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Donald Trump says Canada has no right to exist.
I take the threat seriously. With our sovereignty on the table I support a national discussion on next steps.
But CBC thinks it would be fun to have an American DJ co-host whether we should exist as a nation.
Fuck that @ianhanomansing.bsky.social
I take the threat seriously. With our sovereignty on the table I support a national discussion on next steps.
But CBC thinks it would be fun to have an American DJ co-host whether we should exist as a nation.
Fuck that @ianhanomansing.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Donald Trump says Canada has no right to exist.
I take the threat seriously. With our sovereignty on the table I support a national discussion on next steps.
But CBC thinks it would be fun to have an American DJ co-host whether we should exist as a nation.
Fuck that @ianhanomansing.bsky.social
I take the threat seriously. With our sovereignty on the table I support a national discussion on next steps.
But CBC thinks it would be fun to have an American DJ co-host whether we should exist as a nation.
Fuck that @ianhanomansing.bsky.social
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Hard to understand why Oregon state senator Mark Meek would want to completely eliminate the 0.10% statewide payroll tax that funds transit (SB 160).
Oregon has some weird Democrats when it comes to transportation. #orleg olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/M...
Oregon has some weird Democrats when it comes to transportation. #orleg olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/M...
SB160 2025 Regular Session - Oregon Legislative Information System
olis.oregonlegislature.gov
February 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Hard to understand why Oregon state senator Mark Meek would want to completely eliminate the 0.10% statewide payroll tax that funds transit (SB 160).
Oregon has some weird Democrats when it comes to transportation. #orleg olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/M...
Oregon has some weird Democrats when it comes to transportation. #orleg olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/M...
In 2024, the total federal workforce amounted to 4.3% of the federal budget. Like every private equity takeover, the books look better when you eliminate long-term financial "liabilities."
www.afge.org/article/afge...
www.afge.org/article/afge...
AFGE Continues to Debunk Misconceptions About Federal Workers
Sen. Joni Ernst, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and other politicians have continued to make incorrect statements about the federal workforce.
www.afge.org
February 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
In 2024, the total federal workforce amounted to 4.3% of the federal budget. Like every private equity takeover, the books look better when you eliminate long-term financial "liabilities."
www.afge.org/article/afge...
www.afge.org/article/afge...
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Rules
1. MAGA do not care about contradictions, everything that they do is transactional, they are nihilists and are ONLY concerned with money and power
2. NOTHING that they say is true and they don't care at all, they understand the first-message advantage
1/
1. MAGA do not care about contradictions, everything that they do is transactional, they are nihilists and are ONLY concerned with money and power
2. NOTHING that they say is true and they don't care at all, they understand the first-message advantage
1/
February 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Rules
1. MAGA do not care about contradictions, everything that they do is transactional, they are nihilists and are ONLY concerned with money and power
2. NOTHING that they say is true and they don't care at all, they understand the first-message advantage
1/
1. MAGA do not care about contradictions, everything that they do is transactional, they are nihilists and are ONLY concerned with money and power
2. NOTHING that they say is true and they don't care at all, they understand the first-message advantage
1/
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DOGE is not a govt efficiency project. Firing 1 in 4 fed employees would cut govt spending by 1%. DOGE is a political control project. Firing and terrorizing public employees is a means to weakening state regulation & strengthening a personalist presidency donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
DOGE Mismanagement Principles
Musk et al. don't know or care about the damage they are doing
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
DOGE is not a govt efficiency project. Firing 1 in 4 fed employees would cut govt spending by 1%. DOGE is a political control project. Firing and terrorizing public employees is a means to weakening state regulation & strengthening a personalist presidency donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
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I dug into the only US source cited by Randy Barnett & Ilan Wurman for their theory - against birthright citizenship - in @nytimes @nytopinion:
Edward Bates in 1862.
He doubly contradicted their argument:
"Birthright Citizenship: The Bates Backfire"
shugerblogcom.wordpress.com/2025/02/16/b...
Edward Bates in 1862.
He doubly contradicted their argument:
"Birthright Citizenship: The Bates Backfire"
shugerblogcom.wordpress.com/2025/02/16/b...
Birthright Citizenship: Barnett & Wurman’s NY Times Essay and their Bates Backfire
Randy Barnett & Ilan Wurman had a guest essay in the N.Y. Times on Feb. 15th: “Trump Might Have a Case on Birthright Citizenship.” The bottom line is that their essay backfires, bec…
shugerblogcom.wordpress.com
February 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I dug into the only US source cited by Randy Barnett & Ilan Wurman for their theory - against birthright citizenship - in @nytimes @nytopinion:
Edward Bates in 1862.
He doubly contradicted their argument:
"Birthright Citizenship: The Bates Backfire"
shugerblogcom.wordpress.com/2025/02/16/b...
Edward Bates in 1862.
He doubly contradicted their argument:
"Birthright Citizenship: The Bates Backfire"
shugerblogcom.wordpress.com/2025/02/16/b...
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Maybe THIS will be the dumbest thing I read today: Florida’s education commissioner announced Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice as a book of the month to “highlight the importance of American pride.”
Can’t make this stuff up. H/t @ericcolumbus.bsky.social
Can’t make this stuff up. H/t @ericcolumbus.bsky.social
July 17, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Maybe THIS will be the dumbest thing I read today: Florida’s education commissioner announced Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice as a book of the month to “highlight the importance of American pride.”
Can’t make this stuff up. H/t @ericcolumbus.bsky.social
Can’t make this stuff up. H/t @ericcolumbus.bsky.social
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Reminder that Aaron Swartz was facing 35 years in prison and financial devastation for trying to programmatically download and open the contents of JSTOR, which led to him taking his own life.
But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.
But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.
June 22, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Reminder that Aaron Swartz was facing 35 years in prison and financial devastation for trying to programmatically download and open the contents of JSTOR, which led to him taking his own life.
But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.
But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.
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“Discouraging human creativity” really is the key thing that revolts me about the modern tech industry, especially compared to how much tech *fostered* my creativity when I was a kid in the 90s and 2000s.
Discouraging human creativity is what big tech does.
June 11, 2024 at 3:07 PM
“Discouraging human creativity” really is the key thing that revolts me about the modern tech industry, especially compared to how much tech *fostered* my creativity when I was a kid in the 90s and 2000s.
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“‘The machines are not trying to communicate something they believe or perceive,’ the paper reads. ‘Their inaccuracy is not due to misperception or hallucination. As we have pointed out, they are not trying to convey information at all. They are bullshitting.’”
Researchers Say There’s a Vulgar But More Accurate Term for AI Hallucinations
It's not just your imagination — ChatGPT really is spitting out "********," according to a group of researchers.
futurism.com
June 11, 2024 at 2:07 AM
“‘The machines are not trying to communicate something they believe or perceive,’ the paper reads. ‘Their inaccuracy is not due to misperception or hallucination. As we have pointed out, they are not trying to convey information at all. They are bullshitting.’”
Stupid CHRISTians following the words of CHRIST... what's next, loving our neighbors?
June 8, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Stupid CHRISTians following the words of CHRIST... what's next, loving our neighbors?
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they came for Dolly. we ride at dawn.
June 7, 2024 at 5:15 AM
they came for Dolly. we ride at dawn.
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I leveraged my Jewishness and my writer-ness to do this one. I think it's got some good insights, please share. theracket.news/p/uses-hosta...
The uses of hostages
For Israelis, the hostages aren't just a graphic detail of the Oct 7 war. They ARE the war: casus belli, justification and primary war aim, all rolled into one.
theracket.news
June 4, 2024 at 9:19 PM
I leveraged my Jewishness and my writer-ness to do this one. I think it's got some good insights, please share. theracket.news/p/uses-hosta...
It's a travesty that people will spend millions on Da Vinci's work but my children's drawings are relegated to my refrigerator.
Well, yes, exactly. There are many skills, but only a subset allow for some sort of perpetuating value. And seems contradictory to the precept that all are created equal to base one's value, especially after death, on the skill and level they have. How do/should we value people in our society?
January 8, 2024 at 2:10 AM
It's a travesty that people will spend millions on Da Vinci's work but my children's drawings are relegated to my refrigerator.
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businesses love to lie about their own incompetence! Walgreens admitted closing their businesses and blaming shoplifting when it was entirely just poor planning! and now in Oakland:
January 7, 2024 at 11:34 PM
businesses love to lie about their own incompetence! Walgreens admitted closing their businesses and blaming shoplifting when it was entirely just poor planning! and now in Oakland:
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If I want to make myself angry I will remember about 65% of the country thinks holding cops accountable for wantonly killing people is extremism
Ex-Colorado police officer Randy Roedama sentenced to 14 months in county jail in the killing of Elijah McClain
Former police officer convicted in Elijah McClain's death sentenced to 14 months
Former police officer Randy Roedema will be sentenced after being convicted of homicide and assault in the death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain in August 2019.
abcnews.go.com
January 5, 2024 at 11:14 PM
If I want to make myself angry I will remember about 65% of the country thinks holding cops accountable for wantonly killing people is extremism
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An antisemitic troll once asked me "why are Jews so bad at sports?" I said it's because sports are a Jewish conspiracy to occupy the most physically capable gentiles while we take over the world. Every so often, an antisemite finds this joke and thinks it's real and it is glorious:
January 2, 2024 at 9:46 PM
An antisemitic troll once asked me "why are Jews so bad at sports?" I said it's because sports are a Jewish conspiracy to occupy the most physically capable gentiles while we take over the world. Every so often, an antisemite finds this joke and thinks it's real and it is glorious:
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If your institution wants to know how best to respond to bad faith inquiries from Chris Rufo and his right-wing allies in Congress, follow the example that Columbia set:
January 3, 2024 at 1:37 AM
If your institution wants to know how best to respond to bad faith inquiries from Chris Rufo and his right-wing allies in Congress, follow the example that Columbia set:
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Administrative roles are a huge time suck, and your own work agenda is often sacrificed in the process.
This is well known, which is why the most productive scholars are rarely admin and vice versa.
The idea that the presidency goes to the Best and Most Scholar is just deeply deeply stupid.
This is well known, which is why the most productive scholars are rarely admin and vice versa.
The idea that the presidency goes to the Best and Most Scholar is just deeply deeply stupid.
January 2, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Administrative roles are a huge time suck, and your own work agenda is often sacrificed in the process.
This is well known, which is why the most productive scholars are rarely admin and vice versa.
The idea that the presidency goes to the Best and Most Scholar is just deeply deeply stupid.
This is well known, which is why the most productive scholars are rarely admin and vice versa.
The idea that the presidency goes to the Best and Most Scholar is just deeply deeply stupid.
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Now and then I think of when we were in traffic
When I felt I had to pee so badly I could die
Told myself I could make it through
Saw no blinker on your Subaru
The zipper merge is just a thing you should remember
BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO CUT ME OFF
When I felt I had to pee so badly I could die
Told myself I could make it through
Saw no blinker on your Subaru
The zipper merge is just a thing you should remember
BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO CUT ME OFF
December 30, 2023 at 5:15 AM
Now and then I think of when we were in traffic
When I felt I had to pee so badly I could die
Told myself I could make it through
Saw no blinker on your Subaru
The zipper merge is just a thing you should remember
BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO CUT ME OFF
When I felt I had to pee so badly I could die
Told myself I could make it through
Saw no blinker on your Subaru
The zipper merge is just a thing you should remember
BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO CUT ME OFF