Phil Wrede
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what we do in life, echoes in eternity
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So please: follow them, re-Skeet them, donate, volunteer, and use their maps to see when DHS tries to buy a giant windowless warehouse in your community to hold human beings. 2/
DHS Contracts Visualizer
Looker Studio turns your data into informative dashboards and reports that are easy to read, easy to share, and fully customizable.
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February 16, 2026 at 12:39 AM
So please: follow them, re-Skeet them, donate, volunteer, and use their maps to see when DHS tries to buy a giant windowless warehouse in your community to hold human beings. 2/
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They were hoping to get headlines like this, and it worked bsky.app/profile/poli...
Minneapolis retreat could undercut Democrats’ message as shutdown looms
Minneapolis retreat could undercut Democrats’ message as shutdown looms
The end of the Trump administration's Minnesota operation comes as immigration hawks have pushed Trump officials to avoid caving to Democratic policy demands.
dlvr.it
February 12, 2026 at 10:54 PM
They were hoping to get headlines like this, and it worked bsky.app/profile/poli...
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I don't care about the rational guy "this stuff is actually going to be pretty important one day" takes either. OK! Well let me know when it actually works man.
We don't usually have hear about the run up to any other experimental product every day of our lives for years.
We don't usually have hear about the run up to any other experimental product every day of our lives for years.
February 11, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I don't care about the rational guy "this stuff is actually going to be pretty important one day" takes either. OK! Well let me know when it actually works man.
We don't usually have hear about the run up to any other experimental product every day of our lives for years.
We don't usually have hear about the run up to any other experimental product every day of our lives for years.
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like the problem isn't SKYNET, the problem is letting amoral extraction class assholes apply half-cooked automation onto deeply broken sectors in exploitative ways in a country that's too corrupt to have functioning regulators
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
arstechnica.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:26 PM
like the problem isn't SKYNET, the problem is letting amoral extraction class assholes apply half-cooked automation onto deeply broken sectors in exploitative ways in a country that's too corrupt to have functioning regulators
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Like, one time, I used Brett Kavanaugh's lies as an excuse to explain the game of Cee-Lo to white people. :). I miss those days.
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Yo, Did Brett Kavanaugh Roll Aces And Get Emotional About Losing His Stash? Sheldon Whitehouse Thinks So. - Above the Law
Translation for white people: Does Brett Kavanaugh Have Gambling Debts From Dice Games?
abovethelaw.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Like, one time, I used Brett Kavanaugh's lies as an excuse to explain the game of Cee-Lo to white people. :). I miss those days.
abovethelaw.com/2018/09/yo-d...
abovethelaw.com/2018/09/yo-d...
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Congress should act to categorically exempt statistical agency staff from this schedule.
Statistical agencies by definition do not set policy.
Their only power and purpose is collecting data & publishing credible, informative stats. Without political independence, they can't do this.
Statistical agencies by definition do not set policy.
Their only power and purpose is collecting data & publishing credible, informative stats. Without political independence, they can't do this.
February 9, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Congress should act to categorically exempt statistical agency staff from this schedule.
Statistical agencies by definition do not set policy.
Their only power and purpose is collecting data & publishing credible, informative stats. Without political independence, they can't do this.
Statistical agencies by definition do not set policy.
Their only power and purpose is collecting data & publishing credible, informative stats. Without political independence, they can't do this.