Eric Lee
@saintgimp.bsky.social
Software engineer, science enthusiast, long-distance hiker trash. Reluctantly monitoring the attempted destruction of democracy.
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And also: why were there 11 people on the boat? Drug war experts say that drug boats typically carry only 2-3 because they want space for drugs. Widely suspected that there were migrants killed, not just drug smugglers.
How does this square with earlier reports that the boat had turned around and was heading to shore even before the first strike? Also what evidence is there that any drugs on the boat were headed to the US and not (more likely) Europe? How did this constitute a “threat”? www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Survivors of Boat Strike Were Actively Continuing Drug Mission, Admiral to Tell Lawmakers
Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, the commander of the September attack, is set to provide an account of his role for the first time in a closed briefing.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
And also: why were there 11 people on the boat? Drug war experts say that drug boats typically carry only 2-3 because they want space for drugs. Widely suspected that there were migrants killed, not just drug smugglers.
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Jacob Frey on Minneapolis's Somali community: "These are people that have benefitted Minneapolis in a really beautiful way, and to just go after a whole community indiscriminately -- it's unconstitutional, it's flat out un-American, but I guess that's what we've become accustomed to w/ Donald Trump"
December 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Jacob Frey on Minneapolis's Somali community: "These are people that have benefitted Minneapolis in a really beautiful way, and to just go after a whole community indiscriminately -- it's unconstitutional, it's flat out un-American, but I guess that's what we've become accustomed to w/ Donald Trump"
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Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Everyone should read this terrifying thread about Hegseth’s published views wrt war crimes. It’s pretty fucking radical …. We needed to hear about this in his confirmation hearing.
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
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Democrat MOCs: do you smell blood in the water yet? Time to be MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE in calling out Republican fuckery. Trump is WEAK, crumbling, and lashing out when he’s not asleep on live TV. Get out there and make noise about failed GOP policies and leadership.
Thanks @gregsargent.bsky.social!
Thanks @gregsargent.bsky.social!
Remarkable how many Rs are now openly warning of 2026 bloodbath:
*Ted Cruz calls for sounding "alarm"
*Elise Stefanik says Rs are "underperforming"
*Leading GOP strategist warns Tuesday results "flashing red"
On the pod we dig into Trump denial and GOP angst:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
*Ted Cruz calls for sounding "alarm"
*Elise Stefanik says Rs are "underperforming"
*Leading GOP strategist warns Tuesday results "flashing red"
On the pod we dig into Trump denial and GOP angst:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Angry Trump Unravels over 2026 Woes as GOP Panic Grows: “Flashing Red”
As Trump fumes over Democratic attacks that are plainly working, a progressive organizer explains why Tuesday’s special election result is good news—and how Democrats can sustain momentum through 2026...
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Democrat MOCs: do you smell blood in the water yet? Time to be MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE in calling out Republican fuckery. Trump is WEAK, crumbling, and lashing out when he’s not asleep on live TV. Get out there and make noise about failed GOP policies and leadership.
Thanks @gregsargent.bsky.social!
Thanks @gregsargent.bsky.social!
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it's the same thing I keep pounding the table about: the way you use the tools reflects on you, not the tool
the product teams for these tools should be pushing harder towards epistemologically sound uses of them, but the door is there and it's unlocked whether they're pointing at it.
the product teams for these tools should be pushing harder towards epistemologically sound uses of them, but the door is there and it's unlocked whether they're pointing at it.
December 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
it's the same thing I keep pounding the table about: the way you use the tools reflects on you, not the tool
the product teams for these tools should be pushing harder towards epistemologically sound uses of them, but the door is there and it's unlocked whether they're pointing at it.
the product teams for these tools should be pushing harder towards epistemologically sound uses of them, but the door is there and it's unlocked whether they're pointing at it.
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This is how I feel about the AI learning paper. Autodidactism is very broad, you can absolutely use AI to teach you about a subject with active engagement, checking citations, follow-ups.. or you can turn half your brain off and call it good.
December 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is how I feel about the AI learning paper. Autodidactism is very broad, you can absolutely use AI to teach you about a subject with active engagement, checking citations, follow-ups.. or you can turn half your brain off and call it good.
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“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
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the difference between somebody just blasting out an outline with chatgpt and somebody who uses it as a stenographer is huge and obvious.
press record, brain dump, have it ask questions (don't have it answer them), have it organize into notes. it's fantastic.
write for you? it and you will suck
press record, brain dump, have it ask questions (don't have it answer them), have it organize into notes. it's fantastic.
write for you? it and you will suck
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
the difference between somebody just blasting out an outline with chatgpt and somebody who uses it as a stenographer is huge and obvious.
press record, brain dump, have it ask questions (don't have it answer them), have it organize into notes. it's fantastic.
write for you? it and you will suck
press record, brain dump, have it ask questions (don't have it answer them), have it organize into notes. it's fantastic.
write for you? it and you will suck
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Turn it back on them. 🎯 Exactly right, Jacob Frey: What Trump is doing to the Constitution is "garbage"
Jacob Frey: "If they're just indiscriminately going after people, due process is violated, habeas corpus is violated, the entire Constitution in and of itself is being thrown in the garbage. So you want to use the term 'garbage,' that's exactly what Trump is doing right now to the Constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Turn it back on them. 🎯 Exactly right, Jacob Frey: What Trump is doing to the Constitution is "garbage"
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capitalist propaganda: WE CAN, SHOULD, MUST, AND WILL SELL THE BLOOD OF ANYTHING THAT WON'T BE MISSED
socialist propaganda: you deserve a meaningful life, with meaningful endeavour, grounded in community and solidarity with all life on earth
socialist propaganda: you deserve a meaningful life, with meaningful endeavour, grounded in community and solidarity with all life on earth
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
capitalist propaganda: WE CAN, SHOULD, MUST, AND WILL SELL THE BLOOD OF ANYTHING THAT WON'T BE MISSED
socialist propaganda: you deserve a meaningful life, with meaningful endeavour, grounded in community and solidarity with all life on earth
socialist propaganda: you deserve a meaningful life, with meaningful endeavour, grounded in community and solidarity with all life on earth
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But at a broader level—do we regularly deploy police in ways that often prioritize aggressive social control of disliked groups over public safety—Trump 2.0 fits into a well-known pattern, and should be framed that way.
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
But at a broader level—do we regularly deploy police in ways that often prioritize aggressive social control of disliked groups over public safety—Trump 2.0 fits into a well-known pattern, and should be framed that way.
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The state could do so much more to support employers and get more people into work. Frankly I think it’s time to level society by seriously increasing tax on millionaires and billionaires then paying universal basic income.
December 4, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The state could do so much more to support employers and get more people into work. Frankly I think it’s time to level society by seriously increasing tax on millionaires and billionaires then paying universal basic income.
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And blew up boats w random ppl!
From a “tough on crime” angle, these are non-se social choices.
From a “social control” angle, they make total sense.
I hammer this point bc of how the media keeps framing his Nat Guard nonsense as “tough on crime.”
Trump doesn’t care abt CRIME. It’s abt control.
From a “tough on crime” angle, these are non-se social choices.
From a “social control” angle, they make total sense.
I hammer this point bc of how the media keeps framing his Nat Guard nonsense as “tough on crime.”
Trump doesn’t care abt CRIME. It’s abt control.
He just pardoned a huge narcotrafficker! They’re not tough on crime.
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
And blew up boats w random ppl!
From a “tough on crime” angle, these are non-se social choices.
From a “social control” angle, they make total sense.
I hammer this point bc of how the media keeps framing his Nat Guard nonsense as “tough on crime.”
Trump doesn’t care abt CRIME. It’s abt control.
From a “tough on crime” angle, these are non-se social choices.
From a “social control” angle, they make total sense.
I hammer this point bc of how the media keeps framing his Nat Guard nonsense as “tough on crime.”
Trump doesn’t care abt CRIME. It’s abt control.
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Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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It’s extremely funny how we no longer have any basis, whatsoever, to trust the claims and process of federal law enforcement lol
December 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It’s extremely funny how we no longer have any basis, whatsoever, to trust the claims and process of federal law enforcement lol
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The President of the United States is trying to throw Mark Kelly in prison and Mark Kelly's response is to confirm judges who have committed to putting him in prison
11 Senate Democrats just voted to advance the nomination of a Federal Society judge who used to defend banks and payday lenders:
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The President of the United States is trying to throw Mark Kelly in prison and Mark Kelly's response is to confirm judges who have committed to putting him in prison
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The way the right is giddy over cutting SNAP benefits is really nasty to see. All of their actions strengthen the case for UBI. Medicare for all, UBI, ban companies from owning single family homes, make them divest, declare energy prices a national emergency and go all in on renewable energy.
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The way the right is giddy over cutting SNAP benefits is really nasty to see. All of their actions strengthen the case for UBI. Medicare for all, UBI, ban companies from owning single family homes, make them divest, declare energy prices a national emergency and go all in on renewable energy.
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The one year anniversary of Yoon's failed martial law takeover just passed and lots of untold stories came out proving that THE ONLY REASON KOREA IS STILL A FREE COUNTRY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DISOBEYED ILLEGAL ORDERS.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The one year anniversary of Yoon's failed martial law takeover just passed and lots of untold stories came out proving that THE ONLY REASON KOREA IS STILL A FREE COUNTRY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DISOBEYED ILLEGAL ORDERS.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
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THIS is what real "news distortion" looks like: The president of the United States bullied CBS into selectively editing an interview with him. The FCC should repeal its news distortion policy as a dangerous weapon against the free press, but if it won't, it must open a docket here
@raskin.house.gov: "President Trump directed CBS to edit his own interview after suing the network for editing his opponent’s interview, and CBS complied with his requests and omitted its anchor’s questions about President Trump’s pardons." @poynterinstitute.bsky.social mailchi.mp/poynter/top-...
Top Democrat files complaint over '60 Minutes' interview with President Trump
Jamie Raskin wrote to CBS's ombudsman, a role created in an agreement with FCC during Paramount merger to address 'media bias'.
mailchi.mp
December 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
THIS is what real "news distortion" looks like: The president of the United States bullied CBS into selectively editing an interview with him. The FCC should repeal its news distortion policy as a dangerous weapon against the free press, but if it won't, it must open a docket here
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easy to imagine benny johnson huffing asbestos on camera to own the libs
it is MIRACULOUS that we got rid of lead paint and asbestos when we did. if we had tried that today, there would be people whining about how we're restricting their rights.
Bring back residential-use lead paint, you cowards.
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
easy to imagine benny johnson huffing asbestos on camera to own the libs
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Publicly admitting to war crimes sure is an interesting strategy
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Publicly admitting to war crimes sure is an interesting strategy
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American fascism is hilarious; it’s politics as aesthetics, but the aesthetics are ass.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
American fascism is hilarious; it’s politics as aesthetics, but the aesthetics are ass.
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"Does this feel like or look like a well-run competent administration? It took them 10 months to discover that the United States doesn't grow bananas and that therefore if we tariff bananas that that's not going to bring banana factories on shore."
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"Does this feel like or look like a well-run competent administration? It took them 10 months to discover that the United States doesn't grow bananas and that therefore if we tariff bananas that that's not going to bring banana factories on shore."
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There was a time when Americans would have laughed at this sycophancy. And that would have been all of American history before now.
December 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
There was a time when Americans would have laughed at this sycophancy. And that would have been all of American history before now.
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Would we really be surprised if these people repealed seatbelt laws?
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Would we really be surprised if these people repealed seatbelt laws?