@wadebaker.bsky.social
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If Joe Biden or Barack Obama had invited in a random CEO & hundreds of people w/o any security clearances or even federal jobs to cancel billions spending & destroy federal agencies established by law & Congress, it would be a nonstop national scandal, & we wouldn’t be hearing about “transformation”
December 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
If Joe Biden or Barack Obama had invited in a random CEO & hundreds of people w/o any security clearances or even federal jobs to cancel billions spending & destroy federal agencies established by law & Congress, it would be a nonstop national scandal, & we wouldn’t be hearing about “transformation”
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Please read this.
Not for me, but for small-platform creative people who deserve that you do.
It matters.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/please-do-...
Not for me, but for small-platform creative people who deserve that you do.
It matters.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/please-do-...
Please, Do Feed the Artists
Valuing Creatives in an Entitlement Culture
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Please read this.
Not for me, but for small-platform creative people who deserve that you do.
It matters.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/please-do-...
Not for me, but for small-platform creative people who deserve that you do.
It matters.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/please-do-...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
a very kind offer from a reader, any level of support really helps—even if just a follow and/or share, which still gets us more $ from Russ!
i'm proud of the reporting that this small team continues to crank out every week, and immensely grateful to the readers who have helped us keep it going
i'm proud of the reporting that this small team continues to crank out every week, and immensely grateful to the readers who have helped us keep it going
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shoot the entire internet into the sun, let's go back to writing letters and reading printed newspapers
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
shoot the entire internet into the sun, let's go back to writing letters and reading printed newspapers
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I’m gonna disagree with this one.
What we’re calling “AI” doesn’t replace cognition. It replaces pattern matching, but on its own has no idea which patterns are important or why.
We are nowhere close to an actual thinking machine.
What we’re calling “AI” doesn’t replace cognition. It replaces pattern matching, but on its own has no idea which patterns are important or why.
We are nowhere close to an actual thinking machine.
The plow, the steam engine, electricity — all replaced muscle. AI replaces cognition. If you spend your day “reading lots of stuff and turning it into straight English,” well… so does the machine. The goal now is to learn from history and cushion the blow better than last time.
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I’m gonna disagree with this one.
What we’re calling “AI” doesn’t replace cognition. It replaces pattern matching, but on its own has no idea which patterns are important or why.
We are nowhere close to an actual thinking machine.
What we’re calling “AI” doesn’t replace cognition. It replaces pattern matching, but on its own has no idea which patterns are important or why.
We are nowhere close to an actual thinking machine.
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I'm going to give you $2,000... emotionally.
BESSENT: “THE $2,000 DIVIDEND COULD COME IN LOTS OF FORMS… IT COULD BE JUST THE TAX DECREASES. IT COULD BE NO TAX ON TIPS.”
November 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I'm going to give you $2,000... emotionally.
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Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No health care, no deal.
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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Do you know how insane it is to appeal a judgment that says you have to feed hungry people and you're the United States of America
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Do you know how insane it is to appeal a judgment that says you have to feed hungry people and you're the United States of America
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November 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 91st day out of the last 103.
12 days of work in 103 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 103 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
November 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 91st day out of the last 103.
12 days of work in 103 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 103 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 81st day out of the last 93.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
October 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 81st day out of the last 93.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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This, 100%
I’m good with my taxes subsidizing social welfare for people who can’t afford food.
I’m enraged with my taxes subsidizing corporate welfare to businesses that won’t pay a living wage.
I’m enraged with my taxes subsidizing corporate welfare to businesses that won’t pay a living wage.
October 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This, 100%
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Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
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Feels like a statement from a bipartisan group of former first ladies about the destruction of the east wing could capture some attention ...
October 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Feels like a statement from a bipartisan group of former first ladies about the destruction of the east wing could capture some attention ...
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Establishing that the government has a right to summarily execute members of any nebulously bounded group that caused the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans should probably worry cigarette companies, liquor manufacturers and vaccine skeptics.
TRUMP: "We have legal authority [for boat strikes], right? We're allowed to do that. And if we do by land, we may go back to Congress. ... They killed 300,000 Americans last year, and that gives you legal authority."
October 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Establishing that the government has a right to summarily execute members of any nebulously bounded group that caused the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans should probably worry cigarette companies, liquor manufacturers and vaccine skeptics.
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I know we say this all the time so it’s become cliche, but can you imagine the hysteria that would be happening right now with Republicans if Obama did the exact same thing to the inside and outside of the WH that Trump is doing? It would be 24/7 on Fox for months. We all know why.
October 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I know we say this all the time so it’s become cliche, but can you imagine the hysteria that would be happening right now with Republicans if Obama did the exact same thing to the inside and outside of the WH that Trump is doing? It would be 24/7 on Fox for months. We all know why.
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Everyone realize that the reason the government is "shut down" is that the Republicans failed to pass a budget by Sept 30th, as they are required to do by law, and the government just ran out of money?
By law the Republicans were required to have a budget for the new fiscal year in place on September 30th.
Anyone seen the budget? Are they are here in DC working on one?
Don't we think media, commentators should be asking Rs where their budget is? Do they intend to actually create one?
Anyone seen the budget? Are they are here in DC working on one?
Don't we think media, commentators should be asking Rs where their budget is? Do they intend to actually create one?
October 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Everyone realize that the reason the government is "shut down" is that the Republicans failed to pass a budget by Sept 30th, as they are required to do by law, and the government just ran out of money?
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Love this story so much.
Student journalists ftw 💪
Student journalists ftw 💪
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Love this story so much.
Student journalists ftw 💪
Student journalists ftw 💪
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What the fuck are we doing?
October 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
What the fuck are we doing?