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Notably he doesn't even mention immigration here. Being an immigrant (legal or otherwise) is not a prerequisite to deportation as he describes it here.
March 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Notably he doesn't even mention immigration here. Being an immigrant (legal or otherwise) is not a prerequisite to deportation as he describes it here.
Is there an amount it could fall to where he isn't the world's richest man anymore?
March 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Is there an amount it could fall to where he isn't the world's richest man anymore?
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inaccurate headline. absolutely no proof he welcomed this baby. chances that he's seen this baby longer than how many seconds i looked at the last eclipse are ~4%.
March 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
inaccurate headline. absolutely no proof he welcomed this baby. chances that he's seen this baby longer than how many seconds i looked at the last eclipse are ~4%.
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Not to state the obvious but - are they trying to kill us?
March 4, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Not to state the obvious but - are they trying to kill us?
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Nothing Zelensky could have done would change the fact that Trump is Putin's groveling vassal and has been as long as he's been in political life. And Ukraine was one of the reasons why defeating Trump was really important, but of course the 10,000 reasons are now on full display.
March 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Nothing Zelensky could have done would change the fact that Trump is Putin's groveling vassal and has been as long as he's been in political life. And Ukraine was one of the reasons why defeating Trump was really important, but of course the 10,000 reasons are now on full display.
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There’s no real money to be made shipping a birthday card from Florida to North Dakota at a price anyone’s willing to pay. But we have the Postal Service so that people can do that. It loses money, but a lot of shit worth doing loses money.
February 28, 2025 at 5:19 AM
There’s no real money to be made shipping a birthday card from Florida to North Dakota at a price anyone’s willing to pay. But we have the Postal Service so that people can do that. It loses money, but a lot of shit worth doing loses money.
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The thing that’s so galling is these assholes don’t even know what they’re destroying. They think weather forecasts must happen independent of the government, like there’s big money in telling you whether it’s going to snow in Sioux Falls tomorrow. People barely pay for news as it is.
February 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
The thing that’s so galling is these assholes don’t even know what they’re destroying. They think weather forecasts must happen independent of the government, like there’s big money in telling you whether it’s going to snow in Sioux Falls tomorrow. People barely pay for news as it is.
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He also has “10x coder brain”.
We don’t need “top notch” air traffic controllers, we need consistently good ones.
You can’t hire a really good controller to do the work of 10 mediocre ones. That’s not how that job works.
We don’t need “top notch” air traffic controllers, we need consistently good ones.
You can’t hire a really good controller to do the work of 10 mediocre ones. That’s not how that job works.
Air traffic controllers are required by law to retire at 56. It is a high-stress, high-intensity job that requires intense focus. The retirement rules are there to keep us all safe. This fucking guy has no clue what's he's doing.
February 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
He also has “10x coder brain”.
We don’t need “top notch” air traffic controllers, we need consistently good ones.
You can’t hire a really good controller to do the work of 10 mediocre ones. That’s not how that job works.
We don’t need “top notch” air traffic controllers, we need consistently good ones.
You can’t hire a really good controller to do the work of 10 mediocre ones. That’s not how that job works.
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Air traffic controllers are required by law to retire at 56. It is a high-stress, high-intensity job that requires intense focus. The retirement rules are there to keep us all safe. This fucking guy has no clue what's he's doing.
February 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Air traffic controllers are required by law to retire at 56. It is a high-stress, high-intensity job that requires intense focus. The retirement rules are there to keep us all safe. This fucking guy has no clue what's he's doing.
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The high stress nature of the job is also why emailing them constant threats about losing their jobs en masse is a really really stupid idea
February 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The high stress nature of the job is also why emailing them constant threats about losing their jobs en masse is a really really stupid idea
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If democracy relies on an informed public, then information disorder isn’t just a crisis - it’s an accelerant. We aren’t watching a controlled authoritarian takeover. We’re watching chaos unfold, driven by leaders who believe their own disinformation.
February 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
If democracy relies on an informed public, then information disorder isn’t just a crisis - it’s an accelerant. We aren’t watching a controlled authoritarian takeover. We’re watching chaos unfold, driven by leaders who believe their own disinformation.
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Their decisions aren’t carefully calculated - they’re knee-jerk reactions shaped by their own engagement bubbles and real-world echo chambers. They don’t control the system. The system controls them. And the people closest to them make it even harder to escape.
February 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Their decisions aren’t carefully calculated - they’re knee-jerk reactions shaped by their own engagement bubbles and real-world echo chambers. They don’t control the system. The system controls them. And the people closest to them make it even harder to escape.
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Trump’s entire worldview is shaped by right-wing media. Musk’s is shaped by reactionary online spaces. But it’s not just what they see online. They’re also surrounded by real people - advisors, allies, and influencers - who exist in the same disordered ecosystem.
February 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Trump’s entire worldview is shaped by right-wing media. Musk’s is shaped by reactionary online spaces. But it’s not just what they see online. They’re also surrounded by real people - advisors, allies, and influencers - who exist in the same disordered ecosystem.
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And here’s the crucial part: Trump and Musk aren’t outside this system, strategically exploiting it. They’re inside it, just like everyone else. They aren’t masterminds - they are products of the same information disorder that is warping public perception.
February 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
And here’s the crucial part: Trump and Musk aren’t outside this system, strategically exploiting it. They’re inside it, just like everyone else. They aren’t masterminds - they are products of the same information disorder that is warping public perception.
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I, too, am fed up with "heading towards," "approaching," "could see," and "on the precipice" of Constitutional crisis and the end of rule-of-law democracy in the US.
America leapt off in Nov. 2024. At best, this is Wile E. Coyote standing in thin air, as if we won't fall if only we don't look down.
America leapt off in Nov. 2024. At best, this is Wile E. Coyote standing in thin air, as if we won't fall if only we don't look down.
8. We are “on the precipice,” she said, “looking over the edge.”
We’re not, though. We’re already over the edge, and we will never find our way back to liberal democracy if we do not accept that reality.
We’re not, though. We’re already over the edge, and we will never find our way back to liberal democracy if we do not accept that reality.
February 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I, too, am fed up with "heading towards," "approaching," "could see," and "on the precipice" of Constitutional crisis and the end of rule-of-law democracy in the US.
America leapt off in Nov. 2024. At best, this is Wile E. Coyote standing in thin air, as if we won't fall if only we don't look down.
America leapt off in Nov. 2024. At best, this is Wile E. Coyote standing in thin air, as if we won't fall if only we don't look down.
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24. Whenever Trump says he can ignore the Congress and ignore the courts, he’s saying he can ignore the American people, too. There’s nothing you can say or do. He’s robbed you of your sovereignty in violation of law and the Constitution.
More than that, he’s literally taking your money.
More than that, he’s literally taking your money.
February 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
24. Whenever Trump says he can ignore the Congress and ignore the courts, he’s saying he can ignore the American people, too. There’s nothing you can say or do. He’s robbed you of your sovereignty in violation of law and the Constitution.
More than that, he’s literally taking your money.
More than that, he’s literally taking your money.
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23. He was not “challenging Congress’ authority.” He was not triggering a “constitutional crisis.”
He was robbing you.
Yes, you.
In broad daylight.
He was robbing you.
Yes, you.
In broad daylight.
February 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
23. He was not “challenging Congress’ authority.” He was not triggering a “constitutional crisis.”
He was robbing you.
Yes, you.
In broad daylight.
He was robbing you.
Yes, you.
In broad daylight.
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22. I wish we’d stop with the highfalutin talk. When, for instance, Trump canceled $900 million in education research contracts that the Congress approved, and that past presidents signed into law, he was not “testing the limits of the presidency.”
February 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
22. I wish we’d stop with the highfalutin talk. When, for instance, Trump canceled $900 million in education research contracts that the Congress approved, and that past presidents signed into law, he was not “testing the limits of the presidency.”
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"Meanwhile the difference between reducing and eliminating all the leased space seems more or less like the difference between a haircut and the guillotine." meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/maybe-you-sh...
February 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"Meanwhile the difference between reducing and eliminating all the leased space seems more or less like the difference between a haircut and the guillotine." meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/maybe-you-sh...
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The unlawful seizure of data, payments, hiring and even real estate control by an unelected & unfettered digital narcissist at the behest of a power grabbing chief executive is the only story right now. As I noted Friday, this is a hostile takeover and our nation’s lawmakers are sleeping through it.
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The unlawful seizure of data, payments, hiring and even real estate control by an unelected & unfettered digital narcissist at the behest of a power grabbing chief executive is the only story right now. As I noted Friday, this is a hostile takeover and our nation’s lawmakers are sleeping through it.
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The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
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“Unless you cast your ballot so that South African oligarchs could steal your data, your money, your country, and your future, make it known to your elected officials that you wanted something else. And get ready to protest with people with whom you otherwise disagree.”
The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:50 AM
“Unless you cast your ballot so that South African oligarchs could steal your data, your money, your country, and your future, make it known to your elected officials that you wanted something else. And get ready to protest with people with whom you otherwise disagree.”
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why does accessing classified info have to do with controlling spending?
For that matter, what does accessing any fed worker info or treasury payment systems have to do with shrinking the size of the Gov?
You want a smaller Gov? You got Congress & spending bills. Or that’s very unpopular?
For that matter, what does accessing any fed worker info or treasury payment systems have to do with shrinking the size of the Gov?
You want a smaller Gov? You got Congress & spending bills. Or that’s very unpopular?
February 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
why does accessing classified info have to do with controlling spending?
For that matter, what does accessing any fed worker info or treasury payment systems have to do with shrinking the size of the Gov?
You want a smaller Gov? You got Congress & spending bills. Or that’s very unpopular?
For that matter, what does accessing any fed worker info or treasury payment systems have to do with shrinking the size of the Gov?
You want a smaller Gov? You got Congress & spending bills. Or that’s very unpopular?
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Sorry, quick point here: are U.S. Marshals now reporting to DOGE employees?
February 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Sorry, quick point here: are U.S. Marshals now reporting to DOGE employees?