.net/articles/big...
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NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.
March 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.
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SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me.
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me.
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
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Holy shit.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
He's actually doing it. Consolidating all payments under the Tsy.
Not to toot my own horn too much, but this is exactly what my paper is trying to address and oppose.
We need a strong digital fisc vision to counter this.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
He's actually doing it. Consolidating all payments under the Tsy.
Not to toot my own horn too much, but this is exactly what my paper is trying to address and oppose.
We need a strong digital fisc vision to counter this.
Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Holy shit.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
He's actually doing it. Consolidating all payments under the Tsy.
Not to toot my own horn too much, but this is exactly what my paper is trying to address and oppose.
We need a strong digital fisc vision to counter this.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
He's actually doing it. Consolidating all payments under the Tsy.
Not to toot my own horn too much, but this is exactly what my paper is trying to address and oppose.
We need a strong digital fisc vision to counter this.
Included in this order is DOGE sifting through voter registration lists and "comparing" them against immigrant data.
The objective is to fabricate voter fraud by immigrants and enable the fascist agenda. No state should cooperate with this.
The objective is to fabricate voter fraud by immigrants and enable the fascist agenda. No state should cooperate with this.
March 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Included in this order is DOGE sifting through voter registration lists and "comparing" them against immigrant data.
The objective is to fabricate voter fraud by immigrants and enable the fascist agenda. No state should cooperate with this.
The objective is to fabricate voter fraud by immigrants and enable the fascist agenda. No state should cooperate with this.
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The first and most important thing to know about last night's Exec order is that it's intended to break current law and allow people throughout the federal gov look at yr tax returns. Beyond that it's intended to compel states to turn over all their data to the fed govt.
March 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The first and most important thing to know about last night's Exec order is that it's intended to break current law and allow people throughout the federal gov look at yr tax returns. Beyond that it's intended to compel states to turn over all their data to the fed govt.
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I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
March 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
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Last night’s article in the Washington Post about D.C. police responding to a 911 call by illegally letting DOGE onto private property is unlike any news story I have ever read. Every single person should read this article and think about where our society is going.
March 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Last night’s article in the Washington Post about D.C. police responding to a 911 call by illegally letting DOGE onto private property is unlike any news story I have ever read. Every single person should read this article and think about where our society is going.
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Tonight, hours after the Paul Weiss news broke, an associate at Skadden Arps sent a firm-wide email:
"Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."
"Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."
March 21, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tonight, hours after the Paul Weiss news broke, an associate at Skadden Arps sent a firm-wide email:
"Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."
"Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."
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one of the most important things to learn, if you're out there doing things:
you don't get to talk about it.
you don't get to brag about it, you don't get to tell your friends, you don't get drinks bought for you in the bar off the story.
it's *always* shut the fuck up friday
you don't get to talk about it.
you don't get to brag about it, you don't get to tell your friends, you don't get drinks bought for you in the bar off the story.
it's *always* shut the fuck up friday
March 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
one of the most important things to learn, if you're out there doing things:
you don't get to talk about it.
you don't get to brag about it, you don't get to tell your friends, you don't get drinks bought for you in the bar off the story.
it's *always* shut the fuck up friday
you don't get to talk about it.
you don't get to brag about it, you don't get to tell your friends, you don't get drinks bought for you in the bar off the story.
it's *always* shut the fuck up friday
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This is wild. Trump says he’s withdrawing his executive order targeting the Paul Weiss law firm because they acknowledged “wrongdoing.”
They’re also going to provide “$40 million in pro bono legal services over the course of President Trump's term to support the Administration's initiatives”
They’re also going to provide “$40 million in pro bono legal services over the course of President Trump's term to support the Administration's initiatives”
March 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This is wild. Trump says he’s withdrawing his executive order targeting the Paul Weiss law firm because they acknowledged “wrongdoing.”
They’re also going to provide “$40 million in pro bono legal services over the course of President Trump's term to support the Administration's initiatives”
They’re also going to provide “$40 million in pro bono legal services over the course of President Trump's term to support the Administration's initiatives”