Devin𓅃
@devin-eleven.bsky.social
Really enjoying it here, finding new and old friends
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Forget all this. The President has no fucking authority to declare war on anyone.
International law is great. It's important. But this shit is illegal as a matter of AMERICAN law
International law is great. It's important. But this shit is illegal as a matter of AMERICAN law
It is international law 101 that a military blockade is not just a violation of the UN Charter, but a crime of aggression.
Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.
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Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Forget all this. The President has no fucking authority to declare war on anyone.
International law is great. It's important. But this shit is illegal as a matter of AMERICAN law
International law is great. It's important. But this shit is illegal as a matter of AMERICAN law
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
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FIXED BULLSHIT HEADLINE—by the “CDC” we mean a political speechwriter with zero public health training/experience who RFK Jr appointed as Acting CDC Director to do his bidding and stopped recommending Hepatitis B vaccine for newborns.
December 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
FIXED BULLSHIT HEADLINE—by the “CDC” we mean a political speechwriter with zero public health training/experience who RFK Jr appointed as Acting CDC Director to do his bidding and stopped recommending Hepatitis B vaccine for newborns.
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ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax.
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
How Billionaires Sidestepped a Tax Aimed at the Rich
Wall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax.
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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@samanthamichaels.bsky.social hid out with an immigrant family in Memphis, where the federal onslaught of ICE officers has fundamentally reshaped daily life.
“I am more scared in the last month than in the last 20 years. I thought they were gonna kick down the door and take me away.”
“I am more scared in the last month than in the last 20 years. I thought they were gonna kick down the door and take me away.”
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
@samanthamichaels.bsky.social hid out with an immigrant family in Memphis, where the federal onslaught of ICE officers has fundamentally reshaped daily life.
“I am more scared in the last month than in the last 20 years. I thought they were gonna kick down the door and take me away.”
“I am more scared in the last month than in the last 20 years. I thought they were gonna kick down the door and take me away.”
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Oracle’s 10-Q “detailed $248 billion of lease-payment commitments, ‘substantially all’ related to data centers .. but they’re not yet included on its balance sheet ..
“..’CreditSights analysts called the lease disclosure a ‘bombshell.’”
@bloomberg.com $ORCL
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“..’CreditSights analysts called the lease disclosure a ‘bombshell.’”
@bloomberg.com $ORCL
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Oracle’s 10-Q “detailed $248 billion of lease-payment commitments, ‘substantially all’ related to data centers .. but they’re not yet included on its balance sheet ..
“..’CreditSights analysts called the lease disclosure a ‘bombshell.’”
@bloomberg.com $ORCL
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“..’CreditSights analysts called the lease disclosure a ‘bombshell.’”
@bloomberg.com $ORCL
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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I'm not sure if people realize the murder strikes are taking place across a large region. It's quite staggering.
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I'm not sure if people realize the murder strikes are taking place across a large region. It's quite staggering.
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
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BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard has quietly enacted a policy downgrading swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive.” The manual is now in effect, despite public outrage and warnings after the draft was revealed last month. (Washington Post)
December 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard has quietly enacted a policy downgrading swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive.” The manual is now in effect, despite public outrage and warnings after the draft was revealed last month. (Washington Post)
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the way my mood lifted on hold at the third pharmacy today trying to fill a paxlovid Rx when this was the hold music
December 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
the way my mood lifted on hold at the third pharmacy today trying to fill a paxlovid Rx when this was the hold music
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This poll dropping 24 hours after so many people freaked out at Jamelle for saying that front-facing social media was the best way to reach persuadable citizens is pretty funny
Also, lol Twitter
Also, lol Twitter
Teens turn to a variety of online platforms, but YouTube continues to stand out. Roughly nine-in-ten teens report ever using it. TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat are the next most widely used platforms.
December 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This poll dropping 24 hours after so many people freaked out at Jamelle for saying that front-facing social media was the best way to reach persuadable citizens is pretty funny
Also, lol Twitter
Also, lol Twitter
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I know many things are awful but here is one genuinely useful and helpful thing you can do. No matter their party, your representative needs to hear that trans people and our families are not alone and this bill is an unjustifiable and extreme threat to criminalize the health care we need to live.
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I know many things are awful but here is one genuinely useful and helpful thing you can do. No matter their party, your representative needs to hear that trans people and our families are not alone and this bill is an unjustifiable and extreme threat to criminalize the health care we need to live.
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So cool how we just willfully induced a national malaise
U.S. business activity growth hits 6-month low in December reut.rs/4p9pBW0
U.S. business activity growth hits 6-month low in December
U.S. business activity growth slowed in December to the weakest pace since June, with new orders sliding for both manufacturers and service providers to cap a year of volatility and uncertainty for the American economy, survey data showed on Tuesday.
reut.rs
December 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
So cool how we just willfully induced a national malaise
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Northern Cardinals are such lovely pops of color this time of year, especially on snowy days.
December 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Northern Cardinals are such lovely pops of color this time of year, especially on snowy days.
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FBI Director Patel is busy talking about his romance with his girlfriend on Katie Miller’s podcast at 6pm.
Manhunt for Brown University shooter stretches into fourth day, leaving residents on edge reut.rs/4oWdnj2
Manhunt for Brown University shooter stretches into fourth day, leaving residents on edge
The manhunt for the gunman who killed two Brown University students and injured seven more in a classroom shooting stretched into a fourth day on Tuesday, leaving the campus and surrounding neighborhood on edge.
reut.rs
December 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
FBI Director Patel is busy talking about his romance with his girlfriend on Katie Miller’s podcast at 6pm.
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Just decline the peer review invitation.
What are you people even doing?
What are you people even doing?
More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance
A survey of 1,600 academics found that more than 50% have used artificial-intelligence tools while peer reviewing manuscripts.
www.nature.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Just decline the peer review invitation.
What are you people even doing?
What are you people even doing?
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good luck staffing up those rural hospitals bsky.app/profile/reic...
Here is a map of the affected countries (excluding Tonga), to give you a sense of how much this new ban restricts immigration from Africa in particular.
Of the newly-added country, Nigeria faces the largest impact, with tens of thousands of visas issued every year to Nigerians.
Of the newly-added country, Nigeria faces the largest impact, with tens of thousands of visas issued every year to Nigerians.
December 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
good luck staffing up those rural hospitals bsky.app/profile/reic...
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shrimply having a wonderful fishmas time
December 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
shrimply having a wonderful fishmas time
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A photographer stumbled upon one of the oldest and largest known collections of dinosaur footprints, dating back about 210 million years to the Triassic Period, high in an Italian national park near the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic venue of Bormio, officials announced. https://cnn.it/4pOMgrO
December 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A photographer stumbled upon one of the oldest and largest known collections of dinosaur footprints, dating back about 210 million years to the Triassic Period, high in an Italian national park near the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic venue of Bormio, officials announced. https://cnn.it/4pOMgrO
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I've actually heard faculty complain that reducing PhD cohort sizes is reducing their 'cheap' labor force. I've also heard professors say things like "can't they just put their rent on their credit card?"
It made me realize how much (some) people are invested in the hierarchy.
It made me realize how much (some) people are invested in the hierarchy.
I think that very few people in academia have come to terms with what it means that most schools depend on grad student labor but prepare grad students for a job market that doesn't exist.
December 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I've actually heard faculty complain that reducing PhD cohort sizes is reducing their 'cheap' labor force. I've also heard professors say things like "can't they just put their rent on their credit card?"
It made me realize how much (some) people are invested in the hierarchy.
It made me realize how much (some) people are invested in the hierarchy.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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This is Millie. She just learned how to sled. Hopes you brought a second land frisbee, because she will not be taking turns. 13/10 (TT: millietheredlab)
December 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This is Millie. She just learned how to sled. Hopes you brought a second land frisbee, because she will not be taking turns. 13/10 (TT: millietheredlab)
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It is kind of funny to say that AIPAC does not support your campaign while AIPAC's president hosts a fundraiser at his house
AIPAC Head Hosts Fundraiser for House Candidate Who Swears AIPAC Isn’t Backing Her
Laura Fine has distanced herself from the Israel lobby, but AIPAC donors are pouring funding into her Illinois congressional campaign.
theintercept.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
It is kind of funny to say that AIPAC does not support your campaign while AIPAC's president hosts a fundraiser at his house
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NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
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Here is a map of the affected countries (excluding Tonga), to give you a sense of how much this new ban restricts immigration from Africa in particular.
Of the newly-added country, Nigeria faces the largest impact, with tens of thousands of visas issued every year to Nigerians.
Of the newly-added country, Nigeria faces the largest impact, with tens of thousands of visas issued every year to Nigerians.
December 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Here is a map of the affected countries (excluding Tonga), to give you a sense of how much this new ban restricts immigration from Africa in particular.
Of the newly-added country, Nigeria faces the largest impact, with tens of thousands of visas issued every year to Nigerians.
Of the newly-added country, Nigeria faces the largest impact, with tens of thousands of visas issued every year to Nigerians.
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