DB Main
@dbmain.bsky.social
Bell Labs Distinguished Member of Technical Staff
Lead Econometrician, Corporate Strategy, Lucent
That's my kid getting the Bronze at the World University Games.
She's a beautiful enigma
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Lead Econometrician, Corporate Strategy, Lucent
That's my kid getting the Bronze at the World University Games.
She's a beautiful enigma
I keep a VanLife Blog here:
https://dbmain.substack.com/
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DB Main
@dbmain.bsky.social
· Aug 2
Thread of posts refuting 2024 Election Deniers.
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A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.
Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans trained as constitutional observers
The Immigrant Defense Network works with more than 100 organizations to help train constitutional observers. At the end of November, there were 2,500 trained observers. That number has soared as more ...
www.mprnews.org
February 3, 2026 at 3:03 PM
A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.
An important lesson, relentlessly repeated by @edburmila.bsky.social, et al.
Never give an inch. We've been giving inches to appear "moderate" since the 1990s, and now half the country is okay with masked men shooting mothers in the face.
Never give an inch. We've been giving inches to appear "moderate" since the 1990s, and now half the country is okay with masked men shooting mothers in the face.
This is something he / they do a lot, manipulating the Overton window. Trump says something outrageously extreme and impractical. Then they (as NYT obliges here) get to "walk back" and sound like they're compromising in merely doing the outrageously evil instead of the impossible delusion version.
February 4, 2026 at 11:13 AM
An important lesson, relentlessly repeated by @edburmila.bsky.social, et al.
Never give an inch. We've been giving inches to appear "moderate" since the 1990s, and now half the country is okay with masked men shooting mothers in the face.
Never give an inch. We've been giving inches to appear "moderate" since the 1990s, and now half the country is okay with masked men shooting mothers in the face.
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I was curious where ICE and CBP agents in Minnesota were deploying from, so I looked at OPM data. What I found is that their duty stations are almost universally redacted from the public data. www.pbump.net/o/where-are-...
Where are ICE and Border Patrol agents coming from?
The duty stations of nearly every ICE and CBP officer is redacted in OPM data.
www.pbump.net
February 2, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I was curious where ICE and CBP agents in Minnesota were deploying from, so I looked at OPM data. What I found is that their duty stations are almost universally redacted from the public data. www.pbump.net/o/where-are-...
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Troublemaker is my middle name.
February 1, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Troublemaker is my middle name.
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I think it is OUTRAGEOUS that people are LEAPING to the conclusion that some our post prominent Americans are child rapists when it is EQUALLY PLAUSIBLE that they are simply indifferent to whether other people are child rapists so long as those other people can offer them access to power.
January 31, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I think it is OUTRAGEOUS that people are LEAPING to the conclusion that some our post prominent Americans are child rapists when it is EQUALLY PLAUSIBLE that they are simply indifferent to whether other people are child rapists so long as those other people can offer them access to power.
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This is so well written. 💔
January 31, 2026 at 12:48 AM
This is so well written. 💔
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The expression one wears when your case gets dismissed before the legal fees eat too much into the donations you grifted.
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The expression one wears when your case gets dismissed before the legal fees eat too much into the donations you grifted.
"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures."
"He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation"
"He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation"
January 21, 2026 at 10:02 PM
"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures."
"He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation"
"He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation"
4 years ago you couldn't stop these people yelling "tyranny!" when asked to suffer the mild inconvenience of wearing a mask. But now? Armed and masked men dragging US citizens from their homes in their underwear? Shooting a mom 3 times in the head?
January 21, 2026 at 3:11 PM
4 years ago you couldn't stop these people yelling "tyranny!" when asked to suffer the mild inconvenience of wearing a mask. But now? Armed and masked men dragging US citizens from their homes in their underwear? Shooting a mom 3 times in the head?
For those of you thinking DJ Moore blanking on that interception, remember that earlier in the game he banged his head on the frozen turf and had a concussion evaluation.
He was never right after he went back in.
He was never right after he went back in.
January 19, 2026 at 3:57 AM
For those of you thinking DJ Moore blanking on that interception, remember that earlier in the game he banged his head on the frozen turf and had a concussion evaluation.
He was never right after he went back in.
He was never right after he went back in.
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Every Caleb Williams play
January 19, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Every Caleb Williams play
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Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
January 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
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The State Dep't Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs today posted that detaining people "for 'liking' posts online shows how paranoid [an] illegitimate" regime is, referring to "political prisoners."
On Friday, a fed'l judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit over State taking similar actions in the U.S.
On Friday, a fed'l judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit over State taking similar actions in the U.S.
January 17, 2026 at 8:25 PM
The State Dep't Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs today posted that detaining people "for 'liking' posts online shows how paranoid [an] illegitimate" regime is, referring to "political prisoners."
On Friday, a fed'l judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit over State taking similar actions in the U.S.
On Friday, a fed'l judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit over State taking similar actions in the U.S.
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In a country that really needs new power generation to come on line, Trump’s policies are the exact opposite of what the federal government should be doing. A little bit of context: oilprice.com/Latest-Energ...
Federal Judge Clears Orsted to Resume Work on Revolution Wind | OilPrice.com
A federal judge in Washington has ruled that Ørsted may resume construction on its nearly completed Revolution Wind offshore project, dealing a blow to the U.S. administration’s national-security-base...
oilprice.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:59 PM
In a country that really needs new power generation to come on line, Trump’s policies are the exact opposite of what the federal government should be doing. A little bit of context: oilprice.com/Latest-Energ...
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
Same looks; same vibe.
January 2, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Same looks; same vibe.
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I feel so much safer knowing that my president can answer correctly that the cow says moo.
January 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I feel so much safer knowing that my president can answer correctly that the cow says moo.
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There's no oscillation. A program designed to force a white supremacist society to include people who are being unnaturally restricted is not discriminatory, and is good.
White christian conservatives wouldn't be able to handle actual discrimination. They can't even handle equality. Weak.
White christian conservatives wouldn't be able to handle actual discrimination. They can't even handle equality. Weak.
December 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
There's no oscillation. A program designed to force a white supremacist society to include people who are being unnaturally restricted is not discriminatory, and is good.
White christian conservatives wouldn't be able to handle actual discrimination. They can't even handle equality. Weak.
White christian conservatives wouldn't be able to handle actual discrimination. They can't even handle equality. Weak.
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A bonus post for Strength In Numbers subscribers! Using 10k interviews conducted with voters since May 2025, I've calculated issue approval for Trump's key policies in all 50 states (+DC). Here's how each state thinks Trump is handling prices (it's bleak) www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-voter...
What voters in every state think about Trump and prices
Using MRP on our 2025 polling, Trump’s overall approval is weak—and his inflation numbers are catastrophic.
www.gelliottmorris.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A bonus post for Strength In Numbers subscribers! Using 10k interviews conducted with voters since May 2025, I've calculated issue approval for Trump's key policies in all 50 states (+DC). Here's how each state thinks Trump is handling prices (it's bleak) www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-voter...