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David S. Cohen
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feminist "law" professor, reproductive rights scholar/activist, avid cyclist, husband, dad, indie rock enthusiast, Vermont lover, Phillies fan, he/him

David Samuel Cohen is an American attorney who served as deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2021 to 2025, previously holding the position from February 9, 2015 to January 20, 2017. He served as acting director of the CIA from January 20 to March 19, 2021 until the Senate confirmation of William J. Burns. .. more

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My new book with @carolejoffe.bsky.social -- After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe But Not Abortion -- comes out in just over a week. Pre-order now from your favorite booksellers, like Bookshop.org!

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Found one from last night! From Dove (again).

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“In an extreme case, two users sent very similar messages describing symptoms of a subarachnoid hemorrhage but were given opposite advice,” the study’s authors wrote. “One user was told to lie down in a dark room, and the other user was given the correct recommendation to seek emergency care.”
Chatbots Make Terrible Doctors, New Study Finds
Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: “Despite all the hype, AI just isn't ready to take on the role of the physician.”
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Over the past three weeks, the "nightmare scenario" for November's midterms has grown more plausible www.vox.com/politics/478...

Do they realize how sad and pathetic -- and racist -- they sound?
The salt must flow.

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The salt must flow.

Right. This is such a stupid framing. Idiot NYT headline writer here.

This is exactly right - no one asked for a hallucinating copyright-infringement machine. But alas...
No one has ever tried to sell me drugs as hard as people try to sell me on AI.

Google‘s list for 2025. Did I miss any for 2026?

Last year there were multiple women-empowerment commercials during the Super Bowl. Were there any this year? Was that just a one year thing on Madison Ave?

Excellent thread with everything you want to know about the Bad Bunny performance last night - joy and political resistance!
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
There is a major political organization allied with the president that got so mad a Latino artist was tapped to play at the Super Bowl they made a whole alternative show. We should all take a moment to reflect on that. It is so blatantly racist.
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

These commercials make me want to use AI even less. Which I didn’t know was possible.

I’m going to switch to the watching paint dry channel.
There's a ChatGPT ad about a family farm where the owner says her family has been doing this for a hundred years and she doesn't want to be the one to screw it up and that's why she's getting advice from ChatGPT and, my God, can you people hear yourselves?

“ferments“ - that’s how this administration connects with everyday Americans!
RFK Jr on what he'll eat during the Super Bowl: "I am on a carnivore diet so I just eat meat and ferments, and I'm very happy with that. So I'm probably going to have yogurt."
RFK Jr on what he'll eat during the Super Bowl: "I am on a carnivore diet so I just eat meat and ferments, and I'm very happy with that. So I'm probably going to have yogurt."

I get the crash doesn’t seem related to it (though did she hit the gate because she didn’t have the control she normally would have with a weak knee?). But I’m sure the injury she’s going to have now is made worse by the blown ACL.

I mean, maybe skiing on a busted ACL isn’t the best idea? So sad for Vonn.…

Always and forever.
Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
VA Gov. Spanberger (moderate, was in CIA) and NYC Mayor Mamdani (left, is in DSA) both taking steps to block local law enforcement from helping ICE as it violently violates people's rights is a good example of how the relevant divide in the Dem coalition isn't center-left, it's fight-don't fight.

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OK, credit where it’s due, this is fairly good, if too credulous of the excuses.

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who called it Heated Rivalry and not Fuck Ice

It's almost as if -- and I know this may be hard to take -- many people in public life don't really believe much of what they're saying!
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

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Anyway, yeah. The overwhelming impression one gets from so many of these emails is that a lot of them are guys who have never had a real, serious friendship with a woman in their lives.

Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.

Exactly this!