Biofunctor
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Human —> Queer Christian Anarchist Math Geek
Notes to self
Fuck being rational
give em what they asked for
Notes to self
Fuck being rational
give em what they asked for
Pinned
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The ACLU of Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against ICE, Noem, and other DHS officials. Susan Tincher, who had her wedding ring cut off by ICE agents, is one of the plaintiffs in the case.
December 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The ACLU of Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against ICE, Noem, and other DHS officials. Susan Tincher, who had her wedding ring cut off by ICE agents, is one of the plaintiffs in the case.
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"The idea that neutral rules can’t be employed cynically is honestly baffling. A cursory glance at America’s racial history shows that lots of seemingly neutral rules and evaluation procedures were adopted because they could be used as plausibly deniable tools of racial exclusion."
A Tent Big Enough for Bigots but Too Small for Critical Race Theory
Like so many of critical race theory's detractors, Matthew Yglesias fails to engage with the actual scholarship.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"The idea that neutral rules can’t be employed cynically is honestly baffling. A cursory glance at America’s racial history shows that lots of seemingly neutral rules and evaluation procedures were adopted because they could be used as plausibly deniable tools of racial exclusion."
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DHS gave a $1 billion contract to a politically-connected donor whose company had never received a federal contract before, in a process led by a political appointee to DHS who had held a senior position at a MAGA-linked org (the American First Policy Institute) which gave the guy an award in 2024.
DHS fast-tracked $1 billion contract to pro-Trump donor’s company
A DHS official leading the process previously worked at the America First Policy Institute, a pro-Trump nonprofit where the contractor’s CEO was a donor.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
DHS gave a $1 billion contract to a politically-connected donor whose company had never received a federal contract before, in a process led by a political appointee to DHS who had held a senior position at a MAGA-linked org (the American First Policy Institute) which gave the guy an award in 2024.
Lots of discourse showing off how our system passed mediocre human beings to the top rungs of society
December 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Lots of discourse showing off how our system passed mediocre human beings to the top rungs of society
People please read what others say. I’ve seen so many replies and reposts of this that seems totally illiterate.
What are you even talking about! I am saying it is a delusional fantasy to suggest Russia is going to invade European countries like Poland, Germany or indeed the UK, which is the insane drivel currently being promoted in support of a disastrous arms race.
December 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
People please read what others say. I’ve seen so many replies and reposts of this that seems totally illiterate.
Harvard employs avi loeb. Harvard employed Francesca Gino.
Harvard is a brand that brats use to launder their mediocrity
Harvard is a brand that brats use to launder their mediocrity
December 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Harvard employs avi loeb. Harvard employed Francesca Gino.
Harvard is a brand that brats use to launder their mediocrity
Harvard is a brand that brats use to launder their mediocrity
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The big thing with Yglesias, and he's pretty open about it, is that he has a temper, he has always found people that openly bohemian/counter-cultural really freaking annoying, and his mind broke with him having to actual respond to critiques on Twitter that didn't share equal status.
I wrote about Yglesias “defending liberalism” by joining a right wing moral panic over critical race theory. His vision of liberalism has room for bigots, but no room for scholars concerned about structural racism.
"Yglesias claims to think “rights are good,” but would have us ignore how neutral rules can be used to deny people their rights. Earlier this month, the Trump Department of Justice issued a memo that follows from Yglesias’s reasoning" www.liberalcurrents.com/a-tent-big-e...
December 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The big thing with Yglesias, and he's pretty open about it, is that he has a temper, he has always found people that openly bohemian/counter-cultural really freaking annoying, and his mind broke with him having to actual respond to critiques on Twitter that didn't share equal status.
These ice agents should die in prison
Seconds to Chaos in Chicago: Car door ripped open and phone smashed to the ground as Citizen Records ICE in public.
When "rights" aren't respected on the street, your safety is the priority. Watch your back, friends.
When "rights" aren't respected on the street, your safety is the priority. Watch your back, friends.
December 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
These ice agents should die in prison
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Seconds to Chaos in Chicago: Car door ripped open and phone smashed to the ground as Citizen Records ICE in public.
When "rights" aren't respected on the street, your safety is the priority. Watch your back, friends.
When "rights" aren't respected on the street, your safety is the priority. Watch your back, friends.
December 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Seconds to Chaos in Chicago: Car door ripped open and phone smashed to the ground as Citizen Records ICE in public.
When "rights" aren't respected on the street, your safety is the priority. Watch your back, friends.
When "rights" aren't respected on the street, your safety is the priority. Watch your back, friends.
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“Employees with driver’s license offices across the state, from El Paso to Paris to Plano, reported the names and license numbers of these people to a special agency email account.“
Texas is making a list of transgender Texans. It’s using the DMV to help.
A year after the state blocked transgender Texans from updating their state IDs, it has collected information on more than 100 people who have tried. Officials won’t say what they’re using the list fo...
www.kut.org
December 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“Employees with driver’s license offices across the state, from El Paso to Paris to Plano, reported the names and license numbers of these people to a special agency email account.“
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One of my favorite running bits is that Donald Trump over the past decade has repeatedly indicated that he believes stealth aircraft are physically invisible.
Absolutely world-class stupidity. You’ve never met someone this stupid. He’d be the stupidest person in any room you’ve ever been in.
Absolutely world-class stupidity. You’ve never met someone this stupid. He’d be the stupidest person in any room you’ve ever been in.
Trump: "The only time anybody could see those planes was when those bomb chutes open up, because it becomes totally un-stealth. You're going in, you go like this. As soon as it goes like this, for some reason the plane is totally visible. Not good. I watched it happening. I watched it go bing bing"
December 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM
One of my favorite running bits is that Donald Trump over the past decade has repeatedly indicated that he believes stealth aircraft are physically invisible.
Absolutely world-class stupidity. You’ve never met someone this stupid. He’d be the stupidest person in any room you’ve ever been in.
Absolutely world-class stupidity. You’ve never met someone this stupid. He’d be the stupidest person in any room you’ve ever been in.
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The US Administration has banned Americans from *adopting babies* from much of the African continent.
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The US Administration has banned Americans from *adopting babies* from much of the African continent.
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
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there is really no difference between the current administration and having the country run by david duke
On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
there is really no difference between the current administration and having the country run by david duke
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I know this is a bold stance in America, but I simply do not believe we should be declaring war on another country for “stealing our oil” when the oil is, in fact, under the ground of that other country
December 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I know this is a bold stance in America, but I simply do not believe we should be declaring war on another country for “stealing our oil” when the oil is, in fact, under the ground of that other country
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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
Donald Trump and his invalid admin are criminals of every description
A naval blockade is unquestionably an act of war.
A war that the Congress never authorized and the American people do not want.
A war that the Congress never authorized and the American people do not want.
BREAKING: President Trump orders a "total and complete blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers in and out of Venezuela.
December 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Donald Trump and his invalid admin are criminals of every description
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A naval blockade is unquestionably an act of war.
A war that the Congress never authorized and the American people do not want.
A war that the Congress never authorized and the American people do not want.
BREAKING: President Trump orders a "total and complete blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers in and out of Venezuela.
Trump orders "total and complete blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers in Venezuela
President Trump on Tuesday called for a "total and complete blockade" on all sanctioned oil tankers that enter or depart Venezuela, as the administration heaps pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A naval blockade is unquestionably an act of war.
A war that the Congress never authorized and the American people do not want.
A war that the Congress never authorized and the American people do not want.
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Hegseth repeatedly misled the public about this strike.
The boat was headed for Suriname, not the U.S.
It wasn't carrying fentanyl.
The survivors didn't "radio for backup."
This strike was illegal, and Hegseth is trying to cover up what happened by refusing to release video.
The boat was headed for Suriname, not the U.S.
It wasn't carrying fentanyl.
The survivors didn't "radio for backup."
This strike was illegal, and Hegseth is trying to cover up what happened by refusing to release video.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike that killed two survivors of an initial attack on a boat allegedly carrying cocaine in the Caribbean. https://to.pbs.org/4pZJb8p
Hegseth says he won't publicly release video of boat strike that killed survivors in the Caribbean
Hegseth said that members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committee would have an opportunity this week to review the video, but did not say whether all members of Congress would be allowed to ...
to.pbs.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Hegseth repeatedly misled the public about this strike.
The boat was headed for Suriname, not the U.S.
It wasn't carrying fentanyl.
The survivors didn't "radio for backup."
This strike was illegal, and Hegseth is trying to cover up what happened by refusing to release video.
The boat was headed for Suriname, not the U.S.
It wasn't carrying fentanyl.
The survivors didn't "radio for backup."
This strike was illegal, and Hegseth is trying to cover up what happened by refusing to release video.
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The Trump promise: a foreign policy you need a massive stroke to appreciate
Fetterman expresses support for Trump's bonkers Truth Social post and aggression toward Venezuela: "It makes it that Iran is involved on that, and Russia is involved on that, and China as well too. That's sanctioned oil right now ... it makes a lot of sense."
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The Trump promise: a foreign policy you need a massive stroke to appreciate
Woot woot
Sara Nelson has officially adjourned her final meeting both as a Councilmember and as President of the Seattle City Council.
December 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Woot woot
Really enjoyed. As a math person I would just like to emphasize:
Bayesianism is mathematically identical to frequentist statistics. Its appeal is its intuitive parallel with natural language.
Bayesianism is mathematically identical to frequentist statistics. Its appeal is its intuitive parallel with natural language.
My conversation with @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com about the rationalists, cosmic horror, and the role of emotion in guiding what we believe to be true is out now in early access. Listen to a preview here, and join my Patreon to get the full think a week before it hits the public feed.
096: The Irrationality of Rationalists (w/ Samantha Hancox-Li) | Aaron Ross Powell
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December 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Really enjoyed. As a math person I would just like to emphasize:
Bayesianism is mathematically identical to frequentist statistics. Its appeal is its intuitive parallel with natural language.
Bayesianism is mathematically identical to frequentist statistics. Its appeal is its intuitive parallel with natural language.
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My conversation with @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com about the rationalists, cosmic horror, and the role of emotion in guiding what we believe to be true is out now in early access. Listen to a preview here, and join my Patreon to get the full think a week before it hits the public feed.
096: The Irrationality of Rationalists (w/ Samantha Hancox-Li) | Aaron Ross Powell
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December 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My conversation with @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com about the rationalists, cosmic horror, and the role of emotion in guiding what we believe to be true is out now in early access. Listen to a preview here, and join my Patreon to get the full think a week before it hits the public feed.
Socializing generic risks is good and the right critique is to make the point that fire is like disease in that it can happen to anyone and extend the principle to healthcare
This is what passes for progressivism and climate policy in California. Jane Kim’s answer for elevated fire risk and actuarial risk? Put it on the public dime. Urban renters should bail out well to do exurban property owners and landlords in fire zones. FAIR plan is already a ticking time bomb!
December 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Socializing generic risks is good and the right critique is to make the point that fire is like disease in that it can happen to anyone and extend the principle to healthcare
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This is the case widely shared on video where a man had a seizure while in a chokehold. DHS accused him publicly of faking.
COMPLAINT: @aclum.bsky.social alleges that — after ICE agents pulled over their client, his wife, and their 1 y.o. child — an unknown agent applied a carotid restraint until their client lost consciousness. www.aclum.org/cases/zapata...
December 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is the case widely shared on video where a man had a seizure while in a chokehold. DHS accused him publicly of faking.