David M Weigel
@spdbump.bsky.social
Ex-Minnesotan in Philly. (And yes, this is really my name, and no, I don't write for Semafor. But he's good, isn't he?)
Could start saying "Replace ICE".
January 18, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Could start saying "Replace ICE".
The three they're/their/there in one sentence, congrats.
January 17, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The three they're/their/there in one sentence, congrats.
How many to St. Paul?
January 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM
How many to St. Paul?
phew. His LinkedIn bio says he retired last month. North Carolinians are a little bit safer.
January 10, 2026 at 2:04 PM
phew. His LinkedIn bio says he retired last month. North Carolinians are a little bit safer.
I think it's a reference to the new Minnesota state flag -- that's the star and that color blue. One of the popular proposed flag submissions had a loon with laser eyes.
January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
I think it's a reference to the new Minnesota state flag -- that's the star and that color blue. One of the popular proposed flag submissions had a loon with laser eyes.
The drinking game is that the first person to see one of them say "Soros" gets to drink the whole bottle.
January 8, 2026 at 12:12 AM
The drinking game is that the first person to see one of them say "Soros" gets to drink the whole bottle.
Odd that the occasional alternative, the Lib Dems, haven't been able to take advantage of any of it. Does aligning with the Conservatives through 2015 still poison their image?
December 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Odd that the occasional alternative, the Lib Dems, haven't been able to take advantage of any of it. Does aligning with the Conservatives through 2015 still poison their image?
Oh, not disagreeing with you. I was an Arne Carlson acolyte in college in 1992 MN, tired of the sclerotic post-Humphrey DFL. But that's about then Republican moderation died in my part of the world, and I'm a Dem again.
December 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Oh, not disagreeing with you. I was an Arne Carlson acolyte in college in 1992 MN, tired of the sclerotic post-Humphrey DFL. But that's about then Republican moderation died in my part of the world, and I'm a Dem again.
It doesn't help the cause of Moderate Republican nostalgia that the current GOP disavows them, and vice versa. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/u...
Guess Who’s Not Coming to Milwaukee? Bush, Quayle, Pence, Cheney or Romney (Published 2024)
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December 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It doesn't help the cause of Moderate Republican nostalgia that the current GOP disavows them, and vice versa. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/u...
Imperial agents casting lots for the condemned's posessions is more an Easter thing than a Christmas thing, no?
December 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Imperial agents casting lots for the condemned's posessions is more an Easter thing than a Christmas thing, no?
I dunno. It's true that Google Search made research much easier, and I'm sure some said it was *too* easy, but it still delivered pages of plausible links (especially before the algorithm got so refined) rather than the confident "here is the right answer" of LLMs.
December 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I dunno. It's true that Google Search made research much easier, and I'm sure some said it was *too* easy, but it still delivered pages of plausible links (especially before the algorithm got so refined) rather than the confident "here is the right answer" of LLMs.
Oh, AI can make mistakes, it's just not good at learning from them.
December 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Oh, AI can make mistakes, it's just not good at learning from them.
I bought a 1910 British ten-volume encyclopedia at an estate year a few years back and dared myself to read it all the way through. Took ten months; worth it. (Admittedly skipped through the many many Anglican bishop biographies.)
December 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I bought a 1910 British ten-volume encyclopedia at an estate year a few years back and dared myself to read it all the way through. Took ten months; worth it. (Admittedly skipped through the many many Anglican bishop biographies.)
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It's a pivot table designed to smell its own farts
December 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It's a pivot table designed to smell its own farts
Happiness is opening newspapers.com and tracing the history of baseball and football rules through game stories.
The past: read all about it.
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December 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Happiness is opening newspapers.com and tracing the history of baseball and football rules through game stories.
Not a historian but like to research. The AI might summarize what I'm looking for, but it doesn't find what I'm *not* looking for. The book on the shelf next to the one I wanted. The insight in chapter 6 based on the quote I needed from chapter 4.
December 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Not a historian but like to research. The AI might summarize what I'm looking for, but it doesn't find what I'm *not* looking for. The book on the shelf next to the one I wanted. The insight in chapter 6 based on the quote I needed from chapter 4.
It's Ivanka and Donald, not from the Epstein files.
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
It's Ivanka and Donald, not from the Epstein files.
Yeahbut is yours *signed*?
December 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Yeahbut is yours *signed*?
A little too invested in the idea that "red" is good and "blue" is bad.
December 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A little too invested in the idea that "red" is good and "blue" is bad.
Abrego Garcia (and his lawyers) would have been a better TIME Man of the Year.
December 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Abrego Garcia (and his lawyers) would have been a better TIME Man of the Year.
For a good time, the docket now shows notices of appearance for McBridge and Halligan -- but the actual documents have the names reversed. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71982...
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December 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
For a good time, the docket now shows notices of appearance for McBridge and Halligan -- but the actual documents have the names reversed. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71982...