Matt Cable
@curiousstranger.bsky.social
YIMBY in Denver. FKA w0zz
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DOGE was premised on one of the deepest lies of American politics: that the federal government doesn't work well & is wasteful.
Since the federal government at least was actually quite well run at the level of ordinary bureaucracy & has intense rules for constraining waste, it could never succeed
Since the federal government at least was actually quite well run at the level of ordinary bureaucracy & has intense rules for constraining waste, it could never succeed
“In DOGE’s published list of canceled contracts and grants, the 13 largest were all incorrect.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
DOGE was premised on one of the deepest lies of American politics: that the federal government doesn't work well & is wasteful.
Since the federal government at least was actually quite well run at the level of ordinary bureaucracy & has intense rules for constraining waste, it could never succeed
Since the federal government at least was actually quite well run at the level of ordinary bureaucracy & has intense rules for constraining waste, it could never succeed
Celebrating Charlie Kirk's "free speech" legacy by criminalizing disinformation research.
The US State Department is now going to be deporting people and/or revoking visas over Benz, Taibbi, and Shellenberger’s “censorship industrial complex” hoax.
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov
December 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Celebrating Charlie Kirk's "free speech" legacy by criminalizing disinformation research.
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"What’s the difference between her “redrawing the lines” of acceptable speech and other people doing it? What makes one “censorious” and “gatekeeping” and the other not? Well, because she gets to decide"
The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"What’s the difference between her “redrawing the lines” of acceptable speech and other people doing it? What makes one “censorious” and “gatekeeping” and the other not? Well, because she gets to decide"
It’s nice of him to just reveal what NIMBYism is about.
Trump: If we build more housing, the price of homes will go down, and homeowners will lose their wealth.
December 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It’s nice of him to just reveal what NIMBYism is about.
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getting to work 4 microseconds late and blaming it on the NIST Boulder atomic clock outage
December 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
getting to work 4 microseconds late and blaming it on the NIST Boulder atomic clock outage
Climate change shuts down time.
“In short, the atomic ensemble time scale at our Boulder campus has failed due to a prolonged utility power outage. One impact is that the Boulder Internet Time Services no longer have an accurate time reference.”
groups.google.com/a/list.nist....
groups.google.com/a/list.nist....
Primary time scale failure at NIST Boulder campus; significant impact on NTP services
groups.google.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Climate change shuts down time.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
"Government silence is a statement, not a VETO," Alfonsi wrote in the email. "If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a 'kill switch'' for any reporting they find inconvenient."
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls '60 Minutes' story, sparking outcry
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"Government silence is a statement, not a VETO," Alfonsi wrote in the email. "If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a 'kill switch'' for any reporting they find inconvenient."
Trump Take Beam (and Knob Creek and Bookers and Basil Hayden, etc)
Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026
The move comes as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is dealing with a glut of supply and slipping sales.
www.kentucky.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Trump Take Beam (and Knob Creek and Bookers and Basil Hayden, etc)
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I think bigotry has become a kind of loyalty ritual among young republicans, it’s how you show you’re one of them www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Racial Slurs and Nazi Symbols: Inside the Complaint That Shut Down The Harvard Salient | News | The Harvard Crimson
Screenshots and message logs obtained by The Crimson appear to show Salient leaders casually using racial slurs, defending extremist rhetoric, and dismissing internal concerns — conversations that lat...
www.thecrimson.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I think bigotry has become a kind of loyalty ritual among young republicans, it’s how you show you’re one of them www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
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Oh is this what jd vance meant by “demographics?” bsky.app/profile/joel...
From a focus group of Gen Z Republicans. (www.city-journal.org/article/manh...)
Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.
Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.
December 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Oh is this what jd vance meant by “demographics?” bsky.app/profile/joel...
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This is a grim read. I don't know how we construct even a semi-functional party system when the rising generation of Republican leaders are going to be even more Nazi than the current batch. www.city-journal.org/article/manh...
Everyone Wants to Know What Gen Z Republicans Think. We Asked Them.
Twenty GOP Zoomers on Trump, Hitler, dating, racism, politics, the economy, and more
www.city-journal.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This is a grim read. I don't know how we construct even a semi-functional party system when the rising generation of Republican leaders are going to be even more Nazi than the current batch. www.city-journal.org/article/manh...
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The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of
The other shoe drops
Colorado state Sen. Faith Winter was legally drunk when she caused car crash that killed her, authorities say
Investigators say the Broomfield Democrat had a BAC of 0.185% when she drove a Hyundai Ioniq 5 into the back of a flatbed Ford F-350 truck.
coloradosun.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The other shoe drops
Kavanaugh Birtherism
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Kavanaugh Birtherism
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“We blew all our money on the world’s dumbest consultants - and we have learned nothing, so we’ll do it again at the first opportunity… but if we admit that in public, no one will give us more money.”
BREAKING: The Democratic National Committee will NOT release its long-awaited autopsy on Trump's 2024 win. The report is completed but Dem leaders decided it could distract from their winning streak, so it will remain secret. Not good.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Dem Leaders Decide to Bury Damning Report on Why Trump Won in 2024
The Democratic National Committee has completed its long-awaited analysis on what went wrong in the 2024 campaign. But in a move that will attract intense criticism, it’s keeping the findings secret.
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“We blew all our money on the world’s dumbest consultants - and we have learned nothing, so we’ll do it again at the first opportunity… but if we admit that in public, no one will give us more money.”
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weiss does not know how to run a news organization, and so she's doing what she does best: hosting fatuous "debates" involving the people in her group chats www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Bari Weiss’ Next CBS News Move: Town Halls With JD Vance, Sam Altman and Debates About God and Feminism
The news division is also planning a town hall with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in the 'Things That Matter' series, with Bank of America lined up as a sponsor.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
weiss does not know how to run a news organization, and so she's doing what she does best: hosting fatuous "debates" involving the people in her group chats www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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It seems awfully telling that Republicans were unwilling to hold this hearing publicly. It’s not like the case hinged on classified information; they’re just afraid of the public hearing what Smith has to say.
NEW: Jack Smith told lawmakers he developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme” to overturn his election loss.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jack Smith tells Congress he could prove Trump engaged in a 'criminal scheme' to overturn 2020 election
Smith testified about his investigations into Trump during a closed-door hearing with members of the House Judiciary Committee.
www.nbcnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It seems awfully telling that Republicans were unwilling to hold this hearing publicly. It’s not like the case hinged on classified information; they’re just afraid of the public hearing what Smith has to say.
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NEWS: White House suggested to me that they’re dismantling the nation’s most important weather research institute bc Trump is mad at CO Gov. Jared Polis
“If Colorado had a governor who actually wanted to work with President Trump, his constituents would be better served.”
“If Colorado had a governor who actually wanted to work with President Trump, his constituents would be better served.”
Trump Is Mad at Jared Polis. Now He’s Dismantling Colorado’s Leading Weather Research Institution.
“If Colorado had a governor who actually wanted to work with President Trump, his constituents would be better served,” a senior White House official told NOTUS.
www.notus.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NEWS: White House suggested to me that they’re dismantling the nation’s most important weather research institute bc Trump is mad at CO Gov. Jared Polis
“If Colorado had a governor who actually wanted to work with President Trump, his constituents would be better served.”
“If Colorado had a governor who actually wanted to work with President Trump, his constituents would be better served.”
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Stephen Miller: “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.”
@VanityFair photographer: “You do too.” 🔥 👀
(Also: He finds it “shocking” people think he should’ve covered Leavitt’s blemishes/injection sites) www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
@VanityFair photographer: “You do too.” 🔥 👀
(Also: He finds it “shocking” people think he should’ve covered Leavitt’s blemishes/injection sites) www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Stephen Miller: “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.”
@VanityFair photographer: “You do too.” 🔥 👀
(Also: He finds it “shocking” people think he should’ve covered Leavitt’s blemishes/injection sites) www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
@VanityFair photographer: “You do too.” 🔥 👀
(Also: He finds it “shocking” people think he should’ve covered Leavitt’s blemishes/injection sites) www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Good news!
"Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications and related artifacts in the ACM Digital Library will be made open access. This change reflects the long-standing and growing call across the global computing community for research to be more accessible, more discoverable, and more reusable"
"Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications and related artifacts in the ACM Digital Library will be made open access. This change reflects the long-standing and growing call across the global computing community for research to be more accessible, more discoverable, and more reusable"
Open Access
dl.acm.org
December 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Good news!
"Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications and related artifacts in the ACM Digital Library will be made open access. This change reflects the long-standing and growing call across the global computing community for research to be more accessible, more discoverable, and more reusable"
"Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications and related artifacts in the ACM Digital Library will be made open access. This change reflects the long-standing and growing call across the global computing community for research to be more accessible, more discoverable, and more reusable"
I appear to be a Canadian as of this past Monday.
New citizenship rules for Canadians born or adopted abroad are now in effect
The Government of Canada is committed to making Canadian citizenship law fair, clear and reflective of how Canadian families live today, both in and outside Canada.
www.canada.ca
December 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I appear to be a Canadian as of this past Monday.
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Hearing this is payback for Colorado not honoring Trump/Peters ‘pardon’
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Hearing this is payback for Colorado not honoring Trump/Peters ‘pardon’
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What a disaster this would be. NCAR is a global leader in climate research. A decision that would directly affect weather and climate research across the globe.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
What a disaster this would be. NCAR is a global leader in climate research. A decision that would directly affect weather and climate research across the globe.