Jamie R Bedford
@jamierbedford.social
...when you know better, do better! –Maya Angelou (paraphrased)
Optimist struggling with realist-ism. Barbershop harmony geek.
#COVIDisAirborne (and so are colds and flu). Masking is community care.
he/they
Optimist struggling with realist-ism. Barbershop harmony geek.
#COVIDisAirborne (and so are colds and flu). Masking is community care.
he/they
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we are well past the point at which anyone who cannot identify bad faith like this is disqualified from commenting on it
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
we are well past the point at which anyone who cannot identify bad faith like this is disqualified from commenting on it
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
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ok it is time for me to hibernate for the season
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
ok it is time for me to hibernate for the season
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
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Some reflections on the Sony v. Cox oral arguments (but read @mrose.ink's live posts for more detail)!
The facts for Cox looked bad. Clement, for Sony, made reference three times to what he called the "F the DMCA" email sent by one employee (which did not, in fact, say "F"). 1/
The facts for Cox looked bad. Clement, for Sony, made reference three times to what he called the "F the DMCA" email sent by one employee (which did not, in fact, say "F"). 1/
And we're off with SCOTUS arguments in Sony v Cox. The question at issue: whether ISPs can be liable for the copyright infringement committed by their users.
December 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Some reflections on the Sony v. Cox oral arguments (but read @mrose.ink's live posts for more detail)!
The facts for Cox looked bad. Clement, for Sony, made reference three times to what he called the "F the DMCA" email sent by one employee (which did not, in fact, say "F"). 1/
The facts for Cox looked bad. Clement, for Sony, made reference three times to what he called the "F the DMCA" email sent by one employee (which did not, in fact, say "F"). 1/
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try to imagine the media firestorm if the military was conducting strikes and obama, clinton, or biden said "i dont know anything about it" and how the media just shrugs at trump saying the same thing.
talking to reporters last night, Trump claimed of Hegseth's double tap strike that "I don't know anything about it," then moments later claimed "I don't who you're talking about" when asked his plan to pardon the former Honduran president
December 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
try to imagine the media firestorm if the military was conducting strikes and obama, clinton, or biden said "i dont know anything about it" and how the media just shrugs at trump saying the same thing.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
An Onion print membership remains $75 for Cyber Monday. A year's worth of papers to your real-life mailbox.
Arguably too many people sign up just for the ads. Here are some that were posted to Bluesky this year by members.
Sign up now. Use it as wrapping paper:
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Sign up now. Use it as wrapping paper:
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“we failed a veteran” is the ultimate story here and if I were a soldier currently being asked to do war crimes on Trump’s behalf I would consider this instructive
Suspect in National Guard attack struggled with 'dark isolation' as community raised concerns
Emails obtained by the Associated Press show that the Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House had been unraveling for years.
www.latimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“we failed a veteran” is the ultimate story here and if I were a soldier currently being asked to do war crimes on Trump’s behalf I would consider this instructive
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You shouldn’t be able to deny doing something after declaring your intention to do it and bragging about doing it, and still get a “he says” headline like this.
President Trump said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not give a spoken order to kill all crew members aboard a vessel suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea in September.
Trump says Hegseth denied issuing order to kill boat crew
The president also said he would not have wanted a second strike on a boat allegedly carrying drugs, which occurred after U.S. forces realized the initial attack left two survivors, as The Post report...
www.washingtonpost.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
You shouldn’t be able to deny doing something after declaring your intention to do it and bragging about doing it, and still get a “he says” headline like this.
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It's still very bizarre to me that the education system's response to AI cheating has largely been "we will rely on AI, a system that has been widely criticized for making things up, to tell us if you've been using AI"
I get plagiarism checkers but the "run a paper through a computer program to see if it's AI written" process seems.... flawed.
December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It's still very bizarre to me that the education system's response to AI cheating has largely been "we will rely on AI, a system that has been widely criticized for making things up, to tell us if you've been using AI"
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It’s been in the pipeline for a minute, but the short version is: Cox lost the DMCA safe harbor for (more or less) refusing to disconnect accounts. The question then becomes, ok, they don’t have the safe harbor—but even without it, are they liable?
Why did this even make it to SCOTUS? What's the procedural history here?
December 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It’s been in the pipeline for a minute, but the short version is: Cox lost the DMCA safe harbor for (more or less) refusing to disconnect accounts. The question then becomes, ok, they don’t have the safe harbor—but even without it, are they liable?
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December 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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If the president doesn't know "who you're talking about," then who is signing the pardons?
talking to reporters last night, Trump claimed of Hegseth's double tap strike that "I don't know anything about it," then moments later claimed "I don't who you're talking about" when asked his plan to pardon the former Honduran president
December 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
If the president doesn't know "who you're talking about," then who is signing the pardons?
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🚨BREAKING: Republicans in Indiana’s State House released a draft congressional map that could eliminate two districts that are currently held by Democrats. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Indiana Republicans Unveil Map to Eliminate Both Dem Congressional Seats
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🚨BREAKING: Republicans in Indiana’s State House released a draft congressional map that could eliminate two districts that are currently held by Democrats. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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talking to reporters last night, Trump claimed of Hegseth's double tap strike that "I don't know anything about it," then moments later claimed "I don't who you're talking about" when asked his plan to pardon the former Honduran president
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
talking to reporters last night, Trump claimed of Hegseth's double tap strike that "I don't know anything about it," then moments later claimed "I don't who you're talking about" when asked his plan to pardon the former Honduran president
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It's wild to think we're going into year 7 of this mess and somehow big media & govt's have normalized alienating anyone who uses health mitigations
6 years ago today: A man in Wuhan, China starts feeling ill, becoming the first confirmed case of COVID-19
December 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It's wild to think we're going into year 7 of this mess and somehow big media & govt's have normalized alienating anyone who uses health mitigations
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And we're off with SCOTUS arguments in Sony v Cox. The question at issue: whether ISPs can be liable for the copyright infringement committed by their users.
December 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
And we're off with SCOTUS arguments in Sony v Cox. The question at issue: whether ISPs can be liable for the copyright infringement committed by their users.
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This is almost certainly the case. The essay is too far below what you would expect to see from a college junior in quality for this to be randomly bad.
Honestly, I should have said so before, but I really thought that was obvious to any reasonable observer.
Honestly, I should have said so before, but I really thought that was obvious to any reasonable observer.
This is extremely bad and worrisome for obvious reasons, but it's worth pointing out that this was obviously the student's goal
She knowingly wrote a garbage essay for her trans prof's class and when she obviously got a terrible grade stirred up a media storm
This was clearly the intended outcome
She knowingly wrote a garbage essay for her trans prof's class and when she obviously got a terrible grade stirred up a media storm
This was clearly the intended outcome
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is almost certainly the case. The essay is too far below what you would expect to see from a college junior in quality for this to be randomly bad.
Honestly, I should have said so before, but I really thought that was obvious to any reasonable observer.
Honestly, I should have said so before, but I really thought that was obvious to any reasonable observer.
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Can you show us where the bike lane or outdoor dining shed is that’s causing all this traffic in this photo you used from 2006?
November 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Can you show us where the bike lane or outdoor dining shed is that’s causing all this traffic in this photo you used from 2006?
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One of the things about trust is that it is efficient. It saves you having to invest a lot of time and effort in verification, and if placed in the right places, saves you a lot of pain.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
One of the things about trust is that it is efficient. It saves you having to invest a lot of time and effort in verification, and if placed in the right places, saves you a lot of pain.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
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It’s Election Day in 36 hours in a bunch of important races.
You’re watching the congressional special in Tennessee, probably.
But Dems are also eying some flips in Georgia, plus resolving intra-Dem ideological battles in Jersey and Georgia. boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
You’re watching the congressional special in Tennessee, probably.
But Dems are also eying some flips in Georgia, plus resolving intra-Dem ideological battles in Jersey and Georgia. boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
The 25 Elections to Watch This December - Bolts
On the heels of their sweeping wins in November, Democrats have opportunities to gain further ground in December runoffs and special elections. They’re hoping for upsets in conservative territory, fro...
boltsmag.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
It’s Election Day in 36 hours in a bunch of important races.
You’re watching the congressional special in Tennessee, probably.
But Dems are also eying some flips in Georgia, plus resolving intra-Dem ideological battles in Jersey and Georgia. boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
You’re watching the congressional special in Tennessee, probably.
But Dems are also eying some flips in Georgia, plus resolving intra-Dem ideological battles in Jersey and Georgia. boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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Disabled people were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis.
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Disabled people were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis.
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
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This is like Obama’s “clinging to guns and religion” comment, only far more cynical and insulting. Trump’s thinking here goes like this “I know you rubes love your churches and country music so yeah, vote for my guy, he likes that shit too, and that lady wants to take it from you.”
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
This is like Obama’s “clinging to guns and religion” comment, only far more cynical and insulting. Trump’s thinking here goes like this “I know you rubes love your churches and country music so yeah, vote for my guy, he likes that shit too, and that lady wants to take it from you.”
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The word "doomerism" is horribly abused on here. Some of you use it as code for "telling me what I don't want to hear" and it's childish.
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The word "doomerism" is horribly abused on here. Some of you use it as code for "telling me what I don't want to hear" and it's childish.
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They demonstrated pretty conclusively that they understand how to cover pardons as if they are huge scandals when they ran multiple days of banner headlines and scolding op-eds and follow ups when Biden pardoned Hunter exactly one year ago.
They just choose not to for trump because they like him
They just choose not to for trump because they like him
It’s wild how the press is ok with the president abusing the pardon power. That used to be one of the most scrutinized things about a presidency.
December 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
They demonstrated pretty conclusively that they understand how to cover pardons as if they are huge scandals when they ran multiple days of banner headlines and scolding op-eds and follow ups when Biden pardoned Hunter exactly one year ago.
They just choose not to for trump because they like him
They just choose not to for trump because they like him
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He’s going to say he’s never heard of Pete Hegseth by Tuesday
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
He’s going to say he’s never heard of Pete Hegseth by Tuesday
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If any of these victims voted for Trump, I’d love to hear how they feel about it!
Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began.
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
If any of these victims voted for Trump, I’d love to hear how they feel about it!