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Sources: the US has granted an annual license to Samsung and SK Hynix to ship their chip manufacturing equipment to their facilities in China for 2026 (Hyunjoo Jin/Reuters)
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December 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Sources: the US has granted an annual license to Samsung and SK Hynix to ship their chip manufacturing equipment to their facilities in China for 2026 (Hyunjoo Jin/Reuters)
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Uh… what the fuck?!?
I’m just exhausted with all of this. I don’t want to have to spend time thinking about whether I’ve granted an irrevocable license for someone to take all of my course materials and do whatever they want with them, especially given there’s basically no way around using canvas.
I’m just exhausted with all of this. I don’t want to have to spend time thinking about whether I’ve granted an irrevocable license for someone to take all of my course materials and do whatever they want with them, especially given there’s basically no way around using canvas.
December 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Uh… what the fuck?!?
I’m just exhausted with all of this. I don’t want to have to spend time thinking about whether I’ve granted an irrevocable license for someone to take all of my course materials and do whatever they want with them, especially given there’s basically no way around using canvas.
I’m just exhausted with all of this. I don’t want to have to spend time thinking about whether I’ve granted an irrevocable license for someone to take all of my course materials and do whatever they want with them, especially given there’s basically no way around using canvas.
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Add The Cookers to those choosing not to play at the Kennedy Center. Per NYT The Cookers did not give a reason for the decision in a statement on Monday that said, "Jazz was born from struggle & from a relentless insistence on freedom: freedom of thought, of expression, & of the full human voice."
BREAKING: New Year’s Eve concerts at the Kennedy Center are canceled. Jazz drummer Billy Hart said the decision was connected to Trump’s name being added to the arts center.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/a...
New Year’s Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Add The Cookers to those choosing not to play at the Kennedy Center. Per NYT The Cookers did not give a reason for the decision in a statement on Monday that said, "Jazz was born from struggle & from a relentless insistence on freedom: freedom of thought, of expression, & of the full human voice."
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Wow. Law Dork is just 211 subscribers — free or paid — from 80,000 total subscribers.
If you've been reading my work here this year, sign up at Law Dork to keep up with and support my work in 2026. www.lawdork.com
If you've been reading my work here this year, sign up at Law Dork to keep up with and support my work in 2026. www.lawdork.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Wow. Law Dork is just 211 subscribers — free or paid — from 80,000 total subscribers.
If you've been reading my work here this year, sign up at Law Dork to keep up with and support my work in 2026. www.lawdork.com
If you've been reading my work here this year, sign up at Law Dork to keep up with and support my work in 2026. www.lawdork.com
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Another confusing detail from the CNN report. An American drone blew up a port facility but it was small so the Venezuelan government didn’t care enough to comment? Huh?
December 30, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Another confusing detail from the CNN report. An American drone blew up a port facility but it was small so the Venezuelan government didn’t care enough to comment? Huh?
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Alex Jones declares war on Candace Owens and her supporters.
MAGA civil war intensifying 🍿
MAGA civil war intensifying 🍿
December 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Alex Jones declares war on Candace Owens and her supporters.
MAGA civil war intensifying 🍿
MAGA civil war intensifying 🍿
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Thieves impersonated a legitimate carrier and nabbed the lobster shipment headed for Costco stores in Illinois and Minnesota CEO, Dylan Rexing said.
$400,000 worth of lobsters bound for Costco locations in the US were stolen in the latest high-profile cargo theft
Thieves impersonated a legitimate carrier and nabbed the lobster shipment headed for Costco stores in Illinois and Minnesota CEO, Dylan Rexing said.
www.businessinsider.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Thieves impersonated a legitimate carrier and nabbed the lobster shipment headed for Costco stores in Illinois and Minnesota CEO, Dylan Rexing said.
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Trump also said he would be launching a "gross incompetence lawsuit" against the Fed chair.
Trump says he'd still like to fire Jerome Powell
Trump also said he would be launching a "gross incompetence lawsuit" against the Fed chair.
www.businessinsider.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Trump also said he would be launching a "gross incompetence lawsuit" against the Fed chair.
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The vast majority of the more than 2,000 measles cases diagnosed in the U.S. this year occurred in patients who were not vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, the CDC says.
2025 Saw Most Measles Cases Since 1992 — Amid Latest Measles Exposure At Newark Airport
The vast majority of the more than 2,000 measles cases diagnosed in the U.S. this year occurred in patients who were not vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, the CDC says.
www.forbes.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The vast majority of the more than 2,000 measles cases diagnosed in the U.S. this year occurred in patients who were not vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, the CDC says.
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Is it bad that nobody justifiably believes anything Putin says while the President of the United States believes everything he says?
December 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Is it bad that nobody justifiably believes anything Putin says while the President of the United States believes everything he says?
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DOJ Removes All Mentions Of Justice From Website — theonion.com/doj-removes-...
DOJ Removes All Mentions Of Justice From Website
WASHINGTON—In the latest of a series of escalations in President Donald Trump’s highly publicized war on “woke,” the U.S. Department of Justice reportedly removed all mentions of justice from its webs...
theonion.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
DOJ Removes All Mentions Of Justice From Website — theonion.com/doj-removes-...
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I will not use it at the beach
I will not use it when I teach
I do not want it in a church
I do not want it for research
I see no reason to concede
I will not use it when I read
Although its hype should have no end
Upon it I will not depend
I will not use it when I teach
I do not want it in a church
I do not want it for research
I see no reason to concede
I will not use it when I read
Although its hype should have no end
Upon it I will not depend
I do not like your AI slop
I do not like it, make it stop
I do not want an AI house
I do not want an AI mouse
No AI box. No AI fox—
That AI slop can go kick rocks
I would not AI here or there
I would not AI anywhere
No AI car, no AI czar
Your AI slop is killing trees
I do not like it, let me be!
I do not like it, make it stop
I do not want an AI house
I do not want an AI mouse
No AI box. No AI fox—
That AI slop can go kick rocks
I would not AI here or there
I would not AI anywhere
No AI car, no AI czar
Your AI slop is killing trees
I do not like it, let me be!
December 30, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I will not use it at the beach
I will not use it when I teach
I do not want it in a church
I do not want it for research
I see no reason to concede
I will not use it when I read
Although its hype should have no end
Upon it I will not depend
I will not use it when I teach
I do not want it in a church
I do not want it for research
I see no reason to concede
I will not use it when I read
Although its hype should have no end
Upon it I will not depend
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BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…”
Read that again.
Read that again.
December 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…”
Read that again.
Read that again.
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Odds that this US intel asset was betrayed by Team Trump are about 50-50. This is the moment that a Russian diplomat was arrested by FSB officers after being accused of selling state secrets to the United States. www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/russ...
Russian diplomat accused of spying for CIA sentenced to 12 years in prison
This is the moment that a Russian diplomat was arrested by FSB officers after being accused of selling state secrets to the United States. On Friday (26 December), Arseniy Konovalov, 38, was sentenced...
www.independent.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Odds that this US intel asset was betrayed by Team Trump are about 50-50. This is the moment that a Russian diplomat was arrested by FSB officers after being accused of selling state secrets to the United States. www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/russ...
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50 ICE agents swarming a public library to arrest one person.
This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle.
Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities.
This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle.
Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities.
This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
December 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
50 ICE agents swarming a public library to arrest one person.
This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle.
Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities.
This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle.
Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities.
This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
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“There is palpable fear throughout the community… now if you’re an immigrant you’re not going to call law enforcement when you’re the victim of a crime…”
ICE has detained nearly 6,000 people in Tennessee alone - most NOT violent criminals.
Full: www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...
ICE has detained nearly 6,000 people in Tennessee alone - most NOT violent criminals.
Full: www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...
December 30, 2025 at 5:22 AM
“There is palpable fear throughout the community… now if you’re an immigrant you’re not going to call law enforcement when you’re the victim of a crime…”
ICE has detained nearly 6,000 people in Tennessee alone - most NOT violent criminals.
Full: www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...
ICE has detained nearly 6,000 people in Tennessee alone - most NOT violent criminals.
Full: www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...
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It’s Day 28 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
Today we were reminded of the importance of taking the time to connect in person, not just online.
This is your reminder to get a cup of tea with someone, to share a good long hug, or a laugh with a friend.
We are resilient, but resilience needs fuel.
Today we were reminded of the importance of taking the time to connect in person, not just online.
This is your reminder to get a cup of tea with someone, to share a good long hug, or a laugh with a friend.
We are resilient, but resilience needs fuel.
December 30, 2025 at 4:38 AM
It’s Day 28 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
Today we were reminded of the importance of taking the time to connect in person, not just online.
This is your reminder to get a cup of tea with someone, to share a good long hug, or a laugh with a friend.
We are resilient, but resilience needs fuel.
Today we were reminded of the importance of taking the time to connect in person, not just online.
This is your reminder to get a cup of tea with someone, to share a good long hug, or a laugh with a friend.
We are resilient, but resilience needs fuel.
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I am begging everyone on here to read this new post by Bryan Johnson — the super rich tech guy who is now doing the “never die” protocol.
I need to talk about it with you all.
I need to talk about it with you all.
December 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I am begging everyone on here to read this new post by Bryan Johnson — the super rich tech guy who is now doing the “never die” protocol.
I need to talk about it with you all.
I need to talk about it with you all.
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This is the very essence of Twitter under Musk. Did you know that the biggest Medicare fraudster in Minnesota—Philip Esformes—is a well known MAGA activist who was pardoned by Trump? He then moved to Florida, where he was arrested again for fraud activities. Medicare fraudsters should be prosecuted
December 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This is the very essence of Twitter under Musk. Did you know that the biggest Medicare fraudster in Minnesota—Philip Esformes—is a well known MAGA activist who was pardoned by Trump? He then moved to Florida, where he was arrested again for fraud activities. Medicare fraudsters should be prosecuted
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In sum, the government was just getting started solving an obscure problem of vast importance, one which government is uniquely suited to solve.
Now that work is cancelled. The world will be less secure and most people won't know it could have been different.
Now that work is cancelled. The world will be less secure and most people won't know it could have been different.
December 30, 2025 at 6:02 AM
In sum, the government was just getting started solving an obscure problem of vast importance, one which government is uniquely suited to solve.
Now that work is cancelled. The world will be less secure and most people won't know it could have been different.
Now that work is cancelled. The world will be less secure and most people won't know it could have been different.
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Here's a tragedy of DOGE that most people will never know about, even though it has big consequences: no one is left to coordinate the transition to memory safe systems code. 🧵
"Memory Safety for Skeptics," published in the ACM Queue.
Arguing for why memory safety is worth pursuing, even amid competing priorities and limited budgets, and with or without Rust.
Arguing for why memory safety is worth pursuing, even amid competing priorities and limited budgets, and with or without Rust.
Memory Safety for Skeptics - ACM Queue
queue.acm.org
December 30, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Here's a tragedy of DOGE that most people will never know about, even though it has big consequences: no one is left to coordinate the transition to memory safe systems code. 🧵
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Last week, SCOTUS stood up for its right to engage in judicial review of executive branch decisions. This week it's Congress' turn & at least a few representatives seem inclined to insist that when they pass a law, they mean business. Learn about inherent contempt: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
December 30, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Last week, SCOTUS stood up for its right to engage in judicial review of executive branch decisions. This week it's Congress' turn & at least a few representatives seem inclined to insist that when they pass a law, they mean business. Learn about inherent contempt: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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In case there was any doubt about where big tech stands.
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable…
www.404media.co
December 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
In case there was any doubt about where big tech stands.
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I’ve had a lot of people reach out over the last few weeks and ask if Gabby and I are ok. I’m good, and Gabby’s even better. She’s the toughest person I know.
December 29, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I’ve had a lot of people reach out over the last few weeks and ask if Gabby and I are ok. I’m good, and Gabby’s even better. She’s the toughest person I know.