AEGomezjr
@aegomezjr.bsky.social
“Creation of a world view is work of a generation rather than of an individual, but we each of us, for better or worse, add our brick to the edifice.” John Dos Passos. #nafo
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The SNAP fight at the Supreme Court is officially over. Trump's Department of Justice acknowledges that SNAP is now fully funded through the end of the fiscal year and thus withdraws its request for an additional stay. The end of the shutdown mooted the case before SCOTUS could touch the merits.
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The SNAP fight at the Supreme Court is officially over. Trump's Department of Justice acknowledges that SNAP is now fully funded through the end of the fiscal year and thus withdraws its request for an additional stay. The end of the shutdown mooted the case before SCOTUS could touch the merits.
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People have been misinterpreting Lolita since it came out and Nabokov was like "you're absolutely wrong; I wrote this to create a trap that you fell into and you should reflect on why you were so gullible about a monster."
![INTERVIEWER
He does [names him]. A third critic has said that you “diminish” your characters “to the point where they become ciphers in a cosmic farce.” I disagree; Humbert, while comic, retains a touching and insistent quality—that of the spoiled artist.
NABOKOV
I would put it differently: Humbert Humbert is a vain and cruel wretch who manages to appear “touching.” That epithet, in its true, tear-iridized sense, can only apply to my poor little girl. Besides, how can I “diminish” to the level of ciphers, et cetera, characters that I have invented myself? One can “diminish” a biographee, but not an eidolon.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sajwk2kma5oeryy6odgweciz/bafkreibqwlfwj2jyd3apcdb22rbcxsvxpnw36ryqpgqwyu3kc4cn2rbkxm@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
People have been misinterpreting Lolita since it came out and Nabokov was like "you're absolutely wrong; I wrote this to create a trap that you fell into and you should reflect on why you were so gullible about a monster."
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Karoline Leavitt claimed today that Trump was always "extremely professional" while hanging out with [checks notes] Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Karoline Leavitt claimed today that Trump was always "extremely professional" while hanging out with [checks notes] Jeffrey Epstein
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A lot worth reading in this shutdown review from @mattglassman312.bsky.social, including lots of "what did you really think was going to happen"?
mattglassman.substack.com/p/twenty-eig...
mattglassman.substack.com/p/twenty-eig...
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A lot worth reading in this shutdown review from @mattglassman312.bsky.social, including lots of "what did you really think was going to happen"?
mattglassman.substack.com/p/twenty-eig...
mattglassman.substack.com/p/twenty-eig...
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Yes, and I don't think it accidental that the Senators who are not running again were the ones to "knuckle under" to repopen things. They took the hit for the team, and allowed things to reopen while the shutdown was still doing more damage to Republicans than Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Yes, and I don't think it accidental that the Senators who are not running again were the ones to "knuckle under" to repopen things. They took the hit for the team, and allowed things to reopen while the shutdown was still doing more damage to Republicans than Democrats.
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I've noticed that my students sometimes, especially my 1Ls, skip over words they don't know when they're reading. When I ask why they tell me they have it figured out enough given the context they have from the rest of the sentence. And this is why! Holy crap.
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I've noticed that my students sometimes, especially my 1Ls, skip over words they don't know when they're reading. When I ask why they tell me they have it figured out enough given the context they have from the rest of the sentence. And this is why! Holy crap.
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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NEW — I'm suing DC Metro Police for the full body cam footage from the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace back in March.
The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.
Details:
The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.
Details:
I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid
The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
www.thehandbasket.co
October 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
NEW — I'm suing DC Metro Police for the full body cam footage from the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace back in March.
The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.
Details:
The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.
Details:
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if you work for doordash, contact me on signal at marisakabas.04
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
if you work for doordash, contact me on signal at marisakabas.04
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No words. I’m a block from home.
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
No words. I’m a block from home.
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It was a holiday but I was still out here writing about how Trump keeps telling people he’ll give them stuff that he won’t and can’t but somehow we’re all supposed to believe he will and can. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Trump's $2000 checks from tariff revenue? The math doesn't add up.
Here are the charts to prove it.
www.msnbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
It was a holiday but I was still out here writing about how Trump keeps telling people he’ll give them stuff that he won’t and can’t but somehow we’re all supposed to believe he will and can. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Communicating why a 50 year mortgage costs more, overall, than a 30 year mortgage should not be a hard task.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Communicating why a 50 year mortgage costs more, overall, than a 30 year mortgage should not be a hard task.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
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“But it turns out that once you’ve built a massive distributed surveillance network, it’s hard to rein in its use.”
The Tech Company Bringing Surveillance Dystopia to Your Town
Flock claims that its technology will literally eliminate crime. But what it’s unleashing may be just as insidious.
newrepublic.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
“But it turns out that once you’ve built a massive distributed surveillance network, it’s hard to rein in its use.”
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November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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It is between fifty and sixty years since I read it (i.e., the Book of Revelations), and I then considered it merely the ravings of a maniac, no more worthy nor capable of explanation than the incoherence of our own nightly dreams.
~ Thomas Jefferson
~ Thomas Jefferson
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
It is between fifty and sixty years since I read it (i.e., the Book of Revelations), and I then considered it merely the ravings of a maniac, no more worthy nor capable of explanation than the incoherence of our own nightly dreams.
~ Thomas Jefferson
~ Thomas Jefferson
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I post this a lot, but it's Sesame Street's birthday and I can't think of a better time to share my favourite clip. Elvis Costello and Elmo duet on "A Monster Went and Ate My Red 2". This version has supplanted the Costello original in my head now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxar...
Sesame Street: Elvis Costello & Elmo Sing a Monster Went and Ate My Red 2
YouTube video by Sesame Street
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I post this a lot, but it's Sesame Street's birthday and I can't think of a better time to share my favourite clip. Elvis Costello and Elmo duet on "A Monster Went and Ate My Red 2". This version has supplanted the Costello original in my head now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxar...
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I promise you you are not prepared for anything in this video.
We live in a tumultuous world. But I take solace in the fact that the 2010 University of Alaska Fairbanks hockey intro video remains the most unhinged thing I’ve ever seen.
November 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I promise you you are not prepared for anything in this video.
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Center?
Where is that?
Princeton and Northwestern did a massive study and concluded the only way to define the US is its an oligarchy run by plutocrats.
Where is the center of that?
This is both parties.
We no l9nger have representation.
And they call progressives radical.
Unbelievable
Where is that?
Princeton and Northwestern did a massive study and concluded the only way to define the US is its an oligarchy run by plutocrats.
Where is the center of that?
This is both parties.
We no l9nger have representation.
And they call progressives radical.
Unbelievable
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Center?
Where is that?
Princeton and Northwestern did a massive study and concluded the only way to define the US is its an oligarchy run by plutocrats.
Where is the center of that?
This is both parties.
We no l9nger have representation.
And they call progressives radical.
Unbelievable
Where is that?
Princeton and Northwestern did a massive study and concluded the only way to define the US is its an oligarchy run by plutocrats.
Where is the center of that?
This is both parties.
We no l9nger have representation.
And they call progressives radical.
Unbelievable
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He’s mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
He’s mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf
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In the last month, the FBI has charged players from two different leagues for roles in sports-betting scandals.
Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there.
Or it’s creating it.
Either answer is terrible for sports.
Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there.
Or it’s creating it.
Either answer is terrible for sports.
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In the last month, the FBI has charged players from two different leagues for roles in sports-betting scandals.
Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there.
Or it’s creating it.
Either answer is terrible for sports.
Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there.
Or it’s creating it.
Either answer is terrible for sports.
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I think @damonberes.com nailed this one: Social media is not social anymore, and with the pivot to AI, companies that build social media are building something that is isolating us even more
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here
The social-media era is over. What’s coming will be much worse.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I think @damonberes.com nailed this one: Social media is not social anymore, and with the pivot to AI, companies that build social media are building something that is isolating us even more
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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“Every person using ChatGPT costs OpenAI more money then they pay them. Every free and paying user asking how to make a fluffy omelette or getting it to draft an email to their kid's teacher drains their resources.”
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
The Gist: AI, The Sound and Fury
We can calculate the amount of money flowing into AI. But what will the full cost be to society when the bubble pops? This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
November 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“Every person using ChatGPT costs OpenAI more money then they pay them. Every free and paying user asking how to make a fluffy omelette or getting it to draft an email to their kid's teacher drains their resources.”
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
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Listen to the poet, the prophet, the photogenic punk.
Phuck whoever hurts people. It's that simple.
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Listen to the poet, the prophet, the photogenic punk.
Phuck whoever hurts people. It's that simple.
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Patti Smith | Interview | TimesTalks
YouTube video by New York Times Events
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November 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Listen to the poet, the prophet, the photogenic punk.
Phuck whoever hurts people. It's that simple.
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Listen to the poet, the prophet, the photogenic punk.
Phuck whoever hurts people. It's that simple.
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Welcome to Pret A Manger!
"The Enforced Happiness of Pret A Manger"
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Welcome to Pret A Manger!
"The Enforced Happiness of Pret A Manger"
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November 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Welcome to Pret A Manger!
"The Enforced Happiness of Pret A Manger"
newrepublic.com/article/1122... <
Welcome to Pret A Manger!
"The Enforced Happiness of Pret A Manger"
newrepublic.com/article/1122... <
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Picture a Black employee, her first week on the job, getting hit each day with automated reports that she is being "aggressive" to customers because the surveillance software categorizes Black smiles as hostile.
It's already happened before, elsewhere.
It's already happened before, elsewhere.
November 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Picture a Black employee, her first week on the job, getting hit each day with automated reports that she is being "aggressive" to customers because the surveillance software categorizes Black smiles as hostile.
It's already happened before, elsewhere.
It's already happened before, elsewhere.
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!