Brandon Comstock
@calmstock.bsky.social
Husband & Father Living in Acton, MA | Experience Strategy & Design | Sustainability fellow | AI wonk
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Elon Musk may be stepping back from the government, but we’re not done reporting on the impact of his DOGE wrecking ball.
If you have information to share with us, we want to hear from you.
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May 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Elon Musk may be stepping back from the government, but we’re not done reporting on the impact of his DOGE wrecking ball.
If you have information to share with us, we want to hear from you.
➡️ propublica.org/tips
If you have information to share with us, we want to hear from you.
➡️ propublica.org/tips
Meanwhile let’s green light more rapid unplanned disassemblies, ya?
#FFS #HerrPlugs #MAGAAfterDark #DogeDaysAreOver
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
#FFS #HerrPlugs #MAGAAfterDark #DogeDaysAreOver
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
On the Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Meanwhile let’s green light more rapid unplanned disassemblies, ya?
#FFS #HerrPlugs #MAGAAfterDark #DogeDaysAreOver
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
#FFS #HerrPlugs #MAGAAfterDark #DogeDaysAreOver
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
“The cruel irony is, the thing I perceived as the sellout move is in free-fall.”
#genx
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/s...
#genx
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/s...
The Gen X Career Meltdown
Just when they should be at their peak, experienced workers in creative fields find that their skills are all but obsolete.
www.nytimes.com
April 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
“The cruel irony is, the thing I perceived as the sellout move is in free-fall.”
#genx
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/s...
#genx
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/s...
So true. We are at the inflection point. Further progress feels, in a way, punitive.
I don’t mean to be a broken record but AI development could stop at the o3/Gemini 2.5 level and we would have a decade of major changes across entire professions & industries (medicine, law, education, coding…) as we figure out how to actually use it & adapt our systems.
AI disruption is baked in.
AI disruption is baked in.
April 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
So true. We are at the inflection point. Further progress feels, in a way, punitive.
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People need to be hearing about this shit every single day. Zoom in on literally anything here.
April 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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“He made 2.5 million today and he made $900 million. That’s not bad.”
Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.
Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.
April 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
“He made 2.5 million today and he made $900 million. That’s not bad.”
Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.
Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.
Nothing to see here, just a little transfer of wealth from middle class 401k's to the billionaire class.
Many Donald Trump supporters “claimed that this was the plan all along, suggesting that dropping the tariffs against the rest of the world would only further isolate Beijing,” but Trump himself gave away the game, @jonlemire.bsky.social and @russellberman.bsky.social write:
The Art of the Retreat
Trump’s abrupt pivot from his planned global trade war was touted by allies as grand strategy. The president’s own words suggested otherwise.
bit.ly
April 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Nothing to see here, just a little transfer of wealth from middle class 401k's to the billionaire class.
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"And just like that, the age of American empire, the great Pax Americana, ended." @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
www.thebulwark.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"And just like that, the age of American empire, the great Pax Americana, ended." @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
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If Trump is willing to hurt the economy, he must be getting something he wants even more in return.
That thing is power. With tariffs, Trump can exercise a kind of corruption that the country hasn’t experienced in some 150 years. Read @pemalevy.bsky.social.
That thing is power. With tariffs, Trump can exercise a kind of corruption that the country hasn’t experienced in some 150 years. Read @pemalevy.bsky.social.
Trump’s tariffs give him a new way to dole out reward and punishment
The president's latest power grab will devastate America's economy—and its democracy.
www.motherjones.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
If Trump is willing to hurt the economy, he must be getting something he wants even more in return.
That thing is power. With tariffs, Trump can exercise a kind of corruption that the country hasn’t experienced in some 150 years. Read @pemalevy.bsky.social.
That thing is power. With tariffs, Trump can exercise a kind of corruption that the country hasn’t experienced in some 150 years. Read @pemalevy.bsky.social.
“Trump Administration Has Begun a War on Science.” Fixed it.
Some 1,900 leading researchers accused the Trump administration in an open letter on Monday of conducting a “wholesale assault on U.S. science” that could set back research by decades and that threatens the health and safety of Americans.
Trump Administration Has Begun a War on Science, Researchers Say
Nearly 2,000 scientists urged that Congress restore funding to federal agencies decimated by recent cuts.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“Trump Administration Has Begun a War on Science.” Fixed it.
Billionaire’s stock tanking vs. a person losing their job.. 🤔
I derive joy from it.
Musk: I mean, have you Tim Walz, who is a huge jerk, running on stage with the Tesla stock price.. What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like who derives joy from that?
March 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Billionaire’s stock tanking vs. a person losing their job.. 🤔
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Texting war plans to reporters is clearly bad
But the fact that America’s top leaders communicate about 40% via emojis is also freaking me out
But the fact that America’s top leaders communicate about 40% via emojis is also freaking me out
March 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Texting war plans to reporters is clearly bad
But the fact that America’s top leaders communicate about 40% via emojis is also freaking me out
But the fact that America’s top leaders communicate about 40% via emojis is also freaking me out
Ilya Sutskever, ex-OpenAI, gets $2b funding not to release anything until he has ‘super intelligence’ pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/06/i...
Ilya Sutskever, ex-OpenAI, gets $2b funding not to release anything until he has ‘super intelligence’
Ex-OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever’s new startup Safe Superintelligence just closed another funding round. For $2 billion, Sutskever promises not to release any product at all until SSI has develop…
pivot-to-ai.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Ilya Sutskever, ex-OpenAI, gets $2b funding not to release anything until he has ‘super intelligence’ pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/06/i...
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A couple of golf outings could pay for over 300 federal jobs for an entire year.
March 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
A couple of golf outings could pay for over 300 federal jobs for an entire year.
The @nrdc.org had a nearly 90% success rate in legal battles against anti-environmental policies during the previous #fdt administration. #givewhatyoucan
www.nrdc.org/court-battle...
www.nrdc.org/court-battle...
Here’s How NRDC Is Fighting Back Against the Trump Administration in Court
A timeline of lawsuits in defense of our health, environment, and climate.
www.nrdc.org
March 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The @nrdc.org had a nearly 90% success rate in legal battles against anti-environmental policies during the previous #fdt administration. #givewhatyoucan
www.nrdc.org/court-battle...
www.nrdc.org/court-battle...
“At least Bezos didn’t say the Post needed more masculine energy?”
Who would have believed you even a few years ago that "personal liberties and free markets" would be code for "cozying up to *Donald Trump*"?
The Washington Post and Autocracy’s Asymmetric Advantage
Liberalism is afraid to take its own side.
www.thebulwark.com
March 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“At least Bezos didn’t say the Post needed more masculine energy?”
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AMANPOUR (with face in hands): “Never have I ever ever ever seen anything like it… the president and VP were taking all the Putin talking points.”
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGolFp-...
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGolFp-...
March 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Dumb from the start. The ‘shining city’ had a burnt-out bulb problem
"Reagan was a zealous patriot, a gifted orator, and a statesman. Trump is a grifter, a humorless clown, and a dangerous demagogue. The very idea of a Trump-Reagan fusion is a grotesque calumny of the Gipper." Gabriel Schoenfeld from the archives: www.thebulwark.com/p/no-trumpis...
No, Trumpism Can’t Be Fused with Reaganism
Unless you’re willing misrepresent one or the other.
www.thebulwark.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Dumb from the start. The ‘shining city’ had a burnt-out bulb problem
Slightly buoyed by this one.. #signsoflife
February 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Slightly buoyed by this one.. #signsoflife
He, of course, initially started to say *l* am the federal law…
Donald Trump's hunger for power was clearly displayed Friday in a brief exchange with Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine).
But of course, his "we are the federal law" is a big change from his many, many years of campaigning on "states' rights."
But of course, his "we are the federal law" is a big change from his many, many years of campaigning on "states' rights."
Trump wants federal power when it's convenient for his agenda. #trump #statesrights
YouTube video by Mother Jones
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February 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
He, of course, initially started to say *l* am the federal law…