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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 5d

It's the coverup that gets you - at least, when criminals aren't running the government.

BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.

At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein

The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.

At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein

The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 5d

Pundits need to stick to areas they know. Shaping public opinion & publicly making one's case is the point of incisive commentary, not leading from the rear. There are risks to one's career, but if you aren't trying to make things better, should you be in politics (or commenting on politics)?

Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 5d

This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...

Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 5d

This is like "diet donuts". Not great to be in favor of a certain kind of FF, they are all climate-destroying at this point.

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 5d

Knowing I have enslaver ancestors and abolitionist ancestors is worth knowing because I can choose who I align with now. I can be humble in the knowledge that my ancestors benefitted directly from white supremacy, while using it as motivation to repair the lasting damage that it caused.

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 5d

This is exactly why I left genealogy aside a long time ago, as it was the obsession of my relatives that were deeply steeped in white supremacy culture. I don't care how closely I am related to folks that were on the Mayflower.

Jason Kuznicki @jkuznicki.bsky.social · 5d

They’re trying to establish a hereditary nobility. The founders themselves made issuing titles of nobility illegal.

We should mock these fools, who think a tiny drop of founders’ blood makes them better than other people.

Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 7d

If immigrating from England makes you a "heritage American" then I guess I'm one too.

Jason Kuznicki @jkuznicki.bsky.social · 5d

They’re trying to establish a hereditary nobility. The founders themselves made issuing titles of nobility illegal.

We should mock these fools, who think a tiny drop of founders’ blood makes them better than other people.

Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 7d

If immigrating from England makes you a "heritage American" then I guess I'm one too.

Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 5d

This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...

Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?

www.nytimes.com

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12d

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 15d

They know not what they do... Maybe an anti-tech crusade would convince them that maybe they should not break everything. There is a lot of pent up anti-tech reactionary anger on the right that I would be very concerned about if I were a tech bro.

Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 15d

Tech bros don’t actually understand the sci-fi they claim to love. Thank you Al Jazeera English for having me on.

Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 15d

Tech bros don’t actually understand the sci-fi they claim to love. Thank you Al Jazeera English for having me on.

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 15d

It is important to understand that in this moment of overbearing tech bros, normal people are just saying no to always remaking and changing everything with no thought about where all the pieces might come back together. How about think first and break (and reassemble) things slowly with a plan?

Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 15d

Monday at work I had this great insight: the reason that publics are so opposed to AI is mostly because they are opposed to unregulated and arrogant financial capitalism. It's about the power relationships, and the imposition of that rubric and that arrogance into every part of our lives.

Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 15d

Monday at work I had this great insight: the reason that publics are so opposed to AI is mostly because they are opposed to unregulated and arrogant financial capitalism. It's about the power relationships, and the imposition of that rubric and that arrogance into every part of our lives.

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 24d

Now do childbirth mortality for women.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Nov 17

“.. Law enforcement can’t cope with the overwhelming amount of illicit activity in the space,” said Julia Hardy. “It can’t go on like this.”

@nytimes.com #crypto
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Nov 12

That was kind of you to educate and be gentle with them. I wonder if they heard you.

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Nov 12

By failing to adopt the new, we failed to meet the moment of climate change. But, AI one says! Except that tech is typically thought to be a productivity enhancing tool. You don't need to enhance the efficiency of industry if it all leaves. Meh, we can all try to be farm laborers again, I suppose.

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Nov 12

Propaganda, including "range anxiety", overwhelming the grid, supposed pollution via electric grid for fueling cars, supposed relative pollution via mining for battery materials, and regulatory capture cost us the battery electric automobile that was invented in America.

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Nov 12

We gave up battery tech. We gave up solar tech. We gave up wind tech. For what, you might ask? All so the last drop of oil profit could be wrung out of the USA. We gave up our economic future, and we have given up our prosperity, for the last few billion dollars that could be extracted from us.

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Nov 11

If each portfolio head doesn't innovate and improve, the American electorate can boot them out, and there would be no place for them to hide. In any event, let there be internal contractions and within-executive branch fighting. Congress does it so well, maybe we should try it on the Executive.

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Nov 11

Elect what have been turned into cabinet members: elect an attorney general, a financial head, a health head, transportation, housing, parks and lands, etc. Might be an election nightmare in a low-info voter environment, but at least we break this overpowered executive down to size.

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Nov 11

One of the main contentions of the reactionaries is the "unitary executive". When we get a chance to revisit the Constitution outside of the current reactionary spasm, we should consider breaking the presidency into components to put this "unitary" trash to rest.

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Nov 4

Maybe therapy for onion exposure is in order? They could find out if his tear ducts actually function.

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Nov 4

Did they ask him if he will be giving up his mask for future kidnappings since it apparently held in the onion fumes and made him cry?

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Oct 21

Needless to say, we have adversaries in the world that are learning by watching, and instead of pivoting to solar, batteries, portability, self-sufficiency, and scaling up, we have decided to double down on old tech. We will be riding the equivalent of horses into the next tank battle.

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Oct 21

The whole point of inexpensive drones is that millions of small contributions easily offsets a few large pieces of infrastructure, well-protected or not. That principle needs to be broadly understood in the government sector.

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Oct 21

Threat assessments by the United States don't seem to be looking at the steady demolition of Russian refineries and incredible vulnerability of petroleum infrastructure. Our choice to continue dependencies on these very vulnerable pieces of infrastrucure is flatly baffling.

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Oct 18

No Kings Boston

Lots of people at No Kings protest in Boston Commons.

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Oct 9

A thread about how farmers can kick their government subsidies, if they want to make good, independent money. Grow crops below & still produce more energy for electric vehicle fuel than corn/ethanol. A 16,000% improvement in vehicle fuel generation, make $$$ with solar and make even more from crops.

Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · Oct 9

Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · Oct 9

Fair enough. When the OP said, "you boys", I thought she meant the authors, who seem to not be lampooning the misogynistic attitude, but actually embodying it. Maybe OP meant all the people playing it or singing along, as you say.

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