WndlB
@wndlb.bsky.social
arbitrator/mediator/lawyer; curious, humanist, globalist; husband, father, zayde x4; Lexington Group; On Kaposia band Mdewakanton lands by MSP. To Trumpites, I'm "a radical left lunatic." RIP, Minnie, will never forget.
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just fogging random people with chemical weapons for fun. of a piece with the Caribbean fisherman turkey shoot
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
just fogging random people with chemical weapons for fun. of a piece with the Caribbean fisherman turkey shoot
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NYT - Kash Patel's inexperience, his dismissals of top FBI officials and his shift of resources from thwarting spies and terrorism have heightened concerns among the other Five Eyes nations that the bureau is adrift. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/wo...
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
The episode has contributed to concerns among intelligence allies that Kash Patel, brash and partisan, is also unpredictable and even unreliable.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
NYT - Kash Patel's inexperience, his dismissals of top FBI officials and his shift of resources from thwarting spies and terrorism have heightened concerns among the other Five Eyes nations that the bureau is adrift. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/wo...
@newsguy.bsky.social Glad to see you got a good position following the capsizing in Lake Keri.
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
@newsguy.bsky.social Glad to see you got a good position following the capsizing in Lake Keri.
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Low hires + very poor homebuying affordability does seem pretty unique.
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Low hires + very poor homebuying affordability does seem pretty unique.
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"On the eve of Veterans Day, we should also remember the fact that over 1 million veterans actually participate in SNAP." - Crystal Fitzsimmons, Food Research and Action Center
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"On the eve of Veterans Day, we should also remember the fact that over 1 million veterans actually participate in SNAP." - Crystal Fitzsimmons, Food Research and Action Center
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I think all Democratic eight senators who caved to the GOP should have to read this to truly understand who they've hurt.
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I think all Democratic eight senators who caved to the GOP should have to read this to truly understand who they've hurt.
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Really happy to publish this work at my current job that's in direct conversation with all my work I did on my old beat.
Turning over military decisions to AI is dangerous. Militaries will keep doing it.How can policy mandate that the AI follow laws of war? By hard-coding doubt, maybe!
Turning over military decisions to AI is dangerous. Militaries will keep doing it.How can policy mandate that the AI follow laws of war? By hard-coding doubt, maybe!
As militaries develop and deploy AI systems, they create the possibility of machines asserting power over life and death, without regard for the laws of war and the vital doubt and restraint they require. But what if that "doubt protocol" could be coded in internationalpolicy.org/publications...
Can Complimentary Learning Methods Teach AI the Laws of War? - CIP
Training AI models on edge cases of war offers the possibility of hard-coding compliance with laws or war, or at least necessary doubts.
internationalpolicy.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Really happy to publish this work at my current job that's in direct conversation with all my work I did on my old beat.
Turning over military decisions to AI is dangerous. Militaries will keep doing it.How can policy mandate that the AI follow laws of war? By hard-coding doubt, maybe!
Turning over military decisions to AI is dangerous. Militaries will keep doing it.How can policy mandate that the AI follow laws of war? By hard-coding doubt, maybe!
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November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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This is insane. This is *literally* doing the same mechanics of the housing crisis and 2008 recession but to create debt to finance construction of AI data centers
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Making fun of our neighborhoods and communities is disgusting.
Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Making fun of our neighborhoods and communities is disgusting.
Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
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Felony murder statutes are good in basic concept (if you choose to participate in a crime that reasonably creates a risk that someone is going to die, you're as guilty of murder as the person who pulled the trigger) but insane in many applications
Ooh, @lastweektonight.com did a whole thing on Felony Murder last night.
Didn't mention my book chapter on the matter. :( But still, I happy to remind you that these laws are shitty and need to be repealed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y93l...
Didn't mention my book chapter on the matter. :( But still, I happy to remind you that these laws are shitty and need to be repealed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y93l...
Felony Murder: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Felony murder statutes are good in basic concept (if you choose to participate in a crime that reasonably creates a risk that someone is going to die, you're as guilty of murder as the person who pulled the trigger) but insane in many applications
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Election observers are the first line of defense for democratic rights and freedoms, and they work in some of the most challenging places. They deserve the same protections as human-rights defenders.
Why Election Observers Are Human-Rights Defenders | Journal of Democracy
Election observers are the first line of defense for democratic rights and freedoms, and they work in some of the most challenging places. They deserve the same protections as human-rights defenders.
www.journalofdemocracy.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Election observers are the first line of defense for democratic rights and freedoms, and they work in some of the most challenging places. They deserve the same protections as human-rights defenders.
A GREAT explainer.
Plus, even upper middle wage earners are averse to all these tax-advantaged things. A seriously hard sell.
Plus, even upper middle wage earners are averse to all these tax-advantaged things. A seriously hard sell.
Sorry, progressives & health care policy wonks. But we're going to have to re-remind everyone why Health Savings Accts are a tax shelter for the wealthy, not health insurance. Note distribution of premium tax credits vs. HSA contributions.
www.cbpp.org/blog/five-re...
www.cbpp.org/blog/five-re...
Five Reasons Lawmakers Should Reject Expansions of Health Savings Accounts
Expanding health savings accounts (HSAs) is a key element of Republicans’ health care policy agenda. Ostensibly, HSAs allow people enrolled in certain health insurance policies to set aside money...
www.cbpp.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A GREAT explainer.
Plus, even upper middle wage earners are averse to all these tax-advantaged things. A seriously hard sell.
Plus, even upper middle wage earners are averse to all these tax-advantaged things. A seriously hard sell.
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"After Zohran Mamdani’s victory, Republicans are fearmongering about Democrats turning socialist. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is busy taking stakes in private companies and ordering them around"--my latest column.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
Socialism, But Make It Trump
After Zohran Mamdani’s victory, Republicans are fearmongering about Democrats turning socialist. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is busy taking stakes in private companies and ordering them around.
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"After Zohran Mamdani’s victory, Republicans are fearmongering about Democrats turning socialist. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is busy taking stakes in private companies and ordering them around"--my latest column.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
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Ending or cutting back SNAP was the point, so why believe R's will do anything to stop the Trump administration from trying other ways once the government re-opens?
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TELLS U.S. SUPREME COURT IT CONTINUES TO SEEK HALT OF JUDGE'S ORDER THAT REQUIRED IT TO FULLY FUND FOOD AID THIS MONTH FOR 42 MILLION AMERICANS
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Ending or cutting back SNAP was the point, so why believe R's will do anything to stop the Trump administration from trying other ways once the government re-opens?
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So Control. Much Taking. Very Back #Brexit
The evidence keeps accumulating that Brexit was an astonishing self-inflicted economic policy disaster. The fact that it is a slow-moving one bodes ill for those who think that populist economic mismanagement will translate into voters punishing populists. www.nber.org/system/files...
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
So Control. Much Taking. Very Back #Brexit
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Credible commitment problem has come for almost anything R's in Congress do. They may mean it but the administration may not.
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Credible commitment problem has come for almost anything R's in Congress do. They may mean it but the administration may not.
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No paywall link:
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November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
No paywall link:
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archive.ph/UNdFj
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This is really well done. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is really well done. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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“Structural ignorance.” Yes.
Public health depends on citizens accepting scientifically-grounded guidance. When official institutions produce politically-determined science and independent verification infrastructure is eliminated, the capacity for evidence-based health policy collapses, writes Renée DiResta.
How Political Power is Capturing Knowledge Systems and Manufacturing Structural Ignorance | TechPolicy.Press
We're witnessing the simultaneous capture of knowledge-producing institutions and the elimination of independent verification mechanisms, writes Renée DiResta.
www.techpolicy.press
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“Structural ignorance.” Yes.
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Most people never have a house fire. So why are we wasting money on a fire department?
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Most people never have a house fire. So why are we wasting money on a fire department?
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I really wonder what's up with "and btw we decided to kill the hemp industry that's worth 12 figures of annual revenue nationally." Rand Paul might not be the only person mad about it, there is a LOT of local money to throw at representatives
Massie is a guaranteed no, which means the R's can lose all of like 2 votes in the house, which is always math in that caucus of frothing howler monkeys that can be problematic.
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I really wonder what's up with "and btw we decided to kill the hemp industry that's worth 12 figures of annual revenue nationally." Rand Paul might not be the only person mad about it, there is a LOT of local money to throw at representatives
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NEW: It appears Senate Dems have enough votes for cloture with Jacky Rosen flipping to a yes vote. Rand Paul voted no. Kaine, Rosen, Fetterman, Shaheen, Hassen, King, Durbin, Cortez-Masto are the dems yes votes.
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
NEW: It appears Senate Dems have enough votes for cloture with Jacky Rosen flipping to a yes vote. Rand Paul voted no. Kaine, Rosen, Fetterman, Shaheen, Hassen, King, Durbin, Cortez-Masto are the dems yes votes.
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15 years later, & they're still doing the same nonsense about health economics and health insurance.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
15 years later, & they're still doing the same nonsense about health economics and health insurance.
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The definition of a deeply good person
As someone personally impacted, my family was willing to endure a long term shutdown despite the financial pain because the cause was that important. I am so devastated. The last 40 days of pain was for literally nothing, and the pain for others is going to get exponentially worse.
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The definition of a deeply good person