Alan Rudy
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that pic was long ago... father, partner, once-DIII soccer, club ultimate, and free-form radio
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it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man in the history of humanity is, objectively speaking, just a straight up Nazi
also the next democratic administration needs to throw him in prison
also the next democratic administration needs to throw him in prison
February 15, 2026 at 11:24 PM
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man in the history of humanity is, objectively speaking, just a straight up Nazi
also the next democratic administration needs to throw him in prison
also the next democratic administration needs to throw him in prison
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Ars Technica has retracted the article about an AI bot that contained fabricated AI-generated quotes.
arstechnica.com/staff/2026/0...
This is a good first step, but it is well short of what Ars needs to do.
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arstechnica.com/staff/2026/0...
This is a good first step, but it is well short of what Ars needs to do.
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Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations
We are reinforcing our editorial standards following this incident.
arstechnica.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Ars Technica has retracted the article about an AI bot that contained fabricated AI-generated quotes.
arstechnica.com/staff/2026/0...
This is a good first step, but it is well short of what Ars needs to do.
1/5
arstechnica.com/staff/2026/0...
This is a good first step, but it is well short of what Ars needs to do.
1/5
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when there’s money to be made everybody quiet whew
Absolutely despicable and honestly unforgivable.
He also says he hopes he can “inspire” people over there.
This is his “Republicans buy sneakers too” moment.
He also says he hopes he can “inspire” people over there.
This is his “Republicans buy sneakers too” moment.
February 15, 2026 at 10:19 PM
when there’s money to be made everybody quiet whew
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The IOC has banned the courageous & principled Ukrainian Olympian Vladyslav Heraskevych for his “helmet of memory” commemorating Ukraine’s war dead.
Meanwhile the IOC is selling a $42 "Heritage T-shirt" commemorating the 1936 Olympics, known as the Nazi Games. shop3.olympics.com/en/olympic-g...
Meanwhile the IOC is selling a $42 "Heritage T-shirt" commemorating the 1936 Olympics, known as the Nazi Games. shop3.olympics.com/en/olympic-g...
February 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
The IOC has banned the courageous & principled Ukrainian Olympian Vladyslav Heraskevych for his “helmet of memory” commemorating Ukraine’s war dead.
Meanwhile the IOC is selling a $42 "Heritage T-shirt" commemorating the 1936 Olympics, known as the Nazi Games. shop3.olympics.com/en/olympic-g...
Meanwhile the IOC is selling a $42 "Heritage T-shirt" commemorating the 1936 Olympics, known as the Nazi Games. shop3.olympics.com/en/olympic-g...
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I mean, yeah, her, but also a pretty big proportion of all the cops & prosecutors ever. It's not like she invented this shit.
If you’ve ever wondered how Pam Bondi still has a law license after all this, you’re not alone. I lay out exactly why — and what it exposes about our accountability system.
When the Nation’s Top Lawyer Treats Ethics as Optional
How a decade of ethical evasion paved the way for Pam Bondi’s partisan performance
andrewweinstein.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I mean, yeah, her, but also a pretty big proportion of all the cops & prosecutors ever. It's not like she invented this shit.
An album important to you at 19...
February 15, 2026 at 5:03 PM
An album important to you at 19...
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How and why police actually support the federal invasions—I have been working on this article for ~6 months, trying to make sense of Trump’s nationwide surge of DHS officers, how it has evolved, what brought us here, and what will remain after it ends.
Stuart Schrader on what Trump’s urban occupations mean for police and the unions that represent them https://www.nybooks.com/online/2026/02/14/authoritarianism-from-below-trump-city-takeovers-police/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2026-02-14_Schrader-policing-1
Authoritarianism from Below | Stuart Schrader
As National Guard troops and federal officers swarmed Washington, D.C., in August, sent by President Donald Trump to confront what he declared a “crime
www.nybooks.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
How and why police actually support the federal invasions—I have been working on this article for ~6 months, trying to make sense of Trump’s nationwide surge of DHS officers, how it has evolved, what brought us here, and what will remain after it ends.
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‘We control one of the handful of commodities keeping the entire cable television industry alive so our plan is to do everything possible to destroy its value.’
![Adam Silver: "There's no doubt that AI will have the same impact on sports... how we're going to be able to [hyper-personalize] our telecasts... We're about to witness probably the most significant change, certainly in my lifetime, in how sports are presented." 🏀📺🎙️ #NBA](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreih2lyjgxff6fhw7fzuaylomh2gygwheuxkubtf7hbinuqfia4ecle@jpeg)
February 15, 2026 at 12:19 PM
‘We control one of the handful of commodities keeping the entire cable television industry alive so our plan is to do everything possible to destroy its value.’
Grimsby v Wolves is some proper 1973 footie
February 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Grimsby v Wolves is some proper 1973 footie
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Just as ICE and CBP have no legitimate role in "election security" neither does the head of DHS. The mere existence of this press conference should be a scandal, much less this tone-deaf comment.
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Just as ICE and CBP have no legitimate role in "election security" neither does the head of DHS. The mere existence of this press conference should be a scandal, much less this tone-deaf comment.
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He can say whatever he wants and issue whatever executive order he wants, but he has no legitimate power to actually do anything like this.
Panicked posts like this one give the impression that he can make good on his threats. He can't.
Panicked posts like this one give the impression that he can make good on his threats. He can't.
This may be the most dangerous development of all. It will give Trump fake legal pretext to reject Nov election results. American democracy has like 9 months left.
Trump says he will issue executive order to get voter-ID requirements before midterms www.cnbc.com/2026/02/13/t...
Trump says he will issue executive order to get voter-ID requirements before midterms www.cnbc.com/2026/02/13/t...
Trump says he will issue executive order to get voter-ID requirements before midterms
President Donald Trump proclaims that he will find a way to implement national voter-ID requirements by November's elections.
www.cnbc.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:21 PM
He can say whatever he wants and issue whatever executive order he wants, but he has no legitimate power to actually do anything like this.
Panicked posts like this one give the impression that he can make good on his threats. He can't.
Panicked posts like this one give the impression that he can make good on his threats. He can't.
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Any Democrat who says the goal is to work with this guy, or find common ground with the GOP, needs to be primaried and removed.
Trump: “The Democrats refuse to vote for Voter I.D., or Citizenship. The reason is very simple — They want to continue to cheat in Elections. This was not what our Founders desired … There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!“
February 13, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Any Democrat who says the goal is to work with this guy, or find common ground with the GOP, needs to be primaried and removed.
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Eliminating gender studies courses helps to ensure that universities and other institutions will continue to protect men who benefit from the abuse of women and girls, either directly or through their connections to those who exploit girls and women for profit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Eliminating gender studies courses helps to ensure that universities and other institutions will continue to protect men who benefit from the abuse of women and girls, either directly or through their connections to those who exploit girls and women for profit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Great news! Elon's friends in the federal government agree with the Nevada Republican governor that it's okay for Elon's tunnel drilling company to do all kinds of polluting and worker risk and not pay any fines.
www.fox5vegas.com/2026/02/13/f...
www.fox5vegas.com/2026/02/13/f...
Federal officials review finds justification in Nevada OSHA dropping fines against Boring Co.
Federal officials conclude their review and confirm actions taken by Nevada OSHA after dropping fines against The Boring Company were justified.
www.fox5vegas.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Great news! Elon's friends in the federal government agree with the Nevada Republican governor that it's okay for Elon's tunnel drilling company to do all kinds of polluting and worker risk and not pay any fines.
www.fox5vegas.com/2026/02/13/f...
www.fox5vegas.com/2026/02/13/f...
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i think trans surgeries for youth are worth fighting for actually. i dont like that cis ppl have determined the overton window on this issue for us
February 13, 2026 at 12:39 PM
i think trans surgeries for youth are worth fighting for actually. i dont like that cis ppl have determined the overton window on this issue for us
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Anthropic head of AI safety quits, warning of "world in peril" & announces plan to study creative writing, as my college charges ahead in deal with Anthropic, which trained its tech on at least 25 books taken without permission from our Creative Writing faculty. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Anthropic AI safety researcher quits with 'world in peril' warning
It comes in the same week an OpenAI researcher resigned amid concerns about its decision to start testing ChatGPT ads.
www.bbc.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Anthropic head of AI safety quits, warning of "world in peril" & announces plan to study creative writing, as my college charges ahead in deal with Anthropic, which trained its tech on at least 25 books taken without permission from our Creative Writing faculty. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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22 House Democrats (including some surprising ones!) just joined Republicans to vote to allow domestic abusers to buy tasers.
February 13, 2026 at 2:03 AM
22 House Democrats (including some surprising ones!) just joined Republicans to vote to allow domestic abusers to buy tasers.
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"Agents Who Shot Marimar Martinez Caught On Video Saying 'Do Something, Bitch'"
"Newly released body camera footage shows Border Patrol agents swerving their car into the Chicago woman before shooting her five times."
"Newly released body camera footage shows Border Patrol agents swerving their car into the Chicago woman before shooting her five times."
Agents Who Shot Marimar Martinez Caught On Video Saying 'Do Something, Bitch'
Newly released body camera footage shows Border Patrol agents swerving their car into the Chicago woman before shooting her five times.
www.huffpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:19 AM
"Agents Who Shot Marimar Martinez Caught On Video Saying 'Do Something, Bitch'"
"Newly released body camera footage shows Border Patrol agents swerving their car into the Chicago woman before shooting her five times."
"Newly released body camera footage shows Border Patrol agents swerving their car into the Chicago woman before shooting her five times."
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Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
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Gallup would rather shut down polling than show Trump at 35%
February 12, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Gallup would rather shut down polling than show Trump at 35%
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Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
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This is pernicious nonsense of a type repeatedly and comprehensively critiqued. And yet, US media persists. Abandon benefit of the doubt or lack of technical background. It's a campaign to deprive us of understanding; a counterinsurgency.
Experiments conducted with the A.I. system Claude are producing fascinating results—and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports from inside the company that designed it, Anthropic. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rOfXjg
February 12, 2026 at 12:21 PM
This is pernicious nonsense of a type repeatedly and comprehensively critiqued. And yet, US media persists. Abandon benefit of the doubt or lack of technical background. It's a campaign to deprive us of understanding; a counterinsurgency.
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It is not possible to have a reasonable discussion about AI — and that is because AI evangelists went and delegated their ability to reason to a fuckin' chatbot.
Once again: people are angry for very good reason, and this brand of post is perhaps one of the most tedious and bewildering. Practically every social media platform is rabidly pro-‘AI’ so are govts, academia, companies. This one small space being critical of AI is okay, I think.
February 12, 2026 at 12:29 PM
It is not possible to have a reasonable discussion about AI — and that is because AI evangelists went and delegated their ability to reason to a fuckin' chatbot.