Cody K.
@codykinski.bsky.social
If ever there was any force
I wish I'd never met
I'll tell you without hesitation:
It's the internet
Living the nightmare: Old, autistic, lost in the Connecticut woods, ten years past my sell-by date: a Case-Deaton case.
Bread for all...roses, too.
I wish I'd never met
I'll tell you without hesitation:
It's the internet
Living the nightmare: Old, autistic, lost in the Connecticut woods, ten years past my sell-by date: a Case-Deaton case.
Bread for all...roses, too.
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said on WNYC that he receives only $10,000 from AIPAC's PAC, but FEC records show the group has flooded his campaign with more than $1 million in earmarked donations.
A conduit used by AIPAC PAC, Democracy Engine, may be funneling more from the group.
A conduit used by AIPAC PAC, Democracy Engine, may be funneling more from the group.
Jeffries Misleads on AIPAC PAC Money
Though Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said that AIPAC PAC gives him only the per-cycle maximum, the group has flooded his campaign with more than a million dollars in earmarked donations.
readsludge.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said on WNYC that he receives only $10,000 from AIPAC's PAC, but FEC records show the group has flooded his campaign with more than $1 million in earmarked donations.
A conduit used by AIPAC PAC, Democracy Engine, may be funneling more from the group.
A conduit used by AIPAC PAC, Democracy Engine, may be funneling more from the group.
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Seeking to kneecap states and hand even more power over to his big tech cronies, the ever power thirsty and David Sacks gets ratioed. For now at least — this group is like mold and always returns www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
David Sacks tried to kill state AI laws — and it blew up in his face
A leaked executive order reveals that the tech billionaire would have become America’s AI policy gatekeeper.
www.theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Seeking to kneecap states and hand even more power over to his big tech cronies, the ever power thirsty and David Sacks gets ratioed. For now at least — this group is like mold and always returns www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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isaac chotiner came to my house and tricked me into admitting we weren’t out of ice cream in front of my five year old daughter
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
isaac chotiner came to my house and tricked me into admitting we weren’t out of ice cream in front of my five year old daughter
As we prepare ourselves for our Great Solemn Day of National Thanksgiving, let us be grateful to Our Beloved Leader for his greatest invention yet, potatoes!
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
As we prepare ourselves for our Great Solemn Day of National Thanksgiving, let us be grateful to Our Beloved Leader for his greatest invention yet, potatoes!
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Just a reminder that we could be living in an America in which Trump and his fellow conspirators are spending the rest of their lives in prison if we had serious politicians and a system that wasn’t hellbent on and designed toward self-destruction.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Just a reminder that we could be living in an America in which Trump and his fellow conspirators are spending the rest of their lives in prison if we had serious politicians and a system that wasn’t hellbent on and designed toward self-destruction.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
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Probably the worst of them all is the Ring doorbell.
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Probably the worst of them all is the Ring doorbell.
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
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Seven years ago this week, the Trump 1 Administration fired tear gas from within the United States across the border into Mexico--thus executing an illegal international chemical weapons attack against women, children and babies seeking asylum in the US.
It got memory holed.
It got memory holed.
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Seven years ago this week, the Trump 1 Administration fired tear gas from within the United States across the border into Mexico--thus executing an illegal international chemical weapons attack against women, children and babies seeking asylum in the US.
It got memory holed.
It got memory holed.
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Gift link. The administration has committed ten billion dollars of our money with no discernible process or due diligence. An ex-official: “You know, he meets with somebody, he likes them and so, well, let’s do a deal.””
I keep asking myself: what happened to the appropriations clause?
I keep asking myself: what happened to the appropriations clause?
$10 Billion and Counting: Trump Administration Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Gift link. The administration has committed ten billion dollars of our money with no discernible process or due diligence. An ex-official: “You know, he meets with somebody, he likes them and so, well, let’s do a deal.””
I keep asking myself: what happened to the appropriations clause?
I keep asking myself: what happened to the appropriations clause?
Trump is the trolliest troll that ever trolled, and he's taking his toll on all of us.
Trump uses brazen rudeness, obscene language and all manner of unpresidential behavior (e.g. sleeping in meetings, attacking Oval Office guests, demeaning women, dining with antisemites) to demonstrate that he operates above and beyond any rules open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Words & Phrases We Can Do Without
‘Mr. President’? Not for this brute.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Trump is the trolliest troll that ever trolled, and he's taking his toll on all of us.
What's the 'P' in EPA stand for, again? Trying to remember.
EPA Approves New 'Forever Chemical' Pesticides For Use On Food
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/11/25/0252230/epa-approves-new-forever-chemical-pesticides-for-use-on-food?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
EPA Approves New 'Forever Chemical' Pesticides For Use On Food
The EPA has approved new pesticides that qualify as PFAS "forever chemicals" (paywalled; alternative source), sparking criticism from scientists and environmental groups who warn these decisions could increase Americans' exposure through food and water at a time when many states are moving to restri...
news.slashdot.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
What's the 'P' in EPA stand for, again? Trying to remember.
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"Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by US school districts against Meta and other social media platforms." www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
"Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by US school districts against Meta and other social media platforms." www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Pen and paper?
Altman and Ive tease a simple AI device aimed at calm, distraction-free computing, launching within two years.
Altman describes OpenAI's forthcoming AI device as more peaceful and calm than the iPhone | TechCrunch
Altman and Ive tease a simple AI device aimed at calm, distraction-free computing, launching within two years.
techcrunch.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Pen and paper?
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Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
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On rare occasions something like the poop jet video or Trump Tower Gaza will get picked up a bit, but it's... a choice... to mostly treat it as not even newsworthy that his "Truth" feed is now a constant flood of full-blown manic psychosis.
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
On rare occasions something like the poop jet video or Trump Tower Gaza will get picked up a bit, but it's... a choice... to mostly treat it as not even newsworthy that his "Truth" feed is now a constant flood of full-blown manic psychosis.
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I don't know what even the point of arguing with these people is anymore, but the idea that "the crime gene" had been weeded out by 19th-20th century Europe is something you have to be a genuine imbecile to believe.
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I don't know what even the point of arguing with these people is anymore, but the idea that "the crime gene" had been weeded out by 19th-20th century Europe is something you have to be a genuine imbecile to believe.
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He betrayed his oath as a doctor and voluntarily supported a man whose insane policies will kill children, all for the sake of power, MAGA, and politics.
I hope he is shamed for life.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
I hope he is shamed for life.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Vaccine-supporting Cassidy declines to speak against RFK Jr.
But Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician, did emphasize his belief that vaccines are safe.
www.politico.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
He betrayed his oath as a doctor and voluntarily supported a man whose insane policies will kill children, all for the sake of power, MAGA, and politics.
I hope he is shamed for life.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
I hope he is shamed for life.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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The data center build out and the people that drove that are going to be the defining bullshit for at least the next decade. 🫤
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The data center build out and the people that drove that are going to be the defining bullshit for at least the next decade. 🫤
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Former NFL player Brett Favre still owes the state of Mississippi $700,000 in misspent welfare money that paid for a volleyball court at his daughter’s school. You may now resume shaming SNAP users for buying Cheez-Its
October 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Former NFL player Brett Favre still owes the state of Mississippi $700,000 in misspent welfare money that paid for a volleyball court at his daughter’s school. You may now resume shaming SNAP users for buying Cheez-Its
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"A 25-person startup" should not be allowed to "disrupt" fundamental inputs to the Earth's ecosystem, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.
Like, what are we even thinking here?
Like, what are we even thinking here?
This is a VERY long piece about solar geoengineering that starts, scientifically speaking, badly, but gets better, but still has a few issues.
The Strange and Totally Real Plan to Blot Out the Sun and Reverse Global Warming
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat. The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
"A 25-person startup" should not be allowed to "disrupt" fundamental inputs to the Earth's ecosystem, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.
Like, what are we even thinking here?
Like, what are we even thinking here?
This whole excellent thread:
I've been thinking a lot recently about George Lincoln Rockwell. He was the founder of the American Nazi Party, which sounds really scary until you realize it was pretty much just him and a bunch of his friends.
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This whole excellent thread:
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Except, of course, it’s *not* all he can say.
Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.
Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.
TAPPER: You were the deciding vote that allowed RFK Jr to ascend to the role of Health Secretary. Did you give him too much credit?
CASSIDY: The fact is the scientific community agrees that vaccines are safe. That's all I can say.
CASSIDY: The fact is the scientific community agrees that vaccines are safe. That's all I can say.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Except, of course, it’s *not* all he can say.
Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.
Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.
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Only someone this wealthy would so flippantly suggest you uproot your life, sell your house, pull your kids out of school, quit your job, request a transfer — all to save 50 basis points on CPI. 🤡
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Only someone this wealthy would so flippantly suggest you uproot your life, sell your house, pull your kids out of school, quit your job, request a transfer — all to save 50 basis points on CPI. 🤡
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CASSIDY: I know it's titillating, but I think we need to move beyond the titillation
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
CASSIDY: I know it's titillating, but I think we need to move beyond the titillation
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
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“Until its A.I. can accomplish some incredible feat — say, generating a cure for cancer — success is partly defined by turning ChatGPT into a lucrative business. That means continually increasing how many people use and pay for it.”
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“Until its A.I. can accomplish some incredible feat — say, generating a cure for cancer — success is partly defined by turning ChatGPT into a lucrative business. That means continually increasing how many people use and pay for it.”