Ken Sinclair
@khsinclair.bsky.social
Husband, father, empty nester, computer programmer, from MIT AI to robotics and speech and back to AI, now retired.
No, the hikes are serious down-then-up, which could be a critical difference with a tired kid. Have to turn back before they're half cooked.
December 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
No, the hikes are serious down-then-up, which could be a critical difference with a tired kid. Have to turn back before they're half cooked.
Need separate celebrations for Tories and Americans
December 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Need separate celebrations for Tories and Americans
And if Bondi shows up before Congress pulling her personal-insult filibuster act again, they better be ready to keep her there.
December 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
And if Bondi shows up before Congress pulling her personal-insult filibuster act again, they better be ready to keep her there.
I'm not fluent in this space, just saying that creative political strategies and tactics, such as impeachment, inherent contempt, govt shutdowns, selective defunding, legislative hostage taking a la GOP, etc are preferable to filing a lawsuit and walking away.
December 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I'm not fluent in this space, just saying that creative political strategies and tactics, such as impeachment, inherent contempt, govt shutdowns, selective defunding, legislative hostage taking a la GOP, etc are preferable to filing a lawsuit and walking away.
Careful, solutions that go back to the courts will just get bottled up for more years, which is the administration's objective. The judicial system has already failed here, for decades, it's time for the political system to act more directly to preserve justice.
December 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Careful, solutions that go back to the courts will just get bottled up for more years, which is the administration's objective. The judicial system has already failed here, for decades, it's time for the political system to act more directly to preserve justice.
Have the omissions and redactions been individually explained somewhere, as required by the statute?
December 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Have the omissions and redactions been individually explained somewhere, as required by the statute?
Rebranded, not renamed
December 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Rebranded, not renamed
Google collects far more data than just search history, and it seems like this decision may allow warrantless access to all of it? Where would this court's simplistic rationale stop and the 4th amendment obtain?
December 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Google collects far more data than just search history, and it seems like this decision may allow warrantless access to all of it? Where would this court's simplistic rationale stop and the 4th amendment obtain?
Can we please send all Dem senators back to Negotiation 101 over the next break?
December 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Can we please send all Dem senators back to Negotiation 101 over the next break?
Every redaction must have an explanation including a detailed legal justification (i.e. subject under active investigation, which does not include Trump at this moment).
December 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Every redaction must have an explanation including a detailed legal justification (i.e. subject under active investigation, which does not include Trump at this moment).
Congress should force them to cancel all quotas, at all levels. Numeric quotas are antithetical to any legitimate enforcement policy, and seem to be driving behavior of low level ice staff.
December 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Congress should force them to cancel all quotas, at all levels. Numeric quotas are antithetical to any legitimate enforcement policy, and seem to be driving behavior of low level ice staff.
Just being able to stack the washer on top would help.
December 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Just being able to stack the washer on top would help.
Every politically or legally consequential decision will be moved into the black boxes
December 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Every politically or legally consequential decision will be moved into the black boxes
Then we'd best start looking for Dem House leaders who are unafraid to use whatever power is available to support those investigations
December 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Then we'd best start looking for Dem House leaders who are unafraid to use whatever power is available to support those investigations
Everyone will always think you're recording them. No, an "on" light won't help.
Probably an arms race will develop, with corrective glasses getting skinnier and skinnier frames, so people who actually need glasses don't get clocked as creeps.
Probably an arms race will develop, with corrective glasses getting skinnier and skinnier frames, so people who actually need glasses don't get clocked as creeps.
December 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Everyone will always think you're recording them. No, an "on" light won't help.
Probably an arms race will develop, with corrective glasses getting skinnier and skinnier frames, so people who actually need glasses don't get clocked as creeps.
Probably an arms race will develop, with corrective glasses getting skinnier and skinnier frames, so people who actually need glasses don't get clocked as creeps.
He goes only when the GOP collectively decides their electoral fortunes are better with j d Vance. Don't hold your breath for that, but in the meantime 25A explainers and questions are good anchors to throw.
December 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
He goes only when the GOP collectively decides their electoral fortunes are better with j d Vance. Don't hold your breath for that, but in the meantime 25A explainers and questions are good anchors to throw.
Probably less interest than recent months though
December 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Probably less interest than recent months though
You'd think he was railing against Comic Sans
December 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
You'd think he was railing against Comic Sans
How do we avoid Schumer and Jeffries coasting in on a wave without setting any expectation or commitment to do anything in opposition?
December 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
How do we avoid Schumer and Jeffries coasting in on a wave without setting any expectation or commitment to do anything in opposition?
She's said she'll keep giving "until the safe is empty". And she's doing it in pathbreaking ways, like emphasizing unrestricted gifts. But I suspect she's learning a "hard" lesson in trying to fight the tide of increasing stock values.
December 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
She's said she'll keep giving "until the safe is empty". And she's doing it in pathbreaking ways, like emphasizing unrestricted gifts. But I suspect she's learning a "hard" lesson in trying to fight the tide of increasing stock values.