Jed Davis 🏳️🌈🇺🇸😱
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[he/him] [📍 San Francisco] [sad about computer, sad about politics, FIXME more topics go here]
25 years later I am still mad about a certain biology class at Oberlin, whose famously hard tests were basically tests of handwriting speed. For me that was not just difficult but physically painful, but what took the cake: the assistant prof's snippy comment that my handwriting wasn't neat enough.
for example, the classic one: extra time on tests.
this is an accomodation because tests are a bad proxy for evaluating skill: they also, unfortunately, evaluate your ability to perform under time pressure.
this matters for some people more than others, hence, the accomodation
this is an accomodation because tests are a bad proxy for evaluating skill: they also, unfortunately, evaluate your ability to perform under time pressure.
this matters for some people more than others, hence, the accomodation
December 7, 2025 at 1:14 AM
25 years later I am still mad about a certain biology class at Oberlin, whose famously hard tests were basically tests of handwriting speed. For me that was not just difficult but physically painful, but what took the cake: the assistant prof's snippy comment that my handwriting wasn't neat enough.
Everyone on here talks up Costco as the bestest thing ever, but the one in SF is a grim fortress that I have not yet dared besiege:
December 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Everyone on here talks up Costco as the bestest thing ever, but the one in SF is a grim fortress that I have not yet dared besiege:
That post might be fake; see old.reddit.com/r/assholedes... (from 3 weeks ago) and in particular this comment: old.reddit.com/r/assholedes...
December 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
That post might be fake; see old.reddit.com/r/assholedes... (from 3 weeks ago) and in particular this comment: old.reddit.com/r/assholedes...
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Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
February 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
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I also think of Dred Scott as a crucial moment in constitutional history in which popular politics (and of course war) successfully repudiated an openly partisan reading of the Constitution by the Court.
There are lessons progressives can glean from that in the 21st century.
There are lessons progressives can glean from that in the 21st century.
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I also think of Dred Scott as a crucial moment in constitutional history in which popular politics (and of course war) successfully repudiated an openly partisan reading of the Constitution by the Court.
There are lessons progressives can glean from that in the 21st century.
There are lessons progressives can glean from that in the 21st century.
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the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
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A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
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People will be like “voting pales in comparison to my strategy, shooting at fascists” but then refuse to support the only army actively shooting fascists right now
December 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
People will be like “voting pales in comparison to my strategy, shooting at fascists” but then refuse to support the only army actively shooting fascists right now
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December 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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i have been doing a deep dive into the Rolling Stone / Eastern Oregon datacenter water story, and... as far as i can tell, no named source other than the corrupt republican county commissioner who was turned out of office because he was _responsible_ for the nitrate spraying mentioned Amazon at all.
December 6, 2025 at 3:46 AM
i have been doing a deep dive into the Rolling Stone / Eastern Oregon datacenter water story, and... as far as i can tell, no named source other than the corrupt republican county commissioner who was turned out of office because he was _responsible_ for the nitrate spraying mentioned Amazon at all.
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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tfw the morning’s phenibut, selegiline, mdma, 2c-x, psilocybin, piracetam, hgh, testerone stack is a little off
A reminder that this 👇 is how Thiel appeared recently during a scheduled televised interview sitting in his air conditioned office.
December 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
tfw the morning’s phenibut, selegiline, mdma, 2c-x, psilocybin, piracetam, hgh, testerone stack is a little off
I realize I'm two weeks late for the ADHD discourse, but I'm giving the psych med roulette wheel another spin and I keep having this urge to post “stimulants are the Devil”.
Oh, they *work*, sort of — the Devil keeps his word — but a great price is paid, by my sympathetic nervous system.
Oh, they *work*, sort of — the Devil keeps his word — but a great price is paid, by my sympathetic nervous system.
December 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I realize I'm two weeks late for the ADHD discourse, but I'm giving the psych med roulette wheel another spin and I keep having this urge to post “stimulants are the Devil”.
Oh, they *work*, sort of — the Devil keeps his word — but a great price is paid, by my sympathetic nervous system.
Oh, they *work*, sort of — the Devil keeps his word — but a great price is paid, by my sympathetic nervous system.
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In the show, the "liquid potassium" was injected into wine bottles so that when someone drank the wine they would be poisoned.
I don't think that's exactly how that would go down.
I don't think that's exactly how that would go down.
December 6, 2025 at 2:16 AM
In the show, the "liquid potassium" was injected into wine bottles so that when someone drank the wine they would be poisoned.
I don't think that's exactly how that would go down.
I don't think that's exactly how that would go down.
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I'm sorry, what?
December 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I'm sorry, what?
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WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
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The 22nd MEU has been providing assistance to Jamaica for the last month. Just because no one pays attention to US disaster response doesn’t mean the it’s not routine for Marines. It’s why they’re based forward.
www.22ndmeu.marines.mil/News/Press-R...
www.22ndmeu.marines.mil/News/Press-R...
December 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The 22nd MEU has been providing assistance to Jamaica for the last month. Just because no one pays attention to US disaster response doesn’t mean the it’s not routine for Marines. It’s why they’re based forward.
www.22ndmeu.marines.mil/News/Press-R...
www.22ndmeu.marines.mil/News/Press-R...
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Multiple rivers are forecast to reach major flood stage, including the Snoqualmie near Carnation
At 58 feet "the Snoqualmie River will cause major flooding from Fall City downstream through Carnation and Duvall. Deep and swift flood waters will inundate many farms...residential areas...and roads."
At 58 feet "the Snoqualmie River will cause major flooding from Fall City downstream through Carnation and Duvall. Deep and swift flood waters will inundate many farms...residential areas...and roads."
December 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Multiple rivers are forecast to reach major flood stage, including the Snoqualmie near Carnation
At 58 feet "the Snoqualmie River will cause major flooding from Fall City downstream through Carnation and Duvall. Deep and swift flood waters will inundate many farms...residential areas...and roads."
At 58 feet "the Snoqualmie River will cause major flooding from Fall City downstream through Carnation and Duvall. Deep and swift flood waters will inundate many farms...residential areas...and roads."
That awkward moment when I wonder what ЯОМЯАУДО is.
>pilot watching super cool missile launch
>>realizes he’s the target
>>realizes he’s the target
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
That awkward moment when I wonder what ЯОМЯАУДО is.
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Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
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Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
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The IN House is 70 R, 30 D, so this means quite a few Republicans voted against.
#NEW: The Indiana House has voted 57-41 to pass the proposed Indiana congressional map. It now goes to the Indiana Senate. iga.in.gov/legislative/…
December 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The IN House is 70 R, 30 D, so this means quite a few Republicans voted against.
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2/2
Sen Bill Cassidy, a liver-disease MD, complains about this ruling, as I am doing.
Here's the difference: He, personally, could have prevented all the resulting casualties, by casting the swing vote against RFK Jr. That's a power the other 330+ million of us lacked.
Don't let him forget it.
Sen Bill Cassidy, a liver-disease MD, complains about this ruling, as I am doing.
Here's the difference: He, personally, could have prevented all the resulting casualties, by casting the swing vote against RFK Jr. That's a power the other 330+ million of us lacked.
Don't let him forget it.
December 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
2/2
Sen Bill Cassidy, a liver-disease MD, complains about this ruling, as I am doing.
Here's the difference: He, personally, could have prevented all the resulting casualties, by casting the swing vote against RFK Jr. That's a power the other 330+ million of us lacked.
Don't let him forget it.
Sen Bill Cassidy, a liver-disease MD, complains about this ruling, as I am doing.
Here's the difference: He, personally, could have prevented all the resulting casualties, by casting the swing vote against RFK Jr. That's a power the other 330+ million of us lacked.
Don't let him forget it.
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