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Bartleby is my spirit, Anima.
Haven't worn khaki pants since nazis marched on Charlottesville, VA in 2017.
Late blooming Cannabis enthusiast. Neophyte bassist. I don't bro.
Haven't worn khaki pants since nazis marched on Charlottesville, VA in 2017.
Late blooming Cannabis enthusiast. Neophyte bassist. I don't bro.
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“Slowly, then all at once.”
President Trump: “I might veto the health insurance subsidies extension.”
January 12, 2026 at 1:43 AM
“Slowly, then all at once.”
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i think powell's response here is a demonstration of the folly of the idea that democratic accountability requires presidential control. what if the president is not acting in the public interest? you want independent agencies to be able to push back and pursue their *congressional mandate*
Powell, showing more guts than almost any GOP legislators:
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 1:43 AM
i think powell's response here is a demonstration of the folly of the idea that democratic accountability requires presidential control. what if the president is not acting in the public interest? you want independent agencies to be able to push back and pursue their *congressional mandate*
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The interview took place near the Whipple Federal Building where immigrants and U.S. citizens are held after federal agents snatch them the streets of Minneapolis.
As the interview ended, squads of agents in tactical gear came running, releasing flash bang grenades and shooting pepper balls.
As the interview ended, squads of agents in tactical gear came running, releasing flash bang grenades and shooting pepper balls.
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
The interview took place near the Whipple Federal Building where immigrants and U.S. citizens are held after federal agents snatch them the streets of Minneapolis.
As the interview ended, squads of agents in tactical gear came running, releasing flash bang grenades and shooting pepper balls.
As the interview ended, squads of agents in tactical gear came running, releasing flash bang grenades and shooting pepper balls.
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@statuscoupnews.bsky.social please clip Patty's interview. I can't get it off the live stream. Thank you!
Patty, a woman observer in Minneapolis, was abducted from a car by federal agents today. She was released and talked about her experience in custody.
An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."
[@statuscoupnews.bsky.social Please clip this for Bsky?]
An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."
[@statuscoupnews.bsky.social Please clip this for Bsky?]
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
@statuscoupnews.bsky.social please clip Patty's interview. I can't get it off the live stream. Thank you!
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we have been way too tolerant of cowards: we should be demanding that far more people in power who claim to be against the murderous evil of MAGA meet the standard currently being demonstrated by Jerome Fucking Powell
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:17 AM
we have been way too tolerant of cowards: we should be demanding that far more people in power who claim to be against the murderous evil of MAGA meet the standard currently being demonstrated by Jerome Fucking Powell
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If you have a hard time understanding how a significant number of voters in this country are unbelievably, massively uninformed, then let me simply say that I have not heard a single song by <checks Hot 100 for 2025> Sabrina Carpenter, Hozier, Alex Warren, Bad Bunny, Travis Scott, Doechii ....
December 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
If you have a hard time understanding how a significant number of voters in this country are unbelievably, massively uninformed, then let me simply say that I have not heard a single song by <checks Hot 100 for 2025> Sabrina Carpenter, Hozier, Alex Warren, Bad Bunny, Travis Scott, Doechii ....
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Ding and it applies to the enablers of fascists as well
Fascists don't want to actually look at the systems making them miserable. They want to blame their scapegoats and make the scapegoats suffer, but that can't relieve the fascists' misery because scapegoats.
December 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Ding and it applies to the enablers of fascists as well
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The Trump administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default in early January
This is going to be devastating for millions of people
No paywall
This is going to be devastating for millions of people
No paywall
Trump administration to start seizing pay of defaulted student loan borrowers in January
The Trump administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default in early January.
www.cnbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Trump administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default in early January
This is going to be devastating for millions of people
No paywall
This is going to be devastating for millions of people
No paywall
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“If one of these bills passes ... it’s going to affect all users, because if you want to access anything remotely controversial on the internet, you’re going to have to prove who you are,” EFF’s @irmck.bsky.social told @salon.com. www.salon.com/2025/12/22/...
www.salon.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“If one of these bills passes ... it’s going to affect all users, because if you want to access anything remotely controversial on the internet, you’re going to have to prove who you are,” EFF’s @irmck.bsky.social told @salon.com. www.salon.com/2025/12/22/...
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🧵Read every single word. He can use immunity as an excuse but these many violations of his oath are far beyond immunity. You can also use it to impeach members of his Admin who don’t have immunity. But remember he WILL PARDON THEM. ⬇️
@NYCBarAssn An excellent report finding "a broad pattern of conduct by President Donald J. Trump and his Administration that, in our judgment, reflects an ongoing abuse of presidential power and a grave breach of the public trust." www.nycbar.org/reports/the-...
The Abuse of Presidential Power and Breach of Public Trust | New York City Bar Association
Read how the NYC Bar Association examines the pattern of conduct by President Trump and his administration.
www.nycbar.org
December 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
🧵Read every single word. He can use immunity as an excuse but these many violations of his oath are far beyond immunity. You can also use it to impeach members of his Admin who don’t have immunity. But remember he WILL PARDON THEM. ⬇️
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The banned 60 Minutes episode about the CECOT torture prison used by the Trump admin is now exploding across the internet. Be sure to watch so you can see the excellent reporting done by Sharyn Alfonsi & her team at 60 Minutes:
And now someone has uploaded a version that wasn't filmed off a TV.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The banned 60 Minutes episode about the CECOT torture prison used by the Trump admin is now exploding across the internet. Be sure to watch so you can see the excellent reporting done by Sharyn Alfonsi & her team at 60 Minutes:
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1) People had to apologize? If anyone can discern when that was ever compulsory, LMK.
2) Who’s his implied “you” here? Because I, for one, have never “had to” apologize for being white — but I get a sense that he doesn’t mean me.
2) Who’s his implied “you” here? Because I, for one, have never “had to” apologize for being white — but I get a sense that he doesn’t mean me.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
1) People had to apologize? If anyone can discern when that was ever compulsory, LMK.
2) Who’s his implied “you” here? Because I, for one, have never “had to” apologize for being white — but I get a sense that he doesn’t mean me.
2) Who’s his implied “you” here? Because I, for one, have never “had to” apologize for being white — but I get a sense that he doesn’t mean me.
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I wish sex workers could talk to reporters about what is happening to us without our words getting twisted and malformed and our lives taken out of context to promote whatever political agenda is in the decade’s media script
December 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I wish sex workers could talk to reporters about what is happening to us without our words getting twisted and malformed and our lives taken out of context to promote whatever political agenda is in the decade’s media script
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Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
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Trump is now calling inflation a hoax
December 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Trump is now calling inflation a hoax
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Bad news for Hegseth, it turns out the Pentagon is a big bureaucracy filled with people who got there because they know how to fight bureaucratic battles and they will wait for you to lie about something then leak details about it. Who knew?
A most important question on the Sept. 2 double-tap strike is who had "target engagement authority" (TEA).
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
December 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Bad news for Hegseth, it turns out the Pentagon is a big bureaucracy filled with people who got there because they know how to fight bureaucratic battles and they will wait for you to lie about something then leak details about it. Who knew?
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Last week @theverge.com published my essay exploring the limitations of large-language models. This week, that same essay is cited by a federal judge in Michigan to distinguish the process of human reasoning from what these models do. Very, very gratifying.
h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Last week @theverge.com published my essay exploring the limitations of large-language models. This week, that same essay is cited by a federal judge in Michigan to distinguish the process of human reasoning from what these models do. Very, very gratifying.
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In a surprise to absolutely none of the autistic community ❤️
Today in research FTW: "Autistic participants were more generous towards strangers & people they barely knew than non-autistic individuals." So basically autistic people are kind regardless of whether or not they know the person; non-autistics need social vetting.
www.psypost.org/autistic-ind...
www.psypost.org/autistic-ind...
Autistic individuals are more prosocial towards strangers and people they barely know
While most people become less generous towards strangers, autistic adults maintain high levels of prosocial behavior regardless of social distance. New research confirms this generosity is intentional...
www.psypost.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
In a surprise to absolutely none of the autistic community ❤️
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When the GOP calls every social safety net measure “socialism,” votes like this matter in a policy context.
House Minority Leader Jeffries voting with the GOP in favor of this resolution is showing his ultra-wealthy donors exactly who he fights for.
It’s not the people.
House Minority Leader Jeffries voting with the GOP in favor of this resolution is showing his ultra-wealthy donors exactly who he fights for.
It’s not the people.
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When the GOP calls every social safety net measure “socialism,” votes like this matter in a policy context.
House Minority Leader Jeffries voting with the GOP in favor of this resolution is showing his ultra-wealthy donors exactly who he fights for.
It’s not the people.
House Minority Leader Jeffries voting with the GOP in favor of this resolution is showing his ultra-wealthy donors exactly who he fights for.
It’s not the people.
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Good analogy (not that he needs me to confirm that). I'm continuing to classify Ms. Greene as a "rabid squirrel in a bag" until further notice.
And here you GO! I turned it into a whole thing.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Face Turn and the Marks Who are Buying It
How understanding professional wrestling unlocks modern politics
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Good analogy (not that he needs me to confirm that). I'm continuing to classify Ms. Greene as a "rabid squirrel in a bag" until further notice.
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What To Know About ‘Pluribus’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-pluribus/
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What To Know About ‘Pluribus’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-pluribus/
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the CDC told us to wash our hands to prevent airborne disease in 2020, they've been fucked for a long time
In agreement with my friend @kkjetelina.bsky.social who writes today: "I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website."
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
November 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
the CDC told us to wash our hands to prevent airborne disease in 2020, they've been fucked for a long time
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Cranberries are a good start, but all of our holiday food should be grown in bogs. We need more festive mosses and lichens in our diet.
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Cranberries are a good start, but all of our holiday food should be grown in bogs. We need more festive mosses and lichens in our diet.
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LOLOLOL, these people couldn’t be more transparent in viewing public schools as nothing more than a voc-ed pipeline if they tried.
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor
Is Trump dismantling the Education Department? Not yet. But changes are coming.
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor and parceling out other core job duties to other agencies. It's the most sweeping effort so f...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
LOLOLOL, these people couldn’t be more transparent in viewing public schools as nothing more than a voc-ed pipeline if they tried.
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I'm sure you think all your witty comparisons of RFK Jr's voice to garbage disposals, broken vaccum cleaners, tuburcular leaf blowers etc are very funny but have you considered how rude and hurtful this is to the #shoegaze community 😔
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I'm sure you think all your witty comparisons of RFK Jr's voice to garbage disposals, broken vaccum cleaners, tuburcular leaf blowers etc are very funny but have you considered how rude and hurtful this is to the #shoegaze community 😔