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I really don’t think we can overstate the harm that the tech ethos of move fast and break things (followed by the unsaid “and then just move on”) has done beyond tech. Government, ngos, universities, public schools that have invited the folks who think like this in keep ending up gutted
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I really don’t think we can overstate the harm that the tech ethos of move fast and break things (followed by the unsaid “and then just move on”) has done beyond tech. Government, ngos, universities, public schools that have invited the folks who think like this in keep ending up gutted
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The most basic is that Cartesianism, broadly speaking, is false. The mind is embodied and embedded in the physical world. Meaning is not in the head. Reference, truth, and rational belief require the right kind of causal relationships to the world.
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The most basic is that Cartesianism, broadly speaking, is false. The mind is embodied and embedded in the physical world. Meaning is not in the head. Reference, truth, and rational belief require the right kind of causal relationships to the world.
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A prayer for your Thanksgiving. Beautiful words from @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social as usual.
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
When Gratitude Eludes Us
Choose it anyway
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A prayer for your Thanksgiving. Beautiful words from @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social as usual.
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
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This is a man whose wife was SHOT IN THE HEAD having to act even-keeled when the President of the United States tries to incite violence against him. Trump has to go, right now.
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This is a man whose wife was SHOT IN THE HEAD having to act even-keeled when the President of the United States tries to incite violence against him. Trump has to go, right now.
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Ringo Starr narrated the first two seasons of Thomas the Tank Engine youtu.be/6zG0K0VYXFQ?...
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Ringo Starr narrated the first two seasons of Thomas the Tank Engine youtu.be/6zG0K0VYXFQ?...
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"The appeal of these leaders for many rests on their having the power to get away with things that ordinary men cannot, whether in the bedroom or in politics."
-- @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social , "Strongmen: Mussolini to the present"
-- @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social , "Strongmen: Mussolini to the present"
October 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"The appeal of these leaders for many rests on their having the power to get away with things that ordinary men cannot, whether in the bedroom or in politics."
-- @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social , "Strongmen: Mussolini to the present"
-- @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social , "Strongmen: Mussolini to the present"
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$2.37 billion in fines and penalties is what Elon Musk companies faced as of Election Day.Today that number is zero.Inspector Generals investigating Musk were fired. Departments investigating Musk have been emasculated or closed by DOGE. This is what Musk’s $288 million to Trump bought. #ProudBlue
May 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
$2.37 billion in fines and penalties is what Elon Musk companies faced as of Election Day.Today that number is zero.Inspector Generals investigating Musk were fired. Departments investigating Musk have been emasculated or closed by DOGE. This is what Musk’s $288 million to Trump bought. #ProudBlue
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These faith leaders were arrested for protesting by … praying. They were praying.
More from @jackjenkins.me here:
More from @jackjenkins.me here:
Shane Claiborne, four other faith activists arrested while protesting GOP budget bill
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'Stir the conscience of our nation. Let justice rise up on these very steps, let truth trouble the chambers of the Capitol,' Shane Claiborne said as he prayed.
religionnews.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
These faith leaders were arrested for protesting by … praying. They were praying.
More from @jackjenkins.me here:
More from @jackjenkins.me here:
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“IF YOU DONT USE AI YOU WILL FALL BEHIND!!”
Dear god how far back can I fall?? We talking Black Michael Jackson or white Michael Jackson??? Do I need the actual Delorean or will the AI spin up the flux compacitor in my laptop?
Dear god how far back can I fall?? We talking Black Michael Jackson or white Michael Jackson??? Do I need the actual Delorean or will the AI spin up the flux compacitor in my laptop?
May 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
“IF YOU DONT USE AI YOU WILL FALL BEHIND!!”
Dear god how far back can I fall?? We talking Black Michael Jackson or white Michael Jackson??? Do I need the actual Delorean or will the AI spin up the flux compacitor in my laptop?
Dear god how far back can I fall?? We talking Black Michael Jackson or white Michael Jackson??? Do I need the actual Delorean or will the AI spin up the flux compacitor in my laptop?
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It’s casting desire for affordable household goods as both feminine and childish. Funny how they didn’t do that under Biden
This constant use of "little girls dolls" as a placeholder for all of world trade, is doing a lot of really weird work here...
Bessent says that little girls who are sad about having fewer dolls should just have it explained to them that they will have a better life for it
May 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
It’s casting desire for affordable household goods as both feminine and childish. Funny how they didn’t do that under Biden
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What’s happening in Los Angeles’s ports suggests that financial markets have yet to fully price in how much Trump’s tariff war is hurting the economy, @juliettekayyem.bsky.social writes. “The stock market goes up and down. Maritime indicators keep on sinking”: https://theatln.tc/hV1SIy6D
May 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Brilliant to eliminate Energy Star, a program that costs $32m but delivered $40b in annual savings. None other than the US chamber of commerce tried to save it as a model of business/government partnership. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...
E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Brilliant to eliminate Energy Star, a program that costs $32m but delivered $40b in annual savings. None other than the US chamber of commerce tried to save it as a model of business/government partnership. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...
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My 401K down. My grocery bills up. GDP down. Tariffs looming. While Trump and his cronies loot the government and make themselves even more obscenely wealthy. And it's only been 100 days under this administration. We can't afford much more of this. #TheCostOfTrump
April 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
My 401K down. My grocery bills up. GDP down. Tariffs looming. While Trump and his cronies loot the government and make themselves even more obscenely wealthy. And it's only been 100 days under this administration. We can't afford much more of this. #TheCostOfTrump
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Trump on Day One: Your costs will be lower immediately.
Trump on Day 100: Your kids will now have fewer toys and also you're going to pay higher prices.
Trump on Day 100: Your kids will now have fewer toys and also you're going to pay higher prices.
April 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Trump on Day One: Your costs will be lower immediately.
Trump on Day 100: Your kids will now have fewer toys and also you're going to pay higher prices.
Trump on Day 100: Your kids will now have fewer toys and also you're going to pay higher prices.
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Raskin: The lowest 100 day approval rating since polling began. He controlled the agenda. He controlled the House, the Senate— he’s got everything going for him and his numbers are in the gutter
April 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Raskin: The lowest 100 day approval rating since polling began. He controlled the agenda. He controlled the House, the Senate— he’s got everything going for him and his numbers are in the gutter
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🗣️🇺🇸🇺🇦 Kellogg: When Russia claims they're winning—NO, they’re not. If they were, they would have already won by now. It’s time they face that reality. I believe Ukraine is in a strong position, and the Europeans have really stepped up in support.
April 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
🗣️🇺🇸🇺🇦 Kellogg: When Russia claims they're winning—NO, they’re not. If they were, they would have already won by now. It’s time they face that reality. I believe Ukraine is in a strong position, and the Europeans have really stepped up in support.
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Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, three years in we only took a sliver of the country at the cost of 800,000 men.
Would the conventional wisdom be that we are winning? No? Then why do some think Russia is?
Would the conventional wisdom be that we are winning? No? Then why do some think Russia is?
April 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, three years in we only took a sliver of the country at the cost of 800,000 men.
Would the conventional wisdom be that we are winning? No? Then why do some think Russia is?
Would the conventional wisdom be that we are winning? No? Then why do some think Russia is?
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This is such a wild, surreal sight. I've driven past this port hundreds of times and I've never seen it look anything close to this.
The port of Seattle right now. It's completely empty with no new ships coming in.
We're going to have disruptions to access of basic goods unlike anything we have ever experienced in our lifetimes.
We're going to have disruptions to access of basic goods unlike anything we have ever experienced in our lifetimes.
April 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This is such a wild, surreal sight. I've driven past this port hundreds of times and I've never seen it look anything close to this.
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When people at the top talk about “short term pain” from tariffs–they aren’t talking about their own pain.
They’re talking about working people's pain–when folks will lose their homes, health care, and not be able to put food on the table.
They’re talking about working people's pain–when folks will lose their homes, health care, and not be able to put food on the table.
April 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
When people at the top talk about “short term pain” from tariffs–they aren’t talking about their own pain.
They’re talking about working people's pain–when folks will lose their homes, health care, and not be able to put food on the table.
They’re talking about working people's pain–when folks will lose their homes, health care, and not be able to put food on the table.
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OK, another cat post. The connection here is that most media coverage of Trump IS the chase of laser dots on the carpet.
April 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
OK, another cat post. The connection here is that most media coverage of Trump IS the chase of laser dots on the carpet.
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Why we need a National Climate Assessment --
“For thousands of years, we humans have been making decisions based on the past: like driving down the road looking in the rear view mirror. But now, thanks entirely to human actions, we're facing a curve in the road greater than humans have ever seen.”
“For thousands of years, we humans have been making decisions based on the past: like driving down the road looking in the rear view mirror. But now, thanks entirely to human actions, we're facing a curve in the road greater than humans have ever seen.”
A siege on science: How Trump is undoing an American legacy
In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has slashed federal agencies, canceled national reports, and yanked university funding.
grist.org
April 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Why we need a National Climate Assessment --
“For thousands of years, we humans have been making decisions based on the past: like driving down the road looking in the rear view mirror. But now, thanks entirely to human actions, we're facing a curve in the road greater than humans have ever seen.”
“For thousands of years, we humans have been making decisions based on the past: like driving down the road looking in the rear view mirror. But now, thanks entirely to human actions, we're facing a curve in the road greater than humans have ever seen.”
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“Virtual, or telephone town halls are fake. They are used to pretend you had one but they are fully scripted. Don’t fall for it.”
April 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
“Virtual, or telephone town halls are fake. They are used to pretend you had one but they are fully scripted. Don’t fall for it.”
This is a crucially important point that is not getting nearly enough attention.
(1/4) It was America and Britain that guaranteed the sovereignty of Ukraine and its borders in return for persuading them to give up their nuclear weapons.
April 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This is a crucially important point that is not getting nearly enough attention.
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Today we honor the flippered citizens of our icy nation.
Whether you celebrate whilst eating a democracy sausage in Oz, doomscrolling in America, pulling maple taps in Canada, or elsewhere, we appreciate the support! #worldpenguinday
Whether you celebrate whilst eating a democracy sausage in Oz, doomscrolling in America, pulling maple taps in Canada, or elsewhere, we appreciate the support! #worldpenguinday
April 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Today we honor the flippered citizens of our icy nation.
Whether you celebrate whilst eating a democracy sausage in Oz, doomscrolling in America, pulling maple taps in Canada, or elsewhere, we appreciate the support! #worldpenguinday
Whether you celebrate whilst eating a democracy sausage in Oz, doomscrolling in America, pulling maple taps in Canada, or elsewhere, we appreciate the support! #worldpenguinday