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Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
AI’s Invasive Species
The slop is winning.
www.theatlantic.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
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Tech industrial complex replacing the military industrial complex
October 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Tech industrial complex replacing the military industrial complex
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IRS layoffs are costly for the U.S., redistributing wealth to the top 1% (who lie on their taxes at jaw-dropping rates).
The bottom 99% generally pay their taxes. cepr.org/voxeu/column...
The bottom 99% generally pay their taxes. cepr.org/voxeu/column...
October 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
IRS layoffs are costly for the U.S., redistributing wealth to the top 1% (who lie on their taxes at jaw-dropping rates).
The bottom 99% generally pay their taxes. cepr.org/voxeu/column...
The bottom 99% generally pay their taxes. cepr.org/voxeu/column...
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
October 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
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“The agency’s human resources staff, which had been furloughed as part of the government shutdown, [was] called back to work to send out layoff notices to their colleagues.”
FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
“The agency’s human resources staff, which had been furloughed as part of the government shutdown, [was] called back to work to send out layoff notices to their colleagues.”
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It’s considered impolite to use language like this, but “evil” is the best word for what these folks are doing. It’s bad enough to screw over workers to attack political enemies. But here, doing so will literally kill people and lead to avoidable disease.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC employees terminated in apparent Friday night massacre.
The Trump administration is using the shutdown to further weaken the our national public health infrastructure.
open.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It’s considered impolite to use language like this, but “evil” is the best word for what these folks are doing. It’s bad enough to screw over workers to attack political enemies. But here, doing so will literally kill people and lead to avoidable disease.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself
This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
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going to keep saying: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that he didn’t mean to suggest in a recent interview that Trump had or had not been an FBI informant in the case against disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. https://to.pbs.org/46cJtzM
Speaker Johnson says he misspoke about Trump being an FBI informant in the Epstein case
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that he didn’t mean to suggest in a recent interview that Trump had or had not been an FBI informant in the case against disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
to.pbs.org
September 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
going to keep saying: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
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Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
September 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
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Woo! Went to Costco to pick up meds, and was offered my COVID and flu shots while I'm here.
(Eagan, MN)
(Eagan, MN)
September 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Woo! Went to Costco to pick up meds, and was offered my COVID and flu shots while I'm here.
(Eagan, MN)
(Eagan, MN)
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
August 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
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Multiple leaders resign or refuse to resign
August 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Multiple leaders resign or refuse to resign
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Mark 27 August 2025 as a day in history for CDC
August 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Mark 27 August 2025 as a day in history for CDC
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RKF Jr. is a dangerous man who is determined to abuse his authority to act on truly terrifying conspiracy theories and disinformation—leaving us unprepared for the next deadly pandemic and snuffing out potential cures while he’s at it.
My full statement.
My full statement.
Senator Murray Calls for Immediate Firing of RFK Jr., Commends CDC Director Monarez’s Stand for Science and Public Health - Senator Patty Murray
Senator Murray: “If there are any adults left in the White House, it’s well past time they face reality… We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the...
www.murray.senate.gov
August 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
RKF Jr. is a dangerous man who is determined to abuse his authority to act on truly terrifying conspiracy theories and disinformation—leaving us unprepared for the next deadly pandemic and snuffing out potential cures while he’s at it.
My full statement.
My full statement.
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Yes we must #FireKennedy.
Hey @chrismurphyct.bsky.social and @blumenthal.senate.gov, Connecticut native, constituent, and Yale public health professor here: this is the right moment. I will literally do anything. Make me wait 10 hours for a 2 minute walk and talk meeting with your lowliest intern, and I will make the case.
I had serious doubts about CDC Director Monarez’s willingness to stand up against RFK Jr.’s personal mission to destroy public health in America—I’m glad that I was wrong.
If there are any adults left in the White House: we cannot let RFK Jr. burn what's left of CDC. FIRE HIM.
If there are any adults left in the White House: we cannot let RFK Jr. burn what's left of CDC. FIRE HIM.
August 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Yes we must #FireKennedy.
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True at CDC, NIH, NSF, and every science agency.
“The attack on Dr. Monarez is a warning to every American: our evidence-based systems are being undermined from within.” -- Mark Zaid & Abbe Lowell, lawyers for ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez
....Well, hot damn.
....Well, hot damn.
CDC chief ‘targeted’ for refusing to ‘rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives’, lawyers say – US politics live
Susan Monarez’s lawyers said the ‘attack’ was a ‘warning to every American: our evidence-based systems are being undermined from within’
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
True at CDC, NIH, NSF, and every science agency.
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The Times story sets this up more as the fight that it appears to be (for now), since Monarez won’t resign.
New C.D.C. Director Resists Ouster as Other Officials Resign
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The Times story sets this up more as the fight that it appears to be (for now), since Monarez won’t resign.
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It just absolutely blows that RFK Jr. looked at this and said, no that’s not bad enough, we can do worse
August 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It just absolutely blows that RFK Jr. looked at this and said, no that’s not bad enough, we can do worse
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I had serious doubts about CDC Director Monarez’s willingness to stand up against RFK Jr.’s personal mission to destroy public health in America—I’m glad that I was wrong.
If there are any adults left in the White House: we cannot let RFK Jr. burn what's left of CDC. FIRE HIM.
If there are any adults left in the White House: we cannot let RFK Jr. burn what's left of CDC. FIRE HIM.
New C.D.C. Director Resists Ouster as Other Officials Resign
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I had serious doubts about CDC Director Monarez’s willingness to stand up against RFK Jr.’s personal mission to destroy public health in America—I’m glad that I was wrong.
If there are any adults left in the White House: we cannot let RFK Jr. burn what's left of CDC. FIRE HIM.
If there are any adults left in the White House: we cannot let RFK Jr. burn what's left of CDC. FIRE HIM.
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What will it take for Republicans to understand that RFK Jr. is dangerous?
August 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
What will it take for Republicans to understand that RFK Jr. is dangerous?
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“The recent change in the adult and children’s immunization schedule threaten the lives of the youngest Americans and pregnant people.”
This should be one of the biggest scandals in America right now. And every Democrat should be loudly calling for RFK Jr’s resignation
This should be one of the biggest scandals in America right now. And every Democrat should be loudly calling for RFK Jr’s resignation
It won’t fit in screen shots but linking here the full letter of resignation posted by one of the departing CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and led efforts to fight COVID, monkeypox, and bird flu
x.com/dr_demetre/s...
x.com/dr_demetre/s...
August 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“The recent change in the adult and children’s immunization schedule threaten the lives of the youngest Americans and pregnant people.”
This should be one of the biggest scandals in America right now. And every Democrat should be loudly calling for RFK Jr’s resignation
This should be one of the biggest scandals in America right now. And every Democrat should be loudly calling for RFK Jr’s resignation
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More than previous generations, Millennials determined to raise worldly kids have prioritized travel with their children. But that has turned vacation into something more ambitious, goal-oriented, and exhausting, Faith Hill reports.
Millennials Need a Vacation From Family Vacation
Among parents determined to pass down their globe-trotting values, travel has become ever more ambitious and goal-oriented—and exhausting.
bit.ly
August 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
More than previous generations, Millennials determined to raise worldly kids have prioritized travel with their children. But that has turned vacation into something more ambitious, goal-oriented, and exhausting, Faith Hill reports.