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I was pictured and quoted in the #NewYorkTimes today asking the relevant question
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🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7
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In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
December 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
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It's almost as if the Enlightenment figures who founded the US had learned the lessons of Europe's wars of religion and created a secular state that would both protect worshippers from political interference, AND protect the polity from becoming dominated by religious sectarians.
December 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It's almost as if the Enlightenment figures who founded the US had learned the lessons of Europe's wars of religion and created a secular state that would both protect worshippers from political interference, AND protect the polity from becoming dominated by religious sectarians.
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Never forget that Katie Johnston accused Trump of forcing her to perform a sexual act on him at one of Epstein‘s parties when she was only 13 years old she received death threats and withdrew the case because she feared for her life. This is who represents our country right now.
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Never forget that Katie Johnston accused Trump of forcing her to perform a sexual act on him at one of Epstein‘s parties when she was only 13 years old she received death threats and withdrew the case because she feared for her life. This is who represents our country right now.
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don’t take my word that they consider Trump a king. Just ask JD Vance
October 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
don’t take my word that they consider Trump a king. Just ask JD Vance
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OMG. You hit the nail on the head. His whole presidency is about shitting on us.
October 19, 2025 at 5:29 AM
OMG. You hit the nail on the head. His whole presidency is about shitting on us.
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Johnson's district extends over part of Shreveport, La., a city whose murder rate last year was higher than D.C.'s, and whose police staffing is much lower.
People there told @reuters.com they didn't think calling out the National Guard would really help.
www.reuters.com/world/us/res...
People there told @reuters.com they didn't think calling out the National Guard would really help.
www.reuters.com/world/us/res...
September 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Johnson's district extends over part of Shreveport, La., a city whose murder rate last year was higher than D.C.'s, and whose police staffing is much lower.
People there told @reuters.com they didn't think calling out the National Guard would really help.
www.reuters.com/world/us/res...
People there told @reuters.com they didn't think calling out the National Guard would really help.
www.reuters.com/world/us/res...
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The mental health benefits of not knowing any history right now must be massive. Moving through your day with total equanimity. What happens next? Who knows? Maybe something good
August 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The mental health benefits of not knowing any history right now must be massive. Moving through your day with total equanimity. What happens next? Who knows? Maybe something good
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Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
August 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
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Every morning the same choice:
Read the news
Or
Stay sane
Read the news
Or
Stay sane
July 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Every morning the same choice:
Read the news
Or
Stay sane
Read the news
Or
Stay sane
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The rapid decline of American science has few precedents in history, argues @rossandersen.bsky.social. We are witnessing an unparalleled act of self-sabotage:
How Scientific Empires End
And what it means for America
bit.ly
July 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The rapid decline of American science has few precedents in history, argues @rossandersen.bsky.social. We are witnessing an unparalleled act of self-sabotage:
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Russell Vought has unilaterally decided today that he simply won’t allow anyone outside of NIH to receive research funding.
$15 billion in NIH funding is now locked down. If not reversed, it will also take down many Universities in the United States.
Forget new cancer treatments or vaccines.
$15 billion in NIH funding is now locked down. If not reversed, it will also take down many Universities in the United States.
Forget new cancer treatments or vaccines.
July 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Russell Vought has unilaterally decided today that he simply won’t allow anyone outside of NIH to receive research funding.
$15 billion in NIH funding is now locked down. If not reversed, it will also take down many Universities in the United States.
Forget new cancer treatments or vaccines.
$15 billion in NIH funding is now locked down. If not reversed, it will also take down many Universities in the United States.
Forget new cancer treatments or vaccines.
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Jefferson had it right: your beliefs don’t threaten mine. We weren’t founded to be a theocracy—we were built for freedom from one. If your faith needs government enforcement, it’s not faith—it’s control.
July 14, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Jefferson had it right: your beliefs don’t threaten mine. We weren’t founded to be a theocracy—we were built for freedom from one. If your faith needs government enforcement, it’s not faith—it’s control.
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I think a lot of our issues would go away if we simply banned Fox "News".
June 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I think a lot of our issues would go away if we simply banned Fox "News".
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"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..."
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
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250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
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June 19, 2025 at 4:27 AM
"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..."
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
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RIP the remarkable talent that was Brian Wilson.
June 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
RIP the remarkable talent that was Brian Wilson.
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Democracy doesn't exist without education.
June 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Democracy doesn't exist without education.
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Some of my favorite publishers of translated works, including Texas’ own Deep Vellum
The devastating, shortsighted attack on literature continues. List from Magic City Books. Who'd they miss? Note: the small publishers selected here for financial attack include (among other very worthy and important presses) @transitbooks.bsky.social, publisher of 2023 Nobel laureate Jon Fosse.
May 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Some of my favorite publishers of translated works, including Texas’ own Deep Vellum