@chrisvls.bsky.social
We come down hard on Sen. Cassidy because he voted for RFK Jr. even though he probably knew better. But I mean come ’on, it’s definitely worse to be a U.S. senator and not know better.
Deja vu, Senator Cassidy
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We come down hard on Sen. Cassidy because he voted for RFK Jr. even though he probably knew better. But I mean come ’on, it’s definitely worse to be a U.S. senator and not know better.
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It is tragic to see what figures like Mamdani are doing to a once great Democratic Party.
by Andrew Cuomo, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Bob Menendez, and Rod Blagojevich
by Andrew Cuomo, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Bob Menendez, and Rod Blagojevich
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It is tragic to see what figures like Mamdani are doing to a once great Democratic Party.
by Andrew Cuomo, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Bob Menendez, and Rod Blagojevich
by Andrew Cuomo, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Bob Menendez, and Rod Blagojevich
Did not enough people read to the end last time? Is that why this week we're starting with this?
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Did not enough people read to the end last time? Is that why this week we're starting with this?
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If Comet or one of the other AI browsers checks "I agree" on one of those click-wrap agreements, is there still a contract?
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
If Comet or one of the other AI browsers checks "I agree" on one of those click-wrap agreements, is there still a contract?
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i tried to read the olivia nuzzi thing with an open heart and open mind and for real within a few paragraphs i felt like i had suddenly forgotten the english language, as though a worm had eaten the part of my brain responsible for lexical processing
November 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
i tried to read the olivia nuzzi thing with an open heart and open mind and for real within a few paragraphs i felt like i had suddenly forgotten the english language, as though a worm had eaten the part of my brain responsible for lexical processing
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
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Hard not to suspect that the thing that kept Epstein's documents secret and any actual co-conspirators safe is that every single person who has ever attended an East Coast gala has, at some point or another, sent Epstein an email that was like "SUBJECT: So sorry for the witchhunt against you"
November 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Hard not to suspect that the thing that kept Epstein's documents secret and any actual co-conspirators safe is that every single person who has ever attended an East Coast gala has, at some point or another, sent Epstein an email that was like "SUBJECT: So sorry for the witchhunt against you"
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Look at what this garish, classless, tasteless fool has done to the People’s House.
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Look at what this garish, classless, tasteless fool has done to the People’s House.
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Oldie but a goodie
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Oldie but a goodie
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I want to spell this out in case the implications aren't clear:
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
On Oct 1, 2025, GISAID informed us that they had ended updates to the flat file of SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences and associated metadata that we had used to update Nextstrain analyses since Feb 2020. GISAID's stated rationale was that their "resources are limited". 1/5
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I want to spell this out in case the implications aren't clear:
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
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Part of the reason why I’m so insistent about folks understanding AI capabilities is that they’re here to stay and we need to start thinking about what to do in such a world. Putting the genie back in the bottle is a pleasant fantasy that delays serious reckoning
November 9, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Part of the reason why I’m so insistent about folks understanding AI capabilities is that they’re here to stay and we need to start thinking about what to do in such a world. Putting the genie back in the bottle is a pleasant fantasy that delays serious reckoning
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It's a small graphic design detail, but the loitering guy on TTC signage is actually in front of the red slash, casually leaning against it, making him look *unbelievably* cool.
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It's a small graphic design detail, but the loitering guy on TTC signage is actually in front of the red slash, casually leaning against it, making him look *unbelievably* cool.
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the sandwich guy walking away from the court house and suddenly, his limp disappears
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
the sandwich guy walking away from the court house and suddenly, his limp disappears
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Salt Typhoon was a recent direct attack on telcom infrastructure, probably from China, and probably exploiting "lawful access" wiretapping interfaces. It's pure insanity to relax security mandates right now.
I testified on this in Congress earlier this year: oversight.house.gov/wp-content/u...
I testified on this in Congress earlier this year: oversight.house.gov/wp-content/u...
oversight.house.gov
October 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Salt Typhoon was a recent direct attack on telcom infrastructure, probably from China, and probably exploiting "lawful access" wiretapping interfaces. It's pure insanity to relax security mandates right now.
I testified on this in Congress earlier this year: oversight.house.gov/wp-content/u...
I testified on this in Congress earlier this year: oversight.house.gov/wp-content/u...
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Dude is blowing up boats in foreign waters without due process, taking away food from 42 million Americans this weekend, randomly arresting American citizens, and tore down 1/3 of the White House without any push back or oversight.
But tell me again how he's "just trolling" about a third term.
But tell me again how he's "just trolling" about a third term.
October 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Dude is blowing up boats in foreign waters without due process, taking away food from 42 million Americans this weekend, randomly arresting American citizens, and tore down 1/3 of the White House without any push back or oversight.
But tell me again how he's "just trolling" about a third term.
But tell me again how he's "just trolling" about a third term.
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I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.
October 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.
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COUNT I
Kat Abughazaleh did, while law enforcement was in heated pursuit, paint what appeared to be the entrance to a cave on a sheer rock wall, causing law enforcement to forcibly bonk into said wall.
COUNT II
The same thing on a different wall, but then a train came out and ran us over???
Kat Abughazaleh did, while law enforcement was in heated pursuit, paint what appeared to be the entrance to a cave on a sheer rock wall, causing law enforcement to forcibly bonk into said wall.
COUNT II
The same thing on a different wall, but then a train came out and ran us over???
October 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
COUNT I
Kat Abughazaleh did, while law enforcement was in heated pursuit, paint what appeared to be the entrance to a cave on a sheer rock wall, causing law enforcement to forcibly bonk into said wall.
COUNT II
The same thing on a different wall, but then a train came out and ran us over???
Kat Abughazaleh did, while law enforcement was in heated pursuit, paint what appeared to be the entrance to a cave on a sheer rock wall, causing law enforcement to forcibly bonk into said wall.
COUNT II
The same thing on a different wall, but then a train came out and ran us over???
I saw this as @annabower.bsky.social 's pinned post.
It's super interesting and just made me want to know...
Who is the administrator of DOGE?
Who is the administrator of DOGE?
Who is the administrator of DOGE?
It's super interesting and just made me want to know...
Who is the administrator of DOGE?
Who is the administrator of DOGE?
Who is the administrator of DOGE?
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I saw this as @annabower.bsky.social 's pinned post.
It's super interesting and just made me want to know...
Who is the administrator of DOGE?
Who is the administrator of DOGE?
Who is the administrator of DOGE?
It's super interesting and just made me want to know...
Who is the administrator of DOGE?
Who is the administrator of DOGE?
Who is the administrator of DOGE?
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Insightful piece from @matthewherper.bsky.social that captures both the hopes being made possible by medical innovation and the concerns facing both drugmakers and the public.
It's also in front of the @statnews.com paywall.
It's also in front of the @statnews.com paywall.
Sometimes the biggest moments at a conference happen backstage. At the annual #STATSummit, that kind of moment involved a pharma CEO and a toddler in a tuxedo. www.statnews.com/2025/10/24/p...
At a gathering of biopharma executives, a moment of wonder — and also of worry
Sometimes the biggest moments at a conference happen backstage. At the annual STAT Summit, that kind of moment involved a pharma CEO and a toddler in a tuxedo.
www.statnews.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Insightful piece from @matthewherper.bsky.social that captures both the hopes being made possible by medical innovation and the concerns facing both drugmakers and the public.
It's also in front of the @statnews.com paywall.
It's also in front of the @statnews.com paywall.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I can’t think of why these companies who are only three years away from the breakthrough they thought they were three years away from fifteen years ago can’t raise money in the private markets…
The visible hand
Exclusive: Several quantum-computing companies are in talks to give the Commerce Department equity stakes in exchange for federal funding.
October 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I can’t think of why these companies who are only three years away from the breakthrough they thought they were three years away from fifteen years ago can’t raise money in the private markets…
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Trump: “It won’t touch it”
It’s the Epstein Ballroom. Trump will let it touch whatever it wants.
It’s the Epstein Ballroom. Trump will let it touch whatever it wants.
October 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trump: “It won’t touch it”
It’s the Epstein Ballroom. Trump will let it touch whatever it wants.
It’s the Epstein Ballroom. Trump will let it touch whatever it wants.
I don’t want to believe it, I guess I don’t believe it, but it has a real Occam’s Razor advantage…
Once you realize the NYT is trying to help him you can’t stop seeing it
It was an unrealistic promise, not a lie!
October 21, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I don’t want to believe it, I guess I don’t believe it, but it has a real Occam’s Razor advantage…