lux
@eluxon.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof of Political Science. Researching environment, climate, sludge, policy, power, responsibility, discourse. Reposts are not endorsements nor legally indicative of anything at all. Maybe I post and repost statements I disagree with 🤷♀️.
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I've noticed that people who use the inevitability argument always make comparisons to email and social media, never to NFTs or DDT.
I think the so-called "AI" stuff is going to be the tech version of asbestos: shoved in everywhere, expensive and time-consuming to remove.
I think the so-called "AI" stuff is going to be the tech version of asbestos: shoved in everywhere, expensive and time-consuming to remove.
December 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I've noticed that people who use the inevitability argument always make comparisons to email and social media, never to NFTs or DDT.
I think the so-called "AI" stuff is going to be the tech version of asbestos: shoved in everywhere, expensive and time-consuming to remove.
I think the so-called "AI" stuff is going to be the tech version of asbestos: shoved in everywhere, expensive and time-consuming to remove.
Yes! Shadow governments! Introducing bills and fighting for them, even if they can’t pass! Running candidates in districts where they will likely lose! More politics that makes it clear what will be done if they do win!
December 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Yes! Shadow governments! Introducing bills and fighting for them, even if they can’t pass! Running candidates in districts where they will likely lose! More politics that makes it clear what will be done if they do win!
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5/ In other words, I see very little reason to think that the Court would *allow* Congress to solve significant national problems—at least, when those solutions took a form the majority of justices disliked. And conversely …
December 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
5/ In other words, I see very little reason to think that the Court would *allow* Congress to solve significant national problems—at least, when those solutions took a form the majority of justices disliked. And conversely …
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students are not customers. the university is not a factory.
December 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
students are not customers. the university is not a factory.
Enclosure of the commons, expropriation of peasant lands, and anti-vagrancy laws?
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Enclosure of the commons, expropriation of peasant lands, and anti-vagrancy laws?
I appreciate your hard work, Dave. Freeing the rest of us from ever feeling even the tiniest bit of impostor syndrome ever again…
December 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I appreciate your hard work, Dave. Freeing the rest of us from ever feeling even the tiniest bit of impostor syndrome ever again…
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Having worked in prevention my entire career—cancer, then vaccines, and then COVID19, I can say that while many people understand that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, for others, if it doesn’t happen immediately they aren’t able to follow cause and effect.
December 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Having worked in prevention my entire career—cancer, then vaccines, and then COVID19, I can say that while many people understand that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, for others, if it doesn’t happen immediately they aren’t able to follow cause and effect.