@nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.social
Reposted
It makes me feel deranged that the angle here is "wrongful death lawsuits could be bad for business" and not "it's insane that we've fully unleashed a mental health wrecker with zero regulatory measures in place to prevent it from killing even more people"
I'm always arguing against AI for a million reasons, but the body count is among its most serious moral failings (the other is its environmental havoc). I would love it if these companies fail monetarily, since that is literally all they care about.
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
OpenAI is facing a huge legal risk that almost no one is talking about
Legal experts say AI chatbots are bringing a new legal risk for tech companies.
www.sfgate.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:42 PM
It makes me feel deranged that the angle here is "wrongful death lawsuits could be bad for business" and not "it's insane that we've fully unleashed a mental health wrecker with zero regulatory measures in place to prevent it from killing even more people"
Reposted
this is yet another reason why it can't be Newsom
January 20, 2026 at 8:11 PM
this is yet another reason why it can't be Newsom
Reposted
Reminder that the US is the only member state in NATO history to have ever invoked Article 5 to ask the other members to come to its defence.
Trump: "The big fear I have with NATO is we spend tremendous amounts of money with NATO and I know we'll come to their rescue, but I just really do question whether or not they'll come to ours. Just saying."
January 20, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Reminder that the US is the only member state in NATO history to have ever invoked Article 5 to ask the other members to come to its defence.
Reposted
trump getting his feelings hurt by european leaders is the culmination of this new type of guy that emerged in the last decade or so: guy who goes out of his way to be a huge asshole who then gets really offended when the people he's being an asshole to don't like him
January 20, 2026 at 7:54 PM
trump getting his feelings hurt by european leaders is the culmination of this new type of guy that emerged in the last decade or so: guy who goes out of his way to be a huge asshole who then gets really offended when the people he's being an asshole to don't like him
Reposted
The moment it was crystal clear we were in the worse case scenario, was exactly a year ago when Trump pardoned every single Jan 6 perpetrator, including the ones that beat the crap out of cops and were convicted of seditious conspiracy.
January 20, 2026 at 8:07 PM
The moment it was crystal clear we were in the worse case scenario, was exactly a year ago when Trump pardoned every single Jan 6 perpetrator, including the ones that beat the crap out of cops and were convicted of seditious conspiracy.
Reposted
replace rfk jr with this guy
January 19, 2026 at 2:43 PM
replace rfk jr with this guy
Reposted
One of the major mistakes in the way American guardrails are structured is that we put these clauses in but the clause does not provide for a punishment if violated.
So it becomes 'Don't do it - unless you can.'
Add a criminal charge with no statute of limitations and a life sentence to every one.
So it becomes 'Don't do it - unless you can.'
Add a criminal charge with no statute of limitations and a life sentence to every one.
every time I read this, I get apocalyptically apoplectic about how clear it is. it is instant. it does not require explicit congressional action to invoke, it instead only requires that to remove.
donald trump is not the current president right now, according to the constitution.
donald trump is not the current president right now, according to the constitution.
January 20, 2026 at 7:19 PM
One of the major mistakes in the way American guardrails are structured is that we put these clauses in but the clause does not provide for a punishment if violated.
So it becomes 'Don't do it - unless you can.'
Add a criminal charge with no statute of limitations and a life sentence to every one.
So it becomes 'Don't do it - unless you can.'
Add a criminal charge with no statute of limitations and a life sentence to every one.
Reposted
Wow who could have imagined this www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.
www.politico.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Wow who could have imagined this www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Reposted
Again, we're kidding ourselves. A constitutional order that can't immediately end this, today, has totally failed.
Presidentialism was a grave mistake, & the idea that impeachment would ever work was the worst error. The Founders simply couldn't fathom the mass oath-violating cowardice we see now.
Presidentialism was a grave mistake, & the idea that impeachment would ever work was the worst error. The Founders simply couldn't fathom the mass oath-violating cowardice we see now.
January 20, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Again, we're kidding ourselves. A constitutional order that can't immediately end this, today, has totally failed.
Presidentialism was a grave mistake, & the idea that impeachment would ever work was the worst error. The Founders simply couldn't fathom the mass oath-violating cowardice we see now.
Presidentialism was a grave mistake, & the idea that impeachment would ever work was the worst error. The Founders simply couldn't fathom the mass oath-violating cowardice we see now.
Reposted
I’ve seen lots of requests about where to send money. Please do not send me money, I have a job and can afford this. But I’ve seen many heroic observers for whom I suspect small amounts of support would be welcome and helpful, so if anyone has ideas on how to safely assist them, I’ll share it.
Is there a fund to cover gas money, food for folks like Will tracking ICE?
Also, what do we call them?
Also, what do we call them?
The ICE guy I was tailing decided to show me he knows where I live. You can’t really see in the video, but as he drove past my place he reached out the window and pointed at my apartment. Real tough guy
January 18, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I’ve seen lots of requests about where to send money. Please do not send me money, I have a job and can afford this. But I’ve seen many heroic observers for whom I suspect small amounts of support would be welcome and helpful, so if anyone has ideas on how to safely assist them, I’ll share it.
Reposted
Once again, it was supposed to end immediately in 2017, when he started monetizing the presidency at his hotel around the corner from the White House. Long before Jan 6 or anything else, people who swore oaths had jobs to do, & they failed. The constitutional order is completely inert at this point.
The Founders (rightly) thought financial corruption was so concerning they banned it in the Constitution three separate times: the two emoluments clauses, and the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Starting in 2017, America decided it just kinda didn't matter anymore, whatcha gonna do.
Starting in 2017, America decided it just kinda didn't matter anymore, whatcha gonna do.
UNREAL: Per NY Times amazing reporting today they found "Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1.4 billion. We know this number to be an underestimate because some of his profits remain hidden from public view." We live in a 3rd world sh*thole! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 20, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Once again, it was supposed to end immediately in 2017, when he started monetizing the presidency at his hotel around the corner from the White House. Long before Jan 6 or anything else, people who swore oaths had jobs to do, & they failed. The constitutional order is completely inert at this point.
Reposted
modern american politics consists of experts patiently explaining why something insane that people are talking about could never happen, followed by that exact thing happening
January 20, 2026 at 1:11 AM
modern american politics consists of experts patiently explaining why something insane that people are talking about could never happen, followed by that exact thing happening
Reposted
that's right. and spreading outwards from the metro to greater minnesota. I don't mind if folks say "Minneapolis" but it's not accurate.
A small note: terrible things are happening in Minneapolis. But also in Saint Paul. And in the suburbs. And though most of the push is in the metro, things are happening all over the state.
I've been trying to refer to the events as happening in the Twin Cities or in Minnesota.
I've been trying to refer to the events as happening in the Twin Cities or in Minnesota.
January 20, 2026 at 6:12 PM
that's right. and spreading outwards from the metro to greater minnesota. I don't mind if folks say "Minneapolis" but it's not accurate.
Reposted
i'm going to spend the rest of my life figuring out how a small band of elites decided that acting as the global currency and primary military hegemon was gay and feminine coded
BREAKING: Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US, a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, per Bloomberg.
January 20, 2026 at 6:18 PM
i'm going to spend the rest of my life figuring out how a small band of elites decided that acting as the global currency and primary military hegemon was gay and feminine coded
Reposted
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Reposted
school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
January 20, 2026 at 4:10 PM
school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
Reposted
It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.
US trade secretary Howard Lutnick really not mincing his words here at Davos: "We are here to make a v clear point: globalisation has failed the West and the USA. It's a failed policy. It's what the WEF has stood for, which is, export, offshore, find the cheapest labour in the world."
January 20, 2026 at 3:47 PM
It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.
Reposted
Fundamentally, it is not Europe's responsibility to control this simpleton. And it is pathetic -- at least from a British perspective -- that a Democratic Party that should be pushing for impeachment and encouraging people into the streets is instead sitting on its hands. Useless.
January 20, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Fundamentally, it is not Europe's responsibility to control this simpleton. And it is pathetic -- at least from a British perspective -- that a Democratic Party that should be pushing for impeachment and encouraging people into the streets is instead sitting on its hands. Useless.
Reposted
Hahahhahahahahaha
The whole point of Hollywood wanting AI was to not pay fucking residuals makes this so great
The whole point of Hollywood wanting AI was to not pay fucking residuals makes this so great
OpenAI has absolutely zero ideas. They have no business. This is not a real business line and it’s so utterly vague and specious, I’m shocked at the credulousness to just print it without saying “there is no logical way this works of course” or talking about how the CFO of OpenAI is saying nonsense
January 20, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Hahahhahahahahaha
The whole point of Hollywood wanting AI was to not pay fucking residuals makes this so great
The whole point of Hollywood wanting AI was to not pay fucking residuals makes this so great
Reposted
Regular people in Minnesota standing up to ICE and protecting their neighbors. Denmark and Belgium taking the strongest stances of European countries against Trump’s Greenland threats. Amazing how those with less power take action and sacrifice, while so many of the powerful equivocate and cower.
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Regular people in Minnesota standing up to ICE and protecting their neighbors. Denmark and Belgium taking the strongest stances of European countries against Trump’s Greenland threats. Amazing how those with less power take action and sacrifice, while so many of the powerful equivocate and cower.
Reposted
Trump, an insane man, voluntarily destroying American global economic supremacy while the greatest beneficiaries of that supremacy stand by doing nothing sure is something to see. What can you say really.
January 20, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Trump, an insane man, voluntarily destroying American global economic supremacy while the greatest beneficiaries of that supremacy stand by doing nothing sure is something to see. What can you say really.
Reposted
We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.
Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search
Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That's according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns drawn and led him outside in his underwear in freezing conditions.
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 2:51 PM
We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.
Reposted
I am not sure Americans grasp the degree of damage that’s been done. Trump could leave office tomorrow and it would take a generation to fix relations with the countries that used to be the US’s closest friends.
An Arctic Mujahedeen, eh? What a time to be alive.
Canada's Global & Mail: Military models Canadian response to hypothetical American invasion. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Canada's Global & Mail: Military models Canadian response to hypothetical American invasion. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
January 20, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I am not sure Americans grasp the degree of damage that’s been done. Trump could leave office tomorrow and it would take a generation to fix relations with the countries that used to be the US’s closest friends.
Reposted
The inevitability of AI is now under threat from no one wanting to use it.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:14 PM
The inevitability of AI is now under threat from no one wanting to use it.
Reposted
Honestly this is painfully accurate.
January 7, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Honestly this is painfully accurate.