Gary Dauphin
@ebogjonson.bsky.social
museum digital, speculative fiction, occasional writing
LA-based / Hecho en South Queens / 🇭🇹
opinions very VERY much my own //
varied interests
LA-based / Hecho en South Queens / 🇭🇹
opinions very VERY much my own //
varied interests
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So…the Bari Weiss-led CBS News loses Anderson Cooper from 60 Minutes after 20 years but keeps Peter Attia, the health contributor whose name appears in documents connected with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein over 1,700 times. So far, she’s covering the institution in glory. https://loom.ly/fI7qA9o
🔎 SCOOP: Anderson Cooper To Depart 60 Minutes
Legendary Newsman Will Focus on CNN And Family
www.breakermedia.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:51 PM
So…the Bari Weiss-led CBS News loses Anderson Cooper from 60 Minutes after 20 years but keeps Peter Attia, the health contributor whose name appears in documents connected with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein over 1,700 times. So far, she’s covering the institution in glory. https://loom.ly/fI7qA9o
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Here it is, your moment of zen.
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Here it is, your moment of zen.
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Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
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From the @status.news on Anderson Cooper's decision not to renew his contract at CBS.
"Weiss not only failed to persuade Cooper to grow his footprint at the network, but ultimately helped chase him away from it entirely."
"Weiss not only failed to persuade Cooper to grow his footprint at the network, but ultimately helped chase him away from it entirely."
February 17, 2026 at 4:04 AM
From the @status.news on Anderson Cooper's decision not to renew his contract at CBS.
"Weiss not only failed to persuade Cooper to grow his footprint at the network, but ultimately helped chase him away from it entirely."
"Weiss not only failed to persuade Cooper to grow his footprint at the network, but ultimately helped chase him away from it entirely."
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Sorry your health insurance costs so much more this year, we needed to make fancy airplanes for illiterate dog-murderers
February 17, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Sorry your health insurance costs so much more this year, we needed to make fancy airplanes for illiterate dog-murderers
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Trump’s so-called Department of War is threatening to cut ties with Anthropic because it won’t help the Pentagon conduct mass surveillance on Americans or make fully autonomous weapons that the administration can use however it likes. Anthropic refused unfettered use.
newrepublic.com/post/206631/...
newrepublic.com/post/206631/...
The Pentagon Just Sent a Terrifying Message to AI Companies
It warned Anthropic it will “pay a price” if it continues to demand its products have safeguards.
newrepublic.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Trump’s so-called Department of War is threatening to cut ties with Anthropic because it won’t help the Pentagon conduct mass surveillance on Americans or make fully autonomous weapons that the administration can use however it likes. Anthropic refused unfettered use.
newrepublic.com/post/206631/...
newrepublic.com/post/206631/...
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Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing.
66 years old going 66 mph.
66 years old going 66 mph.
February 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing.
66 years old going 66 mph.
66 years old going 66 mph.
If I turn off my phone now I'll get six hours and fifty-three minutes of sleep, minus the time it takes me to fall asleep
February 17, 2026 at 7:08 AM
If I turn off my phone now I'll get six hours and fifty-three minutes of sleep, minus the time it takes me to fall asleep
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The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:41 AM
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
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This one can come over from the other place.
February 17, 2026 at 4:32 AM
This one can come over from the other place.
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The LAPD is citing truancy laws in an attempt to squash the ongoing school walkouts against ICE. The LAPD is also threatening to arrest any parents or adults who support the kids in their acts of civil disobedience.
February 17, 2026 at 4:35 AM
The LAPD is citing truancy laws in an attempt to squash the ongoing school walkouts against ICE. The LAPD is also threatening to arrest any parents or adults who support the kids in their acts of civil disobedience.
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‘His life is in danger,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility.
Two-month-old baby 'choking on his own vomit' while detained in Dilley
'His life is in danger,' U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility...
www.sacurrent.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:29 PM
‘His life is in danger,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility.
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LeBron definitely didn't finish that Malcolm X autobiography.
My open letter to LeBron James after he said at the weekend that he had heard “nothing but great things” about Israel.
An Open Letter to LeBron James on Israel, Gaza, and ‘Nothing But Great Things’
The NBA star’s recent praise for Israel, as the genocide continues, was as bewildering as it was shameful. What happened to his support for social justice?
zeteo.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:41 PM
LeBron definitely didn't finish that Malcolm X autobiography.
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Great interview, this in particular really stuck out to me. Can’t tell you how many phone calls I get at work asking about a movie that came out weeks or months ago; no one knows when something is getting released except for huge movies like Wicked 2
February 16, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Great interview, this in particular really stuck out to me. Can’t tell you how many phone calls I get at work asking about a movie that came out weeks or months ago; no one knows when something is getting released except for huge movies like Wicked 2
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Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
February 16, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
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More from the annals of 'no one asked for this' ~
SpaceX adding a *million* satellites & data centers to orbit means seeing oligarchs' mess even in the heavens
That's a 6800% increase in #astronomy (& beauty) -killing space junk from today's < 15,000 satellites
Public comment period is open:
SpaceX adding a *million* satellites & data centers to orbit means seeing oligarchs' mess even in the heavens
That's a 6800% increase in #astronomy (& beauty) -killing space junk from today's < 15,000 satellites
Public comment period is open:
FCC opens Musk’s 1M-satellite DC plan for public comment
: The FCC is taking public comments - now’s your chance to tell them this plan is bonkers
www.theregister.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:39 PM
More from the annals of 'no one asked for this' ~
SpaceX adding a *million* satellites & data centers to orbit means seeing oligarchs' mess even in the heavens
That's a 6800% increase in #astronomy (& beauty) -killing space junk from today's < 15,000 satellites
Public comment period is open:
SpaceX adding a *million* satellites & data centers to orbit means seeing oligarchs' mess even in the heavens
That's a 6800% increase in #astronomy (& beauty) -killing space junk from today's < 15,000 satellites
Public comment period is open:
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This scheme to make passports harder to obtain comes as Republicans are trying to make passports one of the few documents that can be presented in order to be permitted to register to vote.
State Department orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications
The State Department has ordered nonprofit public libraries to stop taking passport applications, cutting off a popular local service.
apnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This scheme to make passports harder to obtain comes as Republicans are trying to make passports one of the few documents that can be presented in order to be permitted to register to vote.
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The Titus Kaphar artwork below features shreads of the advertisement that the first President of the United States, George Washington, placed for the return of a Black woman he received as part of Martha's dowry and kept enslaved, who ran away.
He never caught Ona Judge.
#BlackSky #PresidentsDay
He never caught Ona Judge.
#BlackSky #PresidentsDay
February 16, 2026 at 2:42 PM
The Titus Kaphar artwork below features shreads of the advertisement that the first President of the United States, George Washington, placed for the return of a Black woman he received as part of Martha's dowry and kept enslaved, who ran away.
He never caught Ona Judge.
#BlackSky #PresidentsDay
He never caught Ona Judge.
#BlackSky #PresidentsDay
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AI does not enhance “efficiency.” AI is a permission structure for a totalizing regime of austerity and labor immiseration.
“We plan to hire an AI rewrite specialist to ingest the reporting by Hannah and others and use AI to convert it into stories.”
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
February 16, 2026 at 2:20 PM
AI does not enhance “efficiency.” AI is a permission structure for a totalizing regime of austerity and labor immiseration.
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ICE/CBP have gone unfunded for 3 days; how about 3 years? The best way to claw back the $170 billion immigration enforcement surge in the Big Beautiful Bill is to just claw it back. The 2nd-best way is to slowly drain it by never funding the underlying appropriation. @ryanlcooper.com makes the case:
The Case for Keeping ICE and CBP Defunded - The American Prospect
Democrats should not provide one thin dime to MAGA storm troopers.
prospect.org
February 16, 2026 at 2:25 PM
ICE/CBP have gone unfunded for 3 days; how about 3 years? The best way to claw back the $170 billion immigration enforcement surge in the Big Beautiful Bill is to just claw it back. The 2nd-best way is to slowly drain it by never funding the underlying appropriation. @ryanlcooper.com makes the case:
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“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:28 PM
“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
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*There oughta be a special FX museum for diegetic-prototypes that didn't even make it into the film
Around 2001—it may have *been* 2001—I attended a talk by Fred Ordway, tech advisor to Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.
He showed a photo of a briefcase computer prop, which didn't make it into the movie. Keyboard, video screen, camera, printer, phone.
Audience laughed. It looked so, so 1990.
He showed a photo of a briefcase computer prop, which didn't make it into the movie. Keyboard, video screen, camera, printer, phone.
Audience laughed. It looked so, so 1990.
February 15, 2026 at 8:02 AM
*There oughta be a special FX museum for diegetic-prototypes that didn't even make it into the film
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(7/11)This individualized targeting marks a departure from a 150-year old retail standard. Since John Wanamaker popularized the price tag in 1861, fixed prices have functioned as a de facto social contract. It ensured a market standard: the same cost for every customer, regardless of background
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
(7/11)This individualized targeting marks a departure from a 150-year old retail standard. Since John Wanamaker popularized the price tag in 1861, fixed prices have functioned as a de facto social contract. It ensured a market standard: the same cost for every customer, regardless of background
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"I'm too old for this imperial shit" - Black Skin, White Masks
February 15, 2026 at 1:45 AM
"I'm too old for this imperial shit" - Black Skin, White Masks